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Best sellers
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At Home
- A Short History of Private Life
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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A fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home....
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Another wonderful Bryson
- By Tina on 10-23-10
By: Bill Bryson
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The Last Castle
- The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
- By: Denise Kiernan
- Narrated by: Denise Kiernan
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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The fascinating true story behind the magnificent Gilded Age mansion Biltmore - the largest, grandest residence ever built in the United States....
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Very factual
- By Jennifer on 11-28-17
By: Denise Kiernan
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Meet Me by the Fountain
- An Inside History of the Mall
- By: Alexandra Lange
- Narrated by: Mikhaila Aaseng
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet Me by the Fountain is a highly entertaining and evocative promenade through the mall’s story of rise, fall and ongoing reinvention....
By: Alexandra Lange
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
- 50th Anniversary Edition
- By: Jane Jacobs, Jason Epstein - introduction
- Narrated by: Donna Rawlins
- Length: 18 hrs
- Unabridged
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Thirty years after its publication, this book was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning"....
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Fantastic text, dull on audio
- By Meghan on 02-13-15
By: Jane Jacobs, and others
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Confessions of a Recovering Engineer
- Transportation for a Strong Town
- By: Charles L. Marohn Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In Confessions of a Recovering Engineer, renowned speaker and author of Strong Towns Charles L. Marohn, Jr., delivers an accessible and engaging exploration of America's transportation system, laying bare the reasons why it no longer works as it once did....
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Well Worth Your Time To Read or Listen To!
- By Cliff on 02-08-22
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The 99% Invisible City
- A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
- By: Kurt Kohlstedt, Roman Mars
- Narrated by: Roman Mars
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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99% Invisible is a big-ideas podcast about small-seeming things, revealing stories baked into the buildings we inhabit, the streets we drive, and the sidewalks we traverse....
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The 99% Invisible City
- By Louise Schraa on 01-09-21
By: Kurt Kohlstedt, and others
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At Home
- A Short History of Private Life
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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A fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home....
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Another wonderful Bryson
- By Tina on 10-23-10
By: Bill Bryson
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The Last Castle
- The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
- By: Denise Kiernan
- Narrated by: Denise Kiernan
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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The fascinating true story behind the magnificent Gilded Age mansion Biltmore - the largest, grandest residence ever built in the United States....
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Very factual
- By Jennifer on 11-28-17
By: Denise Kiernan
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Meet Me by the Fountain
- An Inside History of the Mall
- By: Alexandra Lange
- Narrated by: Mikhaila Aaseng
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Meet Me by the Fountain is a highly entertaining and evocative promenade through the mall’s story of rise, fall and ongoing reinvention....
By: Alexandra Lange
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
- 50th Anniversary Edition
- By: Jane Jacobs, Jason Epstein - introduction
- Narrated by: Donna Rawlins
- Length: 18 hrs
- Unabridged
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Thirty years after its publication, this book was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning"....
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Fantastic text, dull on audio
- By Meghan on 02-13-15
By: Jane Jacobs, and others
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Confessions of a Recovering Engineer
- Transportation for a Strong Town
- By: Charles L. Marohn Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In Confessions of a Recovering Engineer, renowned speaker and author of Strong Towns Charles L. Marohn, Jr., delivers an accessible and engaging exploration of America's transportation system, laying bare the reasons why it no longer works as it once did....
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Well Worth Your Time To Read or Listen To!
- By Cliff on 02-08-22
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The 99% Invisible City
- A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
- By: Kurt Kohlstedt, Roman Mars
- Narrated by: Roman Mars
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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99% Invisible is a big-ideas podcast about small-seeming things, revealing stories baked into the buildings we inhabit, the streets we drive, and the sidewalks we traverse....
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The 99% Invisible City
- By Louise Schraa on 01-09-21
By: Kurt Kohlstedt, and others
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Ultimate AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate 2021
- The Crash Course to Pass the SAA-C02 Exam. Includes API, Networking, Security, Cloud Architecture, Exam Questions, & Answers Clear Explained
- By: Harry Thomas
- Narrated by: Harry Thomas, Marvin Barnes, Amanda Brooks, and others
- Length: 29 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate certification is one of the most challenging exams. It's great at assessing how well you understand not just AWS, but making sure you are making the best architectural decisions based on situations....
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Easy to understand and not boring
- By April Lewis on 11-24-21
By: Harry Thomas
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Supertall
- How the World's Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives
- By: Stefan Al
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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We are living in a new urban age and its most tangible expression is the "supertall": megastructures that are dramatically bigger, higher, and more ambitious than any in history. Stefan Al reveals the advancements in engineering, design, and data science that have led to this boom....
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Wanders from subject
- By Eduards J. Vucins on 06-21-22
By: Stefan Al
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Genius of Place
- The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted
- By: Justin Martin
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 18 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Frederick Law Olmsted is arguably the most important historical figure that the average American knows the least about....
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A Great Tribute To a True Genius
- By David Bloniarz on 09-07-16
By: Justin Martin
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Walkable City
- How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
- By: Jeff Speck
- Narrated by: Jeff Speck
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability....
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Interesting topic and thoughtful insight, subpar recording.
- By Andrew Nicks on 05-12-18
By: Jeff Speck
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The Bright Ages
- A New History of Medieval Europe
- By: Matthew Gabriele, David M. Perry
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle Ages, The Bright Ages shows the beauty and communion that flourished alongside the dark brutality - a brilliant reflection of humanity itself....
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Does exactly what it claims to clarify
- By Aaron Rapozo on 12-13-21
By: Matthew Gabriele, and others
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
- Center for Environmental Structure Series
- By: Christopher Alexander
- Narrated by: Mike Fraser
- Length: 29 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, a workshop, or a public building....
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Comprehensive overview of building for living.
- By chakra on 05-14-22
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Brunelleschi's Dome
- How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
- By: Ross King
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Brunelleschi's Dome is the story of how a Renaissance genius bent men, materials, and the very forces of nature to build an architectural wonder we continue to marvel at today. Denounced at first as a madman, Brunelleschi was celebrated at the end as a genius....
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Architect during the Italian Renaissance
- By g. marks on 07-08-21
By: Ross King
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A Place of My Own
- The Architecture of Daydreams
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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With this updated edition of his earlier book A Place of My Own, listeners can revisit the inspired, intelligent, and often hilarious story of Pollan’s realization of a room of his own....
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Pollan is a great narrator
- By justin chidester on 05-07-12
By: Michael Pollan
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The Geography of Nowhere
- The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
- By: James Howard Kunstler
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
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In elegant and often hilarious prose, Kunstler depicts our nation's evolution from the Pilgrim settlements to the modern auto suburb in all its ghastliness....
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Suburbia Jeremiad with poor narration
- By Skyler Chaney on 10-28-20
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Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life
- How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect, and Happiness
- By: Karen Rauch Carter
- Narrated by: Celeste Oliva
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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An essential and accessible guide to increasing happiness, improving your financial well-being, and bettering your health through the timeless Chinese art of feng shui....
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love it
- By Amiee Baker on 06-20-18
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Walkable City Rules
- 101 Steps to Making Better Places
- By: Jeff Speck
- Narrated by: Jeff Speck
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Jeff Speck’s follow-up to his best-selling Walkable City is the resource that cities and citizens need to usher in an era of renewed street life. Walkable City Rules is a doer’s guide to making change in cities, and making it now....
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Excellent compendium for pro and enthusiast alike
- By Ostyn on 02-23-19
By: Jeff Speck
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Philistines at the Hedgerow
- Passion and Property in the Hamptons
- By: Steven Gaines
- Narrated by: Steven Gaines
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Abridged
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Philistines at the Hedgerow is a mesmerizing feat of storytelling - an audiobook that takes us behind the privet hedges and rolling sand dunes and brings vivid life to the curious passions and personalities that animate the Hamptons....
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A peak behind the curtain of the private rich
- By Diana on 03-22-19
By: Steven Gaines
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The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition
- By: Donald Shoup
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 23 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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In this no-holds-barred treatise, Donald Shoup argues that free parking has contributed to auto dependence, rapid urban sprawl, extravagant energy use, and a host of other problems....
By: Donald Shoup
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The E-Myth Architect
- Why Most Architectural Firms Don't Work and What to Do About It
- By: Michael E. Gerber, Norbert C. Lemermyer
- Narrated by: Michael E. Gerber, Norbert C. Lemermyer
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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The E-Myth Architect gives you a complete toolkit for either starting a successful firm from scratch or maximizing an existing firm's performance....
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Muy completo
- By Ariadna Martinez on 10-29-21
By: Michael E. Gerber, and others
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Stealing Home
- Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between
- By: Eric Nusbaum
- Narrated by: David Owen Nelson
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Dodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities....Â
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Once Upon a Time at Dodger Stadium
- By James Gamble on 03-06-21
By: Eric Nusbaum
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The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
- The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
- By: Don Thompson
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Intriguing and entertaining, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark is a Freakonomics approach to the economics and psychology of the contemporary art world....
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Repetitive & Dry
- By Phyllis on 01-21-19
By: Don Thompson
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Critical Path
- By: R. Buckminster Fuller, Kiyoshi Kuromiya
- Narrated by: Alister Austin
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Critical Path details how humanity found itself in its current situation - at the limits of the planet's natural resources and facing political, economic, environmental, and ethical crises....
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A great author
- By John A. on 10-06-21
By: R. Buckminster Fuller, and others
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How Design Makes the World
- By: Scott Berkun
- Narrated by: Keith McCarthy
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In How Design Makes the World, best-selling author and designer Scott Berkun reveals how designers, from software engineers to city planners, have succeeded and failed us....
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Great for new designers
- By Carol Ann Friday on 10-18-21
By: Scott Berkun
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Construction Project Management
- How the Great Ones Do It
- By: Joe Egan
- Narrated by: Joseph R Egan
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Many want to achieve success in being a project manager, but not everyone is given a roadmap on how to get there. Think about it. You worked hard, got promoted into a project management position and then what....
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Basic Book
- By BT on 10-27-20
By: Joe Egan
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Feng Shui Modern
- By: Cliff Tan
- Narrated by: Kevin Shen
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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The ancient practice of feng shui is uncovered in this simple and practical guide, revealing the tools that will lead to a healthier, happier home for every budget....
By: Cliff Tan
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The House of Government
- A Saga of the Russian Revolution
- By: Yuri Slezkine, Claire Bloom - director
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 45 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction....
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Inside saga of the leaders of Bolshevism & the USSR
- By Edward V. Blanchard on 11-05-17
By: Yuri Slezkine, and others
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Frank Lloyd Wright
- By: Ada Louise Huxtable
- Narrated by: Carrington Macduffie
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic for The New York Times comes an intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of the world-renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright....
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Wonderful book! Excellent reader!
- By Stephen B on 03-06-05
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The Great Indoors
- The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness
- By: Emily Anthes
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In this wide-ranging, character-driven audiobook, science-journalist Emily Anthes takes us on an adventure into the buildings in which we spend our days, exploring the profound and sometimes unexpected ways that they shape our lives....
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Fascinating stories, well researched, read twice
- By ep on 01-18-21
By: Emily Anthes
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The Timeless Way of Building
- By: Christopher Alexander
- Narrated by: Mike Fraser
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The theory of architecture implicit in our world today, Christopher Alexander believes, is bankrupt. More and more people are aware that something is deeply wrong....
New releases
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Meet Me by the Fountain
- An Inside History of the Mall
- By: Alexandra Lange
- Narrated by: Mikhaila Aaseng
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Alexandra Lange now turns her sharp eye to another subject we only think we know. She chronicles post-war architects’ and merchants’ invention of the mall, revealing how the design of these marketplaces played an integral role in their cultural ascent. In Lange’s perceptive account, the mall becomes newly strange and rich with contradiction: Malls are environments of both freedom and exclusion—of consumerism, but also of community. Meet Me by the Fountain is a highly entertaining and evocative promenade through the mall’s story of rise, fall and ongoing reinvention.
By: Alexandra Lange
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Living Off the Grid for Beginners
- Planning, Preparing and Everything You Need to Know About Off Grid with Practical Steps to Live Your Life
- By: Freddie S. Hills
- Narrated by: Dale Rich
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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We sometimes wish for alone time. There are many reasons we long for such a thing. It could be the need to achieve something we feel we can’t achieve amid everything around us. We might also long for some time alone to get away from the hustle and bustle of life as it goes on around us. But, whatever the choice, our ultimate aim is usually some time to ourselves, a moment of reflection, a time to make personal decisions and grow as a person.
By: Freddie S. Hills
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An Architecture Manifesto
- Critical Reason and Theories of a Failed Practice
- By: Nadir Lahiji
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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In this manifesto, the author takes a leap of faith. It is a faith in Lost Causes. He asserts that today, architectonic reason has fallen into ruins. As soon as architecture leaves the limits set to it by architectonic reason, no other path is open to it but the path to aestheticism. This is the wrong path contemporary architecture has taken. In its reduction to a pure aesthetic object, architecture negatively affects the human sensorium.Â
By: Nadir Lahiji
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Of Arcs and Circles
- Insights from Japan on Gardens, Nature, and Art
- By: Marc Peter Keane
- Narrated by: Marc Peter Keane
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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From his vantage point as a garden designer and writer based in Kyoto, Marc Peter Keane examines the world around him and delivers astonishing insights through an array of narratives. How the names of gardens reveal their essential meaning. A new definition of what art is. What trees are really made of. The true meaning of the enigmatic torii gate found at Shinto shrines. Why we give flowers as gifts. The essential, underlying unity of the world.
By: Marc Peter Keane
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Interior Design - 3 Books in 1
- By: Jessica Wiebe
- Narrated by: Andrea Fuller
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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How to fit bookshelves in a small space? What wood will you prefer for designing? When designing a room what is the most important factor for you? Interior designing does not need to be difficult. All you really need is the knowledge to go about planning your approach to designing. There are some common interior design questions you can use no matter the project you have going on. Every design is a hypothesis and a very interesting and practical adventure. Which ever approach you use, design focuses on resolving problems by tacking them in interesting ways.
By: Jessica Wiebe
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Let It Shine
- The 6,000-Year Story of Solar Energy
- By: John Perlin, Mark Z. Jacobson - foreword
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Let It Shine is a fully revised and expanded edition of A Golden Thread, Perlin's classic history of solar technology, detailing the past forty years of technological developments driving today's solar renaissance. This unique and compelling compendium of humankind's solar ideas tells the fascinating story of how our predecessors throughout time, again and again, have applied the sun to better their lives-and how we can too.
By: John Perlin, and others
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Meet Me by the Fountain
- An Inside History of the Mall
- By: Alexandra Lange
- Narrated by: Mikhaila Aaseng
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Alexandra Lange now turns her sharp eye to another subject we only think we know. She chronicles post-war architects’ and merchants’ invention of the mall, revealing how the design of these marketplaces played an integral role in their cultural ascent. In Lange’s perceptive account, the mall becomes newly strange and rich with contradiction: Malls are environments of both freedom and exclusion—of consumerism, but also of community. Meet Me by the Fountain is a highly entertaining and evocative promenade through the mall’s story of rise, fall and ongoing reinvention.
By: Alexandra Lange
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Living Off the Grid for Beginners
- Planning, Preparing and Everything You Need to Know About Off Grid with Practical Steps to Live Your Life
- By: Freddie S. Hills
- Narrated by: Dale Rich
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Â
We sometimes wish for alone time. There are many reasons we long for such a thing. It could be the need to achieve something we feel we can’t achieve amid everything around us. We might also long for some time alone to get away from the hustle and bustle of life as it goes on around us. But, whatever the choice, our ultimate aim is usually some time to ourselves, a moment of reflection, a time to make personal decisions and grow as a person.
By: Freddie S. Hills
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An Architecture Manifesto
- Critical Reason and Theories of a Failed Practice
- By: Nadir Lahiji
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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In this manifesto, the author takes a leap of faith. It is a faith in Lost Causes. He asserts that today, architectonic reason has fallen into ruins. As soon as architecture leaves the limits set to it by architectonic reason, no other path is open to it but the path to aestheticism. This is the wrong path contemporary architecture has taken. In its reduction to a pure aesthetic object, architecture negatively affects the human sensorium.Â
By: Nadir Lahiji
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Of Arcs and Circles
- Insights from Japan on Gardens, Nature, and Art
- By: Marc Peter Keane
- Narrated by: Marc Peter Keane
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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From his vantage point as a garden designer and writer based in Kyoto, Marc Peter Keane examines the world around him and delivers astonishing insights through an array of narratives. How the names of gardens reveal their essential meaning. A new definition of what art is. What trees are really made of. The true meaning of the enigmatic torii gate found at Shinto shrines. Why we give flowers as gifts. The essential, underlying unity of the world.
By: Marc Peter Keane
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Interior Design - 3 Books in 1
- By: Jessica Wiebe
- Narrated by: Andrea Fuller
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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How to fit bookshelves in a small space? What wood will you prefer for designing? When designing a room what is the most important factor for you? Interior designing does not need to be difficult. All you really need is the knowledge to go about planning your approach to designing. There are some common interior design questions you can use no matter the project you have going on. Every design is a hypothesis and a very interesting and practical adventure. Which ever approach you use, design focuses on resolving problems by tacking them in interesting ways.
By: Jessica Wiebe
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Let It Shine
- The 6,000-Year Story of Solar Energy
- By: John Perlin, Mark Z. Jacobson - foreword
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Let It Shine is a fully revised and expanded edition of A Golden Thread, Perlin's classic history of solar technology, detailing the past forty years of technological developments driving today's solar renaissance. This unique and compelling compendium of humankind's solar ideas tells the fascinating story of how our predecessors throughout time, again and again, have applied the sun to better their lives-and how we can too.
By: John Perlin, and others
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How to Get Planning Permission
- An Insider's Secrets
- By: Martin Gaine
- Narrated by: Jack Jacobs
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Every year, thousands of homeowners apply for planning permission and come away battered and bruised. As a council case officer, Martin Gaine was part of the problem, continuously rejecting applications from poorly prepared applicants. Seeing that they were getting a raw deal, he founded Just Planning, a consultancy dedicated to helping homeowners to beat the planners. How to Get Planning Permission is a lively and accessible guide for homeowners.
By: Martin Gaine
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Strolling Down the Streets of Old Rangoon
- The History and the Buildings
- By: Jonathan Copeland
- Narrated by: Kyle Naylor
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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I have described 35 of my favorite colonial buildings in Yangon (formerly Rangoon) and placed them in their historical context. Each one of them has a fascinating story to tell and is best understood and appreciated as a milestone in the history of Rangoon. The audiobook has two parts. Part one is the history of Rangoon, and part 2 is the buildings.
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Supertall
- How the World's Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives
- By: Stefan Al
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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We are living in a new urban age and its most tangible expression is the "supertall": megastructures that are dramatically bigger, higher, and more ambitious than any in history. In Supertall, TED Resident Stefan Al—himself an experienced architect who has worked on some of the largest buildings in the world—reveals the advancements in engineering, design, and data science that have led to this worldwide boom.
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Wanders from subject
- By Eduards J. Vucins on 06-21-22
By: Stefan Al
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Science and Technology in Ancient Rome
- The History and Legacy of the Romans’ Technological Advances
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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The modern world has the ancient Romans to thank for the origins of many modern technologies, conveniences, and ideas, from running water, baths, and republican-style government to roads. Similarly, by the third century BCE, the Romans were prodigious monument builders, so much so that the memory of the great Roman Republic and the Roman Empire continues to exist within a cityscape of stone. Rome’s public spaces were filled with statues, arches, temples, and many other varieties of monumental images, and each of these structures had its own civic or religious function.
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How to Build a Tiny House on Wheels Step by Step
- Tiny Home Construction, Building, Plans, & Design (Tiny House Practical)
- By: Jordan Liberata
- Narrated by: Alexander Salamat
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
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Tiny houses on wheels are glamorous and solve a lot of problems for people, but actually building one is a different story entirely. Maybe you've spent a lot of time researching and planning, but you're not quite sure you are ready. Or perhaps you are having a tiny house built for you but don't know what your builder will really do or how to communicate with them. Whatever your situation, this audiobook will arm you with construction knowledge in simple terms.
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Very Informative
- By Anonymous User on 04-20-22
By: Jordan Liberata
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The Opera House
- The Extraordinary Story of the Building That Symbolises Australia - the People, the Secrets, the Scandals and the Sheer Genius
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Adrian Mulraney
- Length: 23 hrs and 27 mins
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The Sydney Opera House is a breathtaking building, recognised around the world as a symbol of modern Australia. Along with the Taj Mahal and other World Heritage sites, it is celebrated for its architectural grandeur and the daring and innovation of its design. It showcases the incomparable talents involved in its conception, construction and performance history. But this stunning house on Bennelong Point also holds many secrets and scandals. In his gripping biography, Peter FitzSimons marvels at how this magnificent building came to be.
By: Peter FitzSimons