Bestsellers
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At Home
- A Short History of Private Life
- Written by: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall166
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Performance143
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Story143
From one of the most beloved authors of our time—more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone—a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home. “Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.” Bill Bryson and...
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Interesting, I learned a lot
- By Karen on 2018-02-25
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The 99% Invisible City
- A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
- Written by: Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt
- Narrated by: Roman Mars
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance28
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Story28
From the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast, comes a guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities. Narrated by Roman Mars, with a bonus Q&A and a Full Episode of 99% Invisible. Have you ever wondered what those bright, squiggly graffiti marks on the sidewalk...
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Deeply needed a PDF
- By Anonymous on 2021-07-02
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A Carpenter's Life as Told by Houses
- Written by: Larry Haun
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance10
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Story10
From one of Fine Homebuilding's best-loved authors, Larry Haun, comes a unique story that looks at American home building from the perspective of twelve houses he has known intimately....
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What a downer
- By Eric on 2022-10-27
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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
- Written by: Matthew Frederick
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School provides valuable guideposts for navigating the design studio and other classes in the architecture curriculum.
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Grand Central
- How a Train Station Transformed America
- Written by: Sam Roberts, Pete Hamill - introduction
- Narrated by: Sam Roberts
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
A rich, illustrated - and entertaining -- history of the iconic Grand Central Terminal, from one of New York City's favorite writers, just in time to celebrate the train station's 100th fabulous anniversary. In the winter of 1913, Grand Central Station was officially opened and immediately...
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The Bright Ages
- A New History of Medieval Europe
- Written by: Matthew Gabriele, David M. Perry
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance12
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Story12
""Traveling easily through a thousand years of history, The Bright Ages reminds us society never collapsed when the Roman Empire fell, nor did the modern world did wake civilization from a thousand year hibernation. Thoroughly enjoyable, thoughtful and accessible; a fresh look on an age full of...
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Secularly biased
- By Ian weir on 2024-03-03
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At Home
- A Short History of Private Life
- Written by: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall166
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Performance143
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Story143
From one of the most beloved authors of our time—more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone—a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home. “Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.” Bill Bryson and...
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Interesting, I learned a lot
- By Karen on 2018-02-25
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The 99% Invisible City
- A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
- Written by: Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt
- Narrated by: Roman Mars
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance28
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Story28
From the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast, comes a guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities. Narrated by Roman Mars, with a bonus Q&A and a Full Episode of 99% Invisible. Have you ever wondered what those bright, squiggly graffiti marks on the sidewalk...
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Deeply needed a PDF
- By Anonymous on 2021-07-02
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A Carpenter's Life as Told by Houses
- Written by: Larry Haun
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance10
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Story10
From one of Fine Homebuilding's best-loved authors, Larry Haun, comes a unique story that looks at American home building from the perspective of twelve houses he has known intimately....
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What a downer
- By Eric on 2022-10-27
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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
- Written by: Matthew Frederick
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School provides valuable guideposts for navigating the design studio and other classes in the architecture curriculum.
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Grand Central
- How a Train Station Transformed America
- Written by: Sam Roberts, Pete Hamill - introduction
- Narrated by: Sam Roberts
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
A rich, illustrated - and entertaining -- history of the iconic Grand Central Terminal, from one of New York City's favorite writers, just in time to celebrate the train station's 100th fabulous anniversary. In the winter of 1913, Grand Central Station was officially opened and immediately...
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The Bright Ages
- A New History of Medieval Europe
- Written by: Matthew Gabriele, David M. Perry
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance12
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Story12
""Traveling easily through a thousand years of history, The Bright Ages reminds us society never collapsed when the Roman Empire fell, nor did the modern world did wake civilization from a thousand year hibernation. Thoroughly enjoyable, thoughtful and accessible; a fresh look on an age full of...
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Secularly biased
- By Ian weir on 2024-03-03
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Speculative Futures
- Design Approaches to Navigate Change, Foster Resilience, and Co-Create the Cities We Need
- Written by: Johanna Hoffman
- Narrated by: Heni Zoutomou
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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How the emerging field of speculative futures can help us dream--and build--better, sustainable, and more equitable cities for everyone. Speculative futures--design approaches that help us visualize new and potential worlds--move us beyond what currently exists into what could one day be...
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Solar Outdoor Living
- How to Plan Eco-Friendly, Off-Grid Parties That Combine Sustainability with Fun and Convenience
- Written by: Jessica Kagin
- Narrated by: Jake Andrews
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Solar Outdoor Living is a complete, beginner-friendly guide to hosting unforgettable outdoor gatherings powered entirely by the sun.
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Critical Path
- Written by: R. Buckminster Fuller, Kiyoshi Kuromiya
- Narrated by: Alister Austin
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance3
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Story3
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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Absolutely Brutal
- By Sithlord on 2022-12-07
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Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life
- How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect, and Happiness
- Written by: Karen Rauch Carter
- Narrated by: Celeste Oliva
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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Story9
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 this book
- By Ajesh on 2019-03-12
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Mind in Motion
- How Action Shapes Thought
- Written by: Barbara Tversky
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance7
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Story7
An eminent psychologist offers a major new theory of human cognition: movement, not language, is the foundation of thought....
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Great review of embodied cognition.
- By Felipe Almeida on 2020-07-03
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Grunch of Giants
- Written by: R. Buckminster Fuller
- Narrated by: Andrew Heyl
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
With the appearance of Grunch of Giants, R. Buckminster Fuller consummates his literary canon, his panoramic lifetime survey of all aspects of the responsibility of human beings for their own destiny.
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Disney's Land
- Written by: Richard Snow
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance15
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Story15
A propulsive and “entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) history chronicling the conception and creation of the iconic Disneyland theme park, as told like never before by popular historian Richard Snow. One day in the early 1950s, Walt Disney stood looking over 240 acres of farmland in...
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So inappropriate
- By Aleksandra on 2023-02-18
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The Last Castle
- The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
- Written by: Denise Kiernan
- Narrated by: Denise Kiernan
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
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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Good
- By RW on 2025-05-12
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Ten Books on Architecture
- Written by: Vitruvius Pollio
- Narrated by: Gary Tredwell
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio's Ten Books on Architecture is the most complete treatise on the subject of architecture from antiquity and for hundreds of years influenced major buildings around the world....
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The Timeless Way of Building
- Written by: Christopher Alexander
- Narrated by: Mike Fraser
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Christopher Alexander presents in it a new theory of architecture, building, and planning which has at its core that age-old process by which the people of a society have always pulled the order of their world from their own being.
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A Place of My Own
- The Architecture of Daydreams
- Written by: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall48
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Performance38
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Story38
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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Fantastic
- By Ryan on 2023-01-27
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Alan Partridge: Big Beacon
- The hilarious memoir from the nation's favourite broadcaster
- Written by: Alan Partridge
- Narrated by: Alan Partridge
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance8
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Story8
'It may be the funniest thing ever committed to sound' DAVID BADDIEL 'The audiobook is an absolute dream' RICHARD OSMAN 'Not only has Alan Partridge created an entirely new storytelling structure, it's very funny indeed' JON RONSON 'Partridge... has become the man our time deserves. Aha!' THE...
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His best work!
- By Dave Dawson on 2025-09-23
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A Natural History of Empty Lots
- Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places
- Written by: Christopher Brown
- Narrated by: Christopher Brown
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
An "instant classic", this genre-bending blend of naturalism, memoir, and social manifesto is a fascinating study for rewilding the city, the self, and society (Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestselling author). During the real estate crash of the late 2000s, Christopher Brown purchased an...
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The World by Design
- The Story of a Global Architecture Firm
- Written by: A. Eugene Kohn
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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In a series of fascinating tales, Gene Kohn explains how he helped build one of the most successful architecture firms in the world, offering inspiring lessons on business leadership and design innovation that can be applied to many fields....
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The Giza Power Plant
- Technologies of Ancient Egypt
- Written by: Christopher Dunn
- Narrated by: D. Cash Keahey
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Did a highly advanced civilization exist in prehistory? Is the Giza Pyramid a remnant of their technology? Then, what was the power source that fueled such a civilization? The technology of harmonic resonance, claims renowned master craftsman and engineer Christopher Dunn. In a brilliant piece...
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Brunelleschi's Dome
- How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
- Written by: Ross King
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
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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Palaces for the People
- How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
- Written by: Eric Klinenberg
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance14
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Story14
NATIONAL BESTSELLER “A comprehensive, entertaining, and compelling argument for how rebuilding social infrastructure can help heal divisions in our society and move us forward.”—Jon Stewart NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR “Engaging.”—Mayor Pete Buttigieg, The...
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Arbitrary Lines
- How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It
- Written by: M. Nolan Gray
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
The arbitrary lines of zoning maps across the country have come to dictate where Americans may live and work, forcing cities into a pattern of growth that is segregated and sprawling....
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Great for nerding out about city planning
- By Ian on 2023-05-17
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Construction Project Management
- How the Great Ones Do It
- Written by: Joe Egan
- Narrated by: Joseph R Egan
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance6
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Story6
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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People management
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-07-13
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Walkable City
- How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
- Written by: Jeff Speck
- Narrated by: Jeff Speck
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance17
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Story17
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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Great introduction to smart city design
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-06-25
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Every Monument Will Fall
- A Story of Remembering and Forgetting
- Written by: Dan Hicks
- Narrated by: Dan Hicks
- Length: 20 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
The culture war is over. If you want it to be. It wasn’t even a culture war; it was a war on culture. A sustained attack, Dan Hicks argues, in the form of the weaponisation of civic museums, public art, and even universities — and one that has a deeper history than you might think.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
- Written by: Ada Louise Huxtable
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography of America's greatest architect Renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography Frank Lloyd Wright looks at the architect and the man, from his tumultuous personal life to his long career as a master builder. Along the...
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The Geography of Nowhere
- The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
- Written by: James Howard Kunstler
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance5
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Story5
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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Valuable insights and interesting arguments but..
- By Kat on 2020-06-02
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CABIN
- Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
- Written by: Patrick Hutchison
- Narrated by: Patrick Hutchison
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Story6
This program is read by the author. “This is a great audiobook for nature lovers, carpenters, and people who dream of their hobby becoming their day job.”—AudioFile A memoir of the author's journey from an office job to restoring a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, based on his wildly...
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Love it!
- By T Mac on 2025-05-10