Category: Audio Books

Free Download Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CGRXHS6W | 2024 | 13 hours and 30 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 394 MB
Author: Anil Ananthaswamy
Narrator: Rene Ruiz
A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligence. Machine learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumor is cancerous, or deciding whether someone gets bail. They now influence developments and discoveries in chemistry, biology, and physics-the study of genomes, extra-solar planets, even the intricacies of quantum systems. And all this before large language models such as ChatGPT came on the scene. We are living through a revolution in machine learning-powered AI that shows no signs of slowing down.

Free Download Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge, Audible Studios for Bloomsbury
English | June 01, 2019 | ISBN: B06XG5ZHW6 | 5 hours and 53 minutes | M4B 64 Kbps | 160 Mb
"I couldn’t have a conversation with white folks about the details of a problem if they didn’t want to recognise that the problem exists. Worse still was the white person who might be willing to entertain the possibility of said racism but still thinks we enter this conversation as equals. We didn’t then, and we don’t now."
In February 2014, Reni Eddo-Lodge posted an impassioned argument on her blog about her deep-seated frustration with the way discussions of race and racism in Britain were constantly being shut down by those who weren’t affected by it. She gave the post the title ‘Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race’. Her sharp, fiercely intelligent words hit a nerve, and the post went viral, spawning a huge number of comments from people desperate to speak up about their own similar experiences.
Galvanised by this response, Eddo-Lodge decided to dive into the source of these feelings, this clear hunger for an open discussion. The result is a searing, illuminating, absolutely necessary exploration of what it is to be a person of colour in Britain today, covering issues from eradicated black history to white privilege, the fallacy of ‘meritocracy’ to whitewashing feminism, and the inextricable link between class and race. Full of passionate, personal and keenly felt argument, Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race is a wake-up call to a nation in denial about the structural and institutional racism occurring in our homes.

Free Download Why I Believe: A Psychologist’s Thoughts on Suffering, Miracles, Science, and Faith (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CKNKPX34 | 2024 | 9 hours and 43 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 279 MB
Author: Dr. Henry Cloud
Narrator: Dr. Henry Cloud, Michael Beck
A leadership expert, clinical psychologist, and New York Times bestselling author asks the big questions and shares his early mental health struggles in this groundbreaking, uplifting book. World-renowned psychologist and leadership expert Henry Cloud has impacted millions of lives through his groundbreaking books and through his work coaching leaders of the most influential organizations in the world. But few people know the details of his own story and how he became one of the most beloved and respected psychologists and faith influencers in America.

Free Download John T. Hancock, Michael Langan (Narrator), "Why Elephants Cry: How Observing Unusual Animal Behaviours Can Predict the Weather (and Other Environmental Phenomena)"
English | ASIN: B0DC77358M | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~08:11:00 | 225 MB
Why Elephants Cry is a fascinating frolic through the literature and evidence surrounding the use of unusual behavior of animals to measure and predict the environment. The role of animals, from the smallest ant to the biggest elephant, as predictors of environmental changes is framed around the climate crisis, which highlights the increasingly important part that animals will have to play in the future.
Renowned biologist Professor John T. Hancock collects anecdotal stories and myths along with scientific evidence, demonstrating that observation of animals can be of tangible use. He looks at the measurement of the air temperature using ants, crickets, and snakes, and goes on to assess the evidence that the observation of a wide range of animals can predict the weather or the imminent eruption of volcanoes and earthquakes. Evidence of animals being able to predict lunar and solar events, such as lunar cycles and the Northern Lights, is also considered.
This is the only time that all this literature has been brought together in one place, a fascinating reference for anybody interested in animals and the environment. The book is also an ideal supplementary textbook for students studying animal behavior.

Free Download Christopher Wills, Chris Sorensen (Narrator), "Why Ecosystems Matter: Preserving the Key to Our Survival"
English | ASIN: B0DCD4BB6F | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~08:51:00 | 243 MB
Every one of Earth’s teeming ecosystems is an evolutionary cauldron
Christopher Wills’s claim has its roots in an insight from Charles Darwin: the interactions between species in an ecosystem are a powerful driver of evolution. In this book Wills describes how, by using the latest genetic techniques, we are probing ecosystems and discovering that even the most apparently barren of them are rich in variety, especially of microbes. Exploring the many ways in which ecosystems have coped with past change, and how rapidly an ecosystem can develop complexity, Wills illuminates a pathway of hope for the natural world that we have so damaged and depleted. Our new genetic knowledge can help these evolutionary cauldrons to continue brewing richness and diversity, the better to heal our living world and to enable our own survival.
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Free Download Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide by Jonathan A. Rodden, Mike Lenz, Tantor Audio
English | July 07, 2020 | ISBN: B08BW2MHS5 | 10 hours and 13 minutes | MP3 64 kbps | 281 Mb
A prizewinning political scientist traces the origins of urban-rural political conflict and shows how geography shapes elections in America and beyond.
Why is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats sweep statewide offices in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan yet fail to take control of the same states’ legislatures? Many place exclusive blame on partisan gerrymandering and voter suppression. But as political scientist Jonathan A. Rodden demonstrates in Why Cities Lose, the left’s electoral challenges have deeper roots in economic and political geography.
In the late 19th century, support for the left began to cluster in cities among the industrial working class. Today, left-wing parties have become coalitions of diverse urban interest groups, from racial minorities to the creative class. These parties win big in urban districts but struggle to capture the suburban and rural seats necessary for legislative majorities. A bold new interpretation of today’s urban-rural political conflict, Why Cities Lose also points to electoral reforms that could address the left’s under-representation while reducing urban-rural polarization.

Free Download Why Are People into That?: A Cultural Investigation of Kink (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CLPYPSWB | 2024 | 10 hours and 2 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 289 MB
Author: Tina Horn
Narrator: Tina Horn
From a #1 Apple podcast host, Lambda Literary fellow, and dominatrix comes a sex-positive, judgment-free cultural deep-dive into the world of kink. When celebrated BDSM educator Tina Horn first launched Why Are People Into That?!, publications from Vice to Buzzfeed heralded it as one of the best sex podcasts around. Each episode centered around a different fetish or fantasy, thoughtfully examining why, exactly, different strokes work for different folks. From sex workers and scientists to artists and activists, Tina’s wide range of guests helped educate fascinated listeners across the world on the wide spectrum of humanity’s appetites. With her listeners growing more and more insatiable, she soon realized that the only way to address the titular question with all the depth and nuance it deserved was to turn that idea into a book.

Free Download Why Animals Talk: The New Science of Animal Communication (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CPTF71HS | 2024 | 8 hours and 40 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 252 MB
Author: Arik Kershenbaum
Narrator: John Hastings
From leading zoologist Arik Kershenbaum, a delightful and groundbreaking exploration of animal communication and its true meaning. Animal communication has forever seemed intelligible. We are surrounded by animals and the cacophony of sounds that they make-from the chirping of songbirds to the growls of lions on the savanna-but we have yet to fully understand why animals communicate the way they do. What are they saying? This is only part of the mystery. To go deeper, we must also ask, what is motivating them? Why Animals Talk is an exhilarating journey through the untamed world of animal communication.

Free Download Whole Numbers and Half Truths by Rukmini S., Shruti Bhola, Audible Studios
English | July 18, 2023 | ISBN: B0CBQP1HFM | 8 hours and 19 minutes | M4B | 227 Mb
How do you see India?
Fuelled by a surge of migration to cities, the country’s growth appears to be defined by urbanisation and by its growing, prosperous middle class. It is also defined by progressive and liberal young Indians, who vote beyond the constraints of identity, and paradoxically, by an unchecked population explosion and rising crimes against women. Is it, though?
In 2020, the annual population growth was down to under one per cent. Only 31 of 100 Indians live in a city today, and just five per cent live outside the city of their birth.

Free Download Who You Came Here to Be: Astrology to Unlock Your Cosmic Potential and Take Control of Your Destiny (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CTB9JCB1 | 2024 | 5 hours and 57 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 334 MB
Author: Debbie Frank
Narrator: Debbie Frank
Learn how to decode your birth chart and reveal your soul’s mission for incredible personal growth. Astrology is the ultimate power tool for self-development, empowerment and healing. Its magic flows through every aspect of our lives-from our work and relationships to our inner power and creative inspiration-leaving signposts, messages and guidance to assist us on our soul journey. This audiobook reveals how to join the dots between the messages and unlock your true cosmic potential. With these new insights into your birth chart and soul gifts, you’ll discover how to find your true purpose, raise your vibration and transform your life.