Biographies About
Famous Tech Players
Meet the masters of innovation—coding and gaming whizzes, state-of-the-art inventors,
and Silicon Valley visionaries whose breakthrough businesses changed the world.
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The Man Who Caught the Storm
- By: Brantley Hargrove
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Tim Samaras didn’t attend a day of college in his life. He chased storms with brilliant tools of his own invention and pushed closer to the tornado than anyone else ever dared....
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Tim Samaras Would be Proud
- By Amazon Customer on 05-25-18
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The Man Who Caught the Storm
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 04-03-18
- Language: English
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The Dream Machine
- By: M. Mitchell Waldrop
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell
- Length: 27 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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In a simultaneously compelling personal narrative and comprehensive historical exposition, Waldrop tells the story of the man who not only instigated the work that led to the internet, but also shifted our understanding of what computers were and could be....
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Biographies, not technical
- By D. Garber on 01-16-20
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The Dream Machine
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell
- Length: 27 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 10-03-18
- Language: English
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iWoz
- How I Invented the Personal Computer and Had Fun Along the Way
- By: Steve Wozniak, Gina Smith
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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The mastermind behind Apple sheds his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time....
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iWOZ...apparently the best at everything!
- By Karen on 06-12-07
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iWoz
- How I Invented the Personal Computer and Had Fun Along the Way
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 12-01-06
- Language: English
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Today and Tomorrow
- Timeless Wisdom for a Modern Digital Age
- By: Henry Ford
- Narrated by: Lewis Arlt
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Henry Ford's impact on industry, business, and society continues to drive us to reach for seemingly impossible goals. Today and Tomorrow is like Ford's assembly line, churning out great achievers and forming success after success for nearly a century....
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What a book
- By Jon on 09-03-24
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Today and Tomorrow
- Timeless Wisdom for a Modern Digital Age
- Narrated by: Lewis Arlt
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 05-04-18
- Language: English
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eBoys
- The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work
- By: Randall E. Stross
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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The first inside account of life within a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, eBoys is the fascinating true story of the six tall men who backed eBay, Webvan...
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Entertaining but misinformed
- By Sean on 12-01-03
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eBoys
- The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 10-23-00
- Language: English
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How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars
- The Snapchat Story
- By: Billy Gallagher
- Narrated by: Billy Gallagher
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook is the improbable and exhilarating story of the rise of Snapchat from a frat boy fantasy to a multi-billion dollar internet unicorn that has dramatically changed the way we communicate....
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Good start, bland finish, hero worship abound
- By Bamagrad03 on 03-18-18
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How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars
- The Snapchat Story
- Narrated by: Billy Gallagher
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 02-13-18
- Language: English
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Showing Up for Life
- Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime
- By: Bill Gates Sr.
- Narrated by: Patrick Egan, Bill Gates Sr.
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
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A heartfelt, deeply personal book, Showing Up for Life shines a bright light on the values and principles that Bill Gates Sr. has learned over a lifetime of “showing up” - lessons that he learned growing up in the Great Depression, and which he instilled in his children....
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Inspiring listening
- By Martin on 04-22-16
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Showing Up for Life
- Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime
- Narrated by: Patrick Egan, Bill Gates Sr.
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 04-28-09
- Language: English
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