Browse audiobooks narrated by Edward Mitchell, listen to samples and when you're ready head over to Audiobooks.com where you can get 3 FREE audiobooks on us
It's Mine: How Crypto Is Redefining Ownership
‘Crypto', a loose term that means many things to different people, only entered the public consciousness within the last five years or so, now evident by the volume of public discussion, commentary and analysis spread across every conceivable media outlet. Cryptography has been around for millennia, but Bitcoin only arose in 2009, and it was the spark that has taken crypto from a small group of enthusiasts into a many-tentacled creature, now attaching itself to an astonishing number of projects across all manner of applications, challenging both public and private power centres and long-established norms as it spreads. Starting with the emergence of cryptocurrencies, a whole new host of life-forms have emerged – NFTs, the metaverse, Defi, Web3 and DAOs – all of them changing the very notion of ownership. It's Mine digs into the history and concept of ‘ownership', which ecosystems nurture it, and where we are now. Filled with anecdotes, observations and interviews, the book takes an entertaining and accessible look at how Bitcoin made its mark, how its technology is being re-purposed to enable a revolution, and (in non-technical terms) how it all works. It explores how these new crypto ‘life-forms' will interact with the rest of the virtual and physical world, while making some very rich and some very poor. 'Future historians may well look back on 'It's Mine' and wonder at such a heuristic prescience gilded with clarity, style, and grace' Josh Rosenthal, US historian, podcaster, public intellectual, educator, serial entrepreneur 'Sidley explains clearly and persuasively how our rights and identities are being changed and challenged by technologies of our own making' Bronwyn Williams, futurist, economist partner at Flux Trends and Metanomic and author of The Future Starts Now
Steven Boykey Sidley (Author), Edward Mitchell (Narrator)
Audiobook
Money and Power: The World Leaders Who Changed Economics
A captivating economic history of government all over the world. Through economics, our politicians have the power to transform people's lives for better or worse. Think Deng Xiaoping who lifted millions out of poverty by opening up China; Franklin D Roosevelt whose 'New Deal' helped the USA break free of the Great Depression. Or Peron and his successors in Argentina who brought the country to the brink of ruin. In this magisterial history, economist and politician Vince Cable examines the legacy of 16 world leaders who transformed their countries' economic fortunes and who also challenged economic convention. From Thatcher to Trump, from Lenin to Bismarck, Money and Power provides a whole new perspective on the science of government. Examining the fascinating interplay of economics and politics, this is a compelling journey through some of the most significant people and events of the last 300 years. "Vince Cable brings economics to life in this thrilling history, revealing how 16 leading politicians over the last 250 years have used it in their own totally different ways to make the world anew." SIR ANTHONY SELDON, author of May at 10 "A wonderful journey through the economic ideas that have shaped leading politicians throughout history." DAME MINOUCHE SHAFIK, Director of LSE "From Hamilton and Lenin to Abe and Trump, these brilliant essays are true to the dictum that 'people don't believe in ideas, they believe in people who believe in ideas'. This is a book which will change the way you think about politics and the leaders and ideas which have driven it forward in the last three centuries." LORD ANDREW ADONIS "Vince Cable brings out with spectacular clarity how important and radical leaders end up combining economic theory, political ideology and practical administration. This book needs to be read by anyone who is interested in how the world's economies are really run." SIR OLIVER LETWIN "Money and Power provides a masterly analysis of how economic policy has determined the success and failure of political leaders through the ages." VICKY PRYCE, former Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service "As a former policymaker, Cable has an eye for the sort of political detail that brings a historical episode to life. It's an accessible read that helps us see the long-standing links between money and power all over the world." LINDA YUEH, author of The Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today "Cable shows the influence of leaders in the course of history and the influence of economic ideas on their thoughts and actions. A brilliant project and splendidly delivered." PROFESSOR LORD NICHOLAS STERN, LSE "A fast-paced, highly readable account of political leaders who transformed their countries - for better or worse - through the economic ideologies of their time. As an economist turned politician, Vince Cable is uniquely placed to provide a critical, but fair judgment of those who have shaped today's major economies." DAME DEANNE JULIUS, senior adviser, Chatham House
Vince Cable (Author), Edward Mitchell (Narrator)
Audiobook
The Tao of Bowie: 10 Lessons from David Bowie's Life to Help You Live Yours
The Tao of Bowie is partly a book about David Bowie. But it's mainly a book about you. Buddhism was central to David Bowie's life, but he was a wide-ranging thinker who also drew meaning from other sources including Jungian psychology, Nietzschean philosophy and Gnosticism. The Tao of Bowie condenses these concepts - the ideas that inspired and supported Bowie throughout his life and career - into ten powerful lessons, each with a series of exercises, meditations and techniques to encourage readers to apply these learnings to their own lives. The Tao of Bowie will help readers understand who they really are, clarify their purpose in life, manage their emotions and cope with setbacks and change. This fresh approach to the search for spirituality and happiness unites the perennial human quest for answers with the extraordinary mind and unique career of one of the most important cultural figures of the past half-century. It has a simple concept: that David Bowie's lifetime journey of self-discovery can be used as a template for yours; that the powerful ideas that fascinated Bowie and helped to shape his work, his career and his life can help you towards a life of greater happiness and purpose; and that, by following the exercises in this book, you can pursue your own journey to self-discovery using Bowie as an accessible gateway to some of the world's wisest teachings. A unique take on mindfulness, meditation and meaning filtered through the life and work of David Bowie.
Mark Edwards (Author), Edward Mitchell (Narrator)
Audiobook
Bluffer's Guide to Football: Instant Wit & Wisdom
Written by experts and offering readers the opportunity to pass off appropriated knowledge as their own, the Bluffer's Guides provide hard fact masquerading as frivolous observation in one witty, easy listen. Instantly acquire all the knowledge you need to pass as an expert in the world of football. Never again be found wanting when asked what Albert Camus said about the 'beautiful' game, why a surprising number of other famous writers and thinkers opted to play 'between the sticks', why a rotation system is not to be confused with a revolving door management policy, and why an impressive collection of trophies is no way to describe the perma-tanned WAGs in the directors' box. Bask in the admiration of your fellow football lovers as you pronounce confidently on the merits of English 'pluck' over German 'efficiency', and hold your own against the most tribal of rival supporters. "I've been using my own version of this for years, but now there's an official Bluffer's Guide anyone can use to present their own football show on radio." ANDY JACOBS, co-presenter of Talksport's Hawksbee and Jacobs Show
Mark Mason (Author), Edward Mitchell (Narrator)
Audiobook
The Gallows Green Killer: DETECTIVE INSPECTOR JACK DAWES MYSTERY Book 4
The Gallows Green Killer is the fourth in Francis Lloyd's Detective Inspector Jack Dawes mysteries. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, LJ Ross, JR Ellis, Angela Marsons or Faith Martin. Rosemary and Dick Brown move into a beautiful, secluded house on Gallows Green in the idyllic Somerset village of Lullington Barrow. It seems like a dream come true. But is it too good to be true? The tight-knit community close ranks when asked about the previous residents. The charming village takes on an even more sinister hue when Rosemary's sister, Corrie, and her husband, DI Jack Dawes, come to visit and a local man is found dead at the bottom of a slurry pit, his body wrapped in a feed sack. A few bad apples reveal the village's rotten core, as the body count rises. The forces at play extend far beyond this backwater, but how? Jack must race to fit the pieces together as everything he holds dear comes under threat.
Frances Lloyd (Author), Edward Mitchell (Narrator)
Audiobook
The Shetland Killer: DETECTIVE INSPECTOR JACK DAWES MYSTERY Book 3
The Shetland Killer is the third in Francis Lloyd's Detective Inspector Jack Dawes mysteries. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, LJ Ross, JR Ellis, Angela Marsons or Faith Martin. DI Jack Dawes is called into investigating the death of a woman found with her throat slit on a snowy London street, twelve days before Christmas. A man, seen standing over the body, has yet to be discovered. Then Jack is sent away to shed light on a grisly death on the Shetland Islands. The corpse of another young woman lies sprawled underneath the tower of secluded Doomdochry Castle. It looks like suicide, but DI Dawes suspects foul play. The sinister MacAlister family will do everything it can to bar Jack from uncovering the truth. As he battles to crack the clan, Jack confronts an intelligence equal to his own ?- in a ruthless murderer set to strike again. Will Jack make the crucial link between the two murders in time to stop the brutality?
Frances Lloyd (Author), Edward Mitchell (Narrator)
Audiobook
The Bluebell Killer: DETECTIVE INSPECTOR JACK DAWES MYSTERY Book 2
THE BLUEBELL KILLER is the second in Francis Lloyd's Detective Inspector Jack Dawes mysteries. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, LJ Ross, JR Ellis, Angela Marsons or Faith Martin. A naked body is found floating in the Thames. Its head and hands have been clumsily hacked off. The murder rocks the affluent, influential residents of riverside Kings Richington. They band together to keep such savage goings-on out of the headlines and demand a discreet police cover-up. Detective Inspector Jack Dawes is on the case, but his investigation keeps hitting dead-ends. Jack is left scrambling to find a crack in the town's facade. Then another body is found in a skip, a bullet lodged between the eyes. Jack must work against orders from his own side in the race to stop a killer. How can one man expose a huge conspiracy?
Frances Lloyd (Author), Edward Mitchell (Narrator)
Audiobook
The Greek Island Killer: Detective Inspector Jack Dawes Mystery, Book 1
Who will return home - and who will be sacrificed to the island? THE GREEK ISLAND KILLER is the first in Francis Lloyd's Detective Inspector Jack Dawes mysteries. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, LJ Ross, JR Ellis, Angela Marsons or Faith Martin. Detective Inspector Jack Dawes and his bride, Corrie, join eight other holidaymakers bound for a tiny Greek island, ready for a bit of sun, sea and sand. Mayhem ensues when a storm destroys the island's primitive communications, cutting it off from civilization. It's a perfect opportunity for murder. First one victim is poisoned, followed swiftly by another. Then a woman is found badly beaten in a quiet cove and a body is found in a grotto to St Sophia, the island's patron saint. The island's visitors are being picked off one by one. Can Jack uncover the truth before the killer ups the ante? Who will return home - and who will be sacrificed to the island?
Frances Lloyd (Author), Edward Mitchell (Narrator)
Audiobook
Mission: Destructor: The Transcended Book 7
The time has come. The Creator is the most powerful entity in the known universe. Protected by the walls of its dark sphere, it constructs vast machines designed to wipe out entire species. So far, it has not encountered significant resistance. Times change. Keller and Nation are given their most dangerous mission yet. Sent into the depths of the dark sphere, they must do whatever it takes to wipe out this deadly alien entity. It's never easy and the stakes have never been higher. In the Creator's realm there are no guarantees. What lies ahead will be the hardest road Keller and Nation have ever travelled.
Anthony James (Author), Edward Mitchell (Narrator)
Audiobook
Monolith: The Transcended Book 6
Monolith is a high-action science fiction adventure involving massive space battles, overwhelming odds and exciting technologies. It continues the Transcended series and picks up straight after book 5: Void Blade. The mysterious Creator has been the instigator of chaos for thousands of years. It works unseen, sending out vast entropy factories to construct machines of war for a single purpose: to bring extinction. Now, these spaceships are converging on human territory. The Confederation is worn down by endless conflict, its warfleet depleted and its armies stretched. Two of the Space Corps' top officers - Joe Nation and Becky Keller - are determined to fight for as long as it takes. The coming conflict will offer them a fleeting glimpse into the designs of an entity so powerful it might as well be a god. For Nation and Keller, the things they learn ensure nothing will ever be the same again.
Anthony James (Author), Edward Mitchell (Narrator)
Audiobook
Void Blade: The Transcended Book 5
Void Blade is a high-action science fiction adventure involving massive space battles, overwhelming odds and exciting technologies. It continues the Transcended series and picks up straight after book 4: Galaxy Bomb. Bold action from Captain Becky Keller and Lieutenant Joe Nation in the Bael-6 solar system has sent a hammerblow response to the murderous Scions. The enemy are down but they not defeated. The detonation of the galaxy bomb has brought something new into the fight. The Scions are not a natural living species and now their mysterious creator has taken an interest in the human Confederation. The Hyranus is coming and it has power beyond anything known. Left unchecked, it will not only rebuild the Scion fleet, but destroy humanity in the process. Keller and Nation are given a mission with incredible scope and if it succeeds, it will end the fight once and for all. Somehow, they must accomplish the impossible and subdue an alien god.
Anthony James (Author), Edward Mitchell (Narrator)
Audiobook
Galaxy Bomb: The Transcended Book 4
Galaxy Bomb is a high-action science fiction adventure involving massive space battles, overwhelming odds and exciting technologies. It continues the Transcended series and picks up straight after book 3: Far Strike. The human Confederation is on the verge of total defeat. The Trivar and the life draining Antaron have taken turns and now, their cruel overlords, the Scions, have joined the fight. As if the odds weren't bad enough already. The Scions are savage, brutal and arrogant. They have brought with them a weapon beyond comprehension. If the Scions are not stopped, everyone will die. Captain Becky Keller is flying the refitted ES Devastator. It's the only spaceship with the firepower to match the Scions in a one-on-one. Deep in the Devastator's hold, Lieutenant Joe Nation and his squad wait to try out the newest piece of untested Space Corps tech. If it works, they'll have a chance to show the Scions exactly what happens when you push too hard.
Anthony James (Author), Edward Mitchell (Narrator)
Audiobook
©PTC International Ltd T/A LoveReading is registered in England. Company number: 10193437. VAT number: 270 4538 09. Registered address: 157 Shooters Hill, London, SE18 3HP.
Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer
We use cookies to give you the best online experience. Please let us know if you agree to all of these cookies. To learn more view privacy and cookies policy.
Join our community for the latest bookish news, reading recommendations, exclusive opening extracts, author events and competitions. It's all free. And enter a monthly draw to win a £50 Gift Card
Join Our Community