The Story Behind
The Extraordinary History Behind Ordinary Objects
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Learn the fascinating history and trivia behind the everyday items we take for granted — from the host of the popular podcast The Story Behind, Emily Prokop!
Many of us learn about the major inventions that shape our world. But we too often overlook the objects we use every day. In The Story Behind, Emily Prokop, creator of the Webby Award nominated podcast, explores the who, how, and huh? of everything from Band-Aids to bubble gum; hypnosis to Hula Hoops; and lullabies to lead pipes. Along the way, she demonstrates how the major events of history - from wars, plagues and revolutions to historic achievements and discoveries - have influenced some of the world’s most pervasive inventions. From food, fashion and games to transit and modern technology, The Story Behind offers a closer look at the things closest to us.
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Soon after his 50th birthday, Steven Petrow began assembling a list of "things I won't do when I get old" - mostly a catalog of all the things he thought his then 70-something-year-old parents were doing wrong. That list became the basis of this rousing collection of dos and don'ts, wills and won'ts that is equal parts hilarious, honest, and practical.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Poinient but Depressing
- De Dr Karen en 06-30-21
De: Steven Petrow
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F*cking History
- 111 Lessons You Should Have Learned in School
- De: The Captain
- Narrado por: The Captain
- Duración: 4 h y 7 m
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The entries in this compulsively listenable book bridge past and present with topics like getting ghosted, handling haters, and why dog owners rule (sorry, cat people). Along the way you'll get a glimpse of Edith Wharton's sex life, dating rituals in Ancient Greece, catfishing in 500 BC, medieval flirting techniques, and squad goals from Catherine the Great.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected
- De J Lewis en 03-28-21
De: The Captain
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The Things We Make
- The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans
- De: Bill Hammack
- Narrado por: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 182
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For millennia, humans have used one simple method to solve problems. Whether it's planting crops, building skyscrapers, developing photographs, or designing the first microchip, all creators follow the same steps to engineer progress. But this powerful method, the "engineering method", is an all but hidden process that few of us have heard of—let alone understand—but that influences every aspect of our lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Blends history and technical method explanations
- De Aaron Trachtman en 05-26-23
De: Bill Hammack
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Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters
- Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever
- De: Jared Knott
- Narrado por: Stephen Bowlby
- Duración: 11 h y 53 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 51
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How often does a single tiny mistake cause an entire civilization to collapse? More often than you think! Listeners of Jared Knott’s book Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters will be amazed at the little things that changed history in a big way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very, very interesting facts
- De dexter en 11-02-21
De: Jared Knott
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The Cloudbuster Nine
- The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II
- De: Anne R. Keene, Claudia Williams - foreword
- Narrado por: Anne R. Keene
- Duración: 10 h y 35 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 46
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In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in that year's World Series, one of the nation's strongest baseball teams practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Carolina. Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, and Johnny Sain were among a cadre of fighter-pilot cadets who wore the Cloudbuster Nine baseball jersey at an elite Navy training school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great story but kind of disjointed.
- De Tom Beeson en 01-06-25
De: Anne R. Keene, y otros
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The Forgotten 500
- De: Gregory A. Freeman
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 10 h y 40 m
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Here is the astonishing, never-before-told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II: when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines. During a bombing campaign, hundreds of American airmen were shot down in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia. Local Serbian villagers risked their own lives to give refuge to the soldiers, and for months the airmen lived in hiding, waiting for rescue.
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4 out of 5 stars
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an amazing tale
- De Ron en 10-28-07
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Stuff You Should Know
- An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things
- De: Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant
- Narrado por: Chuck Bryant, Josh Clark
- Duración: 9 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 511
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From the duo behind the massively successful and award-winning podcast Stuff You Should Know comes an unexpected look at things you thought you knew. Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant started the podcast Stuff You Should Know back in 2008 because they were curious - curious about the world around them, curious about what they might have missed in their formal educations, and curious to dig deeper on stuff they thought they understood.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Fails as an audio book.
- De Sarah H en 12-10-20
De: Josh Clark, y otros
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The Last Castle
- The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
- De: Denise Kiernan
- Narrado por: Denise Kiernan
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 998
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Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York's best known families. She grew up in Newport and Paris, and her engagement and marriage to George Vanderbilt was one of the most watched events of Gilded Age society. But none of this prepared her to be mistress of Biltmore House. Before their marriage, the wealthy and bookish Vanderbilt had dedicated his life to creating a spectacular European-style estate on 125,000 acres of North Carolina wilderness.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Very factual
- De Jennifer en 11-28-17
De: Denise Kiernan
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The Best Minds
- A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
- De: Jonathan Rosen
- Narrado por: Jonathan Rosen
- Duración: 16 h y 44 m
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Acclaimed author Jonathan Rosen’s haunting investigation of the forces that led his closest childhood friend, Michael Laudor, from the heights of brilliant promise to the forensic psychiatric hospital where he has lived since killing the woman he loved. A story about friendship, love, and the price of self-delusion, The Best Minds explores the ways in which we understand—and fail to understand—mental illness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Overwhelming Tragedy of Mental Illness
- De Elephants Matter en 12-30-23
De: Jonathan Rosen
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The Accidental President
- Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
- De: A. J. Baime
- Narrado por: Tony Messano
- Duración: 14 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,297
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,993
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,985
The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman's first four months in office, when this unlikely president had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional
- De Jean en 11-14-17
De: A. J. Baime
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On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down
- De: James Fell
- Narrado por: Kelli Tager, James Fell
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 37
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Nazis are bad. The worst kind of bad. There are no very fine people among them. If you disagree, you won’t like this book. Still here? Cool. You are about to receive an education unlike any you’ve previously experienced. In this uproarious and informative tour from ancient times to the modern day and everything in between, James Fell, the self-proclaimed “sweary historian,” reveals a past replete with deeds both noble and despicable. Throughout the book, he provides insightful analysis of all the sh!t that went down. Behold!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rad.
- De Christine C. Keiser en 11-21-23
De: James Fell
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Why Do We Say That?
- 101 Idioms, Phrases, Sayings & Facts! A Brief History on Where They Come From!
- De: Scott Matthews
- Narrado por: Mandy Grant-Grierson
- Duración: 1 h y 31 m
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In Why Do We Say That, we have curated 101 of the most regularly used idioms, proverbs, turns of phrases, and colloquial terms that have the most fascinating backstories. For each phrase, we have explained how it was coined, how its use evolved through the ages, and how it gained its contemporary use.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Waste of Money
- De Bill en 02-18-23
De: Scott Matthews
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Operation Underworld
- How the Mafia and US Government Teamed Up to Win World War II
- De: Matthew Black
- Narrado por: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Duración: 11 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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In 1942, a rational fear was mounting that New York Harbor was vulnerable to sabotage. If the waterfront was infested with German and Italian agents then the US Navy needed a recourse just as insidious to secure it. Naval intelligence officer Commander Charles Radcliffe Haffenden had the solution: recruit as his own spies, members of La Cosa Nostra. Pier to pier, no one terrified the longshoremen, stevedores, shopkeepers, and boat captains along the harbor better than the Mafia gangs of New York, who controlled the docks in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must read of the extraordinary WWII Navy/Mafia Partnership
- De Marthe en 01-16-23
De: Matthew Black
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Interesting Facts for Curious Minds
- 1572 Random but Mind-Blowing Facts About History, Science, Pop Culture and Everything in Between
- De: Jordan Moore
- Narrado por: Robin LaRose
- Duración: 7 h y 42 m
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Interesting Facts For Curious Minds gives you the answer to all these and many, many more questions that I know have crossed your mind from time to time. This book is divided into 63 chapters by topic for your convenience, bringing you a nice mix of science, history, pop culture, and all sorts of stuff in between. Each chapter contains 25 concise yet engaging factoids that are sure to make you think and at times laugh.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very good
- De Cycleash en 12-28-22
De: Jordan Moore
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The Pale-Faced Lie
- A True Story
- De: David Crow
- Narrado por: Kaipo Schwab
- Duración: 11 h y 53 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,884
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,878
Growing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and his siblings idolized their dad. Tall, strong, smart, and brave, the self-taught Cherokee regaled his family with stories of his World War II feats. But as time passed, David discovered the other side of Thurston Crow, the ex-con with his own code of ethics that justified cruelty, violence, lies - even murder. A shrewd con artist with a genius IQ, Thurston intimidated David with beatings to coerce him into doing his criminal bidding. David's mom, too mentally ill to care for her children, couldn't protect him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best new release I’ve read!
- De A. Deal en 02-17-20
De: David Crow
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We Were the Lucky Ones
- De: Georgia Hunter
- Narrado por: Kathleen Gati, Robert Fass
- Duración: 15 h y 36 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 12,254
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11,032
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 10,981
The New York Times best-seller with more than one million copies sold worldwide. Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive - and to reunite - We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds. It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows closer.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Love it but...
- De Roz en 07-19-17
De: Georgia Hunter
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The Way I Heard It
- De: Mike Rowe
- Narrado por: Mike Rowe
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 10,117
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 8,925
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 8,865
Emmy-award winning gadfly Mike Rowe presents a ridiculously entertaining, seriously fascinating collection of his favorite episodes from America’s number-one short-form podcast, The Way I Heard It, along with a host of memories, ruminations, and insights. It’s a delightful collection of mysteries. A mosaic. A memoir. A charming, surprising must-have. Mike Rowe’s The Way I Heard It collects 35 fascinating stories “for the curious mind with a short attention span”.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I could listen to Mike read all day. And I am!
- De Amazon Customer en 10-15-19
De: Mike Rowe
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- celeste rickers
- 02-14-23
So fun!
I enjoyed the book very much! I only wish it was longer :-) thanks for the facts and trivia!
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- Zach Brunson
- 07-12-21
Fun, Short, and Quirky Factoids
This is a collection of fun, short, and often quirky stories about the background and history of random aspects of everyday life: factoids for the inquisitive mind.
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- John Cashman
- 11-07-20
Very good book
if you are interested in the origins and evolution of everyday things, you will love thisbook.
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- Dogs Land
- 03-25-24
One third of the book is repeated after initial description of subject under “TLDR” ..?
I had to look that up, so I must not be the target audience.
In first part of book she states that all she knew about inventions was that “white men invented them”. Perhaps a little history lesson about the massive contributions Asian, Arabic and African cultures made in the early history when white people were scratching out a life in Europe…
Glad it was free
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