Industrial Age

Brought to you by Penguin. The international best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the chaotic, polarized and unstable age in which we live Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, geopolitical dangers and an international...

Artificial Intelligence is transforming human society fundamentally and profoundly. Not since the Enlightenment and the Age of Reason have we changed how we approach knowledge, politics, economics, even warfare. Three of our most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial...

The first book in a hilarious, jam-packed new adventure series starring Scooter the inventor and his top secret alien sidekick. Scooter McLay’s cerebral palsy affects how quickly he can move his body, but his hyper-creative brain is a constant fizz of brilliant ideas. He spends every day...

Discover how a simple ancient tool ignited the Industrial Revolution, forever transforming technology and human labor. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive narrative history explores the dramatic clash between skilled craftspeople and relentless mechanization. If you are a curious...

From the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap takes a sweeping look at the history of technological progress and how it has radically shifted the distribution of economic and political power among society’s members. 

In a book that “sets a new standard in economic history” (Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist), acclaimed economic historian Victoria Bateman tells the story of how women made the world rich How many female entrepreneurs, economic revolutionaries, merchants, and industrialists...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Big Data, a prediction for how data will revolutionize the market economy and make cash, banks, and big companies obsolete In modern history, the story of capitalism has been a story of firms and financiers. That's all going to change thanks to the...

Success is a compelling Edwardian novel by Una L. Silberrad, first published in 1912 by George H. Doran Company. Set against the backdrop of England's industrial elite, it tells the story of Michael Annarly, a gifted engineer and inventor whose revolutionary aerial-torpedo design places him at...

A dramatic and heartwarming Victorian saga, perfect for fans of Maggie Hope and Anne Bennett. Will she find love again? Ironbridge, 1893. When eighteen-year-old Maria Keay is offered an exciting job in a department store in Shrewsbury, she is keen to spread her wings and leave her hometown...

'A gleeful, page-flipping read . . . One you'll be glad to take a ringside seat for' Observer 'A rollicking historical novel' Daily Mail Annie Perry is born beside the coal-muddied canals of the Black Country at the height of the industrial revolution. When her father dies, her Romi family can...

London, 1938: Lizzie Larch is a twenty-year-old hat maker in London's east end. She is happy and popular, but she carries a secret. Seven years ago she was viciously attacked and recovered in a private sanatorium where she miscarried a child. Lizzie has no memory of the night of the attack, but...

3D Robotics co-founder and bestselling author Chris Anderson takes you to the front lines of a new industrial revolution as today’s entrepreneurs, using open source design and 3-D printing, bring manufacturing to the desktop. In an age of custom-fabricated, do-it-yourself product design and...

For the captains of industry ? men like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, and Henry Ford ? the Gilded Age is a time of big money. Technology boomed with the invention of trains, telephones, electric lights, harvesters, vacuum cleaners, and more. But for millions of immigrant workers, it is a time of big struggles, with adults and children alike working 12 to 14 hours a day under extreme, dangerous conditions.

New York Times Best Seller How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology—and there’s nobody better qualified or situated to explore that...

Dickens worked on David Copperfield for two years between 1848 and 1850, carefully planning out the plot and structure. Seven novels precede it, and seven novels would come after it, Copperfield being his mid-point novel. The story deals with the life of David Copperfield from childhood to...

Explore the narrative history of how breakthrough technology turned quiet farms into factory empires. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive exploration plunges you into the gritty, coal-powered reality of early mechanization. Witness the dramatic shift from seasonal hand tools to...

Experience the gritty, thought-provoking economic history of the technological innovations that forged modern society. Perfect for educational listening on your daily commute, this captivating narrative transports you to eighteenth-century Britain, where steam power and human ambition collided...

The groundbreaking people, ideas, and inventions of the Industrial Revolution, spanning from 1760 to 1840, are brought to life in this fascinating addition to the New York Times bestselling What Was? series. Following the Agricultural Revolution, the Industrial Revolution was a global period of...

Explore the epic history of technology where humanity captured raw fire to forge our modern global energy systems. Perfect for your daily commute, this mind-expanding narrative transforms complex thermodynamics into a thrilling story of human ambition. Listen as the steady thunder of progress...

Experience the inspiring history of engineering defiance that transformed a despised temporary exhibit into a global icon. Perfect for your daily commute or armchair travel, this evocative journey plunges you into late nineteenth-century Paris during an era of intense industrial competition...