Business audiobooks

Wall Street Money Machine - Abridged

By: Wade B. Cook

Narrated by: Wade B. Cook

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes


For beginners and more experienced investors alike, Wall Street Money Machine is a dynamic and innovative guide to understanding Wall Street and making it work for you.

Wade B. Cook's is a classic rags-to-riches story: he started out as a cab driver, then became a real estate investor, author, and educator -- and he is now a renowned stock... Read more

Get A Financial Life - Abridged

By: Beth Kobliner

Narrated by: Beth Kobliner

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A completely revised and updated fourth edition of the New York Times bestseller, designed to guide younger adults through the world of personal finance.

More than ever before, people in their twenties and thirties need help getting their financial lives in order. And who could blame them? These so-called millennials have come of age in the wake... Read more

Global Capitalism: Beyond Conventional Wisdom

By: William Greider

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

If you are curious about what global capitalism means, and concerned about how it affects human equity, justice and quality of life, you must listen to this provocative discussion with William Greider. Driven by his compassion for the people on the front lines of the factories, Greider exposes the fundamental instabilities at the heart of the... Read more

Snakes Apes and Bees

By: Sandra Crowe

Narrated by: Sandra Crowe

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Dealing with difficult people can often feel like a frustrating and lose-lose ordeal. The reason for this is that the strategies we have for dealing are typically old (from earlier in our life) and repeated over and over with similar results. The key to really shifting your relationships with difficult people is to understand the dynamic you are... Read more

Confucius in the Boardroom - Abridged

By: Stefan Rudnicki & Stephanie Zimbalist

Narrated by: Blair Underwood

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Today's modern, competitive business environment demands that executives conduct business operations more effectively and compassionately. Turning to the ancient wisdom of China provides insight for professionals who want to stay on the cutting edge. This program guides executives with fundamental teachings on the topics of leadership, strategy,... Read more

Work as Art

By: Dick Richards

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Why are so many of us unhappy in our jobs? Dick Richards gives us many answers to this question as well as practical insights for what we can do about it. A graphic artist, poet and international organizational consultant on leadership, change, teamwork and personal growth, Richard believes "all work has the capacity to be both science and art". Read more

Chaos Made Simple

By: Myron Kellner-Rogers

Narrated by: Mark Walstrom

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

There is a growing disillusionment in our institutions today.  We all want change, but we're afraid to experiment.  Kellner-Rogers has looked to nature for insights into creating more efficient organizations, noting that "Diversity in a healthy, living ecosystem is not an ethical or moral choice, but an absolute requirement for health." Read more

When Money Is King - Abridged

By: Richard Hack

Narrated by: Joseph Campanella

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Financier Ronald O. Perelman is one of the richest men in America, building a personal business empire worth billions. Linked to society's most dazzling beauties, Perelman owns palatial estates in Palm Beach, East Hampton, Manhattan, Sun Valley, and Bel Air, plus an impressive art collection, a fleet of automobiles, and two G-4 jets. This first... Read more

Rediscovering America'S Soul

By: Mark Gerzon

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Mark Gerzon invites you to join a campaign--not Republican, Democratic or Independent-- but American. Describing the different ideologies contending for the soul of America today, Gerzon provides a useful guide for leading us back to the principles upon which this country was founded. Read more

Hope Is Not a Method - Abridged

By: Gordon Sullivan & Michael V. Harper

Narrated by: Gordon R. Sullivan

Length: 4 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the early 1990s, General Gordon R. Sullivan, Army Chief of Staff, and Colonel Michael V. Harper, his key strategic planner, took the post-Cold War Army into the Information Age. Faced with a 40 percent reduction in staff and funding, they dismantled a cumbersome bureaucracy, reinvented procedures, and set the guidelines for achieving a vast... Read more

Make Your Dreams Real

By: Barbara Sher

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

We're like horses raised in the basement, says Barbara Sher. "We know something's missing, but we don't know what it is." After many years of helping people find and fulfill their lifelong gifts and dreams, Sher has learned some secrets for finding the way out of the basements of our lives. Read more

Synchronicity - Abridged

By: Joseph Jaworski

Narrated by: Mitchell Ryan

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Carl Jung defined the phenomenon of “ synchronicity” as “ a collaboration between persons and events that seems to enlist the cooperation of fate.” Joseph Jaworski posits you can take advantage of synchronicity, creating the conditions for “ predictable miracles” versus... Read more

Perfect Business: How To Make A Million From Home With No Payroll No Debts No - Abridged

By: Michael Leboeuf

Narrated by: Michael Leboeuf

Length: 1 hour 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Today, with millions of displaced corporate employees looking for new career options and millions of women seeking ways to earn a living while caring for young children, a staggering one third of America's labor force is working at home already -- and the number continues to grow.
In The Perfect Business, Michael LeBoeuf guides the listener to... Read more

Natural Creativity for Organizations

By: Margaret Wheatley & Myron Kellner-Rogers

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The usual approach to work life in an organization does not allow much room for play, risk or individuality. But principles in the natural world suggest a more creative, effective approach. "Everywhere you look in life," says Wheatley, "what you see is enormous creativity, diversity and experimentation." Read more

Mind Power

By: Gini Scott

Narrated by: Gini Graham Scott

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Visualize and attain your highest ambitions and succeed in business and personal relationships. In Mind Power, Dr. Gini Graham Scott shows how you can harness the power of your mind to achieve success and overcome challenges. Through a series of powerful mental imaging exercises, you will learn how to eliminate career-threatening time pressures,... Read more

The Executive Voice Trainer

By: Jeffrey Jacobi

Narrated by: Jeffrey Jacobi

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Gaining the competitive edge in today's business world requires every advantage. How you speak and sound is as important to your success as the clothes you wear and the way you look. The Executive Voice Trainer shows you how to speak and sound to become a dynamic, confident speaker and advance your career. As you listen, you'll be amazed at how... Read more

Survive and Profit from a Mid-Career Change

By: Daniel Moreau

Narrated by: Dave Madden

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Thinking of a mid-career change? Downsized? Laid off? Or one of the many who took part in the great resignation? Sooner or later, we may face a time when we must make choices—important choices—about the future of our work lives. It's a big decision to make at any time, but significantly more important—even crucial—at the midpoint of one's... Read more

Management of the Absurd - Abridged

By: Richard Farson

Narrated by: Richard Farson

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

An original, contrarian philosophy that challenges today's leaders to look past the quick fix and deal thoughtfully with the real complexities of managing people.
In organizations, as in life, human behavior is often irrational -- and problems do not easily lend themselves to the simplistic answers and gimmickry offered in the myriad business... Read more

Learn to Earn - Abridged

By: Peter Lynch & John Rothchild

Narrated by: Peter Lynch

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mutual fund superstar Peter Lynch and author John Rothchild explain the basic principles of the stock market and business in an investing guide that will enlighten and entertain anyone who is high school age or older.

Many investors, including some with substantial portfolios, have only the sketchiest idea of how the stock market works. The... Read more

Megatrends Asia - Abridged

By: John Naisbitt

Narrated by: John Nesbitt & Jesse Boggs

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

America's #1 trend forecaster reveals the global transformation that affects the future for us all!
The most momentous global development of the 1990s.
The #1 bestselling author of Megatrends and Megatrends 2000 now offers a glimpse of your future that begins on the other side of the globe -- where the once isolated nations of Asia are networking... Read more

Total Quality Management

By: Stephen George & Arnold Weimerskirch

Narrated by: Lloyd Bochner

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Some companies waste millions of dollars on team building, benchmarking, and other quality initiatives, while others save millions with the same initiatives. What makes the difference? Total Quality Management. Employee involvement works, but only as a way of running a business—not as a short-term solution or an intriguing experiment.... Read more

Hit and Run - Abridged

By: Nancy Griffin

Narrated by: John Slattery

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hit and Run tells the improbable and often hilarious story of how two Hollywood film packagers went on a campaign to reinvent themselves as studio executives -- at Sony's expense. Veteran reporters Nancy Griffin and Kim Masters chronicle the rise of Jon Peters, a former hairdresser, seventh-grade dropout, and juvenile delinquent, and his... Read more

Live Rich - Abridged

By: Barry Kaye

Narrated by: Barry Kaye

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Live life to the fullest is the message of Live Rich, an audio that addresses every person's desire for self-respect, a greater understanding of life, motivation, and creativity— as well as financial, personal, and romantic success. Freeing ourselves from the controlling influence of our fears can set the stage for a wealth of new... Read more

The HP Way

By: David Packard

Narrated by: Nelson Runger

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Fifty-six years ago, two college friends named Bill Hewlett and David Packard decided to start a company out of a one-car garage. Today, that company-Hewlett-Packard-is universally acclaimed as the world's most admired technology corporation. Hewlett-Packard produces thousands of innovative products for customers around the globe and boasts... Read more