Business audiobooks

Our Natural Goodness

By: Sylvia Boorstein, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

As one of the most beloved American teachers of Buddhism, Sylvia Boorstein brings warmth, humor, and real-life honesty to the principles of mindfulness and spiritual practice. In this joy-filled conversation, she shares her insights on how we can be more accepting of the negative patterns in our minds, and find happiness regardless of the... Read more

Leviathan

By: Eric Jay Dolin

Narrated by: James Boles

Length: 15 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the epic history of the "iron men in wooden boats" who built an industrial empire through the pursuit of whales.



"To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme," Herman Melville proclaimed, and this absorbing history demonstrates that few things can capture the sheer danger and desperation of men on the deep sea as dramatically... Read more

The House of Mondavi

By: Julia Flynn Siler

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 17 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in California's lush Napa Valley and spanning four generations of a talented and visionary family, The House of Mondavi is a tale of genius, sibling rivalry, and betrayal. From 1906, when Italian immigrant Cesare Mondavi passed through Ellis Island, to the Robert Mondavi Corporation's twenty-first-century battle over a billion-dollar... Read more

The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book

By: Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves

Narrated by: Thom Pinto

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

In today's fast-paced world of competitive workplaces and chaotic personal lives, each of us is searching for effective tools that can make our schedules, behaviors, and relationships more manageable. The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book shows us how understanding and utilizing emotional intelligence can be the key to exceeding our goals and... Read more

Freakonomics Rev Ed

By: Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner offer the long-awaited paperback edition of Freakonomics, the runaway bestseller, including six Freakonomics columns from the New York Times Magazine and a Q & A with the authors. Read more

Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!

By: Marvin Weisbord & Sandra Janoff

Narrated by: Colleen Patrick

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Everybody hates meetings. And why shouldn't they? Most meetings are poorly led, counter-productive, and time-wasting. Based on decades of practice and research, bestselling authors Weisbord and Janoff have come to the conclusion that most people lead meetings incorrectly. They, instead, propose ten contrarian principles that actually get... Read more

The Ultimate Sales Machine

By: Chet Holmes

Narrated by: Amanda Holmes & George Newbern

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

NEWLY REVISED AND UPDATEDThe bestselling business playbook for turbocharging any organization, updated for modern audiences with new and never-before-seen materialEvery single day 3,076 businesses shut their doors. But what if you could create the finest, most profitable and best-run version of your business without wasting precious dollars on a... Read more

On the Fly Guide to Balancing Work and Life

By: Bill Butterworth

Narrated by: Bill Butterworth

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Being a captivating speaker, Bill Butterworth can take his time getting to the point in this compact primer on living a balanced life. He's utterly charming as he asks us to clarify our goals and work on the distractions and dysfunctions that throw us off course. His lengthy illustrations will force listeners to get out of their impatient... Read more

People Get Screwed All the Time

By: Robert Massi

Narrated by: Todd McLaren

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

What would you do if you were accused and arrested for a crime that you didn't commit? How about if you realized that you'd just been scammed for thousands of dollars? What about if, due to a circumstance as unavoidable as having the same name as a criminal, your credit rating kept you from buying a house or a car, or getting a loan for college?... Read more

Richistan

By: Robert Frank

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Full of captivating profiles and expert insights into the lives and lifestyles of the nouveau riche, Richistan tells the real story of a new gilded age. The recent explosion of wealth has created a new breed of multimillionaires. Ed Bazinet, for example, who turned miniature ceramic villages into a $250 million fortune. Or Tim Blixseth, who... Read more

The Obvious

By: James Dale

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The secrets to success in business aren't secrets at all. They're obvious, so obvious that they've mostly been taken for granted or ignored—until now.

We've all read the business allegories, the "how I did it" success stories, and yes, there's good advice to be found in their pages. But nowhere is the advice as pure, as simple, as elegant, as... Read more

XV Leçons pour coacher votre équipe et réussir dans vos entreprises

By: Abdelatif Benazzi

Narrated by: Bernard Petit

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: No

Sur le terrain, en entreprise et au quotidien, les règles de la gestion d'équipe sont partout les mêmes. Les découvrir (ou les redécouvrir) en situations réelles, avec des exemples pris aux meilleures sources du rugby est tout à fait passionnant. Dans ce livre, Abdelatif Benazzi ne nous donne pas seulement des cas et des impressions vécus de... Read more

Connect

By: Keith Harrell & Hattie Hill

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Successful motivational speaker Keith Harrell shows how our ability to connect—in our professional lives and personal relationships—is at the core of success. Known well in the corporate world for his energetic and inspirational presentations, Harrell has taken the corporate lecture circuit by storm. He addresses more than 120 events annually... Read more

The Last Chance Millionaire

By: Douglas R. Andrew

Narrated by: Douglas R. Andrew

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Personal finance bestselling author Doug Andrew shows you a remarkable way of how to plan for your retirement that most financial planners aren't even aware of!
According to Doug Andrew, the bestselling author of Missed Fortune 101, too many Americans are being led down the wrong financial path. Even worse, many Baby Boomers find themselves... Read more

The Last Chance Millionaire - Abridged

By: Douglas R. Andrew

Narrated by: Douglas R. Andrew

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Personal finance bestselling author Doug Andrew shows you a remarkable way of how to plan for your retirement that most financial planners aren't even aware of!
According to Doug Andrew, the bestselling author of Missed Fortune 101, too many Americans are being led down the wrong financial path. Even worse, many Baby Boomers find themselves... Read more

The Secret History of the American Empire

By: John Perkins

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

In his stunning memoir, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins detailed his former role as an "economic hit man" in the international corporate skulduggery of a de facto American Empire. Now Perkins zeroes in on hot spots around the world, drawing on interviews to examine the current geopolitical crisis, and providing a compassionate... Read more

How to Get to the Top

By: Jeffrey J. Fox

Narrated by: Jeffrey J. Fox

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you want to get to the top? Do you want to know how to rise above the crowd and become a leader in your field? Then this is the audio book for you.

In How to Get to the Top, bestselling author Jeffrey J. Fox combines his own experience as an extremely successful entrepreneur with lessons learned at the family dinner table by business leaders... Read more

To Catch a Predator

By: Chris Hansen

Narrated by: Todd McLaren

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Over 40 million Americans have seen Dateline NBC's ongoing "To Catch a Predator" series, with an average of 11 million viewers per episode. So far, the Dateline series has led to the arrest of over 200 men and has shown that child predators can be anyone—even those who are the most trusted in the community, including rabbis and teachers.



In his... Read more

Connected

By: Daniel Altman

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

What if you could look behind the headlines of the global economy to see how it really worked? Instead of listening to pundits, politicians, and protestors, you could see firsthand how everyone from migrant workers to central bank governors lived their lives. Then you could decide for yourself where the big trends were heading.



Now you can.... Read more

Chasing Cool

By: Noah Kerner & Gene Pressman

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The former creative director and co-CEO of Barneys joins forces with a celebrated twenty-eight-year-old marketing maverick to teach readers how to break through the clutter and achieve a relevant point of difference in this entertaining and imminently readable book.



Cool isn't just a state of mind, a celebrity fad, or an American obsession—it's a... Read more

Brazen Careerist

By: Penelope Trunk

Narrated by: Shelly Frasier

Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Post-baby boomer Generations X and Y make up about a third of the entire working populations, yet all of the business advice books on the market seem to be written by (and for) those in the middle of their careers. In terms of business advice, what is out there for the all-important age 18-34 demographic? Brazen Careerist, a debut book by... Read more

The Feminine Mistake - Abridged

By: Leslie Bennetts

Narrated by: Leslie Bennetts

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Women are constantly being told that it's simply too difficult to balance work and family, so if they don't really ""have to"" work, it's better for their families if they stay home. Not only is this untrue, Leslie Bennetts says, but the arguments in favor of stay-at-home motherhood fail to consider the surprising benefits of work and the... Read more

Toyota Talent

By: Jeffrey K. Liker & David Meier

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Toyota doesn't just produce cars; it produces talented people. In the international bestseller, The Toyota Way, Jeffrey Liker explained Toyota's remarkable success through a 4P model for excellence-Philosophy, People, Problem Solving, and Process. Liker, with coauthor David Meier, provided deeper insight into the practical application of the... Read more

Crazy Bosses and Sun Tzu - Abridged

By: Stanley Bing

Narrated by: Stanley Bing

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jam-packed with new anecdotes, updated references, and modernized jokes, Stanley Bing’s seminal investigation of what makes bosses crazy is now revised for a new generation.Fans of television’s The Office and the cult film Office Space will love this classic guide to the universal workplace phenomenon of crazy bosses, now updated for a new... Read more