Business audiobooks

The Science of Getting Rich

By: Wallace D. Wattles

Narrated by: Eliza Foss

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

As featured in the bestselling book The Secret, here is the landmark guide to wealth creation republished with the classic essay “How to Get What You Want.”Wallace D. Wattles spent a lifetime considering the laws of success as he found them in the work of the world’s great philosophers. He then turned his life effort into this simple, slender... Read more

The 4-Hour Workweek

By: Timothy Ferriss

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Tim Ferriss is an extraordinary young man on a mission. The twenty-nine-year-old serial vagabond and successful entrepreneur has been teaching a wildly popular course at Princeton University: a how-to and why-to guide to throwing out the old methods for success (balancing life and work, retiring well, having a great nest egg) and replacing them... Read more

The Millionaire Zone

By: Jennifer Openshaw

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Most get-rich books are gimmicky. They focus on one artificial technique like cutting out lattes that will supposedly make you a millionaire (in thirty years, maybe). But for many of us, the enormity of the challenge leads to fear, confusion, frustration, and failure. What if there was a "no fear" path to success that allowed you to use what... Read more

Do You! - Abridged

By: Russell Simmons & Chris Morrow

Narrated by: Black Ice

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Since rising out of the New York City streets over 25 years ago, Russell Simmons has helped create such groundbreaking ventures as Def Jam Records, Phat Farm, and Def Comedy Jam. Russell might have helped introduce hip-hop to the world, but he credits his success to his belief in a strong set of principles—or laws. In 12 straightforward steps,... Read more

The Last Tycoons

By: William Cohan

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 32 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A grand and revelatory portrait of Wall Street’s most storied investment bank

Wall Street investment banks move trillions of dollars a year, make billions in fees, pay their executives in the tens of millions of dollars. But even among the most powerful firms, Lazard Frères & Co. stood apart. Discretion, secrecy, and subtle strategy were its... Read more

Der Schwarze Schwan - Die Macht höchst unwahrscheinlicher Ereignisse (Ungekürzt)

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Narrated by: Stefan Barth

Length: 17 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Schwarze Schwäne stehen symbolisch für das, womit wir nicht rechnen. Bis ins 17. Jahrhundert waren die Menschen in der Alten Welt überzeugt, alle Schwäne seien weiß. Dann wurde Australien entdeckt. Dort gibt es schwarze Schwäne - was keiner für möglich gehalten hatte, war auf einmal Realität. Wenn uns im Alltag ungeahnte Überraschungen... Read more

Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

By: Lee Iacocca

Narrated by: Lee Iacocca

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The late, legendary auto executive Lee Iacocca has posed a question for every American: Where have all the leaders gone?

The most widely recognized business executive of all time asked the tough questions that America's leaders must address:

• What is each of us giving back to our country?
• Do we truly love democracy?
• Are we too fat and... Read more

The Angel Inside

By: Chris Widener

Narrated by: Chris Widener

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

There will come a time when you must decide to lead the life someone else has chosen for you…or the life you want.

According to legend, when a young boy asked the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo why he was working so hard hitting the block of marble that would eventually become his greatest sculpture, David, the artist replied, “Young man,... Read more

Iacocca - Abridged

By: Lee Iacocca & William Novak

Narrated by: Lee Iacocca

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Vintage Iacocca . . . He is fast-talking, blunt, boastful, and unabashedly patriotic. Lee Iacocca is also a genuine folk hero. . . . His career is breathtaking.”—Business Week

He’s an American legend, a straight-shooting businessman who brought Chrysler back from the brink and in the process became a media celebrity, newsmaker, and a man many... Read more

Send - Abridged

By: David Shipley & Will Schwalbe

Narrated by: David Shipley & Will Schwalbe

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

• When should you email, and when should you call, fax, or just show up?
• What is the crucial–and most often overlooked–line in an email?
• What is the best strategy when you send (in anger or error) a potentially career-ending electronic bombshell?

Enter Send. Whether you email just a little or never stop, here, at last, is an authoritative... Read more

Wikinomics

By: Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 13 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

In just the last few years, traditional collaboration—in a meeting room, a conference call, even a convention center—has been superseded by collaborations on an astronomical scale.



Today, encyclopedias, jetliners, operating systems, mutual funds, and many other items are being created by teams numbering in the thousands or even millions. While... Read more

1001 Ways to Reward Employees - Abridged

By: Bob Nelson

Narrated by: Bob Nelson

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Management expert Bob Nelson provides 1001 ways to provide the right reinforcement to get and reward excellent performance. He took the seeds of an idea and turned it into something indispensable for business. Read more

Why Teams Don't Work - Abridged

By: Harvey Robbins & Michael Finley

Narrated by: Michael Finley & Harvey Robbins

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

One of the most celebrated concepts in corporate life, teamwork is falling short on its promise. Why Teams Don't Work identifies the obstacles (most of them people-made) that prevent teams from achieving their potential, suggests methods to remove those obstacles, and explains how to take care of the team members. Read more

Blown to Bits - Abridged

By: Thomas S. Wurster & Philip Evans

Narrated by: Jeff David

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Blown to Bits demonstrates how companies can re-strategize to take advantage of the new economics of information. Read more

1001 Ways to Energize Employees - Abridged

By: Bob Nelson

Narrated by: Bob Nelson

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bob Nelson presents useful management concepts in a highly accessible and usable way. Read more

Pour Your Heart Into It - Abridged

By: Howard Schultz

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Pour Your Heart Into It, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz shares the passion, values, and inspiration that drive this fascinating company. Read more

Organizing For Life

By: Sandra Felton

Narrated by: Melinda Schmidt

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Say good-bye to the stress of mess - for good!  You can find the order, beauty, and peace you desire - and deserve - in your home. Organizing for Life reveals the secrets of keeping your house neat, clean, and organized without spending every minute of your life working on it.  Finally an audio book that goes beyond the how-tos of cleaning and... Read more

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing

By: John C. Bogle

Narrated by: Thom Pinto

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

John C. Bogle's The Little Book of Index Investing is a power-packed explanation of why outperforming the market is an investor illusion. Instead, the founder of The Vanguard Group—the man who's been called "the conscience of the investment industry"*—recommends a simple, time-tested investment strategy that can deliver the greatest return to... Read more

See Jane Lead - Abridged

By: Lois P. Frankel

Narrated by: Lois P. Frankel

Length: 3 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the New York Times bestselling author of Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office, a guide for women to find their innate leadership skills and use a leadership approach to be more confident and comfortable in all areas of their lives.

The workplace is changing. From the boardrooms to non-profit organizations to the military, the typical male... Read more

Become Who You Were Born to Be

By: Brian Souza

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Who were you born to be?

Do you ever feel burned out, beat up, or just plain bored, wondering, “Is this all there is?” Do you ever feel trapped in a stressful job that leaves you unhappy and unsatisfied? Do you ever question if you’re fulfilling your life’s purpose? If so, you are not alone. Like millions of Americans, Brian Souza found himself... Read more

Become Who You Were Born to Be - Abridged

By: Brian Souza

Narrated by: Brian Souza

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Who were you born to be?

Do you ever feel burned out, beat up, or just plain bored, wondering, “Is this all there is?” Do you ever feel trapped in a stressful job that leaves you unhappy and unsatisfied? Do you ever question if you’re fulfilling your life’s purpose? If so, you are not alone. Like millions of Americans, Brian Souza found himself... Read more

The Tipping Point

By: Malcolm Gladwell

Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior. The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person... Read more

The Last Tycoons - Abridged

By: William Cohan

Narrated by: David Aaron Baker

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A grand and revelatory portrait of Wall Street’s most storied investment bank

Wall Street investment banks move trillions of dollars a year, make billions in fees, pay their executives in the tens of millions of dollars. But even among the most powerful firms, Lazard Frères & Co. stood apart. Discretion, secrecy, and subtle strategy were its... Read more

Barbarians at the Gate - Abridged

By: Bryan Burrough & John Helyar

Narrated by: Bryan Burrough & John Helyar

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“One of the finest, most compelling accounts of what happened to corporate America and Wall Street in the 1980’s.” —New York Times Book Review
A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco. An enduring masterpiece of investigative... Read more