Business audiobooks

Tips & Traps When Negotiating Real Estate

By: Robert Irwin

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Surefire techniques for coming out on top in any real estate deal A great book for anyone who is interested in real estate investing or planning to buy a new home, Tips & Traps When Negotiating Real Estate covers everything from financing and deposits, to better prices versus better terms, to handling brokers and sellers alike. Bestselling... Read more

Der GmbH-Geschäftsführer - Abridged

By: Hans-Peter Schauwecker

Narrated by: H.-P. Schwecker

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Das Hörbuch informiert über die Rechte und Pflichten von Geschäftsführern, insbesondere auch über die Haftungsrisiken, die mit der Person eines GmbH-Geschäftsführers verbunden sind. Zunächst wird dargestellt, wie Geschäftsführer nach den Regeln des GmbH-Gesetzes zum Organ bestellt und von dieser Position abberufen werden können sowie welche... Read more

You're Hired

By: Bill Rancic

Narrated by: Bill Rancic

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Success means something different for everyone. For Bill Rancic, it meant taking the things he loved -- like coming up with exciting ideas and never working a 9-to-5 job -- and translating that into a profitable business. By the time he was thirty, he'd achieved every goal he set for himself by creating an online cigar company from scratch and... Read more

Evolution of the Spirit

By: Craig Hamilton

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In a conversation that is grounded in the reality of human life, while it reaches to the edges of our evolution and understanding, Hamilton shares the experiences and practice that expand his own awareness, and sheds light on how our species can realize the shift in consciousness that may soon transform our biology, our communities, and our... Read more

Bait and Switch

By: Barbara Ehrenreich

Narrated by: Anne Twomey

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed goes back undercover to do for America's ailing middle class what she did for the working poor.

Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed explored the lives of low-wage workers. Now, in BAIT AND SWITCH, she enters another hidden realm of the economy—the world of the white-collar unemployed. Armed with a... Read more

The Ape in the Corner Office

By: Richard Conniff

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 13 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Tired of swimming with the sharks? Fed up with that big ape down the hall? Real animals can teach us better ways to thrive in the workplace jungle.

You’re ambitious and want to get ahead, but what’s the best way to do it? Become the biggest, baddest predator? The proverbial 800-pound gorilla? Or does nature teach you to be more subtle and... Read more

The Ape in the Corner Office - Abridged

By: Richard Conniff

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Tired of swimming with the sharks? Fed up with that big ape down the hall? Real animals can teach us better ways to thrive in the workplace jungle.

You’re ambitious and want to get ahead, but what’s the best way to do it? Become the biggest, baddest predator? The proverbial 800-pound gorilla? Or does nature teach you to be more subtle and... Read more

Ten Questions Your Sponsor Should Ask About Your Plan

By: David Paradi

Narrated by: David Paradi

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Sponsors are getting more educated about project plans and as project managers we must anticipate their questions. In this recording, Dave Paradi will share ten questions your sponsor should be asking and what you can do to prepare for them. You can show leadership in your project by being prepared with a good plan that communicates confidence... Read more

Taming Wicked Projects

By: Amy Schwab

Narrated by: Amy Schwab

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In today’s chaotic organizational environments, project specifications, resources, and sponsorship change at the drop of a stock price. In times like this, it’s tempting to curse our projects as wicked or blame ourselves for not being able to tame these unpredictable and uncontrollable “beasts.” In wild times, our projects are better served by... Read more

Managing Projects as a Consultant

By: Casey Worthington & Bruce Robertson

Narrated by: Casey Worthington & Bruce Robertson

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

This recording is designed for project managers who are interested in transitioning to the world of consultative project management. It includes
the differences between internal-, vendor-, and independent-based project management
the psychology of consulting as a project manager
how to adapt to customer environments
the politics and... Read more

Copy This!

By: Paul Orfalea & Ann Marsh

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Copy This!, Paul Orfalea's inspiring personal story of turning lessons into lemonade, may be the most unusual business memoir ever published.

Paul Orfalea struggles mightily to read, to write, and to sit still through business meetings. So what's the problem? By working with the obstacles life dealt him–he call his dyslexia and ADHD "learning... Read more

An Enlightened Farmer in Kansas

By: Bryan Welch

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Bryan Welch, the publisher of Mother Earth News, is realistic about the American mindset, and the reluctance of the masses to give up the comforts of consumption in the name of sustainability. Read more

Manage Your Mind / Take Charge of Your Life

By: John Selby

Narrated by: Michael Toms & Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

John Selby presents a simple and direct approach to how we manage our own personal energy and brings home how crucial it is not only to succeeding in life but to survival itself. Calm your mental clutter and feel more grounded as you listen to how you can manage your individual energy supply to consciously determine what you manifest in life. Read more

Copy This! - Abridged

By: Paul Orfalea & Ann Marsh

Narrated by: Todd Cummings

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

No business autobiography has ever let it all hang out like this one. In building an unconventionally democratic multinational company that has been named by Fortune, Forbes, and Working Mother magazines as one of the best places to work in America, Paul Orfalea never tamed his impulsive, rebellious nature, and he discusses his flaws and... Read more

One L

By: Scott Turow

Narrated by: Holter Graham

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Decades after Scott Turow entered law school comes an all new unabridged production of this classic with a special introduction by and interview with the author

One L, Scott Turow's journal of his first year at law school and a bestseller when it was first published in 1977, has gone on to become a virtual bible for prospective law students. Not... Read more

There's No Such Thing as "Business" Ethics

By: John C. Maxwell

Narrated by: John C. Maxwell

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

There's no such thing as business ethics. How can that be? Because a single standard applies to both your business and personal life-and it's one we all know and trust: the Golden Rule. Now bestselling author John C. Maxwell shows you how this revered ideal works everywhere, and how, especially in business, it brings amazing dividends. There's... Read more

Brag! - Abridged

By: Peggy Klaus

Narrated by: Peggy Klaus

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It is well documented that working hard isn't enough to keep your professional star rising: Self-promotion is recognized as one of the most important attributes for getting ahead. But learning to share your talents and successes without coming across as smug or rehearsed is a tricky skill. Now, Peggy Klaus, top communication and leadership... Read more

The Truth About Money - Abridged

By: Ric Edelman

Narrated by: Ric Edelman

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“A single source for what you need to know to put your financial house in order, an impressive piece of work, and very useful.”
—Bob Clark, Editor-in-Chief, Dow Jones Investment Advisor Ric Edelman, America’s most successful financial advisor, has revised and updated his classic personal finance bestseller to reflect the new global economic... Read more

New Rules of Money - Abridged

By: Ric Edelman

Narrated by: Ric Edelman

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It's time to learn the new rules.You can't afford to manage your finances the way your parents did.While your parents and grandparents paid relatively little in taxes, you lose more than a third of your income to the tax collector. Prices for goods and services were stable for the first 60 years of this century, but you must buy today to avoid... Read more

Discover the Wealth Within You - Abridged

By: Ric Edelman

Narrated by: Ric Edelman

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Have your goals and dreams gotten lost in your daily struggle to earn a living and provide for your family?In Discover the Wealth Within You, Ric Edelman shows you how to choose fun, enriching and rewarding financial goals and gives you a simple straightforward plan for achieving them. As he reveals in this audio, all you need to become wealthy... Read more

The Richest Man in Babylon

By: George Clason

Narrated by: Richard Ferrone

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

The Richest Man in Babylon by George Samuel Clason provides financial advice through a collection of parables. George S Clason is best known for writing a series of informational pamphlets about being thrifty and how to achieve financial success. He started writing the pamphlets in 1926, using parables that were set in ancient Babylon. Banks and... Read more

Mars and Venus in the Workplace

By: John Gray

Narrated by: John Gray

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

John Gray, who changed the way people view gender differences with his #1 international bestseller Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, now brings his insights to the working world.In Mars and Venus in the Workplace, Gray analyzes the differences in the ways men and women misunderstand and misinterpret each other in the workplace, and offers... Read more

The Pampered Chef

By: Doris Christopher

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The Pampered Chef is Doris Christopher’s extraordinary account of how she turned an innovative concept and $3,000 investment into a business with annual sales approaching the billion-dollar mark. It is packed with real-life lessons and inspiring insights for small-business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs.

In 1980 Doris Christopher, a former... Read more

22 Immutable Laws of Branding - Abridged

By: Al Ries & Laura Ries

Narrated by: Al Ries & Laura Ries

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Branding. Dubbed by many the “marketing buzzword” of the late ‘90s, everyone knows that building your product or service into a bona fide brand is the only way to cut through the clutter in today's insanely crowded marketplace.The only question is, how do you do it?Learn the laws of branding in the branding bible: The 22 Immutable Laws of... Read more