Business audiobooks

Dot-Gone

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Spencer Michels reports from San Francisco on the ongoing corporate bloodletting in the dot-com industry. Read more

Networth - Abridged

By: Steve Frank

Narrated by: Steve Frank

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Invest sucessfully in the companies that will prevail through thechnology booms and busts -- with indispensable advice from the world's most trusted business publication, The Wall Street Journal.
There's no doubt the Internet has changed the way we live, the way we work, and the way we invest in the new millennium. But while many investors made... Read more

The Power Of Positive Thinking in Business - Abridged

By: Scott W. Ventrella

Narrated by: Scott W. Ventrella

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

One of the most powerful forces in business today is the positive psychology movement -- overcoming self-defeating attitudes and developing our talents and positive traits. Much of the new thinking stems directly from the concepts in Norman Vincent Peale's classic bestseller, The Power of Positive Thinking, which has sold over 22 million copies.... Read more

Beyond Rankism: Democracy For All

By: Robert Fuller

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Rank has legitimate rights.  When rank has been earned and signifies excellence, then it's generally accepted, and rightfully so.  But the power of rank is often abused.  The abuse of rank, or of power, is rankism.  Treating others as invisible, as "nobodies," - insulting someone's dignity - that's rankism.  Most of us have felt its sting; most... Read more

Banking on People

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the Grameen Bank, a Bangladeshi microfinance institution providing loans to low-income borrowers. Read more

What Is Your Calling?

By: Richard Leider

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Leider points out that a calling is more than just finding a job; it involves talents, passions, environment and values. Read more

Motley Fool You have More Than You Think - Abridged

By: David Gardner & Tom Gardner

Narrated by: Tom Gardner

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Completely Revised and Expanded Edition of the New York Times Bestseller That Focuses on Personal Finance for Every Budget -- and Every Stage of Life
Taking control of your personal finances is the first -- and most important
-- step toward successful investing and a secure future. The Motley Fool You Have More Than You Think, now fully... Read more

The Motley Fool Investment Guide: Revised Edition - Abridged

By: Tom Gardner

Narrated by: Tom Gardner

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For Making Sense of Investing Today...the Fully Revised and Expanded Edition of the Bestselling The Motley Fool Investment Guide
Today, with the Internet, anyone can be an informed investor. Once you learn to tune out the hype and focus on meaningful factors, you can beat the Street.
The Motley Fool Investment Guide, completely revised and... Read more

Stressbewältigung - fit in 30 Minuten

By: Barbara Hipp

Narrated by: Charles Rettinghaus

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Stress hat wohl jeder ab und zu, das ist ganz normal. Dieses Buch zeigt einfache und wirkungsvolle Übungen, wie Kids ihn in den Griff bekommen. Ein Kapitel widmet sich speziell dem Schulstress, ein anderes geht auf Beziehungsstress ein. Und: Stress muss nicht immer negativ sein - oft ist er ein Warnsignal, dass man falsche Erwartungen oder... Read more

Be Quick - But Don't Hurry

By: Andrew Hill

Narrated by: Andrew Hill

Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Be Quick, But Don't Hurry presents the team-building management secrets of the greatest coach of the twentieth century, cloaked in the heartwarming tale of the reluctant protege who learned those secrets in spite of himself.

Perhaps the least controversial sports honor in living memory was the selection of John Wooden as "Coach of the Century" by... Read more

Unleashing the Idea Virus - Abridged

By: Seth Godin

Narrated by: Seth Godin

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Counter to traditional marketing wisdom, which tries to count, measure, and manipulate the spread of information, Seth Godin argues that information can spread most effectively from customer to customer, rather than from business to customer. Godin calls this powerful customer-to-customer dialogue the ideavirus.

In Unleashing the Ideavirus, Godin... Read more

The Best Business Stories of the Year 2001 - Abridged

By: Andrew Leckey

Narrated by: James Lurie & Eliza Floss

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“[The editors] cast their net wide, picking up some excellent stories from nontraditional sources that even avid readers of the business press may have missed.”–USA Today, on the 2001 edition

Series editor Andrew Leckey and guest editor Ken Auletta have scoured the print media, consulted with the editors of major business and general interest... Read more

Winning the Game of Success

By: Cherie Carter-Scott

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Cherie Carter-Scott is the founding chairperson of the Motivation Management Service Institute and has worked with more than 200,000 people worldwide, leading seminars on self-esteem, communication and leadership skills.  "Success is not about collecting or having toys; it is about giving back." Read more

The Hacker Ethic - Abridged

By: Pekka Himanen

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

You may be a hacker and not even know it. Being a hacker has nothing to do with cyberterrorism, and it doesn’t even necessarily relate to the open-source movement. Being a hacker has more to do with your underlying assumptions about stress, time management, work, and play. It’s about harmonizing the rhythms of your creative work with the rhythms... Read more

Winning With The Market - Abridged

By: Douglas R. Sease

Narrated by: Douglas R. Sease

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Say good-bye to expensive brokers! Forget gambling on their latest "hot stock," or their junk-bond or high-cost mutual funds recommendations. The results can be disastrous. Instead, veteran Wall Street Journal editor and CNBC commentator Douglas R. Sease shows you how to take back control of your money with a simple, safe, yet powerful... Read more

Eleadership - Abridged

By: Susan Annunzio

Narrated by: Susan Annunzio

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

What if the rules that made you successful were the cause of your current problems?

What if the name of the game was personal fulfillment rather than power and wealth?

What if the biggest threat to your company's future was employee dissatisfaction?

What if success in the digital economy depended on refreshing your work environment?

What if you... Read more

Above and Beyond

By: Anita Roddick

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Anita Roddick, the founder of The Body Shop, dedicated herself to putting her money not only where her mouth is but where her heart is.  Roddick was the driving force behind The Body Shop's activism: challenging big business and the beauty industry to act responsibly in areas including human rights, animal rights, and women's self-esteem. Read more

The Anatomy of Buzz - Abridged

By: Emanuel Rosen

Narrated by: Jason Culp

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A groundbreaking guide to creating the word-of-mouth magic that cuts through the skepticism and information overload of today's consumers, and drives sales-and profits-to new heights.

What turns a "sleeper" into a box-office bonanza or catapults a just-released book to the top of bestseller lists? How do people decide which car to buy, which... Read more

World War 3.0 - Abridged

By: Ken Auletta

Narrated by: Robert O'Keefe

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

The Internet Revolution, like all great industrial changes, has made the world's elephantine media companies tremble that their competitors-whether small and nimble mice or fellow elephants-will get to new terrain first and seize its commanding heights. In a climate in which fear and insecurity are considered healthy emotions, corporate violence... Read more

The Master Swing Trader

By: Alan S. Farley

Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Swing trading is gaining popularity as a powerful method to increase returns—and potentially lower risks—by profiting from short-term price moves. The Master Swing Trader explains how traders can use technical analysis, charting, and market sentiment to make trades that hold through price fluctuations and noise with wider stops. This complete,... Read more

Ages & Stages

By: Dr. Charles E. Schaefer & Theresa Foy DiGeronimo

Narrated by: Penton Overseas

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A comprehensive parent's guide to your child's psychological development from birth through age 10 Written in an engaging, practical style, Ages and Stages offers you the benefits of the most current research on child development, featuring helpful tips and techniques to foster your child's maturation. Charles Schaefer and Theresa Foy DiGeronimo... Read more

Flawless Consulting

By: Peter Block

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Peter Block's Flawless Consulting addresses business changes and new challenges since the second edition was written ten years ago. It tackles the challenges next-generation consultants face, including more guidance on how to ask better questions, dealing with difficult clients, working in an increasingly virtual world, how to cope with... Read more

Memos to President

By: James J. Schiro

Narrated by: Michael McFadden

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Eavesdrop in the corridors of power...
The nation's top CEOs share their valuable insights, experiences, and techniques running large, powerful organizations with the President of the United States. James J. Schiro, CEO of leading consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, has compiled important advice that reveals the crucial factors that determine... Read more

A Guided Meditation For Relaxation & Wellness

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Guided imagery is a holistic, mind-body technique that consists of healing words and hypnotic images, set to soothing music, to provide natural help with relaxation and self-calming. Repeated listening once or twice a day for 2-3 weeks ensures maximum impact. A separate track of affirmations shows how to relax in a briefer format, with positive... Read more