Business audiobooks

Bo's Lasting Lessons - Abridged

By: Bo Schembechler & John Bacon

Narrated by: John H. Mayer

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There are very few coaches held higher esteem than Bo Schembechler. As coach of the University of Michigan football team, he won 13 Big Ten titles and finished as the winningest coach in their storied history. But beyond the wins and losses, Bo is best remembered for the remarkable impact he had on his players and fans alike.

In Bo's Lasting... Read more

Perfect Phrases for Dealing with Difficult People

By: Susan Benjamin

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect Phrases for the Right Situation, Every Time

Whether it's hiring employees or creating teams, the Perfect Phrases series has the tools for precise, effective communication in any situation. With Perfect Phrases books, you have all the phrases you need to get things done, right at your fingertips! Read more

Juggling Elephants

By: Jones Loflin & Todd Musig

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by Oliver Wyman

Juggling Elephants tells a simple but profound story about a universal problem-too much to do, too many priorities, too much stress, too little time. If your life has gotten as crazy as a three-ring circus, this book will really help you get your priorities straight. Read more

Microtrends

By: Mark Penn

Narrated by: Brett Barry

Length: 12 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The adviser to Senator Hillary Clinton, Bill Gates, and President Bill Clinton proves that small is big by identifying 75 hidden-in-plain-sight trends that are moving America, revealing that the nation is no longer a melting pot but a collection of communities with many individual tastes and lifestyles.

"The ideas in his book will help you see... Read more

All the Money in the World

By: Peter W. Bernstein & Annalyn Swan

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 14 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Published to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Forbes 400, ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, the work of a team of prominent editors and business writers, goes behind the celebrated list to paint a vivid and revealing portrait of the wealthiest Americans of the past quarter century. Abundantly anecdotal, with insights gleaned from... Read more

Doing What Matters - Abridged

By: James M. Kilts, John F. Manfredi & Robert L. Lo...

Narrated by: L.J. Ganser

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There is only one CEO in recent times who has faced–and succeeded at–the extraordinary challenges of leading three major companies–Gillette, Nabisco, and Kraft–into prosperous futures by doing what matters on the fundamentals. That CEO is Jim Kilts. In this vivid first-person account he reveals his system for success that is both cutting-edge... Read more

All the Money in the World - Abridged

By: Peter W. Bernstein & Annalyn Swan

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Published to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of theForbes 400, All the Money in the World, the work of a team of prominent editors and business writers, goes behind the celebrated list to paint a vivid and revealing portrait of the wealthiest Americans of the past quarter century. Abundantly anecdotal, with insights gleaned from... Read more

Think India

By: Vinay Rai & William L. Simon

Narrated by: Kent Cassella

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The buzzword of the twenty-first century is India—and it's not just a story of software, outsourcing, and faraway call centers. With the economy soaring at 8 percent a year, India is a medical and pharmaceutical front-runner, an R&D powerhouse, a rising manufacturing hub, and an up-and-coming cultural trendsetter in areas from fashion to... Read more

The Everything Improve Your Credit Book - Abridged

By: Justin Pritchard

Narrated by: Rick Plastina

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Everything Improve Your Credit Book teaches you about the importance of good credit and how it affects your life. Author Justin Pritchard, M.B.A., the About.com Guide to Banking and Loans, demystifies the often intimidating world of credit, with practical guidance on how to improve credit history and increase your credit score. With tips on... Read more

Super Crunchers

By: Ian Ayres

Narrated by: Michael Kramer

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Why would a casino try to stop a gambler from losing? How can a mathematical formula find your future spouse? Would you know if statistical analysis blackballed you from a job you wanted?

Economist Ian Ayres has spent the better part of his career examining the power in numbers. Decisions used to be made by traditional experts based on... Read more

Super Crunchers - Abridged

By: Ian Ayres

Narrated by: James Lurie

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Why would a casino try and stop you from losing? How can a mathematical formula find your future spouse? Would you know if a statistical analysis blackballed you from a job you wanted?

Today, number crunching affects your life in ways you might never imagine. In this lively and groundbreaking new book, economist Ian Ayres shows how today's best... Read more

The Dream Manager

By: Matthew Kelly

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

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The Dream Manager

By: Matthew Kelly

Narrated by: David Slavin

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A business parable about how companies can achieve remarkable results by helping their employees fulfill their dreams Managing people is difficult. With disengagement and turnover on the rise, many managers are scratching their heads wondering what to do. It's not that we dont dream of being great managers, it's just that we havent found a... Read more

Leading Change

By: John Kotter

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

John Kotter, the world's foremost expert on business leadership, distills twenty-five years of experience into Leading Change. A must-have for any organization, this visionary and very personal audiobook is at once inspiring, clear-headed, and filled with important implications for the future.

The pressures on organizations to change will only... Read more

The Three Signs of a Miserable Job

By: Patrick Lencioni

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In this, his sixth and most anticipated fable, New York Times bestselling author Patrick Lencioni takes on his most universal and human topic to date: misery at work. In doing so, Lencioni presents a revolutionary yet simple model for making any job more rewarding and fulfilling.

Lencioni tells the unforgettable story of Brian Bailey, an abruptly... Read more

Crash Course on Money Smarts

By: Larry J Koenig

Narrated by: Jon Gauger

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Money Smarts is a powerful little resource that helps people gain sanity with their finances. Listeners will learn the 10 most common money mistakes, 5 simple commitments of wealth builders, how to set up a budget and even have doing it, becoming a smarter buyer, how and where to begin investing, getting started or enhancing their retirement... Read more

The Elephant and the Dragon

By: Robyn Meredith

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In the streets of India, camels pull carts loaded with construction materials, and monkeys race across roads, dodging cars. In China, men in Mao jackets pedal bicycles along newly built highways, past skyscrapers sprouting like bamboo. Yet exotic India is as near as the voice answering an 800 number for one dollar an hour. Communist China is as... Read more

Hard Call - Abridged

By: John McCain & Mark Salter

Narrated by: John McCain & Daniel Hugh Kelly

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

America's most inspiring politician pays tribute to men and woman who have exhibited composure, wisdom and intellect in the face of tough decisions. John McCain draws from experiences of both extraordinary people and people in extraordinary circumstances, culling lessons about the process and nature of judicious and effective decision-making.

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Successful Selling

By: Rowmark Ltd

Narrated by: David Ryder

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: No

We are all in the business of selling. Selling our products and our services, selling our company, and especially selling ourselves. So whether you are selling business to business, or business to consumer, this audiobook will tell you in simple steps how to close more sales and win more business. Topics covered include:


How to build better... Read more

It's Not About the Truth

By: Mike Pressler & Don Yaeger

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Mike Pressler walked into the bottom-floor meeting room of the Murray Building and, as he had done hundreds of times over a sixteen-year career at Duke University, prepared to address his men's lacrosse team. Forty-six players sat in theater-style chairs, all eyes riveted forward.



It was 4:30 P.M. on Wednesday, April 5, 2006. The program's... Read more

The Last Link

By: Gregg Crawford

Narrated by: Adam Grupper

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In Crawford’s twenty-five years combating profit killers for Fortune 500 companies, he has discovered that most organizations have the same weakness: There is a gap between their careful plans and what actually happens. Crawford offers sharp research and watertight solutions. Read more

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