Business audiobooks

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

Shackleton's Way

By: Margot Morrell & Stephanie Capparell

Narrated by: Richard Matthews

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

From 1914 to 1916, Ernest Shackleton and his men survived the wreck of their ship Endurance, crushed in the Antarctic ice, stranded twelve hundred miles from civilization with no means of communication and no hope for rescue. When the ice began to break up, Shackleton set out to save them all on his heroic eight-hundred-mile-trip across the... 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

The eBay Phenomenon

By: David Bunnell

Narrated by: Chris Ryan

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The buzz about The ebay Phenomenon
"David Bunnell's portrayal of eBay paints a picture of one of the most daring, fanatically innovative, customer-centric companies on the planet. It demonstrates how a small, driven group of people can listen to customers and reinvent the world-inspiring!"
—David Siegel, author, Futurize Your Enterprise

"Read The... 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

Welch an American Icon

By: Janet Lowe

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A rare perspective on the personal philosophy, business savvy, and future of the chairman of the most admired company in the world
Jack Welch, chairman of General Electric, is due to retire this spring. Welch has transported GE into the new economy with his management style, his forward-thinking approach to new technology, and by encouraging... 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

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

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

Where the Money Is - Abridged

By: Dr. Bob Froehlich

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Markets go up; markets go down. Yet over the long haul, stocks still are better investments than bonds. If you're investing for retirement, your children's education, or simply for personal gain, the challenge is to become a long-term investor amid short-term market fluctuations. And the key to lasting success is identifying future trends today... Read more

The Power of Apology - Abridged

By: Beverly Engel

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Fresh and useful . . . excellent practical advice . . . thorough and lucid . . . will be welcomed by many who have struggled to ask forgiveness and to forgive."
-Publishers Weekly

A finalist in the Books for a Better Life Awards competition!

Discover the healing power of apology and put its magic to work in your life

Do you have a difficult time... Read more

Why do Fools Fall in Love? - Abridged

By: Janice R. Levine & Howard J. Markman

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin & Lloyd James

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Thirty-two marriage and family experts set aside their professional personae to explain the wild and wonderful, irrational and passionate mystery of love. Written with simplicity and warmth, this book ultimately illuminates a deep and compassionate vision of what constitutes truly happy long-term relationships. Also included are pearls of wit... Read more

Boys and Girls Learn Differently - Abridged

By: Michael Gurian

Narrated by: Chris Ryan

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The best kept secret in educationa controversial manifesto on how the fundamental differences between boys and girls affect the way they learn Read more

If Success is a Game, These are the Rules

By: Cherie Carter-Scott

Narrated by: Cherie Carter-Scott

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Chérie Carter-Scott learned the rules of success firsthand: she built her management consulting firm to serve hundreds of clients worldwide, including IBM and GTE. Her bestselling books touch hundreds of thousands of readers. And despite a calendar that shuttles her through dozens of time zones annually, she keeps her family close and... Read more

You're Fifty--Now What - Abridged

By: Charles Schwab

Narrated by: John Rubinstein

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Every eight seconds someone in this country turns 50, an age at which even baby boomers can no longer put off becoming fiscally responsible and planning for the future.  For everyone who finds that thought daunting (and that's an awful lot of us), Charles R. Schwab, America's most trusted figure in financial services, is here to outline the... Read more

How Digital is Your Business?

By: Adrian J. Slywotzky & David J. Morrison

Narrated by: Adrian J. Slywotzky & David J. Morrison

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Adrian Slywotzky and David Morrison are back with another brilliant and practical book dealing with the big issues that keep the managers of every company awake at night: How do I keep my company from being "Amazoned," and how do I "anticipate my competitors, launch a preemptive digital strike, and completely change the landscape of my... Read more

Maestro - Abridged

By: Bob Woodward

Narrated by: James Naughton

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Perhaps the last Washington secret is how the Federal Reserve and its enigmatic chairman, Alan Greenspan, operate. What do they do? Why precisely do they do it? Who is Greenspan? How does he think? What is the basis for his decisions? Why is he so powerful? What kind of relationships has he had with Reagan, Bush, and Clinton -- presidents during... Read more

Eboys

By: Randall E. Stross

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The first inside account of life within a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, eBoys is the fascinating true story of the six tall men who backed eBay, Webvan, and other billion-dollar start-ups that are transforming the Internet and setting a new pace for the economy.

Randall Stross, author of acclaimed books on Microsoft and Steve Jobs, blends... Read more