Business audiobooks

You Don't Look Your Age...and Other Fairy Tales

By: Sheila Nevins

Narrated by: Lena Dunham, Meryl Streep, Katie Couric, RuPaul...

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

An astonishingly frank, funny, poignant audiobook for any woman who wishes they had someone who would say to them, “This happened to me, learn from my mistakes and my successes. Because you don’t get smarter as you get older, you get braver.”

This program is read by the author and a full cast: Cynthia Adler, Alan Alda, Bob Balaban, Christine... Read more

The Charisma Myth

By: Olivia Fox Cabane

Narrated by: Lisa Cordileone

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

What if charisma could be taught?

For the first time, science and technology have taken charisma apart, figured it out and turned it into an applied science: In controlled laboratory experiments, researchers could raise or lower people's level of charisma as if they were turning a dial.

What you'll find here is practical magic: unique knowledge,... Read more

American Bulk

By: Emily Mester

Narrated by: Chloe Cannon

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

What if we explored our relationship to consumption with the same depth and feeling we use to tell stories of great loves and losses?



Americans are caught up in bulk. We guiltily watch Amazon boxes pile up on the porch, wade through endless reviews to find the perfect product, and crave the comforting indulgence of a chain restaurant. In American... Read more

The Journey of Leadership

By: Dana Maor, Hans-Werner Kaas, Kurt Strovink & Ra...

Narrated by: Roger Wayne

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

When the pressure is on, many of the world’s top CEOs turn to McKinsey & Company to reinvent themselves and their organizations. The Journey of Leadership brings the experience of one of the world’s most influential consulting firms right to your fingertips.

This book is the first-ever explanation of McKinsey’s step-by-step approach to... Read more

The Enchantments of Mammon

By: Eugene McCarraher

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 34 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

If socialists and Wall Street bankers can agree on anything, it is the extreme rationalism of capital. Ignoring the motive force of the spirit, capitalism rejects the awe-inspiring divine for the economics of supply and demand.



Eugene McCarraher challenges this conventional view. Capitalism, he argues, is full of sacrament, whether or not it is... Read more

Connect

By: David Bradford, Ph.D. & Carole Robin, Ph.D.

Narrated by: David Bradford, Ph.D. & Carole Robin, Ph.D.

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

A transformative guide to building more fulfilling relationships with colleagues, friends, partners, and family, based on the landmark Interpersonal Dynamics (“Touchy-Feely”) course at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business

“Carole Robin and David Bradford are masters at helping people bring IQ and EQ together tosatisfy both and be... Read more

Black Box Thinking

By: Matthew Syed

Narrated by: Simon Slater

Length: 12 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Nobody wants to fail. But in highly complex organizations, success can happen only when we confront our mistakes, learn from our own version of a black box, and create a climate where it’s safe to fail.
　
We all have to endure failure from time to time, whether it’s underperforming at a job interview, flunking an exam, or losing a pickup... Read more

Fair Play: Reese's Book Club

By: Eve Rodsky

Narrated by: Eve Rodsky

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK 

"A hands-on, real talk guide for navigating the hot-button issues that so many families struggle with."--Reese Witherspoon

Tired, stressed, and in need of more help from your partner? Imagine running your household (and life!) in a new way...

It started with the Sh*t I Do List. Tired of being the "shefault" parent... Read more

The Reindeer Chronicles

By: Judith D. Schwartz

Narrated by: Tia Rider

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

In a time of uncertainty about our environmental future—an eye-opening global tour of some of the most wounded places on earth, and stories of how a passionate group of eco-restorers is leading the way to their revitalization. Award-winning science journalist Judith D. Schwartz takes us first to China’s Loess Plateau, where a landmark project... Read more

Cringeworthy

By: Melissa Dahl

Narrated by: Melissa Dahl

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

New York magazine's "Science of Us" editor explains the compelling psychology of awkwardness, and asks: what if the moments that make us feel most awkward are actually valuable?

Have you ever said goodbye to someone, only to discover that you're both walking in the same direction? Or had your next thought fly out of your brain in the middle of a... Read more

Basic Economics, Fifth Edition

By: Thomas Sowell

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 28 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In this fifth edition of Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell revises and updates his popular book on commonsense economics, bringing the world into clearer focus through a basic understanding of the fundamental economic principles and how they explain our lives. Drawing on lively examples from around the world and from centuries of history, Sowell... Read more

The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit

By: John V. Petrocelli

Narrated by: Larry Herron

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

"An excellent introduction to behavioral science with relatable examples is presented by an expert narrator." - AudioFile Magazine on The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit

Expanding upon his viral TEDx Talk, psychology professor and social scientist John V. Petrocelli's The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit reveals the... Read more

Art/Work

By: Heather Darcy Bhandari & Jonathan Melber

Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger

Length: 13 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally published in 2009, Art/Work was the first practical guide to address how artists can navigate the crucial business and legal aspects of a fine art career. But the rules have changed since then, due to the proliferation of social media, increasing sophistication of online platforms, and ever more affordable digital technology. Artists... Read more

Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice

By: J.F. Martel

Narrated by: J.F. Martel & Donna Tartt

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

With a new Introduction by Donna Tartt, exclusive to the audiobook.

Part treatise, part critique, part call to action, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice is a journey into the uncanny realities revealed to us in the great works of art of the past and present.Received opinion holds that art is culturally-determined and relative. We are told... Read more

Tulipomania

By: Mike Dash

Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A vivid narration of the history of the tulip, from its origins on the barren, windswept steppes of central Asia to its place of honor in the lush imperial gardens of Constantinople, to its starring moment as the most coveted—and beautiful—commodity in Europe.



In the 1630s, visitors to the prosperous trading cities of the Netherlands couldn't... Read more

Women Money Power

By: Josie Cox

Narrated by: Josie Cox

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A narrative history of women fighting for financial freedom, and the social and political hurdles that have kept them from equality

For centuries, women were denied equal access to money and the freedom and power that came with it. Even well into the twentieth century, women could not take out loans or open bank accounts without a man’s... Read more

The Value of a Whale

By: Adrienne Buller

Narrated by: Anu Anand

Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Public understanding of, and outcry over, the dire state of the climate and environment is greater than ever before. Parties across the political spectrum claim to be climate leaders, and overt denial is on the way out. Yet when it comes to slowing the course of the climate and nature crises, despite a growing number of pledges, policies and... Read more

Nobody Cares About Your Career

By: Erika Ayers Badan

Narrated by: Erika Ayers Badan

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

The ultimate playbook for crushing it at work, from the former CEO of Barstool Sports.

She worked hand-in-hand with a founder who was a lightning rod for controversy—OK, for stepping in it. She grew a chaotic company (Vanity Fair called it a “pirate ship”) housed over a dentist’s office outside of Boston that... Read more

Leadership and the New Science - Abridged

By: Margaret Wheatley

Narrated by: Margaret J. Wheatley

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Rapid change defines the world around us, requiring a more effective type of organization. New discoveries in biology, chaos theory, and quantum physics change our understanding of how the world works, and Margaret J. Wheatley shows us how the “new science” can lead to a powerful new view of the business world. Our world has become nonlinear and... Read more

A Consumers' Republic

By: Lizabeth Cohen

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 21 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In this signal work of history, Bancroft Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Lizabeth Cohen shows how the pursuit of prosperity after World War II fueled our pervasive consumer mentality and transformed American life.



Trumpeted as a means to promote the general welfare, mass consumption quickly outgrew its economic objectives and became... Read more

Start-Up Nation

By: Saul Singer & Dan Senor

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel-- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources-- produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada and the... Read more

Offshore

By: Brooke Harrington

Narrated by: Jennifer Walden

Length: 4 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

How do the rich keep getting richer, while dodging the long arm of the law? The ultra-rich seem to live in a different world from the rest of us. That world is called offshore. Hidden from view, the world's ultra-rich can use offshore finance to escape tax obligations, labor and environmental safety regulations, campaign finance rules, and other... Read more

Order Out of Chaos

By: Scott Walker

Narrated by: Scott Walker & Kyle Tait

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

As one of the world's most experienced kidnap-for-ransom negotiators, Scott Walker has successfully resolved life-or-death crises, facing down gang leaders, pirates, cyberhackers, and extortionists. When he turned to help businesses with negotiation, he realized that the tools and skills he'd need were not so different from the ones he'd... Read more

Creativity, Spirituality, and Making a Buck

By: David Nichtern

Narrated by: David Nichtern

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

“A great book about spirituality and success.”—Judd Apatow, comedian and director of The 40-Year-Old VirginWondering how to reconcile your artistic calling with your need to make a living, or what to do once your art starts selling, or if being successful makes you a sellout, or what it even means to be successful?This friendly, funny, practical... Read more