Business audiobooks

Groundswell

By: Charlene Li & Josh Bernoff

Narrated by: Josh Bernoff

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Corporate executives struggle to harness
the power of social technologies. Twitter, Facebook, blogs, YouTube are where
customers discuss products and companies, write their own news, and find
their own deals but how do you integrate these activities into your broader
marketing efforts? It's an unstoppable groundswell that affects every
... Read more

Circle of Friends

By: Charles Gasparino

Narrated by: Pete Larkin

Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of The Sellout tells the explosive story of the government’s crackdown on insider-trading networks—an investigation that has already racked up more than 60 convictions.In Circle of Friends, award-winning journalist Charles Gasparino—one of Wall Street's most knowledgeable observers—follows government investigators and... Read more

A Piece of the Sun

By: Daniel Clery

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Our rapidly industrializing world has an insatiable hunger for energy and conventional sources are struggling to meet demand. Oil is running out, coal is damaging our climate, many nations are abandoning nuclear, yet solar, wind, and water will never be a complete replacement. The solution, says Daniel Clery in this deeply researched and... Read more

Build Your Dreams

By: Chip Hiden & Alexis Irvin

Narrated by: Rose Itzcovitz & Lee Han

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The Dream Share Project, a documentary and career workshop created by Chip Hiden and Alexis Irvin, has inspired thousands of college students across the U.S. In Build Your Dreams, Chip and Alexis transform their program into the ultimate career guide for a generation seeking passionate work. Through essays, anecdotes, exercises, and tasks, Build... Read more

Youtility

By: Jay Baer

Narrated by: Marcus Sheridan & Jay Baer

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The difference between helping and selling is just two letters

If you're wondering how to make your products seem more exciting online, you're asking the wrong question. You're not competing for attention only against other similar products. You're competing against your customers' friends and family and viral videos and cute puppies. To win... Read more

Youtility

By: Jay Baer

Narrated by: Author & Marcus Sheridan

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The difference between helping and selling is just two letters

If you're wondering how to make your products seem more exciting online, you're asking the wrong question. You're not competing for attention only against other similar products. You're competing against your customers' friends and family and viral videos and cute puppies. To win... Read more

A Piece of the Sun

By: Daniel Clery

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Our rapidly industrializing world has an insatiable hunger for energy and conventional sources are struggling to meet demand. Oil is running out, coal is damaging our climate, many nations are abandoning nuclear, yet solar, wind, and water will never be a complete replacement. The solution, says Daniel Clery in this deeply researched and... Read more

Performing Artists Compete, Move, Adapt

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A new report shows 45 percent of young adults with college degrees are underemployed, and the next generation of classical performers are no exception. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on how, motivated by the love of performance, artists are adapting to hard economic times and an incredibly competitive job market. Read more

Smart Tribes

By: Christine Comaford

Narrated by: Christine Comaford-Lynch

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Are You Scaring Your People into Mediocrity?

All leaders want to outperform, outsell, and outin­novate the competition. And most teams are fully capable of doing so. The problem: we consistently say and do things that spark unconscious fears and keep our people stuck in their Critter State. This primitive fight, flight, or freeze mode distills... Read more

Brick by Brick

By: David Robertson & Bill Breen

Narrated by: Thomas Vincent Kelly

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Sometimes radical yet always applicable, Brick by Brick abounds with real-world lessons for unleashing breakthrough innovation in your organization, using LEGO--which experienced one of the most remarkable business transformations in recent history--as a business model.

As LEGO failed to keep pace with the revolutionary changes in kids' lives... Read more

Smart Tribes

By: Christine Comaford

Narrated by: Author

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Are You Scaring Your People into Mediocrity?



All leaders want to outperform, outsell, and outin­novate the competition. And most teams are fully capable of doing so. The problem: we consistently say and do things that spark unconscious fears and keep our people stuck in their Critter State. This primitive fight, flight, or freeze mode distills... Read more

How to Change Minds

By: Rob Jolles

Narrated by: Rob Jolles

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Persuade, Don’t Push!

Surely you know plenty of people who need to make a change, but despite your most well-intentioned efforts, they resist because people fundamentally fear change. As a salesman, father, friend, and consultant, Rob Jolles knows this scenario all too well. Drawing on his highly successful sales background and decades of... Read more

The Shark’s Paintbrush

By: Jay Harman

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Why does the bumblebee have better aerodynamics than a 747? What structural design is shared by a tornado and a blood vessel?Since the Industrial Revolution, manufacturers have built things by a process known as "heat, beat, and treat." They use enormous amounts of energy to heat raw material, shape it with heavy machinery, and maintain its... Read more

Money Magnet

By: Omar Johnson

Narrated by: Phillip Hubler

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you want more money? Do you dream of having the gorgeous house on the beach, going on exotic vacations whenever you want, driving that hot new sports car? Money makes the world go ‘round. Without it, you just end up struggling to make ends meet, slaving away to get from one day to the next.
And while many of us assume that the way to get more... Read more

Fate of the States

By: Meredith Whitney

Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

"Forget everything you think you know about the direction of the American economy, about our growing need for foreign oil, about the rise of the service economy and the decline of American manufacturing. The story of the next thirty years will not be a repeat of the last thirty."



One of the most respected voices on Wall Street, Meredith Whitney... Read more

Kalte Enteignung

By: Walter Krämer

Narrated by: Matthias Lühn

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Wen rettet der Rettungsschirm? Uns jedenfalls lässt er im Regen stehen und bringt uns um unser Erspartes und unsere Rente. Der streitbare Ökonom Walter Krämer enthüllt, wie die deutschen Sparer und Rentner in den nächsten zehn Jahren enteignet werden und wer davon profitiert: die Gläubiger der europäischen Banken, griechische Milliardäre und... Read more

Extreme Trust

By: Don Peppers & Marth Rogers

Narrated by: Don Peppers & Marth Rogers

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

If you accidentally try to order the same song twice from iTunes, you’ll be warned that you already own it. Not because it would be illegal or unethical for Apple to profit from your forgetfulness. There’s a clear business reason: the leaders of iTunes realize there’s no better way to make you trust them than to be totally honest when you least... Read more

Empire State of Mind

By: Zach O'Malley Greenburg

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

"I'm not a businessman-I'm a
business, man."

--Jay-Z



Some people think Jay-Z is just another rapper. Others see him as just
another celebrity/mega-star. The reality is, no matter what you think Jay-Z
is, he first and foremost a business. And as much as Martha Stewart or Oprah,
he has turned himself into a lifestyle.



You can wake up... Read more

Enterprise 2.0

By: Andrew McAfee

Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

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Family, Inc.

By: Caitlin Friedman & Andrew Friedman

Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Does your work life "balance" feel anything but? Most people will probably tell you that you need to be more strict about separating your office and home lives, and WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T TAKE THE OFFICE HOME WITH YOU! To this, husband-and-wife authors Caitlin and Andrew Friedman say: Think again! In Family Inc., they share how they were able to... Read more

Wear Your Dreams

By: Ed Hardy & Joel Selvin

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

"Ed Hardy" is emblazoned on everything from t-shirts and hats to perfumes and energy drinks. From Los Angeles to Japan, his colorful cross-and-bones designs and ribbon-banners have become internationally ubiquitous. But long before the fashion world discovered his iconic designs, the man behind the eponymous brand spearheaded nothing less than a... Read more

For What It's Worth

By: Les Gold

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Businesses these days talk a lot about figuring out what the customer wants. Well, here’s your first lesson: the customer doesn’t know what he wants. This book is going to show you how to convince him he wants the thing you’re selling.

Les Gold has been in business since age twelve, when he started selling used golf clubs from his dad’s... Read more

The Great Degeneration

By: Niall Ferguson

Narrated by: Paul Slack

Length: 4 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author and world-renowned historian Niall Ferguson has won widespread acclaim for thought-provoking works such as Civilization and High Financier. The Great Degeneration tackles nothing less than the decline of Western civilization. Ferguson posits that slowing growth, outrageous debt, and antisocial behavior are contributing to the... Read more

How Big a Boost Do Working Seniors Give the Economy?

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Americans who work past traditional retirement age are extending their productive lives. They're also paying taxes longer, which may have big implications for the country's finances. As part of his Making Sen$e series, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports. Read more