Business audiobooks

The Law

By: Frédéric Bastiat

Narrated by: Bernard Mayes

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

First published as a pamphlet in June 1850, The Law is already well over 150 years old, and it will still be read when another century has passed.America now faces the same situation France did in 1848 and the same socialist-communist plans and ideas adopted there are now sweeping America—the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe... Read more

Hello Again

By: Simon Elmes

Narrated by: Simon Elmes

Length: 15 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

14 November 2012 marks the ninetieth anniversary of the BBC's first ever broadcast and the beginning of the British love affair with radio. This fascinating book takes as its starting point those early, tentative programmes broadcast from Marconi House on the Strand, and follows the story of those magical radio voices through the years of... Read more

Designing Systems Toward Total Sustainability

By: Tom Darden

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Tom Darden is looking at products that have positive environmental effects. He describes the "cradle to cradle" philosophy which is that all of the waste of a product would be food in the next cycle by capturing that "food" as either technical nutrients or biological nutrients, with the technological ones staying in a closed system so as not to... Read more

Principled Design Based on the Laws of Nature

By: William McDonough

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

McDonough describes what is meant by the idea of “Cradle to Cradle,” and says “Things are designed to either go back to biology or back to technology without contaminating each other.” He tells us that we can and must design things to go back into an intelligent material pool for human benefit without contaminating the environment. Read more

Shadowbosses

By: Mallory Factor

Narrated by: Mallory Factor

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The rise of unions is having a deep impact on the workers of America, and this brutally honest exposé serves as a warning to concerned Americans for what’s to come if this continues.

SHADOWBOSSES reads like an organized crime novel, but it's actually a true story of how labor unions are infiltrating our government and corrupting our political... Read more

Mastery

By: Robert Greene

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 16 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 New York Times-bestseller from the author of The 48 Laws of Power

Each one of us has within us the potential to be a Master. Learn the secrets of the field you have chosen, submit to a rigorous apprenticeship, absorb the hidden knowledge possessed by those with years of experience, surge past competitors to surpass them in brilliance, and... Read more

New Rules for Business

By: Amber Naslund, CC Chapman, Ann Handley, Charlen...

Narrated by: Ann Handley, Josh Bernoff & Erik Synnestvedt

Length: 22 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

LEARN THE NEW RULES FOR BUSINESS...3 GREAT BOOKS TEACH YOU HOW TO MAKE SOCIAL MEDIA WORK FOR YOU! 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... Read more

You're the Boss

By: Michael Pantalon, Sean O'Neil, Kent Lineback, L...

Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt & Walter Dixon

Length: 20 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

YOU'RE THE BOSS...NOW WHAT! GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR EMPLOYEES WITH THESE 3 INDISPENSIBLE GUIDES. One of the biggest challenges for new managers is how to get the best out of each of their team members so they achieve... Read more

The Injustice System

By: Clive Stafford Smith

Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A man accused of a murder he didn't commit languishes on death row. A crusading lawyer is determined to free him. This powerful book reads like a compelling legal thriller with one crucial difference: Justice is not served in the end.

In 1986, Kris Maharaj was arrested in Miami for the murder of his ex-business partner. A witness swore he saw him... Read more

Tuesday Morning Coaching

By: David Cottrell

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the bestselling Monday Morning series--an instructive, inspiring story on rebooting your life and career with the power of simple truths

Ryan Harris has been floundering for too long. His career is off track, and his personal life is in shambles. In his own words, he feels like he has "been beaten up physically and emotionally... Read more

The Conviction to Lead

By: Albert Mohler

Narrated by: Dave Courvoisier

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Change the way you think about leadership. At the age of 33, Dr. Albert Mohler became the youngest president in the 153-year history of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was the driving force behind the school’s transformation into a thriving institution with an international reputation characterized by a passionate conviction for... Read more

Rich Dad's Guide to Investing

By: Robert T. Kiyosaki

Narrated by: Tim Wheeler

Length: 14 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Investing means different things to different people… and there is a huge difference between passive investing and becoming an active, engaged investor. Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing, one of the three core titles in the Rich Dad Series, covers the basic rules of investing, how to reduce your investment risk, how to convert your earned income... Read more

The Spirit of Kaizen

By: Bob Maurer

Narrated by: Bob Maurer

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The easy-to-implement guide to driving organizational change by applying the proven concept of kaizen
UCLA psychologist and organizational consultant Dr. Robert Maurer provides a simple and proven effective technique for making major changes with minimal disruption. Applying the operational concept of kaizen—small, continual improvements—to... Read more

Bitter Brew

By: William Knoedelseder

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 12 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The engrossing, often scandalous saga of one of the wealthiest, longest-lasting, and most colorful family dynasties in the history of American commerce—a cautionary tale about prosperity, profligacy, hubris, and the blessings and dark consequences of success.From countless bar signs, stadium scoreboards, magazine ads, TV commercials, and... Read more

The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth

By: John C. Maxwell

Narrated by: Author

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Are there tried and true principles that are always certain to help a person grow? John Maxwell says the answer is yes. He has been passionate about personal development for over fifty years, and for the first time, he teaches everything he has gleaned about what it takes to reach our potential. In the way that only he can communicate, John... Read more

Custer

By: Larry McMurtry

Narrated by: Henry Strozier

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurtry crafts works synonymous with the grandeur and beauty of the American West. Here McMurtry turns his attention to George A. Custer, a complex man who has captivated historians for over a century. From graduating last in his class at West Point to leading the ill-fated 7th Cavalry in the attack at Little... Read more

Leadocracy

By: Geoff Smart

Narrated by: Geoff Smart

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you think your life will get better in the future?Geoff Smart had some doubts. He saw what you see — how broken government has become. He worried about his career, his family’s future, and our everyday quality of life.Then one day, Geoff received an unexpected message that changed how he saw the problem.Geoff was asked to help. His journey... Read more

Pyramid of Success

By: John Wooden & Jim Harrick

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The Pyramid of Success by Coach Jim Harrick with Coach John WoodenLearn to Compete at the Highest Levels!Today's leaders are increasingly called upon to be coaches - to "psyche up" their employees and co-workers, to inspire teamwork, and to help their organization outperform the competition. At the same time, they need to inspire and maintain a... Read more

Achieving Credibility

By: James M. Kouzes

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

If your desire is to create the perfect work environment - where people are motivated, trust one another, and share similar goals and visions - and to establish an atmosphere of hope regardless of what your organization is going through, then Achieving Credibility is the blueprint for you. In our era of companies that we hear negative things... Read more

Apple and Google Compete

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels takes a look at the way digital maps have evolved online as multiple companies each try their own spin on letting users explore the world through computers, tablets, and even phones. Read more

Mean Girls at Work

By: Katherine Crowley & Kathi Elster

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the New York Post's Top 10 Career Books of 2012 and a Booklist Top 10 Business Book

DO YOU WORK WITH A MEAN GIRL?

A woman’s field guide to the new frontier of professional development-working with other women

Women-to-women relationships in the workplace are . . . complicated. When they’re good, they’re great. But when they’re bad, they can... Read more

Plutocrats

By: Chrystia Freeland

Narrated by: Allyson Ryan

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

There has always been some gap between rich and poor in this country, but in the last few decades what it means to be rich has changed dramatically. Alarmingly, the greatest income gap is not between the 1 percent and the 99 percent, but within the wealthiest 1 percent of our nation—as the merely wealthy are left behind by the rapidly expanding... Read more

The Dawn of Innovation

By: Charles R. Morris

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In the thirty years after the Civil War, the United States blew by Great Britain to become the greatest economic power in world history. That is a well-known period in history, when titans like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J. P. Morgan walked the earth.

But as Charles R. Morris shows us, the platform for that... Read more

The Best Damn Management Book Ever

By: Warren Greshes

Narrated by: Warren Greshes

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

If you want your staff to perform at their best, then you need to become the best damn manager ever, someone who can ignite your employees' passion for their jobs, enabling them to execute their duties at a high level whether you're there or not. The Best Damn Management Book Ever teaches managers, executives, and business owners how to do just... Read more