Labor in Career Planning & Job Hunting & Business & Finance Audiobooks

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Chokepoint Capitalism

How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back

by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow ...

Unabridged

11 hours 56 min

A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)—or both.In Chokepoint ... Read more

$0.99 CAD

A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)—or both.In Chokepoint
... Read more
Audiobook

The Road to Station X

From Debutante Ball to Fighter-Plane Factory to Bletchley Park: A Memoir of One Woman’s Journey Through World War Two

by Sarah Baring ...

Narrated by Polly Lee ...

Unabridged

4 hours 6 min

In 1938, Sarah Baring was enjoying life as a young debutante. Only a few years later, at the height of World War Two, she was working alongside some of the greatest minds of Britain in their code-breaking operations at Bletchley Park.How did she end up in the top-secret world of cyphers and codes?Like many young men and women across all levels of British society, the outbreak of war in 1939 ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

In 1938, Sarah Baring was enjoying life as a young debutante. Only a few years later, at the height of World War Two, she was working alongside some of the greatest minds of Britain in their code-breaking operations at Bletchley Park.How did she end up in the top-secret world of cyphers and codes?Like many young men and women across all levels of British society, the outbreak of war in 1939
... Read more
Audiobook

Coffeeland

One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug

by Augustine Sedgewick ...

Narrated by Jason Culp ...

Unabridged

14 hours 56 min

**A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice“Extremely wide-ranging and well researched . . . In a tradition of protest literature rooted more in William Blake than in Marx.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker**The epic story of how coffee connected and divided the modern worldCoffee is an indispensable part of daily life for billions of people around the world. But few coffee drinkers know this story ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

**A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice“Extremely wide-ranging and well researched . . . In a tradition of protest literature rooted more in William Blake than in Marx.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker**The epic story of how coffee connected and divided the modern worldCoffee is an indispensable part of daily life for billions of people around the world. But few coffee drinkers know this story
... Read more
Audiobook

Trash!

A Garbageman's Story

by Simon Paré-Poupart ...

Narrated by Jean Brassard ...

Unabridged

3 hours 10 min

A Montreal garbageman’s sharp and funny memoir/exposé, in which he attempts to convince people to “stop imagining that your garbage magically disappears”This fascinating no-bullshit account of twenty years in waste management paints a vivid portrait of the heroic labor, anarchic spirit, and violent conditions of the people who keep our cities clean.Paré-Poupart’s story is atypical: he started ... Read more

$32.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A Montreal garbageman’s sharp and funny memoir/exposé, in which he attempts to convince people to “stop imagining that your garbage magically disappears”This fascinating no-bullshit account of twenty years in waste management paints a vivid portrait of the heroic labor, anarchic spirit, and violent conditions of the people who keep our cities clean.Paré-Poupart’s story is atypical: he started
... Read more
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Beaten Down, Worked Up

The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor

by Steven Greenhouse ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

15 hours 34 min

“A page-turning book that spans a century of worker strikes.... Engrossing, character-driven, panoramic.” —The New York Times Book ReviewWe live in an era of soaring corporate profits and anemic wage gains, one in which low-paid jobs and blighted blue-collar communities have become a common feature of our nation’s landscape. Behind these trends lies a little-discussed problem: the decades-long ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

“A page-turning book that spans a century of worker strikes.... Engrossing, character-driven, panoramic.” —The New York Times Book ReviewWe live in an era of soaring corporate profits and anemic wage gains, one in which low-paid jobs and blighted blue-collar communities have become a common feature of our nation’s landscape. Behind these trends lies a little-discussed problem: the decades-long
... Read more
Audiobook

Average Is Over

Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation

by Tyler Cowen ...

Narrated by Andrew Garman ...

Unabridged

8 hours 42 min

Renowned economist and author of Big Business Tyler Cowen brings a groundbreaking analysis of capitalism, the job market, and the growing gap between the one percent and minimum wage workers in this follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Great Stagnation.The United States continues to mint more millionaires and billionaires than any country ever. Yet, since the great recession, three ... Read more

$28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Renowned economist and author of Big Business Tyler Cowen brings a groundbreaking analysis of capitalism, the job market, and the growing gap between the one percent and minimum wage workers in this follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Great Stagnation.The United States continues to mint more millionaires and billionaires than any country ever. Yet, since the great recession, three
... Read more
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Как мыслят преуспевающие люди, или мыслите, чтобы измениться! (краткое изложение)

by Джон Максвелл ...

Narrated by Николай Блинов ...

Unabridged

28 min

Если вы в настоящий момент не преуспеваете или преуспеваете не так, как вам бы хотелось, то дело, возможно, в неправильном мышлении. Чтобы встать на путь успеха, Джон Максвелл предлагает совершить вместе с ним своего рода путешествие, во время которого вы узнаете, что такое правильное, или как его называет автор книги, плодотворное мышление, а также оцените, насколько оно у вас развито, и поймете, ... Read more

$3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Если вы в настоящий момент не преуспеваете или преуспеваете не так, как вам бы хотелось, то дело, возможно, в неправильном мышлении. Чтобы встать на путь успеха, Джон Максвелл предлагает совершить вместе с ним своего рода путешествие, во время которого вы узнаете, что такое правильное, или как его называет автор книги, плодотворное мышление, а также оцените, насколько оно у вас развито, и поймете,
... Read more
Audiobook

Wall Street's War on Workers

How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It

by Les Leopold ...

Narrated by Madison Niederhauser ...

Unabridged

6 hours 39 min

Layoffs upend people’s lives, cause enormous stress, and lead to debilitating personal debt. The societal harm caused by mass layoffs has been known for decades. Yet, we do little to stop them. Why? Why do we allow whole communities to be destroyed by corporate decision-makers? Why do we consider mass layoffs a natural, baked-in feature of modern financialized capitalism?In Wall Street’s War on ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Layoffs upend people’s lives, cause enormous stress, and lead to debilitating personal debt. The societal harm caused by mass layoffs has been known for decades. Yet, we do little to stop them. Why? Why do we allow whole communities to be destroyed by corporate decision-makers? Why do we consider mass layoffs a natural, baked-in feature of modern financialized capitalism?In Wall Street’s War on
... Read more
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Die Macht der Worte, wie Sprache Energie lenkt

für Führungskräfte und Unternehmer, positive Kommunikation

by Silke Kleinfelder ...

Narrated by Silke Kleinfelder ...

Unabridged

47 min

Die Macht der Worte – Wie Sprache Energie lenktEin Hörbuch über bewusste Kommunikation mit Herz und Wirkung.Worte sind mehr als Schall – sie tragen Energie. Sie können motivieren, Klarheit schaffen oder blockieren. In diesem Hörbuch erfahren Sie, wie Sprache unser Denken und Fühlen beeinflusst – im Berufsalltag, in Beziehungen und in der Führung.Besonders persönlich:Die Autorin liest selbst – ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Die Macht der Worte – Wie Sprache Energie lenktEin Hörbuch über bewusste Kommunikation mit Herz und Wirkung.Worte sind mehr als Schall – sie tragen Energie. Sie können motivieren, Klarheit schaffen oder blockieren. In diesem Hörbuch erfahren Sie, wie Sprache unser Denken und Fühlen beeinflusst – im Berufsalltag, in Beziehungen und in der Führung.Besonders persönlich:Die Autorin liest selbst –
... Read more
Audiobook

Meaningful Work

by Nina Mapson Bone ...

Narrated by Nina Mapson Bone ...

Unabridged

5 hours 28 min

Are you seeking more meaningful work? Have you been unfulfilled in a variety of jobs, organisations or careers and wondered why? Are you looking for ways to make your current job more meaningful? Or are you looking for work but are unclear how to get it right this time?Meaningful Work will unlock your unique path to career fulfilment. Based on world-first research, this book will help you define ... Read more

$15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are you seeking more meaningful work? Have you been unfulfilled in a variety of jobs, organisations or careers and wondered why? Are you looking for ways to make your current job more meaningful? Or are you looking for work but are unclear how to get it right this time?Meaningful Work will unlock your unique path to career fulfilment. Based on world-first research, this book will help you define
... Read more
Audiobook

Win a Job Interview and Get Hired

by Dr. David K. Ewen ...

Narrated by Dr. David K. Ewen ...

Unabridged

40 min

In this insightful and practical guide, listeners are presented with valuable strategies to excel in job interviews and secure their dream careers. This audiobook offers a comprehensive roadmap to achieving career success and professional growth.Drawing from a wealth of knowledge and expertise, the author equips listeners with essential interview techniques and tips to stand out among other ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this insightful and practical guide, listeners are presented with valuable strategies to excel in job interviews and secure their dream careers. This audiobook offers a comprehensive roadmap to achieving career success and professional growth.Drawing from a wealth of knowledge and expertise, the author equips listeners with essential interview techniques and tips to stand out among other
... Read more
Audiobook

Pseudowork

How we ended up being busy doing nothing

by Anders Fogh Jensen, Dennis Nørmark ...

Narrated by David Bateson ...

Unabridged

10 hours 2 min

The authors come from both sides of the political divide, but this book is not a meeting in the middle. It is a showdown with an old-fashioned concept of work, and a blueprint for what we can do about it – as employees, as managers and as a society. It is time to think and act differently. Otherwise, we may find ourselves committing the greatest act of self-sabotage in history. First, we must ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

The authors come from both sides of the political divide, but this book is not a meeting in the middle. It is a showdown with an old-fashioned concept of work, and a blueprint for what we can do about it – as employees, as managers and as a society. It is time to think and act differently. Otherwise, we may find ourselves committing the greatest act of self-sabotage in history. First, we must
... Read more
Audiobook

From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend

An Illustrated History of Labor in the United States

by Priscilla Murolo, A.B. Chitty ...

Narrated by Holly Adams ...

Unabridged

23 hours 15 min

Praised for its "impressive even-handedness", From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend has set the standard for viewing American history through the prism of working people (Publishers Weekly, starred review). From indentured servants and slaves in seventeenth-century Chesapeake to high-tech workers in contemporary Silicon Valley, the book "[puts] a human face on the people, places, events, and ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Praised for its "impressive even-handedness", From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend has set the standard for viewing American history through the prism of working people (Publishers Weekly, starred review). From indentured servants and slaves in seventeenth-century Chesapeake to high-tech workers in contemporary Silicon Valley, the book "[puts] a human face on the people, places, events, and
... Read more
Audiobook

Porn Work

Sex, Labor, and Late Capitalism

by Heather Berg ...

Narrated by Camille Quinn ...

Unabridged

9 hours 50 min

Every porn scene is a record of people at work. But on-camera labor is only the beginning of the story. Porn Work takes listeners behind the scenes to explore what porn performers think of their work and how they intervene to hack it. Blending extensive fieldwork with feminist and anti-work theorizing, Porn Work details entrepreneurial labor on the boundaries between pleasure and tedium. Rejecting ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Every porn scene is a record of people at work. But on-camera labor is only the beginning of the story. Porn Work takes listeners behind the scenes to explore what porn performers think of their work and how they intervene to hack it. Blending extensive fieldwork with feminist and anti-work theorizing, Porn Work details entrepreneurial labor on the boundaries between pleasure and tedium. Rejecting
... Read more
Audiobook

The Double Tax

How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid

by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, Chelsea Clinton ...

Narrated by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman ...

Unabridged

5 hours 27 min

***LA Times Best Science Book of 2025*As seen on NBC NEWS, ABC NEWS, CBS MORNINGS, ESSENCE, FORBES, NPR, and moreWhy is it so expensive to be a woman in America? From a rising star in economics comes the first comprehensive look at the costs women face and why the bill runs especially high for women of color—with a foreword by Chelsea Clinton.**The “pink tax” has gained widespread recognition in ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

***LA Times Best Science Book of 2025*As seen on NBC NEWS, ABC NEWS, CBS MORNINGS, ESSENCE, FORBES, NPR, and moreWhy is it so expensive to be a woman in America? From a rising star in economics comes the first comprehensive look at the costs women face and why the bill runs especially high for women of color—with a foreword by Chelsea Clinton.**The “pink tax” has gained widespread recognition in
... Read more
Audiobook

Den sidste klassekamp - Lillian Knudsens historie og historier

by Lis Hyllander, Michael Thorsen ...

Narrated by Ann-Britt Mathisen ...

Unabridged

7 hours 22 min

Den sidste klassekamp er et portræt af en ægte fagforeningskvinde, som i flere end 25 år har personificeret Kvindeligt Arbejderforbund. Lillian Knudsen er KAD, og hun er den danske fagbevægelses ukronede dronning, som på trods af stor mandedominans har formået at skabe bemærkelsesværdige forbedringer for danske kvinder. Bogen besvarer, hvordan hun, der kom fra små kår, med kort skolegang og ingen ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

Den sidste klassekamp er et portræt af en ægte fagforeningskvinde, som i flere end 25 år har personificeret Kvindeligt Arbejderforbund. Lillian Knudsen er KAD, og hun er den danske fagbevægelses ukronede dronning, som på trods af stor mandedominans har formået at skabe bemærkelsesværdige forbedringer for danske kvinder. Bogen besvarer, hvordan hun, der kom fra små kår, med kort skolegang og ingen
... Read more
Audiobook

La política del tiempo

Tomar el control en la era de la incertidumbre

by Guy Standing ...

Narrated by Santiago (Voz de IA), Simón (Voz de IA) ...

Series series Estado y Sociedad
Unabridged

14 hours 40 min

Del reconocido economista internacional Guy Standing llega La política del tiempo, una historia de gran erudición que explora la politización del tiempo y nos muestra el camino para reclamarlo.El tiempo siempre ha sido político. Los poderosos han definido y controlado nuestra manera de usarlo a lo largo de la historia, y continúan haciéndolo hoy en día. Pero es posible recuperar el control de ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Del reconocido economista internacional Guy Standing llega La política del tiempo, una historia de gran erudición que explora la politización del tiempo y nos muestra el camino para reclamarlo.El tiempo siempre ha sido político. Los poderosos han definido y controlado nuestra manera de usarlo a lo largo de la historia, y continúan haciéndolo hoy en día. Pero es posible recuperar el control de
... Read more
Audiobook

Work Won't Love You Back

How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone

by Sarah Jaffe ...

Narrated by Sarah Jaffe ...

Unabridged

12 hours 59 min

**An examination of why "doing what you love" is a recipe for exploitation, creating a new tyranny of work in which we cheerily acquiesce to doing jobs that take over our lives.“An indispensable guide to the broader dynamics of work in the contemporary moment.” —Nation**You’re told that if you “do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.”In Work Won’t Love You Back, Sarah Jaffe, a ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

**An examination of why "doing what you love" is a recipe for exploitation, creating a new tyranny of work in which we cheerily acquiesce to doing jobs that take over our lives.“An indispensable guide to the broader dynamics of work in the contemporary moment.” —Nation**You’re told that if you “do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.”In Work Won’t Love You Back, Sarah Jaffe, a
... Read more
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Still Broke

Walmart's Remarkable Transformation and the Limits of Socially Conscious Capitalism

by Rick Wartzman ...

Narrated by Rick Wartzman ...

Unabridged

7 hours 15 min

How America’s biggest company began taking better care of its workers--and why such efforts will never be enough.Fifteen years ago, Walmart was the most controversial company in America. By offering incredibly low prices, it had come to dominate the retail landscape. But with this dominance came a suite of ethical concerns. Walmart was accused of wiping out of mom-and-pop businesses across the ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

How America’s biggest company began taking better care of its workers--and why such efforts will never be enough.Fifteen years ago, Walmart was the most controversial company in America. By offering incredibly low prices, it had come to dominate the retail landscape. But with this dominance came a suite of ethical concerns. Walmart was accused of wiping out of mom-and-pop businesses across the
... Read more
Audiobook

Правила. Законы достижения успеха (краткое изложение)

by Джек Кэнфилд, Джанет Свитцер ...

Narrated by Николай Блинов ...

Unabridged

52 min

Книга адресована всем, кто хочет сделать блестящую карьеру, завоевать популярность, заработать много денег и сохранить при этом душевное спокойствие. Она подскажет, как достичь желаемого в бизнесе и в личной жизни. С помощью стратегии позитивного мышления вы сможете четче сформулировать свои стремления и добиться их воплощения в реальности. Всего в книге 64 правила. Условно их можно разделить на ... Read more

$3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Книга адресована всем, кто хочет сделать блестящую карьеру, завоевать популярность, заработать много денег и сохранить при этом душевное спокойствие. Она подскажет, как достичь желаемого в бизнесе и в личной жизни. С помощью стратегии позитивного мышления вы сможете четче сформулировать свои стремления и добиться их воплощения в реальности. Всего в книге 64 правила. Условно их можно разделить на
... Read more
Audiobook

Octubre rojo en Asturias

Crónica de la revolución asturiana de 1934

by José Díaz Fernández ...

Narrated by Rafael Baena Zapatero ...

Series Audiobook 16 - Fuera de Serie
Unabridged

3 hours 25 min

“Octubre rojo en Asturias”, de José Díaz Fernández, reconstruye los días de la insurrección obrera de octubre de 1934, cuando las cuencas mineras asturianas se levantaron y el conflicto avanzó hasta las calles de Oviedo. Mineros, médicos, prisioneros, dirigentes y vecinos componen el retrato humano de una sociedad sacudida por la revolución, la violencia y la esperanza de cambiar el curso de la ... Read more

$8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

“Octubre rojo en Asturias”, de José Díaz Fernández, reconstruye los días de la insurrección obrera de octubre de 1934, cuando las cuencas mineras asturianas se levantaron y el conflicto avanzó hasta las calles de Oviedo. Mineros, médicos, prisioneros, dirigentes y vecinos componen el retrato humano de una sociedad sacudida por la revolución, la violencia y la esperanza de cambiar el curso de la
... Read more
Audiobook

Hope at Work

5 Principles to Breathe Life into Your Organization

by Barbara Perry, Harry Hutson ...

Narrated by Mary Ann Nichols ...

Unabridged

5 hours 1 min

Hope at Work: 5 Principles to Breathe Life into Your Organization is a timely, evidence-based leadership book that establishes hope as a practical force in organizational life. Drawing on three decades of consulting and research, it speaks directly to leaders navigating rising demands for meaning, trust, and performance at work.At its core, Hope at Work presents hope as a leadership practice. The ... Read more

$16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Hope at Work: 5 Principles to Breathe Life into Your Organization is a timely, evidence-based leadership book that establishes hope as a practical force in organizational life. Drawing on three decades of consulting and research, it speaks directly to leaders navigating rising demands for meaning, trust, and performance at work.At its core, Hope at Work presents hope as a leadership practice. The
... Read more
Audiobook

One Fair Wage

Ending Subminimum Pay in America

by Saru Jayaraman ...

Narrated by Siiri Scott ...

Unabridged

5 hours 33 min

Before the COVID-19 pandemic devastated the country, more than six million people earned their living as tipped workers in the service industry. They served us in cafes and restaurants, they delivered food to our homes, they drove us wherever we wanted to go, and they worked in nail salons for as little as $2.13 an hour—the federal tipped minimum wage since 1991—leaving them with next to nothing ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Before the COVID-19 pandemic devastated the country, more than six million people earned their living as tipped workers in the service industry. They served us in cafes and restaurants, they delivered food to our homes, they drove us wherever we wanted to go, and they worked in nail salons for as little as $2.13 an hour—the federal tipped minimum wage since 1991—leaving them with next to nothing
... Read more
Audiobook

Work in the Future

The Automation Revolution

Narrated by Steve Menasche, Teri Schnaubelt ...

Unabridged

7 hours 12 min

This short, accessible book seeks to explore the future of work through the views and opinions of a range of expertise, encompassing economic, historical, technological, ethical, and anthropological aspects of the debate. The transition to an automated society brings with it new challenges and a consideration for what has happened in the past; the editors of this book carefully steer the listener ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

This short, accessible book seeks to explore the future of work through the views and opinions of a range of expertise, encompassing economic, historical, technological, ethical, and anthropological aspects of the debate. The transition to an automated society brings with it new challenges and a consideration for what has happened in the past; the editors of this book carefully steer the listener
... Read more

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