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

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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

$20.99 USD 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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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

$25.99 USD

“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
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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

$20.00 USD

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
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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

$25.99 USD

**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
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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

$12.99 USD

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
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Ecocide

Kill the corporation before it kills us

by David Whyte ...

Narrated by Steph Bower ...

Series series Manchester University Press
Unabridged

5 hours 40 min

We have reached the point of no return. The existential threat of climate change is now a reality. The world has never been more vulnerable. Yet corporations are already planning a life beyond this point. The business models of fossil fuel giants factor in continued profitability in a scenario of a five-degree increase in global temperature. An increase that will kill millions, if not billions. ... Read more

$30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

We have reached the point of no return. The existential threat of climate change is now a reality. The world has never been more vulnerable. Yet corporations are already planning a life beyond this point. The business models of fossil fuel giants factor in continued profitability in a scenario of a five-degree increase in global temperature. An increase that will kill millions, if not billions.
... Read more
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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

$19.99 USD 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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Tilbage til arbejdet

- Sådan bekæmper vi pseudoarbejde i organisationer

by Dennis Nørmark ...

Narrated by Dennis Nørmark ...

Unabridged

9 hours 56 min

Vores arbejde drukner i målinger, rapporteringer, møder, kontrol, dokumentationskrav og velmente, men overflødige initiativer, omstruktureringer og projekter. Alt sammen pseudoarbejde, der lægges oveni det rigtige arbejde og ikke efterlader sig noget værdifuldt.I Tilbage til arbejdet tager antropolog Dennis Nørmark tråden op fra bogen Pseudoarbejde, som han i 2018 skrev sammen med filosof Anders ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Vores arbejde drukner i målinger, rapporteringer, møder, kontrol, dokumentationskrav og velmente, men overflødige initiativer, omstruktureringer og projekter. Alt sammen pseudoarbejde, der lægges oveni det rigtige arbejde og ikke efterlader sig noget værdifuldt.I Tilbage til arbejdet tager antropolog Dennis Nørmark tråden op fra bogen Pseudoarbejde, som han i 2018 skrev sammen med filosof Anders
... Read more
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The Great Escape

A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America

by Saket Soni ...

Narrated by Saket Soni ...

Unabridged

12 hours 37 min

The astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review).In late 2006, Saket Soni, a 28-year-old, Indian-born community organizer received an anonymous phone call from an Indian migrant worker ... Read more

$31.99 USD

The astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review).In late 2006, Saket Soni, a 28-year-old, Indian-born community organizer received an anonymous phone call from an Indian migrant worker
... Read more
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Career Advancement and Negotiation

by Dorian Frinch ...

Narrated by Digital Voice James Albert E ...

Unabridged

24 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Career growth is rarely the result of luck. It requires clear goals, valuable skills, professional visibility, and the confidence to advocate for what you deserve. Career Advancement and Negotiation offers a practical guide to increasing your earning potential by pursuing promotions, developing high-value abilities, demonstrating leadership, and ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Career growth is rarely the result of luck. It requires clear goals, valuable skills, professional visibility, and the confidence to advocate for what you deserve. Career Advancement and Negotiation offers a practical guide to increasing your earning potential by pursuing promotions, developing high-value abilities, demonstrating leadership, and
... Read more
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La revolución emocional

¡Todos necesitamos lo mismo para sentirnos bien!

by Inma Puig ...

Narrated by Inma Puig ...

Unabridged

5 hours 38 min

A partir de historias vividas, Inma Puig muestra cómo aprender a gestionar las propias emociones y a entender las de los demás en el entorno personal y empresarial nos permite descubrir otra realidad. Esta «evolución emocional» al alcance de todos abrirá sin duda las puertas a un mundo mejor.Nos hallamos inmersos en una revolución en la que los cambios tecnológicos se suceden a un ritmo ... Read more

$15.99 USD

A partir de historias vividas, Inma Puig muestra cómo aprender a gestionar las propias emociones y a entender las de los demás en el entorno personal y empresarial nos permite descubrir otra realidad. Esta «evolución emocional» al alcance de todos abrirá sin duda las puertas a un mundo mejor.Nos hallamos inmersos en una revolución en la que los cambios tecnológicos se suceden a un ritmo
... Read more
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Gigged

The End of the Job and the Future of Work

by Sarah Kessler ...

Narrated by Hillary Huber ...

Unabridged

7 hours 15 min

"With deep reporting and graceful storytelling, Sarah Kessler reveals the ground truth of a key part of the American workforce. Her analysis is both astute and nuanced, making GIGGED essential reading for anyone interested in the future of work." —Daniel H. Pink, author of WHEN and DRIVEThe full-time job is disappearing—is landing the right gig the new American Dream?One in three American workers ... Read more

$22.99 USD

"With deep reporting and graceful storytelling, Sarah Kessler reveals the ground truth of a key part of the American workforce. Her analysis is both astute and nuanced, making GIGGED essential reading for anyone interested in the future of work." —Daniel H. Pink, author of WHEN and DRIVEThe full-time job is disappearing—is landing the right gig the new American Dream?One in three American workers
... Read more
Audiobook

Struggle and Mutual Aid

The Age of Worker Solidarity

by Nicolas Delalande ...

Narrated by Chris Abell ...

Unabridged

10 hours 37 min

A dynamic historian revisits the workers’ internationals, whose scope and significance are commonly overlooked.In current debates about globalization, open and borderless elites are often set in opposition to the immobile and protectionist working classes. This view obscures a major historical fact: for around a century—from the 1860s to the 1970s—worker movements were at the cutting edge of ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A dynamic historian revisits the workers’ internationals, whose scope and significance are commonly overlooked.In current debates about globalization, open and borderless elites are often set in opposition to the immobile and protectionist working classes. This view obscures a major historical fact: for around a century—from the 1860s to the 1970s—worker movements were at the cutting edge of
... Read more
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Why We Work

by Barry Schwartz ...

Narrated by Barry Schwartz ...

Unabridged

2 hours 48 min

An eye-opening, groundbreaking tour of the purpose of work in our lives, showing how work operates in our culture and how you can find your own path to happiness in the workplace.Why do we work? The question seems so simple. But Professor Barry Schwartz proves that the answer is surprising, complex, and urgent.We’ve long been taught that the reason we work is primarily for a paycheck. In fact, we ... Read more

$14.99 USD

An eye-opening, groundbreaking tour of the purpose of work in our lives, showing how work operates in our culture and how you can find your own path to happiness in the workplace.Why do we work? The question seems so simple. But Professor Barry Schwartz proves that the answer is surprising, complex, and urgent.We’ve long been taught that the reason we work is primarily for a paycheck. In fact, we
... Read more
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The Robots Are Coming!

The Future of Jobs in the Age of Automation

by Andres Oppenheimer ...

Narrated by Henry Levya ...

Unabridged

12 hours 45 min

Staying true to his trademark journalistic approach, Andrés Oppenheimer takes his readers on yet another journey, this time across the globe, in a thought-provoking search to understand what the future holds for today's jobs in the foreseeable age of automation.The Robots Are Coming! centers around the issue of jobs and their future in the context of rapid automation and the growth of online ... Read more

$22.99 USD

Staying true to his trademark journalistic approach, Andrés Oppenheimer takes his readers on yet another journey, this time across the globe, in a thought-provoking search to understand what the future holds for today's jobs in the foreseeable age of automation.The Robots Are Coming! centers around the issue of jobs and their future in the context of rapid automation and the growth of online
... Read more
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Bullyproof Your Workplace

Strategies to Prevent Workplace Bullying

by Rae A. Stonehouse ...

Narrated by Mike A Google-gnerated Arificial Intelligence ...

Unabridged

3 hours 23 min

Are you fed up with workplace bullies and dreading going in each day due to toxic environments? Act now & bullyproof your workplace.Bullying in the workplace can take many forms, from verbal abuse to exclusion from group activities, and it can have a significant impact on an individual's mental and physical health. In "Bullyproof Your Workplace: Strategies to Prevent Workplace Bullying," retired ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Are you fed up with workplace bullies and dreading going in each day due to toxic environments? Act now & bullyproof your workplace.Bullying in the workplace can take many forms, from verbal abuse to exclusion from group activities, and it can have a significant impact on an individual's mental and physical health. In "Bullyproof Your Workplace: Strategies to Prevent Workplace Bullying," retired
... Read more
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Why your summer getaway is staffed by foreign workers

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

8 min

At the tip of Cape Cod, the iconic summer getaway Provincetown has a small year-round population that swells when the weather gets nice, welcoming an estimated 4 to 5 million tourists every year. Businesses there depend on foreign workers willing to work just a few months of the year. But this year, the number of available visas is way down. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports. ... Read more

$0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

At the tip of Cape Cod, the iconic summer getaway Provincetown has a small year-round population that swells when the weather gets nice, welcoming an estimated 4 to 5 million tourists every year. Businesses there depend on foreign workers willing to work just a few months of the year. But this year, the number of available visas is way down. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.
... Read more
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Hire With Your Head, 4th Edition

Using Performance-Based Hiring to Build Outstanding Diverse Teams

by Lou Adler ...

Narrated by Stephen Bowlby ...

Unabridged

9 hours 56 min

In the newly revised Fourth Edition of Hire With Your Head: Using Performance-Based Hiring to Build Outstanding Diverse Teams, influential recruiting and hiring expert Lou Adler delivers a practical guide to consistently identifying and hiring the best people and scaling that process throughout your company.This book will help you address your hiring and recruitment issues, not just by making you ... Read more

$19.99 USD

In the newly revised Fourth Edition of Hire With Your Head: Using Performance-Based Hiring to Build Outstanding Diverse Teams, influential recruiting and hiring expert Lou Adler delivers a practical guide to consistently identifying and hiring the best people and scaling that process throughout your company.This book will help you address your hiring and recruitment issues, not just by making you
... Read more
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The Best Staff - Keep the Best - Free the Rest

by D. A. Spence ...

Narrated by G Thomas Craig ...

Unabridged

2 hours 8 min

Having the ‘wrong’ staff can make your life hell. The Right Staff offers straightforward and practical steps to reduce the headaches and hardships that can be associated with hiring personnel. From the solo entrepreneur about to hire their first employee, to owners and managers of small to medium enterprises, this book is a must-read.Through simple exercises and upfront, honest advice, Spence ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Having the ‘wrong’ staff can make your life hell. The Right Staff offers straightforward and practical steps to reduce the headaches and hardships that can be associated with hiring personnel. From the solo entrepreneur about to hire their first employee, to owners and managers of small to medium enterprises, this book is a must-read.Through simple exercises and upfront, honest advice, Spence
... Read more
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Fair Shot

Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn

by Chris Hughes ...

Narrated by Chris Hughes ...

Unabridged

4 hours 56 min

In this fascinating audiobook, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes argues that the best way to fight income inequality is with a radically simple idea: a guaranteed income for working people, paid for by the one percent.The first half of Chris Hughes’s life played like a movie reel right out of the “American Dream.” He grew up in a small town in North Carolina. His parents were people of modest means ... Read more

$17.99 USD

In this fascinating audiobook, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes argues that the best way to fight income inequality is with a radically simple idea: a guaranteed income for working people, paid for by the one percent.The first half of Chris Hughes’s life played like a movie reel right out of the “American Dream.” He grew up in a small town in North Carolina. His parents were people of modest means
... Read more
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The Cancer Factory

Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers

by Jim Morris ...

Narrated by Jeff Zinn ...

Unabridged

10 hours 8 min

**2025 Science in Society Journalism Award winner: "A searing indictment of systemic injustice…With safety regulations facing renewed threats, The Cancer Factory is, tragically, more timely than ever.”“No journalist knows more about toxic chemicals in the workplace than Jim Morris.”—Dan Fagin, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Toms River“A powerful and essential read.”—Anna Clark, author of The ... Read more

$28.99 USD

**2025 Science in Society Journalism Award winner: "A searing indictment of systemic injustice…With safety regulations facing renewed threats, The Cancer Factory is, tragically, more timely than ever.”“No journalist knows more about toxic chemicals in the workplace than Jim Morris.”—Dan Fagin, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Toms River“A powerful and essential read.”—Anna Clark, author of The
... Read more
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Praktischer Leitfaden für Kellner

by Franklin Díaz ...

Narrated by Digitale Stimme Gabriela G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 41 min

Dieses Hörbuch wird von einer digitalen Stimme vorgelesen.Enthält eine detaillierte Erläuterung der Regeln und Protokollvorschriften, die für den Beruf des Kellners gelten; die verschiedenen Arten von Diensten; die Arten der bestehenden Dienste; die Art und Weise, Tischdecken, Servietten, Tische, Gläser, Teller, Tabletts und Besteck zu platzieren; Getränkeservice; transport und Abholung des ... Read more

$10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Dieses Hörbuch wird von einer digitalen Stimme vorgelesen.Enthält eine detaillierte Erläuterung der Regeln und Protokollvorschriften, die für den Beruf des Kellners gelten; die verschiedenen Arten von Diensten; die Arten der bestehenden Dienste; die Art und Weise, Tischdecken, Servietten, Tische, Gläser, Teller, Tabletts und Besteck zu platzieren; Getränkeservice; transport und Abholung des
... Read more
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50 år i jernet

by Palle Petersen ...

Narrated by Preben Lehrdorff Rye ...

Unabridged

1 hour 39 min

I ”50 år i jernet” fortæller Palle Petersen om sin fars 50 års arbejdsliv som metalarbejder, og hvordan det hårde arbejde endte med at koste ham helbredet. Bogen fortæller samtidig om metalarbejdernes arbejdsvilkår generelt fra omkring århundredskiftet og op til starten af 1970’erne. Bogen er fortalt i et sprog, der kan forstås af både børn og unge, og giver et interessant indblik i et arbejdsliv, ... Read more

$9.99 USD

I ”50 år i jernet” fortæller Palle Petersen om sin fars 50 års arbejdsliv som metalarbejder, og hvordan det hårde arbejde endte med at koste ham helbredet. Bogen fortæller samtidig om metalarbejdernes arbejdsvilkår generelt fra omkring århundredskiftet og op til starten af 1970’erne. Bogen er fortalt i et sprog, der kan forstås af både børn og unge, og giver et interessant indblik i et arbejdsliv,
... Read more
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Hell to Pay

How the Suppression of Wages Is Destroying America

by Michael Lind ...

Narrated by Joe Knezevich ...

Unabridged

5 hours 12 min

From one of America’s leading thinkers, a provocative diagnosis of the cause of America’s decline—and a searing indictment of those who caused itFor nearly half a century, Americans have been bombarded by neoliberal propaganda promoting the lie that wages are objectively determined by impersonal labor markets. This falsehood has been repeated by academics, journalists, business leaders, and ... Read more

$17.99 USD

From one of America’s leading thinkers, a provocative diagnosis of the cause of America’s decline—and a searing indictment of those who caused itFor nearly half a century, Americans have been bombarded by neoliberal propaganda promoting the lie that wages are objectively determined by impersonal labor markets. This falsehood has been repeated by academics, journalists, business leaders, and
... Read more

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