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Cobalt Red
- How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
- By: Siddharth Kara
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 552
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 473
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Story5 out of 5 stars 473
Cobalt Red is the searing first-ever exposé of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mining, as told through the testimonies of the Congolese people themselves. Activist and researcher Siddharth Kara has traveled deep into cobalt territory to document the testimonies of the people living, working, and dying for cobalt.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read
- By Anonymous User on 02-01-23
- Cobalt Red
- How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
- By: Siddharth Kara
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
Haunting, horrifying. A fantastic book.
Reviewed: 03-28-25
This should be essential reading for all in the rich world who benefit from the Congos minerals.
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After Steve
- How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost its Soul
- By: Tripp Mickle
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 656
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 582
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 580
Steve Jobs called Jony Ive his “spiritual partner at Apple.” The London-born genius was the second-most powerful person at Apple and the creative force who most embodies Jobs’s spirit, the man who designed the products adopted by hundreds of millions the world over: the iPod, iPad, MacBook Air, the iMac G3, and the iPhone.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing & full of faked fiction
- By Peter Keller on 05-06-22
- After Steve
- How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost its Soul
- By: Tripp Mickle
- Narrated by: Will Damron
The sequel to Walter Isaacson
Reviewed: 02-09-23
Biography. Fantastic piece of research and writing. Worth the listen even if you’re not an Apple fan.
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Local Woman Missing
- By: Mary Kubica
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Jennifer Jill Araya, Gary Tiedemann, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32,710
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29,360
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29,316
Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive search that yields more questions than answers, the case eventually goes cold. Now, 11 years later, Delilah shockingly returns. Everyone wants to know what happened to her, but no one is prepared for what they'll find....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Kubica yet!!!
- By LA book lover on 05-18-21
- Local Woman Missing
- By: Mary Kubica
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Jennifer Jill Araya, Gary Tiedemann, Jesse Vilinsky
Good story but the narration...
Reviewed: 11-08-21
I'm not finished yet with the book, but I can say that I like the story and the 3 perspectives. The narration, though, is almost intolerable. I'm going to stick it out because I want to know how it ends, but wow... The narrator for Meredith is ridiculous. Every line she reads is wrought with angst and drama and 100% unrealistic. I'm certain that I could read this book aloud and do better than this person who was paid to do so. Kate's narrator is better but not much. The voices of Leo and Delilah are both good, but unfortunately we don't hear them much. If you're still deciding, I recommend reading this one, and not listening to it.
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When More Is Not Better
- Overcoming America's Obsession with Economic Efficiency
- By: Roger L. Martin
- Narrated by: Steve Menasche
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Filled with keen economic insight and advice for citizens, executives, policymakers, and educators, When More Is Not Better is the must-listen guide for saving democratic capitalism.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator Detracts from Excellent Book
- By Andrea S.F. Seabrook on 10-11-20
- When More Is Not Better
- Overcoming America's Obsession with Economic Efficiency
- By: Roger L. Martin
- Narrated by: Steve Menasche
Must read, right up there with Principals
Reviewed: 10-11-20
I would suggest any fans of Dalio’s Principals or Schmidt’s Trillion Dollar Coach to pick this book. Fantastic points of view on how to make the economy, businesses and the world better for everyone.
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The Wisdom of Finance
- Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return
- By: Mihir A. Desai
- Narrated by: Mihir A. Desai
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 668
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 585
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 580
Harvard Business School professor Mihir Desai, in his last lecture to the graduating Harvard MBA class of 2015, took up the cause of restoring humanity to finance. With incisive wit and irony, his lecture drew upon a rich knowledge of literature, film, history, and philosophy to explain the inner workings of finance in a manner that has never been seen before. This book captures Desai's lucid exploration of the ideas of finance as seen through the unusual prism of the humanities.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Does the job admirably
- By Philo on 06-05-17
- The Wisdom of Finance
- Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return
- By: Mihir A. Desai
- Narrated by: Mihir A. Desai
The Humanity of Finance
Reviewed: 09-08-20
I picked this up because of the amazing reviews it has earned. I’m glad I did. Desai does a fantastic job of relating the humanities to finance, using classical literature to explain economic and financial theories. This is an immensely relatable and consumable book that anyone with any interest in finance should take up.
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Great at Work
- How Top Performers Work Less and Achieve More
- By: Morten Hansen
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,242
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,032
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,026
Why do some people perform better at work than others? This deceptively simple question continues to confound professionals in all sectors of the workforce. Now, after a unique, five-year study of more than 5,000 managers and employees, Morten Hansen reveals the answers in his "Seven Work Smarter Practices" that can be applied by anyone looking to maximize their time and performance. Each of Hansen's seven practices is highlighted by inspiring stories from individuals in his comprehensive study.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Do less but obsess
- By A. Yoshida on 10-24-18
- Great at Work
- How Top Performers Work Less and Achieve More
- By: Morten Hansen
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Busting the work your butt off myth
Reviewed: 02-06-18
Right off the bat Hansen declares that you can’t do 80 hours at work a week and simply expect you’ll do great things. Hansen finds the opposite is true. Focus, balance lead to positive work outcomes, not checking email at 3 am. Well worth the listen/read.
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Toyota Kata
- Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results
- By: Mike Rother
- Narrated by: Todd Belcher
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 235
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 230
This game-changing book puts you behind the curtain at Toyota, providing new insight into the legendary automaker's management practices and offering practical guidance for leading and developing people in a way that makes the best use of their brainpower. Drawing on six years of research into Toyota's employee-management routines, Toyota Kata examines and elucidates, for the first time, the company's organizational routines - called kata - that power its success with continuous improvement and adaptation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must read for continuous improvement
- By Nathan on 12-16-17
- Toyota Kata
- Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results
- By: Mike Rother
- Narrated by: Todd Belcher
Must read for continuous improvement
Reviewed: 12-16-17
Not since The Goal have I been so engaged in a continuous improvement book. I think of Kata as Design thinking for the real world...very applicable to what we all do every day to improve processes and services.
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A Seat at the Table
- IT Leadership in the Age of Agility
- By: Mark Schwartz
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 478
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 401
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 396
Agile, Lean, and DevOps approaches are radical game changers, providing a fundamentally different way to think about how IT fits into the enterprise, how IT leaders lead, and how IT can harness technology to accomplish the objectives of the enterprise. But honest and open conversations are not taking place between management and Agile delivery teams.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tantalizing in its vision, but no guidebook
- By Thomas Doxtater on 04-25-19
- A Seat at the Table
- IT Leadership in the Age of Agility
- By: Mark Schwartz
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
Essential reading for IT leaders
Reviewed: 11-14-17
Wow! This book was something else! It gave me new perspectives to reflect on that I’ve never thought about. My biggest personal question is, if while focusing on service have a created a dependent IT nanny state in my org? This and other insights await...
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The Startup Way
- How Modern Companies Use Entrepreneurial Management to Transform Culture and Drive Long-Term Growth
- By: Eric Ries
- Narrated by: Eric Ries
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 660
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 563
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 562
Entrepreneur and best-selling author of The Lean Startup Eric Ries reveals how entrepreneurial principles can be used by businesses ranging from established companies to early stage startups to grow revenues, drive innovation, and emerge as truly modern organizations poised to take advantage of the enormous opportunities of the 21st century.
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4 out of 5 stars
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In need of a second edition
- By Ehud Shavit on 12-28-17
- The Startup Way
- How Modern Companies Use Entrepreneurial Management to Transform Culture and Drive Long-Term Growth
- By: Eric Ries
- Narrated by: Eric Ries
Enjoyable But redundant…
Reviewed: 10-25-17
I enjoyed this audiobook a great deal. Don’t miss understand that. I do believe this could’ve been done in five hours as opposed to 10 hours. There was a lot of, I’ll call it, reinforcement.
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The Lean Enterprise
- How Corporations Can Innovate Like Startups
- By: Trevor Owens, Obie Fernandez
- Narrated by: Steve Carlson
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 136
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 119
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Story4 out of 5 stars 118
The first and most comprehensive book on bringing the startup mindset into large organizations. Forget vague notions of creating an "innovative culture". This book reveals the methodologies, tools, and incentive structures guiding the world's largest organizations to reclaim their innovation prowess.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good input for Lean StartUp Methods
- By Chris C. on 09-02-14
- The Lean Enterprise
- How Corporations Can Innovate Like Startups
- By: Trevor Owens, Obie Fernandez
- Narrated by: Steve Carlson
Great follow up to Lean Startup
Reviewed: 12-24-16
Enjoyed this one greatly and helps give you the perspective about how you can innovate in the most established of organizations
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