Category: Audio Books

How to Love a Forest The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World [Audiobook]


Free Download How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D6S37NZ9 | 2024 | 7 hours and 49 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 224 MB
Author: Ethan Tapper
Narrator: Evan Sibley

Only those who love trees should cut them, writes forester Ethan Tapper. In How to Love a Forest, he asks what it means to live in a time in which ecosystems are in retreat and extinctions rattle the bones of the earth. How do we respond to the harmful legacies of the past? How do we use our species’ incredible power to heal rather than to harm? Tapper walks us through the fragile and resilient community that is a forest. He introduces us to wolf trees and spring ephemerals, and to the mysterious creatures of the rhizosphere and the necrosphere. He helps us reimagine what forests are and what it means to care for them. This world, Tapper writes, is degraded by people who do too much and by those who do nothing.

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How to Kill a Unicorn How the World’s Hottest Innovation Factory Builds Bold Ideas That Make It to Market


Free Download How to Kill a Unicorn: How the World’s Hottest Innovation Factory Builds Bold Ideas That Make It to Market by Mark Payne, David Chandler, Recorded Books
English | October 15, 2016 | ISBN: B00OMCSZJU | 10 hours and 30 minutes | MP3 128 Kbps | 464 Mb
Today, innovation is seen by business leaders and the media as the key to growth and success – a burning issue in every company, from startups to the Fortune 500. In this space, Fahrenheit 212 (dubbed "The Epicenter of Innovation" by Esquire) is viewed as a high-performance innovation SWAT team, able to solve the most complex, mission-critical challenges. In its first 10 years of life, under Mark Payne, Cofounder, President, and Head of Idea Development, Fahrenheit 212 has worked with such giants of industry as Coca-Cola, Samsung, Hershey’s, Starbucks, Mattel, Citibank, P&G, American Express, GE, and Goldman Sachs. It has been praised as a hotspot for innovation in publications like Fortune, Esquire, Businessweek, and FastCompany. What Drives Fahrenheit 212’s success is its unique methodology; combining what it calls Magic – the creative side of innovation – with Money, the business side. They explore every potential idea with the end goal of bringing an innovative product to market in a way that will transform a company’s business and growth. In How to Kill a Unicorn, Payne pulls back the curtain on how the company is able to bring more innovative products and ideas successfully to market than any other firm, and offers inside accounts of how they solved their biggest challenges. Embedded in their approach to new ideas are hard-earned lessons about what separates innovations that work from those that don’t. The lessons in How to Kill a Unicorn are designed to help any innovator turn ambition, sweat, and the alchemy of human imagination into real products that change people’s lives. From the Fortune 500 C-suite exec, to the startup entrepreneur, to the next-door neighbor tinkering in his garage, this book defines new ways to drive innovation throughout any business, company, or culture.
Today, innovation is seen by business leaders and the media as the key to growth and success – a burning issue in every company, from startups to the Fortune 500. In this space, Fahrenheit 212 (dubbed "The Epicenter of Innovation" by Esquire) is viewed as a high-performance innovation SWAT team, able to solve the most complex, mission-critical challenges. In its first 10 years of life, under Mark Payne, Cofounder, President, and Head of Idea Development, Fahrenheit 212 has worked with such giants of industry as Coca-Cola, Samsung, Hershey’s, Starbucks, Mattel, Citibank, P&G, American Express, GE, and Goldman Sachs. It has been praised as a hotspot for innovation in publications like Fortune, Esquire, Businessweek, and FastCompany. What Drives Fahrenheit 212’s success is its unique methodology; combining what it calls Magic – the creative side of innovation – with Money, the business side. They explore every potential idea with the end goal of bringing an innovative product to market in a way that will transform a company’s business and growth. In How to Kill a Unicorn, Payne pulls back the curtain on how the company is able to bring more innovative products and ideas successfully to market than any other firm, and offers inside accounts of how they solved their biggest challenges. Embedded in their approach to new ideas are hard-earned lessons about what separates innovations that work from those that don’t. The lessons in How to Kill a Unicorn are designed to help any innovator turn ambition, sweat, and the alchemy of human imagination into real products that change people’s lives. From the Fortune 500 C-suite exec, to the startup entrepreneur, to the next-door neighbor tinkering in his garage, this book defines new ways to drive innovation throughout any business, company, or culture.
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How to Chase Change 30 Days to Master Your Mindset [Audiobook]


Free Download How to Chase Change: 30 Days to Master Your Mindset (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D1DF61XH | 2024 | 6 hours and 9 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 343 MB
Author: Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa
Narrator: Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa

Host of the hit podcast Do You F*****g Mind? offers you the ultimate guide to shifting your mindset to create the change you envision for your life-from your physical and mental health to your relationships, career, self-confidence, and beyond-in this actionable, step-by-step 30-day program. If you want to change your life, but you don’t know where to start, know that you already possess your most powerful tool: your mind. How to Chase Change is the ultimate guide to utilizing your mindset to become your best self. This 30-day program covers everything from turning aspirational goals into action, increasing self-confidence, and overcoming heartbreak, to eliminating negative self-talk, and committing to small changes that will help you achieve big results. Each module is designed around timeless wisdom you can return to again and again as you work through different challenges and transitions. Alexis combines fascinating tidbits of research on the human brain, poignant inspirational moments, and insight from her own experiences to give you everything you need to create lasting, positive change. How to Chase Change improves your mental, physical, and emotional health one day at a time. In How to Chase Change, Alexis offers her foundational advice as an accessible guide to the life you’ve always wanted.

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How to Be a Climate Optimist Blueprints for a Better World [Audiobook]


Free Download How to Be a Climate Optimist: Blueprints for a Better World (Audiobook)
English | May 17, 2022 | ASIN: B0992SNNQ3 | M4B@128 kbps | 6h 54m | 385 MB
Author and Narrator: Chris Turner
From the National Business Book Award winner and GG finalist, a very different book about facing the climate crisis, and what awaits us on the other side.
Chris Turner has reported from the places where the sustainable future first emerged-from green islands in Denmark and green office parks in southern India, to solar panel factories in California and idealistic intentional communities from Scotland to New Mexico. Here, he condenses the first quarter century of the global energy transition into bite-sized chunks of optimistic reflection and reportage, telling a story of a planet in peril and a global effort already beginning to save it.

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How the Scots Invented the Modern World [Audiobook]


Free Download How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It (Audiobook)
English | August 22, 2016 | ASIN: B01KOTEUKM | M4B@64 kbps | 18h 20m | 528 MB
Author: Arthur Herman | Narrator: Robert Ian Mackenzie
An exciting account of the origins of the modern world
Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Arthur Herman reveals, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scotland made crucial contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce, and politics-contributions that have formed and nurtured the modern West ever since.

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How I Spent My Way Out of Debt A Real Estate Investor’s Journey from Ruins to Riches [Audiobook]


Free Download How I Spent My Way Out of Debt: A Real Estate Investor’s Journey from Ruins to Riches (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D98KBXD7 | 2024 | 4 hours and 21 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 241 MB
Author: Robert Kranendonk
Narrator: Brian Conover

Dive into the world of wealth creation with Robert Kranendonk’s triumphant financial odyssey. Using his personal story, Robert crafted this comprehensive guide to reveal the secret dos and don’ts of strategic real estate investing as a roadmap to your financial prosperity. From identifying lucrative opportunities to mastering negotiation tactics, How I Spent My Way Out of Debt equips you with the knowledge to navigate the real estate market with confidence. Unleash the power of smart investments, identify and capitalize on market trends, and watch your wealth grow. If you are ready to turn properties into profit, this is your essential guide to financial success.

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How I Get It Done [Audible Original]


Free Download How I Get It Done [Audible Original]
English | September 05, 2024 | ASIN: B0DDCRZ9X4 | M4B@128 kbps | 9h 53m | 539 MB
Hosted by Shereen Marisol Meraji
In a series of deeply moving and inspiring conversations, host Shereen Marisol Meraji connects with successful women from all walks of life to reveal how they manage their careers and every aspect of their lives. Based on the long-running column from The Cut and New York Magazine.
Guests include: style icon and Real Housewife Jenna Lyons, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Broadway actress Jesmille Darbouze, cosmetic nurse and founder of The Things We Do Vanessa Lee, RN, 2023 National Teacher of the Year Rebecka Peterson, Angie’s List cofounder Angie Hicks, chef and author of Salt Fat Acid Heat Samin Nosrat, lyricist/composer Kristen Anderson-Lopez, football coach Katie Sowers, TV’s couples therapist, Orna Guralnik, disability lifestyle influencer Lolo Spencer, Burning Man cofounder Harley Dubois, actress Ana de la Reguera, Dame Products cofounder Al Fine, activist Deja Foxx, celebrity stylist Kate Young, Peloton yoga instructor Chelsea Jackson Roberts, co-owner of FiveFork Farms Grace Lam, comedian Yvonne Orji, and author Diana Goetsch.

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How Excellent Companies Avoid Dumb Things Breaking the 8 Hidden Barriers that Plague Even the Best Businesses


Free Download How Excellent Companies Avoid Dumb Things: Breaking the 8 Hidden Barriers that Plague Even the Best Businesses by Neil Smith, Patricia O’Connell, Dave Courvoisier
English | September 11, 2012 | ISBN: B0098TUY8W | 6 hours and 39 minutes | MP3 128 Kbps | 365 Mb
Companies make headline news all the time for decisions that make many of us scratch our heads in wonder, even companies that are smart and successful. Here, Neil Smith, with more than 20 years of experience leading large-scale performance improvements, reveals the hidden barriers that cause excellent companies to do dumb things, and smart people within companies to act in dumb ways.
Drawing on his experience working with and helping transform top global businesses, Smith has identified 8 barriers that prevent organizations from achieving and maintaining sustainable success. Rich with anecdotes and case studies, Smith outlines a fast and proven process in which 12 principles of business transformation can break down the barriers holding companies back. What Smith offers his readers is the same thing he offers every day to the major companies he works with, a promise that by following his insights, the company will be able to increase communication, simplicity, and profit to levels never before attainable.
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How Economics Explains the World A Short History of Humanity [Audiobook]

Free Download Andrew Leigh, Stephen Graybill (Narrator), "How Economics Explains the World: A Short History of Humanity"
English | ASIN: B0CQ2Y1HHJ | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~05:19:00 | 146 MB
"If you read just one book about economics, make it Andrew Leigh’s clear, insightful, and remarkable (and short) work." -Claudia Goldin, recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics and Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University
A sweeping, engrossing history of how economic forces have shaped the world-all in under 200 pages

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