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

$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
Audiobook

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
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Audiobook

Shop Class as Soulcraft

An Inquiry into the Value of Work

by Matthew B. Crawford ...

Narrated by Max Bloomquist ...

Unabridged

6 hours 38 min

**A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands“This is a deep exploration of craftsmanship by someone with real, hands-on knowledge. The book is also quirky, surprising, and sometimes quite moving.” —Richard Sennett, author of The Craftsman**Called “the sleeper hit of the publishing season” by The Boston Globe, Shop Class as ... Read more

$15.00 USD

**A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands“This is a deep exploration of craftsmanship by someone with real, hands-on knowledge. The book is also quirky, surprising, and sometimes quite moving.” —Richard Sennett, author of The Craftsman**Called “the sleeper hit of the publishing season” by The Boston Globe, Shop Class as
... 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

$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
Audiobook

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
Audiobook

The Fourth Age

Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity

by Byron Reese ...

Narrated by Danny Campbell ...

Unabridged

11 hours 4 min

As we approach a great turning point in history when technology is poised to redefine what it means to be human, The Fourth Age offers fascinating insight into AI, robotics, and their extraordinary implications for our species. “If you only read just one book about the AI revolution, make it this one” (John Mackey, cofounder and CEO, Whole Foods Market).In The Fourth Age, Byron Reese makes the ... Read more

$26.99 USD

As we approach a great turning point in history when technology is poised to redefine what it means to be human, The Fourth Age offers fascinating insight into AI, robotics, and their extraordinary implications for our species. “If you only read just one book about the AI revolution, make it this one” (John Mackey, cofounder and CEO, Whole Foods Market).In The Fourth Age, Byron Reese makes the
... Read more
Audiobook

Not Just A Tradie

Time-tested principles to unlock your potential and create business freedom and flow

by Jon Mailer ...

Narrated by Jon Mailer ...

Unabridged

5 hours 59 min

ARE YOU A TRADIE?Do you own or run a business in the trade and construction industry, or maybe you are married to someone who does? Perhaps you work in a trade and construction business?If so, have you ever thought or felt that...- Business and life is like running on a treadmill - getting faster with no real progress?- You deserve more return for the hard work you put in every day?- Business life ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

ARE YOU A TRADIE?Do you own or run a business in the trade and construction industry, or maybe you are married to someone who does? Perhaps you work in a trade and construction business?If so, have you ever thought or felt that...- Business and life is like running on a treadmill - getting faster with no real progress?- You deserve more return for the hard work you put in every day?- Business life
... Read more
Audiobook

What Is Wage Slavery, How Succumbing To Wage Slavery Can Increase The Risk Of People Having A Destitute Standard Of Living, And The Problems With People Succumbing To Wage Slavery

by Dr. Harrison Sachs ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Mason G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 8 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This essay sheds light on what is wage slavery, explicates how succumbing to wage slavery can increase the risk of people having a destitute standard of living, and expounds upon the problems with people succumbing to wage slavery. Succinctly stated, wage slavery is a term that delineates a calamitous predicament in which a person who works a real ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This essay sheds light on what is wage slavery, explicates how succumbing to wage slavery can increase the risk of people having a destitute standard of living, and expounds upon the problems with people succumbing to wage slavery. Succinctly stated, wage slavery is a term that delineates a calamitous predicament in which a person who works a real
... Read more
Audiobook

Pseudoarbejde

Hvordan vi fik travlt med at lave ingenting

by Anders Fogh Jensen, Dennis Nørmark ...

Narrated by Anders Fogh Jensen, Dennis Nørmark ...

Unabridged

11 hours 5 min

For 100 år siden var alle overbeviste om, at vi i dag ville arbejde 15 timer om ugen. Det skete ikke. Og det var ikke, fordi effektiviseringerne udeblev. Vi arbejder stadig på livet løs. I denne bog begiver antropologen Dennis Nørmark og filosoffen Anders Fogh Jensen sig ud på en rejse for at finde ud af, hvad vi laver i vores arbejdstid. Det er blevet en rejse ind i det absurde, hvor meningen med ... Read more

$18.99 USD

For 100 år siden var alle overbeviste om, at vi i dag ville arbejde 15 timer om ugen. Det skete ikke. Og det var ikke, fordi effektiviseringerne udeblev. Vi arbejder stadig på livet løs. I denne bog begiver antropologen Dennis Nørmark og filosoffen Anders Fogh Jensen sig ud på en rejse for at finde ud af, hvad vi laver i vores arbejdstid. Det er blevet en rejse ind i det absurde, hvor meningen med
... Read more
Audiobook

Mutiny

The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class

by Noam Scheiber ...

Narrated by André Santana ...

Unabridged

10 hours 18 min

The story of a disillusioned generation that set out to reclaim its dignity and take on corporate America. This program is read by award-winning narrator André Santana.“André Santana's performance succinctly conveys the spirit of this audiobook about modern-day organizing and unionizing.” — Kirkus (Earphones Award Winner)In recent years, young college grads have faced an alarming reality: crushing ... Read more

$26.99 USD

The story of a disillusioned generation that set out to reclaim its dignity and take on corporate America. This program is read by award-winning narrator André Santana.“André Santana's performance succinctly conveys the spirit of this audiobook about modern-day organizing and unionizing.” — Kirkus (Earphones Award Winner)In recent years, young college grads have faced an alarming reality: crushing
... Read more
Audiobook

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
Audiobook

El mito del déficit

La teoría monetaria moderna y el nacimiento de la economía de la gente

by Stephanie Kelton ...

Narrated by Martha Escobar ...

Unabridged

14 hours 39 min

UN GIRO COPERNICANO:LA APORTACIÓN MÁS AUDAZ, RELEVANTE Y POLÉMICA DE LOS ÚLTIMOS TIEMPOS AL DEBATE ECONÓMICO.«Una fuente indispensable de claridad moral. Las herramientas que necesitamos desesperadamente para construir un futuro seguro para todos. Léanlo, y denle uso.»NAOMI KLEINEl déficit importa, pero no de la manera en que nos han enseñado a pensar.Sostener la sanidad pública, crea... ... Read more

$22.99 USD

UN GIRO COPERNICANO:LA APORTACIÓN MÁS AUDAZ, RELEVANTE Y POLÉMICA DE LOS ÚLTIMOS TIEMPOS AL DEBATE ECONÓMICO.«Una fuente indispensable de claridad moral. Las herramientas que necesitamos desesperadamente para construir un futuro seguro para todos. Léanlo, y denle uso.»NAOMI KLEINEl déficit importa, pero no de la manera en que nos han enseñado a pensar.Sostener la sanidad pública, crea...
... Read more
Audiobook

Descansa

by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang ...

Narrated by Jonás Merino ...

Unabridged

8 hours 9 min

Para la mayoría de nosotros, el exceso de trabajo es la nueva normalidad. En nuestras ajetreadas vidas, el descanso se define como la ausencia de trabajo o aquello que hacemos cuando hemos terminado toda nuestra lista de tareas pendientes; pero generalmente estás tan cansado para disfrutar de esos momentos que terminas enganchado durante horas a la televisión por la noche o navegando por internet ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Para la mayoría de nosotros, el exceso de trabajo es la nueva normalidad. En nuestras ajetreadas vidas, el descanso se define como la ausencia de trabajo o aquello que hacemos cuando hemos terminado toda nuestra lista de tareas pendientes; pero generalmente estás tan cansado para disfrutar de esos momentos que terminas enganchado durante horas a la televisión por la noche o navegando por internet
... Read more
Audiobook

The Aristocracy of Talent

How Meritocracy Made the Modern World

by Adrian Wooldridge ...

Narrated by Jonathan Cowley ...

Unabridged

18 hours 8 min

The Times (UK) book of the year!Meritocracy: the idea that people should be advanced according to their talents rather than their birth. While this initially seemed like a novel concept, by the end of the twentieth century it had become the world's ruling ideology. How did this happen, and why is meritocracy now under attack from both right and left?In The Aristocracy of Talent, esteemed ... Read more

$24.99 USD

The Times (UK) book of the year!Meritocracy: the idea that people should be advanced according to their talents rather than their birth. While this initially seemed like a novel concept, by the end of the twentieth century it had become the world's ruling ideology. How did this happen, and why is meritocracy now under attack from both right and left?In The Aristocracy of Talent, esteemed
... 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

$24.99 USD

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
Audiobook

Make Your Own Job

How the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic Exhausted America

by Erik Baker ...

Narrated by Steve Menasche ...

Unabridged

13 hours 48 min

How Americans think about work changed profoundly over the course of the twentieth century. Successful workers were increasingly expected to show initiative and enthusiasm for change. Our culture of work today is more demanding than ever, even though workers haven't seen commensurate rewards.Make Your Own Job explains how this entrepreneurial work ethic took hold, from its origins in late ... Read more

$24.99 USD

How Americans think about work changed profoundly over the course of the twentieth century. Successful workers were increasingly expected to show initiative and enthusiasm for change. Our culture of work today is more demanding than ever, even though workers haven't seen commensurate rewards.Make Your Own Job explains how this entrepreneurial work ethic took hold, from its origins in late
... Read more
Audiobook

Overcoming Capitalism

Strategy for the Working Class in the 21st Century

by Tom Wetzel ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Unabridged

17 hours 46 min

A new, inclusive union movement with a contemporary vision and an eye toward building social and economic power can remake society.The book is a twenty-first century reworking of the approach to unionism. The United States has a dramatic history of workers organizing on the job. In the last seventy odd years labor organizations have made peace with owners, and wages, various protections, and ... Read more

$24.99 USD

A new, inclusive union movement with a contemporary vision and an eye toward building social and economic power can remake society.The book is a twenty-first century reworking of the approach to unionism. The United States has a dramatic history of workers organizing on the job. In the last seventy odd years labor organizations have made peace with owners, and wages, various protections, and
... Read more
Audiobook

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

$8.99 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
Audiobook

Soul Full of Coal Dust

A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia

by Chris Hamby ...

Narrated by Gary Tiedemann ...

Unabridged

14 hours 1 min

In a devastating and urgent work of investigative journalism, Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hamby uncovers the tragic resurgence of black lung disease in Appalachia, its Big Coal cover-up, and the resilient mining communities who refuse to back down.Decades ago, a grassroots uprising forced Congress to enact long-overdue legislation designed to virtually eradicate black lung disease and provide fair ... Read more

$27.99 USD

In a devastating and urgent work of investigative journalism, Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hamby uncovers the tragic resurgence of black lung disease in Appalachia, its Big Coal cover-up, and the resilient mining communities who refuse to back down.Decades ago, a grassroots uprising forced Congress to enact long-overdue legislation designed to virtually eradicate black lung disease and provide fair
... Read more
Audiobook

Start-Up Century

Why we're all becoming entrepreneurs - and how to make it work for everyone

by James Wise ...

Narrated by Mark Meadows ...

Unabridged

9 hours 22 min

Bloomsbury presents Start-Up Century by James Wise, read by Mark Meadows.A fresh look at the boom in entrepreneurship and start-ups – and how it’s changing the world of work.Does it feel like everyone you know is thinking about starting a business? That’s because they are. In the last few years new businesses have been launched in record numbers, with more of us than ever deciding to go it alone ... Read more

$18.00 USD

Bloomsbury presents Start-Up Century by James Wise, read by Mark Meadows.A fresh look at the boom in entrepreneurship and start-ups – and how it’s changing the world of work.Does it feel like everyone you know is thinking about starting a business? That’s because they are. In the last few years new businesses have been launched in record numbers, with more of us than ever deciding to go it alone
... Read more
Audiobook

Разбуди в себе исполина (краткое изложение)

by Энтони Роббинс ...

Narrated by Николай Блинов ...

Unabridged

35 min

Энтони Роббинс – один из основоположников лайф-коучинга и вдохновляющий мотивационный спикер. Коучинг у него стоит 1 миллион долларов, при этом запись ведется на 2 года вперед. Его услугами пользовались Билл Клинтон, Михаил Горбачев, Андре Агасси, Опра Уинфри и другие знаменитости. Сам Энтони относится к тем людям, которые достигли всего с нуля, поэтому все, о чем, он пишет, пропущено через призму ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Энтони Роббинс – один из основоположников лайф-коучинга и вдохновляющий мотивационный спикер. Коучинг у него стоит 1 миллион долларов, при этом запись ведется на 2 года вперед. Его услугами пользовались Билл Клинтон, Михаил Горбачев, Андре Агасси, Опра Уинфри и другие знаменитости. Сам Энтони относится к тем людям, которые достигли всего с нуля, поэтому все, о чем, он пишет, пропущено через призму
... Read more
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Золотые правила: Как стать чемпионом в том, что ты делаешь (краткое изложение)

by Боб Боуман, Чарльз Батлер ...

Narrated by Николай Блинов ...

Unabridged

26 min

Боб Боуман — тренер по плаванию и руководитель спортивной школы «Медоубрук». Среди его подопечных немало талантливых спортсменов. Самый знаменитый из них — Майкл Фелпс — 23-кратный олимпийский чемпион, абсолютный рекордсмен Олимпийских игр. За свою многолетнюю работу в качестве тренера и спортивного управленца Боуман вывел ряд правил, благодаря которым ему и его команде удается достигать самых ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Боб Боуман — тренер по плаванию и руководитель спортивной школы «Медоубрук». Среди его подопечных немало талантливых спортсменов. Самый знаменитый из них — Майкл Фелпс — 23-кратный олимпийский чемпион, абсолютный рекордсмен Олимпийских игр. За свою многолетнюю работу в качестве тренера и спортивного управленца Боуман вывел ряд правил, благодаря которым ему и его команде удается достигать самых
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Максимальная энергия: От вечной усталости к приливу сил (краткое изложение)

by Триша Вулфри ...

Narrated by Ольга Арсентьева ...

Unabridged

29 min

Все мы время от времени чувствуем усталость и упадок сил — это нормальное явление. Но если такое состояние вы испытываете каждый день, и это мешает вам не только продуктивно работать, но и отдыхать, важно разобраться, почему так происходит. Постоянная нехватка энергии может привести к перепадам настроения, апатии, раздражительности, стрессам и депрессии. Прочитав наш обзор, вы узнаете об основных ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Все мы время от времени чувствуем усталость и упадок сил — это нормальное явление. Но если такое состояние вы испытываете каждый день, и это мешает вам не только продуктивно работать, но и отдыхать, важно разобраться, почему так происходит. Постоянная нехватка энергии может привести к перепадам настроения, апатии, раздражительности, стрессам и депрессии. Прочитав наш обзор, вы узнаете об основных
... Read more
Audiobook

The Technology Trap

Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation

by Carl Benedikt Frey ...

Narrated by Richard Lyddon ...

Unabridged

15 hours 31 min

This audiobook narrated by Richard Lyddon reveals how the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automationFrom the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap takes a sweeping look at the history of technological progress and how it has radically shifted the distribution of economic ... Read more

$19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook narrated by Richard Lyddon reveals how the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automationFrom the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap takes a sweeping look at the history of technological progress and how it has radically shifted the distribution of economic
... Read more

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