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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

A Leadership Fable

by Patrick Lencioni ...

Narrated by Charles Stransky ...

Unabridged

3 hours 43 min

After her first two weeks observing the problems at DecisionTech, Kathryn Petersen, its new CEO, had more than a few moments when she wondered is she should have taken the job. But Kathryn knew there was little chance she would have turned it down. After all, retirement had made her antsy, and nothing excited her more than a challenge. What she could not have known when she accepted the job, ... Read more

$15.00 USD

After her first two weeks observing the problems at DecisionTech, Kathryn Petersen, its new CEO, had more than a few moments when she wondered is she should have taken the job. But Kathryn knew there was little chance she would have turned it down. After all, retirement had made her antsy, and nothing excited her more than a challenge. What she could not have known when she accepted the job,
... Read more
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The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive

by Patrick Lencioni ...

Narrated by Charles Stransky ...

Unabridged

3 hours 1 min

In this stunning follow-up to his best-selling book, The Five Temptations of a CEO, Patrick Lencioni offers up another leadership fable that's every bit as compelling and illuminating as its predecessor. This time, Lencioni's focus is on a leader's crucial role in building a healthy organization--an often overlooked but essential element of business life that is the linchpin of sustained success. ... Read more

$9.13 USD

In this stunning follow-up to his best-selling book, The Five Temptations of a CEO, Patrick Lencioni offers up another leadership fable that's every bit as compelling and illuminating as its predecessor. This time, Lencioni's focus is on a leader's crucial role in building a healthy organization--an often overlooked but essential element of business life that is the linchpin of sustained success.
... Read more
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The Second Coming of Steve Jobs

by Alan Deutschman ...

Narrated by Charles Stransky ...

Unabridged

7 hours 55 min

From the acclaimed Vanity Fair and GQ journalist–an unprecedented, in-depth portrait of the man whose return to Apple precipitated one of the biggest turnarounds in business history. With a new epilogue on Apple’s future survival in today’s roller-coaster economy, here is the revealing biography that blew away the critics and stirred controversy within industry and media circles around the country ... Read more

$14.96 USD

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From the acclaimed Vanity Fair and GQ journalist–an unprecedented, in-depth portrait of the man whose return to Apple precipitated one of the biggest turnarounds in business history. With a new epilogue on Apple’s future survival in today’s roller-coaster economy, here is the revealing biography that blew away the critics and stirred controversy within industry and media circles around the country
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Hitler's Holy Relics

A True Story of Nazi Plunder and the Race to Recover the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire

by Sidney Kirkpatrick ...

Narrated by Charles Stransky ...

Unabridged

10 hours 45 min

Had Hitler succeeded in conquering Europe, he would have crowned himself Holy Roman Emperor. The Nazis had in their possession priceless artifacts that would give Hitler legitimacy in his subjects’ eyes: the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire including the Spear of Destiny, alleged to have pierced Christ’s side at the Crucifixion. Looted from the royal treasury in Vienna, Austria, the Crown ... Read more

$24.47 USD

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Had Hitler succeeded in conquering Europe, he would have crowned himself Holy Roman Emperor. The Nazis had in their possession priceless artifacts that would give Hitler legitimacy in his subjects’ eyes: the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire including the Spear of Destiny, alleged to have pierced Christ’s side at the Crucifixion. Looted from the royal treasury in Vienna, Austria, the Crown
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Red Moon Rising

Sputnik and the Hidden Rivals That Ignited the Space Age

by Matthew Brzezinski ...

Narrated by Charles Stransky ...

Unabridged

11 hours 34 min

The first book to capture both the Soviet and American sides of the event that started the space race and changed our world.On October fourth, 1957, a time of Cold War paranoia, the Soviet Union secretly launched the Earth's first artificial moon. No bigger than a basketball, the tiny satellite was powered by a car battery. Yet, for all its simplicity, Sputnik stunned the world.Based on extensive ... Read more

$25.87 USD

The first book to capture both the Soviet and American sides of the event that started the space race and changed our world.On October fourth, 1957, a time of Cold War paranoia, the Soviet Union secretly launched the Earth's first artificial moon. No bigger than a basketball, the tiny satellite was powered by a car battery. Yet, for all its simplicity, Sputnik stunned the world.Based on extensive
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Fiddlers

A Novel of the 87th Precinct

by Ed McBain ...

Narrated by Charles Stransky ...

Unabridged

6 hours 3 min

Ed McBain's latest installment in the 87th Precinct series finds the detectives stumped by a serial killer who doesn't fit the profile. A blind violinist taking a smoke break, a cosmetics sales rep cooking an omelet in her own kitchen, a college professor trudging home from class, a priest contemplating retirement in the rectory garden, an old woman out walking her dog—these are the seemingly ... Read more

$18.87 USD

Ed McBain's latest installment in the 87th Precinct series finds the detectives stumped by a serial killer who doesn't fit the profile. A blind violinist taking a smoke break, a cosmetics sales rep cooking an omelet in her own kitchen, a college professor trudging home from class, a priest contemplating retirement in the rectory garden, an old woman out walking her dog—these are the seemingly
... Read more
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A Ranger Born

A Memoir of Combat and Valor from Korea to Vietnam

by Robert W. Black ...

Narrated by Charles Stransky ...

Abridged

1 hour 57 min

Even as a boy growing up amid the green hills of rural Pennsylvania, Robert W. Black knew he was destined to become a Ranger. With their three-hundred-year history of peerless courage and independence of spirit, Rangers are a uniquely American brand of soldier, one foot in the military, one in the wilderness—and that is what fired Black’s imagination. In this searing, inspiring memoir, Black ... Read more

$6.95 USD

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Even as a boy growing up amid the green hills of rural Pennsylvania, Robert W. Black knew he was destined to become a Ranger. With their three-hundred-year history of peerless courage and independence of spirit, Rangers are a uniquely American brand of soldier, one foot in the military, one in the wilderness—and that is what fired Black’s imagination. In this searing, inspiring memoir, Black
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The Hill Fights

The First Battle of Khe Sanh

by Edward F. Murphy ...

Narrated by Charles Stransky ...

Abridged

2 hours 7 min

While the seventy-seven-day siege of Khe Sanh in early 1968 remains one of the most highly publicized clashes of the Vietnam War, scant attention has been paid to the first battle of Khe Sanh, also known as “the Hill Fights.” Although this harrowing combat in the spring of 1967 provided a grisly preview of the carnage to come at Khe Sanh, few are aware of the significance of the battles, or even ... Read more

$7.95 USD

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While the seventy-seven-day siege of Khe Sanh in early 1968 remains one of the most highly publicized clashes of the Vietnam War, scant attention has been paid to the first battle of Khe Sanh, also known as “the Hill Fights.” Although this harrowing combat in the spring of 1967 provided a grisly preview of the carnage to come at Khe Sanh, few are aware of the significance of the battles, or even
... Read more

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The Sword and the Shield

The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB

by Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin ...

Narrated by Charles Stransky ...

Abridged

6 hours 29 min

The Sword and the Shield is a compelling-and historically significant-narrative destined to cast new light on the Soviet era. ... Read more

$18.87 USD

The Sword and the Shield is a compelling-and historically significant-narrative destined to cast new light on the Soviet era.
... Read more
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

A Leadership Fable, 20th Anniversary Edition

by Patrick M. Lencioni ...

Series Book 13 - J-B Lencioni Series
The New York Times best-selling team leadership handbook for modern executives, managers, and organizationsAfter her first two weeks observing the problems at DecisionTech, Kathryn Petersen, its new CEO, had more than a few moments when she wondered if she should have taken the job. But Kathryn knew there was little chance she would have turned it down. After all, retirement had made her antsy, ... Read more

$15.00 USD

The New York Times best-selling team leadership handbook for modern executives, managers, and organizationsAfter her first two weeks observing the problems at DecisionTech, Kathryn Petersen, its new CEO, had more than a few moments when she wondered if she should have taken the job. But Kathryn knew there was little chance she would have turned it down. After all, retirement had made her antsy,
... Read more
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Leaders Eat Last

Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't

by Simon Sinek ...

Narrated by Simon Sinek ...

Unabridged

9 hours 23 min

The New York Times bestseller by the acclaimed, bestselling author of Start With Why and Together is Better. Now with an expanded chapter and appendix on leading millennials, based on Simon Sinek's viral video "Millenials in the workplace" (150+ million views).Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day, then returns home feeling ... Read more

$20.00 USD

Also available as: eBook

The New York Times bestseller by the acclaimed, bestselling author of Start With Why and Together is Better. Now with an expanded chapter and appendix on leading millennials, based on Simon Sinek's viral video "Millenials in the workplace" (150+ million views).Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day, then returns home feeling
... Read more

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Leadership Is Language

The Hidden Power of What You Say--and What You Don't

by L. David Marquet ...

Narrated by L. David Marquet ...

Unabridged

10 hours 40 min

**Wall Street Journal BestsellerFrom the acclaimed author of Turn the Ship Around!, former US Navy Captain David Marquet, comes a radical new playbook for empowering your team to make better decisions and take greater ownership.**As a leader in today's networked, information-dense business climate, you don't have full visibility into your organization or the ground reality of your operating ... Read more

$20.00 USD

Also available as: eBook

**Wall Street Journal BestsellerFrom the acclaimed author of Turn the Ship Around!, former US Navy Captain David Marquet, comes a radical new playbook for empowering your team to make better decisions and take greater ownership.**As a leader in today's networked, information-dense business climate, you don't have full visibility into your organization or the ground reality of your operating
... Read more

Also available as: eBook