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Nickel and Dimed

On (Not) Getting By in America

by Barbara Ehrenreich ...

Narrated by Cristine McMurdo-Wallis ...

Unabridged

8 hours 14 min

This engrossing piece of undercover reportage is a New York Times best-seller. With nearly a million copies in print, Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often ... Read more

$18.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This engrossing piece of undercover reportage is a New York Times best-seller. With nearly a million copies in print, Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often
... Read more
Audiobook

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

$18.00 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

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

$17.96 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
Audiobook

It's Not About Whiteness, It's About Wealth

How the Economics of Race Really Work

by Remi Adekoya ...

Narrated by Remi Adekoya ...

Unabridged

5 hours 27 min

'Remi Adekoya is a welcome blast of unsentimental rigour into a race debate clogged up with emotion and moralism. His dissection of the economic underpinnings of the world's racial and national hierarchies will make uncomfortable reading for both liberals and conservatives' David Goodhart'This terrifically illuminating book . . . offers a new way of understanding modern racial structures' i ... Read more

$28.79 USD

'Remi Adekoya is a welcome blast of unsentimental rigour into a race debate clogged up with emotion and moralism. His dissection of the economic underpinnings of the world's racial and national hierarchies will make uncomfortable reading for both liberals and conservatives' David Goodhart'This terrifically illuminating book . . . offers a new way of understanding modern racial structures' i
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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

$14.39 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
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Audiobook

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

$15.61 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
Audiobook

Culture is bad for you

Inequality in the cultural and creative industries

by Orian Brook, Dave O'Brien, Mark Taylor ...

Narrated by Nneka Okoye, Christina Orman, Stephen Perring ...

Unabridged

7 hours 47 min

Culture will keep you fit and healthy. Culture will bring communities together. Culture will improve your education. This is the message from governments and arts organisations across the country; however, this book explains why we need to be cautious about culture. Offering a powerful call to transform the cultural and creative industries, Culture is bad for you examines the intersections between ... Read more

$27.71 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Culture will keep you fit and healthy. Culture will bring communities together. Culture will improve your education. This is the message from governments and arts organisations across the country; however, this book explains why we need to be cautious about culture. Offering a powerful call to transform the cultural and creative industries, Culture is bad for you examines the intersections between
... Read more
Audiobook

The Power of Delegation

Save Time, Save Money and Grow with Virtual Assistants

by Francesca Moi ...

Narrated by Francesca Moi ...

Unabridged

4 hours 51 min

Do you ever feel overwhelmed, like there just aren't enough hours in the day? Francesca Moi understands, and she's mastered the art of delegation to transform not just her time management but her entire role as a business owner. In her latest book, "The Power of Delegation Save Time, Save Money and Grow with Virtual Assistants," she shares this expertise. Having authored four insightful books on ... Read more

$5.66 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Do you ever feel overwhelmed, like there just aren't enough hours in the day? Francesca Moi understands, and she's mastered the art of delegation to transform not just her time management but her entire role as a business owner. In her latest book, "The Power of Delegation Save Time, Save Money and Grow with Virtual Assistants," she shares this expertise. Having authored four insightful books on
... Read more
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Organizing Amazon

Building Worker Power under Conditions of Fragmentation, Precarity and Regimentation

by Tom Vickers, Rachel Fagan, Amanda Gearing, Garfield Hylton, Louveza Iqbal, Ceferina Floresca Javier, Paramanathan Pradeep, Stuart Richards, Tom Rigby, Ferdousara Uddin0 ...

Narrated by Tom Vickers ...

Unabridged

5 hours 13 min

Between August 2022 and July 2024, GMB Union membership at Amazon’s BHX4 Coventry warehouse skyrocketed, with 37 days of strike action resulting in a 28.5% pay rise. Yet despite this, the union narrowly lost a ballot that would have forced Amazon to grant formal recognition.Based on ethnographic research and reflective essays from worker-leaders and organizers, this book offers a rich case study ... Read more

$9.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Between August 2022 and July 2024, GMB Union membership at Amazon’s BHX4 Coventry warehouse skyrocketed, with 37 days of strike action resulting in a 28.5% pay rise. Yet despite this, the union narrowly lost a ballot that would have forced Amazon to grant formal recognition.Based on ethnographic research and reflective essays from worker-leaders and organizers, this book offers a rich case study
... Read more
Audiobook

Die Macht der Worte, wie Sprache Energie lenkt

für Führungskräfte und Unternehmer, positive Kommunikation

by Silke Kleinfelder ...

Narrated by Silke Kleinfelder ...

Unabridged

47 min

Die Macht der Worte – Wie Sprache Energie lenktEin Hörbuch über bewusste Kommunikation mit Herz und Wirkung.Worte sind mehr als Schall – sie tragen Energie. Sie können motivieren, Klarheit schaffen oder blockieren. In diesem Hörbuch erfahren Sie, wie Sprache unser Denken und Fühlen beeinflusst – im Berufsalltag, in Beziehungen und in der Führung.Besonders persönlich:Die Autorin liest selbst – ... Read more

$4.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Die Macht der Worte – Wie Sprache Energie lenktEin Hörbuch über bewusste Kommunikation mit Herz und Wirkung.Worte sind mehr als Schall – sie tragen Energie. Sie können motivieren, Klarheit schaffen oder blockieren. In diesem Hörbuch erfahren Sie, wie Sprache unser Denken und Fühlen beeinflusst – im Berufsalltag, in Beziehungen und in der Führung.Besonders persönlich:Die Autorin liest selbst –
... Read more
Audiobook

Berufstätige Mütter - Alltag meistern

Vereinbarkeit von Familie & Beruf: Stressfrei Mutterschaft & Karriere meistern.

by Marion Lemper-Pychlau ...

Narrated by Lucy Fennek (AI) ...

Unabridged

1 hour 28 min

Kennst du das Gefühl, ständig unter Strom zu stehen? Der Wecker klingelt, und schon beginnt der tägliche Marathon: Kinder versorgen, zur Arbeit hetzen, Deadlines einhalten, den Haushalt organisieren und dabei bloß nicht das Lächeln verlieren. Als berufstätige Mutter leistest du jeden Tag Unglaubliches. Doch oft bleibt dabei eines auf der Strecke: Du selbst. Die ständige Zerrissenheit zwischen dem ... Read more

$4.21 USD

Kennst du das Gefühl, ständig unter Strom zu stehen? Der Wecker klingelt, und schon beginnt der tägliche Marathon: Kinder versorgen, zur Arbeit hetzen, Deadlines einhalten, den Haushalt organisieren und dabei bloß nicht das Lächeln verlieren. Als berufstätige Mutter leistest du jeden Tag Unglaubliches. Doch oft bleibt dabei eines auf der Strecke: Du selbst. Die ständige Zerrissenheit zwischen dem
... Read more
Audiobook

Work in the Future

The Automation Revolution

Narrated by Steve Menasche, Teri Schnaubelt ...

Unabridged

7 hours 12 min

This short, accessible book seeks to explore the future of work through the views and opinions of a range of expertise, encompassing economic, historical, technological, ethical, and anthropological aspects of the debate. The transition to an automated society brings with it new challenges and a consideration for what has happened in the past; the editors of this book carefully steer the listener ... Read more

$17.99 USD

This short, accessible book seeks to explore the future of work through the views and opinions of a range of expertise, encompassing economic, historical, technological, ethical, and anthropological aspects of the debate. The transition to an automated society brings with it new challenges and a consideration for what has happened in the past; the editors of this book carefully steer the listener
... Read more
Audiobook

Get on the Job and Organize

Standing Up for a Better Workplace and a Better World

by Jaz Brisack ...

Narrated by Em Grosland ...

Unabridged

11 hours 24 min

A leader of the Starbucks and Tesla union movements shares stories from the front lines to help us organize our own workplaces and “better understand the aims and goals for a resurgent trade union movement and how workers all over the country can join in solidarity with it” (Senator Bernie Sanders).Get on the Job and Organize is a compelling, stirring narrative of the Starbucks and Tesla ... Read more

$24.29 USD

A leader of the Starbucks and Tesla union movements shares stories from the front lines to help us organize our own workplaces and “better understand the aims and goals for a resurgent trade union movement and how workers all over the country can join in solidarity with it” (Senator Bernie Sanders).Get on the Job and Organize is a compelling, stirring narrative of the Starbucks and Tesla
... Read more
Audiobook

Your Data, Their Wealth

The Price of Human Input to the Al Economy

by James Felton Keith ...

Narrated by James Felton Keith ...

Unabridged

5 hours 22 min

AI did not appear from nowhere. It was built from human language, human behavior, human culture, human correction, and human life made legible to machines.In Your Data, Their Wealth, James Felton Keith argues that the modern economy has been fundamentally misdescribed. We still talk as though value comes mainly from labor, capital, and innovation in their familiar forms. But the age of AI has ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

AI did not appear from nowhere. It was built from human language, human behavior, human culture, human correction, and human life made legible to machines.In Your Data, Their Wealth, James Felton Keith argues that the modern economy has been fundamentally misdescribed. We still talk as though value comes mainly from labor, capital, and innovation in their familiar forms. But the age of AI has
... Read more
Audiobook

The Third Man

Life at the Heart of New Labour

by Peter Mandelson ...

Narrated by Peter Mandelson ...

Abridged

5 hours 49 min

READ BY PETER MANDELSON. The hotly anticipated memoir of one of New Labour’s three founding architects.READ BY PETER MANDELSON. Peter Mandelson is one of the most influential politicians of modern times. The Third Man is his story – of a life played out in the backroom and then on the frontline of the Labour Party during its unprecedented three terms in government.Much of the book is devoted to ... Read more

$22.49 USD

READ BY PETER MANDELSON. The hotly anticipated memoir of one of New Labour’s three founding architects.READ BY PETER MANDELSON. Peter Mandelson is one of the most influential politicians of modern times. The Third Man is his story – of a life played out in the backroom and then on the frontline of the Labour Party during its unprecedented three terms in government.Much of the book is devoted to
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Жизнь без границ: Путь к потрясающе счастливой жизни (краткое изложение)

by Ник Вуйчич ...

Narrated by Николай Блинов ...

Unabridged

50 min

Ник Вуйчич родился без рук и ног, но он вполне независим и живет полноценной и насыщенной жизнью: получил два высших образования, самостоятельно печатает на компьютере со скоростью 43 слова в минуту, занимается серфингом, увлекается рыбалкой, плавает и даже ныряет с трамплина в воду. Его книга — это вдохновляющий, эмоциональный рассказ о том, как преодолеть трудности, отчаяние, поверить в себя и ... Read more

$4.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ник Вуйчич родился без рук и ног, но он вполне независим и живет полноценной и насыщенной жизнью: получил два высших образования, самостоятельно печатает на компьютере со скоростью 43 слова в минуту, занимается серфингом, увлекается рыбалкой, плавает и даже ныряет с трамплина в воду. Его книга — это вдохновляющий, эмоциональный рассказ о том, как преодолеть трудности, отчаяние, поверить в себя и
... Read more
Audiobook

Проснись и живи! Формула успеха, которая действительно работает (краткое изложение)

by Доротея Бранд ...

Narrated by Ольга Арсентьева ...

Unabridged

27 min

Американская писательница Доротея Бранд утверждает, что вывела универсальную формулу успеха. Она настолько проста и очевидна, что в её эффективность поначалу трудно поверить. Тем не менее, формула работает. Она состоит всего из нескольких слов: «Действуйте так, как будто вы не способны потерпеть поражение!» Почему мы терпим неудачу? Потому что большинство из нас — жертвы воли к поражению. И если ... Read more

$4.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Американская писательница Доротея Бранд утверждает, что вывела универсальную формулу успеха. Она настолько проста и очевидна, что в её эффективность поначалу трудно поверить. Тем не менее, формула работает. Она состоит всего из нескольких слов: «Действуйте так, как будто вы не способны потерпеть поражение!» Почему мы терпим неудачу? Потому что большинство из нас — жертвы воли к поражению. И если
... Read more
Audiobook

From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend

An Illustrated History of Labor in the United States

by Priscilla Murolo, A.B. Chitty ...

Narrated by Holly Adams ...

Unabridged

23 hours 15 min

Praised for its "impressive even-handedness", From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend has set the standard for viewing American history through the prism of working people (Publishers Weekly, starred review). From indentured servants and slaves in seventeenth-century Chesapeake to high-tech workers in contemporary Silicon Valley, the book "[puts] a human face on the people, places, events, and ... Read more

$22.49 USD

Praised for its "impressive even-handedness", From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend has set the standard for viewing American history through the prism of working people (Publishers Weekly, starred review). From indentured servants and slaves in seventeenth-century Chesapeake to high-tech workers in contemporary Silicon Valley, the book "[puts] a human face on the people, places, events, and
... Read more
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Why Good People Can't Get Jobs

The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It

by Peter Cappelli ...

Narrated by Don Hagen ...

Unabridged

1 hour 55 min

Peter Cappelli confronts the myth of the skills gap and provides an actionable path forward to put people back to work.Even in a time of perilously high unemployment, companies contend that they cannot find the employees they need. Pointing to a skills gap, employers argue applicants are simply not qualified; schools aren't preparing students for jobs; the government isn't letting in enough high ... Read more

$14.38 USD

Peter Cappelli confronts the myth of the skills gap and provides an actionable path forward to put people back to work.Even in a time of perilously high unemployment, companies contend that they cannot find the employees they need. Pointing to a skills gap, employers argue applicants are simply not qualified; schools aren't preparing students for jobs; the government isn't letting in enough high
... Read more
Audiobook

The Next Shift

The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America

by Gabriel Winant ...

Narrated by BJ Harrison ...

Unabridged

13 hours 32 min

Pittsburgh was once synonymous with steel. But today most of its mills are gone. Like so many places across the United States, a city that was a center of blue-collar manufacturing is now dominated by the service economy—particularly health care, which employs more Americans than any other industry. Gabriel Winant takes us inside the Rust Belt to show how America's cities have weathered new ... Read more

$22.49 USD

Pittsburgh was once synonymous with steel. But today most of its mills are gone. Like so many places across the United States, a city that was a center of blue-collar manufacturing is now dominated by the service economy—particularly health care, which employs more Americans than any other industry. Gabriel Winant takes us inside the Rust Belt to show how America's cities have weathered new
... 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

$22.49 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

Labor Law for the Rank & Filer

Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law

by Daniel Gross, Staughton Lynd ...

Narrated by Brian Arens ...

Unabridged

3 hours 8 min

Blending cutting-edge legal strategies for winning justice at work with a theory of dramatic, bottom-up social change, this practical audio guide to workers’ rights aims to make work better while reinvigorating the labor movement. A powerful organization model called "solidarity unionism" is explained, showing how the labor force can avoid the pitfalls of the legal system and utilize direct action ... Read more

$22.49 USD

Blending cutting-edge legal strategies for winning justice at work with a theory of dramatic, bottom-up social change, this practical audio guide to workers’ rights aims to make work better while reinvigorating the labor movement. A powerful organization model called "solidarity unionism" is explained, showing how the labor force can avoid the pitfalls of the legal system and utilize direct action
... Read more
Audiobook

$2.00 a Day

Living on Almost Nothing in America

by Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer ...

Narrated by Allyson Johnson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 15 min

The story of a kind of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don't even think exists from a leading national poverty expert who defies convention (New York Times). Edin and Shaefer tell the stories of eight families who live on what is almost unimaginable—an income that falls below the World Bank definition of poverty in the developing world. Their stories need to be heard, especially ... Read more

$23.39 USD

The story of a kind of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don't even think exists from a leading national poverty expert who defies convention (New York Times). Edin and Shaefer tell the stories of eight families who live on what is almost unimaginable—an income that falls below the World Bank definition of poverty in the developing world. Their stories need to be heard, especially
... Read more
Audiobook

Strike

Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire

by Sarah E. Bond ...

Narrated by Hillary Huber ...

Unabridged

8 hours 58 min

Historian Sarah E. Bond retells the traditional story of Ancient Rome, revealing how groups of ancient workers unified, connected, and protested as they helped build an empireFrom plebeians refusing to join the Roman army to bakers withholding bread, this is the first book to explore how Roman workers used strikes, boycotts, riots, and rebellion to get their voices—and their labor—acknowledged. ... Read more

$18.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Historian Sarah E. Bond retells the traditional story of Ancient Rome, revealing how groups of ancient workers unified, connected, and protested as they helped build an empireFrom plebeians refusing to join the Roman army to bakers withholding bread, this is the first book to explore how Roman workers used strikes, boycotts, riots, and rebellion to get their voices—and their labor—acknowledged.
... Read more

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