Labor in Career Planning & Job Hunting & Business & Finance Audiobooks

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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

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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
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Average Is Over

Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation

by Tyler Cowen ...

Narrated by Andrew Garman ...

Unabridged

8 hours 42 min

Renowned economist and author of Big Business Tyler Cowen brings a groundbreaking analysis of capitalism, the job market, and the growing gap between the one percent and minimum wage workers in this follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Great Stagnation.The United States continues to mint more millionaires and billionaires than any country ever. Yet, since the great recession, three ... Read more

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Renowned economist and author of Big Business Tyler Cowen brings a groundbreaking analysis of capitalism, the job market, and the growing gap between the one percent and minimum wage workers in this follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Great Stagnation.The United States continues to mint more millionaires and billionaires than any country ever. Yet, since the great recession, three
... Read more
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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

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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
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Stress - Dræber eller drivkraft

by Hans-Henrik Nielsen ...

Narrated by Tobias May Hertz ...

Unabridged

5 hours 44 min

Der findes mange myter og fejlopfattelser af, hvad stress er, og hvad der skal til for, at man bliver stresset. I "Stress – Dræber eller drivkraft" gør Hans-Henrik Nielsen op med mange af de forestillinger, vi har om stress, og giver en brugbar og letforståelig definition af, hvad dette voksende samfundsproblem egentlig er for en størrelse.Bogen indeholder desuden en lang række brugbare værktøjer ... Read more

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Der findes mange myter og fejlopfattelser af, hvad stress er, og hvad der skal til for, at man bliver stresset. I "Stress – Dræber eller drivkraft" gør Hans-Henrik Nielsen op med mange af de forestillinger, vi har om stress, og giver en brugbar og letforståelig definition af, hvad dette voksende samfundsproblem egentlig er for en størrelse.Bogen indeholder desuden en lang række brugbare værktøjer
... Read more
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Transition to Common Work

Building Community at The Working Centre

by Joe Mancini, Stephanie Mancini ...

Narrated by Graham Yeates ...

Unabridged

7 hours 47 min

The Working Centre in the downtown core of Kitchener, Ontario, is a widely recognized and successful model for community development. Begun from scratch in 1982, it is now a vast network of practical supports for the unemployed, the underemployed, the temporarily employed, and the homeless, populations that collectively constitute up to 30 percent of the labour market both locally and across North ... Read more

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The Working Centre in the downtown core of Kitchener, Ontario, is a widely recognized and successful model for community development. Begun from scratch in 1982, it is now a vast network of practical supports for the unemployed, the underemployed, the temporarily employed, and the homeless, populations that collectively constitute up to 30 percent of the labour market both locally and across North
... Read more
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Den sidste klassekamp - Lillian Knudsens historie og historier

by Lis Hyllander, Michael Thorsen ...

Narrated by Ann-Britt Mathisen ...

Unabridged

7 hours 22 min

Den sidste klassekamp er et portræt af en ægte fagforeningskvinde, som i flere end 25 år har personificeret Kvindeligt Arbejderforbund. Lillian Knudsen er KAD, og hun er den danske fagbevægelses ukronede dronning, som på trods af stor mandedominans har formået at skabe bemærkelsesværdige forbedringer for danske kvinder. Bogen besvarer, hvordan hun, der kom fra små kår, med kort skolegang og ingen ... Read more

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Den sidste klassekamp er et portræt af en ægte fagforeningskvinde, som i flere end 25 år har personificeret Kvindeligt Arbejderforbund. Lillian Knudsen er KAD, og hun er den danske fagbevægelses ukronede dronning, som på trods af stor mandedominans har formået at skabe bemærkelsesværdige forbedringer for danske kvinder. Bogen besvarer, hvordan hun, der kom fra små kår, med kort skolegang og ingen
... Read more
Audiobook

Seja egoísta com sua carreira

Descubra como colocar você em primeiro lugar em sua jornada profissional e alcance seus objetivos pessoais

by Luciano Santos ...

Narrated by Pedro Alonso ...

Abridged

4 hours 34 min

ASSUMA O CONTROLE, SEJA EGOÍSTA COM SUA CARREIRA!Não é segredo que o mundo corporativo pode ser hostil e competitivo. Por vezes, ficamos sabendo de conhecidos que por trabalharem em excesso, liderados por chefes ruins, apáticos com tarefas com as quais não se identificam e, ainda, estressados por não terem mais tempo para a família ou amigos, chegam à exaustão e ao burnout. Se você está passando ... Read more

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ASSUMA O CONTROLE, SEJA EGOÍSTA COM SUA CARREIRA!Não é segredo que o mundo corporativo pode ser hostil e competitivo. Por vezes, ficamos sabendo de conhecidos que por trabalharem em excesso, liderados por chefes ruins, apáticos com tarefas com as quais não se identificam e, ainda, estressados por não terem mais tempo para a família ou amigos, chegam à exaustão e ao burnout. Se você está passando
... Read more
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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

$16.20 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

Love the Work, Hate the Job

Why America’s Best Workers Are More Unhappy than Ever

by David Kusnet ...

Narrated by Tom Weiner ...

Unabridged

8 hours 13 min

Over the years, American jobs have become more intellectually challenging and less physically exhausting. Yet more and more American workers—blue collar, white collar, and pink collar—are expressing dissatisfaction with their jobs. They love their careers, but not their working conditions. What turns a model employee into a malcontent?David Kusnet followed the workers at four companies in the ... Read more

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Over the years, American jobs have become more intellectually challenging and less physically exhausting. Yet more and more American workers—blue collar, white collar, and pink collar—are expressing dissatisfaction with their jobs. They love their careers, but not their working conditions. What turns a model employee into a malcontent?David Kusnet followed the workers at four companies in the
... Read more
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Varmluftsstrategi for begyndere

Hvorfor topchefer blander sig for meget og medarbejdere skal blive bedre til at sige nej

by Per Helge Sørensen ...

Narrated by Per Helge Sørensen ...

Unabridged

6 hours 5 min

Hvem kender ikke til meningsløse arbejdsglædeprojekter med trivselsplakater på toiletterne. Seminarer om kerneværdier, som ingen alligevel kan huske. Endeløse møder uden dagsorden og verdensfjerne innovationsstrategier, hvis eneste resultat er, at vi lige om lidt skal omstruktureres – igen.Gennem de seneste år har mængden af interne varmluftsprojekter på vores arbejdspladser fået et omfang, så det ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Hvem kender ikke til meningsløse arbejdsglædeprojekter med trivselsplakater på toiletterne. Seminarer om kerneværdier, som ingen alligevel kan huske. Endeløse møder uden dagsorden og verdensfjerne innovationsstrategier, hvis eneste resultat er, at vi lige om lidt skal omstruktureres – igen.Gennem de seneste år har mængden af interne varmluftsprojekter på vores arbejdspladser fået et omfang, så det
... Read more
Audiobook

Make Bosses Pay

Why We Need Unions

by Eve Livingston ...

Series series Outspoken by Pluto
Unabridged

4 hours 39 min

With the world changing at breakneck speed and workers at the whim of apps, bad bosses and zero-hours contracts, why should we care about unions? Aren’t they just for white-haired, middle-aged miners anyway?The government constantly attacks unions, CEOs devote endless time and resources to undermining them, and many unions themselves are stuck in the past. Despite this, inspiring work is happening ... Read more

$20.66 USD

With the world changing at breakneck speed and workers at the whim of apps, bad bosses and zero-hours contracts, why should we care about unions? Aren’t they just for white-haired, middle-aged miners anyway?The government constantly attacks unions, CEOs devote endless time and resources to undermining them, and many unions themselves are stuck in the past. Despite this, inspiring work is happening
... Read more
Audiobook

Badass Advocacy

by Victor Waid ...

Narrated by Rich Brennan ...

Unabridged

4 hours 32 min

The critical steps to prepare for a small claims court case with confidence. Your tenant rights decoded – navigate any housing dispute with ease. Overcome public speaking anxiety with proven techniques to project authority and calm. Discover the most effective strategies for negotiating salary increases that lead to success. How to file a complaint against a company while maintaining ... Read more

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The critical steps to prepare for a small claims court case with confidence. Your tenant rights decoded – navigate any housing dispute with ease. Overcome public speaking anxiety with proven techniques to project authority and calm. Discover the most effective strategies for negotiating salary increases that lead to success. How to file a complaint against a company while maintaining
... Read more
Audiobook

Will South Korea's robot revolution hurt American jobs?

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

8 min

South Korea is among the countries working to increase automation in the manufacturing sector, with some large companies seeing robots as a cost-effective way to replace expensive human labor. But how will the expansion of this technology affect American workers? NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Karla Murthy reports. ... Read more

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South Korea is among the countries working to increase automation in the manufacturing sector, with some large companies seeing robots as a cost-effective way to replace expensive human labor. But how will the expansion of this technology affect American workers? NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Karla Murthy reports.
... Read more
Audiobook

Bias Interrupted

Creating Inclusion For Real and For Good

by Joan C. Williams ...

Narrated by Elisabeth Rodgers ...

Unabridged

5 hours 15 min

A cutting edge, relentless, objective approach to inclusion.Companies spend billions of dollars annually on diversity efforts, with remarkably few results. Too often diversity efforts rest on the assumption that all that's needed is an earnest conversation about "privilege." That's not enough. To truly make progress with diversity, equity and inclusion, we must focus less on documenting the ... Read more

$17.99 USD

A cutting edge, relentless, objective approach to inclusion.Companies spend billions of dollars annually on diversity efforts, with remarkably few results. Too often diversity efforts rest on the assumption that all that's needed is an earnest conversation about "privilege." That's not enough. To truly make progress with diversity, equity and inclusion, we must focus less on documenting the
... Read more
Audiobook

The Maker Movement Manifesto

Rules for Innovation in the New World of Crafters, Hackers, and Tinkerers

by Mark Hatch ...

Unabridged

5 hours 48 min

YOU can create the next breakthrough innovationA revolution is under way. But it's not about tearing down the old guard. It's about building, it's about creating, it's about breathing life into groundbreaking new ideas. It's called the Maker Movement, and it's changing the world.Mark Hatch has been at the forefront of the Maker Movement since it began. A cofounder of TechShop--the first, largest, ... Read more

$14.39 USD

YOU can create the next breakthrough innovationA revolution is under way. But it's not about tearing down the old guard. It's about building, it's about creating, it's about breathing life into groundbreaking new ideas. It's called the Maker Movement, and it's changing the world.Mark Hatch has been at the forefront of the Maker Movement since it began. A cofounder of TechShop--the first, largest,
... Read more
Audiobook

Reskilling America

Learning to Labor in the 21st Century

by Katherine S. Newman ...

Narrated by Callie Beaulieu ...

Unabridged

8 hours 57 min

After decades of off-shoring and downsizing that have left blue collar workers obsolete, the United States is now on the verge of an industrial renaissance. We don't have a skilled labor pool to fill the positions that will be created, which are technically demanding and require specialized skills. A decades-long series of idealistic educational policies with the expressed goal of getting every ... Read more

$23.39 USD

After decades of off-shoring and downsizing that have left blue collar workers obsolete, the United States is now on the verge of an industrial renaissance. We don't have a skilled labor pool to fill the positions that will be created, which are technically demanding and require specialized skills. A decades-long series of idealistic educational policies with the expressed goal of getting every
... Read more
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Как мыслят преуспевающие люди, или мыслите, чтобы измениться! (краткое изложение)

by Джон Максвелл ...

Narrated by Николай Блинов ...

Unabridged

28 min

Если вы в настоящий момент не преуспеваете или преуспеваете не так, как вам бы хотелось, то дело, возможно, в неправильном мышлении. Чтобы встать на путь успеха, Джон Максвелл предлагает совершить вместе с ним своего рода путешествие, во время которого вы узнаете, что такое правильное, или как его называет автор книги, плодотворное мышление, а также оцените, насколько оно у вас развито, и поймете, ... Read more

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Если вы в настоящий момент не преуспеваете или преуспеваете не так, как вам бы хотелось, то дело, возможно, в неправильном мышлении. Чтобы встать на путь успеха, Джон Максвелл предлагает совершить вместе с ним своего рода путешествие, во время которого вы узнаете, что такое правильное, или как его называет автор книги, плодотворное мышление, а также оцените, насколько оно у вас развито, и поймете,
... Read more
Audiobook

S.U.M.O. Заткнись и делай (краткое изложение)

by Пол Макги ...

Narrated by Николай Блинов ...

Unabridged

33 min

Современный мир существенно отличается от того, каким он был еще десять лет назад. Тогда лишь ничтожно малое количество людей пользовались социальными сетями, смотрели видеоролики в интернете, выкладывали фотографии себя и своей еды на всеобщее обозрение. Окружающая нас реальность меняется с огромной скоростью, с подобными испытаниями не сталкивалось ни одно из предыдущих поколений. Как справиться ... Read more

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Современный мир существенно отличается от того, каким он был еще десять лет назад. Тогда лишь ничтожно малое количество людей пользовались социальными сетями, смотрели видеоролики в интернете, выкладывали фотографии себя и своей еды на всеобщее обозрение. Окружающая нас реальность меняется с огромной скоростью, с подобными испытаниями не сталкивалось ни одно из предыдущих поколений. Как справиться
... Read more
Audiobook

Last Promotion, The

A Policy Analyst's Guide to the Workforce Revolution Transforming Every Job, Industry, and Institution

by Lon Forehand ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Lon's Podcast Voice E ...

Series Audiobook 2 - AGI Coming Soon
Unabridged

4 hours 2 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The debate about whether AI will take jobs is over. It already has — and the more dangerous story is what is happening to the workers it keeps.One hundred and thirty thousand customer service positions eliminated in a single year. Tech companies citing artificial intelligence by name in layoff announcements. Wages eroding not through visible job losses ... Read more

$11.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The debate about whether AI will take jobs is over. It already has — and the more dangerous story is what is happening to the workers it keeps.One hundred and thirty thousand customer service positions eliminated in a single year. Tech companies citing artificial intelligence by name in layoff announcements. Wages eroding not through visible job losses
... Read more
Audiobook

The Trafficker Next Door

How Household Employers Exploit Domestic Workers

by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas ...

Narrated by Angela Juarez ...

Unabridged

3 hours 56 min

"Kaya mo ba?" Can you take it? An instructor asks a group of migrant workers in the Philippines, as they prepare for domestic work in wealthier countries. Can you take the grueling work? "Kaya," the women say. "We can."The phrase "human trafficking" often conjures nightmarish images of sexual exploitation, but Rhacel Salazar Parreñas reveals that the vast majority of trafficking victims are ... Read more

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"Kaya mo ba?" Can you take it? An instructor asks a group of migrant workers in the Philippines, as they prepare for domestic work in wealthier countries. Can you take the grueling work? "Kaya," the women say. "We can."The phrase "human trafficking" often conjures nightmarish images of sexual exploitation, but Rhacel Salazar Parreñas reveals that the vast majority of trafficking victims are
... Read more
Audiobook

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

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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

We Wanted Workers

Unraveling the Immigration Narrative

by George J. Borjas ...

Narrated by Jim Seybert ...

Unabridged

7 hours 23 min

We are a nation of immigrants, and we have always been concerned about immigration. As early as 1645, the Massachusetts Bay Colony began to prohibit the entry of "paupers." Today, however, the notion that immigration is universally beneficial has become pervasive. To many modern economists, immigrants are a trove of much-needed workers who can fill predetermined slots along the proverbial assembly ... Read more

$18.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

We are a nation of immigrants, and we have always been concerned about immigration. As early as 1645, the Massachusetts Bay Colony began to prohibit the entry of "paupers." Today, however, the notion that immigration is universally beneficial has become pervasive. To many modern economists, immigrants are a trove of much-needed workers who can fill predetermined slots along the proverbial assembly
... Read more
Audiobook

Made in China

A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods

by Amelia Pang ...

Narrated by Nancy Wu ...

Unabridged

7 hours 4 min

**A Most-Anticipated Book of the Year: Newsweek * Refinery29“Timely and urgent . . . Pang is a dogged investigator.” —The New York Times**“Moving and powerful.” —Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and authorDiscover the truth behind the discounts.In 2012, an Oregon mother named Julie Keith opened up a package of Halloween decorations. The cheap foam headstones had been five dollars at ... Read more

$22.49 USD

**A Most-Anticipated Book of the Year: Newsweek * Refinery29“Timely and urgent . . . Pang is a dogged investigator.” —The New York Times**“Moving and powerful.” —Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and authorDiscover the truth behind the discounts.In 2012, an Oregon mother named Julie Keith opened up a package of Halloween decorations. The cheap foam headstones had been five dollars at
... Read more
Audiobook

Working Class History: How Ordinary People Changed the Modern World

by Thomas Ellwood ...

Narrated by Thomas Ellwood ...

Unabridged

1 hour 55 min

Uncover the defiant history of collective action and labor rights that empowered everyday workers to reshape our modern world. Whether commuting to your job or seeking a thought-provoking dive into social justice, this empowering narrative shifts the focus from palace balconies to gritty shop floors. Listen as the underdog stories of miners, factory laborers, and gig drivers vibrantly emerge.Feel ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Uncover the defiant history of collective action and labor rights that empowered everyday workers to reshape our modern world. Whether commuting to your job or seeking a thought-provoking dive into social justice, this empowering narrative shifts the focus from palace balconies to gritty shop floors. Listen as the underdog stories of miners, factory laborers, and gig drivers vibrantly emerge.Feel
... Read more

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