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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End of the Road

Inside the War on Truckers

by Gord Magill ...

Unabridged

11 hours 10 min

“This may be the most enraging book you have ever read. It will certainly be one of the most illuminating.” —Matthew B. Crawford, author, Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open RoadAn inside-the-cab view of how an iconic American occupation is being destroyed by corporations, politicians, and bureaucrats.For decades, the trucker was a symbol of independence, a knight-errant of the open road ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

“This may be the most enraging book you have ever read. It will certainly be one of the most illuminating.” —Matthew B. Crawford, author, Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open RoadAn inside-the-cab view of how an iconic American occupation is being destroyed by corporations, politicians, and bureaucrats.For decades, the trucker was a symbol of independence, a knight-errant of the open road
... 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

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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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

$20.99 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
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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
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Saving Capitalism

For the Many, Not the Few

by Robert B. Reich ...

Narrated by Robert B. Reich ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

A Netflix Original DocumentaryAmerica was once celebrated for and defined by its large and prosperous middle class. Now, this middle class is shrinking, a new oligarchy is rising, and the country faces its greatest wealth disparity in eighty years. Why is the economic system that made America strong suddenly failing us, and how can it be fixed?Leading political economist and bestselling author ... Read more

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A Netflix Original DocumentaryAmerica was once celebrated for and defined by its large and prosperous middle class. Now, this middle class is shrinking, a new oligarchy is rising, and the country faces its greatest wealth disparity in eighty years. Why is the economic system that made America strong suddenly failing us, and how can it be fixed?Leading political economist and bestselling author
... Read more
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The Road to Station X

From Debutante Ball to Fighter-Plane Factory to Bletchley Park: A Memoir of One Woman’s Journey Through World War Two

by Sarah Baring ...

Narrated by Polly Lee ...

Unabridged

4 hours 6 min

In 1938, Sarah Baring was enjoying life as a young debutante. Only a few years later, at the height of World War Two, she was working alongside some of the greatest minds of Britain in their code-breaking operations at Bletchley Park.How did she end up in the top-secret world of cyphers and codes?Like many young men and women across all levels of British society, the outbreak of war in 1939 ... Read more

$12.99 USD

In 1938, Sarah Baring was enjoying life as a young debutante. Only a few years later, at the height of World War Two, she was working alongside some of the greatest minds of Britain in their code-breaking operations at Bletchley Park.How did she end up in the top-secret world of cyphers and codes?Like many young men and women across all levels of British society, the outbreak of war in 1939
... 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

$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
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Make Your Own Job

How the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic Exhausted America

by Madeleine 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

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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
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Employment Tips

A Guide To Navigating Career Success In The Ever-Changing Job Market

by Owen Jones ...

Narrated by Kim Somers ...

Unabridged

1 hour 15 min

This book is designed to be your roadmap through the twists and turns of the ever-changing job market, offering practical insights and actionable strategies to address the latest trends, stay competitive, and seize emerging career opportunities. As industries transform, traditional career paths give way to new possibilities, and the demand for adaptable, forward-thinking professionals has never ... Read more

$7.99 USD

This book is designed to be your roadmap through the twists and turns of the ever-changing job market, offering practical insights and actionable strategies to address the latest trends, stay competitive, and seize emerging career opportunities. As industries transform, traditional career paths give way to new possibilities, and the demand for adaptable, forward-thinking professionals has never
... Read more
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The Job

Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change

by Ellen Ruppel Shell ...

Narrated by Chris Sorensen ...

Unabridged

13 hours 21 min

In a wide-ranging narrative that takes us from a downsized marketing executive in Massachusetts, to a father of three in Appalachia finding purpose and meaning working in a convenience store chain, to an unemployed autoworker retraining in "advanced manufacturing," Shell reveals how work is essential to our flourishing and pyschological well-being—and how so many of the avenues to well-paid and ... Read more

$25.99 USD

In a wide-ranging narrative that takes us from a downsized marketing executive in Massachusetts, to a father of three in Appalachia finding purpose and meaning working in a convenience store chain, to an unemployed autoworker retraining in "advanced manufacturing," Shell reveals how work is essential to our flourishing and pyschological well-being—and how so many of the avenues to well-paid and
... Read more
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Supercapitalism

The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life

by Robert B. Reich ...

Narrated by Dick Hill ...

Unabridged

9 hours 36 min

Since the 1970s, and notwithstanding three recessions, the U.S. economy has soared. Consumers have been treated to a vast array of new products, while the prices of standard goods and services have declined. Companies have also become far more efficient and the stock market has surged. In short, American capitalism has been a triumph, and it has spread throughout the world.At the same time, argues ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Since the 1970s, and notwithstanding three recessions, the U.S. economy has soared. Consumers have been treated to a vast array of new products, while the prices of standard goods and services have declined. Companies have also become far more efficient and the stock market has surged. In short, American capitalism has been a triumph, and it has spread throughout the world.At the same time, argues
... Read more
Audiobook

Dagen da Simon strejkede

by Hans Peterson ...

Narrated by Hanne Nielsen ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Dagen da alting skete
Unabridged

2 hours 57 min

Simon ville egentlig gerne have læst videre, men i 1919 er nødårene endnu ikke forbi i Sverige, og han må blive i byen og hjælpe sin far, som arbejder for godsejeren på møbelfabrikken. Men godsejeren er utilfreds med Simons arbejde, og Simon må i stedet søge arbejde på det larmende savværk. Da der udbryder strejke, bliver Simon nødt til også at nedlægge arbejdet...Hans Peterson (f. 1922) er en ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Simon ville egentlig gerne have læst videre, men i 1919 er nødårene endnu ikke forbi i Sverige, og han må blive i byen og hjælpe sin far, som arbejder for godsejeren på møbelfabrikken. Men godsejeren er utilfreds med Simons arbejde, og Simon må i stedet søge arbejde på det larmende savværk. Da der udbryder strejke, bliver Simon nødt til også at nedlægge arbejdet...Hans Peterson (f. 1922) er en
... Read more
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Trabajo asalariado y capital

by Karl Marx ...

Narrated by José Peña Coto ...

Unabridged

1 hour 27 min

Introducción accesible a los conceptos clave del pensamiento marxista.Trabajo asalariado y capital es crucial para entender las bases del pensamiento marxista sobre la economía y la sociedad. Proporciona una crítica incisiva del capitalismo y sienta las bases de la obra posterior de Karl Marx, uno de los pensadores más influyentes de la historia moderna.Aunque no es tan extensa ni tan conocida ... Read more

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Introducción accesible a los conceptos clave del pensamiento marxista.Trabajo asalariado y capital es crucial para entender las bases del pensamiento marxista sobre la economía y la sociedad. Proporciona una crítica incisiva del capitalismo y sienta las bases de la obra posterior de Karl Marx, uno de los pensadores más influyentes de la historia moderna.Aunque no es tan extensa ni tan conocida
... Read more
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Brief History of Labor Unions, A: The Fight for the Rights of Workers

by Jonathan Keller ...

Narrated by Jonathan Keller ...

Unabridged

1 hour 53 min

Dive into the gripping history of organized labor and the relentless underdog fight for essential workers' rights. Perfect for an educational commute, this thought-provoking narrative traces the epic clash between everyday employees and powerful industrial titans. Witness the dangerous conditions and fierce opposition that sparked a global movement for fair treatment and safety.Far from a ... Read more

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Dive into the gripping history of organized labor and the relentless underdog fight for essential workers' rights. Perfect for an educational commute, this thought-provoking narrative traces the epic clash between everyday employees and powerful industrial titans. Witness the dangerous conditions and fierce opposition that sparked a global movement for fair treatment and safety.Far from a
... Read more
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Labor Unions: The Strikes and Sacrifices That Won the Weekend

by Mark Donnelly ...

Narrated by Mark Donnelly ...

Unabridged

1 hour 47 min

Discover the gripping labor history of how ordinary workers fought brutal conditions to win the modern weekend. Perfect for your daily commute, this inspiring historical narrative transports you from nineteenth-century coal mines to today's high-tech gig platforms. Experience the David versus Goliath struggle of immigrants, women, and young organizers who risked everything for the fundamental ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Discover the gripping labor history of how ordinary workers fought brutal conditions to win the modern weekend. Perfect for your daily commute, this inspiring historical narrative transports you from nineteenth-century coal mines to today's high-tech gig platforms. Experience the David versus Goliath struggle of immigrants, women, and young organizers who risked everything for the fundamental
... Read more
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Sichtbar!

Kunden gewinnen in einer immer lauteren Welt

by Jan Bargfrede, Oliver Pott ...

Narrated by Matthias Hofer ...

Unabridged

10 hours 32 min

Wir leben in einer Sichtbarkeitsökonomie: Produkte und Dienstleistungen, die nicht sichtbar sind, werden von Kund_innen nicht wahrgenommen. Musste Sichtbarkeit früher mit hohen Budgets für TV- und Anzeigenwerbung teuer erkauft werden, lässt sich hochwertige Sichtbarkeit heute planbar und mit geringen finanziellen Mitteln herstellen. Leser_innen erfahren hier, wie sie in 6 Schritten smarte ... Read more

$21.80 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Wir leben in einer Sichtbarkeitsökonomie: Produkte und Dienstleistungen, die nicht sichtbar sind, werden von Kund_innen nicht wahrgenommen. Musste Sichtbarkeit früher mit hohen Budgets für TV- und Anzeigenwerbung teuer erkauft werden, lässt sich hochwertige Sichtbarkeit heute planbar und mit geringen finanziellen Mitteln herstellen. Leser_innen erfahren hier, wie sie in 6 Schritten smarte
... Read more
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Hope at Work

5 Principles to Breathe Life into Your Organization

by Barbara Perry, Harry Hutson ...

Narrated by Mary Ann Nichols ...

Unabridged

5 hours 1 min

Hope at Work: 5 Principles to Breathe Life into Your Organization is a timely, evidence-based leadership book that establishes hope as a practical force in organizational life. Drawing on three decades of consulting and research, it speaks directly to leaders navigating rising demands for meaning, trust, and performance at work.At its core, Hope at Work presents hope as a leadership practice. The ... Read more

$11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Hope at Work: 5 Principles to Breathe Life into Your Organization is a timely, evidence-based leadership book that establishes hope as a practical force in organizational life. Drawing on three decades of consulting and research, it speaks directly to leaders navigating rising demands for meaning, trust, and performance at work.At its core, Hope at Work presents hope as a leadership practice. The
... Read more
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Built to Run

A Practical System for Creating a High Profit Trades Business That Doesn’t Depend on You

by Tony Fraser-Jones ...

Narrated by AI Voice Tony Fraser-Jones ...

Unabridged

3 hours 24 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. After years of perfecting your trade, you started a business with one goal: FREEDOM.Financial freedom.Time freedom.But, years later, you’re working more than ever.You spend all day putting out fires, fixing mistakes, chasing payments, and answering questions.You spend nights and weekends trying to catch up on paperwork and wondering where all the money ... Read more

$0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. After years of perfecting your trade, you started a business with one goal: FREEDOM.Financial freedom.Time freedom.But, years later, you’re working more than ever.You spend all day putting out fires, fixing mistakes, chasing payments, and answering questions.You spend nights and weekends trying to catch up on paperwork and wondering where all the money
... Read more
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No More Work

Why Full Employment Is a Bad Idea

by James Livingston ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Unabridged

3 hours 17 min

For centuries we’ve believed that work was where you learned discipline, initiative, honesty, self-reliance—in a word, character. A job was also, and not incidentally, the source of your income: if you didn’t work, you didn’t eat, or else you were stealing from someone. If only you worked hard, you could earn your way and maybe even make something of yourself.In recent decades, through everyday ... Read more

$14.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

For centuries we’ve believed that work was where you learned discipline, initiative, honesty, self-reliance—in a word, character. A job was also, and not incidentally, the source of your income: if you didn’t work, you didn’t eat, or else you were stealing from someone. If only you worked hard, you could earn your way and maybe even make something of yourself.In recent decades, through everyday
... Read more
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The Blueprint

How Socialism Can Work in the Real World

by Bhaskar Sunkara, Ben Burgis, Mike Beggs ...

Narrated by Lee Goettl ...

Unabridged

13 hours 57 min

From leading contributors to Jacobin magazine, a sweeping vision for a better world and concrete steps to get there, from expansive social welfare guarantees to worker-managed firms to a new culture of innovation.Socialism, the pundits insist, is at best a noble delusion. Good in theory—maybe—but proven disastrous by over a century of experimentation. The Blueprint will present a vision for ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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From leading contributors to Jacobin magazine, a sweeping vision for a better world and concrete steps to get there, from expansive social welfare guarantees to worker-managed firms to a new culture of innovation.Socialism, the pundits insist, is at best a noble delusion. Good in theory—maybe—but proven disastrous by over a century of experimentation. The Blueprint will present a vision for
... Read more
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Midt i magten

Et portræt af Claus Jensen

by Martin Flink, Sune Ehlers ...

Narrated by Morten Rønnelund ...

Unabridged

6 hours 46 min

Claus Jensen – formand for Dansk Metal – er udnævnt til Danmarks mest magtfulde mand, den person i Danmark, der har mest indflydelse på dansk økonomi og arbejdsmarked.Det stod ikke svejset i jern, at Claus Jensen skulle befinde sig i midt i magten. Fra sit middelklassehjem på Fyn fulgte han i sin far og farfars fodspor og blev som tusindvis af andre unge mænd uddannet smed på Odense Stålskibsværft ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Claus Jensen – formand for Dansk Metal – er udnævnt til Danmarks mest magtfulde mand, den person i Danmark, der har mest indflydelse på dansk økonomi og arbejdsmarked.Det stod ikke svejset i jern, at Claus Jensen skulle befinde sig i midt i magten. Fra sit middelklassehjem på Fyn fulgte han i sin far og farfars fodspor og blev som tusindvis af andre unge mænd uddannet smed på Odense Stålskibsværft
... Read more
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It's a Rich Man's World

Why Money is Broken and How We Fix It, from the founders of Female Invest

by Camilla Falkenberg, Emma Due Bitz, Anna-Sophie Hartvigsen ...

Narrated by Nicky Diss ...

Unabridged

4 hours 49 min

We're Female Invest and we've educated more than a million women on investing. Along the way, we realised something: MONEY IS BROKEN FOR WOMEN.Because women's financial lives are not shaped by salary, saving and investing. They are shaped by the structures around us: by the systems we grow up in, by expectations, policies, and life events that affect women differently than men. We saw that there ... Read more

$31.99 USD

We're Female Invest and we've educated more than a million women on investing. Along the way, we realised something: MONEY IS BROKEN FOR WOMEN.Because women's financial lives are not shaped by salary, saving and investing. They are shaped by the structures around us: by the systems we grow up in, by expectations, policies, and life events that affect women differently than men. We saw that there
... Read more
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Shadowbosses

Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind

by Mallory Factor ...

Narrated by Mallory Factor ...

Unabridged

9 hours 45 min

The rise of unions is having a deep impact on the workers of America, and this brutally honest exposé serves as a warning to concerned Americans for what’s to come if this continues.SHADOWBOSSES reads like an organized crime novel, but it's actually a true story of how labor unions are infiltrating our government and corrupting our political process. This compelling and insightful book exposes how ... Read more

$27.99 USD

The rise of unions is having a deep impact on the workers of America, and this brutally honest exposé serves as a warning to concerned Americans for what’s to come if this continues.SHADOWBOSSES reads like an organized crime novel, but it's actually a true story of how labor unions are infiltrating our government and corrupting our political process. This compelling and insightful book exposes how
... Read more

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