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Title: The Charisma Myth

Subtitle: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism

Author: Olivia Fox Cabane

Narrator: Lisa Cordileione

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-26-12

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3596 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

What if charisma could be taught? For the first time, science and technology have taken charisma apart, figured it out and turned it into an applied science: In controlled laboratory experiments, researchers could raise or lower people's level of charisma as if they were turning a dial. What you'll find here is practical magic: unique knowledge, drawn from a variety of sciences, revealing what charisma really is and how it works. You'll get both the insights and the techniques you need to apply this knowledge. The world will become your lab, and every person you meet, a chance to experiment.

The Charisma Myth is a mix of fun stories, sound science, and practical tools. Cabane takes a hard scientific approach to a heretofore mystical topic, covering what charisma actually is, how it is learned, what its side effects are, and how to handle them.

Please note: The accompanying workbook for this title is available at AskOlivia.com/book/exercises/.

Critic Reviews:

"Fox Cabane's distinct writing style...makes listening to each chapter both informational and fun. Each exercise is practical and easy...If you are interested in increasing your ability to be charismatic in your unique setting or employment, this audiobook will give you direct skills to use" (

PsychologyToday.com )

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Title: Leadership & Self-Deception

Subtitle: Getting Out of the Box

Author: The Arbinger Institute

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2936 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Most personal and organizational problems are the result of a little-known phenomenon called "self-deception". We deceive ourselves into thinking we're doing the right thing for the right reason, but people won't follow a leader whose motives are selfish. The tricky thing is, we don't know that our motivation is flawed.

Through an entertaining and highly instructive story, this audiobook explains what self-deception is, how people get trapped in it, how it undermines relationships and organizational achievement, and - most importantly - the surprising way to solve it. A new edition of a customer favorite!

Members Reviews:

Lots of repetition

I don't know how many time they repeat the same thing over and over again, but it's annoying. I kept waiting for them to get to the gold, and I was let down in the end. I also have taken many communications in business courses and read hundreds of self help books, so maybe that could be the cause for my opinion. Good news, if you're reading this, you want to better your life. If you skip to the end, you'll get the same info without wasting a bunch of time. Not as helpful as they claim to be. A book on communication skills would be more beneficial as a tool.

struggled

32 chapters to simply say think of others as human beings and treat them the way you would like to be treated.

Could have skipped this one...

I was excited to read this book although when I got started, it was really difficult to stay interested. Like others, I found it to be repetitive and drawn out. I am not a fan of the cheesy fictional story and how many hours it took to deliver a simple point.

Exactly what I needed.

I have been stuck in the box with my wife and many of my employees at work for years. This has been my fault. I love what this book has taught me. I may hire the coach to hold me accountable so that I stay on this track.

Like staring into a microscopic mirror.

I heard a speaker say "if you are pointing your finger at someone else, you need to realize that three fingers are pointed back at yourself." That might be the best way to describe this book. It constantly turns it back on the reader to seriously examine their own problems and areas of self deception.

This book was recommended to me from a speaker and author whose focus is leadership.

I think it is a great listen for all developing leaders (which is hopefully every leader).

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Title: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People & The 8th Habit (Special 3-Hour Abridgement)

Author: Stephen R. Covey

Narrator: Stephen R. Covey

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-22-12

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 904 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

This new audio set is a very special abridgement of two of Stephen R. Covey's best-selling business books, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The 8th Habit, read by Dr. Covey himself. We've condensed the content of two entire books into just three hours of audio, but you'll still enjoy Dr. Covey's lessons on powerful personal change and how to incorporate his ideas into your life to fulfill your ultimate potential.

Critic Reviews:

"The 7 Habits have the gift of being simple without being simplistic." (M.Scott Peck)

Members Reviews:

Worth it

The abridged version is quick and just hits the key points. Well worth your time. I will probably listen to the unabridged versions soon.

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What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

If it would have included more of the original version of the book

Any additional comments?

7 Habits of Highly Effective People changed my life! I wanted to refresh and listen to again on my road trip & decided on the unabridged version because of a comment that I read recommending it, They wrote that they preferred this version because it wasn't as long but still good if not better. I cannot agree with that at all. The unabridged version cut out many details and one in particular that I was wanting to listen to again & that is the part about emotional bank accounts. If wondering which to choose pick the original you won't regret it,

Great Listen

I wish there were more abridged versions of great books to help cut down on listening times. This is a high points option of classic read.

perfect audio book

The audio quality is perfect. Easy to listen in a noisy car. The audio consists of 2 parts: the 7 habits and the 8 habit. The 7 habits is the best part. Key information. This abridged version is a very good summary of the book The 7 habits. Spoken by Stephen Covey himself: pleasant voice.

Great recap and reminder

I would highly recommend this book as a reminder for those who previously read the seven habits of highly effective people. It is an excellent summary of the key points as well as an introduction to the eighth habit.

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Title: Journey to a Better Land

Author: Nancy Berthiaume LaPierre

Narrator: Nancy Berthiaume LaPierre

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-07-12

Publisher: NBL Books

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Religious Figures

Publisher's Summary:

What does a child do when mom is lost in her own world of fear and pain? What does a child do when dad escapes to the world of alcohol to numb his wounds and sense of failure? What does a child do when there's no answer to the questions that need so much to be answered? Frightened, confused, hurting, angry children. They grow up and repeat the mistakes of their parents. Is there any way out of this cycle?

This is an amazing true story of a young girl coming out of an alcoholic, abusive home. Finding strength through her grandmother, she determines not to repeat the mistakes of her parents. Follow her journey, and experience the love, hope, and forgiveness that she finds. Listen to the touching stories of her husband and three children, and how they taught her patience, kindness, understanding and self-control. Along the way you will not only laugh, but shed a few tears. There will be surprises that reveal the meaning of true love. Discover for yourself how this long journey ends.

Members Reviews:

story of her life

I read this hoping for details on how to deal with a difficult home life. Not a whole lot of help in that regard - she moved out. But this is her story and she led a full life. If you like biographies you may like this.

A Good Book

When I first started reading this book, I really thought I wouldn't finish it because the writing style isn't typically what I read, but I really enjoyed it. It felt like I was right there in Nancy's life.

AN EXCELLENT BOOK THAT I RECOMMEND TO OTHERS

I really enjoyed this book a great deal. I believe other Christians will find it encouraging and inspiring as I did. It was filled with a great deal of warmth and honesty. The author should be praised and admired for the loving family she and her husband had. The author was such a loving woman who extended her love to her elderly mother. She is an example to other Christian women who always seek the Lord s will.

One of the best books of the year!

This book made me feel I was walking life's journey with the author. It was as if I was there as she experienced her life, her joys, and her heartbreaks. This was a very life altering experience for me, the reader. I walked away knowing how hard life really can be for kids and adults in pain. The author showed that there is a light at the end of even the darkest tunnel. She illuminated the pages with the light of God. This was a can't put down book for me. Written by Susan Dreesen

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Titolo: San Pio da Pietrelcina. Il frate con le stimmate

Autore: Riccardo Abati

Narratore: Orsola Boran, Giancarlo De Angeli, Marco Troiano

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 2 hrs and 15 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 03-02-12

Editore: GoodMood

Categoria: Bios & Memoirs, Religious Figures

Riepilogo Editore:

San Pio da Pietrelcina è il santo del nostro tempo che ha fatto parlare molto di sé fin dalla sua giovinezza: bilocazioni, miracoli, intercessioni e poi le stimmate. Un frate molto discusso, ma pieno di umanità e soprattutto di carismi. A lui sono accorsi milioni di penitenti di ogni ceto sociale per essere sanati nel corpo e nellanima. In questo audiolibro, la sua vita, le vicende di dominio pubblico, e quelle che non tutti conoscono. La storia eccezionale di un uomo, che ha lasciato un segno indelebile e che continua, a distanza di tempo, a far parlare di sé.

©2012 Riccardo Abati (P)2012 GOODmood

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Title: What Every BODY Is Saying

Subtitle: An Ex-FBI Agents Guide to Speed-Reading People

Author: Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins

Narrator: Paul Costanzo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-19-12

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3786 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

He says that's his best offer. Is it?

She says she agrees. Does she?

The interview went great - or did it?

He said he'd never do it again. But he did.

Listen to this book and send your nonverbal intelligence soaring. Joe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer and a recognized expert on nonverbal behavior, explains how to "speed-read" people: decode sentiments and behaviors, avoid hidden pitfalls, and look for deceptive behaviors. You'll also learn how your body language can influence what your boss, family, friends, and strangers think of you. You will discover:

Filled with examples from Navarro's professional experience, this definitive book offers a powerful new way to navigate your world.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.

Members Reviews:

Barely Made It Through This One

I found this book very.... long. The sad part about this misconception on my end is that I regularly listen to books that are 20+ hours long. I have even gone through War & Peace as well as Anna Karenina and those did not feel as long as this book. The narration was dry at best and I found myself just getting through this book through mostly sheer will power than due to any sort of interest.

If you are a naturally observant person, one of those people particular key on detail then you will find this book more or less telling you what you know already. A lot of what is said in this book regarding reading people tends to be very subjective and the author admits this at multiple parts in the book. I won't lie and say there was nothing good or nothing learned here because there was actually some noteworthy portions and it served to confirm some of my already preconceived notions; on a whole I saw it as just a sea of useless fodder with just a small handful of note-worthy moments.

The narration was painful to listen to.... I found it so difficult to get through this book and the narration did not help. Maybe it was the content that was just lackluster and the narrator couldn't do much to improve it.

As I said, this book just seemed way too long for a title that is just 7 hours long... I normally go through 7 hour worth listening in a day.... Yet I think I went over a week before I could finish this one....

Let Me Hear Your Body Talk

One of the first books I listened to on Audible was Joe Mavarro and Marvin Karlins' "What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People" (2012). It was so long ago that I hadn't started writing reviews, but that was fortunate with this book. I've been using some of the techniques described in the book for 18 months, and they work. I wouldn't have known that when I finished the book.

I am a civil trial attorney, and I long relied on gut feeling and intuition when I picked a jury. In other words, just dumb look. This book gave me the ability to know, with some basis, whether a jury liked my client or the opposition, and whether I was effectively advocating my client's defense. Once, in a memory seared sharp, I completely torqued a juror off, which I realized by her flared nostrils and lips pursed together to nonexistence. I was able to dig out of that situation.

This isn't the key to picking a perfect jury, but it helps.

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Title: The Ordinary Heroes of the Taj (Harvard Business Review)

Author: Rohit Deshpande, Anjali Raina

Narrator: Todd Mundt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-12-11

Publisher: Harvard Business School Publishing

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

The valor displayed by the employees of the Taj Mumbai hotel in the face of a terrorist attack was not a mere crisis response.

This article was first published in the December 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review.

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Titolo: Giovanni Paolo II, una vita straordinaria

Autore: Riccardo Abati

Narratore: Silvano Piccardi, Fabio Gemo, Orsola Boran

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 1 hr and 24 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 08-19-11

Editore: GoodMood

Categoria: Bios & Memoirs, Religious Figures

Riepilogo Editore:

Un uomo, un papa, un santo. Queste le caratteristiche di Karol Wojtyla - Giovanni Paolo II, probabilmente la figura più carismatica e rappresentativa del XX secolo. Giovanni Paolo II è stato lartefice del nuovo assetto geopolitico dellEuropa; è stato il papa delle "Giornate mondiali della Gioventù" e ha viaggiato in tutto il mondo testimoniando il Vangelo e incontrando milioni di persone. Ha vissuto intensamente tutte le età della vita, compresa quella della sofferenza fisica, che ha abbracciato per amore di Cristo e degli uomini. Una vita straordinaria la sua ...una vita che non terminerà mai.

©2011 Riccardo Abati (P)2011 Good Mood

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Title: Getting to Yes

Subtitle: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

Author: Roger Fisher, William Ury

Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-03-11

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2706 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Getting to Yes is a straightorward, universally applicable method for negotiating personal and professional disputes without getting taken - and without getting angry.

It offers a concise, step-by-step, proven strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict - whether it involves parents and children, neighbors, bosses and employees, customers or corporations, tenants or diplomats. Based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals continually with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution, from domestic to business to international, Getting to Yes tells you how to:

Members Reviews:

Maybe I Could Go to Four and One-Half Stars

This is a great book on principled negotiation. As a lawyer and mediator, the concepts in this book were not new to me, but the book puts things together in a very organized and easily understood package. I will certainly be recommending it to some of my clients.

If there is one thing that detracts from the book, it is that many of the examples remain dated. I am afraid that, to a younger listener, the book might seem somewhat obsolete. Of course, that is not true at all -- the concepts and principles, which are actually rather new in the grand scheme of things -- remain very valid.

Perhaps this would not have jumped out to me except for the fact that the authors make the point at the beginning that this is a revised and updated edition of a classic. Revised, maybe. Updated? Not so much.

Still, the book contains many timeless and valuable lessons.

Articulated what we all know. It helped me focus.

If you could sum up Getting to Yes in three words, what would they be?

Efficient, effective, yes.

What did you like best about this story?

I feel like I just went from baby negotiator to toddler! Before I could grunt and cry to get what I needed, but now I have words to articulate exactly what I am thinking. This has helped me when I am talking to others because instead of taking the time to think through what the other person is saying I can sum it up by saying "oh, they are using aggression, maybe apply some negotiating jujitsu here".

Which character as performed by Dennis Boutsikaris was your favorite?

The "real life" examples in book were hard for me to relate with, and I think there was a handful of gloating going on. It was not to difficult to come up with my own personal examples as well though.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The way the book makes things so black and white and turned each negotiation into a step by step process, if they say try to attack you personally then you..., it makes you want to negotiate everything everywhere! Just to try out different tactics in different situations.

Any additional comments?

Great book, it was good to re-read a chapter or two right before any negotiations that I had planned for that day, just to get the juices flowing.

Learn how to come out the good guy

What did you love best about Getting to Yes?

This book has a lot of information in it! This helped me very much when I had to go into a family meeting with the lawyers.

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Title: Pope John Paul II

Author: Edward J. Renehan

Narrator: Christopher Prince

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-13-11

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Religious Figures

Publisher's Summary:

Pope John Paul II is an informative introduction to the life of this major historical figure. Pope John Paul II led the Catholic Church during a time of great upheaval. During his pontificate (1979-2005), the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall collapsed, and great strides were made for freedom worldwide.

The first non-Italian pope in more than four centuries, the Polish John Paul was also the very first Slavic pope ever. As a young man, he experienced Nazi persecution and had to train for the priesthood in a seminary conducted "underground" - because Catholic religious training for vocations had been outlawed. At the same time, he remained active in the Polish anti-Nazi insurgency and helped Jews escape the Holocaust. Later, as pontiff, he forged new relationships between the Roman Catholic Church and Jewish denominations worldwide and played a pivotal role in the downfall of the Soviet Union.

This engaging biography follows the arch of the pontiff's life in the context of world politics. The book is published by Chelsea House Publishers, a leading publisher of educational material.

Members Reviews:

Good biography of Pope JP II

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes

What was one of the most memorable moments of Pope John Paul II?

He was an actor and lover of life !!!!

Which scene was your favorite?

Going to Poland and the communists were peeing in there pants !!! Love it !!!

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Pope John Paul II !!!!

Any additional comments?

He is a Saint !!!