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ID: 481927

Title: Debt, Deficits, and the Demise of the American Economy

Author: Jeff Cox, Peter J. Tanous

Narrator: Russ Offenbach

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:24:43

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Business & Economics, Accounting & Finance

Summary:

Debt, Deficits, and the Demise of the American Economy is an examination of the worldwide crash that the authors, Peter Tanous and Jeff Cox believe will unfold in the coming years. The book is play-by-play accountin which the authors take us to the meetings of national economic leaders and allow us towitness how the various meetings unfold. The authors then move on to European and US debt failures the mounting problems the global economy faces due to growing debt. We are on our way to the point where the massive treasury auction simply fails. These factors will inevitably lead to the Crash of 2012 and the forward-looking authors are describe in detail how it unfolds. The mounting U.S. deficit is a major problem that will result in a major financial calamity soon. How soon? We dont know, but soon enough that we need to be prepared for it. The authors look at strategy for asset allocation. It will become more important than ever to possess real assets such as gold, timber, oil and even farmland. The US economy is headed for a period of massive inflation. The only question is how bad it will get.

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ID: 487255

Title: BlackBerry Planet: The Story of Research in Motion and the Little Device that Took the World by Storm

Author: Alastair Sweeny

Narrator: Bill Quinn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:27:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Business & Economics, Marketing & Advertising

Summary:

BlackBerry Planet is a new tribe of people who simply cannot get along without their favorite device, Research in Motions innovative electronic organizer, the BlackBerry. This omnipresent device has gone beyond being the worlds foremost mobile business tool and entered the consumer mainstream as the Swiss Army Knife of smart phones. BlackBerry Planet tells the behind-the-scenes story of how this little device has become the machine that connects the planet. Starting with the early years of Mike Lazaridis invention and his founding of RIM at age 23, it details his drive to innovate, developing what was a glorified pager into the essential corporate communicator, used by everyone from dealmakers to the Queen of England, from movie stars to the entire US Congress. Since 1992, Lazaridis and co-CEO Jim Balsillie together have been the driving force behind the RIM story. With access to senior staffers and former RIM employees, BlackBerry Planet tells the inside story about the branding and marketing success of the BlackBerry, from its use during 9/11, which earned RIM a reputation for security and reliability, to the cultural adoption of the iconic device as a must-have symbol, to the backlash against the addictive properties of the CrackBerry, and the various patent suits RIM has had to fight off including the five-year court battle that resulted in the largest technology patent settlement in US history. As the incredible story of the BlackBerry unfolds, and as RIM battles global giants like Nokia and Apple in the emerging super-phone marketplace, users, fans, investors and competitors can look to BlackBerry Planet for the insight and context of where theyve been, to try and predict where theyre going.

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ID: 485742

Title: Herd: How to Change Mass Behaviour by Harnessing Our True Nature

Author: Mark Earls

Narrator: Dennis Holland

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:50:46

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Business & Economics, Sales & Retail

Summary:

The central tenet of this book is based on challenging our assumption that the individual is the starting point from which to understand human behaviour. By focusing on group behaviour, or the herd rather than the individual, Mark Earls purports that we will have the key to a better understanding of human behaviour and better business and social policy initiatives to change it. The book provides suggestions on how to harnesses this new knowledge in marketing, through example and anecdote. Along the way, he shows why the rush to 1-2-1 communications and the obsession with individual opinions (and changing people's minds) are all nonsense. One of the core arguments to come out of Marks research is that the most important metric for any business becomes the degree to which its customers influence each other positively. This idea has massive repercussions for the marketing manager in terms of thinking about their marketing strategy, and Mark provides the tools and metric for applying his thinking in a practical way. Importantly, cross-cultural studies reveal that the Western way of seeing humans and understanding human behaviour is the exception rather than the rule. This book uses non-Western sources (Asia and Africa) to undermine a Western mistake. (The idea behind the book was inspired by a visit to South Africa where Ubuntu is very topical and widely understood. Ubuntu is the core idea that has enabled South Africa to migrate from minority to majority rule the Peace and Reconciliation Commission is an attempt to recognize that we have to forgive each other our pasts if we are to move forward.)

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ID: 481870

Title: Fires in the Mind: What Kids Can Tell Us About Motivation and Mastery

Author: Kathleen Cushman, The Students Of What Kids Can Do

Narrator: Barbara Goodson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:40:31

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Education

Summary:

Through the voices of students themselves, Fires in the Mind brings a game-changing question to teachers of adolescents: What does it take to get really good at something? Starting with what they already know and do well, teenagers from widely diverse backgrounds join a cutting-edge dialogue with adults about the development of mastery in and out of school. Their insights frame motivation, practice, and academic challenge in a new light that galvanizes more powerful learning for all. To put these students ideas into practice, the book also includes practical tips for educators, exercises, questionnaires, do and dont lists, and other helpful tools. 'Every educator would like for students to develop a passion, but many are unsure of how to light that fire. Kathleen Cushman had the wisdom to ask students, and they tell us with clarity what motivates them and how school might be made more inspiring. Anyone who cares about schooling or children should read this book.' Daniel T. Willingham, best-selling author of Why Dont Students Like School?

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ID: 481991

Title: Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer

Author: John E. Douglas, Johnny Dodd

Narrator: Jason Klav

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:40:50

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: True Crime, Mystery, Thriller & Horror

Summary:

This dramatic and compelling true-crime psychological thriller provides an in-depth, behind-the-scenes narrative of one of the most bizarre and terrible serial killers stories in US history. For 31 years a man who called himself BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill) terrorized the city of Wichita, Kansas, strangling and sexually assaulting a series of women (and one child), taunting the police and the community with frequent letters, communications, crime scene photographs, property stolen from his victims, bragging about his crimes in correspondence to local newspapers, tv, and radio stations, describing himself as a 'psychotic and sexual pervert' who claimed that 'I can't stop it.' After he seemed to disappear for nine years, he suddenly reappeared, complaining that no one was paying enough attention to him, that he had committed crimes for which he had not been given credit. When ultimately captured, using many techniques suggested by Douglas himself, BTK was shockingly revealed to be a 61 year old married man, cub scout leader, President of his church, with two children, who worked as a Code Compliance officer for the Wichita city government, harassing citizens about their lawns and garbage preparation, 'a glorified dog catcher...a bureaucratic bully'. John Douglas was first called into the case as an expert profiler in 1980 and has been deeply involved in the case and all its principal players ever since. After Rader was arrested he was able to obtain the only exclusive interview since sentencing, as well as exclusive interviews with family, friends, and the police. As a result, he's able to reveal news-breaking new information about why Rader did what he did, and why he stopped for a long period before surfacing again. Douglas tells the whole incredible story and also draws from it a program for new and improved police methodology to prevent such serial killers from remaining at large, including early intervention in childhood development, and more community involvement in apprehension.

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ID: 481920

Title: When the Headline Is You: An Insider's Guide to Handling the Media

Author: Jeff Ansell, Jeffrey Leeson

Narrator: Alan Sklar

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:06:39

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership

Summary:

Exposing oneself to media scrutiny requires more than simple candor and honesty. It requires knowledge, training, and a keen understanding of how reporters write the news.from the Introduction Award-winning journalist and crisis communications expert Jeff Ansell provides a complete, values-based framework for successfully navigating all types of media encounters. This framework offers executives, leaders, and communications professionals the practical tools and step-by-step messaging formulae needed to address problematic issues while limiting their exposure to the sensationalism of todays media environment. With nearly 40 years of experience, Ansell reveals the inside secrets to understanding the media, building credibility, and developing persuasive communication skills. To facilitate implementation, this how-to guide includes a complete Media Messaging Toolkit, a six-step interview and message delivery exercise, and numerous real-world illustrative examples. Whether delivering good news, not so good news, or dealing with a full-blown media crisis, When the Headline Is You provides all the insights and strategies necessary to manage image and enhance reputation.

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ID: 481913

Title: Schools for All Kinds of Minds: Boosting Student Success by Embracing Learning Variation

Author: Craig Pohlman, Mary-Dean Barringer, Michele Robinson, Paul Orfalea

Narrator: Cynthia Barrett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:54:43

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Education

Summary:

This book shows how schools can--and must--develop expertise in 'learning variation' (understanding how different kinds of minds learn) and apply this knowledge to classroom instruction in order to address the chronic learning challenges and achievement gap faced by millions of students. Barringer shows how using what we know about learning variation with a focus on discovering learning strengths, not just deficits, can help schools create plans for success for those students who often find it elusive. The book specifically addresses how school leaders can incorporate this knowledge into instructional practice and school-level policy through various professional development strategies. Schools for All Kinds of Minds: * Provides a readable synthesis of the latest research from neuroscience, cognitive science, and child and adolescent development as it relates to understanding learning and its many variations. * Links this information to strategies for understanding struggling learners and adapting school practices to accommodate a wider array of learning differences in a classroom. * Demonstrates how this understanding of learning variation can change the way teachers and others help students succeed in various academic and content areas and acquire necessary 21st century skills. * Includes discussion questions and facilitator guidelines for staff developers and teacher education programs; downloadable forms that accompany exercises from within the book;an action plan for schools to implement the ideas found in the book; and more.

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ID: 481988

Title: My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance

Author: Emanuel Derman

Narrator: Peter Ganim

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:30:07

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Business & Economics, Accounting & Finance

Summary:

Trading desks on Wall Street and hedge funds everywhere increasingly generate their profits using quantitative financial models that rely on advanced mathematics and computers. Investment firms now routinely employ large quant departments staffed by former physicists, mathematicians and computer scientists. Emanuel Derman was one of the first physicists to move to Wall Street, and My Life as a Quant traces his pilgrims progress from ambitious academic scientist to managing director and head of the renowned Quantitative Strategies group at Goldman, Sachs s career path paralleled the growth of quantitative modeling. Readers will learn how Derman became the most well-known quant on Wall Street as he learned to adapt the methods of science to finance. My Life as a Quant reveals his experiences working with an assorted cast of famous scientists as well as some of the finest minds in the business, including Fischer Black (with whom he developed the widely used Black-Derman-Toy model of interest rates). He also recounts his adventures with quants, traders and other high fliers on Wall Street.

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ID: 481982

Title: Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel

Author: Jerry Oppenheimer

Narrator: Dina Pearlman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:57:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, Non-Fiction, North America, Antiques & Collectibles, Hobbies & Games

Summary:

From Boise to Beijing, Mattels toys dominate the universe. Its no-fun-and-games marketing muscle reaches some 140 countries, and its iconic productsBarbie, Hot Wheels, and Chatty Cathy, to name a fewhave been a part of our culture for generations. Now, in this intriguing and entertaining expose, New York Times bestselling author Jerry Oppenheimer places the worlds largest toy company under a journalistic microscope, uncovering the dark side of toy land, and exploring Mattels oddball corporate culture and eccentric, often bizarre, cast of characters. Based on exclusive interviews and an exhaustive review of public and private records, Toy Monster exposes Mattels take-no-prisoners, shark-infested corporate style. Throughout this scrupulously reported, unauthorized portrait, youll discover how dangerous toys are actually nothing new to Mattel, and why its fearsomely litigious approach within the brutal toy business has helped their products dominate over potential rivals such as Bratz. But this is only part of the story. Along the way, youll also become familiar with the larger-than-life personalities that have shaped Mattels eccentric world. Theres cofounder Ruth Handler, a one-woman sales-merchandising-promotion-administrative force, a sort of industrial Orson Welles, who becomes a white-collar criminal. Theres Jack Ryan, the Father of Barbie, whose second of five wives calls him a full-blown seventies-style swinger into wife-swapping and sundry sexual pursuits as a way of life. And dont forget CEO Robert Eckert, who came from the worlds of processed cheese and hot dogs to lead Mattelonly to get grilled by the U.S. Congress, and the world press, in the lead-paint-and-dangerous-magnets cause celebre. The phenomenal Barbie brands 50th anniversary arrives in 2009, hot on the heels of the China Toy Terror recall scandal that has tarnished Mattels image in the hearts and minds of millions of people worldwide. Toy Monster takes you inside the scandals that have been a part of this company, and shows you why todays toy business isnt always fun and games.

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ID: 481878

Title: Break Your Own Rules: How to Change the Patterns of Thinking that Block Women's Paths to Power

Author: Jill Flynn, Kathryn Heath, Mary Davis Holt

Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:13:03

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership

Summary:

How women can make it to the top by dismissing conventional wisdom and adopting the new rules of leadership The latest research confirms that women hold just 11% of the most senior-level leadership positions in U.S. Corporations today?which shockingly hasn?t changed in over 30 years. The bottom line, however, is that business is simply better with more women in it. Thankfully there?s now a real solution to this age-old problem: Break Your Own Rules distills the six faulty assumptions (or ?rules?) most women follow that get in the way oftheir path to leadership and power ? then delivers the correlatingnew rules that promise to clear that path. For example, the old rule of ?Focus on Others? must be replaced by ?Take Center Stage,? ?Hard Work Will Get You There? must yield to ?Be Politically Savvy.? ?Play It Safe? must give way to ?Play to Win.? ?Ask Permission? must be replaced by ?Proceed Until Apprehended.? And ?Be Modest? must be superseded by ?Project Personal Power.? This breakthrough book: Features the results of over 1,700 interviews with executives in Fortune 1000 companies,as well as theauthors? new research and ongoing work with over 5,000 professional women Showcases previously-untold stories from high profile womenincluding Ann Moore (CEO, Time Inc.), Susan Ivey (CEO, Reynolds American), Cathy Bessant (Global Executive for Technology and Operations for Bank of America), Lynn Ford (CEO, ING Solutions), and more Reveals what it really takes for any woman to succeed at the highest levels This hands-on guide is for women who are ready to transform their assumptions and join the senior ranks of American business. Foreword by Sharon Allen (Chairman, Deloitte).

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