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ID: 414666

Title: Collaborative Society

Author: Aleksandra Przegalinska, Dariusz Jemielniak

Narrator: Bruce Mann

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:12:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-10-20

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science, Language Instruction, Language Arts

Summary:

Humans are hard-wired for collaboration, and new technologies of communication act as a super-amplifier of our natural collaborative mindset. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series examines the emergence of a new kind of social collaboration enabled by networked technologies. This new collaborative society might be characterized as a series of services and startups that enable peer-to-peer exchanges and interactions though technology. Some believe that the economic aspects of the new collaboration have the potential to make society more equitable; others see collaborative communities based on sharing as a cover for social injustice and user exploitation.

The book covers the 'sharing economy,' and the hijacking of the term by corporations; different models of peer production, and motivations to participate; collaborative media production and consumption, the definitions of 'amateur' and 'professional,' and the power of memes; hactivism and social movements, including Anonymous and anti-ACTA protest; collaborative knowledge creation, including citizen science; collaborative self-tracking; and internet-mediated social relations, as seen in the use of Instagram, Snapchat, and Tinder. Finally, the book considers the future of these collaborative tendencies and the disruptions caused by fake news, bots, and other challenges.

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ID: 415605

Title: Fearless Innovation: Going Beyond the Buzzword to Continuously Drive Growth, Improve the Bottom Line, and Enact Change

Author: Alex Goryachev

Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:05:46

Language: English

Release date: 03-10-20

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership, Business Development

Summary:

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is driving change at an unprecedented pace, level, and intensity that is impacting businesses across industries, not to mention our everyday lives. We are rapidly blurring the physical and the digital, transforming the way we live and, in some sense, what it even means to be human. Whether we run a startup or multinational, a nonprofit or academic institution, a city or a whole country, we need to embrace this change to not just survive but thrive under these new realities.

In Fearless Innovation, Cisco's managing director of innovation strategy and programs explores how, no matter their function, leaders and managers can cut through the noise to understand change and deliver real results.

Goryachev's actionable, consistent, and timeless innovation principles offer a blueprint to driving growth, enacting change, increasing the bottom line, and creating clear measurable value. Featuring diverse case studies of some of today's most innovative organizations, this down-to-earth guide provides advice and clear steps on how to: get teams to embrace innovation beyond empty slogans; focus on execution of innovation through leadership and strategy; measure the real effects of innovation to showcase ROI and attract investment; and more.

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ID: 410683

Title: Catalyst

Author: Jonah Berger

Narrator: Keith Nobbs

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:47:35

Language: English

Release date: 03-10-20

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK

Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership

Summary:

From the author of New York Times bestsellers Contagious and Invisible Influence comes a revolutionary approach to changing anyone’s mind.

Everyone has something they want to change. Marketers want to change their customers’ minds and leaders want to change organisations. Start-ups want to change industries and nonprofits want to change the world. But change is hard. Often, we persuade and pressure and push, but nothing moves. Could there be a better way?

This book takes a different approach. Successful change agents know it’s not about pushing harder, or providing more information, it’s about being a catalyst. Catalysts remove roadblocks and reduce the barriers to change. Instead of asking, “How could I change someone’s mind?” they ask a different question: “Why haven’t they changed already? What’s stopping them?”

The Catalyst identifies the key barriers to change and how to mitigate them. You’ll learn how catalysts change minds in the toughest of situations: how hostage negotiators get people to come out with their hands up and how marketers get new products to catch on, how leaders transform organisational culture and how activists ignite social movements, how substance abuse counselors get addicts to realise they have a problem and how political campaigners change deeply rooted political beliefs.

This book is designed for anyone who wants to catalyse change. It provides a powerful way of thinking and a range of techniques that can lead to extraordinary results. Whether you’re trying to change one person, transform an organisation, or shift the way an entire industry does business, this book will teach you how to become a catalyst.

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ID: 410624

Title: Away with the Penguins

Author: Hazel Prior

Narrator: Ayoola Smart, Nicolette Mckenzie, Nigel Pilkington

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:26:18

Language: English

Release date: 03-05-20

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women, Family Life

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

Veronica McCreedy is about to have the journey of a lifetime . . .

Veronica McCreedy lives in a mansion by the sea. She loves a nice cup of Darjeeling tea whilst watching a good wildlife documentary. And shes never seen without her ruby-red lipstick.

Although these days Veronica is rarely seen by anyone because, at 85, her days are spent mostly at home, alone.

She can be found either collecting litter from the beach (people who litter the countryside should be shot), trying to locate her glasses (someone must have moved them) or shouting

instructions to her assistant, Eileen (Eileen, door!).

Veronica doesnt have family or friends nearby. Not that she knows about, anyway . . . And she has no idea where shes going to leave her considerable wealth when she dies.

But today . . . today Veronica is going to make a decision that will change all of this.

Readers love Hazel Prior!

Oh I so adored this beautiful, unique book!

A complete pleasure from start to finish.

A touching, absorbing and uplifting story.

Tender, heartwarming and sensitively written.

© Hazel Prior 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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ID: 410615

Title: Modern Midwife's Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond

Author: Marie Louise

Narrator: Marie Louise

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:06:41

Language: English

Release date: 03-05-20

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Health & Wellness, Women's Health

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

Whether you are planning for a baby, just found out you are pregnant or well into your third trimester, this book will help you to feel confident, informed and inspired about your exciting journey ahead.

Through years of work with families, Senior Midwife Marie Louise reveals the key things that will make the biggest, most positive difference to you and your baby as you navigate these life-changing months.

As well as this, Marie Louise is renowned for bringing complex science to life. Youll discover fascinating facts that underpin everything you and your baby will go through, including -

- How your nervous system is synced with your baby and why baby already knows a lot about you when they are born

- The unique process your baby goes through to pass through the birth canal and how you work together in labour

- Incredible facts about breast milk

Packed with the most up-to-date findings and expert insights, you'll find everything you need to prepare for motherhood and, most importantly, understand and appreciate just how amazing you and your baby both are!

© Marie Louise 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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ID: 389161

Title: Middle School: Master of Disaster: (Middle School 12)

Author: Chris Tebbetts, James Patterson

Narrator: Caitlin Kelly, Michael Crouch

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:30:12

Language: English

Release date: 03-05-20

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Kids, General, Humor

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

In this blockbuster instalment of the bestselling Middle School series, Rafe and all the favourite characters from James Patterson's books for kids get caught up in a hilarious adventure together for the first time!

Rafe and Jimmy, two misunderstood troublemakers, are finally up to something good. They're in charge of a huge celebration of books and reading but when a small issue snowballs into a big problem that threatens to derail the whole event, they need to work fast to keep things on track!

And the best part? Rafe and Jimmy are joined by the funniest storytellers they know, including Jamie Grimm from I FUNNY, Jacky Ha-Ha, the Kidd family of TREASURE HUNTERS, super-genius Max Einstein everyone's favourite characters from James Patterson's bestselling series for kids!

© James Patterson 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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ID: 384999

Title: My One True North: A Top Five Sunday Times bestseller discover the magic of Milly

Author: Milly Johnson

Narrator: Colleen Prendergast

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:30:02

Language: English

Release date: 03-05-20

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK

Genres: Romance, Health & Wellness, Death & Bereavement, Holiday, Contemporary

Summary:

A passionate novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Mrs Mayhew - a gorgeous read full of hope, warmth and heartfelt emotion. ​

Laurie and Pete should never have met.

But fate has pushed them together for a reason.

 

Six months ago, on the same night, Laurie and Pete both lost their partners.

Struggling to manage the grief, they join the same counselling group – and meet each other.

 

From their sadness, Pete and Laurie find happiness growing and they sense a fresh new beginning. 

Except, the more they talk, the more they begin to spot the strange parallels in their stories.

Then Pete discovers a truth that changes everything.

 

But, as surely as a compass points north, some people cannot be kept apart.

 

My One True North is a story of friendship and what love means, of secrets uncovered, teashops on corners and the northern lights.

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ID: 385567

Title: Second Wife

Author: Rebecca Fleet

Narrator: Kristin Atherton, Simon Bubb, Willow Nash

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:10:38

Language: English

Release date: 03-05-20

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Family Life

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

Everyone brings baggage to a new relationship.

When Alex met Natalie she changed his life. After the tragic death of his first wife, which left him a single parent to teenage daughter Jade, hes determined to build a happy family.

But his new-found happiness is shattered when the family home is gutted by fire and his loyalties are unexpectedly tested. Jade insists she saw a man in the house on the night of the fire; Natalie denies any knowledge of such an intruder.

Alex is faced with an impossible choice: to believe his wife or his daughter? And as Natalies story unravels, Alex realises that his wife has a past he had no idea about, a past that might yet catch up with her.

But this time, the past could be deadly . . .

Praise for Rebecca Fleet:

This is very much a heart-thumping, read-in-one-sitting story, and absolutely delivers on its smart and original hook Heat

A fantastic thriller dead-on domestic noir, full of tension and surprises. I loved it. Lee Child

An enthralling thriller that lives up to its chilling premise. Renee Knight, author of Disclaimer

'Dark, smart, sexy, gripping, totally brilliant. Erin Kelly, author of He Said She Said

© Rebecca Fleet 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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ID: 415714

Title: Firmament of Flame

Author: Drew Williams

Narrator: Brittany Pressley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:11:09

Language: English

Release date: 03-05-20

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Action & Adventure, LGBTQ+, Space Opera

Summary:

The explosive conclusion to the epic saga that started with THE STARS NOW UNCLAIMED, the space opera SFX calls 'a glorious romp'!

Always outnumbered, always outflanked.

That’s the motto of the Justified, the small band of mercenaries who are determined to set the universe to rights after accidentally unleashing a cataclysm upon it. 

Find the fight before it finds you.

But they’re not the only people who are trying to change the order of the universe. A group of psychotic beings, the Cyn, seem determined to stop the Justified.

Hit them before they hit you.

This little band of heroes are going to have to travel to the farthest reaches of the universe in order to stop the Cyn and save the world. But there’s a balance to the universe… and they’re just about to upset it. Hard.

*** Praise for Drew Williams and the Universe After series ***

‘A proper space spectacular, the love child of Destiny and StarWars, raised by Firefly on a steady diet of Resident Evil… The dialogue is snappy and the jokes are laugh out loud: an escapist, gleeful, explodey space opera’ Tor.com

‘The only thing more fun than a bonkers space battle is a whole book packed with bonkers space battles. Come for the exploding spaceships, stay for the intriguing universe’ Becky Chambers, author of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

'An immersive, rollicking yarn’  SFX

'Pirates, smugglers, soldiers, spies, snarky spaceships, and really big guns . . . and that's just the first chapter. The action gets bigger, the stakes get higher, and I loved it!' Claire North, author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

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ID: 408159

Title: Trace Elements

Author: Donna Leon

Narrator: David Sibley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:52:26

Language: English

Release date: 03-05-20

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Detective Stories

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

A womans cryptic dying words in a Venetian hospice lead Guido Brunetti to uncover a threat to the entire region in Donna Leons haunting twenty-ninth Brunetti novel.

When Dottoressa Donato calls the Questura to report that a dying patient at the hospice Fatebenefratelli wants to speak to the police, Commissario Guido Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, waste no time in responding.

They killed him. It was bad money. I told him no, Benedetta Toso gasps the words about her recently-deceased husband, Vittorio Fadalto. Even though he is not sure she can hear him Brunetti softly promises he and Griffoni will look into what initially appears to be a private family tragedy. They discover that Fadalto worked in the field collecting samples of contamination for a company that measures the cleanliness of Venices water supply and that he had died in a mysterious motorcycle accident. Distracted briefly by Vice Questore Pattas obsession with youth crime in Venice, Brunetti is bolstered once more by the remarkable research skills of Pattas secretary, Signora Elettra Zorzi. Piecing together the tangled threads, in time Brunetti comes to realize the perilous meaning in the womans accusation and the threat it reveals to the health of the entire region. But justice in this case proves to be ambiguous, as Brunetti is reminded it can be when, seeking solace, he reads Aeschyluss classic play The Eumenides.

As she has done so often through her memorable characters and storytelling skill, Donna Leon once again engages our sensibilities as to the differences between guilt and responsibility.

© Donna Leon 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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