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ID: 369658

Title: Boy Who Made the World Disappear

Author: Ben Miller

Narrator: Ben Miller

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:48:21

Language: English

Release date: 11-28-19

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK

Genres: Kids, General, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

‘A sheer delight for all kids both big AND small’ Ruth Jones on The Night I Met Father Christmas

 

'Bubbles with warmth and mischievous humour . . . irresistible' Alexander Armstrong on The Night I Met Father Christmas

'Wonderful, funny, magical' Chris Evans on How I Became a Dog Called Midnight

Enter a world of wonder with an instant classic from comedian, actor and bestselling children's author, Ben Miller!

Harrison tries his best to be good. He doesn’t steal, he always shares with his sister and he never cheats at board games, but Harrison also has a BIG flaw . . . He can't control his temper!

So when he’s given a black hole instead of a balloon at a party, Harrison jumps at the chance to get rid of everything that makes him cross. But when it’s not just things he hates that are disappearing into the black hole but things he loves, too, Harrison starts to realize that sometimes you should be careful what you wish for...

An out-of-this-world adventure about twists of fate, time travel and troublesome black holes, Ben Miller's stunning storytelling is brought to life with beautiful illustrations from Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini. 

Praise for Ben Miller:

'A magical adventure' Sunday Express on The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale

'Great for reading aloud' The Week Junior on The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale

'A fire-side gem of a story' Abi Elphinstone on The Night I Met Father Christmas

'Fabulous' Sunday Express on The Boy Who Made the World Disappear

'Enchanting, funny and intriguing in equal measure' Philip Ardagh on The Night I Met Father Christmas

'Each of [Ben’s] five books is joyous and thoughtful' Red Magazine

 

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ID: 410611

Title: Beautiful Ones

Author: Prince

Narrator: Adepero Oduye, Dan Piepenbring, Esperanza Spalding

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:05:20

Language: English

Release date: 11-28-19

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

The brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the greatest artists of all time, in his own words - featuring the exquisite memoir he began writing before his tragic death.

Prince was a musical genius, one of the most beloved, accomplished, and acclaimed musicians of our time. He was a startlingly original visionary with an imagination deep enough to whip up whole worlds, from the sexy, gritty funk paradise of 'Uptown' to the mythical landscape of Purple Rain to the psychedelia of 'Paisley Park'. But his most ambitious creative act was turning Prince Rogers Nelson, born in Minnesota, into Prince, one of the greatest pop stars of any era.

The Beautiful Ones is the story of how Prince became Prince - a first-person account of a kid absorbing the world around him and then creating a persona, an artistic vision, and a life, before the hits and fame that would come to define him. The audiobook is told in four parts. The first is composed of the memoir Prince was writing before his tragic death, which brings us into his childhood world through his own lyrical prose. The second part takes us through Princes early years as a musician, before his first album was released, via an evocative scrapbook of Princes writing. The third section shows us Princes evolution, going up to the cusp of his greatest achievement, which we see in the audiobooks fourth section: his original treatment for Purple Rain - the final stage in Princes self-creation, where he retells the autobiography of the first three parts as a heroic journey.

The audiobook is framed by editor Dan Piepenbrings riveting and moving introduction about his profound collaboration with Prince in his final months - a time when Prince was thinking deeply about how to reveal more of himself and his ideas to the world, while retaining the mystery and mystique hed so carefully cultivated.

This work is not just a tribute to an icon, but an original and energising literary work in its own right, full of Princes ideas and vision, his voice and image - his undying gift to the world.

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ID: 390817

Title: I, Robot: How to Be a Footballer 2

Author: Peter Crouch

Narrator: Peter Crouch

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:13:25

Language: English

Release date: 11-28-19

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Sports & Recreation, Biography & Memoir, Soccer

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

What happens on the pitch is only half the story.

Being a footballer is not just kicking a ball about with 21 other people on a big grass rectangle. Sometimes being a footballer is about accidentally becoming best mates with Mickey Rourke, or understanding why spitting is considered football's most heinous crime.

In How to be a Footballer, Peter Crouch took us into a world of bad tattoos and even worse haircuts, a world where you're on the pitch one minute, spending too much money on a personalised number plate the next. In I, Robot, he lifts the lid even further on the beautiful game. We will learn about Gareth Bale's magic beans, the Golden Rhombus of Saturday night entertainment and why Crouchy's dad walks his dog wearing an England tracksuit from 2005.

Whether you're an armchair expert or out in the stands every Saturday, crazy for five-a-side or haven't put on a pair of boots since school, this is the real inside story of how to be a footballer, brilliantly narrated by Crouchy himself.

© Peter Crouch 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2019

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ID: 398875

Title: HBR's 10 Must Reads on AI, Analytics, and the New Machine Age

Author: H. James Wilson, Harvard Business Review , Michael E. Porter, Paul R. Daugherty, Thomas H. Davenport

Narrator: Shawn Compton, Teri Schnaubelt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:25:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-26-19

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Business Development

Summary:

Machine learning and data analytics are powering a wave of groundbreaking technologies. Is your company ready?

We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you understand how these technologies work together, how to adopt them, and why your strategy can't ignore them.

In this book you'll learn how: data science, driven by artificial intelligence and machine learning, is yielding unprecedented business insights; blockchain has the potential to restructure the economy; drones and driverless vehicles are becoming essential tools; 3-D printing is making new business models possible; augmented reality is transforming retail and manufacturing; smart speakers are redefining the rules of marketing; and humans and machines are working together to reach new levels of productivity.

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ID: 397185

Title: Sales Management Success: Optimizing Performance to Build a Powerful Sales Team

Author: Warren Kurzrock

Narrator: Steve Menasche

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:19:38

Language: English

Release date: 11-26-19

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Sales & Retail

Summary:

Sales Management Success: Optimizing Performance to Build a Powerful Sales Team contains a leading-edge training program that is filled with state-of-the-art approaches specifically designed for sales managers. Drawing on the author's experience as the CEO of Porter Henry & Co., Warren Kurzrock details the eight most critical abilities and strategies in the sales manager's job. The Porter Henry process has proven to routinely help teams and individuals multiply their bottom-line results.

While all major companies provide basic orientations for new sales managers, these sessions are usually focused on policy, procedure, product, and marketing information. Most companies spend huge amounts of money on sales training new employees but do little for sales manager development. Written for sales executives in an appealing, upbeat tone, the book is well-grounded in research and real-world experience, as well as proven ideas and tools. The eight strategies are supported with illustrative examples and quotes from successful sales executives. This must-have book contains the most up-to-date strategies for sales executives; offers compelling real-world examples; includes the ideas and tools that can be put into action immediately; and reinforces the immediate application and learning with assessments, exercises, and a professional toolbox.

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ID: 398126

Title: Can I Have Your Attention?: Inspiring Better Work Habits, Focusing Your Team, and Getting Stuff Done in the Constantly Connected Workplace

Author: Curt Steinhorst

Narrator: Rick Adamson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:39:07

Language: English

Release date: 11-26-19

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership

Summary:

As our workloads expand, attention has never been more valuable. Or more difficult to keep. In Can I Have your Attention?, Curt Steinhorst shows business leaders how to cut through the noise and get their employees back to work. Curt has spent years helping Fortune 500 companies overcome distraction and achieve focus. With technology creating endless opportunites to 'improve productivity', people spend so much time responding to the interruptions that they've lost the ability to focus and do their jobs. Yet, the potential for harnessing the power of your team's attention has never been greater—if you can capture it.

You'll learn how to: implement a comprehensive organizational strategy to increase focus and overcome digital distraction; take back control of the technology in your organization and life; establish a Communication Compact, defining how, when, and why your team will communicate with each other; create a 'vault' to increase productivity, decrease stress, and boost your creativity; free yourself and your employees from the never-ending flood of emails and messages; and achieve unmatched focus in the age of distraction.

The smartphone isn't going away. Learn the simple rules and guidelines that will improve focus and create the mental space needed for your people to work to their full potential.

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ID: 397186

Title: Category Creation: How to Build a Brand that Customers, Employees, and Investors Will Love

Author: Anthony Kennada

Narrator: James Fouhey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:03:19

Language: English

Release date: 11-26-19

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Marketing & Advertising

Summary:

There is no such thing as an original idea anymore—right? Actually, it turns out that the world's most innovative companies have created so much more than just brand new products and technology. They've created entirely new market categories. The challenge is that successfully building new categories requires a perfect storm of luck and timing.

Or does it? Category Creation is the first and only book on the topic written by executives and marketers actively building new categories. It explains how category creation has become the Holy Grail of marketing, and more importantly, how it can be planned and orchestrated. It's not about luck. You can use the same tactics that other category-defining companies have used to delight customers, employees, and investors. There's no better strategy that results in faster growth and higher valuations for the company on top.

Author Anthony Kennada, former Chief Marketing Officer at Gainsight, explains how he led Gainsight in creating the 'customer success' category, and shares success stories from fellow category-creators like Salesforce, HubSpot, and others. The book explains the seven key principles of category creation, including the importance of creating a community of early adopters who will rally around the problem they all share—especially if someone will lead them.

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ID: 367320

Title: Lucky

Author: Jackie Collins

Narrator: India Thain

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20:09:35

Language: English

Release date: 11-21-19

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

Includes an exclusive interview with India Thain, Jackie Collins's granddaughter and narrator of this Audiobook.

*Featuring a new, intimate introduction from the wonderful Jessie Burton talking about what Jackie and her books mean to her! Discover the empowerment, sex, scandal and glamour of Lucky, a book ‘so hot it will have to be printed on asbestos’, from the insatiable number one bestseller Jackie Collins.* 

In the world of the rich, love and power are just games to play – and Lucky Santangelo is determined to win . . .

Lucky is a woman with the strength and determination to accomplish anything. A shrewd businesswoman in a world of demanding old men and petty women, Lucky rules with an iron grip - when she wants something, she gets it, no matter who she is up against. But she's not the only player and this game certainly isn't fair . . .

There's Lennie Golden, a comic struggling to make it, who has been spurned by love before,

Olympia Stanislopoulos, an oft-married heiress with a penchant for cocaine,

Dmitri Stanislopoulos, a rich man used to getting his way, and

Santino Bonatti, a man determined to get revenge on the Santangelos no matter the cost.

As their lives become entwined and the stakes grow higher and higher, the thirst for revenge is never far away. It will take all the backbone Lucky possesses to reach the climax that she deserves - and come out on top . . .

Why everyone needs Jackie in their lives . . .

'I was also hooked by Collins’ glitzy, glamorous, steamy world of beauties and sculpted bodies and sex and murder' Guardian

'Impossible to put down' Wall Street Journal

'I'm hooked! She has such tremendous insight into the underbelly of society one wonders where and how she acquired her knowledge!

'Can't get enough of these books and can never put them down'

'Exciting and romantic . . . kept me hooked'

'I have not read a Jackie Collins book for years. But boy have I enjoyed this one - fantastic read, couldn't put it down'

'Absolutely love this series of books'

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ID: 408958

Title: Maoism: A Global History

Author: Julia Lovell

Narrator: Nancy Wu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21:43:19

Language: English

Release date: 11-19-19

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: History, Politics, World, Asia

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

*** SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019

FINALIST FOR THE 2019 CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NAYEF AL-RODHAN PRIZE FOR GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING

SHORTLISTED FOR DEUTSCHER PRIZE***

'Revelatory and instructive [a] beautifully written and accessible book The Times

For decades, the West has dismissed Maoism as an outdated historical and political phenomenon. Since the 1980s, China seems to have abandoned the utopian turmoil of Maos revolution in favour of authoritarian capitalism. But Mao and his ideas remain central to the Peoples Republic and the legitimacy of its Communist government. With disagreements and conflicts between China and the West on the rise, the need to understand the political legacy of Mao is urgent and growing.

The power and appeal of Maoism have extended far beyond China. Maoism was a crucial motor of the Cold War: it shaped the course of the Vietnam War (and the international youth rebellions that conflict triggered) and brought to power the murderous Khmer Rouge in Cambodia; it aided, and sometimes handed victory to, anti-colonial resistance movements in Africa; it inspired terrorism in Germany and Italy, and wars and insurgencies in Peru, India and Nepal, some of which are still with us today more than forty years after the death of Mao.

In this new history, Julia Lovell re-evaluates Maoism as both a Chinese and an international force, linking its evolution in China with its global legacy. It is a story that takes us from the tea plantations of north India to the sierras of the Andes, from Pariss fifth arrondissement to the fields of Tanzania, from the rice paddies of Cambodia to the terraces of Brixton.

Starting with the birth of Maos revolution in northwest China in the 1930s and concluding with its violent afterlives in South Asia and resurgence in the Peoples Republic today, this is a landmark history of global Maoism.

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ID: 397165

Title: Leadership Results: How to Create Adaptive Leaders and High-Performing Organisations for an Uncertain World

Author: Sebastian Salicru

Narrator: Bruce Mann

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:50:17

Language: English

Release date: 11-19-19

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership

Summary:

Leadership Results explores the fall of traditional leadership thinking and the struggling multibillion dollar leadership development industry that is failing to deliver results, and explains the mindset, skills, ways of being, and methods that will get results in the new context and evolving paradigm. The Leadership Results model is practical and predictive, providing a way forward for companies seeking to build sustainable leadership capacity, develop individual leaders, boost employee engagement, and deliver breakthrough results through shared and collective leadership. Actionable steps guide you through the process of evolving leadership culture to see increased productivity, growth opportunities, and ensured profitability borne on a culture of trust, collaboration, fairness, and a commitment to innovation and real prosperity.

Leaders, coaches, trainers, OD practitioners, change agents, and students will find insightful guidance, thought-provoking discussion, and illustrative case studies that will help them: rethink leadership to make a stronger impact, take bold action to change the status quo, marry strategic and innovation leadership into a force for real change, and stop making the same mistakes and start forging a new path forward.

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