In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
UNABRIDGED (19 hrs and 52 mins)
By Steven Levy
Narrated By L. J. Ganser
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Few companies in history have ever been as successful and as admired as Google, the company that has transformed the Internet and become an indispensable part of our lives. How has Google done it? Veteran technology reporter Steven Levy was granted unprecedented access to the company, and in this revelatory book he takes listeners inside Google headquarters - the Googleplex - to explain how Google works.
The Thank You Economy is about something big, something greater than any single revolutionary platform. It isn't some abstract concept or wacky business strategy—it's real, and every one of us is doing business in it every day, whether we choose to recognize it or not. It's the way we communicate, the way we buy and sell, the way businesses and consumers interact online and offline.
Scott says:
"Gary is fun, but the book is a bit shallow"
The tsunami of cheap credit that rolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than a simple financial phenomenon: it was temptation, offering entire societies the chance to reveal aspects of their characters they could not normally afford to indulge. The Greeks wanted to turn their country into a pinata stuffed with cash and allow as many citizens as possible to take a whack at it. The Germans wanted to be even more German; the Irish wanted to stop being Irish.
Andy says:
"we may not be the most stupid kids on the planet"
Endgame: The End of The Debt Supercycle And How It Changes Everything
UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 40 mins)
By John Mauldin
Narrated By Sean Pratt
Whispersync for Voice-ready
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Hundreds of books have been written about the financial crisis that engulfed the world after Lehman Brothers went bankrupt. But what if the bigger financial crisis is ahead of us, not behind us?As John Mauldin and Jonathan Tepper deftly illustrate in this controversial audio book, the crisis was more than a half-century in the making. The Great Financial Crisis, however, was merely Act I.
Lloyd says:
"The Best Explanation of what's Happening Now"
Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its Soul
UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 42 mins)
By Howard Schultz, Joanne Gordon
Narrated By Stephen Bowlby
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In 2008, Howard Schultz, the president and chairman of Starbucks, made the unprecedented decision to return as CEO, eight years after he stepped down from daily oversight of the company to become chairman. Concerned that Starbucks had lost its way, Schultz was determined to help it return to its core values and restore not only its financial health, but also its soul.
