The Signal and the Noise ...in 30 Minutes: A Concise Summary of Nate Silver's Bestselling Book: 30 Minute Expert Summaries

To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others by Daniel H. Pink: 30 Minute Expert Series

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• Narrated By Kevin Pierce
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Everyone is in sales.

One in nine Americans work in sales according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. And according to Daniel H. Pink, best-selling author of To Sell Is Human, so do the other eight.

Become a more effective mover, and comprehend the key ideas behind To Sell Is Human in a fraction of the time....

Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data

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• By Charles Wheelan
• Narrated By Jonathan Davis

From batting averages and political polls to game shows and medical research, the real-world application of statistics continues to grow by leaps and bounds. How can we catch schools that cheat on standardized tests? How does Netflix know which movies you'll like? What is causing the rising incidence of autism? As best-selling author Charles Wheelan shows us in Naked Statistics, the right data and a few well-chosen statistical tools can help us answer these questions and more.

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - but Some Don't

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• By Nate Silver
• Narrated By Mike Chamberlain
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Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair’s breadth, and became a national sensation as a blogger - all by the time he was 30. The New York Times now publishes FiveThirtyEight.com, where Silver is one of the nation’s most influential political forecasters. Drawing on his own groundbreaking work, Silver examines the world of prediction, investigating how we can distinguish a true signal from a universe of noisy data.

Wheat Belly...in 30 Minutes: A Concise Summary of Dr. William Davis's Bestselling Book

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Wheat Belly...in 30 minutes is the guide to quickly understanding the celebrated weight loss and health improvement method outlined in WilliamDavis M.D.'s bestselling book, Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health. In Wheat Belly, renowned heart physician William Davis M.D. makes the case that eliminating wheat consumption will lead to weight loss and a healthier life.

Summary: Good to Great...in 30 Minutes - A Concise Summary of Jim Collins' Best-Selling Book: 30-Minute Expert Summaries

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In Good to Great, renowned author Jim Collins examines the fundamentals behind the few companies that make the leap to greatness, and the many that fail to do so. Built upon five years of research, Collins and his team identified 11 companies who had achieved greatness - defined as outperforming the stock market by a factor of three for 15 years - and discovered that they all exhibited a series of common factors. These factors, ranging from the presence of leaders who exhibit personal humility to a company-wide understanding of core business goals, form the basis for Good to Great.