Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience
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By Carmine Gallo
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Whether he was introducing the latest iPad or delivering a keynote presentation, Steve Jobs electrified audiences with his incomparable style and showmanship. He didn’t just convey information in his presentations; he told a story, painted a picture, and shared a vision. He gave his audience a transformative experience that was unique, inspiring, and unforgettable. Now you can do it too, by learning the specific techniques that made Jobs the most captivating communicator on the world stage.
Here, together for the first time, are the shorter works of best-selling author Jim Butcher - a compendium of cases that Harry and his cadre of allies managed to close in record time. The tales range from the deadly serious to the absurdly hilarious.
Teahouse Fox says:
"Dresden Short Story Collection"
In Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography, Walter Isaacson provides an extraordinary account of Jobs' professional and personal life. Drawn from three years of exclusive and unprecedented interviews Isaacson has conducted with Jobs as well as extensive interviews with Jobs' family members and key colleagues from Apple and its competitors, this is the definitive portrait of the greatest innovator of his generation.
john says:
"More man, less tech, might have made a better book"
The Book of Job: When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person
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By Harold S. Kushner
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The story of Job is one of unjust things happening to a good man. Yet after losing everything, Job - though confused, angry, and questioning God - refuses to reject his faith, although he challenges some central aspects of it. Rabbi Harold S. Kushner examines the questions raised by Job's experience, questions that have challenged wisdom seekers and worshippers for centuries. What kind of God permits such bad things to happen to good people? Why does God test loyal followers? Can a truly good God be all-powerful?
Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job and Your Dream Job
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By Jon Acuff
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"Have you ever felt caught between the tension of a day job and a dream job? That gap between what you have to do and what you’d love to do? I have. At first I thought I was the only one who felt that way, but then I started to talk to people and realized we’re becoming the “I’m, but” generation. When we talk about what we do for a living we inevitably say, 'I’m a teacher, but I want to be an artist.'"
Mike says:
"It passed the time, but lacked what I was seeking"
People start dropping dead around Charlie, giant ravens perch on his building, and it seems that everywhere he goes, a dark presence whispers to him from under the streets. Strange names start appearing on his nightstand notepad, and before he knows it, those people end up dead, too. Yup, it seems that Charlie Asher has been recruited for a new job, an unpleasant but utterly necessary one: Death.
Rich Dad's Before You Quit Your Job: 10 Real-Life Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Building a Multimillion-Dollar Business
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By Robert T. Kiyosaki
Narrated By Tim Wheeler
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In Before You Quit Your Job Robert shares his successes, but more importantly, he shares his failures and the lessons he has learned from them. This audiobook will give you a jump-start to becoming a successful entrepreneur. Robert Kiyosaki has been an entrepreneur since he was 9 years old. You may be familiar with some of his million-dollar products.
nathan says:
"I enjoyed listening to this book. I learned a lot!"
Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
David says:
"Don't bother with the abridged version"
The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation
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By Jay Elliot, William L. Simon
Narrated By Christopher Hurt
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In iLeadership, Jay Elliot gives the listener the opportunity of seeing Steve Jobs as only his closest associates have ever seen him, and to learn what has made him - and the mystique of his management style - capable of creating tools so extraordinary that they have remade three industries and have transformed the way we create, consume, and communicate with each other.
Sarah Kelling's vacation at her shorefront home is cut short when the administrator of Boston's Wilkins Museum is murdered with an antique hat pin, and Sarah must handle the burial arrangements and find the murderer before he finds her.
The Six Figure Second Income: How to Start and Grow a Successful Online Business Without Quitting Your Day Job
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By Jonathan Rozek, David Lindahl
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Here are proven methods for building an online income stream. Maybe you dream of making money with an online business, but haven’t tried so far because you’d have to quit your current job and enter the risky world of Internet startups. Or because you think you need lots of capital and way too much time. If these reasons sound familiar, Dave Lindahl and Jon Rozek beg to differ.
Job Interview Patterns: 100 Behavioral Interview Questions and Answers
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By Aleksey Sinyagin
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Job Interview Patterns is a must have tool for anyone trying to find employment in today's competitive job market. This audio book takes the guesswork out of intimidating job interviews by sharing with the listener the 100 most common interview questions, why they are asked, and the answers recruiters want to hear. Questions such as: "Why should we hire you?", "What is your greatest weakness?", and "What is your communication style?"
Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life
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By Sylvia Boorstein
Narrated By Pam Ward
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In her more than four decades of Buddhist practice and teaching, Boorstein has discovered that the secret to happiness lies not in monastic solitude but in cultivating our connections with the world. She reminds us that our hearts want to appreciate, encourage, and love, and that these qualities lead to a grounded sense of happiness.
The Bliss List: Discover What Truly Makes You Happy - Then Land Your Dream Job
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By J. P. Hansen
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Most people spend the majority of their lives at work, and many not happily. Here's a way to find your inner spirit - what you truly desire to do in life - this book illuminates the path leading you to ultimately achieving your goals. Hansen will help you get there through exercises such as building a great resume, nailing the interview, and knowing whether or not to accept a particular job offer when it comes along.
From the start, his path was never predictable. Steve Jobs was given up for adoption at birth, dropped out of college after one semester, and at the age of 20, created Apple in his parents' garage with his friend Steve Wozniack. Then came the core and hallmark of his genius - his exacting insistence on perfection, his counterculture life approach, and his level of taste and style that pushed all boundaries.
Peter says:
"Like Cliff's Notes to the Issacson book"
The Ultimate Real Estate Investing Blueprint: How to Quit Your Job in 19 Weeks or Less
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By Sean Terry
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Discover how to quit your job in 19 weeks or less by flipping properties in your spare time even if you have no cash, no credit, and have never bought a house before. In this book you find the key to unlocking a huge vault full of money. This key will allow you to quickly and easily flip houses in your spare time banking you $5,000 to $20,000 per deal. The beauty about this business is you don't need any money and no one will ever ask you for you SSN to pull credit.
Great on the Job: What to Say, How to Say It. The Secrets of Getting Ahead.
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By Jodi Glickman
Narrated By Tanya Eby
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Do you always get the assignments you want? Do you know how to ask for help without sounding dumb? How to answer a question you don’t know the answer to? All the while sounding smart, capable, and competent? If the answer is no, you’re not alone. Jodi Glickman founded the communication consulting firm Great on the Job to help rising stars of the business world with the same issues. Now, for the first time, the training program that Jodi uses with her top-tier clients is available in book form. Great on the Job teaches people how to talk to one another at work, every day, in every situation....