Bata: Shoemaker to the world

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years

• UNABRIDGED (44 hrs and 17 mins)
• By Carl Sandburg
• Narrated By Arthur Morey

Originally published in six volumes, which sold more than one million copies, Carl Sandburg’s Abraham Lincoln was praised as the most noteworthy historical biography of Sandburg’s generation. He later distilled this monumental work into one volume that critics and readers alike consider his greatest work of nonfiction, as well as the most distinguished, authoritative biography of Lincoln ever published.

Growing up in an Illinois prairie town, Sandburg listened to stories of old-timers who had known Lincoln. By the time this single-volume edition was competed, he had spent a lifetime studying, researching, and writing about our 16th president.

My Life and Work: An Autobiography of Henry Ford

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 52 mins)
• By Henry Ford
• Narrated By Carson Beck
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We have only started on our development of our country - we have not as yet, with all our talk of wonderful progress, done more than scratch the surface. The progress has been wonderful enough, but when we compare what we have done with what there is to do, then our past accomplishments are as nothing.

Quench Your Own Thirst: Business Lessons Learned over a Beer or Two

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 31 mins)
• By Jim Koch
• Narrated By Jim Koch
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Founder of The Boston Beer Company, brewer of Samuel Adams Boston Lager, and a key catalyst of the American craft beer revolution, Jim Koch offers his unique perspective when it comes to business, beer, and turning your passion into a successful company or career.

A Full Cup: Sir Thomas Lipton's Extraordinary Life and His Quest for the America's Cup

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 14 mins)
• By Michael D'Antonio
• Narrated By David Drummond
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Today, Lipton means tea. However, in his time Sir Thomas Lipton was known for much more. Raised in desperate poverty, he became rich beyond his wildest dreams. he built a global empire of markets, factories, plantations, and stockyards. And his colorful pursuit of the America's Cup trophy made him a beloved figure on both sides of the Atlantic.

Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 57 mins)
• By Mike Massimino
• Narrated By Mike Massimino
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to find yourself strapped to a giant rocket that's about to go from zero to 17,500 miles per hour? Or to look back on Earth from outer space and see the surprisingly precise line between day and night? Or to stand in front of the Hubble Space Telescope, wondering if the emergency repair you're about to make will inadvertently ruin humankind's chance to unlock the universe's secrets? Mike Massimino has been there, and in Spaceman he puts you inside the suit.

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

• UNABRIDGED (35 hrs and 3 mins)
• By Ron Chernow
• Narrated By Grover Gardner
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Titan is the first full-length biography based on unrestricted access to Rockefeller’s exceptionally rich trove of papers. A landmark publication full of startling revelations, the book indelibly alters our image of this most enigmatic capitalist. Born the son of a flamboyant, bigamous snake-oil salesman and a pious, straitlaced mother, Rockefeller rose from rustic origins to become the world’s richest man by creating America’s most powerful and feared monopoly, Standard Oil. Branded "the Octopus" by legions of muckrakers, the trust refined and marketed nearly 90 percent of the oil produced in America.

The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 15 mins)
• By Peter F. Drucker
• Narrated By Jim Collins, Tim Andres Pabon
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For decades, Peter F. Drucker was widely regarded as "the dean of this country's business and management philosophers" (Wall Street Journal). In this concise and brilliant work, he looks to the most influential position in management - the executive. The measure of the executive, Drucker reminds us, is the ability to "get the right things done". This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive.

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 21 mins)
• By Phil Knight
• Narrated By Norbert Leo Butz, Phil Knight - introduction
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In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.

Winners Dream: A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 21 mins)
• By Bill McDermott, Joanne Gordon (Contributor)
• Narrated By Bill McDermott
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In Winners Dream, Bill McDermott - the co-CEO of the world’s largest business software company, SAP - chronicles how relentless optimism, hard work, and disciplined execution embolden people and equip organizations to achieve audacious goals. Growing up in working-class Long Island, a sixteen-year-old Bill traded three hourly wage jobs to buy a small deli, which he ran by instinctively applying ideas that would be the seeds for his future success.

Meditations

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 11 mins)
• By Marcus Aurelius
• Narrated By Duncan Steen
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One of the most significant books ever written by a head of State, the Meditations are a collection of philosophical thoughts by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180 ce). Covering issues such as duty, forgiveness, brotherhood, strength in adversity and the best way to approach life and death, the Meditations have inspired thinkers, poets and politicians since their first publication more than 500 years ago. Today, the book stands as one of the great guides and companions - a cornerstone of Western thought.

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 26 mins)
• By Harvard Business Review, Peter Ferdinand Drucker, Clayton M. Christensen, and others
• Narrated By Chris Kayser

The path to your professional success starts with a critical look in the mirror. If you listen to nothing else on managing yourself, you should at least hear these 10 articles (plus the bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?" by Clayton M. Christensen). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles to select the most important ones to help you maximize yourself.

Mastery

• UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 8 mins)
• By Robert Greene
• Narrated By Fred Sanders
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What did Charles Darwin, middling schoolboy and underachieving second son, do to become one of the earliest and greatest naturalists the world has known? What were the similar choices made by Mozart and by Caesar Rodriguez, the U.S. Air Force's last ace fighter pilot? In Mastery, Robert Greene's fifth book, he mines the biographies of great historical figures for clues about gaining control over our own lives and destinies. Picking up where The 48 Laws of Power left off, Greene culls years of research and original interviews to blend historical anecdote and psychological insight, distilling the universal ingredients of the world's masters.

Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills

• ORIGINAL (12 hrs and 39 mins)
• By The Great Courses
• Narrated By Professor Steven Novella

No skill is more important in today's world than being able to think about, understand, and act on information in an effective and responsible way. What's more, at no point in human history have we had access to so much information, with such relative ease, as we do in the 21st century. But because misinformation out there has increased as well, critical thinking is more important than ever. These 24 rewarding lectures equip you with the knowledge and techniques you need to become a savvier, sharper critical thinker in your professional and personal life.

Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 2 mins)
• By Tom Wainwright
• Narrated By Brian Hutchison
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What drug lords learned from big business. How does a budding cartel boss succeed (and survive) in the $300 billion illegal drug business? By learning from the best, of course. From creating brand value to fine-tuning customer service, the folks running cartels have been attentive students of the strategy and tactics used by corporations such as Walmart, McDonald's, and Coca-Cola.

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 29 mins)
• By David Allen
• Narrated By David Allen
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David Allen reads an all-new edition of his popular self-help classic for managing work-life balance in the 21st century - now updated for the new challenges facing individuals and organizations in today's rapidly changing world. Since it was first published more than 15 years ago, David Allen's Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era and the ultimate book on personal organization.

Warren Buffett's Ground Rules: Words of Wisdom from the Partnership Letters of the World's Greatest Investor

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 11 mins)
• By Jeremy C. Miller
• Narrated By Tom Perkins
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Compiled for the first time, and with Buffett's permission, these letters spotlight his contrarian diversification strategy, his almost religious celebration of compounding interest, his preference for conservative rather than conventional decision making, and his goal and tactics for bettering market results by at least 10 percent annually. Demonstrating Buffett's intellectual rigor, they provide a framework to the craft of investing that had not existed before.

Driven to Delight: Delivering World-Class Customer Experience the Mercedes-Benz Way

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 31 mins)
• By Joseph A. Michelli
• Narrated By Joseph A. Michelli
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Driven to Delight offers an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at CEO Steve Cannon and his leadership team's ambitious, multi-pronged strategy to elevate the company's customer experience to best-in-class across all brands and industries.

How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 8 mins)
• By Mark Cuban
• Narrated By Charles Constant
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Using the greatest material from his popular Blog Maverick, Cuban has collected and updated his postings on business and life to provide a catalog of insider knowledge on what it takes to become a thriving entrepreneur. He tells his own rags-to-riches story of how he went from selling powdered milk and sleeping on friends' couches to owning his own company and becoming a multibillion-dollar success story.