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- An Adventure into the Dirty World of Haute Cuisine and International Travel
- Narrated by: M. Allan Daly
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Planning an international trip?
You don’t have to risk having your vacation ruined from food poisoning. Over 40 food and water safety travel tips included.
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Story5 out of 5 stars 20
Fashion is a business of smoke and mirrors, notorious for crushing the souls of most who dare to be part of the industry. Go on a global expedition with New York City-based fashion buyer, strategist, and consultant, Mercedes Gonzalez, as she learns that there is no glamour in fashion and that only cutthroat corporate espionage prevails. From politicking with blood diamond dealers and Russian kingpins to living in indigenous villages, she has relied on her street smarts and fear of her uncle in order to outwit the industry tyrants at their own game.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Enagaging
- By Rainbow on 07-31-23
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Life, on the Line
- A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat
- By: Grant Achatz, Nick Kokonas
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 705
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 604
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Story5 out of 5 stars 606
In 2007 chef Grant Achatz seemingly had it made. He had been named one of the best new chefs in America by Food & Wine in 2002, received the James Beard Foundation Rising Star Chef of the Year Award in 2003, and in 2005 he and Nick Kokonas opened the conceptually radical restaurant Alinea, which was named Best Restaurant in America by Gourmet magazine. Then, Achatz was diagnosed with stage IV squamous cell carcinoma - tongue cancer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Tasteless World?
- By Exec. Chef 'Special K' on 03-18-14
By: Grant Achatz, and others
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High-Hanging Fruit
- Build Something Great by Going Where No One Else WIll
- By: Mark Rampolla
- Narrated by: Mark Rampolla
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story5 out of 5 stars 77
When Mark Rampolla filled a notebook with potential start-up ideas, his wife asked him some tough questions. What about this idea is exciting, beyond the possibility of a profit? How will it fit into a life that makes you and your family happy? How will it change the world? Eventually Mark found his great idea: coconut water. He had seen the developing world use coconut water, but this valuable resource was being discarded in the US. While taking on the beverage industry was a big goal - high-hanging fruit - it was worth the risk.
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1 out of 5 stars
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10 Chapter Infomercial
- By KIM WILLIAMSON on 02-16-20
By: Mark Rampolla
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Coloring Outside the Lines
- Business Thoughts on Creativity, Marketing, and Sales
- By: Jeff Tobe
- Narrated by: Jeff Tobe
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 83
This audio from creativity guru Jeff Tobe is an unusually charming collection of warm, funny, and instructive business tales. It provides numerous examples of street-smart sales tactics, exemplary customer service, and outside-the-lines marketing. The audio program encourages anyone with an entrepreneurial spirit by providing story after story of creative ideas and inspiration. In Coloring Outside the Lines: Business Thoughts on Creativity, Marketing, and Sales, Jeff Tobe shows that when you compete head-on in business you are just agreeing to play by the same old rules.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hilarious and Charming, yet still Authentic
- By Michael Beyer on 02-09-23
By: Jeff Tobe
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Black Founder
- The Hidden Power of Being an Outsider
- By: Stacy Spikes
- Narrated by: Stacy Spikes
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story5 out of 5 stars 28
From the award-winning entrepreneur USA Today named one of the twenty-one most influential Blacks in technology comes an empowering, bracingly honest, entertaining blueprint for success in life and work—including the true story of what really happened to MoviePass—straight from the cofounder and former CEO himself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thank you for your written journey
- By DADOF3 on 03-11-24
By: Stacy Spikes
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Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit
- The Secrets of Building a Five-Star Customer Service Organization
- By: Leonardo Inghilleri, Micah Solomon
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 131
In a tight market, your most powerful growth engine - and your best protection from competitive inroads - is this: Put everything you can into cultivating true customer loyalty. Loyal customers are less sensitive to price competition, more forgiving of small glitches, and, ultimately, become "walking billboards" who will happily promote your brand.
In Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit, insiders Leonardo Inghilleri and Micah Solomon reveal the secrets of providing online and offline customer service so superior it nearly guarantees loyalty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book, recommended!
- By KLD on 07-03-15
By: Leonardo Inghilleri, and others
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Chefs, Drugs and Rock & Roll
- How Food Lovers, Free Spirits, Misfits and Wanderers Created a New American Profession
- By: Andrew Friedman
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 128
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 126
Chefs, Drugs and Rock & Roll transports listeners back in time to witness the remarkable evolution of the American restaurant chef in the 1970s and 1980s. Andrew Friedman goes inside Chez Panisse and other Bay Area restaurants to show how the politically charged backdrop of Berkeley helped spark this new profession; into the historically underrated community of Los Angeles chefs, including a young Wolfgang Puck; and into the clash of cultures between established French chefs in New York City and the American game changers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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the reader makes the audiobook - unfortunately
- By Lawrie Thicke on 04-20-19
By: Andrew Friedman
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The Pumpkin Plan
- A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field
- By: Mike Michalowicz
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 850
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 714
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Story5 out of 5 stars 707
Each year, Americans start one million new businesses, nearly 80 percent of which fail within the first five years. Under such pressure to stay alive—let alone grow—it’s easy for entrepreneurs to get caught up in a never-ending cycle of "sell it—do it, sell it—do it" that leaves them exhausted, frustrated, and unable to get ahead no matter how hard they try. Full of stories of other successful entrepreneurs, The Pumpkin Plan guides you through unconventional strategies to help you build a truly profitable blue-ribbon company that is the best in its field.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- By Harry Wilson on 06-04-21
By: Mike Michalowicz
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Cousins Maine Lobster
- How One Food Truck Became a Multimillion-Dollar Business
- By: Jim Tselikis, Sabin Lomac, Blake D. Dvorak, and others
- Narrated by: Barbara Corcoran, Sabin Lomac, Jim Tselikis
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
In early 2012, Jim Tselikis visited LA and met up with his cousin Sabin Lomac. Over a few drinks they waxed nostalgic about their childhood in Maine, surrounded by family, often elbow deep in delicious lobster while gathered around the picnic table. From this strong memory was born the very first Cousins Maine Lobster food truck. Smart, authentic marketing, and sustainable, delicious ingredients helped turn that one food truck into an overnight sensation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inspiring!
- By Anonymous User on 07-03-18
By: Jim Tselikis, and others
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The Customer Service Revolution
- Overthrow Conventional Business, Inspire Employees, and Change the World
- By: John R. DiJulius III
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story5 out of 5 stars 27
In The Customer Service Revolution, DiJulius points out how numerous companies have made customer service their biggest competitive advantage, are dominating their industries, and have made price irrelevant. As a result of this customer service revolution, people are being treated differently, better, and in a way like never before. This is a result of how companies and management are treating their employees and how employees are treating each other and the customer - which ultimately permeates into people’s personal lives at home and in their communities.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must Read!
- By Jennifer Ringenberg on 06-05-23
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Nickel and Dimed
- On (Not) Getting By in America
- By: Barbara Ehrenreich
- Narrated by: Cristine McMurdo-Wallis
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,535
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 964
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Story4 out of 5 stars 963
This engrossing piece of undercover reportage has been a fixture on the New York Times best seller list since its publication. With nearly a million copies in print, Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good concept, but poor execution.
- By Marco Forcone on 08-24-04