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Audiobooks Narrated by Deaver Brown, Harvard AB & MBA
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Business Startup-Launch Your Dream is a savvy down to earth approach to launching and running a new business. The author is a serial entrepreneur with several companies going IPO or selling out to Fortune 500 companies. The core emphasis is on the basics: the difficulty of partners, the core 4 things a business must do and the entrepreneur must be focused on, the nitty gritty aspects of making companies work. The core work started when the author sold the Umbroller stroller company and found most books on startups focused on the wrong things, investors-professionals-fund raising, versus making the business work through sales, operations, fulfillment/delivery, and collections.Started out as The Entrepreneurs Guide published by Macmillan in hard cover and Ballantine in Mass Market paperback, evolved to a software title with videos, Business Startup, a handy product, and then this audiobook. A long time favorite of budding and successful entrepreneurs.
1500 Most Popular Idioms in America opens up the richness of the American language to all listeners. Idioms, unlike most words, are best heard not read. They have an enormous impact upon the language plus are revealing about Americana and Americans themselves, what people like and don't, what we keep active and what we discard. A perfect companion to other Simply language titles such as The Elements of Style by Professor Strunk, the various Simply word titles, and the punctuation titles. Widely used by students learning about America, new immigrants seeking an understanding of the American vernacular, and students of language for the information and fun of listening.
Divorce-The Best Solutions for everyone was created and written by Sam Margulies, noted mediator, PHD in Psychology, and Divorce Lawyer. Sam has seen it all in over 2000 cases and presents his best ideas to make divorce work for all stakeholders. Sam emphasizes that over 95% of divorces settle so people should prepare for settlement rather than litigation, keeping the parties in a reasonably amicable mood and delivering a fairer & cheaper result. Sam covers this in 8 concise titles: Fixing a Bad Divorce, Children, Coparenting, How to Hire a Lawyer, The Psychology & Work of It, 6 Myths of Divorce & How to Fix Them, Prenuptial Agreements, and Winter & Summer Marriage & Divorce. A remarkable work by a caring, but tough, reasonable and cost conscious advocate for those in the trouble times of divorce. Most importantly, he points the parties to the future and focuses on what do they want then?
Good Manners for a Better Life is a subtle but important audiobook according to listeners. They remark on how its positive approach inspires them to reach out that way & increase the odds of getting a similarly positive reaction from others. The work has practical tips about how to use good manners to deflect problems, build trust & simply do better with the outside world. A must listen & relisten when you are frustrated with illmannered others.The work has practical tips about how to use good manners to deflect problems, build trust & simply do better with the outside world. A must listen & relisten when you are frustrated with illmannered others.This builds on the ancient precept that if you don't have something nice to say, don't say it. Listeners are helped by the tips and advice so they are not tempted to be illmannered themselves and drag the conversation or exchange in a quickly declining state. Part of the self-development series with Handling Difficult People, Organize Yourself for a Better Life, and this title. All helpful; no magic solutions but some very good ones according to listeners.
Organize Yourself for a Better Life addresses the need for good organization in your personal & work life. All work begins with organization, from showing up, doing the work to reporting your accomplishments, in business, military or home. The author deals directly with the idea organization is a petty job for lesser mortals. All effective people manage their time, and that of their enterprise, effectively through solid organization. The author notes that from childhood people decide to have a better life by cleaning up their room or being yelled at about that. He goes on to say that you can get ahead of the curve by being organized at home, school, and work. The author points out you will be far happier, the better life idea, if you are organized rather than constantly being berated or marked down for not being so. He reminds people of the classic military mantra by great generals: Clean up yourself, organize your area, then we'll see if we can do something. Your personal and work life is no different.
Great American Nonfiction includes major works by Thoreau, Elbert Hubbard, and about Jack Kerouac. These works are better listened to than read according to many listeners.The 7 include Walking & An Excursion to Canada by Thoreau, Live Life to the Fullest & Wit and Wisdom of others by Elbert Hubbard, The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce, On the Road with Jack Kerouac & New York City, the Ageless City, 1947-1963. These are lesser known works than could have been selected. However, they have a range and interest that have appealed to Simply listeners so are provided here for pleasurable and informative listening.
Punctuation Guide was developed to help people write better in a shorter time, part of the Simply writing and grammar series. Fixing punctuation can make your meaning clear without the days of study to make grammar work for you in the same way. The audiobook identifies the 13 punctuation marks. 3 are critical and that is the focus of this audiobook. Get these right, or as the author says, write them out, and your meaning will be crisp & clear. This is an audiobook that repays relistening and paying close attention. An hour here pays back faster than days of studying grammar.
George Washington: The Farewell Address Audiobook provides the Address itself to listen to which few have and the background leading up to its creation by Washington with James Madison's able assistance.The Farewell Address is Washington's summing up of the proper purpose of the Presidency to preside, not advocate, to include Congress and the Supreme Court in all deliberations, and not to create permanent foreign alliances. The Farewell Address is Washington's summing up of the proper purpose of the Presidency to preside, not advocate, to include Congress and the Supreme Court in all deliberations, and not to create permanent foreign alliances. The Farewell Address is Washington's summing up of the proper purpose of the Presidency to preside, not advocate, to include Congress and the Supreme Court in all deliberations, and not to create permanent foreign alliances. Washington did not warn against all foreign entanglements but more modestly suggested America should make no permanent alliances. This belief was not changed until after World War II with the creation of NATO. The Constitutional Convention granted Washington broad authority to create the Presidency, which he did, leaving office more popular than entering it, a feat no other President ever achieved. This is one of the most important documents in American history but rarely studied. It is short and repays listening and study.
Calmness is a core ingredient for happiness and a productive life. This title builds on Busy & Stressed, an earlier title, to provide 98 tips about how to calm yourself for a satisfied and useful life, not to speak of being supportive of your family, friends, and colleagues in your work place. A must have for people interested in wellness for themselves and those in their family.
George Washington was the only President elected unanimously in the electoral college; George III, his old adversary from the Revolutionary War, said he was the greatest man of his age because he renounced power as an all powerful military leader to return to private life; he did it again when pleaded with to run for a third term. Four of his works are read in their entirety: His Inaugural Addresses, His short work On Government, and his Farewell Address which is as important as any other American document. Hear him; read him; learn from the Mozart of American Politics.
Competitive Strategy is the landmark book on strategy by Harvard Business School Professor and author, Michael Porter. Mr. Porter condensed his classic to this 10 page text, narrated by Simply, and thought to be exceedingly effective in this format. Many observers believe the best business books are one hour of narration and 10 pages of text. This article meets both criteria and is a remarkably well put together series of thoughts by Mr. Porter. This audiobook repays replaying whenever confronted by a competitive situation in business. Testing your situation against Mr. Porter's thoughts is always a promising enterprise with productive results. Steve Jobs favorite Book.
95 Habits of Healthy People is the result of extensive research in the habits and lifestyle of healthy people. The first point is they focus on satisfying themselves not other standards of health. A must read for all interested in long term healthy and productive lifestyles.
