Audiobooks narrated by Patricia Burgos

The Wicked Witch of the West: The Enduring Legacy of a Feminist Icon

"Over 125 years after her introduction, the Wicked Witch of the West remains an icon of popular culture. Known by many names, she consistently defies expectations and wields her power unapologetically. At the heart of her everlasting appeal is her embodiment of feminist ideals that resonate today. In The Wicked Witch of the West: The Enduring Legacy of a Feminist Icon, Lona Bailey explores the radical feministic undertones of one of the most enduring characters in popular culture. This book traces her transformation over the past century, highlighting how she has evolved through countless adaptations from The Wizard of Oz to the film adaptation of Wicked while maintaining her core identity as a powerful, defiant figure. To understand why the Witch remains captivating more than a century after her creation, Bailey delves into the radical feminism underlying her character and examines how she has been reinterpreted since her debut. From the suffrage movement to the fight for reproductive rights, and from the #MeToo movement to ongoing battles against gender stereotypes, the Witch symbolizes the struggles and triumphs women face. By exploring the Witch's feminist evolution, listeners will gain insight into why her character continues to resonate with generations of women."

Lona Bailey (Author), Patricia Burgos (Narrator)

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The Insight-Driven Leader: How High-Performing Companies are Using Analytics to Unlock Business Valu

"In today's fast-paced world, data is everywhere—but only actionable insights can drive real success. The Insight-Driven Leader offers a practical guide to transforming raw data into powerful workforce insights that solve critical business challenges. Through clear frameworks, compelling case studies, and proven strategies, Jenny Dearborn and Kelly Rider reveal how high-performing organizations combine business and workforce data to innovate, engage employees, delight customers, and exceed financial goals. Listeners will also find: ● How to move beyond traditional rear-view HR metrics to actionable insights ● Real-life case studies from leading organizations, as well as cautionary tales ● Recommendations for becoming an insights-driven organization using workforce analytics This book empowers leaders to align data with strategy, build a culture of insight-driven decision-making, and unlock the full potential of their HR and leadership teams. Whether you're a CEO, CHRO, or first-time manager, The Insight-Driven Leader will elevate your leadership, equipping you to tackle perennial business challenges and deliver measurable impact in your organization."

Jenny Dearborn, Kelly Rider (Author), Patricia Burgos (Narrator)

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Evil at Our Table: Inside the Minds of the Monsters Who Live Among Us

"Once inside the prison system, how can a pathological, sexual sadist who needs to be confined to a mental institution, be distinguished from the perpetrator of a sexual crime who is unlikely to ever transgress again? And who can say? Working under California's Sexually Violent Predator Law, Samantha Stein, PsyD, faces such offenders alone, one by one, in a prison interview room. As a forensic psychologist, her high-stakes decisions can determine the difference between a life lived back in society or one condemned to indefinite incarceration. Dr. Stein opens her mind to her subjects' life stories—their crimes, their grim pathologies, their frustrations and demons, their childhoods, their sociopathic reasoning, and often, too, their genuine and civilized regret. She doesn't hesitate to hold them accountable, but she acknowledges their humanity. Part forensics, part exploration of human nature, Evil at Our Table is the first in-depth account by a treatment provider and evaluator in the field. In this important book, Dr. Stein investigates salient issues of our time: the intersection of good and evil, crime, punishment, law, and psychology, and our very humanity."

Samantha Stein, Psy.D. (Author), Patricia Burgos (Narrator)

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Sing, I: A Novel

"One woman's path to rediscovering herself through music, romance, and a little vigilantism Inside Half Moon Bay, a sparkling California coastal town, Ester Prynn is dulled and diminished by struggles with work, money, marriage, her senile father, a troubled teenage son, and old guilt she can't assuage. When a masked gunman robs the convenience store where Ester works, he upends her fraught life and propels her toward passions buried, like singing; desires discovered, like a same-sex infatuation; and wrongs righted, like bringing the violent assailant to justice. But as the armed robber commits new crimes and continues to evade capture, the trauma from the holdup climbs, threatening Ester's newfound delights and longings and forcing her to contend with her burning regrets and what-ifs. In the reckoning between Ester and these growing, molten upsets, she's faced with enormous choices and must determine what and who can bring her to her best life."

Ethel Rohan (Author), Patricia Burgos (Narrator)

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Behavioral AI: Unleash Decision Making with Data

"In Behavioral AI: Unleash Decision Making with Data, behavioral economist Dr. Rogayeh Tabrizi delivers an intuitive roadmap to help organizations disentangle the complexity of their data to create tangible and lasting value. The book explains how to balance the multiple disciplines that power AI and behavioral economics using a combination of the right questions and insightful problem solving. You'll learn why intellectual diversity and combining subject matter experts in psychology, behavior, economics, physics, computer science, and engineering is essential to creating advanced AI solutions. You'll also discover how behavioral economics principles influence data models and governance architectures and make digital transformation processes more efficient and effective; discussions of the most important barriers to value in typical big data and AI projects and how to bring them down; and the most effective methodology to help shorten the long, wasteful process of 'boiling the ocean of data.' An exciting and essential resource for managers, executives, board members, and other business leaders engaged or interested in harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and big data, Behavioral AI will also benefit data and machine learning professionals."

Rogayeh Tabrizi (Author), Patricia Burgos (Narrator)

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Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed: Help and Hope for Adults in the Family Scapegoat Role

"Family scapegoating is an insidious form of 'invisible' abuse that is difficult to recognize. It is therefore critical that adult survivors of dysfunctional or narcissistic family systems understand what type of abuse they are trying to recover from. In Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed, licensed psychotherapist and family systems expert Rebecca C. Mandeville uses her research findings on what she named 'Family Scapegoating Abuse' (FSA) to help survivors recognize and release the damaging 'scapegoat' narrative associated with the family 'identified patient' role. This second revision includes additional recovery suggestions, and updated resources. In this book you'll discover: ● How to recognize and identify family scapegoating abuse (FSA) signs and symptoms ● Why scapegoated individuals have difficulty recognizing they are being abused ● How complex trauma (C-PTSD), betrayal trauma, and toxic shame impede FSA recovery ● Strategies to reduce fawn/submit behaviors and realign with your 'true self' ● Recommended resources and therapy modalities for FSA recovery"

Rebecca C. Mandeville MFT (Author), Patricia Burgos (Narrator)

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Dead, White, and Blue

"It's the 4th of July in the Wisconsin Northwoods, and no one is more excited than Emmy Cooper. She's happy to be back in her hometown, settling once again into small-town living and helping her family run Cooper's Cove, their lake cottage resort. Emmy and her teen crush, police officer Dean Erickson, are enjoying getting reacquainted, while she and bestie Whitney are closer than ever. Lake Covington and its quaint namesake town are bustling with visitors celebrating during the annual three-day Independence Day Freedom Fest. Everything is Yankee Doodle Dandy until a local man with a reputation for trouble starts fireworks of his own. And the explosions just keep on coming when Emmy stumbles over a dead body at the celebrations! The dead man is Jordan James, and as Emmy soon finds out, there are no shortage of people who might want him dead. From a jealous jerk to a conniving cousin and even a former friend from his past, suspects are more plentiful than ants at a July picnic! Despite promises to stay out of the investigation, Emmy finds herself smack in the middle of it. Can she and Whitney figure out the truth and find liberty and justice for all?"

Annie McEwen (Author), Patricia Burgos (Narrator)

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Resort to Murder

"When Emmy Cooper's life in Chicago is turned upside down, the young interior designer retreats to her family's lake cottage resort in the beautiful Wisconsin Northwoods for a much-needed break. Hoping to clear her mind and gain a fresh perspective, she looks forward to enjoying the slower pace and the crisp, clean pine air at her beloved Cooper's Cove Resort with her family, dogs, and her best friend, Whitney. Unfortunately, her homecoming isn't as calm as she'd hoped when Emmy finds out a ruthless development company is relentlessly pressuring Lake Covington property owners, including Emmy's family, to sell their land so they can build an extravagant, modern resort that would ruin the quaint esthetic of the area. And things only get worse when Emmy finds the dead body of one of the developers floating in the lake—murdered! Suddenly the police are involved, and since Emmy's father was leading the fight to stop the shady development from getting approval, he's quickly painted as the prime suspect. Now it's up to Emmy to prove her father's innocence, save the reputation of Cooper's Cove, and find out who would resort to murder."

Annie McEwen (Author), Patricia Burgos (Narrator)

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Cutting Ties with Your Parents: A Workbook to Help Adult Children Make Peace with Their Decision, He

"Estrangement from one or both parents—even by choice—can take a huge emotional and psychological toll. If you have cut ties with a parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, guilt, and shame. You may question or second-guess your decision. And you may have trouble setting or keeping boundaries with your parent, as well as others in your life. This workbook offers evidence-based skills to help you heal the emotional wounds of your past, so you can finally move forward. With this compassionate guide, you'll identify the reasons why you cut ties, so you can accept and feel validated in your decision. You'll discover powerful tools to help you manage intense emotions, develop healthy coping strategies, and build a lasting and trustworthy support network. Most importantly, you'll learn to cultivate self-compassion and live your life authentically—on your own terms. You'll also find step-by-step guidance to: ● Grieve your losses and release guilt, anxiety, shame, and anger ● Understand and overcome the effects of difficult family relationships ● Manage difficult days and occasions like holidays, weddings, and funerals ● Maintain boundaries and build healthy relationships"

Sharon Martin DSW LCSW (Author), Patricia Burgos (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Patricia Burgos