Audiobooks narrated by Scott R. Pollak

The Oxford History of the Biblical World

In this impressive volume, leading scholars offer compelling glimpses into the biblical world, the world in which prophets, poets, sages, and historians created one of our most important texts-the Bible. For more than a century, archaeologists have been unearthing the tombs, temples, texts, and artifacts of the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean world. Using new approaches, contemporary scholars have begun to synthesize this material with the biblical traditions. The Oxford History of the Biblical World incorporates the best of this scholarship, and in chronologically ordered chapters presents the listener with an integrated study of the history, art, architecture, languages, literatures, and religion of biblical Israel and early Judaism and Christianity in their larger cultural contexts. The authors also examine such issues as the roles of women, the tensions between urban and rural settings, royal and kinship social structures, and official and popular religions of the region. Understanding the biblical world is a vital part of understanding the Bible. Broad, authoritative, and engaging, The Oxford History of the Biblical World will illuminate for any listener the ancient world from which the Bible emerged.

Michael D. Coogan (Author), Scott R. Pollak (Narrator)

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How Big-Tech Barons Smash Innovation—and How to Strike Back

Two market experts deconstruct the drivers and inhibitors to innovation in the digital economy, explain how large tech companies can stifle disruption, assess the toll of their technologies on our well-being and democracy, and outline policy changes to take power away from big tech and return it to entrepreneurs. Silicon Valley’s genius combined with limited corporate regulation promised a new age of technological innovation in which entrepreneurs would create companies that would in turn fuel unprecedented job growth. Yet disruptive innovation has stagnated even as the five leading tech giants, which account for approximately 25 percent of the S&P 500’s market capitalization, are expanding to unimaginable scale and power. In How Big-Tech Barons Smash Innovation—and How to Strike Back, Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice E. Stucke explain why this is happening and what we can do to reverse it. While many distrust the Big-Tech Barons, the prevailing belief is that innovation is thriving online. It isn’t. Rather than disruptive innovations that create significant value, we are getting technologies that primarily extract value and reduce well-being. Using vivid examples and relying on their work in the field, the authors explain how the leading tech companies design their sprawling ecosystems to extract more profits (while crushing any entrepreneur that poses a threat). As a result, we get less innovation that benefits us and more innovations that surpass the dreams of yesteryears’ autocracies. The Tech Barons’ technologies, which seek to decode our emotions and thoughts to better manipulate our behavior, are undermining political stability and democracy while fueling tribalism and hate. But it’s not hopeless. The authors reveal that sustained innovation scales with cities not companies, and that we, as a society, should profoundly alter our investment strategy and priorities to certain entrepreneurs (“Tech Pirates”) and cities’ infrastructure. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Ariel Ezrachi, Maurice E. Stucke (Author), Scott R. Pollak (Narrator)

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From Here to Security: How Workplace Savings Can Keep America's Promise

At a time of fierce political divisiveness, From Here to Security is a refreshingly balanced, non-ideological guide to solving what may be our nation's most pressing policy challenge: achieving retirement security for all. A pioneer of the 401(k) system, Robert L. Reynolds eschews radical calls for throwing out the 401(k) entirely and creating a new government-run savings system. Our best course, he shows, is to build on what we have: a flexible, dynamic private-public system of Social Security and more robust workplace savings. From Here to Security provides a clear, powerful new approach to solving America's retirement challenge-based on facts, data, and Reynolds's decades of experience. While fearmongers claim that the US retirement system is on the verge of collapse; Reynolds shows why our system is actually the envy of the world. But From Here to Security is no status quo book. Reynolds lays out an action agenda to dramatically improve our retirement systems-public and private-lift our savings rate, improve people's retirement prospects, spur faster growth-and reboot America's national morale.

Robert L. Reynolds (Author), Scott R. Pollak (Narrator)

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Bible Promises and Prayers for Children: Releasing Your Child's Divine Destiny

Parents have the privilege and responsibility to partner with God to release their children's divine destiny. Biblical wisdom, God's promises, and the passionate prayers of caretakers of children are change agents in the lives of these young giant-killers. From Bethel Church leaders and parents Bill and Beni Johnson comes this practical thirty-one-day prayer resource for those who want to receive God's passionate heart for their children, pray daily for them, and model prayer with them. Each day includes an insightful, instructive reading to inspire Spirit-led parenting; relevant Bible promises for meditation and declaration; a related Scripture-based prayer; and activations to do with your child, including a question to discuss, a short prayer to pray, a decree to declare together, and a practical action step of faith. God places children in families for a reason-so parents can fan into flame all their children are to become. Your child has big battles to face. This book will help equip you to be the strength and encouragement your child needs.

Beni Johnson, Bill Johnson (Author), Scott R. Pollak (Narrator)

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One Small Candle: The Plymouth Puritans and the Beginning of English New England

Four hundred years ago, a group of men and women who had challenged the religious establishment of early seventeenth-century England and struggled as refugees in the Netherlands risked everything to build a new community in America. The story of those who journeyed across the Atlantic on the Mayflower has been retold many times, but the faith and religious practices of these settlers has frequently been neglected or misunderstood. In One Small Candle, Francis J. Bremer focuses on the role of religion in the settlement of the Plymouth Colony and how those values influenced political, intellectual, and cultural aspects of New England life a hundred and fifty years before the American Revolution. He traces the Puritans' persecution in early seventeenth-century England for challenging the established national church and the difficulties they faced as refugees in the Netherlands in the 1610s. As they planted a colony in America, this group of puritan congregationalists was driven by the belief that ordinary men and women should play the deciding role in governing church affairs. Their rejection of individual greed and focus on community, Bremer argues, defined the culture of English colonization in early North America.

Francis J. Bremer (Author), Scott R. Pollak (Narrator)

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Indispensable Church: Powerful Ways to Flood Your Community with Love

You have a passionate desire to take the church outside its four walls and make the love of Jesus practical, visible, and lived out in daily life. But how? How do you put into action what is stirring in your heart? Indispensable Church provides you and your church real-world, hands-on steps to create a revolution of service to your local community in the name of Christ. By exploring the life of Jesus and the strategic ways he modeled serving the people around him, pastor Chris Sonksen shows you how to put love into action in your neighborhood and your city. The step-by-step instructions, biblical challenges, and teaching resources will help you take love to the streets and make an impact right where you live.

Chris Sonksen (Author), Scott R. Pollak (Narrator)

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Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? Revised Edition

John Fea offers a thoroughly researched, evenhanded primer on whether America was founded to be a Christian nation, as many evangelicals assert, or a secular state, as others contend. He approaches the title's question from a historical perspective, helping listeners see past the emotional rhetoric of today to the recorded facts of our past. This updated edition reports on the many issues that have arisen in recent years concerning religion's place in American society including the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage, contraception, and the Affordable Care Act, and state-level restrictions on abortion and demonstrates how they lead us to the question of whether the United States was or is a Christian nation. Fea relates the history of these and other developments, pointing to the underlying questions of national religious identity inherent in each.

John Fea (Author), Scott R. Pollak (Narrator)

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Wisdom Hunter: A Novel

This rerelease of Randall Arthur's bestselling novel presents the hypocrisy of Christian legalism and a man's search for the only surviving member of his family. Pastor Jason Faircloth knows what he believes. His clear faith, in fact, is why he is one of the most prominent pastors in Atlanta. He relies on it to discipline his daughter, his wife, his church. He prays daily that others would come to see God's ways as he does. And it will cost him everything he has. Groping for answers in the face of tragedy, Jason is determined to find the one person left who might provide healing: the granddaughter kept hidden from him. His search takes him on an international adventure-and deep into his tormented soul. A fast-paced suspense novel rich in spiritual depth, Wisdom Hunter explores what it means to break free of Christian legalism and discover how grace can make the difference between life and death. Contains mature themes.

Randall Arthur (Author), Scott R. Pollak (Narrator)

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The Battle for Investment Survival

'This book was among the first ten on investing I ever read. . . . It remains important for anyone seriously interested in capital markets, financial journalism, or even their own personal investments.' —From the Foreword by Ken Fisher, CEO of Fisher Investments and Forbes columnist 'Loeb tells us to put all our eggs in one basket, and watch the basket.' —John Rothchild, Financial Columnist, Time magazine 'This book is very special in my life. It is the very first Wall Street book I ever read. After reading 1,200 additional finance books, The Battle for Investment Survival's principles and concepts are still valid for consistent success.' —Victor Sperandeo, Author of Trader Vic on Commodities In The Battle for Investment Survival, the turf is Wall Street, the goal is to preserve your capital at all costs, and to win is to 'make a killing without being killed.' This memorable classic, originally written in 1935, offers a fresh perspective on investing from times past. The Battle for Investment Survival treats investors to a straightforward account of how to profit—and how to avoid profit loss—in what Loeb would describe as the constant tug-of-war between rising and falling markets. This audio edition is deftly narrated by Scott R. Pollak, narrator of Benjamin Graham and David Dodd's timeless best-seller, Security Analysis.

G. M. Loeb (Author), Scott R. Pollak (Narrator)

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Virginia Real Estate Salesperson Practice Exams and Study Guide

Are you looking to pass the Virginia real estate exam?Take this study guide and ace your upcoming exam!The Virginia Real Estate Exam prep book is the ideal solution for anyone looking to pass their Virginia Real Estate salesperson test.Written by a licensed Virginia real estate broker, this book will teach you exactly what you need to pass the Virginia Real Estate exam.In this guide, you’ll discover:5 full-length practice exams with answers (200 questions)Study guideTest taking tips and proceduresAn overview of the Virginia real estate exam and what to expectGlossary of real estate termsFinally, you no longer have to worry about passing the Virginia real estate exam. This guide contains specific and helpful information designed to help you pass your exam easily.These questions and study material came directly from the Virginia Real Estate Laws as well as a licensed Virginia real estate broker with over 10 years of experience.If you are looking to pass your exam with flying colors, then this is the study guide for you.Buy the Virginia real estate exam prep book today and start your exciting career as a real estate agent!

The Real Estate Training Team (Author), Scott R. Pollak (Narrator)

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Real Estate Terms Pocket Dictionary: A Quick Reference Guide to over 500 of the Most Important Real

Struggling to understand real estate terms? This quick, on-the-go dictionary is a perfect solution. Do you have a hard time understanding real estate terminology? Do you wish there was a quick and easy-to-understand guide to summarize real estate concepts? The Real Estate Training Team has once again put together another helpful resource for aspiring real estate professionals. Let us explain in clear and concise words exactly what these different real estate terms mean. After working with thousands of real estate professionals, The Real Estate Training Team has learned exactly what new real estate professionals are looking for. This easy-to-follow reference guide makes understanding even the most difficult of real estate terms easy. Real Estate Terms Pocket Dictionary gives you all the real estate terms that are actually used in the business in an easy-to-understand explanation. In this quick reference guide, you’ll discover: - Easy-to-understand definitions of the 500 most commonly used real estate terms - Examples and explanations of how these terms are actually used in the real estate business - Further training and materials available on the Real Estate Training Team’s website - Common formulas and equations - And much, much more! Finally, you no longer have to search through thousands of pages of dictionaries with complicated definitions. With a quick reference guide like this, you can easily understand all the terms in the real estate industry and become a better real estate professional. If you like straightforward, quick, and easy-to-understand information, then you’ll love the Real Estate Training Team’s newest publication - Real Estate Terms Pocket Dictionary. Buy Real Estate Terms Pocket Dictionary today to understand the real estate industry terminology!

The Real Estate Training Team (Author), Scott R. Pollak (Narrator)

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Security Analysis: Principles and Techniques: The Classic 1940 Second Edition

'Graham's ideas inspired the investment community for nearly a century.' (Smart Money) 'Graham's method of investing is as relevant today as it was when he first espoused it during the Roaring Twenties.' (Investor's Business Daily) Benjamin Graham's revolutionary theories have influenced and inspired investors for nearly 70 years. First published in 1934, his Security Analysis is still considered to be the value investing bible for investors of every ilk. Yet, it is the second edition of that book, published in 1940 and long since out of print, that many experts - including Graham protégé Warren Buffet - consider to be the definitive edition. This audio reproduction of that seminal work makes available to investors, once again, the original thinking of 'this century's (and perhaps history's) most important thinker on applied portfolio investment.'

Benjamin Graham, David Dodd (Author), Scott R. Pollak (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Scott R. Pollak