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The Frackers
- The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters
- Auteur(s): Gregory Zuckerman
- Narrateur(s): Sean Pratt
- Durée: 15 h et 15 min
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Everyone knew it was crazy to try to extract oil and natural gas buried in shale rock deep below the ground. Everyone, that is, except a few reckless wildcatters - who risked their careers to prove the world wrong. Things looked grim for American energy in 2006. Oil production was in steep decline and natural gas was hard to find. The Iraq War threatened the nation’s already tenuous relations with the Middle East. China was rapidly industrializing and competing for resources.
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Fantastic book. Highly recommended.
- Écrit par Canuckrudel le 2018-11-29
- The Frackers
- The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters
- Auteur(s): Gregory Zuckerman
- Narrateur(s): Sean Pratt
Fantastic book. Highly recommended.
Évalué le: 2018-11-29
The story is well researched and best of all non partisan. Narration is very good too.
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Good to Great
- Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
- Auteur(s): Jim Collins
- Narrateur(s): Jim Collins
- Durée: 10 h et 1 min
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Built To Last, the defining management study of the 90s, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. But what about companies that are not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness?
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A foundational book ...
- Écrit par MMH Toronto le 2017-10-12
- Good to Great
- Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
- Auteur(s): Jim Collins
- Narrateur(s): Jim Collins
Good book, not great.
Évalué le: 2018-10-23
You are going to see this elsewhere as well(and the author agrees in the last chapter) a lot of this is like looking back than looking forward. But the ideas in this book do make sense and i like that. Still worth a read.
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Basic Economics, Fifth Edition
- A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
- Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
- Narrateur(s): Tom Weiner
- Durée: 23 h et 47 min
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In this fifth edition of Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell revises and updates his popular book on commonsense economics, bringing the world into clearer focus through a basic understanding of the fundamental economic principles and how they explain our lives. Drawing on lively examples from around the world and from centuries of history, Sowell explains basic economic principles for the general public in plain English.
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Strongly recommended
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2018-09-14
- Basic Economics, Fifth Edition
- A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
- Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
- Narrateur(s): Tom Weiner
Phenomenal book, could/should be a text book.
Évalué le: 2018-10-09
Loved the book, narration was good too. Highly recommended for anyone interested in economics but is struggling to find a good and neutral source.
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Private Empire
- ExxonMobil and American Power
- Auteur(s): Steve Coll
- Narrateur(s): Malcolm Hillgartner
- Durée: 24 h et 16 min
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Steve Coll investigates the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States, revealing the true extent of its power. ExxonMobil’s annual revenues are larger than the economic activity in the great majority of countries. In many of the countries where it conducts business, ExxonMobil’s sway over politics and security is greater than that of the United States embassy. In Washington, ExxonMobil spends more money lobbying Congress and the White House than almost any other corporation. Yet despite its outsized influence, it is a black box.
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Disappointing.
- Écrit par Canuckrudel le 2018-07-24
- Private Empire
- ExxonMobil and American Power
- Auteur(s): Steve Coll
- Narrateur(s): Malcolm Hillgartner
Disappointing.
Évalué le: 2018-07-24
Read four chapters, can't go any more. Why is this in business section? Should be in social justice or humanities.
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SPQR
- A History of Ancient Rome
- Auteur(s): Mary Beard
- Narrateur(s): Phyllida Nash
- Durée: 18 h et 30 min
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Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. And its debates about citizenship, security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today. SPQR is a new look at Roman history from one of the world's foremost classicists.
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Lived every second.
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2018-06-12
- SPQR
- A History of Ancient Rome
- Auteur(s): Mary Beard
- Narrateur(s): Phyllida Nash
Loved it. Good narration
Évalué le: 2018-07-19
I thought it was a bit haphazard at the beginning but loved it later. Recommend!
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Trump: The Art of the Deal
- Auteur(s): Donald J. Trump, Tony Schwartz
- Narrateur(s): Kaleo Griffith, Donald J. Trump
- Durée: 9 h et 59 min
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Here is Trump in action—how he runs his organization and how he runs his life—as he meets the people he needs to meet, chats with family and friends, clashes with enemies, and challenges conventional thinking. But even a maverick plays by rules, and Trump has formulated time-tested guidelines for success. He isolates the common elements in his greatest accomplishments; he shatters myths; he names names, spells out the zeros, and fully reveals the deal-maker's art. And throughout, Trump talks—really talks—about how he does it.
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great read
- Écrit par Viken le 2018-11-04
- Trump: The Art of the Deal
- Auteur(s): Donald J. Trump, Tony Schwartz
- Narrateur(s): Kaleo Griffith, Donald J. Trump
Fantastic book, no matter how you feel about Trump
Évalué le: 2018-07-13
I really enjoyed the book, plus the narration was top notch. He wrote this before he had bad luck in business and personal life in the early 90s but its a good look into his life before that time.
I recommend the book, especially now that the guy is President of America and all.
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Bata: Shoemaker to the world
- Auteur(s): Thomas J. Bata
- Narrateur(s): Paul Terence Morse
- Durée: 12 h et 10 min
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Bata: shoemaker to the world is the story of the man, his family and their business. Eloquently told and rich in anecdotes, it traces the road from the Bata family's humble beginnings in a Moravian village to Tom's undisputed claim to the title of shoemaker to the world. His entrepreneurial upbringing, his fight for control of the family enterprise, his unique partnership with his wife and the way he went about implementing his business philosophy add up to one of the great success stories of the twentieth century.
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Decent read
- Écrit par Canuckrudel le 2018-07-03
- Bata: Shoemaker to the world
- Auteur(s): Thomas J. Bata
- Narrateur(s): Paul Terence Morse
Decent read
Évalué le: 2018-07-03
Good narration, great story. I enjoyed it. Recommend to anyone who enjoys business biographies. Especially to those who have a connection to the company.