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An analysis about how humanism was replacing religion in modern morality.

An historical romance set in London and the English countryside with remarkable nuance and descriptions about dress, parties, houses, men and women and their dealings with each other, with special insights into marriage. A wonderful ode to our better selves and what we can be if we move beyond the bumps and bruises in life.

This audiobook was created based on Clayton Christensen's landmark book The Innovator's Dilemma. This was Mr. Christensen's synopsis of his book for the Harvard Business Review. The audio tracks listed here cover the key elements of Mr. Christensen's book. This audiobook emphasizes the Idea in Brief "Does my organization have the right resources, processes, values, and team to innovate?" Then it covers the right structure for your specific type of innovation.

Plato's Allegory of the Cave is what many believe to be the foundation of Western Philosophy. It addresses what is visible and invisible, seen and observed versus intuited and imagined, and what is public versus private and just versus unjust. It also concerns the meaning and importance of education, the state of the soul, the conflict between truth and beauty, animal urges versus higher aspirations, knowledge versus ignorance, and on and on.

This audiobook was created based on Michael Porter's landmark book Competitive Strategy. This was Mr. Porter's synopsis of his book for the Harvard Business Review.

Deaver Brown is a Harvard History Magna & Harvard MBA, with training in economics & philosophy. A serial entrepreneur, author of The Entrepreneurs Guide-Macmillan & Ballantine as well as 50 other books.

Five of his best titles shortened by him for Harvard Business Review: "The Effective Executive", "Discipline of Innovation based on Innovation & Entrepreneurship", "Theory of the Business", "What Executives Should Remember", and "What Only the CEO Can Do".

In only 60 minutes of conversation and instruction, learn what it takes to survive and win in the Legal System.

Agatha Christie’s third book and second Hercule Poirot mystery with Captain Hasting set in Belgium. One of the most underrated Agatha book, full of fun, intrigue, romance, and more. A largely unexpected jewel.

The most important book ever written in psychology.

Goleman was the first to identify emotional intelligence as a critical factor in leadership performance and success. He wrote about this succinctly in his best selling book, Emotional Intelligence. His Harvard Business Review (HBR) article is the first identifying and analyzing specifically how emotional intelligence is a critical factor in management success and CEO performance.

This letter is the closest that Kafka came to setting down his autobiography. He was driven to write it by his father's opposition to his engagement with Julie Wohryzek. The marriage did not take place; the letter was not delivered.

Perhaps the most important book in philosophy after the Allegory of the Cave. Incomparable logic and findings about the things that matter in life with a clear succinct prose touch.

A reverse of normal hunting of man hunting an animal. This is a man hunting a man for sport. A rich aristocrat hunts a shipwrecked man. This short novel has grown more popular over time.

Perhaps the most important book in philosophy after the Allegory of the Cave. Incomparable logic and findings about the things that matter in life with a clear succinct prose touch.

Perhaps the most important work of philosophy after the Allegory of the Cave. Incomparable logic and findings about the things that matter in life, with a clear, succinct prose touch.

The best support, history, and analysis on the story of philosophy. Particularly appropriate for the non-academic who is better served by the audiobook with extensive references.

The best writer on this subject written with the elegance of Hemingway and Fitzgerald with the passion and insights of Cather and Baldwin. No word changes required for transforming the work from prose to audio - remarkable in itself. Narrator brings the passion and strength to the reading to approach those of DuBois. A must-listen for the woke and non-woke.

A story about privacy and its importance for happiness and personal fulfillment.

A story of an animal burrowing underground to build its own house for protection, survival, and comfort while still focused on enemies that may attack while scooping up smaller critters for his own benefit and survival in an interesting parallel with the remarkable insights of Kafka.