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Shoe Dog
- A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
- By: Phil Knight
- Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz, Phil Knight - introduction
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 52,781
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 46,739
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Story5 out of 5 stars 46,667
In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just read it. (or listen, whatever)
- By Dan D on 07-07-16
- Shoe Dog
- A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
- By: Phil Knight
- Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz, Phil Knight - introduction
This is how to write a book
Reviewed: 12-02-16
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The book started at the right time in his life. No real deep back story just right to the time when he started his company. The honesty in the book was great. Not a single word was egotistical. Just all around my of the best reads in a long time. Highly recommend.
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In the Plex
- How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
- By: Steven Levy
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 19 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,257
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,127
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,137
Few companies in history have ever been as successful and as admired as Google, the company that has transformed the Internet and become an indispensable part of our lives. How has Google done it? Veteran technology reporter Steven Levy was granted unprecedented access to the company, and in this revelatory book he takes listeners inside Google headquarters - the Googleplex - to explain how Google works.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Just ok for me
- By Everyday Mom on 04-23-11
- In the Plex
- How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
- By: Steven Levy
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
I like Google but this reads like Propaganda
Reviewed: 09-22-16
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This could have been so interesting but it spends so much time telling you how great Google is and how a tying to convince people that they are a good will organization.
I juts couldn't finish it. Some of the info in here is truly interesting and so fascinating but so much time is spent patting Google on the back it just gets really old really quick. If the book juts stuck to the facts and left out the google hype it woudl have been an amazing read.
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The Intelligent Entrepreneur
- By: Bill Murphy Jr.
- Narrated by: Fred Berman, L. J. Ganser
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,100
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 765
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Story4 out of 5 stars 764
In 1998, three Harvard Business School graduates - two men and one woman - turned down six-figure salaries at big corporations, bet on themselves, and launched their own new companies. By their 10-year reunion, their audacity had paid huge dividends. They'd made many millions of dollars, created hundreds of jobs and left their mark on the world. The Intelligent Entrepreneur tells the compelling and instructive story of how these three young founders did it.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible waste $ and a lot of time
- By David on 01-23-11
- The Intelligent Entrepreneur
- By: Bill Murphy Jr.
- Narrated by: Fred Berman, L. J. Ganser
Good Listen. Interesting perspective
Reviewed: 09-22-16
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I liked this book. I liked how it followed the story of different people from the beginning.
I also found it interesting to have the people interviewed at the end.
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- By: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20,045
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16,579
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16,575
The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Golden Horde/Platinum Listen
- By Cynthia on 12-11-13
Great Listen and good story
Reviewed: 09-22-16
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Very well done. Kept my interest from beginning to end.
I didn't know much about Genghis Khan and I found this book extremely interesting. It held my attention form start to finish. Funny how perception is so different than the biography.
The author just did a really good job with this one.
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Washington
- A Life
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 41 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 13,502
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11,714
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Story5 out of 5 stars 11,656
In Washington: A Life celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation. This crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his troubled boyhood, his precocious feats in the French and Indian War, his creation of Mount Vernon, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention, and his magnificent performance as America's first president.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A sad day when my book was done!
- By ButterLegume on 12-13-10
- Washington
- A Life
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Very Interesting and Well done
Reviewed: 09-22-16
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Ron Chernow is the best at Biographies that's it. Great job of keeping the story interesting. Towards the end of the book I still couldn't figure out how the hell Washington was going to win. Sorry spoiler Washington won the war.
Just a great story and added a huge amount of respect to Washington.
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The House of Morgan
- An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 34 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,368
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,922
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,897
A gripping history of banking and the booms and busts that shaped the world on both sides of the Atlantic, The House of Morgan traces the trajectory of the J. P.Morgan empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the crash of 1987. Ron Chernow paints a fascinating portrait of the private saga of the Morgans and the rarefied world of the American and British elite in which they moved. Based on extensive interviews and access to the family and business archives, The House of Morgan is an investigative masterpiece.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The construction of the House of Morgan
- By Darwin8u on 10-22-18
- The House of Morgan
- An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
Had to Stop Half Way through
Reviewed: 09-22-16
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Yeah this family is amazing and this woudl have made a great story but wow this book was difficult to get through. I can;t quit [put my finger on it. Maybe it's just too granular but something made this feel more like a homework assignment than a good read.
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Caesar
- Life of a Colossus
- By: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 24 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,954
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,519
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,513
Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of Julius Caesar's life, Adrian Goldsworthy covers not only the great Roman emperor's accomplishments as charismatic orator, conquering general, and powerful dictator but also lesser-known chapters. Ultimately, Goldsworthy realizes the full complexity of Caesar's character and shows why his political and military leadership continues to resonate some 2,000 years later.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Caesar and his times
- By Mike From Mesa on 08-31-15
- Caesar
- Life of a Colossus
- By: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Slow start but gets better about half way through
Reviewed: 09-22-16
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Not the best biography I have read but still very interesting. Amazing how much detail there is for a time so long ago. Reader is easy to listen to and story is pretty compelling.
A little more time spent at the beginning not talking about Caesar than i woudl have liked.
Overall good to listen to.
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Traction
- Get a Grip on Your Business
- By: Gino Wickman
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,480
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,188
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,108
Do you have a grip on your business, or does your business have a grip on you? All entrepreneurs and business leaders face similar frustrations: personnel conflict, profit woes, and inadequate growth. Decisions never seem to get made, or once made, fail to be properly implemented. But there is a solution. It’s not complicated or theoretical.
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3 out of 5 stars
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this is for 50+ employee companies, not small ones
- By Ryan Taft on 03-06-18
- Traction
- Get a Grip on Your Business
- By: Gino Wickman
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
Good Outline of the basics
Reviewed: 09-22-16
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There are a lot of books out there that cover the same topics. This is one of them.
There was nothing in here that I hadn't heard before but I like the layout of this one better than most. I definitely liked it better than Scaling Up.
I wish the format matched the timeline in Get A Grip because t would make the two books very easy to work hand in hand with. I think Get a Grip did a better job of making this seem realistic and doable.
Worth a listen but you probably want the hard copy to go along with it.
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Get a Grip
- An Entrepreneurial Fable - Your Journey to Get Real, Get Simple, and Get Results
- By: Mike Paton, Gino Wickman
- Narrated by: T. David Rutherford
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,254
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,058
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,058
Eileen Sharp and Vic Hightower were frustrated. After years of profitable, predictable growth, Swan Services was in a rut. Meetings were called and discussions held, but few decisions were made and even less got done. People were pointing fingers and assigning blame, but nothing happened to solve Swan’s mounting problems. It felt as though they were working harder than ever but with less impact. The company Eileen and Vic had founded and built for 10 years was a different place. It just wasn’t fun anymore.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Good Companion Book to "Traction"
- By Mike on 07-26-17
- Get a Grip
- An Entrepreneurial Fable - Your Journey to Get Real, Get Simple, and Get Results
- By: Mike Paton, Gino Wickman
- Narrated by: T. David Rutherford
Fable Well Done
Reviewed: 09-22-16
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I actually like the Fable better than Traction. I think it does a great job of a somewhat realistic scenario and results.
Reads very similar to the five Dysfunctions book and i would put it in the same category as that.
I think it is much easier to get through Traction after reading this book
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Let's Get Real or Let's Not Play
- Transforming the Buyer/Seller Relationship
- By: Mahan Khalsa, Randy Illig
- Narrated by: Randy Illig
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 349
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 264
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 263
Mahan Khalsa and Randy Illig offer a better way. Salespeople, they argue, do best when they focus 100 percent on helping clients succeed. When customers are successful, both buyer and seller win. When they aren't, both lose. It's no longer sufficient to get clients to buy - a salesperson must also help the client reduce costs, increase revenues, and improve productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Boring, Theoretical--Making Selling Complicated
- By Daniel Y L on 03-24-09
- Let's Get Real or Let's Not Play
- Transforming the Buyer/Seller Relationship
- By: Mahan Khalsa, Randy Illig
- Narrated by: Randy Illig
Just bad
Reviewed: 04-25-16
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A colleague recommended this to me. Either he wrote the name of the book down wrong or he hated me for the results of the chili I ate during lunch break. Either way if you really dislike someone this is a great way of having audible revenge on their ears.
This thing is all over the place. No rhythm, no topic just a bunch of gibberish.
This book is like listening to your ex-wife. You just nod your head while thinking about everything else you would rather be doing.
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