Free Download All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CKLZNTPP | 2024 | 6 hours and 42 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 372 MB
Author: Phil Elwood
Narrator: Holter Graham
A bridge-burning, riotous memoir by a top PR operative in Washington who exposes the secrets of the $129-billion industry that controls so much of what we see and hear in the media-from a man who used to pull the strings, and who is now pulling back the curtain. After nearly two decades in the Washington PR business, Elwood wants to come clean, by exposing the dark underbelly of the very industry that's made him so successful. The first step is revealing exactly what he's been up to for the past twenty years-and it isn't pretty. Elwood has worked for a murderer's row of questionable clients, including Gaddafi, Assad, and the government of Qatar. In All the Worst Humans, Elwood unveils how the PR business works, and how the truth gets made, spun, and sold to the public-not shying away from the gritty details of his unlikely career. This is a piercing look into the corridors of money, power, politics, and control, all told in Elwood's disarmingly funny and entertaining voice.

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Free Download All the Wonder That Would Be: Exploring Past Notions of the Future (Audiobook)
English | May 11, 2021 | ASIN: B08WJNKL2B | M4B@32 kbps | 15h 29m | 213 MB
Author: Stephen Webb | Narrator: Alex Boyles
It has been argued that science fiction (SF) gives a kind of weather forecast - not the telling of a fortune but rather the rough feeling of what the future might be like. The intention in this audiobook is to consider some of these bygone forecasts made by SF and to use this as a prism through which to view current developments in science and technology.
In each of the ten main chapters - dealing in turn with antigravity, space travel, aliens, time travel, the nature of reality, invisibility, robots, means of transportation, augmentation of the human body, and, last but not least, mad scientists - common assumptions once made by the SF community about how the future would turn out are compared with our modern understanding of various scientific phenomena and, in some cases, with the industrial scaling of computational and technological breakthroughs.

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Free Download All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CZSFDDQX | 2024 | 10 hours and 18 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 297 MB
Author: Fred C. Trump III
Narrator: Fred C. Trump III
With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, breaks his decades-long silence in this honest memoir and sheds a whole new light on the family name. For the record...Fred Trump never asked for any of this. The divisive politics. The endless headlines. A hijacked last name. The heat-seeking uncle, rising from real estate scion to gossip column fixture to The Apprentice host to President of the United States. Fred just wanted a happy life and a satisfying career. But a fight for his son's health and safety forced him onto a center stage that he had never wanted.

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Free Download All This and More: A Novel (Audiobook)
English | July 09, 2024 | ASIN: B0CKZHLL29 | M4B@128 kbps | 15h 39m | 853 MB
Author: Peng Shepherd | Narrator: Helen Laser
From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Cartographers and The Book of M comes an inventive new novel about a woman who wins the chance to rewrite every mistake she's ever made... and how far she'll go to find her elusive "happily ever after." But there's a twist: the listener gets to decide what she does next to change her fate.
One woman. Endless options. Every choice has consequences.

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Free Download All That Happiness Is: Some Words on What Matters (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D6NMJW4X | 2024 | 00 hours and 57 minutes | M4B@320 kbps | 132 MB
Author: Adam Gopnik
Narrator: Adam Gopnik
From New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik, a concise, elegant volume presenting a radical alternative to our culture of relentless striving. Our society is obsessed with achievement. Young people are pushed toward the next test or the "best" grammar school, high school, or college they can get into. Adults push themselves toward the highest-paying, most prestigious jobs, seeking promotions and public recognition. As Adam Gopnik points out, the result is not so much a rat race as a rat maze, with no way out. Except one: to choose accomplishment over achievement. Achievement, Gopnik argues, is the completion of the task imposed from outside. Accomplishment, by contrast, is the end point of an engulfing activity one engages in for its own sake. From stories of artists, philosophers, and scientists to his own fumbling attempts to play Beatles songs on a guitar, Gopnik demonstrates that while self-directed passions sometimes do lead to a career, the contentment that flows from accomplishment is available to each of us. A book to enjoy and return to at any age, All That Happiness Is offers timeless wisdom against the grain.

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Free Download All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud, and Fine Art (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CPTCYGD4 | 2024 | 9 hours and 56 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 289 MB
Author: Orlando Whitfield
Narrator: Orlando Whitfield
A dazzling insider's account of the contemporary art world and the stunning rise and fall of the charismatic American art dealer Inigo Philbrick, as seen through the eyes of his friend and fellow dealer. Orlando Whitfield and Inigo Philbrick met in 2006 at London's Goldsmiths University where they became best friends. By 2007 they had started I&O Fine Art. Orlando would eventually set up his own gallery and watch as Inigo quickly immersed himself in a world of private jets and multimillion-dollar deals for major clients. Inigo seemed brilliant, but underneath the extravagant façade, his complicated financial schemes were unraveling. With debt, lawsuits, and court summonses piling up, Inigo went into a tailspin of lies and subterfuge. At around the same time, Orlando would himself experience a nervous breakdown and leave the art world for good. By 2019 things had spiraled enough out of control for Inigo to flee to the remote island nation of Vanuatu, 300 miles west of Fiji. Within a year, he was arrested by the FBI and extradited to America, where he was sentenced to seven years in prison for having committed more than $86 million in fraud. All That Glitters is at once a shocking and compulsive story of ambition and downfall, a cautionary tale, and an intimate portrait of friendship and its loss.

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Free Download Bruce McCarthy, Melissa Appel, April Doty (Narrator), "Aligned: Stakeholder Management for Product Leaders"
English | ASIN: B0DB2YYTC8 | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~10:36:00 | 291 MB
Product management naturally incorporates empathy, psychology, and thinking outside the box in pursuit of the best design for products. But how often do you apply those same skills to your relationships with people in your company?
By breaking the art of stakeholder management into simple lessons and frameworks, this practical book shows product managers how to manage the crucial relationships that will help you make an impact and advance your career. You'll learn how to build trusting relationships with stakeholders, optimize your communication for different audiences, get buy-in for your ideas and roadmaps, and have stakeholders appreciate it when you say no.
You'll learn how to: build and maintain trust with your stakeholders; map your organization and identify the real power players; establish roles and build an extended team that works well together; communicate in a way that speaks to the needs and goals of different stakeholders; get buy-in on your ideas and roadmap; make stakeholders appreciate and support you when you say "no"; sustain buy-in over time; and manage difficult stakeholders and personalities.

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Free Download George Galdorisi, Sam J. Tangredi, Robert O. Work - foreword, Lyle Blaker (Narrator), "Algorithms of Armageddon: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Future Wars"
English | ASIN: B0D6NQ9G3B | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~07:38:00 | 210 MB
It is unclear if U.S. policy makers and military leaders fully realize that we have already been thrust into an artificial intelligence race with authoritarian powers. The United States' peer adversaries-China and Russia-have made clear their intentions to make major investments in AI and insert this technology into their military systems, sensors, and weapons. Algorithms of Armageddon examines this most pressing security issue in a clear, insightful delivery by two experts.
The authors cover in depth debates surrounding the AI "genie out of the bottle" controversy, AI arms races, and the resulting impact on policy and the laws of war. Given that global powers are leading large-scale development of AI, it is likely that use of this technology will be global in extent. Will AI-enabled military weapons systems lead to full-scale global war? The later chapters of the work explore these questions, point to the possibility of humans failing to control military AI applications, and conclude that the dangers for the United States are real.
Neither a protest against AI, nor a speculative work on how AI could replace humans, Algorithms of Armageddon provides a time-critical understanding of why AI is being implemented through state weaponization, the realities for the global power balance, and more importantly, U.S. national security.

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Free Download Rachel Kousser, Robert Petkoff (Narrator), "Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great"
English | ASIN: B0C6FNX8GX | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~11:15:00 | 310 MB
"A heart-pounding, mind-bending adventure." -Ilyon Woo
A riveting biography of Alexander the Great's final years, when the leader's insatiable desire to conquer the world set him off on an exhilarating, harrowing journey that would define his legacy.
By 330 B.C.E., Alexander the Great had reached the pinnacle of success. Or so it seemed. He had defeated the Persian ruler Darius III and seized the capital city of Persepolis. His exhausted and traumatized soldiers were ready to return home to Macedonia. Yet Alexander had other plans. He was determined to continue heading east to Afghanistan in search of his ultimate goal: to reach the end of the world.

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Free Download Aging Brilliantly: How to Eat, Move, Rest, and Socialize Your Way to Long Life (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D9HXQDKG | 2024 | 3 hours and 36 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 196 MB
Author: Dr. Patricia Pimentel Selassie
Narrator: Jennifer Aquino
Live well. Age slow. Aging doesn't have to mean getting old. There's mounting evidence that particular behaviors and lifestyles seem to lead to "more life." Aging Brilliantly is a guide to proven habits you can adopt at any age to help achieve not only longevity but also a happier, healthier existence. Inspired by studies of the longest living people in the world, Aging Brilliantly offers specific approaches to exercise, food, relationships, and relaxation that can greatly enhance vitality. Each chapter includes action plans and quick tips for you to apply these new principles swiftly so you can begin living better-today. Learn the secrets of healthy living: Super-aging action plan-After you learn the pillars, set up a step-by-step plan to help you define your personal goals and implement them. Self-assessment-Score yourself at the end of each chapter to evaluate where you fall in the spectrum of healthy aging. Become a master ager-With a small amount of daily practice, you'll master aging and become proficient in living a life that leads to vitality and longevity. Use the research-backed, self-care solutions in Aging Brilliantly to make age just a number.

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