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Cleanup on Aisle Five

Essential Work, Poverty Wages, and the View from Behind the Supermarket Register

by Ann Larson ...

Narrated by Carly Robins ...

Unabridged

7 hours 30 min

In the tradition of bestselling classics such as Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed and Benjamin Lorr’s The Secret Life of Groceries comes a character-driven exploration of the modern supermarket, unpacking what works and what doesn’t, and delivering a blueprint for a better way to shop.Grocery stores may all seem the same. But the supermarket as an institution is anything but ordinary or one ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

In the tradition of bestselling classics such as Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed and Benjamin Lorr’s The Secret Life of Groceries comes a character-driven exploration of the modern supermarket, unpacking what works and what doesn’t, and delivering a blueprint for a better way to shop.Grocery stores may all seem the same. But the supermarket as an institution is anything but ordinary or one
... Read more
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Chokepoint Capitalism

How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back

by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow ...

Unabridged

11 hours 56 min

A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)—or both.In Chokepoint ... Read more

$0.99 CAD

A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)—or both.In Chokepoint
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Saving Capitalism

For the Many, Not the Few

by Robert B. Reich ...

Narrated by Robert B. Reich ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

A Netflix Original DocumentaryAmerica was once celebrated for and defined by its large and prosperous middle class. Now, this middle class is shrinking, a new oligarchy is rising, and the country faces its greatest wealth disparity in eighty years. Why is the economic system that made America strong suddenly failing us, and how can it be fixed?Leading political economist and bestselling author ... Read more

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A Netflix Original DocumentaryAmerica was once celebrated for and defined by its large and prosperous middle class. Now, this middle class is shrinking, a new oligarchy is rising, and the country faces its greatest wealth disparity in eighty years. Why is the economic system that made America strong suddenly failing us, and how can it be fixed?Leading political economist and bestselling author
... Read more
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The Aristocracy of Talent

How Meritocracy Made the Modern World

by Adrian Wooldridge ...

Narrated by Jonathan Cowley ...

Unabridged

18 hours 8 min

The Times (UK) book of the year!Meritocracy: the idea that people should be advanced according to their talents rather than their birth. While this initially seemed like a novel concept, by the end of the twentieth century it had become the world's ruling ideology. How did this happen, and why is meritocracy now under attack from both right and left?In The Aristocracy of Talent, esteemed ... Read more

$42.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Times (UK) book of the year!Meritocracy: the idea that people should be advanced according to their talents rather than their birth. While this initially seemed like a novel concept, by the end of the twentieth century it had become the world's ruling ideology. How did this happen, and why is meritocracy now under attack from both right and left?In The Aristocracy of Talent, esteemed
... Read more
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Dagen da Simon strejkede

by Hans Peterson ...

Narrated by Hanne Nielsen ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Dagen da alting skete
Unabridged

2 hours 57 min

Simon ville egentlig gerne have læst videre, men i 1919 er nødårene endnu ikke forbi i Sverige, og han må blive i byen og hjælpe sin far, som arbejder for godsejeren på møbelfabrikken. Men godsejeren er utilfreds med Simons arbejde, og Simon må i stedet søge arbejde på det larmende savværk. Da der udbryder strejke, bliver Simon nødt til også at nedlægge arbejdet...Hans Peterson (f. 1922) er en ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

Simon ville egentlig gerne have læst videre, men i 1919 er nødårene endnu ikke forbi i Sverige, og han må blive i byen og hjælpe sin far, som arbejder for godsejeren på møbelfabrikken. Men godsejeren er utilfreds med Simons arbejde, og Simon må i stedet søge arbejde på det larmende savværk. Da der udbryder strejke, bliver Simon nødt til også at nedlægge arbejdet...Hans Peterson (f. 1922) er en
... Read more
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Trabajo asalariado y capital

by Karl Marx ...

Narrated by José Peña Coto ...

Unabridged

1 hour 27 min

Introducción accesible a los conceptos clave del pensamiento marxista.Trabajo asalariado y capital es crucial para entender las bases del pensamiento marxista sobre la economía y la sociedad. Proporciona una crítica incisiva del capitalismo y sienta las bases de la obra posterior de Karl Marx, uno de los pensadores más influyentes de la historia moderna.Aunque no es tan extensa ni tan conocida ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Introducción accesible a los conceptos clave del pensamiento marxista.Trabajo asalariado y capital es crucial para entender las bases del pensamiento marxista sobre la economía y la sociedad. Proporciona una crítica incisiva del capitalismo y sienta las bases de la obra posterior de Karl Marx, uno de los pensadores más influyentes de la historia moderna.Aunque no es tan extensa ni tan conocida
... Read more
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Built to Run

A Practical System for Creating a High Profit Trades Business That Doesn’t Depend on You

by Tony Fraser-Jones ...

Narrated by AI Voice Tony Fraser-Jones ...

Unabridged

3 hours 24 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. After years of perfecting your trade, you started a business with one goal: FREEDOM.Financial freedom.Time freedom.But, years later, you’re working more than ever.You spend all day putting out fires, fixing mistakes, chasing payments, and answering questions.You spend nights and weekends trying to catch up on paperwork and wondering where all the money ... Read more

$1.37 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. After years of perfecting your trade, you started a business with one goal: FREEDOM.Financial freedom.Time freedom.But, years later, you’re working more than ever.You spend all day putting out fires, fixing mistakes, chasing payments, and answering questions.You spend nights and weekends trying to catch up on paperwork and wondering where all the money
... Read more
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No More Work

Why Full Employment Is a Bad Idea

by James Livingston ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Unabridged

3 hours 17 min

For centuries we’ve believed that work was where you learned discipline, initiative, honesty, self-reliance—in a word, character. A job was also, and not incidentally, the source of your income: if you didn’t work, you didn’t eat, or else you were stealing from someone. If only you worked hard, you could earn your way and maybe even make something of yourself.In recent decades, through everyday ... Read more

$20.54 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

For centuries we’ve believed that work was where you learned discipline, initiative, honesty, self-reliance—in a word, character. A job was also, and not incidentally, the source of your income: if you didn’t work, you didn’t eat, or else you were stealing from someone. If only you worked hard, you could earn your way and maybe even make something of yourself.In recent decades, through everyday
... Read more
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Midt i magten

Et portræt af Claus Jensen

by Martin Flink, Sune Ehlers ...

Narrated by Morten Rønnelund ...

Unabridged

6 hours 46 min

Claus Jensen – formand for Dansk Metal – er udnævnt til Danmarks mest magtfulde mand, den person i Danmark, der har mest indflydelse på dansk økonomi og arbejdsmarked.Det stod ikke svejset i jern, at Claus Jensen skulle befinde sig i midt i magten. Fra sit middelklassehjem på Fyn fulgte han i sin far og farfars fodspor og blev som tusindvis af andre unge mænd uddannet smed på Odense Stålskibsværft ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Claus Jensen – formand for Dansk Metal – er udnævnt til Danmarks mest magtfulde mand, den person i Danmark, der har mest indflydelse på dansk økonomi og arbejdsmarked.Det stod ikke svejset i jern, at Claus Jensen skulle befinde sig i midt i magten. Fra sit middelklassehjem på Fyn fulgte han i sin far og farfars fodspor og blev som tusindvis af andre unge mænd uddannet smed på Odense Stålskibsværft
... Read more
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It's a Rich Man's World

Why Money is Broken and How We Fix It, from the founders of Female Invest

by Camilla Falkenberg, Emma Due Bitz, Anna-Sophie Hartvigsen ...

Narrated by Nicky Diss ...

Unabridged

4 hours 49 min

We're Female Invest and we've educated more than a million women on investing. Along the way, we realised something: MONEY IS BROKEN FOR WOMEN.Because women's financial lives are not shaped by salary, saving and investing. They are shaped by the structures around us: by the systems we grow up in, by expectations, policies, and life events that affect women differently than men. We saw that there ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

We're Female Invest and we've educated more than a million women on investing. Along the way, we realised something: MONEY IS BROKEN FOR WOMEN.Because women's financial lives are not shaped by salary, saving and investing. They are shaped by the structures around us: by the systems we grow up in, by expectations, policies, and life events that affect women differently than men. We saw that there
... Read more
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Social History of Work, The: How Labor Made the Modern World From Farm to Gig Economy

by Richard Calloway ...

Narrated by Richard Calloway ...

Unabridged

1 hour 54 min

Uncover the fierce labor history and class struggles that forged our modern economy, from village farms to digital gigs. Perfect for an eye-opening commute, this narrative reveals how ordinary weavers, enslaved people, and programmers fought back against institutions controlling their time and bodies. Transform your understanding of wealth, power, and the daily grind.Whether you are navigating ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Uncover the fierce labor history and class struggles that forged our modern economy, from village farms to digital gigs. Perfect for an eye-opening commute, this narrative reveals how ordinary weavers, enslaved people, and programmers fought back against institutions controlling their time and bodies. Transform your understanding of wealth, power, and the daily grind.Whether you are navigating
... Read more
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Bias Interrupted

Creating Inclusion For Real and For Good

by Joan C. Williams ...

Narrated by Elisabeth Rodgers ...

Unabridged

5 hours 15 min

A cutting edge, relentless, objective approach to inclusion.Companies spend billions of dollars annually on diversity efforts, with remarkably few results. Too often diversity efforts rest on the assumption that all that's needed is an earnest conversation about "privilege." That's not enough. To truly make progress with diversity, equity and inclusion, we must focus less on documenting the ... Read more

$26.10 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A cutting edge, relentless, objective approach to inclusion.Companies spend billions of dollars annually on diversity efforts, with remarkably few results. Too often diversity efforts rest on the assumption that all that's needed is an earnest conversation about "privilege." That's not enough. To truly make progress with diversity, equity and inclusion, we must focus less on documenting the
... Read more
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The Backstage of the Care Economy

Transnational Perspectives on the Commercialisation of Care

by Helma Lutz ...

Narrated by Polly Lee ...

Unabridged

8 hours 22 min

What is it like to care for another family, while yours remains in a different country? In today's capitalist society, migrant women performing care work in private households experience the painful tension of caring for both, often under precarious conditions.Characterized as the "backstage" family, the carer's remote relationship with their loved ones at home is often purely digital, with the ... Read more

$28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

What is it like to care for another family, while yours remains in a different country? In today's capitalist society, migrant women performing care work in private households experience the painful tension of caring for both, often under precarious conditions.Characterized as the "backstage" family, the carer's remote relationship with their loved ones at home is often purely digital, with the
... Read more
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Brief History of Labor Unions, A: The Fight for the Rights of Workers

by Jonathan Keller ...

Narrated by Jonathan Keller ...

Unabridged

1 hour 53 min

Dive into the gripping history of organized labor and the relentless underdog fight for essential workers' rights. Perfect for an educational commute, this thought-provoking narrative traces the epic clash between everyday employees and powerful industrial titans. Witness the dangerous conditions and fierce opposition that sparked a global movement for fair treatment and safety.Far from a ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Dive into the gripping history of organized labor and the relentless underdog fight for essential workers' rights. Perfect for an educational commute, this thought-provoking narrative traces the epic clash between everyday employees and powerful industrial titans. Witness the dangerous conditions and fierce opposition that sparked a global movement for fair treatment and safety.Far from a
... Read more
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Finding Your Inner Calm

Release Stress Through Everyday Mindfulness

by Mathias Tobian ...

Narrated by Aria Bloom ...

Unabridged

4 hours 13 min

Finally breathe again – Your journey to greater calm starts nowDo you know the feeling that everyday life is overwhelming you? Constant time pressure at work, the endless to-do list, and the feeling of never being able to truly switch off – this is how millions of people live today. But there is a way out of the hamster wheel of overwhelm."Calm Begins Within You" shows you how to find inner peace ... Read more

$20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Finally breathe again – Your journey to greater calm starts nowDo you know the feeling that everyday life is overwhelming you? Constant time pressure at work, the endless to-do list, and the feeling of never being able to truly switch off – this is how millions of people live today. But there is a way out of the hamster wheel of overwhelm."Calm Begins Within You" shows you how to find inner peace
... Read more
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Big Labor's Big Shift

Why Unions Left Democrats

by Nathan Bomey ...

Narrated by Tom Mailey ...

Unabridged

6 hours

Why Big Labor moved to the right— and the fight ahead for the left to win back America’s working classUnions helped construct the American middle class, defeat Jim Crow, and advance progressive rights, but in Trump’s America, the labor movement is changing. In Big Labor's Big Shift, journalist Nathan Bomey explores how Big Labor and the working class are no longer an automatic ally of the American ... Read more

$41.00 CAD

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Why Big Labor moved to the right— and the fight ahead for the left to win back America’s working classUnions helped construct the American middle class, defeat Jim Crow, and advance progressive rights, but in Trump’s America, the labor movement is changing. In Big Labor's Big Shift, journalist Nathan Bomey explores how Big Labor and the working class are no longer an automatic ally of the American
... Read more
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Hire Better People Faster

A Proven System for Attracting the Employees You Want

by Ryan Englin, Jeremy Macliver ...

Narrated by Ryan Englin ...

Unabridged

6 hours 12 min

Finding great talent is crucial for the success of any business. Scrolling through countless job boards, reading endless resumes, and conducting interview after interview consumes precious time and often leads to bad hires. It’s a system in need of an overhaul.Excellent hiring doesn’t have to be an impossible task. Employers can improve their recruiting practices with simple steps that highlight ... Read more

$20.60 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Finding great talent is crucial for the success of any business. Scrolling through countless job boards, reading endless resumes, and conducting interview after interview consumes precious time and often leads to bad hires. It’s a system in need of an overhaul.Excellent hiring doesn’t have to be an impossible task. Employers can improve their recruiting practices with simple steps that highlight
... Read more
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Золотые правила: Как стать чемпионом в том, что ты делаешь (краткое изложение)

by Боб Боуман, Чарльз Батлер ...

Narrated by Николай Блинов ...

Unabridged

26 min

Боб Боуман — тренер по плаванию и руководитель спортивной школы «Медоубрук». Среди его подопечных немало талантливых спортсменов. Самый знаменитый из них — Майкл Фелпс — 23-кратный олимпийский чемпион, абсолютный рекордсмен Олимпийских игр. За свою многолетнюю работу в качестве тренера и спортивного управленца Боуман вывел ряд правил, благодаря которым ему и его команде удается достигать самых ... Read more

$3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Боб Боуман — тренер по плаванию и руководитель спортивной школы «Медоубрук». Среди его подопечных немало талантливых спортсменов. Самый знаменитый из них — Майкл Фелпс — 23-кратный олимпийский чемпион, абсолютный рекордсмен Олимпийских игр. За свою многолетнюю работу в качестве тренера и спортивного управленца Боуман вывел ряд правил, благодаря которым ему и его команде удается достигать самых
... Read more
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Berufstätige Mütter - Alltag meistern

Vereinbarkeit von Familie & Beruf: Stressfrei Mutterschaft & Karriere meistern.

by Marion Lemper-Pychlau ...

Narrated by Lucy Fennek (AI) ...

Unabridged

1 hour 28 min

Kennst du das Gefühl, ständig unter Strom zu stehen? Der Wecker klingelt, und schon beginnt der tägliche Marathon: Kinder versorgen, zur Arbeit hetzen, Deadlines einhalten, den Haushalt organisieren und dabei bloß nicht das Lächeln verlieren. Als berufstätige Mutter leistest du jeden Tag Unglaubliches. Doch oft bleibt dabei eines auf der Strecke: Du selbst. Die ständige Zerrissenheit zwischen dem ... Read more

$6.39 CAD

Kennst du das Gefühl, ständig unter Strom zu stehen? Der Wecker klingelt, und schon beginnt der tägliche Marathon: Kinder versorgen, zur Arbeit hetzen, Deadlines einhalten, den Haushalt organisieren und dabei bloß nicht das Lächeln verlieren. Als berufstätige Mutter leistest du jeden Tag Unglaubliches. Doch oft bleibt dabei eines auf der Strecke: Du selbst. Die ständige Zerrissenheit zwischen dem
... Read more
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We Wanted Workers

Unraveling the Immigration Narrative

by George J. Borjas ...

Narrated by Jim Seybert ...

Unabridged

7 hours 23 min

We are a nation of immigrants, and we have always been concerned about immigration. As early as 1645, the Massachusetts Bay Colony began to prohibit the entry of "paupers." Today, however, the notion that immigration is universally beneficial has become pervasive. To many modern economists, immigrants are a trove of much-needed workers who can fill predetermined slots along the proverbial assembly ... Read more

$28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

We are a nation of immigrants, and we have always been concerned about immigration. As early as 1645, the Massachusetts Bay Colony began to prohibit the entry of "paupers." Today, however, the notion that immigration is universally beneficial has become pervasive. To many modern economists, immigrants are a trove of much-needed workers who can fill predetermined slots along the proverbial assembly
... Read more
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Фокус: Достижение приоритетных целей

by Стивен Кови ...

Narrated by Юрий Абросимов ...

Unabridged

2 hours 53 min

О том, как избавиться от постоянного цейтнота, заботиться обо всем заранее, грамотно планировать, определять свои приоритеты, фокусироваться на них и воплощать желаемое в жизнь. Стивен Кови предлагает разделить все дела на четыре группы: срочные и важные; не срочные и важные; срочные, но не важные и, наконец, не срочные и не важные. На какой же группе дел следует концентрировать свои усилия? Как ... Read more

$24.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

О том, как избавиться от постоянного цейтнота, заботиться обо всем заранее, грамотно планировать, определять свои приоритеты, фокусироваться на них и воплощать желаемое в жизнь. Стивен Кови предлагает разделить все дела на четыре группы: срочные и важные; не срочные и важные; срочные, но не важные и, наконец, не срочные и не важные. На какой же группе дел следует концентрировать свои усилия? Как
... Read more
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Strike

Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire

by Sarah E. Bond ...

Narrated by Hillary Huber ...

Unabridged

8 hours 58 min

Historian Sarah E. Bond retells the traditional story of Ancient Rome, revealing how groups of ancient workers unified, connected, and protested as they helped build an empireFrom plebeians refusing to join the Roman army to bakers withholding bread, this is the first book to explore how Roman workers used strikes, boycotts, riots, and rebellion to get their voices—and their labor—acknowledged. ... Read more

$28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Historian Sarah E. Bond retells the traditional story of Ancient Rome, revealing how groups of ancient workers unified, connected, and protested as they helped build an empireFrom plebeians refusing to join the Roman army to bakers withholding bread, this is the first book to explore how Roman workers used strikes, boycotts, riots, and rebellion to get their voices—and their labor—acknowledged.
... Read more
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Working Class History: How Ordinary People Changed the Modern World

by Thomas Ellwood ...

Narrated by Thomas Ellwood ...

Unabridged

1 hour 55 min

Uncover the defiant history of collective action and labor rights that empowered everyday workers to reshape our modern world. Whether commuting to your job or seeking a thought-provoking dive into social justice, this empowering narrative shifts the focus from palace balconies to gritty shop floors. Listen as the underdog stories of miners, factory laborers, and gig drivers vibrantly emerge.Feel ... Read more

$13.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Uncover the defiant history of collective action and labor rights that empowered everyday workers to reshape our modern world. Whether commuting to your job or seeking a thought-provoking dive into social justice, this empowering narrative shifts the focus from palace balconies to gritty shop floors. Listen as the underdog stories of miners, factory laborers, and gig drivers vibrantly emerge.Feel
... Read more
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Work in the Future

The Automation Revolution

Narrated by Steve Menasche, Teri Schnaubelt ...

Unabridged

7 hours 12 min

This short, accessible book seeks to explore the future of work through the views and opinions of a range of expertise, encompassing economic, historical, technological, ethical, and anthropological aspects of the debate. The transition to an automated society brings with it new challenges and a consideration for what has happened in the past; the editors of this book carefully steer the listener ... Read more

$28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This short, accessible book seeks to explore the future of work through the views and opinions of a range of expertise, encompassing economic, historical, technological, ethical, and anthropological aspects of the debate. The transition to an automated society brings with it new challenges and a consideration for what has happened in the past; the editors of this book carefully steer the listener
... Read more

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