This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This is the official OpenStax Principles of Management audiobook, produced by Audileo, a valued OpenStax Technology Partner.Principles of Management is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on management. This is a traditional approach to management using the leading, planning, organizing, and controlling approach. Management is a broad business discipline, and the Principles of Management course co...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This is the official OpenStax Organizational Behavior audiobook, produced by Audileo, a valued OpenStax Technology Partner.This OpenStax resource aligns to introductory courses in Organizational Behavior. The text presents the theory, concepts, and applications with particular emphasis on the impact that individuals and groups can have on organizational performance and culture. An array of recurring features engages students in entrepreneu...

The Hugo and Nebula award-winning author's complete second Uplift Saga trilogy, featuring a refugee planet, a fugitive Earth ship, and her dolphin/human crew.New York Times–Bestselling AuthorBrightness Reef: Six outcast races hunker down on the off-limits planet Jijo when a mysterious starship lands. However, it doesn't bring the "law" they feared, but something worse—a dark secret the invaders will do anything to keep . . ....

Strange visitors throw a planet of refugees into chaos in this science fiction adventure by the author of New York Times–bestseller The Uplift War.Hugo Award FinalistCenturies ago, the Buyur race abandoned Jijo. Now off-limits to settlers, it's warded by guardian machines who will protect the planet until the Institutes of the Five Galaxies declare Jijo ready—in another million years—for new civilization.But mere laws...

A new novel in the best-selling RCN military SF series: Captain Daniel Leary and his cybrarian friend Adele Mundy think they've earnt the quiet life. But there is a rebellion in a distant, but politically critical, star system and high officials are determined to get the lifelong friends involved. The odds in guns are badly in the enemy's favor. And even if Daniel and Adele succeed in battle, they can't be sure their employers really wanted them to win.

A founding member of Monty Python and creator of Spamalot discusses his absurdly funny memoir of his remarkable journey from childhood in an austere boarding school, coming of age as a writer and comedian during the sixties and seventies, and his successful career in comedy, television, theater, and film. In conversation with David Hyde Pierce. (Added bonus: Eric is bringing his guitar, and there just might be a sing-along....)

Amanda is doing naked yoga in her secluded yard. Secluded except for one neighbor, John. Suddenly realizing she feels eyes on her, she checks his windows and sees nothing. But then a softly moving shadow peeks through the slats of the fence between them, from a little ways away. John is watching, and Amanda likes it. Maybe she will invite him over for lunch....

"The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come….The Bright Ages is a rare thing—a nuanced historical work that almost anyone can enjoy reading.”—Slate"Incandescent and ultimately intoxicating." —The Boston GlobeA lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions...

A founding member of Monty Python and creator of Spamalot discusses his absurdly funny memoir of his remarkable journey from childhood in an austere boarding school, coming of age as a writer and comedian during the sixties and seventies, and his successful career in comedy, television, theater, and film. In conversation with David Hyde Pierce. (Added bonus: Eric is bringing his guitar, and there just might be a sing-along....)

In the ruthless world of power, reputation is everything—and once destroyed, it leaves nothing but ashes.When a high-profile scandal forces two sworn enemies into an uneasy alliance, old wounds are ripped open. She believes he ruined her career. He’s certain she betrayed him when it mattered most. Neither is willing to forgive—and neither can afford to walk away.As secrets unravel and buried truths surface, hatred begins to blur into something far more dang...

A "sensual, brutal . . . ambitious, dazzling, disturbing, and memorable" retelling of Jason and the Argonauts seen through the eyes of Medea ( Financial Times).International bestselling and multi-prize-winning author David Vann transports readers to the Mediterranean and Black Sea, 3,250 years ago, for "[a] stunning depiction of one of mythology's most complex characters" ( The Australian).It is thirteenth century BC, and the Argo...

A brilliant teenage boy teaches his dog to talk—and in West Texas, that’s enough to get them both killed.Danny is a mixed-race teen on the autism spectrum, still reeling from his mother’s murder, trying to make sense of a disconnected father, and a world, that rarely make sense back. Lido, the stray he takes in, isn’t just loyal—he’s observant, irreverent, and has a lot to say once Danny gives him the words.What starts as an experiment becomes something far more dangerous.