This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Kim by Rudyard Kipling is a richly layered coming-of-age novel set against the vibrant and politically charged backdrop of British-ruled India in the late 19th century. At the heart of the story is Kimball O’Hara—an orphaned streetwise boy of Irish descent who has grown up immersed in the culture, languages, and rhythms of the Indian subcontinent. Though British by birth, Kim identifies as Indian in soul, navigating effortlessly through...

Selling to homeowners is different—and challenging. To succeed in this environment, you need the Sandler Selling System. Selling to Homeowners the Sandler Way shows how the Sandler Selling System delivers career-changing results for salespeople who close deals in the buyer's personal, private domestic space. This kind of selling applies to dozens of industries, from remodeling to insurance. It is profoundly different from business-to-business selling . . . and it can be challengin...

A sweeping, multi-generational tale blending fable, farce, and fantasy--a masterpiece of modern fiction perfect for fans of One Hundred Years of SolitudeWhale is the English-language debut of a beloved and bestselling South Korean author, a born storyteller with a cinematic, darkly humorous, and thoroughly original perspective.A woman sells her daughter to a passing beekeeper for two jars of honey. A baby weighing fifteen pounds is born in...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZEInternational Booker–nominated virtuoso Hwang Sok-yong is back with another powerful story — an epic tale that threads together a century of Korean history.In contemporary Seoul, a laid-off worker stages a months-long sit-in atop a sixteen-storey factory chimney. During the long and lonely nights, he talks to his ancestors, chewing on the meaning of life, on wisdom passed down the generatio...

In the evening of his life, a wealthy man begins to wonder if he might have missed the point.Park Minwoo is a success story. Born into poverty in a miserable neighbourhood of Seoul, he has ridden the wave of development in his country. Now the director of a large architectural firm, his hard work and ambition have brought him triumph and satisfaction. But that all begins to change when he receives a message from a childhood friend he once loved. As memories return ...