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Toyota Production System

Beyond Large-Scale Production

by Taiichi Ohno ...

Narrated by Ralph Lowenstein, John Chancer ...

Unabridged

3 hours 27 min

In this classic text, Taiichi Ohno--inventor of the Toyota Production System and Lean manufacturing--shares the genius that sets him apart as one of the most disciplined and creative thinkers of our time. Combining his candid insights with a rigorous analysis of Toyota's attempts at Lean production, Ohno's book explains how Lean principles can improve any production endeavor. A historical and ... Read more

$13.99 USD

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In this classic text, Taiichi Ohno--inventor of the Toyota Production System and Lean manufacturing--shares the genius that sets him apart as one of the most disciplined and creative thinkers of our time. Combining his candid insights with a rigorous analysis of Toyota's attempts at Lean production, Ohno's book explains how Lean principles can improve any production endeavor. A historical and
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American Alt

A True Story of Madness and Friendship in a Fractured Country

by Chris Lockhart ...

Narrated by John Chancer, Todd Kramer ...

Unabridged

10 hours 24 min

Bloomsbury presents American Alt by Chris Lockhart, read by Todd Kramer and John ChancerAmerican Alt is a powerful memoir of crisis and redemption — a glimpse into the mind of an American conspiracy theorist, the schizophrenia, trauma, and misinformation that drove him to the brink, and the friendship that brought him back."A mesmerizing, compassionate, and deeply meaningful exploration of a ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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Bloomsbury presents American Alt by Chris Lockhart, read by Todd Kramer and John ChancerAmerican Alt is a powerful memoir of crisis and redemption — a glimpse into the mind of an American conspiracy theorist, the schizophrenia, trauma, and misinformation that drove him to the brink, and the friendship that brought him back."A mesmerizing, compassionate, and deeply meaningful exploration of a
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Transforming Health Care

Virginia Mason Medical Center's Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience

by Charles Kenney ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Unabridged

11 hours 49 min

For decades, the manufacturing industry has employed the Toyota Production System — the most powerful production method in the world — to reduce waste, improve quality, reduce defects and increase worker productivity. In 2001, Virginia Mason Medical Center, an integrated healthcare delivery system in Seattle, Washington set out to achieve its compelling vision to become The Quality Leader and to ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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For decades, the manufacturing industry has employed the Toyota Production System — the most powerful production method in the world — to reduce waste, improve quality, reduce defects and increase worker productivity. In 2001, Virginia Mason Medical Center, an integrated healthcare delivery system in Seattle, Washington set out to achieve its compelling vision to become The Quality Leader and to
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Tragic Mind, The

Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power

by Robert D. Kaplan ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Unabridged

3 hours 59 min

A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedySome books emerge from a lifetime of hard-won knowledge. Robert D. Kaplan has learned, from a career spent reporting on wars, revolutions, and international politics in Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, that the essence of geopolitics is tragedy. In The Tragic Mind, he employs the works of ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedySome books emerge from a lifetime of hard-won knowledge. Robert D. Kaplan has learned, from a career spent reporting on wars, revolutions, and international politics in Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, that the essence of geopolitics is tragedy. In The Tragic Mind, he employs the works of
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Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking Without Willpower

The best-selling quit smoking method updated for the 21st century

by Allen Carr ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Series series
Unabridged

8 hours 8 min

Listen to this book now and become a happy nonsmoker for the rest of your life.This book is the most up-to-date, cutting-edge, best-practice version of Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking method that will not only set you free from smoking but will also ensure that you find it easy and even enjoyable to quit.• Without using willpower, aids, substitutes, or gimmicks• Without gaining weight• ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Listen to this book now and become a happy nonsmoker for the rest of your life.This book is the most up-to-date, cutting-edge, best-practice version of Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking method that will not only set you free from smoking but will also ensure that you find it easy and even enjoyable to quit.• Without using willpower, aids, substitutes, or gimmicks• Without gaining weight•
... Read more
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The Essential Edgar Allan Poe

With a biography by Roy McMillan

by Edgar Allan Poe ...

Narrated by Kerry Shale, John Chancer, William Roberts ...

Series series The Essential
Abridged

7 hours 30 min

Released to coincide with the two-hundredth anniversary of the author’s birth in January 1809, this selection of well-loved chilling tales from the master of the supernatural is a perfect Christmas gift. The short stories include The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Fall of the House of Usher. This release also features ... Read more

$25.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Released to coincide with the two-hundredth anniversary of the author’s birth in January 1809, this selection of well-loved chilling tales from the master of the supernatural is a perfect Christmas gift. The short stories include The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Fall of the House of Usher. This release also features
... Read more
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The Forcing

by Paul E. Hardisty ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Unabridged

13 hours 4 min

Civilisation is collapsing. Frustrated and angry after years of denial and inaction, a government of youth has taken power in North America, and a policy of institutionalised ageism introduced. All those older than the prescribed age are deemed responsible for the current state of the world, and are to be 'relocated', their property and assets confiscated. David Ashworth and his wife May find ... Read more

$43.22 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Civilisation is collapsing. Frustrated and angry after years of denial and inaction, a government of youth has taken power in North America, and a policy of institutionalised ageism introduced. All those older than the prescribed age are deemed responsible for the current state of the world, and are to be 'relocated', their property and assets confiscated. David Ashworth and his wife May find
... Read more
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The Macat Analysis of David Graeber's Debt: the First 5000 Years

by Sulaiman Hakemy ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Unabridged

1 hour 35 min

Born in 1961, US anthropologist and activist David Graeber was weaned on leftist politics, and declared himself an anarchist at age 16. He became an anthropology professor, and his early cultural research in Madagascar exposed him to poverty that he saw as caused by pressures to repay excessive government debt. Through a combination of activism and scholarship he has devoted much of his career to ... Read more

$11.37 USD

Born in 1961, US anthropologist and activist David Graeber was weaned on leftist politics, and declared himself an anarchist at age 16. He became an anthropology professor, and his early cultural research in Madagascar exposed him to poverty that he saw as caused by pressures to repay excessive government debt. Through a combination of activism and scholarship he has devoted much of his career to
... Read more
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The Camp Robber, and Other Stories

by Zane Grey ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Unabridged

7 hours 4 min

Here are four short stories from Zane Grey, the acclaimed author of Western adventures and frontier characters.Living in the ruthless solitude of the desert, range, or mountains, the men in these four stories are all on personal journeys.In The Camp Robber, a man has driven his wife away and yearns for reconciliation. Amber’s Mirage reveals an old man’s realization of the corrupting power of gold ... Read more

$19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Here are four short stories from Zane Grey, the acclaimed author of Western adventures and frontier characters.Living in the ruthless solitude of the desert, range, or mountains, the men in these four stories are all on personal journeys.In The Camp Robber, a man has driven his wife away and yearns for reconciliation. Amber’s Mirage reveals an old man’s realization of the corrupting power of gold
... Read more
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The 36-Hour Day

A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss

by Nancy L. Mace, Peter V. Rabins ...

Narrated by John Chancer, Anu Anand ...

Unabridged

17 hours 12 min

For 40 years, The 36-Hour Day has been the leading work on the care of people with dementia and their family members. Written by experts with decades of experience caring for individuals with memory loss, Alzheimer disease, and other dementias, the book's authoritative and compassionate approach to care features discussions of the causes of dementia and the management of its symptoms from the ... Read more

$27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

For 40 years, The 36-Hour Day has been the leading work on the care of people with dementia and their family members. Written by experts with decades of experience caring for individuals with memory loss, Alzheimer disease, and other dementias, the book's authoritative and compassionate approach to care features discussions of the causes of dementia and the management of its symptoms from the
... Read more
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After 1177 B.C.

The Survival of Civilizations

by Eric H. Cline ...

Narrated by Eric H. Cline, John Chancer ...

Series series Turning Points in Ancient History
Unabridged

9 hours 18 min

This audiobook narrated by John Chancer tells the gripping story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared foreverFeatures Eric Cline's FAQs as bonus contentAt the end of Eric Cline's bestselling history 1177 B.C., many of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean lay in ... Read more

$34.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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This audiobook narrated by John Chancer tells the gripping story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared foreverFeatures Eric Cline's FAQs as bonus contentAt the end of Eric Cline's bestselling history 1177 B.C., many of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean lay in
... Read more

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The Ambassadors

by Henry James, John Chancer ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Unabridged

19 hours 46 min

In the second novel of James’s celebrated late period, American Lambert Strether is sent to Paris on behalf of Mrs Newsome, his fiancée, to collect her son, Chad. When Strether finds Chad, he discovers an altered man and becomes introduced to a free and unconventional style of life that soon intoxicates him. His views begin to change; the morality of Woollett, his hometown, becomes foreign, and ... Read more

$29.00 USD

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In the second novel of James’s celebrated late period, American Lambert Strether is sent to Paris on behalf of Mrs Newsome, his fiancée, to collect her son, Chad. When Strether finds Chad, he discovers an altered man and becomes introduced to a free and unconventional style of life that soon intoxicates him. His views begin to change; the morality of Woollett, his hometown, becomes foreign, and
... Read more

Also available as: eBooks