Abridged

Sides, Hampton

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

Anul aparitiei: 2014

New York Times" bestselling author Hampton Sides returns with a white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans, although theories abounded. The foremost cartographer in the world, a German named August Petermann, believed that warm currents sustained a verdant island at the top of the world. National glory would fall to whoever could plant his flag upon its shores. James Gordon Bennett, the eccentric and stupendously wealthy owner of "The New York Herald," had recently captured the world's attention by dispatching Stanley to Africa to find Dr. Livingstone. Now he was keen to re-create that sensation on an even more epic scale. So he funded an official U.S. naval expedition to reach the Pole, choosing as its captain a young officer named George Washington De Long, who had gained fame for a rescue operation off the coast of Greenland. De Long led a team of 32 men deep into uncharted Arctic waters, carrying the aspirations of a young country burning to become a ...

Mark Twain

Mark Twain Collection

Editura: Caedmon

Anul aparitiei: 2001

"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." -- Mark TwainMark Twain (1835-1910) was the first American writer to capture the unique and colorful vernacular of his country's populace. Instead of striving to perfect any particular literary form, Twain strove to precisely imprint on paper the colloquial speech, mannerisms and experiences of the American people.Twain's books earned him an enduring reputation as a satirist and humorist, but he also wrote great short stories. These stories, with their wonderful characters and witty turns-of-phrase, have defined in Americans' minds what it means to have been at a time in our country which was at once optimistic, exploratory and recklessly exploitative.Listeners can still benefit today from hearing Mark Twain's stories and selections from his novels as they become again what they originally were: the oral history of our uniquely American consciousness.Includes selections from Life on the Mississippi, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Roughing It, and The Autobiography of Mark Twain, and the short stories The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The 1,000,000 Bank-Note, The Joke That Made Ed's Fortune, A Dog's Tale, A ...

Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Editura: HarperCollins

Anul aparitiei: 2002

Roald Dahl's signature work--the story that was the basis for the classic film "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" starring Gene Wilder--is available unabridged on audio for the first time. 4 CDs.

Tom Hopkins

Tom Hopkins Audio Sales Collection

Editura: HarperAudio

Anul aparitiei: 2002

This collection includes three of Tom Hopkins' most successful audio books: Mastering the Art of Selling is a classic--whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, Mastering the Art of Selling's five essential steps to selling are guaranteed to give you the edge you need to excel. The Academy of Master Closing covers the most crucial aspect of selling: closing the sale. This power-packed audio gives you the same secret closing techniques that Tom Hopkins teaches in his overwhelmingly successful seminars. Advanced Sales Survival Training shows how to relieve stress, communicate better with your clients, restore balance to your career, and enjoy yourself as you are on your way to increasing your overall effectiveness, and your profits!

Laura C. Schlessinger

Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands

Editura: HarperAudio

Anul aparitiei: 2004

The #1 national bestseller from Dr. Laura Schlessinger--America's top radio talk show host--with advice on how women can make their marriage thrive after the wedding bliss subsides In her most provocative book yet, Dr. Laura urgently reminds women that to take proper care of their husbands is to ensure themselves the happiness and satisfaction they deserve in marriage. Women want to be in love, get married and live happily ever after, yet countless women call Dr. Laura, unhappy in their marriages and seemingly at a loss to understand the incredible power they have over their men to create the kind of home life they yearn for. Dr. Laura shows real-life examples and real-life solutions on how to wield that power to attain all the sexual pleasure, intimacy, love, joy, and peace desired in life. Dr. Laura's simple principles have changed the lives of millions!

David D. Burns

When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life

Editura: HarperAudio

Anul aparitiei: 2006

For anyone who is worried sick and sick of worrying, the bestselling author of Feeling Good will show readers the proven, drug-free way to put worry, panic, and fear to rest.Are you plagued by fears, phobias, or panic attacks? Do you worry about your job, your family, work, your health, or relationships? Do you suffer from crippling shyness, obsessive doubts, or feelings of insecurity? What you may not realize is that these fears are almost never based on reality. Anxiety is one of the world's oldest cons. When you're anxious, you're telling yourself things that aren't true.Now imagine what it be like to live a life that's free of worries and self-doubt; to go to sleep at night feeling peaceful and relaxed; to overcome your shyness and have fun with other people; to give dynamic presentations without worrying yourself sick ahead of time; to enjoy greater creativity, productivity and self-confidence.In When Panic Attacks, Dr. Burns takes you by the hand and shows you how to overcome every conceivable kind of anxiety. In fact, you will learn how to use simple, effective techniques, and the moment you put the lie to the distorted thoughts that plague you, your fears will immediately ...

Billy Graham

Just as I Am

Editura: HarperAudio

Anul aparitiei: 2004

At the pinnacle of an amazing career that has spanned more than five decades, Billy Graham shares the story of faith and commitment that has made him one of the world's most revered spiritual leaders. Abridged. 6 CDs.

Jack Canfield, Janet Switzer

The Success Principles(tm) CD: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Editura: HarperAudio

Anul aparitiei: 2005

The author of the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul( series turns to the secrets of success as the cornerstone of his next franchise. Abridged. 3 CDs.

Janet Evanovich

Love Overboard

Editura: HarperAudio

Anul aparitiei: 2005

She's been called "side-splittingly funny" ( Publishers Weekly ), "a blast of fresh air" ( Washington Post ), and "a winner" ( Glamour ). She is, of course, Janet Evanovich, the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum mystery series. Now available for the first time in more than a decade comes Love Overboard , the hilarious story of a sinfully handsome schooner captain and the spirited woman who agrees to work on his cruise ship. It's a classic novel of comic mayhem from the incomparable Janet Evanovich.

Elmore Leonard

The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard

Editura: HarperAudio

Anul aparitiei: 2004

Trust was rare and precious in the wide-open towns that sprung up like weeds on America's frontier - with hustlers and hucksters arriving in droves by horse, coach, wagon, and rail, and gunmen working both sides of the law, all too eager to end a man's life with a well-placed bullet. The New York Times best-selling grand master of suspense deftly displays the other side of his genius, with seven classic Western tales of destiny and fatal decision...and trust as essential to survival as it is hard-earned.

Michael E. Gerber

E-Myth Mastery: The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World-Class Company

Editura: HarperAudio

Anul aparitiei: 2005

Michael E. Gerber, the world's leading small business guru and bestselling author of the phenomenally successful The E-Myth Revisited, presents the next big step in entrepreneurial management and leadership with E-Myth Mastery. This audiobook presents a practical, real-world program that can be implemented in real-time in your business.Gerber shows that most businesses fail because of a crisis of vision that creates an inevitable cloud of misdirected activity. Presenting practical exercises to help small business owners recover their vision and passion, he clears a path for getting back to the basic disciplines for business success.The E-Myth credo -- Don't work IN your business, work ON it -- is spelled out here in the seven essential disciplines followed by every leader of a world-class enterprise. Each discipline provides the leadership keys for unlocking success in the critical areas of business development: - Leadership - Marketing - Finance - Money - Management - Client Fulfillment - Lead Conversion - Lead GenerationE-Myth Mastery is the ultimate business development program that will help you recover your passion and turn your company into a world-class operation -- a ...

Patricia D. Cornwell

The Patricia Cornwell Treasury: All That Remains/Cruel & Unusual

Editura: HarperAudio

Anul aparitiei: 2005

Two great Patricia Cornwell audio titles for the price of one. All that Remains and Cruel and Unusual. All that Remains: A serial killer is loose in Richmond, specializing in attractive young couples whose bodies are invariably found in the woods months later -- minus their shoes and socks. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself tracking a killer who scrupulously eliminates every clue, rendering all her forensic skills useless. This time it's her courage and intuition on the line in a race against time. Cruel and Unusual: When convicted killer Ronnie Joe Waddell is executed in Virginia's electric chair, he becomes what should be a routine case for Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta. But after Waddell's execution, everyone connected to him begins to die - including a member of Scarpetta's staff. When crucial records disappear from her files, Scarpetta comes under fire for incomeptence. Caught in a web of political intrigue, she must fight to free herself from murderous insinuations and threats to her own life. She soon finds herself retracing Waddell's bloody footprints, following a trail that might lead to long-hidden secrets deep within the state government. ...

Tony Hillerman

Tony Hillerman: The Leaphorn and Chee Trilogy: Skinwalkers/A Thief of Time/Coyote Waits

Editura: HarperAudio

Anul aparitiei: 2005

Three of New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman's most popular novels--a must-have anthology from one of the great masters of suspense.Audio includes: Skinwalkers: Three shotgun blasts explode into the trailer of Officer Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police. Chee survives to join partner Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn in a frightening investigation that takes them into a dark world of ritual, witchcraft, and blood--all tied to the elusive and evil "skinwalker." A Thief of Time: A noted anthropologist vanishes at a moonlit Indian ruin where "thieves of time" ravage sacred ground for profit. When two corpses appear amid stolen goods and bones at an ancient burial site, Leaphorn and Chee must plunge into the past to unearth the astonishing truth behind a mystifying series of horrific murders.Coyote Waits: It wasn't the car fire that killed Navajo Tribal Policeman Delbert Nez. A bullet did. Ashie Pinto is quickly arrested for homicide, but Pinto won't utter a word of confession or denial. Leaphorn and Chee must unravel a complex plot involving an historical find, a lost fortune...and the mythical Coyote, who is always waiting, and always hungry. ...

Tony Hillerman

The Blessing Way

Editura: HarperAudio

Anul aparitiei: 2005

Homicide is always an abomination, but there is something exceptionally disturbing about the victim discovered in a high lonely place -- a corpse with a mouth full of sand, abandoned at a crime scene seemingly devoid of tracks or useful clues. Though it goes against his better judgment, Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn cannot help but suspect the hand of a supernatural killer. There is palpable evil in the air, and Leaphorn's pursuit of a Wolf-Witch is leading him where even the bravest men fear ... on a chilling trail that winds perilously between mysticism and murder. Enhanced CD: CD features an interactive program which can be viewed on your computer, including: a photo galary, an author Q&A and a 35 years of excellence timeline.

Arthur Agatston

The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss

Editura: HarperAudio

Anul aparitiei: 2006

The Diet Everyone's Talking For years, cardiologist Arthur Agatston, M.D., urged his patients to lose weight for the sake of their hearts, but every diet was too hard to follow or its restrictions were too harsh. Some were downright dangerous. Nobody seemed to be able to stick with low-fat regimens for any length of time. And a diet is useless if you can't stick with it. So Dr. Agatston developed his own. The South Beach Diet isn't complicated and it doesn't require that you go hungry. You'll enjoy normal-size helpings of meat, poultry, and fish. You'll also eat eggs, cheese, nuts, and vegetables. Snacks are required. You'll learn to avoid the bad carbs, like white flour, white sugar, and baked potatoes. Best of all, you'll lose that stubborn belly fat first Dr. Agatston's diet has produced consistently dramatic results (8 to 13 pounds lost in the first 2 weeks ) and has become a media sensation in South Florida. Now you, too, can join the ranks of the fit and fabulous with The South Beach Diet.

Joseph Heller

Catch-22

Editura: Caedmon

Anul aparitiei: 2007

Catch-22 is like no other novel we have ever read. It has its own style, its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth from hilarity to horror. It is outrageously funny and strangely affecting. It is totally original. It is set in the closing months of World War II, in an American bomber squadron on a small island off Italy. Its hero is a bombardier named Yossarian, who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he hasn't even met keep trying to kill him. (He has decided to live forever even if he has to die in the attempt.) Catch-22 is a microcosm of the twentieth-century world as it might look to someone dangerously sane. It is a novel that lives and moves and grows with astonishing power and vitality. It is, we believe, one of the strongest creations of the mid-century. Performed by Jay O. Sanders

Patricia D. Cornwell

The Patricia Cornwell CD Audio Treasury, Volume 2: Body of Evidence/Post Mortem

Editura: HarperAudio

Anul aparitiei: 2006

Body of evidenceAfter months of menacing phone calls and feeling that her every move is being watched, successful writer Beryl Madison flees Key West when a terrifying message is scratched on her car. But the very night she returns to Richmond, she deactivates her burglar alarm and opens her door to someone who nearly decapitates her. Why did she let him in, wonders Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta? And why is Beryl's latest manuscript missing? Pursuing the answers involves Scarpetta in the murder of another writer -- Beryl's jealous mentor. While she copes with a variety of personal and professional problems, Scarpetta's high-tech forensic skills enable her to collect a body of evidence -- clues that would mean little without her intelligence, compassion, and imagination -- that leads her directly into a nightmare all her own.PostmortemFour women with nothing in common, united only in death. Four brutalized victims of a brilliant monster -- a "Mr. Nobody," moving undetected through a paralyzed city, leaving behind a gruesome trail of carnage...but few clues. With skilled hands, an unerring eye, and the latest advances in forensic research, an unrelenting female medical ...

John Gray

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

Editura: HarperAudio

Anul aparitiei: 2007

The most well-know, long-lived, and tried-and-tested relationships guide ever, the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus is now available for the first time ever as an audio book. In this classic guide to understanding the opposite sex, Dr. John Gray provides a practical and proven way for men and women to improve their communication by acknowledging the differences between their needs, desires, and behaviors. No other relationship guide on the market will give you the same level of evidence-based insight sure to help you strengthen and nurture your relationships for years to come.

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching

Editura: HarperAudio

Anul aparitiei: 2007

In 81 brief chapters, Lao-Tzu's Tao Te Ching , or Book of the Way , provides advice that imparts balance and perspective, a serene and generous spirit, and teaches us how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao--the basic principle of the universe. Stephen Mitchell's bestselling version has been widely acclaimed as a gift to contemporary culture.

Alexander Hiam

Marketing for Dummies

Editura: HarperAudio

Anul aparitiei: 2007

Whether you want to introduce a new product or jumpstart your existing marketing plans, this friendly guide can help. Packed with expert tips, from identifying customers to using online resources to size up competitors, this updated edition of "Marketing For Dummies" leads you step by step through the four P's of marketing--product, pricing, positioning, and placement. Discover how to: Prepare hard-hitting campaigns Plan and stick to your budget Use research effectively Increase consumer awareness Satisfy your clients' needs Boost your sales