Audiobooks by Shane Irvine

Social Democracy 101: Jack London at Yale: The Roots of Socialism in the United States

In 1906, my great-grandfather Dr. Alexander Fitzgerald Irvine was the secretary of the Socialist Party of Connecticut and a fellow at Yale University where he taught studies in divinity. He sought to shed some light on the subject of social protection. He had first-hand experience as a reverend in the New Haven religious community. He became very aware of parishioner stealing and other forms of skulduggery used to acquire the most prosperous benefactors. He despised the practice of selectively seeking profitable parishioners while ignoring the plight of the downtrodden. He felt that this practice was in conflict with Jesus’ teachings. He thereafter invited Jack London to speak at Yale on the subject of socialism. This book is derivative of my great-grandfather's book, Jack London at Yale. My great-grandfather further believed that, due to this hypocrisy involving the church’s duty to the poor, the government needed to take an active role in offering a hand up to those in need. He strongly advocated that it should not be assumed that the church and pity be the sole final resources for those in need, and the government needed to take an active role in providing social networks. Health, education, and welfare are major barriers to entrepreneurial opportunity. Without forms of social democracy such as universal healthcare and education, the potential for mass enterprise is squandered. People are precluded by these basic economic barriers from reaching their potential. It is these issues that have continued to plague workers worldwide, and people of all persuasions and walks of life are affected by this ongoing class struggle. We need individualism and a free market society, and we also need it to be tamed with a fairness that, along with prosperity, provides protections for the vulnerable and opportunity for all. Health, education, and welfare are just as important as a strong military. All of them are forms of social democracy.

Alexander Irvine, Jack London, Shane Irvine (Author), Shane Irvine (Narrator)

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Contract Law for Serious Entrepreneurs: Know What the Attorneys Know

These courses on contract law are the same as those published in Law School, Learn to Think Like a Lawyer. Contract Law for Serious Entrepreneurs provides the listener with the equivalent information about the formation, interpretation, and execution of contracts for commerce. The courses contain all of the same doctrines of law that a law student would be required to know ion order to pass a law school level contracts exam. The lectures also include the same cases of all law students are required to understand.

Shane Irvine (Author), Shane Irvine (Narrator)

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Entrepreneurs, Et al.: For Post-Pandemic Business Startups

Need to start your own business, but don't have the time, money, and resources to go back to school and earn a business degree? It's like climbing a mountain, one step after another until you reach your summit. This book was written with you in mind. This audiobook and book may be the most important investment you may make in your lifetime. Many people are now finding their lives in a constant state of chaos and are feeling vulnerable to uncertainty. These hard times are making a lot of people nervous about their future. For some, starting a business may be an option worth looking at. However, there are certain business principles that need to be understood and adhered to. This audiobook covers those fundamental business disciplines involved in a small to medium-sized business and can be reviewed in just a little over eight hours. The curriculum covered includes entrepreneurship, strategic management, insurance, finance, dispute resolution, sales & marketing, human resources, and accounting. These are the most important basic courses necessary to understand a complex matrix of business philosophies and principles. Each person has their own way of synthesizing information. For many, listening and reading along are an effective self-study tool. The business knowledge provided in this book is the equivalent of approximately 60 upper division units in business science. This audiobook is an investment in one’s self and a path to personal redemption and security. Each person learns at their own pace. By repeatedly listening and reading along in the book (by the same name and available online), one can quickly grasp a plethora of business terminologies and principles. How you use the information can potentially change your life. So, take that first step, put together that business plan, seek out potential investors, share your business ideas with others, and go out there and shake up the world!

Shane Irvine (Author), Shane Irvine (Narrator)

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Law School: Learn to Think Like a Lawyer

Greetings, my name is Shane Irvine, I am both the author and the narrator of this audiobook, Law School; Learn to Think Like a Lawyer. I will be your personal law professor and guide you through the major doctrines of jurisprudence. I approach the study of jurisprudence from the perspective of an entrepreneur with 30 years of experience in the real world. I have prepared 30 chapters of dialog on the subjects of contracts, crimes, torts, procedure, evidence, property, corporations, family law, and constitutional law. While law school is designed to produce experts in law that are worthy of advising consumers on their legal needs, this series of courses is only designed to familiarize the listener with the basics of the disciplines of law and adapt the organizational structure of law necessary to think like a lawyer. Hence, that is our goal; to learn to organize our way of thinking in both a structured and an abstract manner. Left brain/right brain if you will. Mastery of this same information is necessary to earn a juris doctor degree. Traditional law school requires an undergraduate degree and law school tuition costs can range from $60,000 to $160,000. Coursework ranges from three to four years and there is no guarantee of matriculation. Law is a difficult subject to master. This series of lectures covers all the law school breadth materials in about 24 hours and is composed entirely of generic law principles.

Shane Irvine (Author), Shane Irvine (Narrator)

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Law School: Learn to Think Like a Lawyer

My name is Shane Irvine, I am both the author and the narrator of this audiobook, Law School, learn to think like a lawyer. I want to guide you through the major doctrines of jurisprudence. I have prepared 30 chapters of dialog on the subjects of contracts, crimes, torts, procedure, evidence, property, corporations, family law, and constitutional law. Law school is designed to produce experts in law that are worthy of advising consumers on their legal needs.This series of courses is only designed to familiarize the listener with the basics of the disciplines of law and adapt the organizational structure of law necessary to think like a lawyer. Hence, that is our goal; to learn to organize our way of thinking in a structured manner. Traditional law school requires an undergraduate degree and costs can range from $60,000 to $160,000. Coursework ranges from three to four years and there is no guarantee of matriculation. Law is a difficult subject to master. This series of lectures covers all the law school breadth materials in about 24 hours and is composed of generic law principles. For example, if a professor of law at Yale Law School says that, “murder in the first degree is the killing of a human being by another human being with malice aforethought,” and I tell you that, “murder in the first degree is the killing of a human being by another human being with malice aforethought,” it’s the same information; right? That’s what I mean by saying that, “all general principles of law are generic.” What I have done is to organize generic law school information found on Wikipedia to piece together this series of lectures. All the information contained in Wikipedia is in the public domain and free to use. I have organized the information I feel is most relevant. Much has changed in the world since I graduated from Southern California Institute of Law in 1991. However, very little has changed in the traditional classes taught in law school.

Shane Irvine (Author), Shane Irvine (Narrator)

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