Audiobooks narrated by Graham Rowat

The Path to Singularity: How Technology Will Challenge the Future of Humanity

Astrophysicist J. Craig Wheeler, former president of the American Astronomical Society, takes a critical look at the technological advances shaping our future. From artificial intelligence to genetic engineering, Wheeler explores how these innovations are interconnected and the potential they hold for humanity's evolution. With thought-provoking insights into the ethical dilemmas we face, Wheeler stresses the importance of staying informed and proactive. Key Questions Raised by Wheeler: Will there be jobs for those willing to work in a future dominated by automation? How might social media companies manipulate our decisions, potentially stripping us of free will? Could AI influence or even dictate our voting behaviors? What implications arise if we solve aging? How will society adapt to the challenges of perpetual youth? What are the realistic prospects of migrating to space as Earth becomes increasingly inhospitable? Our decisions today will determine if we control technology or if it controls us. Wheeler not only outlines the challenges but also offers practical advice on how we can retain control over our technological destiny. Includes a foreword by Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

J. Craig Wheeler (Author), Graham Rowat (Narrator)

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City of Hope, City of Rage: Miami, 1968–1994

City of Hope, City of Rage gives a fascinating account of three turbulent and transformative decades in the history of Miami. Marked by mass immigration, racially motivated uprisings, economic inequity, rising crime, and social change, Miami's history from 1968 to 1994 saw the city evolve rapidly from a predominantly white city and vacation spot into a global, Hispanic-majority metropolis with an international tourist base. And yet Miami remains highly segregated today. Exploring beyond the clichés of the Magic City as a bastion of hope for immigrants, a fantasy of beaches and art deco architecture, or a hotbed of drugs and crime, historian Seth A. Weitz reveals the social, political, and cultural shifts that transformed the city. Utilizing archival research and personal stories to reveal the diverse experiences of Miami's Black, Latinx, Jewish, and LGBTQ+ communities, Weitz explores the struggles for social justice, the rise of the drug trade, and the ongoing fight to mold Miami's image. A Miami native, Weitz challenges simplistic narratives about the city, revealing a place defined by hope, rage, and struggle for identity. Illuminating the way Miami is defined and who gets to define it, City of Hope, City of Rage offers a fresh perspective on this vibrant and complex city, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in Miami's unique history.

Seth A. Weitz (Author), Graham Rowat (Narrator)

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No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs

Time Is Money and You Are Running Out of It! Dan S. Kennedy, joined by coauthor Ben Glass, delivers a fresh take on preserving your most underappreciated and valuable asset, time! With new material addressing social media addiction and time consumption, you'll learn to redefine the saying, 'time is money.' Learn how to: CALCULATE THE VALUE OF YOUR TIME-and put a meter on those consuming it; SLAY TIME VAMPIRES-like Mr. Have-You-Got-A-Minute, Mr. Meeting, and all the other bloodsuckers; KICK YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION-and combat time consumption; STOP 'PRODUCTIVUS INTERRUPTUS'-master the five time-defense tactics; ACHIEVE MAXIMUM PRODUCTIVITY with psycho-cybernetics; THE EIGHT NO B.S. TIME TRUTHS never to violate despite the conspiracy against them; become successful beyond your wildest dreams-APPLY THE #1 MOST POWERFUL PERSONAL DISCIPLINE; THE TEN TIME MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES worth using. Only ten; and FIRE YOURSELF! Replace yourself. Make MORE money from LESS time and have MORE freedom to do BIG things!

Ben Glass, Dan S. Kennedy (Author), Graham Rowat (Narrator)

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Managing Priorities: How to Create Better Plans and Make Smarter Decisions

Managing Priorities is your guide to prioritizing anything-anytime and anywhere. Harry Max digs into the best practices for prioritization at Apple, DreamWorks, NASA, Adobe, Google, Microsoft, and beyond, and brings them together in a single, practical method that you can apply step by step. Who Should Read This Book? Every business person who is even remotely interested in prioritization should read Managing Priorities. Whatever you need to prioritize-tasks, goals, OKRs, projects-this book is for you. Specific chapters are dedicated to what needs to happen and when for individuals, teams, and whole organizations.

Harry Max (Author), Graham Rowat (Narrator)

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Zev's Los Angeles: A Political Memoir: From Boyle Heights to the Halls of Power

This is the story of Zev Yaroslavsky, the son of Ukrainian Jews who immigrated to the United States in the early 1920s. His memoir charts the journey of a young social activist who battled to free Soviet Jews before becoming one of the most consequential elected officials in Southern California. Fiercely independent, he combined an activist's passion with a seasoned politician's skill to challenge the region's power brokers. He fought the Los Angeles Police Department's excessive force and political spying policies, led the effort to ban local taxes from funding the 1984 Olympics, teamed with President Clinton to avert a catastrophic county bankruptcy, helped develop LA's modern transit system, won a bruising battle with real estate interests to save the Santa Monica Mountains from rapacious development, and was pivotal in the development of Walt Disney Concert Hall and the modernization of the iconic Hollywood Bowl. 'I may be part of the establishment,' he said on the day he was first sworn into office, 'but the establishment is not part of me.'

Josh Getlin, Zev Yaroslavsky (Author), Graham Rowat (Narrator)

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Stoicism For Dummies

Stoicism For Dummies will teach you the basic principles of stoic philosophy and show you how it can help you navigate the ups and downs of life. We all face challenges and setbacks, and, if we have the right mindset, we can sail through them with ease. This book offers a comprehensive look at Stoic philosophy, uncovering its strengths and attractions and shedding light on its limitations, both in the ancient world where it was developed, and in our world today. Learn how you can apply stoic principles for personal growth and better living, and how you can adapt this philosophical outlook to your unique circumstances. Written in terms anyone can understand, this friendly Dummies guide helps you understand stoicism, and also apply it in your life. - Understand the basics of stoic philosophy, including virtues and practices - Learn how to keep calm and carry on when life throws you curveballs - Apply stoic principles to improve your relationships and quality of life - Discover the history of stoicism and how its principles can apply to today's world This book is great for anyone who wants to learn more about stoicism and its benefits.

Gregory Bassham Ph.D., Gregory Bassham, Phd, Tom Morris Phd, Tom Morris, Phd (Author), Graham Rowat (Narrator)

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Marketing 6.0: The Future Is Immersive

In Marketing 6.0, the celebrated promoter of the 'Four P's of Marketing,' Philip Kotler, explains how marketers can use technology to address customers' needs and make a difference in the world. In a new age of metamarketing, this book provides marketers with a way to integrate technological and business model evolution with the dramatic shifts in consumer behavior that have happened in the last decade. Listeners will learn about: the building blocks of metamarketing; Generation Z and Generation Alpha and the technologies they use daily; how to tap into metaverses and extended reality; and the potential obstacles and solutions for creating a more interactive and immersive experience. Marketing has evolved to address global challenges and changing customer expectations. Incorporating sustainability themes and new technologies for customer engagement are essential for businesses to remain relevant. Indeed, marketing has shifted from traditional to digital, but most customers still value some forms of human interaction. As a result, multichannel and omnichannel marketing have become popular among marketers aiming to leverage both traditional and digital engagement. Metamarketing goes beyond that and offers a genuine physical and digital convergence by providing a more interactive and immersive customer experience across physical and digital spaces.

Hermawan Kartajaya, Iwan Setiawan, Philip Kotler (Author), Graham Rowat (Narrator)

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Outsmart the Money Magicians: Maximize Your Net Worth by Seeing Through the Most Powerful Illusions

Nationwide brokerage firms have perfected the secrets for how to legally fool the rest of us into giving them our hard-earned money. Written by a renowned leader and financial reform advocate who has seen every trick in the book firsthand, Outsmart the Money Magicians reveals how biased the financial system often is, and helps you see through the illusions, understand exactly what is happening with your money, and make investing and tax decisions accordingly. You'll learn everything there is to know about how often Wall Street and the IRS rely on deceptions that encourage the public to behave a certain way, including: ● Encouraging people to save a fixed amount each month in an illusion called Pay Yourself First ● Hiding the profits created by dividends and rebalancing, to motivate people to sell investments worth keeping ● Leveraging fear of the higher 'tax bracket' to incentivize us to spend more money on government-approved deductions Outsmart the Money Magicians provides clear, easy-to-understand action steps to protect your portfolio and maximize your wealth-building efforts. This book also gives experts and beginners alike an inside view to how Wall Street should improve.

Christopher R. Manske (Author), Graham Rowat (Narrator)

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Autonomous Transformation: Creating a More Human Future in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

We are in the midst of an unprecedented degree of technology-driven change at the same time that society faces challenges more complex than our organizations and we as individuals have been prepared to handle. We have all borne witness to the changes, for better and for worse, that technology has had on society, our nations, cities, the nature of work, and the human experience-but technology is neither the hero nor the villain of this story. Autonomous Transformation: Creating a More Human Future in the Era of Artificial Intelligence is for leaders who want to create a better future within this context of change and supplies a balance of historical and theoretical context with practical frameworks for beginning to create a more human future today. Autonomous Transformation provides a blueprint for leaders and managers who have aspired or attempted to harness artificial intelligence and its adjacent technologies for the betterment of their organization and the world, weaving strategy, management thinking, economics, systemic design, and philosophy into actionable steps with accompanying frameworks to create and sustain Profitable Good.

Brian Evergreen (Author), Graham Rowat (Narrator)

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The Four Realms of Existence: A New Theory of Being Human

Humans have long thought of their bodies and minds as separate spheres of existence. The body is physical—the source of aches and pains. But the mind is mental; it perceives, remembers, believes, feels, and imagines. Although modern science has largely eliminated this mind-body dualism, people still tend to imagine their minds as separate from their physical being. Even in research, the notion of the “self” as somehow distinct from the rest of the organism persists. Joseph LeDoux argues that we have hit an epistemological wall—that ideas like the self are increasingly barriers to discovery and understanding. He offers a new framework of who we are, theorizing four realms of existence—bodily, neural, cognitive, and conscious. The biological realm makes life possible. Hence, every living thing exists biologically. Animals, uniquely, supplement biological existence with a nervous system. This neural component enables them to control their bodies with speed and precision unseen in other forms of life. Some animals with nervous systems possess a cognitive realm, which allows the creation of internal representations of the world around them. These mental models are used to control a wide range of behaviors. Finally, the conscious realm allows its possessors to have inner experiences of, and thoughts about, the world. Together, LeDoux shows, these four realms make humans who and what we are. They cooperate continuously and underlie our capacity to live and experience ourselves as beings with a past, present, and future. The result, LeDoux explains, is not a self but an “ensemble of being” that subsumes our entire human existence, both as individuals and as a species.

Joseph E. Ledoux (Author), Graham Rowat (Narrator)

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America's Forgotten Army: The True Story of the U.S. Seventh Army in WWII - And An Unknown Battle th

An enthralling account of the World War Two exploits of the U.S. Seventh Army, from Sicily to France to the final assault on Hitler's mountain retreat, the Eagle's Nest. Although overshadowed by the other Allied armies fighting in Europe, the impact of the U.S. Seventh Army on the course of the Second World War deserves to be remembered. In Sicily, under the command of General George S. Patton, it swept away Axis forces as it captured village after village. It then moved northwards charging 'up the gut' of Nazi-held Europe. Charles Whiting uncovers the actions of this overlooked army and its men-charging against dug-in German machine gun nests, launching ferocious attacks on the bloodied snows of the Alps, and fending off terrifying Panzer-led counterattacks. This book also draws attention to many of the fascinating figures who led it, from Patton to his successor as commander of the Seventh General Alexander 'Sandy' Patch, to the numerous brilliant soldiers that fought under them, including the dynamic Lucian Truscott, daredevil Robert T. Frederick, aggressive 'Iron Mike' O'Daniel, talented Frenchman Jacques LeClerc, and America's most decorated soldier, Audie Murphy.

Charles Whiting (Author), Graham Rowat (Narrator)

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Navigating the Complexities of Stroke

Navigating the Complexities of Stroke provides a practical guide for the lay public and medical professionals. Dr. Louis R. Caplan, one of the world's leading experts, guides listeners through the subject in a straightforward and accessible manner. He turns to the mechanics of the stroke itself, discussing the complexities of the two major kinds and the resulting damage. Caplan offers information and advice that listeners will find useful: the medical conditions and other factors that create risk, stroke symptoms, abnormalities that doctors look for, tests available to evaluate strokes, complications and disabilities that can result, and the paths of treatment and rehabilitation. He offers real-life cases of victims and their families that demonstrate successful recovery, but also reveal the sometimes troubling impact of strokes on survivors and their families, who can suffer frustration and demoralization that the medical profession often overlooks in its biological focus. Caplan also examines strokes in children and young adults, who are often neglected in literature that is largely aimed at seniors. Navigating the Complexities of Stroke empowers victims, families, and general medical providers. It puts in listeners' hands the knowledge necessary to avoid strokes, address them quickly, and recover, so they won't lose heart when it is needed most.

Louis R. Caplan Md Faan, Md Faan Louis R. Caplan (Author), Graham Rowat (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Graham Rowat