Becoming Eisenhower: How Ike Rose from Obscurity to Supreme Allied Commander by Michael Lee Lanning

The Bright Side: How Optimists Change the World, and How You Can Be One by Sumit Paul-Choudhury

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/807836 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/807836] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bright Side: How Optimists Change the World, and How You Can Be One Author: Sumit Paul-Choudhury Narrator: Sumit Paul-Choudhury Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 7, 2025 Genres: Mental Health & Psychology Publisher's Summary: In the thought-provoking tradition of Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now and Yuval Noah Harari’s Homo Deus, a fascinating and reassuring look at the philosophy, psychology, and practice of optimism, and why being optimistic is a moral obligation—even in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges. Scrolling through our daily newsfeeds we see violence and cruelty, turmoil and injustice, fake news and clickbait, and worsening environmental and social crises—just a few of the dark currents feeding a tidal wave of pessimism. In the face of so many challenges, how can we stay optimistic? And, more important, why should we? In The Bright Side, Sumit Paul-Choudhury answers these pressing questions, arguing that optimism is not only essential for overcoming the challenges we face, but also fundamental to human wellbeing. Drawing on a wide array of evidence—from biology to history, and from economics to meteorology—he delves into the underappreciated roots of optimism, examines its impact on mental health and professional success, and discusses why it has a power that wishful thinking lacks. Additionally, The Bright Side shows how we can apply the principles of optimism to cope with environmental crises, artificial intelligence, and social change. From the polar reaches to the world’s mightiest cities, through inspirational figures including explorers, activists, and scientists, the book illustrates optimism in action. A beacon amid dark times, The Bright Side provides a lens through which we can see the challenges we face more clearly—and it also offers tools for solving them, to create a better future for ourselves and generations to come.

Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/798378 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/798378] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Requiem for a Dream Author: Hubert Selby Narrator: William DeMeritt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: November 19, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: A tale of four people trapped by their addictions—the basis for the acclaimed Darren Aronofsky film—by the author of Last Exit to Brooklyn. Sara Goldfarb is devastated by the death of her husband. She spends her days watching game shows and obsessing over appearing on television as a contestant—and her prescription diet pills only accelerate her mania. Her son, Harry, is living in the streets with his friend Tyrone and girlfriend Marion, where they spend their days selling drugs and dreaming of escape. When their heroin supply dries up, all three descend into an abyss of dependence and despair, their lives, like Sara’s, doomed by the destructive power of drugs. Tragic and captivating, Requiem for a Dream is one of Selby’s most powerful works and an indelible portrait of the ravages of addiction.

Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/822448 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/822448] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Six Thinking Hats Author: Edward de Bono Narrator: Mike Fraser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 15 minutes Release date: October 18, 2024 Genres: Mental Health & Psychology Publisher's Summary: Used successfully by thousands of business managers, educators, and government leaders around the world, Six Thinking Hats offers a practical and uniquely positive approach to making decisions and exploring new ideas. Your success depends on how you think. The main difficulty of thinking is confusion, writes Edward de Bono, long recognized as an international authority on conceptual thinking and on the teaching of thinking as a skill. We try to do too much at once. Emotions, information, logic, hope, and creativity all crowd in on us. It is like juggling with too many balls. The solution? De Bono unscrambles the thinking process with his six thinking hats: - WHITE HAT: neutral and objective, concerned with facts and figures - RED HAT: the emotional view - BLACK HAT: careful and cautious - YELLOW HAT: sunny and positive - GREEN HAT: associated with fertile growth, creativity, and new ideas - BLUE HAT: cool, the color of the sky, above everything else-the organizing hat Through case studies and real-life examples, Dr. de Bono reveals the often surprising ways in which deliberate role playing can make you a better thinker. He offers a powerfully simple tool that you can use to create clearer thinking, improved communication, and greater creativity. This audio edition of his timeless book is an instructive and inspiring text for anyone who makes decisions, in business or in life. This audiobook is skillfully narrated by Mike Fraser, an Audible listener favorite. Published with permission from Edward de Bono Ltd. Information on training in the Six Thinking Hats is available at www.deBono.com. This audiobook was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.©1985 Edward de Bono Ltd. (P)

The Great Mental Models, Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry, and Biology by Rhiannon Beaubien, Shane Parrish

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/782422 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/782422] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Mental Models, Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry, and Biology Series: #2 of The Great Mental Models Series Author: Rhiannon Beaubien, Shane Parrish Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: Career Development Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Clear Thinking and Farnam Street founder, Shane Parrish. The second book in the timeless Great Mental Models series. Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have credited their success to mental models–representations of how something works that can scale onto other fields. Mastering a small number of mental models enables you to rapidly grasp new information, identify patterns others miss, and avoid the common mistakes that hold people back. Volume 2 of The Great Mental Models series provides a collection of over twenty important concepts from physics, chemistry, and biology in a clear and accessible style. Not only will you better understand the hidden forces that influence the world around you, you’ll also learn how those forces can work to your advantage. Some of the mental models covered in this book include: - Leverage: When the application of a small force to one end results in a larger force at the other end. - Inertia: An object (or organization) at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an external force. - Activation Energy: The minimum amount of energy required to incite a chemical reaction. - Ecosystems: A community of organisms that have complex relationships to each other. The Great Mental Models series demystifies once elusive concepts and illuminates rich knowledge that traditional education overlooks. This series is the most comprehensive and accessible guide on using mental models to better understand our world, solve problems, and gain an advantage.

Becoming Eisenhower: How Ike Rose from Obscurity to Supreme Allied Commander by Michael Lee Lanning

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/803921 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/803921] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Eisenhower: How Ike Rose from Obscurity to Supreme Allied Commander Author: Michael Lee Lanning Narrator: Adam Barr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: When Dwight Eisenhower graduated from West Point in 1915, few would have predicted he was destined for greatness. Yet the young officer made the most of the opportunities he was given, made a lasting impression on superiors, and eventually gained a reputation as an excellent staff officer. Fifty-nine graduates became generals during World War II, but none of that was clear at the time, especially not for the young Dwight Eisenhower, who graduated sixty-first in a class of 164. During the 1920s into the early 1930s Eisenhower started to catch the eye of superiors and earned positions under the U.S. Army's leading lights. Eisenhower joined the General Staff in Washington, DC, where he helped develop war plans and eventually became deputy chief of staff under George Marshall. When the time came to appoint a commander to execute the plans, Marshall knew Eisenhower was the man for the job. Becoming Eisenhower is the story of a young man who first pursued the army for its free education, the story of an officer who was initially overlooked, the story of how General Eisenhower carried these experiences not only into Supreme Command but also the presidency.