"A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson. It's not a technically a business book, but it's incredibly interesting for anyone who enjoys science. It does have one good business-related concept - it reinforces the idea that just having the best idea doesn't always make you successful or rich - it's the execution that counts.
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Re: Ask YC: Road trip. Which audio books would you recommend?
#22I recommend:
Podiobooks.com , escapepod.org and
podcastle.org
Look for Parsec award winners or Hugo award winners.
Re: Ask YC: Road trip. Which audio books would you recommend?
#231. People's History of the United States: Highlights from the 20th century - Howard Zinn
2. Snow Crash - Neil Stephenson
3. jPod - Douglas Coupland
4. the world is flat 2.0
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#24Fredric Bastiat - "The Law" - http://www.freeaudio.org/fbastiat/thelaw.html (audio book)
http://www.amazon.com/Law-Frederick-Bastiat/dp/1933550147/ (5 stars with 83 reviews so it's not just me)
It'll only take about forty minutes to finish.
If you go with a Teaching Company course I highly recommend their "Great Minds" series (though without a library it is a bit spendy): http://www.teach12.com/ttcx/coursedesclong2.aspx?cid=470&
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#251. "The Wisdom of Crowds" by James Surowiecki 2. "Predictably Irrational" by Dan Ariely 3. "The Search" by John Battelle 4. "Made to Stick" by Chip Heath and Dan Heath 5. "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell That should cover your trip. I've listened to all of them and really liked all of them. "Blink" by Gladwell is also good, but not as business related. I would love to hear any other suggestions people have in…
I found The Wisdom of Crowds hard to get through. Interesting subject matter, but the text just didn't flow for me.
"The Paradox of Choice" by Barry Schwartz was a great read.
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#26Podcasts from www.venturevoice.com.
Great interviews with entrepreneurs, and they're each about an hour long -- perfect for road trips.
Complete list here: http://www.venturevoice.com/library.html
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#27This American Life shows/podcasts.
Re: Ask YC: Road trip. Which audio books would you recommend?
#28Podcasts from www.venturevoice.com. Great interviews with entrepreneurs, and they're each about an hour long -- perfect for road trips. Complete list here: http://www.venturevoice.com/library.html
Wow, these are great!
Re: Ask YC: Road trip. Which audio books would you recommend?
#29The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Much of what makes an audiobook great is the reader's grasp of the material. Both of these books are great works of literature, but the skill of the reader makes them even better as audiobooks.
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#30Radiolab. It is a podcast, not an audio book, but I would recommend downloading the entire set at http://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab and listening to all of them. Listen to them in order, oldest to newest. I would not recommend starting with the most recent "Jad and Robert: The Early Years" which is mainly about the hosts. And if you want to cherrypick one show to start with try: Musical Language.
Can't second this one enough. This is by far the best show on air.
As it relates to business: the show is a veritable collection of case studies revolving around people, culture, and science. Myself: I'd recommend the Space episode.