Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman, joins forces with Rosenberg, currently adviser to Google’s CEO, in this rather surface-deep yet fascinating examination of the lessons learned and the evolving management philosophies of the international Internet giant they helped build. Google, all of 16 years old, is estimated to be worth $300 billion. Rosenberg provides a workmanlike reading of both the foreword and the introduction. The heavy lifting is done by Holter Graham, who provides a masterful yet intimate narration that will engage the listener. Graham earns the greatest of all plaudits: He becomes transparent in recounting an absorbing story, which is no small feat in a volume that, as told by a lesser narrator, might sound like a dry business management primer.
Pub Date: Sept. 23, 2014
Duration: 9 hrs, 45 mins
DD ISBN: 9781478953210
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
The readers can't compensate for the unbearably pompous prose style of this extended parable about corporate politics and strategy.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 3 hrs
Publisher: Random House Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
The audiobook illuminates the misdeeds of malevolent marketers, sleazy lawyers, and unethical doctors.
Cassandra Campbell’s narration is a model of a nonfiction performance. Her reading of exposition is careful and convincing. She knows where to pause and how to move the action forward. Law professor Burch’s investigative report of the con men, grifters, and profiteers who took advantage of women who were harmed by vaginal mesh implant removal is deeply researched. The revelations of how these “professionals” colluded to scam these vulnerable women who experienced incontinence, pain, and emotional distress after their procedures is horrific. The patients whose mesh implants were removed often had no medical workups prior to surgeries and were charged egregious hidden fees. The text also exposes the legal system’s glacial pace.
The audiobook illuminates the misdeeds of malevolent marketers, sleazy lawyers, and unethical doctors.Pub Date: Jan. 13, 2026
Duration: 13 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781668115107
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Review Posted Online: Feb. 17, 2026
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