14 Best General, Reference Books
General, Reference is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top General, Reference audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 14 General, Reference audiobooks below.
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Minding Miss Manners
- By: Judith Martin
- Length: 5 hours 29 minutes
- Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.2(109 ratings)
4.2(109 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDFrom the most trusted name in advice comes a fresh, contemporary guide to modern manners dilemmas. Minding Miss Manners: In an Era of Fake Etiquette is a modern guide to modern manners. Facing down the miscreants purveying false etiquette rules (no,From the most trusted name in advice comes a fresh, contemporary guide to modern manners dilemmas.
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Minding Miss Manners: In an Era of Fake Etiquette is a modern guide to modern manners. Facing down the miscreants purveying false etiquette rules (no, you may not wait a year to send a thank-you note for a gift and yes, in an age of social-media-encouraged over-familiarity you can politely refuse to answer nosy questions), Miss Manners guides you through these turbulent times with her timeless wisdom and archly acid wit. -
Tao of Charlie Munger
- By: David Clark
- Narrator: Arthur Morey
- Length: 4 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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4.06(1186 ratings)
4.06(1186 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDWords of wisdom from Charlie Munger–Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner and the visionary Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway–collected and interpreted with an eye towards investing by David Clark, coauthor of theWords of wisdom from Charlie Munger–Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner and the visionary Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway–collected and interpreted with an eye towards investing by David Clark, coauthor of the bestselling Buffettology series.
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Born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1924, Charlie Munger studied mathematics at the University of Michigan, trained as a meteorologist at Cal Tech Pasadena while in the Army, and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School without ever earning an undergraduate degree. Today, Munger is one of America’s most successful investors, the Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, and Warren Buffett’s business partner for almost forty years. Buffett says “Berkshire has been built to Charlie’s blueprint. My role has been that of general contractor.” Munger is an intelligent, opinionated businessman whose ideas can teach professional and amateur investors how to be successful in finance and life.
Like The Tao of Warren Buffett and The Tao of Te Ching, The Tao of Charlie Munger is a compendium of pithy quotes including, “Knowing what you don’t know is more useful than being brilliant” and “In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn’t read all the time–none, zero.” This collection, culled from interviews, speeches, and questions and answers at the Berkshire Hathaway and Wesco annual meetings, offers insights into Munger’s amazing financial success and life philosophies. Described by Business Insider as “sharp in his wit and investing wisdom,” Charlie Munger’s investment tips, business philosophy, and rules for living are as unique as his life story, intelligent as he clearly is, and as successful as he has been. -
The Roosevelts
- By: Peter Collier
- Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 19 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2010
- Language: English
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4.05(289 ratings)
4.05(289 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0031.95 USDThe story of the Roosevelts is usually seen as a tale of two presidents–Theodore and Franklin–separated by time and politics, and of two families–the Oyster Bay and Hyde Park branches–that had little to do with each other.The story of the Roosevelts is usually seen as a tale of two presidents–Theodore and Franklin–separated by time and politics, and of two families–the Oyster Bay and Hyde Park branches–that had little to do with each other. Collier and Horowitz paint an explosive new portrait which offers a completely unique view of America’s longest lasting and most powerful dynasty.
In this brilliant biography, we are given a look inside a family divided–two branches involved in an epic battle for the family legacy. We see for the first time how the ideals of two presidents were passed on to members of later generations, ennobling some and crushing others. The Roosevelts is a rare look at what brought this exceptional group of people together and what drove them apart.
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Transitions
- By: William Bridges
- Narrator: George Psomas
- Length: 6 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 17, 2019
- Language: English
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4.03(2214 ratings)
4.03(2214 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDThe best-selling guide for coping with changes in life and work, named one of the 50 all-time best books in self-help and personal developmentWhether you choose it or it is thrust upon you, change brings both opportunities and turmoil. Since... Read moreThe best-selling guide for coping with changes in life and work, named one of the 50 all-time best books in self-help and personal development
Whether you choose it or it is thrust upon you, change brings both opportunities and turmoil. Since Transitions was first published, this supportive guide has helped hundreds of thousands of readers cope with these issues by providing an elegantly simple yet profoundly insightful roadmap of the transition process. With the understanding born of both personal and professional experience, William Bridges takes readers step by step through the three stages of any transition: The Ending, The Neutral Zone, and, eventually, The New Beginning. Bridges explains how each stage can be understood and embraced, leading to meaningful and productive movement into a hopeful future. With a new introduction highlighting how the advice in the book continues to apply and is perhaps even more relevant today, and a new chapter devoted to change in the workplace, Transitions will remain the essential guide for coping with the one constant in life: change. -
Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book
- By: Phil Gordon
- Narrator: Phil Gordon
- Length: 3 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2005
- Language: English
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3.88(1099 ratings)
3.88(1099 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0012.95 USDPhil Gordon plays poker with the best players in the world. He has won — and lost — in tournaments and cash games around the globe, all the while studying the game and learning from every hand dealt. As the resident expert and cohost ofPhil Gordon plays poker with the best players in the world. He has won — and lost — in tournaments and cash games around the globe, all the while studying the game and learning from every hand dealt. As the resident expert and cohost of Celebrity Poker Showdown, Phil has quickly become one of the most sought-after teachers of No Limit Texas Hold’em. It’s a tough game. But anyone can become a winning player with the right amount of courage, patience, aggression, observation, and, perhaps most important, dedication to becoming a better player.
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After fifteen years of keeping notes on the things he’s learned, the greats he’s played with, and the celebrities he’s taught, Phil Gordon has poured every single thing he knows about No Limit Texas Hold’em into this little green book. Taking a page from Harvey Penick’s bestselling book of golf wisdom, Phil plays the role of both teacher and student, offering up insightful tips on how to think about poker and how to develop a singular style of play. Through philosophy, psychology, strategy, math, and the knowledge gleaned from playing poker with everyone from T. J. Cloutier and Phil Ivey to Hank Azaria and Ben Affleck, Phil breaks down the game into enlightening instructional tidbits and illustrative anecdotes that inspire the kind of persistence and motivation necessary to improve your game.
A book to rank with Doyle Brunson’s Super System and David Sklansky’s The Theory of Poker, Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book deserves a spot on the shelf of every serious student of the game. -
How to Speak Science
- By: Bruce Benamran
- Narrator: Braden Wright
- Length: 13 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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3.82(115 ratings)
3.82(115 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDAs smartphones, supercomputers, supercolliders, and AI propel us into an ever more unfamiliar future, How to Speak Science takes us on a rollicking historical tour of the greatest discoveries and ideas that make today’s cutting-edgeAs smartphones, supercomputers, supercolliders, and AI propel us into an ever more unfamiliar future, How to Speak Science takes us on a rollicking historical tour of the greatest discoveries and ideas that make today’s cutting-edge technologies possible.
Wanting everyone to be able to “speak” science, YouTube science guru Bruce Benamran explains–as accessibly and wittily as in his acclaimed videos–the fundamental ideas of the physical world: matter, life, the solar system, light, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, special and general relativity, and much more.
Along the way, Benamran guides us through the wildest hypotheses and most ingenious ideas of Galileo, Newton, Curie, Einstein, and science’s other greatest minds, reminding us that while they weren’t always exactly right, they were always curious. How to Speak Science acquaints us not only with what scientists know, but how they think, so that each of us can reason like a physicist–and appreciate the world in all its beautiful chaos.
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Ethics 101
- By: Brian Boone
- Narrator: Fred Sanders
- Length: 7 hours 0 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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3.81(189 ratings)
3.81(189 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDExplore the mysteries of morality and the concept of right and wrong with this accessible, engaging guide featuring basic facts along with an overview of modern-day issues ranging from business ethics and bioethics to political and socialExplore the mysteries of morality and the concept of right and wrong with this accessible, engaging guide featuring basic facts along with an overview of modern-day issues ranging from business ethics and bioethics to political and social ethics.
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Ethics 101 offers an exciting look into the history of moral principles that dictate human behavior. Unlike traditional textbooks that overwhelm, this easy-to-read guide presents the key concepts of ethics in fun, straightforward lessons and exercises featuring only the most important facts, theories, and ideas. Ethics 101 includes unique, accessible elements such as:
-Explanations of the major moral philosophies including utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and eastern philosophers including Avicenna, Buddha, and Confucius.
-Classic thought exercises including the trolley problem, the sorites paradox, and agency theory
-Unique profiles of the greatest characters in moral philosophy
-An explanation of modern applied ethics in bioethics, business ethics, political ethics, professional ethics, organizational ethics, and social ethics
From Plato to Jean-Paul Sartre and utilitarianism to antirealism, Ethics 101 is jam-packed with enlightening information that you can’t get anywhere else! -
Stealing Your Life
- By: Frank W. Abagnale
- Narrator: Raymond Todd
- Length: 7 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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3.67(214 ratings)
3.67(214 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDWhen Frank Abagnale trains law enforcement officers for the FBI’s National Academy about identity theft, he asks agents for their addresses and nothing more. The next day, he returns with everything he would need to steal their lives: SocialWhen Frank Abagnale trains law enforcement officers for the FBI’s National Academy about identity theft, he asks agents for their addresses and nothing more. The next day, he returns with everything he would need to steal their lives: Social Security numbers, dates of birth, current salary, checking account numbers, the names of everyone in their family, and more. This illustrates how easy it is for anyone from anywhere in the world to assume our identity and, in a matter of hours, devastate our lives in ways that can take years to recover from.
Considering the fact that a fresh victim is hit in the US every four seconds, Stealing Your Life is the reference everyone needs, by an unsurpassed authority on the latest identity-theft schemes.
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Gracious
- By: Kelly Williams Brown
- Narrator: Kelly Williams Brown
- Length: 7 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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3.66(487 ratings)
3.66(487 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDFrom New York Times bestselling author of Adulting: How to Become a Grown-Up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps comes a funny, charming guide to modern civility in these–yes, we’ll say it–rather uncivil times. Graciousness is practicing theFrom New York Times bestselling author of Adulting: How to Become a Grown-Up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps comes a funny, charming guide to modern civility in these–yes, we’ll say it–rather uncivil times.
Graciousness is practicing the arts of kindness, thoughtfulness, good manners, humanity, and basic decency. As a bonus, it makes your life and even the world (or at least the room you’re in) much lovelier.
It’s not about memorizing every rule of traditional etiquette to a T (though there is so much there to explore!) or spending all your time maintaining a spotless house. It’s about approaching the world with compassion, conviction, self-confidence, and wholeheartedness, whether you’re at the Met Gala or saying good morning to a convenience store clerk.
From chatting easily with anyone to mastering the subtleties of social media etiquette (hint: block early, block often), Brown has talked to gracious women and men all over the country to give you easy ways to embody your own graciousness.
Throughout the book, she provides tips on how to deal with the people and circumstances that challenge even the most socially graceful among us, advice on how to practice graciousness in everyday life, and thoughtful discussions on being kind to those around you without ever losing your sense of self.
With the wisdom of gracious folk ranging from celebrities to the author’s mother-in-law, this book explains the perspective, actions–and, sometimes, inaction–that help us move smoothly and effectively through whatever life tosses at us.
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Bro Code for Parents
- By: Barney Stinson
- Narrator: Neil Patrick Harris
- Length: 2 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
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3.66(451 ratings)
3.66(451 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.95 USDThe newest book in the New York Times bestselling “Barney Stinson” canon teaches prospective parents everything they need to know to have a legendary kid.So you’re going to be a parent. You might be asking yourself a series ofThe newest book in the New York Times bestselling “Barney Stinson” canon teaches prospective parents everything they need to know to have a legendary kid.
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So you’re going to be a parent.
You might be asking yourself a series of important questions:
Will I be a good parent? * Will I be able to afford this? * Can I ever have sex again?
Well, the answer to all these questions is a rock-solid no. But just because your existence is now a petrifying turd on the canvas of life doesn’t mean your kid has to be as lame as you’re about to become. That’s why I’ve written this book–to teach you how to be an awesomommy or legendaddy.
The Bro Code for Parents will help you:
Choose a baby name that won’t get your kid stuffed into a junior high locker *
Interview and hire a smokin’ hot nanny * Teach your child instant classics like “The Boobs on the Bus” and “Bro, Bro, Bro Your Boat”
With full-color illustrations, interactive work sheets, and even suggestions for how to turn a stroller into a broller, The Bro Code for Parents gives you all the tools you’ll need to raise your child to be almost as awesome as I am. Almost. -
Fiction Focus for Writers
- By: Jackie Weger
- Narrator: Pete Fischer
- Length: 43 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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3.5(2 ratings)
3.5(2 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.003.95 USDPlump up a pillow and listen to Fiction Focus for Writers. Discover how to release barriers to your success. Brainstorm a new book, a short story, a proposal, an outline. Finish your work-in-progress. Fiction Focus for Writers can help. TwentyPlump up a pillow and listen to Fiction Focus for Writers. Discover how to release barriers to your success. Brainstorm a new book, a short story, a proposal, an outline. Finish your work-in-progress. Fiction Focus for Writers can help. Twenty minutes is all it takes.
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Blue Skies, No Fences
- By: Lynne Cheney
- Narrator: Lynne Cheney
- Length: 5 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2007
- Language: English
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2.92(73 ratings)
2.92(73 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.95 USDIn Blue Skies, No Fences: A Memoir of Childhood and Family, Lynne Cheney re-creates the years after World War II in a small town on the high plains of the West. Portraying an era that started with the Ink Spots on the Zenith Radio in herIn Blue Skies, No Fences: A Memoir of Childhood and Family, Lynne Cheney re-creates the years after World War II in a small town on the high plains of the West. Portraying an era that started with the Ink Spots on the Zenith Radio in her family’s living room and ended with Elvis on the jukebox at the local canteen, she tells of coming of age in a time when the country seemed in control of its destiny and individual Americans in charge of theirs. She describes Casper, Wyoming, where she met a young man named Dick Cheney, and remembers her hometown as a place where the future seemed as bright as the blue sky and life’s possibilities as boundless as the prairie. It was also a place where a pioneer heritage prevailed, and Cheney traces the paths of forebears who journeyed westward, strengthened against adversity by a bedrock belief that they would find a better life. An uplifting exploration of a special time and place in American history, Blue Skies, No Fences is also a heartfelt tribute to those optimistic souls who, in Lynne Cheney’s words, “pinned their hopes on America and kept heading west.”
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Happy, Healthy You
- By: KJ Landis
- Narrator: Ann Richardson
- Length: 7 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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2.56(7 ratings)
2.56(7 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDHealth and wellness: Happy Healthy You is a multidisciplinary approach to reclaiming ultimate wellness. We are all so busy nowadays, and tackling all those to-do lists can leave us drained, worn down, and lacking energy. When you take a deeper lookHealth and wellness: Happy Healthy You is a multidisciplinary approach to reclaiming ultimate wellness. We are all so busy nowadays, and tackling all those to-do lists can leave us drained, worn down, and lacking energy. When you take a deeper look inside, you will also discover patterns, old habits, and past events blocking self-growth. Life coach extraordinaire KJ Landis helps identify how, why, and where we got stuck in the first place, and how we can utilize past trauma and drama as a springboard to becoming our most authentic, vibrant selves. As one of KJ’s students enthuses, “She has taught me several tangible strategies to cope with stress…I am using KJ’s simple techniques to achieve my lifelong health goals.”
Stress relievers: Learn to lose the baggage and blame once and for all and step into your better self. KJ Landis herself is an exemplar of the practices she espouses. In her early career as a model, she masked years of abuse behind her beauty. Her journey to health and happiness is remarkable and truly inspiring. So many of us bury pieces of ourselves, never daring to become whole. Landis’ work offers a path to wholeness for all. The variety of healing therapies and practices makes this book unique in its contribution to the self-help and wellness world.
Each day, we are faced with an immense amount of daily stress. Over time, those stressors may build up to a really big deal in our lives, causing us to go into survival mode. When you are only surviving, you are not thriving. In addition to the day-to-day sources of stress, many of us are exposed to major issues such as neglect, loneliness, abandonment issues, sexual abuse, grieving after loss, breakups, workplace challenges, environmental disasters, hormonal imbalances, and nutritional deficiencies. KJ Landis tackles all the blocks to wellness with excellent practical tools for overcoming and recovering.
Inside this book you will learn
the origin of how we remain “stuck” in our lives,how to use the Negative Thought Pot to rid ourselves of self-deprecating beliefs,how hormones and epigenetics affect mental and physical wellness, the role of nutrition in every aspect of our health,therapeutic movement as a modality in healing,the power of self-care through restorative practices,and much, much more!
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Wnw Power Vocabulary
- By: Elizabeth Morse-cluley
- Narrator: Elizabeth Morse-cluley
- Length: 57 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 1989
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.007.95 USDCarefully designed by leading experts in the field, here is a vocabulary building program that provides the inside edge on learning new words, understanding word usage and pronunciation and making a powerful vocabulary part of your everyday life.Carefully designed by leading experts in the field, here is a vocabulary building program that provides the inside edge on learning new words, understanding word usage and pronunciation and making a powerful vocabulary part of your everyday life. This program, Volume One of a four-part vocabulary building series, offers you:
- The building blocks of English words
- Dynamic visualization techniques for learning new words
- Self-challenges to make your new vocabulary last
- The words most often misused and mispronounced
By concentrating on the fundamentals of English and offering effective, enjoyable word vocabulary exercises, Webster’s New World Power Vocabulary goes beyond simple memorization so that you are in full command of the language – and have the winning edge in communication skills!
Cliff Weitzman
Cliff Weitzman is a dyslexia advocate and the CEO and founder of Speechify, the #1 text-to-speech app in the world, totaling over 100,000 5-star reviews and ranking first place in the App Store for the News & Magazines category. In 2017, Weitzman was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for his work making the internet more accessible to people with learning disabilities. Cliff Weitzman has been featured in EdSurge, Inc., PC Mag, Entrepreneur, Mashable, among other leading outlets.
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