Matthew Parker has 5 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 8 narrators, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is The Sugar Barons.
The Sugar Barons
Summary
To those who travel there today, the West Indies are unspoiled paradise islands. Yet that image conceals a turbulent, dramatic, and shocking history. For some 200 years after 1650, the West Indies became the strategic center of the Western world, witnessing one of the greatest power struggles of the age as Europeans made and lost immense fortunes growing and trading in sugar - a commodity so lucrative it became known as "white gold". As Matthew Parker skillfully chronicles in his sweeping history, the sugar revolution made the English, in particular, a nation of voracious consumers, so much so that the wealth of her island colonies came to underpin the entire British economy, ultimately fueling the Industrial Revolution. Yet beside the incredible wealth came untold misery: the horrors of slavery and of slaves, on whose backs the sugar empires were brutally built; the rampant disease that claimed the lives of one third of all whites within three years of arrival in the Caribbean; the cruelty, corruption, and decadence of the plantation culture. For those on the ground, the British West Indian empire presented a disturbing moral universe. Parker vividly interweaves the human stories - since lost to history - of visitors and slaves, overseers and soldiers, and of the families whose fortunes and fame rose and fell on sugar. Their wealth drove the development of the North American mainland states, and with it a slave culture, as the racist plantation model was exported to the warm southern states. Eventually, opposition to sugar policy in London helped to unite the North American colonies against Britain. Broad in scope and rich in detail, The Sugar Barons freshly links the histories of Europe, the West Indies, and North America, and reveals the full impact of the sugar revolution, the resonance of which is still felt today.
©2011 Matthew Parker (P)2011 Tantor
A Beginner's Guide to Investing
Summary
A beginner's guide to investing. How to grow your money with an online business in 2020.
©2020 Matthew Parker (P)2020 Matthew Parker
Financially Free in 1 Year
Summary
Can you imagine yourself having location freedom and managing your time however you want? Are you interested in proven online business ideas with complete fundamental and advanced strategies? Do you need to devise a way to manage your time more effectively? If at least one of these questions got your attention, then keep reading.... These days, when people spend millions of dollars every single day on information sources like books, podcasts, seminars, webinars, consultations, and more, it is really important for you to recognize what is real, what is true and what is unreal and impossible. Not only that, you also must be able to choose what fits you best, and only then you can start building something real and good. A lot of upfront work to do, isn’t it? The purpose of this book is to make your work a lot easier, so everything that is left for you to do is to take action and follow the instructions. Only a small piece of this book contains information about the ideas. Most of it is packed with instructions on how to start every single business from scratch and make it as successful as possible. Take a look at a few things you will take out of this book: 4 stages of learning a business model you must master before start Complete business marketing guide How to choose the right type of online business for you 5 key principles for online business success How to improve your focus Much much more.... If you want to start something real, this can be your final shot!
©2020 Matthew Parker (P)2020 Matthew Parker
Panama Fever
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The building of the Panama Canal was one of the greatest engineering feats in human history. A tale of exploration, conquest, money, politics, and medicine, Panama Fever charts the challenges that marked the long, labyrinthine road to the building of the canal. Drawing on a wealth of new materials and sources, Matthew Parker brings to life the men who recognized the impact a canal would have on global politics and economics, and adds new depth to the familiar story of Teddy Roosevelt's remarkable triumph in making the waterway a reality. As thousands of workers succumbed to dysentery, yellow fever, and malaria, scientists raced to stop the deadly epidemics so that work could continue. The treatments they developed changed the course of medical history. The opening of the Panama Canal in 1914 spelled the end of the Victorian Age and the beginning of the "American Century". Panama Fever brilliantly captures the innovative thinking and backbreaking labor, as well as the commercial and political interests, that helped make America a global power.
©2008 Matthew Parker (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks America
Financially Free in 1 Year
Summary
Can you imagine yourself having location freedom and managing your time however you want? Are you interested in proven online business ideas with complete fundamental and advanced strategies? Do you need to devise a way to manage your time more effectively? If at least one of these questions got your attention, then keep reading... These days, when people spend millions of dollars every single day on information sources like books, podcasts, seminars, webinars, consultations, and more, it is really important for you to recognize what is real, what is true, and what is unreal and impossible. Not only that, you also must be able to choose what fits you best, and only then you can start building something real and good. A lot of upfront work to do, isn’t it? The purpose of this audiobook is to make your work a lot easier, so everything that is left for you to do is to take action and follow the instructions. Only a small piece of this audiobook contains information about the ideas. Most of it is packed with instructions on how to start every single business from scratch and make it as successful as possible. Take a look at a few things you will take out of this book: 4 Stages of learning a business model you must master before start Complete business marketing guide How to choose the right type of online business for you 5 key principles for online business success How to improve your focus Much much more… If you want to start something real, this can be your final shot!
©2020 Matthew Parker (P)2020 Matthew Parker