Nicolas D. Frantela has narrated 4 audiobooks on Listento.it by 3 authors, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is Predictive Analytics.
Predictive Analytics
Summary
"Mesmerizing & fascinating..." (The Seattle Post-Intelligencer) "The Freakonomics of big data." (Stein Kretsinger, founding executive of Advertising.com) Award-winning | Used by over 30 universities | Translated into nine languages An introduction for everyone. Rather than a "how to" for hands-on techies, this book - now in its revised and updated edition - serves lay listeners and experts alike by covering new case studies and the latest state-of-the-art techniques. In this rich, fascinating, and surprisingly accessible introduction, leading expert Eric Siegel reveals how predictive analytics works and how it affects everyone every day. Trendsetters like Chase, Facebook, Google, Hillary for America, HP, IBM, Match.com, Netflix, the NSA, Pfizer, Target, and Uber are seizing upon the power of big data to predict human behavior - including yours. Why? Predictive analytics reinvents industries and runs the world. Listen to this book to discover how it combats risk, boosts sales, fortifies health care, optimizes social networks, toughens crime fighting, and wins elections.
©2016 Eric Siegel (P)2015 Eric Siegel
The Success of Suexliegh
Summary
Take a peek into the life of the world's richest man - a man named Suexliegh (pronounced "Swoo-Lee-Ay"). One year, Suexliegh is too busy throwing himself an elaborate birthday party to bother with paying his taxes, which, due to the massive drop in currency, spirals the world into total financial collapse. Though this trillionaire playboy has traveled all over the globe there is still one place he has never been: prison.
©2014 Zack Keller (P)2014 Zack Keller
Canyon in the Clouds
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In a desert with no trees, it's hard to find a good spot for a hanging. Even harder to find your way home. The story of Canyon in the Clouds twists and turns like a desert rattlesnake and is just as deadly. In this thrilling western tale a moribund sheriff, Clay, discovers the damage done not just to the condemned, but to the man holding the noose.
©2012 Zack Keller (P)2012 Zack Keller
BOOM
Summary
Jeffrey Walls is not living the life he wanted. He has a engineering degree but works at Hi Tech Stereo & Sound. He's the store's worst salesperson. His parents died two years ago leaving him with no family and huge student loans. The girl of his dreams is dating the world's biggest jerk. His bosses are clueless. His neighbors keep messing with his new car. No one respects him. Everyone pushes him around. And he hasn't slept in weeks. And to top it all off, there is this incessant ticking sound in his head. He can't take it anymore. The countdown has begun. It's time to take back control. No one wants to be around when Jeffrey Walls goes BOOM. For mature readers: contains scenes of graphic violence, adult language and adult content.
©2012 Michael Whetzel (P)2013 Michael Whetzel