Toby Sheets has narrated 11 audiobooks on Listento.it by 11 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 25 ratings. The most-rated is The Absent Superpower.
The Absent Superpower
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The world is changing in ways most of us find incomprehensible. Terrorism spills out of the Middle East into Europe. Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, China, and Japan vie to see who can be most aggressive. Financial breakdown in Asia and Europe guts growth, challenging hard-won political stability. Yet, for the Americans, these changes are fantastic. Alone among the world's powers, only the United States is geographically wealthy, demographically robust, and energy secure. That last piece - American energy security - is rapidly emerging as the most critical piece of the global picture. The American shale revolution does more than sever the largest of the remaining ties that bind America's fate to the wider world. It re-industrializes the United States, accelerates the global order's breakdown, and triggers a series of wide ranging military conflicts that will shape the next two decades. The common theme? Just as the global economy tips into chaos, just as global energy becomes dangerous, just as the world really needs the Americans to be engaged, the United States will be...absent. In 2014's The Accidental Superpower, geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan made the case that geographic, demographic, and energy trends were unravelling the global system. Zeihan takes the story a step further in The Absent Superpower, mapping out the threats and opportunities as the world descends into disorder.
©2016 Peter Zeihan (P)2017 Peter Zeihan
Zen Body-Being
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A program of "physical education" for martial arts practitioners and anyone interested in body improvement. Using simple, clear language to demystify the Zen mindset, he draws on more than three decades of experience teaching students and apprentices worldwide who have applied his body-being approach. More of a transformative guide than a specific list of exercises devoted to any particular physical approach, Zen Body-Being explains how to create a state of mental control, enhanced feeling-awareness, correct structural alignment, increased spatial acuity, and even a greater interactive presence. Exercises are simple, often involving feeling-imagery and meditative awareness, which have a profound and sometimes instant effect. Areas of exploration include: Beginner’s body-being Three aspects of body awareness Five principles for an effortlessly effective body Opening a door - five steps to transformation Fourteen points on structural alignment Where similar guides teach audiences what to do, this book teaches audiences how to be.
©2011 Peter Ralston and Laura Ralston (P)2019 North Atlantic Books
The 7 Laws of Mental Toughness
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In Brian Cagneey's The 7 Laws of Mental Toughness: Mental Training for Success, you'll learn to recognize conflict zones, prepare for action, and stick to a schedule. By listing your strengths and keeping your goals in mind, you can implement powerful changes in your life! In The 7 Laws of Mental Toughness, Brian Cagneey explains: The First Law of Mental Toughness: Understand it The Second Law of Mental Toughness: The key to consistency The Third Law of Mental Toughness: Don't stay in this place too long The Fourth Law of Mental Toughness: Identify your core The Fifth Law of Mental Toughness: Completely ignore these things The Sixth Law of Mental Toughness: Emotional intelligence The Seventh Law of Mental Toughness: What happens before, not during.... This book doesn't just help you increase your mental toughness - it also helps you develop this essential skill in your colleagues, friends, and loved ones. Don't wait another minute - purchase The 7 Laws of Mental Toughness today!
©2016 Brian Cagneey (P)2016 Shapleigh Publishing LLC
Teche
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Shane K. Bernard's Teche examines this legendary waterway of the American deep south. Bernard delves into the bayou's geologic formation as a vestige of the Mississippi and Red Rivers, its prehistoric Native American occupation, and its colonial settlement by French, Spanish, and eventually, Anglo-American pioneers. He surveys the coming of indigo, cotton, and sugar; steam-powered sugar mills, and riverboats; and the brutal institution of slavery. He also examines the impact of the Civil War on the Teche, depicting the running battles up and down the bayou and the sporadic gunboat duels, when ironclads clashed in the narrow confines of the dark, sluggish river. Describing the misery of the postbellum era, Bernard reveals how epic floods, yellow fever, racial violence, and widespread poverty disrupted the lives of those who resided under the sprawling, moss-draped live oaks lining the Teche's banks. Further, he chronicles the slow decline of the bayou, as the coming of the railroad, automobiles, and highways reduced its value as a means of travel. Finally, he considers modern efforts to redesign the Teche using dams, locks, levees, and other water-control measures. He examines the recent push to clean and revitalize the bayou after years of desecration by litter, pollutants, and invasive species. The second part of the audiobook describes Bernard's own canoe journey down the Teche's 125-mile course. This modern personal account from the field reveals the current state of the bayou and the remarkable people who still live along its banks. The audiobook is published by University Press of Mississippi. "An important audiobook about a uniquely interesting place." (Ken Wells, author of Meely LaBauve: A Novel) "The audiobook is an amazing and much-needed treatise on a fascinating region." (Tim Gautreaux, author of Signals: New and Selected Stories).
©2016 University Press of Mississippi (P)2017 Redwood Audiobooks
Peanut the Elephant: Short Stories for Kids, Funny Jokes, and More!
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Follow the adventures of Peanut the Elephant and her friends at the zoo! Peanut is a very happy elephant and she has lots of playful and adorable friends. This is an excellent audiobook for early listeners, listening aloud at home, and as a bedtime story. Five fun short stories for kids Includes funny elephant jokes for kids Perfect for a bedtime story for kids Excellent for elementary children This audiobook is great for quick bedtime story or to be listened to aloud with friends and family! Fun for the entire family! These special stories includes lessons and morals about about caring and love. Story & activity list: Peanut the Elephant Peanut the Elephant Plays with Harry the Hippo Peanut the Elephant Makes Friends with Bobby the Bear Peanut the Elephant Plays a Joke on Spotty Cheetah Peanut the Elephant and a Bag Full of Peanuts Funny Elephant Jokes Scroll up and click 'buy now' to start listening instantly!
©2016 Arnie Lightning (P)2018 Arnie Lightning
Reflections of Being
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Personal, reflective, and gently investigative, these early essays have a raw, fresh quality which predates the more formal theory and practice of Peter Ralston's two popular books, The Book of Not Knowing and Pursuing Consciousness. Many of the questions we might struggle with in life - identity in relation to others, authenticity in the face of belief systems, the draw we have to pursue ineffective self-serving urges, and our tendency to conceptualize rather than experience things - are described here in simple, almost conversational language. Attempting to grasp what authentic knowledge is, Ralston's queries become a quest for how humans can develop a deeper sense of themselves as participants in the world.
©1991 Peter Ralston (P)2017 Wetware Media
Whack! The Narcissist That Hit You on the Back
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Whack! The plates go flying at your head. He kicked you in the shin again, or punched you in the face, or choked you, or slammed your head against the wall, or tried to drive you off the road again. How much more can you take? Are you going to stand there and let him hit you again? Sometimes a narcissist hits you hard enough to kill you.... You might not care enough about yourself to stop yourself from being killed.... But what about maimed? What about psychotic and locked in a mental ward? What about schizophrenic till you don’t know which voices are yours? What about neurotic while you pick at your skin or cut yourself till you bleed? What then? Crash! He broke your favorite laptop...or tablet...or phone...or he smashed your car into a guard rail. Look how he supposedly "lost control", but funny how all his own belongings are still intact. Funny how he stands up in court with his grin on his face, completely calm, cool, and collected. Where was that monster he pretended to be just yesterday? Funny how he behaves at his friend’s house and at work when his boss gets on his case. Imagine that; he does have some control after all. He can help what he does; he simply chooses to terrorize you (and your children if you fell into the trap of doing that for him along with 2/3 of the household chores). Get real. You ain’t laughing; but he is. Let’s talk about monsters, shall we? Which monster is hiding in your bed? Which monster is hiding in your head? Curious about which mental disorder the monster in your life has? Maybe he is on our list. And did you know his condition is genetic? We’ll cover that, too. We’ll take you for a spin on the power and control wheel and the healthy relationship wheel to see how you fare and compare. We’ll tell you the constellation of the six dimensions of wellness, and how you can get to wellness one baby step at a time. You’ll have some more help by the time we are done. Then I will let you off to your newfound freedom.
©2019 J.J. Hill (P)2019 J.J. Hill
How to Analyze People
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Would you like to: Understand non-verbal communication? Read others' intentions correctly? Develop a magnetic personality? Influence others? If so, you must listen to Brian Cagneey's The 7 Laws of Body Language and The 7 Laws of Influence! In The 7 Laws of Body Language, Brian Cagneey describes key principles like: What is body language, anyway? Take these simple steps for reading people Understand general signals Avoid four common people-reading mistakes Strengthen your mind/body connection Have a positive effect on others Develop the lost art of charisma with body language In The 7 Laws of Influence: How to Influence People Through Communication Skills, Body Language, Social Influence and Persuasion, you'll learn the true meaning of influence and human psychology. Genuine influence and persuasion involves earning the trust of those around you and building an eager audience of followers through good social skills.
©2016 Brian Cagneey (P)2016 Shapleigh Publishing LLC
The Embodied Mind
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A new edition of a classic work that originated the "embodied cognition" movement and was one of the first to link science and Buddhist practices. This classic work, first published in 1991, was one of the first to propose the "embodied cognition" approach in cognitive science. It pioneered the connections between phenomenology and science and between Buddhist practices and science - claims that have since become highly influential. Through this cross-fertilization of disparate fields of study, The Embodied Mind introduced a new form of cognitive science called "enaction", in which both the environment and first-person experience are aspects of embodiment. However, enactive embodiment is not the grasping of an independent, outside world by a brain, a mind, or a self; rather, it is the bringing forth of an interdependent world in and through embodied action. Although enacted cognition lacks an absolute foundation, the audiobook shows how that does not lead to either experiential or philosophical nihilism. Above all, the audiobook's arguments were powered by the conviction that the sciences of mind must encompass lived human experience and the possibilities for transformation inherent in human experience.
©1991, 2016 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (P)2018 Redwood Audiobooks
Chompy the Shark
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Follow the adventures of Chompy the shark and his best friends (Jilly the jellyfish, Buzz the swordfish, Slick the seal, and Flashy the starfish). Chompy didn't always have friends, because most of the sea creatures were afraid of him. Find out how he made friends! This is an excellent storybook for early listeners, listening aloud at home, and as a bedtime story. Five fun short stories for kids Funny jokes for lots of laughs Includes "just for fun" activities Short story chapter book Perfect for a bedtime story for kids This audiobook is great for listening together at sleepovers, get-togethers, and bedtime! Story & Activity List: Chompy the Lonely Shark Jilly the Dancing Jellyfish Just for Fun Activity Buzz the Shark-Crazy Swordfish Just for Fun Activity Slick the World-Traveling Seal Flashy the TV-Starfish Just for Fun Activity Funny Jokes for Kids Arnie Lightning is a best-selling children's book author with a straightforward goal. He wants his work to create a positive impact in the lives of others through children's books. Learning morals, lessons, and good character can start at a young age. Arnie's books reflect this. By providing a comfortable and entertaining environment, learning can be a fun activity!
©2015 Arnie Lightning (P)2017 Arnie Lightning
The Genius of Being
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Peter Ralston's exceptionally lucid trilogy on the nature of human consciousness culminates here in The Genius of Being, a book of deep contemplations on the unseen elements that create our world. The first volume, The Book of Not Knowing, garnered much praise as a comprehensive exploration of the depths of self and consciousness. The second volume, Pursuing Consciousness, clarifies the difference between enlightenment and self-transformation, and then pairs these two goals in a strikingly effective way. This third book is both shorter and more complex, taking us straight to the heart of the origins of our experience. In a progression of illuminating assertions, Ralston shows us how human consciousness carves out distinctions from whatever is absolutely true. This dynamic not only generates both self and reality from nothing, it imbues them with the quality of objective truth. From the time we first distinguish between self and not-self as infants, we begin making a sequence of existential assumptions that result in the illusion that a self is some ethereal "object" within. This universally accepted assumption persists despite the failure of exhaustive investigations to locate this inner self. This book is not for the faint of heart or the casual seeker, but contemplating the assertions here empowers you to personally and experientially grasp what is rarely even glimpsed: a profound consciousness of the genesis of human experience.
©2017 Peter Ralston (P)2017 Wetware Media