Audiobook Samples from Solid Gold
Take a listen to a sample from some of the audiobooks we've assisted Clients to produce and publish.
21
DEC
2022
Kwasuka Sukela - Traditional Stories of KwaZulu
Narrator: Bianca Jane Pieters
This collection of ancient and modern tales from the Zulu culture, retold in neutral English, is captivating listening for young and old.
The Zulu Kingdom in the breathtakingly beautiful province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is home to the AmaZulu, a proud nation that treasure and uphold their rich cultural heritage. The sharing of traditional stories remains an important communal activity in the lives of the AmaZulu.
The collection of stories on this audio book is filled to the brim with fascinating characters and their adventures. The stories are narrated by one of South Africa’s top voice over artists and enriched with beautiful effects that serve stimulate the listener’s imagination, bringing up images of the people and creatures of the rolling green African grasslands and crystal clear streams in beautiful KwaZulu-Natal.
This collection of ancient and modern tales from the Zulu culture, retold in neutral English, is captivating listening for young and old.
The Zulu Kingdom in the breathtakingly beautiful province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is home to the AmaZulu, a proud nation that treasure and uphold their rich cultural heritage. The sharing of traditional stories remains an important communal activity in the lives of the AmaZulu.
The collection of stories on this audio book is filled to the brim with fascinating characters and their adventures. The stories are narrated by one of South Africa’s top voice over artists and enriched with beautiful effects that serve stimulate the listener’s imagination, bringing up images of the people and creatures of the rolling green African grasslands and crystal clear streams in beautiful KwaZulu-Natal.
25
NOV
2022
Who Do We Become?
Step boldly into our strange, new world
Written by John Sanei
Narrated by the Author
‘I know that what I’ve learnt in the past two years will help me for the rest of my life. My hope is that you will see yourself reflected in my own journey, and . . . consider who you will become in this new world of ours. Who we all might become.’
If you’re suffering from a crisis of meaning, you’re not alone. In this powerful new book, future strategist John Sanei shares how he found ways to cope with the uncertainty that has been all around us in the past two years. Lockdown meant his career came to a screeching halt. He was living with his parents and then had to battle loneliness until he started to reassess who he was and what he wanted from life.
Infused with empathy and personal anecdote, Who Do We Become? explores our individual responsibility to evolve into more decent, dynamic versions of ourselves, our businesses and humanity as a whole – especially in times of crisis.
The book is divided into three sections. In Part 1: ANGUISH, John explores how to courageously mourn the loss of our ‘normal’ pre-COVID world. Part 2: ABNORMAL, shows us how to understand this new environment and recognise that uncertainty is the new normal. Then, in Part 3: ADVENTURE, John provides a toolkit for us to forge out into the new world, to succeed and recognise the signs of rebirth and renewal. Travel with John as he maps out our strange, new world and lays down a path to reframe our thinking, to recognise our discomfort, to survive and thrive.
Written by John Sanei
Narrated by the Author
‘I know that what I’ve learnt in the past two years will help me for the rest of my life. My hope is that you will see yourself reflected in my own journey, and . . . consider who you will become in this new world of ours. Who we all might become.’
If you’re suffering from a crisis of meaning, you’re not alone. In this powerful new book, future strategist John Sanei shares how he found ways to cope with the uncertainty that has been all around us in the past two years. Lockdown meant his career came to a screeching halt. He was living with his parents and then had to battle loneliness until he started to reassess who he was and what he wanted from life.
Infused with empathy and personal anecdote, Who Do We Become? explores our individual responsibility to evolve into more decent, dynamic versions of ourselves, our businesses and humanity as a whole – especially in times of crisis.
The book is divided into three sections. In Part 1: ANGUISH, John explores how to courageously mourn the loss of our ‘normal’ pre-COVID world. Part 2: ABNORMAL, shows us how to understand this new environment and recognise that uncertainty is the new normal. Then, in Part 3: ADVENTURE, John provides a toolkit for us to forge out into the new world, to succeed and recognise the signs of rebirth and renewal. Travel with John as he maps out our strange, new world and lays down a path to reframe our thinking, to recognise our discomfort, to survive and thrive.
25
NOV
2022
Here be Dragons
Stop telling stories. Start selling them
Written by Richard Mulholland
Narrated by the Author
How to win deals and influence ideas by mastering the eloquent art of storytelling.
The business world is rightly obsessed with the incredible power of a good story. Unfortunately too many of us take that to mean that it is our own story that’s important. It’s not. The magic happens not when we tell our customers the story of our past, but when we sell them a new story of their future. One in which we play a part.
s a salesperson you have two jobs. Job No. 2 of the storyseller is to help clients and customers slay their dragon. Job No. 1 of the storyseller is to help them see their dragon. You win when the dragon that they acknowledge is the one that you can give them the weapon to defeat. Forget USP (unique selling proposition) and embrace the UPS (unique problem that only you can solve).
Here Be Dragons isn’t just a how-to book for the business sales person, it is far more a why-to, and mostly a what-to-do book that will help you drive create growth, improve sales and new business through storytelling. In this short and highly practical book, renowned speaker Richard Mulholland shares with you how to use powerful stories to change minds, win deals, drive sales, and solve problems.
Written by Richard Mulholland
Narrated by the Author
How to win deals and influence ideas by mastering the eloquent art of storytelling.
The business world is rightly obsessed with the incredible power of a good story. Unfortunately too many of us take that to mean that it is our own story that’s important. It’s not. The magic happens not when we tell our customers the story of our past, but when we sell them a new story of their future. One in which we play a part.
s a salesperson you have two jobs. Job No. 2 of the storyseller is to help clients and customers slay their dragon. Job No. 1 of the storyseller is to help them see their dragon. You win when the dragon that they acknowledge is the one that you can give them the weapon to defeat. Forget USP (unique selling proposition) and embrace the UPS (unique problem that only you can solve).
Here Be Dragons isn’t just a how-to book for the business sales person, it is far more a why-to, and mostly a what-to-do book that will help you drive create growth, improve sales and new business through storytelling. In this short and highly practical book, renowned speaker Richard Mulholland shares with you how to use powerful stories to change minds, win deals, drive sales, and solve problems.
25
NOV
2022
Wildlife & Warfare
The Life of James Stevenson-Hamilton
Written by Jane Carruthers
Narrated by Malcolm Gooding
More than any other individual, James Stevenson-Hamilton can be credited with the creation of the Kruger National Park in South Affica.
In 1902, when the South African War ended, Stevenson-Hamilton swopped his military career for the more uncertain calling of a game warden. Under his supervision the small, neglected and war-ravaged Sabi Game Reserve expanded in stature and size. By the time he retired in 1946, the Kruger National Park had become as one of the great national parks of the world.
The evolution of the Kruger National Park was his life's work but Stevenson-Hamilton kept his many other interests alive. During the First World War he fought in Gallipoli and Egypt. In 1917 he was seconded to a civilian administrative post in the southern Sudan where he remained until 1921. During the late 1920s and 1930s he consolidated the development of the Kruger Park. After his retirement he remained in South Africa and lived with his wife and family near White River in the Eastern Transvaal
Written by Jane Carruthers
Narrated by Malcolm Gooding
More than any other individual, James Stevenson-Hamilton can be credited with the creation of the Kruger National Park in South Affica.
In 1902, when the South African War ended, Stevenson-Hamilton swopped his military career for the more uncertain calling of a game warden. Under his supervision the small, neglected and war-ravaged Sabi Game Reserve expanded in stature and size. By the time he retired in 1946, the Kruger National Park had become as one of the great national parks of the world.
The evolution of the Kruger National Park was his life's work but Stevenson-Hamilton kept his many other interests alive. During the First World War he fought in Gallipoli and Egypt. In 1917 he was seconded to a civilian administrative post in the southern Sudan where he remained until 1921. During the late 1920s and 1930s he consolidated the development of the Kruger Park. After his retirement he remained in South Africa and lived with his wife and family near White River in the Eastern Transvaal
24
NOV
2022
Logic of God
Written by Dr. Jean-Marie Jullienne
Narrated by the Author
This book has its origin in a spiritual calling the author received to find the true meaning of Bible texts by returning to the original Greek and Hebrew scriptures.
During a period of isolation, he was inspired to search the scriptures and compare the original texts with widely accepted translations. Essential value lay in the root analysis of each word. Some words in Greek may comprise as many as four roots. By identifying the exact meaning of each, the true meaning of the word is discerned.
Dr Jean-Marie Jullienne notes that mankind should understand that God’s uncreated energies are within them and are continually creating them. Every time they breathe, God is giving forth His Word in them.
It is the author's fervent prayer that, through such earnest contemplation, you, the reader, will come to an understanding of your true identity in God.
Narrated by the Author
This book has its origin in a spiritual calling the author received to find the true meaning of Bible texts by returning to the original Greek and Hebrew scriptures.
During a period of isolation, he was inspired to search the scriptures and compare the original texts with widely accepted translations. Essential value lay in the root analysis of each word. Some words in Greek may comprise as many as four roots. By identifying the exact meaning of each, the true meaning of the word is discerned.
Dr Jean-Marie Jullienne notes that mankind should understand that God’s uncreated energies are within them and are continually creating them. Every time they breathe, God is giving forth His Word in them.
It is the author's fervent prayer that, through such earnest contemplation, you, the reader, will come to an understanding of your true identity in God.
24
NOV
2022
Hack it - Hacking your mental mindset
Unpack it! Whack it! Hack it!
Written by Rinus le Roux and Rickus VIljoen
Narrated by by Rikus Viljoen
A new way of thinking, a new way of healing. Hack what's been keeping you back. Everything has changed and 'HACK IT' offers elite mental upgrades granting a more sincere human experience in the modern era. If you could change one thing, why not revolutionise your tomorrow?
When everything has become uncertain, you need a book of tricks under your elbow and up your sleeve. You need a hacker that cares for what you need. Hacking is a capacity to ask the right questions; how does one make a mental shift yo reform your mental and emotional state? How can disruption and barely managing to cope birth an abundance of hope? Which hacks do the masters of their trades have to share and how can you become formidable in your own workspace? Can you crack the greatest struggles in your life? It's all inside your code, waiting only for you to download.
Hack the 'mind bugs' plundering your circuitry and rewire everything you thought you knew. If you won't take another life, why take your own? If you're going to take it, take it in hand and make something new and bold. Discover your adaptability!
Written by Rinus le Roux and Rickus VIljoen
Narrated by by Rikus Viljoen
A new way of thinking, a new way of healing. Hack what's been keeping you back. Everything has changed and 'HACK IT' offers elite mental upgrades granting a more sincere human experience in the modern era. If you could change one thing, why not revolutionise your tomorrow?
When everything has become uncertain, you need a book of tricks under your elbow and up your sleeve. You need a hacker that cares for what you need. Hacking is a capacity to ask the right questions; how does one make a mental shift yo reform your mental and emotional state? How can disruption and barely managing to cope birth an abundance of hope? Which hacks do the masters of their trades have to share and how can you become formidable in your own workspace? Can you crack the greatest struggles in your life? It's all inside your code, waiting only for you to download.
Hack the 'mind bugs' plundering your circuitry and rewire everything you thought you knew. If you won't take another life, why take your own? If you're going to take it, take it in hand and make something new and bold. Discover your adaptability!
24
NOV
2022
Manifesting Motherness: Healing from Infertility
What if infertility isn't a war but an awakening?
Written by Rekha Ramcharan
Narrated by the Author
The author had her first child at 45 but, while that may intrigue you, what will keep you listening is the path that took her from infertility to 'motherness.
This is a unique audiobook about infertility which, on the surface, tells the autobiographical success story of a woman who had a baby naturally against all the medical odds after four years and countless disappointments.
At a deeper level, though, the audiobook explores the journey the author took from the first steps, in which she placed all her hope on physical infertility treatment, to her final understanding that the work she undertook on emotional, psychological, and spiritual levels was the true reason that she had achieved motherness.
Viewing infertility not as a scourge but an invitation - to consider her holistic health and balance on a multitude of dimensions - the audiobook explores the many ways in which the battle to have a child, a source of despair for an increasing number of women, may be a call to engage with awakening, expansion, and spiritual growth. If you're over 35 - or over 40 - this honest (and often funny) narrative about finding purpose in a heart-breaking and often private torment may be the best audiobook you'll listen on the subject.
Written by Rekha Ramcharan
Narrated by the Author
The author had her first child at 45 but, while that may intrigue you, what will keep you listening is the path that took her from infertility to 'motherness.
This is a unique audiobook about infertility which, on the surface, tells the autobiographical success story of a woman who had a baby naturally against all the medical odds after four years and countless disappointments.
At a deeper level, though, the audiobook explores the journey the author took from the first steps, in which she placed all her hope on physical infertility treatment, to her final understanding that the work she undertook on emotional, psychological, and spiritual levels was the true reason that she had achieved motherness.
Viewing infertility not as a scourge but an invitation - to consider her holistic health and balance on a multitude of dimensions - the audiobook explores the many ways in which the battle to have a child, a source of despair for an increasing number of women, may be a call to engage with awakening, expansion, and spiritual growth. If you're over 35 - or over 40 - this honest (and often funny) narrative about finding purpose in a heart-breaking and often private torment may be the best audiobook you'll listen on the subject.
24
NOV
2022
Diabetes Sucks
And You Can Handle It
Written by Mark Heyman PHD CDCES
Narrated by the Author
An actionable toolkit to help you manage the emotional burden of type 1 diabetes written by a psychologist who knows firsthand how much T1D sucks.
Life with T1D is unpredictable and filled with never-ending work, leading to overwhelm and burnout. Diabetes gets even more challenging when you believe you can’t handle this stress.
In this guide to navigating the emotional challenges of T1D, Dr. Mark Heyman shows how life becomes easier when you accept that T1D sucks AND believe you can handle it. In this book, you’ll:
Find out how it’s easier to manage the stress of T1D when you stop trying to control it, Discover how you probably make T1D more challenging than it needs to be, and Master skills to help you handle the emotional burden of T1D
Written by Mark Heyman PHD CDCES
Narrated by the Author
An actionable toolkit to help you manage the emotional burden of type 1 diabetes written by a psychologist who knows firsthand how much T1D sucks.
Life with T1D is unpredictable and filled with never-ending work, leading to overwhelm and burnout. Diabetes gets even more challenging when you believe you can’t handle this stress.
In this guide to navigating the emotional challenges of T1D, Dr. Mark Heyman shows how life becomes easier when you accept that T1D sucks AND believe you can handle it. In this book, you’ll:
Find out how it’s easier to manage the stress of T1D when you stop trying to control it, Discover how you probably make T1D more challenging than it needs to be, and Master skills to help you handle the emotional burden of T1D
24
NOV
2022
Lead With Super Clarity
How successful leaders achieve exceptional results
Written by Maanda Tshiflaro
Narrated by Shane Ngwenya
These are difficult times. The Covid-19 pandemic has proved to us that we cannot rely on tomorrow to be like today, there is no such thing as business as usual. The social and economic upheaval has been devastating, and its effects long-lasting, making these times even more uncertain. The antidote to this uncertainty is clarity.
Maanda Tshifularo has had the privilege of interacting with successful innovators, culture shifters, business leaders and thought leaders, and their common success denominator is the ability to see, say, and do things, with purposeful clarity.
Maanda Tshifularo is the CEO and Founder of SuperLead Advisory (a strategy, operations and leadership consultancy), an adjunct faculty at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), an executive coach (Integral Coach UCT GSB and certified Gallup Strength Coach) and host of the SuperLead podcast and leadership summits. As an experienced executive, he has a track-record of leading business turn-arounds, new business ventures development and driving innovation and growth initiatives.
Written by Maanda Tshiflaro
Narrated by Shane Ngwenya
These are difficult times. The Covid-19 pandemic has proved to us that we cannot rely on tomorrow to be like today, there is no such thing as business as usual. The social and economic upheaval has been devastating, and its effects long-lasting, making these times even more uncertain. The antidote to this uncertainty is clarity.
Maanda Tshifularo has had the privilege of interacting with successful innovators, culture shifters, business leaders and thought leaders, and their common success denominator is the ability to see, say, and do things, with purposeful clarity.
Maanda Tshifularo is the CEO and Founder of SuperLead Advisory (a strategy, operations and leadership consultancy), an adjunct faculty at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), an executive coach (Integral Coach UCT GSB and certified Gallup Strength Coach) and host of the SuperLead podcast and leadership summits. As an experienced executive, he has a track-record of leading business turn-arounds, new business ventures development and driving innovation and growth initiatives.
24
NOV
2022
The Little Fairleaf
Written by Jeremy Forsyth
Narrated by Ilyana Kadushin
The Fairleafs are a humble family on the rise, and its senior members exhibit their ambition by formulating a daring plan: to get the attention of Alepion's royalty.
Trone and Eldrian Fairleaf are two young brothers who play at war but are thrust into their parents' game of high stakes and fatal mistakes; theirs is the task of befriending the two Daughters of Alepion.
But while the brothers pursue the Daughters, other plots have hatched in the night. The Old Way have plans of their own, and they won't let two Fairleaf children stand in the way of an abduction attempt.
Narrated by Ilyana Kadushin
The Fairleafs are a humble family on the rise, and its senior members exhibit their ambition by formulating a daring plan: to get the attention of Alepion's royalty.
Trone and Eldrian Fairleaf are two young brothers who play at war but are thrust into their parents' game of high stakes and fatal mistakes; theirs is the task of befriending the two Daughters of Alepion.
But while the brothers pursue the Daughters, other plots have hatched in the night. The Old Way have plans of their own, and they won't let two Fairleaf children stand in the way of an abduction attempt.
24
NOV
2022
Di-Volution
An essential guide to winning in a digitally transformed post-pandemic environment.
Written by Herman Singh
Narrated by the Author
The book is titled Di-Volution and refers to the process of Digital Evolution that the world has been undergoing for decades now. This book is written to help everyone make sense of the crazy and tumultuous world around us as the digital tsunami rolls across the planet enabled by the Pandemic.
The book provides practical guidance from real world examples and provides both operational and strategic insights. It will help many survive the threats posed but importantly, will assist the entrepreneurial to advance in the many opportunities that this opens up.
Written by Herman Singh
Narrated by the Author
The book is titled Di-Volution and refers to the process of Digital Evolution that the world has been undergoing for decades now. This book is written to help everyone make sense of the crazy and tumultuous world around us as the digital tsunami rolls across the planet enabled by the Pandemic.
The book provides practical guidance from real world examples and provides both operational and strategic insights. It will help many survive the threats posed but importantly, will assist the entrepreneurial to advance in the many opportunities that this opens up.
24
NOV
2022
Get OVA It!
A real-life solution to get unstuck and break free
Written by Devon Brough
Narrated by the Author
Devon Brough knows what it’s like when you say you’ve hit rock bottom; when you can’t take it any more; when you’re so low you’re wondering whether it’s worth living any more. He’s been there, got the T-shirt.
Having suffered years of substance abuse, volatile relationships and self-destructive behaviour, Devon finally heeded the advice of R Narayan Murthy – that “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you don’t belong.”
The process of change begins with one simple decision. It truly doesn’t matter what you’ve done or who you’ve been – there is tremendous power when you decide that you’ve had enough. From this comes the realisation that, no matter the mistakes of your past, you deserve to be happy and successful.
In Get OVA It!, Devon presents his real-world method for anyone stuck in a life rut to break free from the pain and sadness holding them back. Ownership, Vision and Action stack together to form the structure of his programme – used in tandem, they provide an opportunity for profound transformation.
Written by Devon Brough
Narrated by the Author
Devon Brough knows what it’s like when you say you’ve hit rock bottom; when you can’t take it any more; when you’re so low you’re wondering whether it’s worth living any more. He’s been there, got the T-shirt.
Having suffered years of substance abuse, volatile relationships and self-destructive behaviour, Devon finally heeded the advice of R Narayan Murthy – that “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you don’t belong.”
The process of change begins with one simple decision. It truly doesn’t matter what you’ve done or who you’ve been – there is tremendous power when you decide that you’ve had enough. From this comes the realisation that, no matter the mistakes of your past, you deserve to be happy and successful.
In Get OVA It!, Devon presents his real-world method for anyone stuck in a life rut to break free from the pain and sadness holding them back. Ownership, Vision and Action stack together to form the structure of his programme – used in tandem, they provide an opportunity for profound transformation.
