Major-Damage

Loads of Great information to live longer

Reviewed: 05-02-25

I take care of myself and I think I'm in pretty good shape for a man in my 60's. After going through this book I realized that I'm not taking as good care of myself as I thought.

Loaded with information of all types, data, facts, personal stories and observations, Dr. Lenhart has taken years of knowledge, research and means to live a longer life and put it in your ears with this audiobook. The things that I thought I understood about diet, eating and self-care fell very short of what they should be and I have altered many things in my life as a result. (I love bread... but after seeing all the ingredients that is in store bought breads and know knowing what they do to our bodies has me rejecting anything that is not natural ingredients).

There is one thing he stresses in this book that I have known for decades and I preach to others on occasion; Keep moving. A body in motion tends to stay in motion. Moving keeps our bodies alive and youthful. I love that about this book, the meaningful points about keeping the body active and moving as much as possible will change your life and how you live.

The book is worth the time to listen and learn from. Want to live longer and better? How we age is a choice indeed!!

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Adventure on Everything

Reviewed: 01-19-25

Nick never fails to produce a quality book and this one can be appreciated as much as the others. His tales of his jaunts to points unknown on unknown dirt and gravel tracks, on vintage motorcycles and/or new-ish motorcycles, and motorcycles that border on inappropriate for what it is being tasked to do, continue to fascinate. Fascinate to the point of putting more aggressive tires on my bikes and venturing out in the the uncharted unpaved paths in America, and there are plenty.

It is worth your time to take in this wonderful book and his exploration of yet another motorcycle that might not fit his style..... or does it?

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Very interesting journey

Reviewed: 01-11-25

It was a great book to listen to overall. It was long, contained a lot of detail and at times got, dare I say, boring. But the story moved along enough so that the bland moments were only so for a few moments. These kind of adventures always attract me and pique my interest greatly.

The narration was okay, could have been a little more exhuberant, but overall wasn't that bad.

If you are into long distance bicycle rides, this would be a good listen but do understand this was done in the 1930's.

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Graham never fails to deliver

Reviewed: 01-11-25

I have been following Graham from the very beginning and to this conclusion to the trilogy, he once again did not disappoint.

He has a wonderful way of telling the story through his delivery and expressions. Listening to this audiobook I could envision him responding to comments from his travel companion, his reactions to their surroundings and his facial expression when her realized who he was in a small plane with.

Where the first two books, part 1 and part 2, focused on the adversity of traveling through Asia and traveling by bicycle. This books focus was the adversity of traveling with someone you ultimately realize would have been best to remain an aquaintance or a friend on social media. Their travel experiences, sights, sounds and conditions were woefully overshadowed by their blatent incompatability. Despite that, Graham maintained his disposition and held onto the wonderful memories the trip did bring him.

His narration of the book was, as always stellar. He's got this down, he knows what he is doing even through the nice little bit of afterthoughts and bloopers at the end.

Thank you Graham for another wonderful book.

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Another fine title by Mr. Adams

Reviewed: 11-02-24

I'm a huge fan of Nick Adams. I love his books and his narration is always premier. His adventures into the known and unknown on his old bikes and new-to-him bikes makes these adventures even more enjoyable. Would you take a 50-year-old bike for a lengthy ride down a dirt road? Nick will. And that's where the fun begins.

Nick has got this book thing down pat. He knows what he is doing and his writing and narration skills only prove that point. This book, as well as his others, are well worth your time.

Good job Nick.

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This is one long book

Reviewed: 11-02-24

I enjoyed it and it was interesting. I learned a lot and that's what I like about travel books.

For me, the best part was when he was passing through upstate New York and passing through communities that know quite well. I used to have a farm in Otsego County, not far from Cooperstown. The mention of some of these places in the book and other places I know of, brought a smile to my face and fond memories.

I'm sure someday I'll pass through some of the places he spoke of in the book during my travels.

The performace of the Narrator was quite good and his voice made it easy to listen to the book. Good job.

It's a good story if you have some time to kill.

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I'm now sorry I wasn't more of a Rush fan

Reviewed: 11-02-24

Back in the mid-70's I was introduced to Rush when I was in the Navy, stationed down in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It was Rush's first album too. Then "Fly by Night", then "2112"... I was blown away. I had a guitar and I learned how to play most of the songs on "Rush" and a few off of "2112". I loved it. Who were these guys I wondered and I learned a little about the band and thought, okay cool. I got into "Hemisphere's", "Moving Pictures" and others but slowly for no particular reason my interest moved onto other music and I sort of lost touch with Rush's history.

As the years went by, I did want to go see Rush in concert but ticket prices and logistics were never in my favor, consequently I lost out. I had a renewed interest when Neil Peart started putting out books and what? He's riding a motorcycle?? What?? Oh man, I dove in head first. As a motorcyclist and musician myself this was right up my alley. I had a renewed interest in Rush again.

Then..... Neil died.

Listening to Geddy's book, I realized that those guys, despite all the drugs, had their shit together as musicians but mostly as people. I was delighted to learn that none of those guys were musically educated, taught all of that theory crap...... They just played and that made me feel better about my own musicianship. Geddy's book is a heartwarming and heartbreaking book at the same time. From his humble beginnings through the Rush years and now retirement(?) he brought it all together so that we could all listen to him tell us the true story of him and the band.

His performance as the narrator of the book, as well as Alex's performance, were top notch and I had great enjoyment listening to the entire thing as I drove from my home in North Carolina to the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota. Thanks for making the drive tolerable.

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It was a good story, but......

Reviewed: 11-02-24

Let me get this out of the way first.

Wonderful story, wonderful adventure, inspirational I suppose, informational as well. Tragic that your grandson must deal with the disease and I do wish all affected good tidings and a swift recovery. Children shouldn't suffer.

Mr. Fowler's descriptive story of his bike ride across America indeed inspires one to do the same if for no other reason that to do it. I have always wanted to do something similar and at 66, I better get my butt moving. His admirable reason for doing the ride is described a few times in the book, perhaps a few more times than necessary. Mention it in the beginning of the book and move on with the story.

I have listened to hundreds of audiobooks and for the most part, the one's that are narrated by the author are the best ones as you get the words out of the horses mouth, so to speak. Then there are those authors who felt it necessary to hire someone else to narrate their book for one reason or another and it was a wise choice on their behalf. Finally, there are the authors who have elected to narrate the book themselves when they shouldn't have. I'm sorry to report Mr. Fowler, you should not have narrated your own book.

I know you wanted it to sound like you were reading the book to your grandson and I appreciate that. The downside is for the rest of us, it felt like you were reading a bedtime story to us. The tone in your voice most times was a grandparents tone when it needed to be an authors tone. There were the errant pauses and stammers from time to time and a few mispronunciations (didn't anyone review the recordings before it got pushed to ACX?).

But again, the story itself, was wonderful and you should be proud of yourself for the accomplishment. Sorry if I seemed too harsh, but really I am just offering some constructive critizism.

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Exemplifying Why I love Riding My Bicycle

Reviewed: 11-02-24

Everything about this book explains why riding a bicycle is the best thing you could ever do for yourself. For your health, for your mind, for your outlook and for your heart.

The journey Mr. Carter has taken in this book had envy dripping from every pore on my body. What great fortune to take on throwing caution to the headwind and exploring his homeland and coming away with a new sense of being. That is what a bicycle ride can and will do for you.... especially one of this nature.

Bravo Mr. Carter and a fine job on the narration as well.

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Although he said not to, I am anyway

Reviewed: 03-27-24

At the end of every audiobook I've listened to, the late Rick Lewis comes on in that 1940's audio quality style voicing and says "Audible hopes you've enjoyed this progrum."

Why yes Mr. Lewis, I have enjoyed this "progrum", as I have every audiobook/book written by Graham Field. With this particular book, it's not just about the travel escapades. It's about the experience and the thoughts that Graham shares with us. His final thoughts at the end and bloopers were exceptionally pleasant and enjoyable as well.

Good job Graham. So looking forward to part 3.

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