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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
- By: Benjamin Alire Saenz
- Narrated by: Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship - the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be.
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One of the best novels I've listened to in years.
- By Nyx on 10-27-13
I am gay and I’m crying
Reviewed: 06-20-18
This hit so many powerful notes that I’m sure any LGBT reader, old or young, will recognize and appreciate. It was beautiful.
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Economism
- Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality
- By: James Kwak, Simon Johnson - foreword
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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In order to illuminate the fallacies of economism, James Kwak first offers a primer on supply and demand, market equilibrium, and social welfare: the underpinnings of most popular economic arguments. Then he provides a historical account of how economism became a prevalent mode of thought in the United States - focusing on the people who packaged Econ 101 into sound bites that were then repeated until they took on the aura of truth.
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With no graphs, the audio version is useless.
- By Thomas on 03-07-17
- Economism
- Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality
- By: James Kwak, Simon Johnson - foreword
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
An excellent counterpoint to Economics 101 without vilifying academia
Reviewed: 01-27-17
I dropped a credit on this book after seeing James Kwak on Bloomberg, discussing the ACA. I was looking for an explanation for why our incoming administration is touting the policies that they are, and found it. Kwak does an excellent job providing the historical precedence for economism, beyond the 101ism that has taken over our society as a whole.
His explanations of those 101 concepts are succinct and understandable, though the vocabulary is a bit hard to keep track of in an audio format. He doesn't work to completely debunk them, as I expected: he provides counterpoint examples and continually stresses the self-fulfilling prophecy that our economic feedback loop has become.
This may be exasperating for those who are looking for a concrete way to take these issues into our own hands - they ought to listen through to the final chapter, where he summarizes his main points and stresses the importance of calling out economism as what it is: an ideology that justifies the way things are for the benefit of an increasingly wealthier upper class, and the detriment of the poor working class.
Mark Bramhall does an excellent job narrating - his pauses and emphasis give the book a flow that makes it digestible despite its occasionally technical bent.
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The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, Book 1)
- By: Maggie Stiefvater
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive. Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them - not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her. His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble. But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can't entirely explain.
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Predictable Prep Boy Meets Witchy Girl
- By FanB14 on 01-29-13
- The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, Book 1)
- By: Maggie Stiefvater
- Narrated by: Will Patton
Shockingly good
Reviewed: 02-23-16
I'm not really one for stories that involve fates and true love, but everything about this flowed in a way that felt too real to succumb to the stuffy traps I'm used to. Steifvater has a beautiful rhythm that worked quite well with Patton's narration, and though some of his voices were questionable, it all formed a cohesive work of art.
I'm incredibly glad I have this a chance.
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Flowers for Algernon
- By: Daniel Keyes
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Charlie Gordon knows that he isn't very bright. At 32, he mops floors in a bakery and earns just enough to get by. Three evenings a week, he studies at a center for mentally challenged adults. But all of this is about to change for Charlie. As part of a daring experiment, doctors are going to perform surgery on Charlie's brain. They hope the operation and special medication will increase his intelligence, just as it has for the laboratory mouse, Algernon.
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Walk with a Swagger
- By Tim on 05-30-14
- Flowers for Algernon
- By: Daniel Keyes
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
Simply remarkable
Reviewed: 12-02-15
I had no clue going in just what the book was about, only that it had been recommended to me many times. Impulse buying! I'm just getting into audiobooks but this performance was spectacular. The way he gracefully (which translates to gracelessly) portrayed the misspellings and uncertainty at the beginning was amazing, and the emotion behind his voice was absolutely believable and earnest. The plot kept me interested, and the characters throughly Charlie's eyes were dynamic and multi-faceted even when Charlie was at his most frustrated with them. And I sobbed at the end. Ugly sobs. Wow.
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