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Burn Book
- A Tech Love Story
- By: Kara Swisher
- Narrated by: Kara Swisher
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,738
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,629
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,629
Part memoir, part history, Burn Book is a necessary chronicle of tech’s most powerful players. This is the inside story we’ve all been waiting for about modern Silicon Valley and the biggest boom in wealth creation in the history of the world. When tech titans crowed that they would “move fast and break things,” Kara Swisher was moving faster and breaking news. While covering the explosion of the digital sector in the early 1990s, she developed a long track record of digging up and reporting the facts about this new world order.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Let me save you 8 hours
- By Momx4 on 02-29-24
- Burn Book
- A Tech Love Story
- By: Kara Swisher
- Narrated by: Kara Swisher
Too much Kara Swisher
Reviewed: 03-12-24
If you’ve listened to any of her recent podcast appearances, you’ve heard the best of this book.
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Cultish
- The Language of Fanaticism
- By: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,891
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,485
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,460
What makes “cults” so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes researching suburban moms gone QAnon is because we’re looking for a satisfying explanation for what causes people to join - and more importantly, stay in - extreme groups. We secretly want to know: could it happen to me? Amanda Montell’s argument is that, on some level, it already has.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get this book ASAP
- By chris boutte on 06-17-21
- Cultish
- The Language of Fanaticism
- By: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
Like reading a 26 year old’s master’s thesis
Reviewed: 10-08-23
Lacks any real insight or direction - the writer is mostly just caught up in detailing her intellectual journey. I’m an hour in and she still hasn’t landed on how she wants to define a cult for the purpose of the book. Not a good sign when she professes to be able to uncover the language she calls “cultish”.
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Evil Has a Name
- The Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation
- By: Paul Holes, Jim Clemente, Peter McDonnell
- Narrated by: Paul Holes, Jim Clemente
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 21,501
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 19,330
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Story5 out of 5 stars 19,233
For his victims, for their families and for the investigators tasked with finding him, the senselessness and brutality of the Golden State Killer's acts were matched only by the powerlessness they felt at failing to uncover his identity. Then, on April 24, 2018, authorities arrested 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo at his home in Citrus Heights, Calif., based on DNA evidence linked to the crimes. Amazingly, it seemed, evil finally had a name. Please note: This work contains descriptions of violent crime and sexual assault and may not be suitable for all listeners.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Audible Raises The Bar On True Crime Genre
- By R. Squyres on 11-16-18
- Evil Has a Name
- The Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation
- By: Paul Holes, Jim Clemente, Peter McDonnell
- Narrated by: Paul Holes, Jim Clemente
Ok at best
Reviewed: 10-08-23
Details the investigation over 40 or so years - there’s a lot of police politics and wrong turns leading to the eventual Hail Mary conviction using DNA and genealogy.
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The Ruin of All Witches
- Life and Death in the New World
- By: Malcolm Gaskill
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 3
In the frontier town of Springfield, in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails and property vanishes. People suffer fits and are plagued by strange visions and dreams. Children sicken and die. As tensions rise, rumours spread of witches and heretics, and the community becomes tangled in a web of spite, distrust and denunciation. The finger of suspicion falls on a young couple struggling to make a home and feed their children: Hugh Parsons, the irascible brickmaker, and his troubled wife, Mary. It will be their downfall.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Personally, I really enjoyed it.
- By Madeleine on 06-11-23
- The Ruin of All Witches
- Life and Death in the New World
- By: Malcolm Gaskill
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
Lost the will to live
Reviewed: 12-24-22
Excellent preface with intresting commentary on the state of religion and law at the bridge from the medieval to the modern age. But after that the author essentially narrates what feels like every mundane event in the life of a number of characters in a new world settlement. I lost the will to live after 4 hours, but maybe others will get more from it.
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Empire of Pain
- The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
- By: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9,128
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,950
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7,906
The prize-winning and best-selling author of Say Nothing presents a grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. Empire of Pain is a masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, exhaustively documented and ferociously compelling.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Full Account of the Sackler Conspiracy
- By Edward Bisch on 04-13-21
- Empire of Pain
- The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
- By: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Patrick Radden Keefe
Slow to start, but stick with it
Reviewed: 03-18-22
The first half of the book reads like a biography of the family, and initially seems a bit pointless - but acts as powerful evidence of ingrained attitudes and behaviours once the focus moves to the opiod epidemic. Overall a solid read, marred slightly by a slow start.
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Monster
- The True Story of the Jeffrey Dahmer Murders
- By: Anne E. Schwartz
- Narrated by: Anne E. Schwartz, Joana Garcia
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 86
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Story4 out of 5 stars 85
One night in July 1991, two policemen saw a man running handcuffed from the apartment of Jeffrey Dahmer. Investigating, they made a gruesome discovery: three human skulls in Dahmer’s refrigerator and the body parts of at least 11 more people scattered throughout the apartment. Shortly after, Milwaukee Journal reporter Anne E. Schwartz received a tip that would change her life.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Little Too Willing to Ignore Obvious Bias
- By frayedone on 03-30-22
- Monster
- The True Story of the Jeffrey Dahmer Murders
- By: Anne E. Schwartz
- Narrated by: Anne E. Schwartz, Joana Garcia
A Preponderance of Provincial Politics
Reviewed: 03-11-22
Not great, a lot of the author telling you how much cleverer (better, more moral, etc) she is than others, with a way too much detail on conducting local journalism, and provincial politics between journals / news outlets / etc. Booooooooring.
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What Are You Looking At?
- 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye
- By: Will Gompertz
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 81
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 81
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of What Are You Looking At? by Will Gompertz, read by Roy McMilllan. What is modern art? Why do we either love it or loathe it? And why is it worth so much damn money? Join Will Gompertz on a dazzling tour that will change the way you look at modern art forever. From Monet's water lilies to Van Gogh's sunflowers, from Warhol's soup cans to Hirst's pickled shark, hear the stories behind the masterpieces, meet the artists as they really were, and discover the real point of modern art.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What are you looking at 150 years of modern Art
- By Beatriz Santana on 10-26-15
- What Are You Looking At?
- 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye
- By: Will Gompertz
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
Typical Modern Art Book
Reviewed: 02-27-22
Modern art is apparently about the idea or philosophy behind a piece, but this (like pretty much any other book on the topic I’ve read) skims over the thinking and wastes pages on describing what you see when you look at the work while pontificating about the ‘genius’ of the artist.
If you’re not convinced by modern art, this book will do little to change your mind. Either modern art is in itself lacking, or people who write about it are not expressing themselves well. In either case, save yourself a credit.
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The Sandman
- By: Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs
- Narrated by: Riz Ahmed, Kat Dennings, Taron Egerton, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 52,935
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 46,203
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46,024
When The Sandman, also known as Lord Morpheus - the immortal king of dreams, stories and the imagination - is pulled from his realm and imprisoned on Earth by a nefarious cult, he languishes for decades before finally escaping. Once free, he must retrieve the three “tools” that will restore his power and help him to rebuild his dominion, which has deteriorated in his absence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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absolutely Epic!
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 07-16-20
- The Sandman
- By: Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs
- Narrated by: Riz Ahmed, Kat Dennings, Taron Egerton, Neil Gaiman, James McAvoy, Samantha Morton, Bebe Neuwirth, Andy Serkis, Michael Sheen
Patchy at Best
Reviewed: 12-24-21
There’s some good stuff here, but there’s also a good deal of poorly-written over-acted tosh. Not the worst, but overall not worth a credit.
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Peril
- By: Bob Woodward, Robert Costa
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,810
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,530
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,473
The transition from President Donald J. Trump to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. stands as one of the most dangerous periods in American history. But as number one internationally best-selling author Bob Woodward and acclaimed reporter Robert Costa reveal for the first time, it was far more than just a domestic political crisis. Woodward and Costa interviewed more than 200 people at the center of the turmoil, resulting in more than 6,000 pages of transcripts - and a spellbinding and definitive portrait of a nation on the brink.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Clear Portrait of Chaotic Presidential Transition
- By Peter W. Kalnin on 09-21-21
- Peril
- By: Bob Woodward, Robert Costa
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Perilously Dull
Reviewed: 09-27-21
If you want 13+ hours of tiresome detail about the 2020 democratic election strategy / campaign, this is the book for you. Otherwise, maybe leave the series incomplete. “I Alone Can Fix It” is much more entertaining.
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After Hitler
- The Last Days of the Second World War in Europe
- By: Michael Jones
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 4
On 30 April 1945, Adolf Hitler committed suicide. The following day, his propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, also killed himself, and the crumbling Third Reich passed to Admiral Karl Dönitz. The Nazis' position seemed hopeless. Yet remarkably, the war in the rest of Europe went on for another 10 days. After Hitler looks at these days as a narrative day-by-day countdown but also as a broader global history of a European war that had seen some of the most savage battles in history.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Very Anglo-centric
- By D on 07-03-21
- After Hitler
- The Last Days of the Second World War in Europe
- By: Michael Jones
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
Very Anglo-centric
Reviewed: 07-03-21
I suppose this could be interesting enough to the rare person whose main reason for reading it is to feel that “jolly old England” somehow single-handedly won the war in Europe for us all. Jones seems a member of that particular group of English “two world wars and one world cup” historians who focus on enlightening us uncritically on Churchill and Monty’s contributions to WW2 at the expense of the rest of the allied side. Where Americans, Canadians, Russians or European forces are mentioned it’s normally fleeting and disdainful. Not even non-English Brits get a fare shake of the stick outside being a sort of vox populi.
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