Amazon Customer
- 7
- reviews
- 5
- helpful votes
- 12
- ratings
-
Brave Companions
- Portraits in History
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: David McCullough
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,612
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,409
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,387
The best-selling author of Truman and John Adams, David McCullough has written profiles of exceptional men and women past and present who have not only shaped the course of history or changed how we see the world but whose stories express much that is timeless about the human condition. Here are Alexander von Humboldt, whose epic explorations of South America surpassed the Lewis and Clark expedition; Harriet Beecher Stowe, "the little woman who made the big war”....
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
I USUALLY LOVE THIS GUY
- By Randall on 01-28-19
- Brave Companions
- Portraits in History
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: David McCullough
Definitely worth listening to!
Reviewed: 07-18-19
A review of some of McCullough's favorite people and biographies with a speech or two mixed in. He reminds us of the breadth of knowledge of a true historian. Added pleasure; his own reading of his words
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
12 Rules for Life
- An Antidote to Chaos
- By: Jordan B. Peterson, Norman Doidge MD - foreword
- Narrated by: Jordan B. Peterson
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 92,626
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 81,041
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 80,436
What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research. Humorous, surprising, and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Not Your Average 'Self Help' Book
- By The Bookie on 06-04-18
- 12 Rules for Life
- An Antidote to Chaos
- By: Jordan B. Peterson, Norman Doidge MD - foreword
- Narrated by: Jordan B. Peterson
Liberals take nite!
Reviewed: 12-03-18
This individual has a needed message threaded through fascinating examples and quotes from his favorite great minds.....he is tough on human weakness and should not be dismissed just because he sounds "conservative". We are strong liberals yet we found deep truths here.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Country Driving
- A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory
- By: Peter Hessler
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 564
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 373
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 365
In the summer of 2001, Peter Hessler, the longtime Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, acquired his Chinese driver's license. For the next seven years, he traveled the country, tracking how the automobile and improved roads were transforming China.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Pass the white rice please
- By Nick on 02-18-10
- Country Driving
- A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory
- By: Peter Hessler
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
Superb story of old to new China.
Reviewed: 01-11-18
Hessler has the guts to grovel with poor peasants to get their lives right....he makes their story his own breathing poison fumes smoking their cheap cigs and eating their offal in their mud and paper shacks with them.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Homo Deus
- A Brief History of Tomorrow
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27,295
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 23,666
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23,498
Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically acclaimed New York Times best seller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity's future and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fun But With A Couple O' Caveats--
- By Gillian on 02-22-17
- Homo Deus
- A Brief History of Tomorrow
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Everyone should read this ..every college class
Reviewed: 12-01-17
Should be required reading for every human being. ..not easy ir pleasant but about the potential end I'd our species
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Oracle Bones
- A Journey Through Time in China
- By: Peter Hessler
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 373
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 289
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 288
A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today, the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Great Book, except for the narration.
- By DMH on 11-09-10
- Oracle Bones
- A Journey Through Time in China
- By: Peter Hessler
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
Meet the best of China thru Hessler
Reviewed: 09-12-17
Excellent story and excellent narration. A great peek into 2 groups of Chinese......erudite scholars who survived the cultural revolution and young adults we feel we know. I loved the high ethics of most his subjects whether young or old....
.and now have a much better understanding of who the Uighurs are. Most of all author shines through as amazing and immensely warm and gifted. While focusing only on his subjects he is revealed as extraordinarily empathetic and "egoless".
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Notes from a Dead House
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 116
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 107
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 107
From renowned translators Richard Pevear and Lindsay Volokhonsky comes a new translation - certain to become the definitive version - of the first great prison memoir, a fictionalized account of Fyodor Dostoevsky's life-changing penal servitude in Siberia.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
FYODORange is the New Black
- By Darwin8u on 07-13-15
- Notes from a Dead House
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
In a class with few others....maybe Victor Franke
Reviewed: 05-27-17
This is superb work...D manages to write with great humor realism distance yet at times great warmth and always astonishing perception of human nature. I keptfeelinghe was writing about allhumanlife......a transformational masterpiece.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Hidden Figures
- The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- By: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,627
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,571
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,594
Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets and astronauts into space. Among these problem solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great Story of a History Obscured
- By Cynthia on 09-18-16
- Hidden Figures
- The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- By: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
Overdue praise for remarkable blacks
Reviewed: 04-06-17
Great story. Now want to see the film. Not crazy about the narrator voice
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!