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How to Be Black
- By: Baratunde Thurston
- Narrated by: Baratunde Thurston
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,148
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,034
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,033
Beyond memoir, this guidebook offers practical advice on everything from "How to Be the Black Friend" to "How to Be the (Next) Black President" to "How to Celebrate Black History Month". This is a humorous, intelligent, and audacious guide that challenges and satirizes the so-called experts, purists, and racists who purport to speak for all Black people. With honest storytelling and biting wit, Baratunde plots a path not just to blackness, but one open to anyone interested in simply "how to be".
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4 out of 5 stars
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Funny yet insightful!
- By Theodore on 02-15-12
- How to Be Black
- By: Baratunde Thurston
- Narrated by: Baratunde Thurston
If you need to sleep...
Reviewed: 07-21-13
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
I haven't read a book that can put me to sleep as quickly as this one. It must come with a warning to not listen to it while driving or operating heavy machinery. I cant recommend this. I don't understand why the tech community cheered about it.
Would you ever listen to anything by Baratunde Thurston again?
Never
What three words best describe Baratunde Thurston’s performance?
B+ for effort
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Boredom
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Holy Ghosts
- Or How a (Not-so) Good Catholic Boy Became a Believer in Things that Go Bump in the Night
- By: Gary Jansen
- Narrated by: Gary Jansen
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 157
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 132
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Story4 out of 5 stars 132
In this extraordinary true story, the haunting of a Long Island household forces a respected writer and editor to reevaluate the mysteries of life and death as he struggles with the frightening truths of his childhood home and his town’s past.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Catholic boy consults psychic,aludes to numerology
- By Eric on 01-01-11
- Holy Ghosts
- Or How a (Not-so) Good Catholic Boy Became a Believer in Things that Go Bump in the Night
- By: Gary Jansen
- Narrated by: Gary Jansen
Open to everything
Reviewed: 02-02-11
A great read for this time of year, it seats well with winter and it's long and cold days.
The book is well written and narrated. It gripped me since the 1st chapter. The pace was perfect since there is no need for it to be fast so it creates the perfect atmosphere.
I'm also a Catholic and I too can related to Gary Jansen's experiences. We are all looking for answers.
Even if we have to resort to methods a bit out of the box to get the answers, It is all for a good cause.
oh...btw way best moment in the book: "Im on to you"
Recommended 100%
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