Kelly Zepelin
- 5
- reviews
- 2
- helpful votes
- 10
- ratings
-
The End of Burnout
- Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives
- By: Jonathan Malesic
- Narrated by: David Booth
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 42
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
-
Story3.5 out of 5 stars 40
Going beyond the how and why of burnout, a former tenured professor combines academic methods and first-person experience to propose new ways for resisting our cultural obsession with work and transforming our vision of human flourishing.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Unfocused and not that useful
- By Jordan M on 04-23-22
- The End of Burnout
- Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives
- By: Jonathan Malesic
- Narrated by: David Booth
Helpful conceptual parsing of burnout
Reviewed: 02-08-23
The author offers a clear and deeply thought-through definition of burnout, anchored in his experience, social science, and anecdotes from others. The diagnosis was more convincing to me than some of his model solutions, but a good diagnosis or analysis is hard to come by with something as amorphous as burnout. Not a self-help book per se, but I nevertheless found it helpful!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Yiddish Civilisation: The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten Nation
- By: Paul Kriwaczek
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Tracing Yiddish civilization from its roots in the Diaspora to the present, Paul Kriwaczek combines intimate family anecdote, travelogue, historical research, and interviews with scholars to give us a rich portrait of a nearly extinguished culture as it survived across the centuries. He begins his chronicle in Jerusalem, with the destruction of the Jewish temple at the hands of the Romans in the year 70. We see the burgeoning exile population disperse, moving outward and northward throughout the following centuries, making their mark in more far flung cities under Roman rule.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Disorganized, inconclusive and disappointing
- By Alex on 12-15-20
Probably better as an audiobook
Reviewed: 05-22-20
I think I would have found it tough to reach the end of the print edition, as the author gives himself great license to pursue many avenues of this history at considerable length. As an audiobook though I found it really enjoyable, and I feel a sense of gratitude to know so much more about my ancestry. The very beginning and very end of the book struck me as a bit contrived, like the author had a hard time putting handles on such a massive swath of history, but all in all it’s an amazing accomplishment of a book, and you can tell how much fun the author had in writing it.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
How Not to Be a Hot Mess
- A Buddhist Survival Guide for Modern Life
- By: Nico Hase, Devon Hase
- Narrated by: Nico Hase, Devon Hase
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 28
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
The dumpster fire of life rages on, but you got this. Practice six rules to keep you grounded, weather the storm, and actually be a decent person. It may seem like the world is going to hell in a hand basket right now. Whether it's big stuff like politics and climate change, or just the daily spin of paying your bills, getting to work on time, and fending off social media trolls, we can all admit, modern life ain't easy.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Perfect Book for All That is Going On In the World
- By Eric Poole on 04-14-20
- How Not to Be a Hot Mess
- A Buddhist Survival Guide for Modern Life
- By: Nico Hase, Devon Hase
- Narrated by: Nico Hase, Devon Hase
A pitch-perfect self-help book
Reviewed: 04-25-20
Funny, easy to listen to, and actually helpful. The authors strike a nice balance of entertaining anecdotes with insights drawn from Buddhism and psychology, and the practice exercises and guided meditations are great. One that's stuck with me is, "See the good." It's a practice to notice and accentuate what I am appreciating in this moment, and I've been doing it while washing my hands, "seeing the good" in the warm water from the tap.
I also really appreciate that the book doesn't pretend that all readers are the same, some kind of imagined generic average person. It shows real sensitivity to how racism, sexism, and other social differences factor into people's experience and therefore into how they might best practice with challenging situations. Although the tone is mostly light, with a heavy dose of sassy sarcasm, the authors show real depth of knowledge in terms of psychology and mindfulness research as well as Buddhist traditions and meditation practice. Highly recommended!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Other Minds
- The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
- By: Peter Godfrey-Smith
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,153
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,816
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,813
In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how subjective experience crept into being—how nature became aware of itself. As Godfrey-Smith stresses, it is a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Mischief and Craft
- By Darwin8u on 08-10-17
- Other Minds
- The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
- By: Peter Godfrey-Smith
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
Outstanding
Reviewed: 01-26-20
As someone who appreciates both evolutionary biology and philosophy of mind, this was one of my favorite books in a long time.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
On the Move
- A Life
- By: Oliver Sacks
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,269
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,116
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,116
From its opening minutes on his youthful obsession with motorcycles and speed, On the Move is infused with his restless energy. As he recounts his experiences as a young neurologist in the early 1960s, first in California, where he struggled with drug addiction, and then in New York, where he discovered a long-forgotten illness in the back wards of a chronic hospital, we see how his engagement with patients comes to define his life.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
His Own Life
- By Garance on 05-13-15
- On the Move
- A Life
- By: Oliver Sacks
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
Great book, strange choice for reader
Reviewed: 06-14-19
I loved listening to Sacks’s autobiography. Though I got used to it, I find it very odd that they commissioned a rather gruff-sounding American to read it, as it’s such a mismatch to Sacks’s very distinctive nasal English accent. Still well worth the listen.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful