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Abundance
- By: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
- Narrated by: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 866
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 785
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 785
To trace the history of the twenty-first century so far is to trace a history of unaffordability and shortage. After years of refusing to build sufficient housing, America has a national housing crisis. After years of limiting immigration, we don’t have enough workers. Despite decades of being warned about the consequences of climate change, we haven’t built anything close to the clean-energy infrastructure we need. Ambitious public projects are finished late and over budget—if they are ever finished at all.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Advice to the Democratic Party from Klein & Thompson
- By Betsy Fowler on 03-31-25
- Abundance
- By: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
- Narrated by: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
A must read for those who want America to Build
Reviewed: 04-09-25
If you're disenchanted by the extremes on the right and left, this book will give you some hope about the future of the US. It is centrist, well researched, interesting, and thoughtful. The conclusions plot a path to an optimistic future.
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I Don't Want to Talk About It
- Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression
- By: Terrence Real
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 972
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 821
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 814
Psychotherapist Terrence Real offers an important and compelling look at the silent epidemic of depression among men and shows, with compassion and clarity, what can be done to break this vicious cycle.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Dated, Freudian take on subject with shock value
- By Matthew&Rebecca on 04-28-12
- I Don't Want to Talk About It
- Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression
- By: Terrence Real
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
For any man who has ever dealt with depression
Reviewed: 03-28-25
This is a must read for any man who has ever suffered from or struggled with depression. This is my fourth Terry Real book. While other more recent titles are more developed, structured, and polished, this early book is very likely his most powerful and personal book.
This is for those who are trying to find appropriate masculinity in today's world.
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The Housemaid Is Watching
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Lauryn Allman, Ina Marie Smith
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,912
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,462
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,461
From New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Freida McFadden comes the next installment of the unbelievably twisty, tension-packed and globally bestselling Housemaid series. This book can be enjoyed as a standalone listen: and once you start, it will have you up all night until the final explosive twist.
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3 out of 5 stars
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HORRIBLE NARRATOR
- By Gregory Cairo on 06-11-24
- The Housemaid Is Watching
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Lauryn Allman, Ina Marie Smith
l contrived plot
Reviewed: 07-21-24
I had high hopes based on her reviews and popularity. I was very disappointed. only the performances saved the book from being a waste of time.
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A Natural History of the Future
- What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
- By: Rob Dunn
- Narrated by: Donald Chang
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 70
Our species has amassed unprecedented knowledge of nature, which we have tried to use to seize control of life and bend the planet to our will. In A Natural History of the Future, biologist Rob Dunn argues that such efforts are futile. We may see ourselves as life’s overlords, but we are instead at its mercy. In the evolution of antibiotic resistance, the power of natural selection to create biodiversity, and even the surprising life of the London Underground, Dunn finds laws of life that no human activity can annul.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Boring!!!!
- By Mark on 01-15-24
- A Natural History of the Future
- What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
- By: Rob Dunn
- Narrated by: Donald Chang
Boring!!!!
Reviewed: 01-15-24
If you like biology for its own sake, the book is okay. If you're looking for connections and ways to help navigate the future, it's CRAP.
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What's Left Unsaid
- My Life at the Center of Power, Politics & Crisis
- By: Melissa DeRosa
- Narrated by: Melissa DeRosa
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story5 out of 5 stars 29
When COVID-19 hit the United States, New York governor Andrew Cuomo was thrust onto the national stage, hailed around the globe for his leadership. Alongside him every step of the way, Melissa DeRosa quickly became a household name. In her riveting memoir, DeRosa details her journey as a young woman in politics rising to the highest levels of government, writing with raw honesty and vulnerability about the personal challenges she faced—a failing marriage, infertility, death threats, misogyny—while navigating unprecedented professional landmines along the way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mind blown
- By Shoe Maven on 02-07-24
- What's Left Unsaid
- My Life at the Center of Power, Politics & Crisis
- By: Melissa DeRosa
- Narrated by: Melissa DeRosa
great memoir
Reviewed: 12-23-23
I really liked this book. the narrative is told chronologically. The last part--about the sexual harassment allegations against Cuomo-- is fascinating and describes in journalistic detail all that's wrong with cancel culture and or lack of giving people due process.
DeRosa changed my mind about all that happened and provided context on the egos and motivations for those who wanted Cuomo out.
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Bittersweet
- How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
- By: Susan Cain
- Narrated by: Susan Cain
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,784
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,524
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,509
With Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped power hidden in plain sight. Now she employs the same mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we experience sorrow and longing, and how embracing the bittersweetness at the heart of life is the true path to creativity, connection, and transcendence.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I REALLY wanted to love this book!
- By Leo B. on 05-02-22
- Bittersweet
- How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
- By: Susan Cain
- Narrated by: Susan Cain
A must read for anyone who has ever felt longing
Reviewed: 11-23-23
I love this book. It is well researched, well conceived, and well written. Ms. Cain's narration is as good as the book and the major themes. I will now be looking at some of her earlier books. This is one of my favorite three books of nonfiction that I have read this year.
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions
- By: Stephen Hawking, Eddie Redmayne - foreword
- Narrated by: Garrick Hagon, Lucy Hawking, Ben Whishaw
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3,014
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,638
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,618
Stephen Hawking not only unraveled some of the universe's greatest mysteries but also believed science plays a critical role in fixing problems here on Earth. Now, as we face immense challenges on our planet - including climate change, the threat of nuclear war, and the development of artificial intelligence - he turns his attention to the most urgent issues facing us. Will humanity survive? Should we colonize space? Does God exist? These are just a few of the questions Hawking addresses in this wide-ranging, passionately argued final book from one of the greatest minds in history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A wonderful, wonderful listening experience
- By La Traviata on 10-16-18
Interesting but no big reveals
Reviewed: 11-14-23
This is worth a listen, AND there is nothing surprising. What bothered me a little was his certainty in saying what he thinks the world is like.
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Hidden Potential
- The Science of Achieving Greater Things
- By: Adam Grant
- Narrated by: Adam Grant, Maurice Ashley, R. A. Dickey, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,686
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,496
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,493
We live in a world that’s obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and how good we can become. We can all improve at improving. And when opportunity doesn’t knock, there are ways to build a door.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Nope
- By Anna OConnor-McClure on 10-27-23
- Hidden Potential
- The Science of Achieving Greater Things
- By: Adam Grant
- Narrated by: Adam Grant, Maurice Ashley, R. A. Dickey, Evelyn Glennie, Sara Maria Hasbun, Francis Idehen, Alison Levine, Benny Lewis, Kari Louhivuori, Nelli Louhivuori, Brandon Payne, Richard Pine, Gil Winch, full cast
2 stars
Reviewed: 11-09-23
I like Adam Grant's previous work. There is a section in this book where he says that he has a goal of writing a 9 for each book he does and accepts things if they are an 8.
Adam, this is a 2 on a good day. You failed on this one. It is beneath your ususal quality.
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Romney
- A Reckoning
- By: McKay Coppins
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, McKay Coppins
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,071
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 974
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Story5 out of 5 stars 974
Few figures in American politics have seen more and said less than Mitt Romney. An outspoken dissident in Donald Trump’s GOP, he has made headlines in recent years for standing alone against the forces he believes are poisoning the party he once led. Romney was the first senator in history to vote to remove from office a president of his own party. When that president’s supporters went on to storm the US Capitol, Romney delivered a thundering speech from the Senate floor accusing his fellow Republicans of stoking insurrection.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Political and intellectual biography at its best!
- By Amazon Customer on 10-25-23
- Romney
- A Reckoning
- By: McKay Coppins
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, McKay Coppins
Romney is more than you think
Reviewed: 11-07-23
This is a really good book with a compelling story about an interesting and complex man whose integrity and principles are the core of who he is.
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Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- By: Hernan Diaz
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Jonathan Davis, Mozhan Marnò, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,199
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,700
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,700
Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. Together, they have risen to the very top of a world of seemingly endless wealth—all as a decade of excess and speculation draws to an end. But at what cost have they acquired their immense fortune? This is the mystery at the center of Bonds, a successful 1937 novel that all of New York seems to have read. Yet there are other versions of this tale of privilege and deceit.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Before Purchasing
- By JLDLOfficial on 08-13-22
- Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- By: Hernan Diaz
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Jonathan Davis, Mozhan Marnò, Orlagh Cassidy
great performances, lackluster story
Reviewed: 10-20-23
how did this book win a Pulitzer Prize? It looks asking for half the book and only gets moderately interesting in the second half. there are so many great books and great writers out there (e.g., Atwood, Awad, Powers, Moore, Patchett, etc.) , surely the committee could have found a more deserving book than this one. in its best parts, it was ho-hum.
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