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SuperFreakonomics
- By: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,038
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,951
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,957
SuperFreakonomics challenges the way we think all over again, exploring the hidden side of everything with such questions as: How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa? What do hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths have in common? Can eating kangaroo save the planet? Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling like no one else.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Just ok. Not sure if I believe it all though.
- By Duane Touchet on 10-31-09
- SuperFreakonomics
- By: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner
Things as Seen from a Different Point of View
Reviewed: 06-11-22
Truth to tell I think this audiobook would be enjoyable whether you agree with the authors' point of view or not.
A fun exercise in contemplating that the things we think we know might not be the only way to understand what is going on throughout the world
Standouts are the sections on the murder of Kitty Genovese and on global warming.
The narrator, one of the authors of the book was engaged and pleasant to listen to.
I feel the money and time spent listening to this audiobook was worthwhile.
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Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- By: Alfred Lansing
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 26,250
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 23,252
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Story5 out of 5 stars 23,211
In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice. For five months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world. Lansing describes how the men survived a 1,000-mile voyage in an open boat across the stormiest ocean on the globe and an overland trek through forbidding glaciers and mountains.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best book I've had
- By Thomas Allen on 09-17-08
- Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- By: Alfred Lansing
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Gripping Adventure
Reviewed: 03-23-22
Very well narrated. An amazing adventure because it was real. Suspenseful to the very end.
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The Secret History of Wonder Woman
- By: Jill Lepore
- Narrated by: Jill Lepore
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 797
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 703
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 703
Like every other superhero, Wonder Woman has a secret identity. Unlike every other superhero, she has also has a secret history. Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore has uncovered an astonishing trove of documents, including the never-before-seen private papers of William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman's creator.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Narration ruined it for me
- By Julia on 11-09-14
- The Secret History of Wonder Woman
- By: Jill Lepore
- Narrated by: Jill Lepore
The Narration Almost Ruined it for Me.
Reviewed: 03-06-22
This book covers the history leading up to the creation of Wonder Woman through a lens of feminism; if you are looking for an extensive history of the comic character you must look elsewhere.
Yes, we learn about the life of William Moulton Marston, warts and all, but it is by no means a biography of him alone.
At times I felt a bit lost in the maze as the book went far afield of the comics industry. However, the text did provide an extensive background for the times and people that created Wonder Woman, though I felt the conclusion to be a bit vague.
My key gripe is the narration of the book, which is by the author. At times it seemed to be read in an endless monotone. At other times she read some passages in a mocking tone. The theatrics hit a high note (or perhaps a low one) when she frantically reads Marston's instructions to his artist concerning various bits of bondage which seemed to flourish in Wonder Woman's early adventures. This was the moment I almost stopped listening.
The narration makes this bookl hard to listen to. The material would be better served with a different narrator.
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