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13 Things That Don't Make Sense
- The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time
- By: Michael Brooks
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,566
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,560
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,564
Science starts to get interesting when things don't make sense. Science's best-kept secret is that there are experimental results and reliable data that the most brilliant scientists can neither explain nor dismiss. If history is any precedent, we should look to today's inexplicable results to forecast the future of science. Michael Brooks heads to the scientific frontier to meet 13 modern-day anomalies and discover tomorrow's breakthroughs.
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4 out of 5 stars
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10 interesting chapters-read epiloge first
- By Stephen on 06-10-09
- 13 Things That Don't Make Sense
- The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time
- By: Michael Brooks
- Narrated by: James Adams
excellent and fun for lay-people
Reviewed: 09-10-12
Would you listen to 13 Things That Don't Make Sense again? Why?
possibly, but i am generally too bust to read pleasure books twice. if i wanted the technical info, then i might. but it is written very well for lay-people. you dont need to be a scientist to enjoy the book.
What was one of the most memorable moments of 13 Things That Don't Make Sense?
the overall theme that we cannot figure everything out.
Have you listened to any of James Adams’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
n/a
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
no emotional responses
Any additional comments?
just a fun book and helps me understand the overall position of science in the early 21st century.
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Liberty and Tyranny
- A Conservative Manifesto
- By: Mark R. Levin
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,881
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,099
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,091
Conservative talk radio's fastest-growing superstar is also a New York Times best-selling phenomenon: the author of the groundbreaking critique of the Supreme Court, Men in Black, and the deeply personal dog lover's memoir Rescuing Sprite, Mark R. Levin now delivers the book that characterizes both his devotion to his more than 5 million listeners and his love of our country and the legacy of our Founding Fathers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Shifted My Point of View
- By Roy on 04-18-09
- Liberty and Tyranny
- A Conservative Manifesto
- By: Mark R. Levin
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
Excellent
Reviewed: 06-06-09
This is a first class book from a great patriot. He outlines for us exactly the difference between America today and what the founding fathers intended. Statism is an economic failing ideology. Only through bad politics does is survive and even grow today, but we will all pay a very dear price if we do not turn it around. It starts with raising more of our children with values of honesty, integrity, and a hard work ethic....stop hurting each other and stop looking to the State to solve problems.
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A Slobbering Love Affair
- The Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media
- By: Bernard Goldberg
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
According to Bernard Goldberg, the media crossed an important line in the 2008 presidential race, moving from their usual unthinking liberal bias to crass partisanship of the crudest kind, practically acting as spin doctors for the presidential campaign of Barack Obama. In A Slobbering Love Affair, his most provocative book yet, Goldberg demonstrates how the media launched an unparalleled effort to ensure the election of the man they regarded as the One.
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5 out of 5 stars
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spot on!
- By Eunice on 05-28-09
- A Slobbering Love Affair
- The Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media
- By: Bernard Goldberg
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
Outstanding
Reviewed: 06-06-09
An excellent and accurate book. The media is killing itself and is failing to serve the purpose for which the founding fathers intended.
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Roots
- The Saga of an American Family
- By: Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Avery Brooks
- Length: 30 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,636
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,312
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5,328
Why we think it’s a great listen: A masterpiece like none other, Brooks’ powerful performance of Haley’s words has been known to leave listeners in tears. It begins with a birth in an African village in 1750, and ends two centuries later at a funeral in Arkansas. And in that time span, an unforgettable cast of men, women, and children come to life, many of them based on the people from Alex Haley's own family tree.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Impressive! DO NOT WIKI THIS BOOK!
- By avoidthelloyd on 09-17-14
- Roots
- The Saga of an American Family
- By: Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Avery Brooks
Captivating Listen
Reviewed: 06-06-09
I found the book impossible to get away from. It was serious and emotional....much better than the TV miniseries of the late 1970's, which tended to add a happy go-lucky country twang to to the story, when it was really a horrendous reality for slaves in America. After enjoying the audio book (I could never stick with a written book of this size), it was dissappointing to learn of the controversy surrounding the author (see wikepedia discussion on Alex Haley and Roots), but the book is excellent nevertheless.
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