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Rooted
- Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit
- By: Lyanda Lynn Haupt
- Narrated by: Christine Williams
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
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In Rooted, cutting-edge science supports a truth that poets, artists, mystics, and earth-based cultures across the world have proclaimed over millennia: Life on this planet is radically interconnected. Our bodies, thoughts, minds, and spirits are affected by the whole of nature, and they affect this whole in return. In this time of crisis, how can we best live upon our imperiled, beloved earth? Award-winning writer Lyanda Lynn Haupt’s highly personal new book is a brilliant invitation to live with the earth in both simple and profound ways.
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Managed to get halfway through.
- By IcarusGen2 on 06-09-22
- Rooted
- Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit
- By: Lyanda Lynn Haupt
- Narrated by: Christine Williams
Medicinal and poetic
Reviewed: 04-25-25
A beautiful, thoughtful and wise tribute to our planet. I purchased all her books after listening to this, she is a powerful thinker with a gentle pen.
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The Serviceberry
- By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Length: 1 hr and 56 mins
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As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry’s relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity.
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Engaging and optimistic
- By Steve on 12-18-24
- The Serviceberry
- By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Radical, the idea of sharing???
Reviewed: 02-23-25
Robin Wall Kimmerer teaches us about the gift economy and in doing so, she is giving us a gift. If you want to understand why cooperation and sharing are the signs of a mature relationship and how we can get away from scarcity mindset, purchase this wonderful gem of a book.
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The Harder I Fight the More I Love You
- A Memoir
- By: Neko Case
- Narrated by: Neko Case
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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Neko Case has long been revered as one of music’s most influential artists, whose authenticity, lyrical storytelling, and sly wit have endeared her to a legion of critics, musicians, and lifelong fans. In The Harder I Fight the More I Love You, Case brings her trademark candor and precision to a memoir that traces her evolution from an invisible girl “raised by two dogs and a space heater” in rural Washington state to her improbable emergence as an internationally acclaimed talent.
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The ending
- By Katherine Phillips on 04-28-25
- The Harder I Fight the More I Love You
- A Memoir
- By: Neko Case
- Narrated by: Neko Case
A poignant recollection of memories
Reviewed: 02-02-25
As a lover of her music, this memoir gave deeper insight into the person behind the talent, her resilience and tenderness shine through her words.
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Light Is the New Black
- By: Rebecca Campbell
- Narrated by: Rebecca Campbell
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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Follow what lights you up, and you'll light up the world. Light Is the New Black is a guidebook for a new breed of women who are here to be bright lights in the world - modern-day lightworkers who agreed to be here at this time in history. In order to thrive in this new age, everything we do must be an authentic expression of who we truly are. Light Is the New Black will guide you back home to the callings of your soul, so you can light up the world with your presence.
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Beyond my expectations
- By LR on 03-08-18
- Light Is the New Black
- By: Rebecca Campbell
- Narrated by: Rebecca Campbell
Loving and inspiring
Reviewed: 09-22-24
Rebecca has a way of lifting you up while remaining grounded. She shares some of her personal experiences and the lessons learned from them through a lens of hope and love.
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The Middle Passage
- From Misery to Meaning in Midlife
- By: Dr. James Hollis
- Narrated by: James Hollis
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
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Author James Hollis' eloquent reading provides the listener with an accessible and yet profound understanding of a universal condition - or what is commonly referred to as the mid-life crisis. The book shows how we may travel this Middle Passage consciously, thereby rendering our lives more meaningful and the second half of life immeasurably richer.
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Briliant in every way
- By Jean Le Lupi on 12-05-07
- The Middle Passage
- From Misery to Meaning in Midlife
- By: Dr. James Hollis
- Narrated by: James Hollis
Sobering
Reviewed: 07-04-24
This is an honest reflection on what midlife looks like, I wish there were more direction provided but it is a helpful start to understanding this strange period of life.
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A Therapeutic Journey: Lessons from The School of Life
- By: Alain de Botton
- Narrated by: Charlie Anson
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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A Therapeutic Journey follows the arc from mental crisis and collapse, to convalescence and recovery. Written with kindness, knowledge and sympathy, it is both a practical guide and a source of consolation and companionship in what might be some of our loneliest, most anguished moments.
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Deep, intelligent, compassionate
- By Terri Myers on 12-23-23
Brilliant
Reviewed: 11-11-23
For anyone struggling with the difficulty that is often life; potent, honest, and healing medicine. The school of life never disappoints. Never.
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Self-Esteem
- Your Fundamental Power
- By: Caroline Myss
- Narrated by: Caroline Myss
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
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What is self-esteem? A type of confidence? Or something far greater? In Self-Esteem, best selling author Caroline Myss casts a new light on this often misunderstood subject, redefining self-esteem as an actual core power that is essential to our evolutionary progress.
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VERBAL & MENTAL SPAGHETTI. Waste of time & money
- By Michael on 05-01-12
- Self-Esteem
- Your Fundamental Power
- By: Caroline Myss
- Narrated by: Caroline Myss
She’s a genius
Reviewed: 10-01-23
The divine speaks through the author, but in a way that we can all understand. Not just another empty self help book.
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The Year of Magical Thinking
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
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"Life changes fast....You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends." These were among the first words Joan Didion wrote in January 2004. Her daughter was lying unconscious in an intensive care unit, a victim of pneumonia and septic shock. Her husband, John Gregory Dunne, was dead. The night before New Year's Eve, while they were sitting down to dinner, he suffered a massive and fatal coronary. The two had lived and worked side by side for nearly 40 years.
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Great book to Read, but I didn’t like it
- By Michael on 05-08-15
- The Year of Magical Thinking
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
Helpful to the grieving
Reviewed: 06-15-23
I’ve been listening to this book while grieving and found truth in her words, would recommend for those lost in this kind of sadness.
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Magic Lessons
- A Prequel to Practical Magic
- By: Alice Hoffman
- Narrated by: Sutton Foster
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
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Where does the story of the Owens bloodline begin? With Maria Owens, in the 1600s, when she’s abandoned in a snowy field in rural England as a baby. Under the care of Hannah Owens, Maria learns about the “Nameless Arts". Hannah recognizes that Maria has a gift and she teaches the girl all she knows. It is here that she learns her first important lesson: Always love someone who will love you back.
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Alice Hoffman Never Disappoints
- By Elle Estee on 10-07-20
- Magic Lessons
- A Prequel to Practical Magic
- By: Alice Hoffman
- Narrated by: Sutton Foster
Charming
Reviewed: 02-09-23
There’s an innocence and beauty about this novel that touched me deeply. You will feel changed a bit, in a nourishing and positive way in listening.
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The Chaos Machine
- The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
- By: Max Fisher
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
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From a New York Times investigative reporter, this “authoritative and devastating account of the impacts of social media” (New York Times Book Review) tracks the high-stakes inside story of how Big Tech’s breakneck race to drive engagement—and profits—at all costs fractured the world, and is “an essential book for our times” (Ezra Klein).
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First few chapters were good. The rest was bashing all right wing politics.
- By Brandon Bastianelli on 09-19-22
- The Chaos Machine
- The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
- By: Max Fisher
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
This should be required learning…
Reviewed: 01-12-23
In every public institution in America. Eye opening, shocking and necessary truths are skillfully told in this book, it has changed the way I see social media and the capacity within humanity.
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