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Gambling Man
- The Secret Story of the World's Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son
- By: Lionel Barber
- Narrated by: Keong Sim
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
As Wall Street swooned and boomed through the last decade, our livelihoods have—now more than ever—come to rely upon the good sense and risk appetites of a few standout investors. And amidst the BlackRocks, Vanguards, and Berkshire Hathaways stands arguably the most iconoclastic of them all: SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son. In Gambling Man, the first Western biography of Son, the self-professed unicorn hunter, we go behind the scenes of the world’s most monied halls of power in New York, Tokyo, Silicon Valley, Saudi Arabia, and beyond.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Degenerate Gambler
- By Lisa M. on 02-05-25
- Gambling Man
- The Secret Story of the World's Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son
- By: Lionel Barber
- Narrated by: Keong Sim
Degenerate Gambler
Reviewed: 02-05-25
The book is really good and well written.
But the story of Son himself is not really that interesting from an entrepreneurial standpoint because he comes off as a degenerate gambler who’s black jack table are mega-billion dollar bets on companies. He also seems to surround himself with people that don’t seem to have many redeeming qualities. Some of his bets work, a lot don’t, and it just seems reckless as opposed to reading about a true innovator or investor (a la Warren Buffett) where there seems to be a real methodology to what they’re doing.
I’d still say it’s a good read because even today he’s still relevant but I came away honestly feeling like I was reading about a gambling addict.
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Going Infinite
- The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
- By: Michael Lewis
- Narrated by: Michael Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,204
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,972
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,970
When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world’s youngest billionaire and crypto’s Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side?
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1 out of 5 stars
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really expected more rigor from Michael Lewis
- By Wowhello on 10-04-23
- Going Infinite
- The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
- By: Michael Lewis
- Narrated by: Michael Lewis
Something missing?
Reviewed: 10-13-23
I love Michael Lewis books, but this one just felt like he’d rushed it out for some reason.
I read that he’d written it in six months, so with the trial literally going on as we speak, I’m not sure why he wouldn’t have waited a couple of months to put a bow on the story, by actually hearing the evidence the prosecutors had to present.
The last couple of chapters are basically his back of the napkin calculations of where the money went and what happened, so why not wait to hear where it actually went?
I don’t think he painted SBF as sympathetic, he comes off as a disheveled, disorganized, very smart nerd who is arrogantly self-assured.
Overall it’s disappointing because it just didn’t feel like there was real meat to any of it. There were numerous details that i have read about the whole saga in the New York Times and Bloomberg that he just didn’t seem to address.
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Shadow Divers
- The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
- By: Robert Kurson
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,878
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,075
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,072
In 1991, acting on a tip from a local fisherman, two scuba divers discovered a sunken German U-boat, complete with its crew of 60 men, not too far off the New Jersey coast. The divers, realizing the momentousness of their discovery, began probing the mystery. Over the next six years, they became expert and well-traveled researchers, taught themselves German, hunted for clues in Germany, and constructed theories corrective of the history books, all in an effort to identify this sunken U-boat and its crew.
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5 out of 5 stars
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GRIPPING!
- By Douglas on 07-03-04
- Shadow Divers
- The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
- By: Robert Kurson
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
As good the second time
Reviewed: 08-01-23
This is one of my all time favorite books. Everything about it is superb. The story, the people, the narration, the details.
I’ve read it twice now and highly recommend it to anyone looking for a great adventure book
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Mutiny on the Bounty
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 22 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,051
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 920
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Story5 out of 5 stars 916
The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You don't know the whole story.
- By Justin Sluyter on 05-01-19
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
Incredible Story
Reviewed: 04-06-23
Honestly I was hesitant to buy it because it is long and I was worried a 1700’s historical book would get old.
WOW was I mind blown. The story is incredible and obviously a tremendous amount of research went into it.
I highly recommend to anyone into history, adventure and awesome stories. If that’s not you, well….I’m sorry
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