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Stilted Translation Handicaps Narration

Reviewed: 12-24-18

The narrator does a workmanlike job with the text and the audio quality is excellent, but this is a stilted translation and not engaging. Even for someone who knows the work well, it can be tedious to follow, and I often found myself having to imagine the text on the page to follow along. I much prefer the old Blackstone version narrated by Nadia May, and would encourage other listeners to make use of the audio sample before choosing among the several versions available.

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Fun, Informative and Thought-Provoking

Reviewed: 06-02-16

The audio version of this book is adorable: a wry wink of a read, rather like having Amy Poehler cast as a smart and funny, women studies professor. Dara Rosenberg does a great job with Jane Ward's cheeky (yet academic) text, to craft an engaging listen.

I first heard Dr Ward interviewed on Tristan Taormino's podcast back in August, and was surprised to hear how much sex "straight" guys were allegedly having with each other through Craig's List and other such venues. When the audio version came out, I got it mostly from curiosity about that, but came to enjoy the gender theory and other insights Ward brings to the subject, particularly her insights about the way that hegemonic masculinity conflates sexism and racism in a way which preserves its own sense of entitlement and exceptionalism. This is not just hypocrisy, but beyond that toward psychosis.

A bit academic at times, the audio version was still quite enjoyable, and has me thinking about sexual orientation and political performance differently than I did before. Fun, informative and thought-provoking.

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A Great Idea, Humanely Executed

Reviewed: 01-01-16

Using Internet search histories and industry practices to explore and explain human sexuality is a great idea, and this book is a fun tour through the diverse and curious forest of human sexuality and thought. I learned a lot about general tastes and things in the world that have often surprised me, helping me to notice things in the world I had not noticed before, such as the way women will slip into and out of desire, how many men are into feet and what the deal is with straight porn showing so many "chicks with dicks" and hentai.

A slightly simplified but ultimately kind look at the diversity of human desire, with some speculation on how and why it is that way. A good read to understand more of oneself and to look with mercy on the weird tastes of our fellow, two and three-legged pervert: A fun romp.

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An Excellent Ethical Meditation and Guideline

Reviewed: 01-01-16

More Than Two is my single favorite book on polyamory, and a thought-provoking meditation on the importance of communication and boundaries. The two basic rules that people are more important than relationships and not to be treated as things have become real touchstones for me in all my relationships. It is thought-provoking and worth reading more than once, or giving to anyone who is struggling with personal relationships, not just "poly" ones.

More Than Two is about more than poly, with ethical insights to help cut through preciously smug and blithe, self-centered privilege. I've loaned the paper version to many of my friends and find it worth listening to again every year or so.

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One of My Favorites for 2015

Reviewed: 01-01-16

I'd never heard of Chris Donaghue until he was interviewed on a podcast, discussing this book, which I've now listened to three times and read once in print. He extends many critiques of marriage and heteronormativity which were made in the 1970's, but with modern theory and the inside experience of a humane therapist who has been backstage in the sausage factory of what passes for sexual "expertise" among front-line counselors.

His belief in the positive value of sexuality and the right of all people to sexual fulfillment has me thinking in exciting new ways that make me more accepting of others. All others. A thought-provoking read worth thinking on for months to come.

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It Really Is a Memoir

Reviewed: 01-01-16

"More Than Two" came out in 2014 and was one of my favorite books for 2015, so perhaps I came to The Game Changer expecting too much and a bit too optimistic. I was hoping that it would cover more about the nature of game-changing relationships in general. Instead, it was a fairly straightforward memoir. It filled in background biography which Franklin Veaux had mentioned in More Than Two, but on the whole was uninteresting. Privileged forty-something men are, for the most part, fairly dull. A pleasant book, and pleasantly short: Background material for poly nerds, and not of general interest.

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Solid & Substantive

Reviewed: 10-01-04

A surprisingly solid and lucid exchange without the spin and personal attacks so common to the genre. Jim Lehrer does an excellent job as moderator and both men are as cogent as anyone would want. Very much worth listening to again. Exceeded my expectations.

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Quantum Paradigm Twaddle

Reviewed: 06-19-04

Stephen Covey represents both the best and worst of current business books, frequently lacking intellectual rigor and sprinkled with smarmy buzzwords. If you can get past the first thirty minutes, he finally does settle down to the main points: that successful organizations need to engage all of their people and each of their essential human needs ("to live, to love, to learn, to leave a legacy"). Although he frequently mixes metaphors and risks smarminess, his essential points about maintaining integrity can't be argued, and when he connects in his own voice he really connects. Basically this audiobook is a collection of excerpts from various corporate trainings. Not exactly the same content as the book but worth listening to on a long drive, and more efficient than sitting through the seminars themselves.

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Very Much Worth Giving

Reviewed: 07-27-03

I don't know a lot of folks who don't read this book and think of folks they want to give it to. The trouble is that most folks dont' read, so this audio version is a godsend. As well as being an excellent introduction to Rich Dad's thought and theories for adults (and my favorite book on finances ever) it is also a terrific book on kids and education, encouraging folks through Kiyosaki's stories to think about the many ways that kids can learn, within and outside the narrow scholastic framework that deadens so many folks who fail there and traps so many who succeed.

Very, very much worth hearing. I try to listen to it every six months or so, and have lent my CD of it to several people who have really been blown away and enjoyed it.

An amazing overview of Kiyosaki's finance theories for anyone in business or just the necessary cash flows of life.

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