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The Twice-Born
- Life and Death on the Ganges
- By: Aatish Taseer
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story5 out of 5 stars 15
Known as the twice-born - first into the flesh and again when initiated into their vocation - the Brahmins are a caste devoted to sacred learning. But what Taseer finds in Benares, the holy city of death also known as Varanasi, is a window on an India as internally fractured as his own continent-bridging identity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best books I have ever heard!!!
- By Anonymous User on 12-24-24
- The Twice-Born
- Life and Death on the Ganges
- By: Aatish Taseer
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
One of the best books I have ever heard!!!
Reviewed: 12-24-24
Amazing memoir written with ferocious talent. This book is both therapeutic and thrilling. I hope to read it many times more.
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Ways of Being
- Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
- By: James Bridle
- Narrated by: James Bridle
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 103
Artist, technologist, and philosopher James Bridle’s Ways of Being is a brilliant, searching exploration of different kinds of intelligence—plant, animal, human, artificial—and how they transform our understanding of humans’ place in the cosmos. What does it mean to be intelligent? Is it something unique to humans, or shared with other beings—beings of flesh, wood, stone, and silicon? The last few years have seen rapid advances in “artificial” intelligence.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Ahh, I don’t know
- By Anonymous User on 12-14-22
- Ways of Being
- Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
- By: James Bridle
- Narrated by: James Bridle
Ahh, I don’t know
Reviewed: 12-14-22
James Bridle can write. But if you are attentive to this space you already know about IQ of trees, fungi, and animals etc.., Besides the fact that it is really a just compilation of popular nonfiction of the last decade there are two other big problems here. One, he reads it with a relentless empathic tone. He has a nice voice and all that but there is no modulation of mood like you would get from a professional reader. It is grating. Second, the last lap is super preachy. What about all that radical unknowability stuff? It seems like that only applies to others, for this guy puts a big bow on how we should act, think, and what we should do.
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Mad Enchantment
- Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies
- By: Ross King
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 249
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 221
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 218
We have all seen, whether live, in photographs or on postcards, some of Claude Monet's legendary water lily paintings. They are in museums all over the world and are among the most beloved works of art of the past century. Yet, ironically, these soothing images were created amid terrible personal turmoil and sadness.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful book. Awful awful narration.
- By StphnyC on 06-23-17
- Mad Enchantment
- Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies
- By: Ross King
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
Isn’t there any quality control?
Reviewed: 10-13-22
A very good book foiled by the performance. You would think that someone in the chain of production here would have cared enough about their work to get key pronunciations right. Move over Pepe Le Pew. Wowza.
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Written in Stone
- Evolution, the Fossil Record, and Our Place in Nature
- By: Brian Switek
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 308
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 258
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 254
Spectacular fossil finds make today's headlines; new technology unlocks secrets of skeletons unearthed 100 years ago. Still, evolution is often poorly represented by the media and misunderstood by the public. A potent antidote to pseudoscience, Written in Stone is an engrossing history of evolutionary discovery for anyone who has marveled at the variety and richness of life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very good but has some weaknesses
- By Anonymous User on 06-23-19
- Written in Stone
- Evolution, the Fossil Record, and Our Place in Nature
- By: Brian Switek
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
Very good but has some weaknesses
Reviewed: 06-23-19
I enjoyed 95% of this book. A captivating recounting of the story of the key fossils in our current understanding evolution. However the author strays into metaphysical speculation that lacks nuance and sophistication. He wines about religion like a 15 year old atheist, not realizing his opposition itself is freighted with terms that imply some pre-rational valuation. Yes biological evolution is a fact, but it’s ultimate meaning like it or not takes the shape of a faith. Glass houses and all that
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A New History of Life
- By: Stuart Sutherland, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Stuart Sutherland
- Length: 17 hrs and 46 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 427
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 383
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Story5 out of 5 stars 381
The story of our world and the different living things that have populated it is an amazing epic with millions of species, exotic settings, planet-wide cataclysms, and surprising plot twists. These 36 lectures tell the all-embracing story of life on Earth - its origins, extinctions, and evolutions - in a manner that assumes no background in science. At half an hour per lecture, you’ll cover the entire 4.54-billion-year history of Earth in 18 hours, averaging 70,000 years per second!
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4 out of 5 stars
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Get the video version
- By B. Bartosh on 06-17-19
- A New History of Life
- By: Stuart Sutherland, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Stuart Sutherland
Good but flawed
Reviewed: 06-08-19
This presenter is an excellent teacher. However, the recording was of a class heavy in visual aids which don’t come across so well Iwhen listening. Also he really wimps out on climate change at the end.
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The Russian Revolution
- A New History
- By: Sean McMeekin
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 505
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 453
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 448
From an award-winning scholar comes this definitive, single-volume history that illuminates the tensions and transformations of the Russian Revolution. In The Russian Revolution, acclaimed historian Sean McMeekin traces the events which ended Romanov rule, ushered the Bolsheviks into power, and introduced Communism to the world. Between 1917 and 1922, Russia underwent a complete and irreversible transformation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book on the Russian Revolution
- By Nostromo on 09-02-17
- The Russian Revolution
- A New History
- By: Sean McMeekin
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
Great book, great performance!
Reviewed: 04-15-19
I thought I knew a lot about the Russian Revolution, well I didn’t. This book is provocative and engaging. Read it especially you enjoy having your assumptions upended. The reader is phenomenal, too.
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Cultured
- How Ancient Foods Can Feed Our Microbiome
- By: Katherine Harmon Courage
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
These days, probiotic yogurt and other "gut-friendly" foods line supermarket shelves. But what's the best way to feed our all-important microbiome - and what is a microbiome, anyway? In this engaging book, science journalist Katherine Harmon Courage investigates these questions, presenting a deep dive into the ancient food traditions and the latest research for maintaining a healthy gut.
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2 out of 5 stars
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More vegan propaganda. Skip it.
- By mottdog2002 on 09-18-19
- Cultured
- How Ancient Foods Can Feed Our Microbiome
- By: Katherine Harmon Courage
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
A well written, well performed audiobook!
Reviewed: 03-11-19
This is an author of great talent. She writes with fluidity, clarity and more than a dash of wry humor. The reading is equally artful and energetic. A treat for the ears, the curious mind, and your gut.
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The Whole-Body Microbiome
- How to Harness Microbes - Inside and Out - for Lifelong Health
- By: B. Brett Finlay PhD, Jessica M. Finlay PhD
- Narrated by: Julie McKay
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4 out of 5 stars 12
In The Whole-Body Microbiome, the father-daughter team of Dr. Brett Finlay (a microbiologist) and Dr. Jessica Finlay (a specialist on aging) offers a different - and truly revolutionary - solution to the quest for the fountain of youth. While much has been written about bacteria in the gut, exciting new research shows that there are millions of microbes both inside our bodies - supporting our brain, teeth, heart, lungs, bones, immune system, and more.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Could have googled all this
- By Anonymous User on 03-08-19
- The Whole-Body Microbiome
- How to Harness Microbes - Inside and Out - for Lifelong Health
- By: B. Brett Finlay PhD, Jessica M. Finlay PhD
- Narrated by: Julie McKay
Could have googled all this
Reviewed: 03-08-19
A trite and boring summary of existent data, plus hedging precautionary cliches. The reader sounds like someone trying to do an impression of an automated customer service phone program. Think “press 3 to speak with.. “
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