James Tharpe
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- By: RR Haywood
- Narrated by: Carl Prekopp
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2061 a young scientist invents a time machine to fix a tragedy in his past. But his good intentions turn catastrophic when an early test reveals something unexpected: the end of the world. A desperate plan is formed: recruit three heroes, ordinary humans capable of extraordinary things, and change the future.
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Fast-Food Science Fiction
- By Kurt Schwoppe on 04-07-17
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- Extracted, Book 1
- By: RR Haywood
- Narrated by: Carl Prekopp
Boring and cliched
Reviewed: 01-28-23
One big eye roll. Plot holes, cliched characters, predictable plot, overused tropes, sophomore. Just awful.
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Minority Report and Other Stories (Unabridged Stories)
- By: Philip K. Dick
- Narrated by: Keir Dullea
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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Viewed by many as the greatest science fiction writer on any planet, Philip K. Dick has written some of the most intriguing, original, and thought-provoking fiction of our time. This collection includes "The Minority Report," "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale," "Paycheck," "Second Variety," and "The Eyes Have It."
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Nice Collection of Four P.D.K. Short Stories
- By DailyDog on 05-12-11
Run of the mill yet entertaining scifi
Reviewed: 12-11-22
It was fun getting into the source material for some classic movies (Minority Report, Total Recall, and possibly Terminator). The stories are entertaining but nothing particularly special.
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Pet Sematary
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Michael C. Hall
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
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When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic, rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Yet despite Ludlow's tranquility, there's an undercurrent of danger that lingers...like the graveyard in the woods near the Creeds' home, where generations of children have buried their beloved pets.
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THIS is what Audible was made for!
- By Nate_D on 04-03-18
- Pet Sematary
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Michael C. Hall
One of Steven King's best
Reviewed: 09-05-22
I've read a lot of Steven King's books and this is easily one of his best, if not the best. The premise is simple and effective, the inner dialogue of the protagonist is especially convincing as he makes decisions, and the conclusion is satisfying yet it leaves you wanting more.
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Project to Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework
- By: Mik Kersten
- Narrated by: Edward Bauer
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
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In Project to Product, value stream network pioneer and technology business leader Dr. Mik Kersten introduces the Flow Framework - a new way of seeing, measuring, and managing software delivery. The Flow Framework will enable your company's evolution from project-oriented dinosaur to product-centric innovator that thrives in the age of software. If you're driving your organization's transformation at any level, this is the audiobook for you.
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Great book but missing the additional PDF material
- By Sigurborg Rögnvaldsdóttir on 12-01-18
A sales pitch for consulting
Reviewed: 06-30-22
While this book contains some substance, it ultimately feels like a sales pitch for consulting services. It provides some high level thoughts and measures on improving software development productivity, relies too heavily on manufacturing for examples (and approach that's been beaten to death in similar books), and doesn't really get into practical implementation.
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13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do
- Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success
- By: Amy Morin
- Narrated by: Amy Morin
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Everyone knows that regular exercise and weight training lead to physical strength. But how do we strengthen ourselves mentally for the truly tough times? And what should we do when we face these challenges? Or as psychotherapist Amy Morin asks, what should we avoid when we encounter adversity? Through her years counseling others and her own experiences navigating personal loss, Morin realized it is often the habits we cannot break that are holding us back from true success and happiness.
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A valley girl, like, reads a meme list? OMG!
- By Ed Ronin on 08-02-15
- 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do
- Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success
- By: Amy Morin
- Narrated by: Amy Morin
Tried and true but nothing new
Reviewed: 05-10-22
Great advice we've all heard before, but sometimes need to hear again. Worth the time.
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No Excuses: Existentialism and the Meaning of Life
- By: Robert C. Solomon, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert C. Solomon
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
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What is life? What is my place in it? What choices do these questions obligate me to make? More than a half-century after it burst upon the intellectual scene - with roots that extend to the mid-19th century - Existentialism's quest to answer these most fundamental questions of individual responsibility, morality, and personal freedom, life has continued to exert a profound attraction.
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Good for even a non-existentialist
- By Gary on 07-24-15
makes an interesting topic dull
Reviewed: 03-30-22
This is the first Great Courses title I couldn't get all the way through due to shear boredom. The narration is dry and uninterested, as if the speaker is unironically the bored Sisyphus of lectures.
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Warren Buffett Speaks
- Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Investor
- By: Janet Lowe
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
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Over the years, as Warren Buffett's influence and affluence have grown, one thing has remained the same - his unpretentious, honest, and optimistic approach toward business and life. Now you can discover life's little secrets of success as revealed by the world¿s greatest investor.
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A Great Listen!
- By Eric on 03-16-08
- Warren Buffett Speaks
- Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Investor
- By: Janet Lowe
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
A repeat of other, better material
Reviewed: 03-14-22
A lot of stories that, if you've read about Buffett before, you've already heard. Not told in a particularly interesting or compelling way.
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Running with the Mind of Meditation
- Lessons for Training Body and Mind
- By: Sakyong Mipham
- Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
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As a Tibetan lama and leader of Shambhala (an international community of 165 meditation centers), Sakyong Mipham has found physical activity to be essential for spiritual well-being. He's been trained in horsemanship and martial arts but has a special love for running. Here, he incorporates his spiritual practice with running, presenting basic meditation instruction and fundamental principles he has developed.
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Principle based but very approachable
- By Emy Moore on 09-18-16
- Running with the Mind of Meditation
- Lessons for Training Body and Mind
- By: Sakyong Mipham
- Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
Mildly interesting
Reviewed: 02-23-22
Very quick listen with some interesting tips and perspective, but not the earth shattering insights I'd hoped for based on the other reviews.
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Parasite
- By: Mira Grant
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
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From New York Times best-selling author Mira Grant comes a vision of a decade in the future, where humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease. We owe our good health to a humble parasite—a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the Intestinal Bodyguard worm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system—even secretes designer drugs. It's been successful beyond the scientists' wildest dreams. Now, years on, almost every human being has a SymboGen tapeworm living within them.
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Parasite rejected by host
- By Thomas More on 01-14-17
- Parasite
- By: Mira Grant
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin
Predictable take on Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Reviewed: 02-19-22
A run of the mill sci-fi thriller, with a mild new take on the Invasion of the Body Snatchers premise (that's a spoiler, but it's easy to guess after the first chapter or two). Very forgettable with unsurprising twists and turns. That said, it's an easy read if you're just looking to pass the time and, though predictable, it manages to be just entertaining enough to finish.
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Four Thousand Weeks
- Time Management for Mortals
- By: Oliver Burkeman
- Narrated by: Oliver Burkeman
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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Nobody needs telling there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless battle against distraction; and we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient, and “life hacks” to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon.
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Make TIME for this one...
- By Ethan Babbage on 08-12-21
- Four Thousand Weeks
- Time Management for Mortals
- By: Oliver Burkeman
- Narrated by: Oliver Burkeman
Not what you'd expect from a time management book
Reviewed: 01-04-22
There's very little advice in this book, and that's a good thing. To make up for it, there's a lot of perspective. If you're looking for a book on time management, this probably isn't what you want but what you need to read.
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