Lawrence H. Diller, M.D.
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The Path to Paradise
- A Francis Ford Coppola Story
- By: Sam Wasson
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
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Francis Ford Coppola is one of the great American dreamers, and his most magnificent dream is American Zoetrope, the production company he founded in San Francisco years before his gargantuan success, when he was only thirty. Through Zoetrope’s experimental, communal utopia, Coppola attempted to reimagine the entire pursuit of moviemaking. Now, more than fifty years later, despite myriad setbacks, the visionary filmmaker’s dream persists, most notably in the production of his decades-in-the-making film and the culmination of his utopian ideals, Megalopolis.
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Narrator was awful
- By Cyrus Nowrasteh on 12-17-23
- The Path to Paradise
- A Francis Ford Coppola Story
- By: Sam Wasson
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
Is there a copy editor for Audible Books
Reviewed: 02-01-24
As much as I love listening to books on Audible (for over ten years and 300 titles in my Library) of the continuing annoyance is when the reader/narrator mispronounces a word. This was particularly egregious by the reader, Timothy Andres Pabon, of The Path to Paradise. Here are a couple of his errors: Marin (accent should be on the second syllable), Cimino (the "Ci" should be pronounced as the Italian "chi" not "si"), tromp l'oeil (cannot recall how he read it but it wasn't close to the French), and finally and the most repeated and irritating of the errors, Warner Bros., which he over and over again pronounced as Warner bros (or broz) instead of saying Warner Brothers which is what Bros. stands for. I haven't had a chance to check the text of the book and indeed if Wasson wrote Warner Bros. as Warner Bros then Pabon is somewhat off the hook. But I have never ever heard the studio, Warner Brothers, referred to as Warner "Bros".
So who is looking out for the listener at Audible? I've had some books published (non-fiction), and the copy editors I worked with were amazing and totally helpful in correcting the errors. I assume someone in production should be in charge of this? If anyone at Audible reads this, I'd love to get a response.
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First Person
- A Novel
- By: Richard Flanagan
- Narrated by: David Linski
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
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Kif Kehlmann, a young, penniless writer, thinks he’s finally caught a break when he’s offered $10,000 to ghostwrite the memoir of Siegfried “Ziggy” Heidl, the notorious con man and corporate criminal. Ziggy is about to go to trial for defrauding banks for $700 million; they have six weeks to write the book. But Ziggy swiftly proves almost impossible to work with, and worse, Kif finds himself being pulled into an odd, hypnotic, and ever-closer orbit of all things Ziggy.
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Best performance ever!
- By Lawrence H. Diller, M.D. on 07-07-18
- First Person
- A Novel
- By: Richard Flanagan
- Narrated by: David Linski
Best performance ever!
Reviewed: 07-07-18
I’ve listened to over 250 audible.com books in nine years and David Linski’s performance of Flanagan’s great and latest novel stands out as perhaps the best I’ve ever experienced. ‘Nuff said.
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Leonardo da Vinci
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
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Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and engineering. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry.
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Wish the sample was not from the preface!
- By Chris M. on 11-13-17
- Leonardo da Vinci
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
Poor Choice as an Audible Book
Reviewed: 03-25-18
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
Someone who could listen to the audiobook but have regular access to the PDF figures.
Would you ever listen to anything by Walter Isaacson again?
Yes but I would choose more carefully
What does Alfred Molina bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
His accent added some "class" to the book but his English accent didn't always conform to the American pronunciations
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment. I liked Issacson's Einstein book.
Any additional comments?
Simply this book referred to figures in the PDF constantly and in some detail. In not having access to the PDF figures (while driving) detracted much from long sections of the book.
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The Rise and Fall of Nations
- Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
- By: Ruchir Sharma
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
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Shaped by his 25 years traveling the world and enlivened by encounters with tycoons, presidents, and villagers from Rio to Beijing, Ruchir Sharma's The Rise and Fall of Nations rethinks the "dismal science" of economics as a practical art. Narrowing the thousands of factors that can shape a country's fortunes to 10 clear rules, Sharma explains how to spot political, economic, and social changes in real time. He shows how to read political headlines, black markets, the price of onions, and billionaire rankings as signals of booms, busts, and protests.
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must read for anyone in investing
- By pb on 07-07-16
- The Rise and Fall of Nations
- Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
- By: Ruchir Sharma
- Narrated by: William Hughes
A committed capitalist's world view
Reviewed: 08-19-17
He's got some good points but believes too much in the markets for everything and there's some hubris making its appearance regularly in his writing.
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The Black Swan
- The Impact of the Highly Improbable
- By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: David Chandler
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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Maverick thinker Nassim Nicholas Taleb had an illustrious career on Wall Street before turning his focus to his black swan theory. Not all swans are white, and not all events, no matter what the experts think, are predictable. Taleb shows that black swans, like 9/11, cannot be foreseen and have an immeasurable impact on the world.
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Worth it in the end...I think.
- By Judd Bagley on 05-27-09
- The Black Swan
- The Impact of the Highly Improbable
- By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: David Chandler
Pompous author
Reviewed: 10-22-07
This book was a disappointment. I had heard the author on NPR and I thought his points were both novel and interesting. I listened to the book and between the words and the narrator's style I heard a persistently snide and pompous viewpoint of the world and particularly of people who disagreed with the author. This was quite off putting to me and eventually I only listened to half the book. I did go to the very end hoping to hear some suggestions for living with the knowledge of The Black Swan but received nothing very specific. I cannot recommend this book to others.
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