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What a Fish Knows
- The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins
- By: Jonathan Balcombe
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 509
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 451
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 450
An underwater exploration that overturns myths about fishes and reveals their complex lives, from tool use to social behavior. There are more than 30,000 species of fish - more than all mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians combined. But for all their breathtaking diversity and beauty, we rarely consider how fish think, feel, and behave.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Title misled me
- By Margaret Weidemann on 08-12-17
- What a Fish Knows
- The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins
- By: Jonathan Balcombe
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
Don't wait until the end to stand on the soapbox
Reviewed: 05-08-22
Don't mislead a reader into a wonderful study only to basically insult their heritage and ethics. It would be one thing to speak from a personal perspective on your own beliefs, but don't just blindly pummel people with a message. You could use some pointers on how to write & live with grace by good human writers such as Sy Montgomery for instance. Bizarre plane crash ending. I basically have an issue that the book wasn't titled, "To Fish is a Mortal Sin". With the whole "being honest and upfront" title I presented above, I would have still read it, and would be more likely to try to understand your perspective.. I returned the copy I bought my fisheries biologist son, as he is also a fisherman.
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Braiding Sweetgrass
- Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11,435
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,920
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9,894
As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally, Words
- By Donovan P Malley on 06-30-19
- Braiding Sweetgrass
- Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
I had to work very hard to have patience
Reviewed: 05-08-22
Overall I love the content this book covers. Perhaps with another narrator. I generally love books narrarated by the author, but honestly I struggled to stay awake and engaged. So many fantastic stories enclosed in this book that were lost to lack of sonorous melody. Like Barbara Kingsolver's narration of her own "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" the soft, soothing tone often feels self- righteous or preachy. Robin Wall Kimmerer at times came alive, but especially in telling Native American stories she fell into a somber lull, almost as if telling these stories with passion or life is forbidden.
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The Hawk's Way
- Encounters with Fierce Beauty
- By: Sy Montgomery
- Narrated by: Sy Montgomery
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Story4 out of 5 stars 43
In this mesmerizing account, Sy Montgomery passionately and vividly reveals the wonderous world of hawks and what they can teach us about nature, life, and love.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Sy Montgomery Intro
- By Cameron on 11-26-23
- The Hawk's Way
- Encounters with Fierce Beauty
- By: Sy Montgomery
- Narrated by: Sy Montgomery
a joy
Reviewed: 05-07-22
As a mother of a falconer this book resonated deep in my soul. My home transformed when hawks and micro falcons became frequent guests in the kitchen and livingroom. Dead quail thawing on the top of the fridge, bags of day old chicks in my freezer, and the occasional hawk poop on my piano. I loved the way Sy described her own education and experience of which before was unknown to her; the hunt, hunter & hunted. Wonderful author and narrator.
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
- A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
- By: Lori Gottlieb
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43,893
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 38,686
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38,549
One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but.
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2 out of 5 stars
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It was like a hallmark movie being waterboarded into my ears for 15 hours
- By Amazon Customer on 10-01-19
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
- A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
- By: Lori Gottlieb
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
lightweight & thought provoking!
Reviewed: 12-19-21
Exactly what I needed. An easy listen that is memorable, funny, and smart. The narrator was the perfect match. I dreaded when I had to pause for work or sleep or running errands, but the reflection time in between listening was also necessary because there is a lot of content I wanted to hang on to! Picking up where I left off was never a battle, as in some audio books I find myself drifting elsewhere. This book, for me, was captivating and deeply enjoyable. I will definitely be on the lookout for more by Lori Gottleib and am excited to find other performances by Brittany Pressley.... though this here may have been the match made in heaven.
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Why Fish Don't Exist
- A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
- By: Lulu Miller
- Narrated by: Lulu Miller
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,373
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,911
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,897
David Starr Jordan was a taxonomist, a man possessed with bringing order to the natural world. In time, he would be credited with discovering nearly a fifth of the fish known to humans in his day. When his specimen collections were demolished by lightning, by fire, and eventually by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, many might have given up, given in to despair. But Jordan? He surveyed the wreckage at his feet, found the first fish that he recognized, and confidently began to rebuild his collection. And this time, he introduced one clever innovation.
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2 out of 5 stars
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If fish don't exist, do stars matter?
- By K. Ishihara on 12-05-20
- Why Fish Don't Exist
- A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
- By: Lulu Miller
- Narrated by: Lulu Miller
I never wanted it to end
Reviewed: 03-20-21
First of all the narration by the author was an absolute joy to listen to from beginning to end. I am completely captivated by this story. The sharp angles and turns made me wonder how we seamlessly ended up in a different time & place & with different characters- and then boom- it never lost its flow and it never lost me. There was order in the chaos. I'm smitten. I'm also left fulfilled, baffled, and blown away. This is so well written. For the first time I'm beyond speechless, clearly I could go on and on in praise. Hats off the the mish!
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