Iain Currie
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Life After Television
- The Coming Transformation of Media and American Life
- By: George Gilder
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In this remarkably prescient audiobook, Gilder predicts how television will merge with other technologies and evolve into the telecomputer, a personal computer adapted for video processing and connected by fiber-optic threads to other personal computers around the world. This interactive system will change how we do business, educate our children, and spend our leisure time. It will imperil all large, centralized organizations, including broadcasting and cable networks, phone companies, government bureaucracies, and multinational corporations.
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A CONCISE APPRAISAL
- By DS on 03-16-13
- Life After Television
- The Coming Transformation of Media and American Life
- By: George Gilder
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
Great technology summary
Reviewed: 10-27-19
Lessons about head in the sand, government missing big picture, and disruptive technologies coming along. The concept of 10bn transistors on a single chip is mind boggling for the number of new applications and products that will become feasible.
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Fooled by Randomness
- The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
- By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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This audiobook is about luck, or more precisely, how we perceive and deal with luck in life and business. It is already a landmark work, and its title has entered our vocabulary. In its second edition, Fooled by Randomness is now a cornerstone for anyone interested in random outcomes.
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Pass on this one and read The Black Swan
- By Wade T. Brooks on 06-25-12
- Fooled by Randomness
- The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
- By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Deep
Reviewed: 04-24-19
Feels like a long read, great stories and examples through out. Hard to follow all the time, but very enjoyable read at the same time.
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Factfulness
- Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
- By: Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Ola Rosling
- Narrated by: Richard Harries
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of carrying only opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends - what percentage of the world's population live in poverty; why the world's population is increasing; how many girls finish school - we systematically get the answers wrong. In Factfulness, professor of international health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two longtime collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens.
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Great Read not for Listening
- By carlos gomez on 06-01-18
- Factfulness
- Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
- By: Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Ola Rosling
- Narrated by: Richard Harries
Worth every second
Reviewed: 07-03-18
What a great testimony and memorial to Hans life works, Bill Gates top5 list, my top3. Everyone who can afford this book should read it and correct their world view.
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The Radical King
- By: Cornel West - editor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton, Gabourey Sidibe, Cornel West, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Wanda Sykes, LeVar Burton, Leslie Odom, Jr., and Gabourey Sidibe head a cast of beloved actors performing 23 selections from the speeches, sermons, and essays of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—many never recorded during his lifetime. For the first time, teachers, students, and thoughtful listeners can hear dramatic interpretations of Dr. King’s words, chosen and introduced by Cornel West.
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Not the best MLK audiobook
- By Nathan White on 02-07-19
Helps my understanding
Reviewed: 06-29-18
As a white protestant in America it is hard, likely impossible to understand walking in the shoes of my black brother. Dr Kings book does an excellent job of conveying the unblemished truths of his time, and the faith that helped him lead his people. Always more to do, but at least I can be reminded to ask what happens to him if I don't help him.
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Never Split the Difference
- Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
- By: Chris Voss
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator brought him face-to-face with a range of criminals, including bank robbers and terrorists. Reaching the pinnacle of his profession, he became the FBI's lead international kidnapping negotiator. Never Split the Difference takes you inside the world of high-stakes negotiations and into Voss' head.
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Needs PDF companion file
- By John L. Pinkowski on 03-07-17
- Never Split the Difference
- Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
- By: Chris Voss
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
Every one needs to do this
Reviewed: 06-02-18
Some learn and do it better, others leave money on the table. Be a good steward.
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Digital Gold
- Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money
- By: Nathaniel Popper
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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A New York Times technology and business reporter charts the dramatic rise of Bitcoin and the fascinating personalities who are striving to create a new global money for the Internet age.
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Informative, but dry
- By Tomer on 05-10-16
- Digital Gold
- Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money
- By: Nathaniel Popper
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
Great summary
Reviewed: 03-21-18
Covers all the history of the BTC and all the lives of the key players.
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The Everything Store
- Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
- By: Brad Stone
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 13 hrs
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Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To do so, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and secrecy that's never been cracked. Until now.
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Did you know how bad it is to work for Amazon?
- By Shamu from New York on 12-07-13
- The Everything Store
- Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
- By: Brad Stone
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
Great insight into disruption
Reviewed: 11-26-17
Amazing story of a 20+ year vision unfolded by a hard working, hard headed and driven technologist. Bezos puts customer first in everything, and always drives costs down.
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
- A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
- By: Mark Manson
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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For decades we've been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F*ck positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let's be honest, shit is f*cked, and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn't sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is - a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is his antidote to the coddling, let's-all-feel-good mind-set that has infected modern society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.
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A book for 20-somethings, but not me
- By Bonny on 09-22-16
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
- A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
- By: Mark Manson
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
Art of thinking
Reviewed: 06-03-17
The frequency of cursing at the beginning felt to elevated first few chapters. I get the emphasis, just felt like a rebellious teenager. Continued on fur to the reviews and the point got better, ssume good examples. and character traits that made me think.
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Settle for More
- By: Megyn Kelly
- Narrated by: Megyn Kelly
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
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Anchor of the number-one news show on cable, The Kelly File, Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly writes her much anticipated book, a revealing and surprising memoir detailing her rise as one of the most respected journalists working today. From the values and lessons that have shaped her career to her time at the center of the chaotic 2016 Republican presidential primary, this book offers an inside look at an uncompromising woman's journey to the top of the news business.
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It takes audacity for anyone under age 65...
- By Wayne on 11-17-16
- Settle for More
- By: Megyn Kelly
- Narrated by: Megyn Kelly
Told like a true New Yorker
Reviewed: 05-01-17
Always refreshing to hear the story from the horses mouth, warts and all. Megyn gives an open and I believe, honest account of her life and the last year. It is important the world gives our daughters the same chances as our sons in their life.
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Leaders Eat Last
- Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
- By: Simon Sinek
- Narrated by: Simon Sinek
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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Why do only a few people get to say "I love my job?" It seems unfair that finding fulfillment at work is like winning a lottery; that only a few lucky ones get to feel valued by their organizations, to feel like they belong. Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day, then returns home feeling fulfilled. This is not a crazy, idealized notion. Today, in many successful organizations, great leaders are creating environments in which people naturally work together to do remarkable things.
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Excellent message but poor solution
- By Troyus on 09-03-14
- Leaders Eat Last
- Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
- By: Simon Sinek
- Narrated by: Simon Sinek
Must read
Reviewed: 02-26-17
Highly recommend this book to everyone, Simon's detailed explanation of our chemical driven behaviors, needs as a group and our ability to drive positive change.
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