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The Two-Parent Privilege
- How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind
- By: Melissa S. Kearney
- Narrated by: Cait Raymond
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4 out of 5 stars 22
In The Two-Parent Privilege, Melissa S. Kearney makes a data-driven case for marriage by showing how the institution's decline has led to a host of economic woes—problems that have fractured American society and rendered vulnerable populations even more vulnerable.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Get the printed or ebook version!
- By Wayne on 03-10-24
- The Two-Parent Privilege
- How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind
- By: Melissa S. Kearney
- Narrated by: Cait Raymond
Excellent overview of the issue.
Reviewed: 02-16-25
I think the author does a great job of doing a data driven analysis of the problem, and also given a good overview of the history of how it occurred. I have noticed similar things as an economist and discuss it in debt with other people, including sociologist psychologist and anthropologist as a PhD level mentor, I have mentored many many people over the years. The thing I have noticed so much the last 15 years is a few number of men I have encountered to mentor and the academic space. I have about a 4 to 1 ratio now of young women to young men. The young women are blowing the men out of water, and I have difficulty getting guys to do anything!.
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Lies and Weddings
- A Novel
- By: Kevin Kwan
- Narrated by: Jing Lusi
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 551
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 535
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 535
Rufus Leung Gresham, future Earl of Greshambury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel has a problem: the legendary Gresham Trust has been depleted by decades of profligate spending, and behind all the magazine covers and Instagram stories manors and yachts lies nothing more than a gargantuan mountain of debt. The only solution, put forth by Rufus’s scheming mother, is for Rufus to attend his sister’s wedding at a luxury eco-resort, a veritable who’s-who of sultans, barons, and oligarchs, and seduce a woman with money.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bad Narration
- By Amazon Customer on 06-08-24
- Lies and Weddings
- A Novel
- By: Kevin Kwan
- Narrated by: Jing Lusi
Enjoyable but too long!
Reviewed: 12-03-24
I absolutely like the book a lot. I just thought it was too long. The title and the story should have been able to be completed in 12 hours. I literally figured out a lot of the book. I guess it would not have taken that long to do if someone else was writing it.
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Category Five
- Superstorms and the Warming Oceans That Feed Them
- By: Porter Fox
- Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4
Here is the story of the largest storms on earth and how those storms are growing bigger and stronger. The tale of extreme weather doesn’t begin with floods, fires, or even the air that carries this change to our lives. It begins with the ocean. Oceans create weather, climate, floods, droughts, and most of the geophysical fallout of global warming. Exactly how, award-winning writer Porter Fox contends, depends on invisible ocean currents, planetary cycles just now being defined, and processes in the deep ocean that may well have already saved us from the worst effects of the climate crisis.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Boring
- By UM on 10-21-24
- Category Five
- Superstorms and the Warming Oceans That Feed Them
- By: Porter Fox
- Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
Excellent overview of climate change
Reviewed: 10-26-24
What I liked about this book was what it covered concerning the energy associated with climate change. It literally covered how it starts in the oceans and that’s where all the energy is being held.
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The Eyes Are the Best Part
- By: Monika Kim
- Narrated by: Jaine Ye
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 224
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 205
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Story4 out of 5 stars 205
A brilliantly inventive, subversive novel about a young woman unraveling, Monika Kim’s The Eyes Are the Best Part is a story of a family falling apart and trying to find their way back to each other, marking a bold new voice in horror that will leave listeners mesmerized and craving more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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slow burn, but well worth it
- By Michael Matos on 10-23-24
- The Eyes Are the Best Part
- By: Monika Kim
- Narrated by: Jaine Ye
A decent first novel, but could be better.
Reviewed: 10-25-24
I just would like to say this was a decent good first start, but it just wasn’t good enough to be a five for me.
I think a little more description about the main characters college and also her relationship with her friends would’ve made the story better Her friend Alexis, should have had more description about her life as well
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In Too Deep
- A Reacher Novel
- By: Lee Child, Andrew Child
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,129
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,991
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,991
Jack Reacher wakes up alone, in the dark, handcuffed to a makeshift bed. His right arm has suffered some major damage. His few possessions are gone. He has no memory of getting there. The last thing Reacher can recall is the car he hitched a ride in getting run off the road. The driver was killed. His captors assume Reacher was the driver’s accomplice and patch up his wounds as they plan to make him talk. A plan that will backfire spectacularly . . .
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2 out of 5 stars
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Goodbye Reacher
- By Amazon Customer on 10-23-24
- In Too Deep
- A Reacher Novel
- By: Lee Child, Andrew Child
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
The usual reacher… But that’s a good thing!
Reviewed: 10-23-24
I really like this story was much more complex than it could have been. I was thinking it was a little bit at the beginning, but turned out to be extremely intricate and great!
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Revenge of the Tipping Point
- Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,426
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,163
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,162
Why is Miami… Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is the Magic Third, and what does it mean for racial harmony? In this provocative new work, Malcolm Gladwell returns to the subject of social epidemics and tipping points, this time with the aim of explaining the dark side of contagious phenomena. Through a series of gripping stories, Gladwell traces the rise of a new and troubling form of social engineering
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1 out of 5 stars
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Lame
- By Kindle Customer on 10-09-24
- Revenge of the Tipping Point
- Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
Excellent analogy of epidemics!
Reviewed: 10-05-24
If you have read any of Malcolm Gladwell‘s books in the past, you will enjoy this one. For a person that has read an extensive amount of social psychology research he takes things and puts them together, and put them in a format in which the average person can understand and enjoy. What I thought was so interesting about this one was at least half of the book I knew where he was going because I knew all the data and what had actually occurred I got the book on Tuesday and finish reading it today. I’ll probably reread it again this weekend!.
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Aspergirls
- Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome
- By: Rudy Simone
- Narrated by: Lucie McNeil
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 226
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 185
This is a must-have handbook written by an Aspergirl for Aspergirls, young and old. Rudy Simone guides you through every aspect of both personal and professional life, from early recollections of blame, guilt and savant skills to friendships, romance and marriage. Employment, career, rituals and routines are also covered, along with depression, meltdowns and being misunderstood.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Oversimplified, basic, and gendered
- By Amazon Customer on 02-03-21
- Aspergirls
- Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome
- By: Rudy Simone
- Narrated by: Lucie McNeil
Excellent and insightful portrayal of how asper Girls/women with autism actually function
Reviewed: 09-22-24
I love the very insightful and adequate portrayal of women. I especially love the fact that it was written by a person who is a researcher in this field, and they are utilize a lot of of the actual comments from various women from around the globe.
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Lovely One
- A Memoir
- By: Ketanji Brown Jackson
- Narrated by: Ketanji Brown Jackson
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,151
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,085
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,085
Named “Ketanji Onyika,” meaning “Lovely One,” based on a suggestion from her aunt, a Peace Corps worker stationed in West Africa, Justice Jackson learned from her educator parents to take pride in her heritage since birth. She describes her resolve as a young girl to honor this legacy and realize her dreams.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I never read this genre, but…
- By Clare Kelly on 09-21-24
- Lovely One
- A Memoir
- By: Ketanji Brown Jackson
- Narrated by: Ketanji Brown Jackson
This was just an excellent biography!
Reviewed: 09-17-24
It was a truly remarkable story with an even better ending. I especially love how they covered the education of their children. Knowing that they ““ were totally loss and could not determine if their daughter had autism was very poignant.
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Hill Women
- Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains
- By: Cassie Chambers
- Narrated by: Cassie Chambers
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 753
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 666
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 663
After rising from poverty to earn two Ivy League degrees, an Appalachian lawyer pays tribute to the strong "hill women" who raised and inspired her, and whose values have the potential to rejuvenate a struggling region - an uplifting and eye-opening memoir for fans of Hillbilly Elegy and Educated.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too Political
- By Mary V on 04-17-20
- Hill Women
- Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains
- By: Cassie Chambers
- Narrated by: Cassie Chambers
An excellent and heartfelt portrayal of the Hill Women of Appalachia
Reviewed: 09-09-24
This was such a heartwarming review. I love the entire story and the people that live down, but mostly how it explained how education got someone out of the place. As a person that grew up in a small town in Georgia, I went out to the big city to the university for engineering. Although I went blind, I was able to have a wonderful career, but I always felt at home was back where I was raised. I now live in that same town because I can work remotely!
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The Heart Principle
- By: Helen Hoang
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii, Natalie Naudus
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,261
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,131
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,129
When violinist Anna Sun accidentally achieves career success with a viral YouTube video, she finds herself incapacitated and burned out from her attempts to replicate that moment. And when her longtime boyfriend announces he wants an open relationship before making a final commitment, a hurt and angry Anna decides that if he wants an open relationship, then she does, too.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Went downhill
- By J. Queen on 09-15-21
- The Heart Principle
- By: Helen Hoang
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii, Natalie Naudus
Another excellent portrayal of autism and a good continuation of character development
Reviewed: 09-06-24
I love her characters, but most of all as a person who works in the disability field, I absolutely adore how she describes people with autism. She has given a good outlook on the various ways in which autism shows up, and the person in this book is another person that I also adore.
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