Terje Dahl
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A Man for All Markets
- From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
- By: Edward O. Thorp, Nassim Nicholas Taleb - foreword
- Narrated by: Edward O. Thorp
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,576
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,193
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,183
The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to beat the dealer and, as the first of the great quantitative investors, ushered in a revolution on Wall Street.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A life of a genius
- By Oleksiy Volovik on 05-08-17
- A Man for All Markets
- From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
- By: Edward O. Thorp, Nassim Nicholas Taleb - foreword
- Narrated by: Edward O. Thorp
Not what I expected
Reviewed: 07-06-20
Seeing Nassim Taleb's name attached to this book, I expected something educational.
Instead, it is an autobiography.
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The Neutronium Alchemist
- Night's Dawn, Book 2
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 40 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 120
The ancient menace has finally escaped from Lalonde, shattering the Confederation's peaceful existence. Those who succumbed to it have acquired godlike powers but now follow a far from divine gospel as they advance inexorably from world to world. On planets and asteroids, individuals battle for survival against the strange and brutal forces unleashed upon the universe.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Broken recording
- By Anonymous User on 03-28-18
- The Neutronium Alchemist
- Night's Dawn, Book 2
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
I am rushing ...
Reviewed: 10-09-18
... to by the third book!
I can hardly put them down. Enthralling. Imaginative.
I will be sad once the last book is finished.
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The Singularity Trap
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32,905
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 30,257
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30,182
Dennis E. Taylor, author of the best-selling Bobiverse trilogy, explores a whole different, darker world in this sci-fi stand-alone. Determined to give his wife and children a better life back home, Ivan Pritchard ventures to the edge of known space to join the crew of the Mad Astra as an asteroid miner. He's prepared for hard work and loneliness—but not the unthinkable. After coming into contact with a mysterious alien substance, Pritchard finds an unwelcome entity sharing his mind, and a disturbing physical transformation taking place.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent.
- By Amy Scott on 06-13-18
- The Singularity Trap
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Loved it
Reviewed: 08-11-18
Slightly slow start, at least compared to the Bobiverse books.
But then it suddenly picked up, and I couldn't "put it down".
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The Case Against Sugar
- By: Gary Taubes
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,853
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,547
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,532
Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent today than ever. Obesity is at epidemic proportions; nearly 10% of children are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. And sugar is at the root of these, and other, critical, society-wide, health-related problems. With his signature command of both science and straight talk, Gary Taubes delves into Americans' history with sugar: its uses as a preservative, as an additive in cigarettes, the contemporary overuse of high-fructose corn syrup.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Revelation
- By ChumlyDad on 02-03-17
- The Case Against Sugar
- By: Gary Taubes
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
Will never eat sugar again
Reviewed: 05-20-18
Really not much more to say. The book doesn't explain so much about the science of the dangers of sugar as it reviews the history and scientific treatment of sugar. But in many ways that is scarier than knowing all about the different effects sugar has on the body. However, you will get a good understanding of the biggest biochemical issues as well.
This book is even more interesting if you also read (listen to):
https://www.audible.com/pd/Science-Technology/The-Big-Fat-Surprise-Audiobook/B00JXQUY4E
And while you are at it, read (listen to):
https://www.audible.com/pd/Science-Technology/Tripping-Over-the-Truth-Audiobook/B01C3BJ0KE
As well as:
https://www.audible.com/pd/Nonfiction/Why-We-Get-Fat-Audiobook/B004D5K512
It all ties together.
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Fear the Future
- The Fear Saga, Book 3
- By: Stephen Moss
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 20 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,115
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13,064
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13,033
Piloted by a six-year-old girl, the godlike Skalm guards the Districts of TASC. Her family is long dead. Her adopted father is a synthetic copy of an alien, her nanny an artificial mind connected via subspace to every part of the globe, feeding the young girl information, finding prey to satiate her growing thirst. But the young girl is an innocent, a victim, one of millions the war has already claimed.
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1 out of 5 stars
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What a colossal waste of time Mr Moss!
- By Mary and Stephen on 02-23-16
- Fear the Future
- The Fear Saga, Book 3
- By: Stephen Moss
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Loved it!
Reviewed: 02-13-18
I couldn't put it down. I had to buy extra credits from Audible to get this last part of this trilogy, and I was not disappointed.
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For We Are Many
- Bobiverse, Book 2
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 72,800
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 66,295
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66,092
Bob Johansson didn't believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was a shock. To add to the surprise, he is now a sentient computer and the controlling intelligence for a Von Neumann probe. Bob and his copies have been spreading out from Earth for 40 years now, looking for habitable planets. But that's the only part of the plan that's still in one piece.
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4 out of 5 stars
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THE FECAL MATTER HAS HIT THE ATMOSPHERIC PROJECTOR
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 05-03-17
- For We Are Many
- Bobiverse, Book 2
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Absolutely hooked
Reviewed: 04-23-17
What about Ray Porter’s performance did you like?
I love the performance.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I would certainly have listened to the whole book in one sitting. I only paced myself so I could enjoy it over time.
Any additional comments?
I really hope Mr. Taylor is working on the next book(s) in the series. Can I pre-order now!?
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Inferno
- A Novel
- By: Dan Brown
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 26,330
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23,572
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Story4 out of 5 stars 23,638
Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in an Italian hospital, disoriented and with no recollection of the past thirty-six hours, including the origin of the macabre object hidden in his belongings. With a relentless female assassin trailing them through Florence, he and his resourceful doctor, Sienna Brooks, are forced to flee.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Formulaic and Hard to Finish....
- By Livia on 06-15-13
- Inferno
- A Novel
- By: Dan Brown
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
Loved it.
Reviewed: 10-30-16
What about Paul Michael’s performance did you like?
Great performance.
Any additional comments?
The book was great. As expected from Dan Brown. (I have read or listened to many of his books over the years.) And I have no intention of seeing the movie, as I am sure I will be disappointed. Even though, ironically, it was the movie poster that informed me about the book, and prompted me to read it.
On a deeper level, I notice that Dan Brown actually raises some very interesting issues through his books, including in this one.
A great listen. I was sad to have it end.
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The Rise of Superman
- Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
- By: Steven Kotler
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,148
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,669
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,662
In this groundbreaking book, New York Times bestselling author Steven Kotler decodes the mystery of ultimate human performance. Drawing on over a decade of research and first-hand reporting with dozens of top action and adventure sports athletes like big wave legend Laird Hamilton, big mountain snowboarder Jeremy Jones, and skateboarding pioneer Danny Way, Kotler explores the frontier science of “flow”, an optimal state of consciousness in which we perform and feel our best.
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2 out of 5 stars
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There is no way some of these reviews are real
- By Mike on 05-01-15
- The Rise of Superman
- Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
- By: Steven Kotler
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
Quite informative. Not quite satisfying.
Reviewed: 10-30-16
What about Jeff Cummings’s performance did you like?
The performance was very good.
Any additional comments?
As a software developer / "hacker" (as in "Hackers and Painters"), I was hoping for more information about how to increase my own performance, techniques for entering and staying in flow, and how to optimize this state. The book contained some nuggets relating to this. But there was to much "story" and stuff about athletic performance, and not enough "answers" for my use. However, it was still valuable, and I am investigating what else the author has to offer, as well as more on the topic in general.
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Pandora's Star
- Commonwealth Saga, Book 1
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 37 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 794
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 676
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 678
Britain's bestselling SF writer returns to outer space.In AD 2329, humanity has colonised over four hundred planets, all of them interlinked by wormholes. With Earth at its centre, the Intersolar Commonwealth now occupies a sphere of space approximately four hundred light years across.When an astronomer on the outermost world of Gralmond, observes a star 2000 light years distant - and then a neighbouring one - vanish, it is time for the Commonwealth to discover what happened to them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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And So this Massive Journey Begins
- By Robert N. Stephenson on 12-13-12
- Pandora's Star
- Commonwealth Saga, Book 1
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
Love it!
Reviewed: 07-14-16
Have you listened to any of John Lee’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I love the performance of John Lee. He speaks beautifully, in my opinion, and brings the characters to life.
Any additional comments?
I have previously listened to the Void Trilogies, and the lastest follow-up. But I loved that this book was a little more "technological" (less "magical"), and that it gave lots of good background to many of the characters and on the Commonwealth itself.
I downloaded the second book within minutes of finishing the first.
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Mastery
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,992
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,026
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,981
In Mastery, Robert Greene's fifth book, he mines the biographies of great historical figures for clues about gaining control over our own lives and destinies. Picking up where The 48 Laws of Power left off, Greene culls years of research and original interviews to blend historical anecdote and psychological insight, distilling the universal ingredients of the world's masters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Focus on passion=Less stress and more success
- By Mark on 05-04-15
- Mastery
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
A keeper
Reviewed: 04-17-15
Where does Mastery rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
A fasinating book.
It both gives insight the lives of some significant people, you learn a bit of history, and it is even a good reference book.
I am buying this book in hard-cover - to keep and to re-read parts of from time to time.
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