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The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
- American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
- By: Tim Alberta
- Narrated by: Tim Alberta
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
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Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in America today. In his seminal new book, The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory, journalist Tim Alberta, himself a practicing Christian and the son of an evangelical pastor, paints an expansive and profoundly troubling portrait of the American evangelical movement.
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Looked forward to this a long time and wasn’t disappointed!
- By Josh Hulbert on 12-08-23
- The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
- American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
- By: Tim Alberta
- Narrated by: Tim Alberta
A much needed look at American Evangelicals
Reviewed: 03-03-24
Tim Alberta's new book was on par for his outstanding efforts to be provide thorough and thoughtful investigative journalism, all the while being transparent about where his own Christian beliefs conflict with the current political/cultural interpretations being trumpeted by the Christian Nationalists and others on the far right extremes.
He calls out the MAGA-based Evangelicals according to the words and actions they have pubically and privately demonstrated again and again...questioning them in interview after interview, about the idolatry that is now the worship and almost defecation of Donald Trump.
He is equally diligent in his search for those Christian pastors and organizations, that may have stumbled in the MAGA onslaught, but have begun to emerge with demonstratably stronger faith in their own commitment to stay true to the real teachings of Jesus Christ. This book gave me hope that not all Evangelicals are arrogant xenophobes.
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Spare
- By: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Narrated by: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
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It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling—and how their lives would play out from that point on.
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Gutterball!
- By Jimmyjoejangles on 01-10-23
- Spare
- By: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Narrated by: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
The humanization of the media characcature.
Reviewed: 01-26-23
Never much of a celebrity watcher, never the less, I found myself intrigued by the interviews and the Netflix special. So what if they are using the challenges of his inherited celebrity to generate an income?
Deeper was the wholly understandable tale of a childhood tragedy and unresolved grief which led to his PTSD, a condition that all the money in the world can't really cure.
Regardless of objective truth, Harry's story came through as heartfelt and genuine, albeit with a heavily weighted portion of bitterness.
For anyone who has come from a family where silence was used to hide a multitude of closeted skeletons, sins, and other secrets, such that deeply ingrained emotional dysfunction allowed the media's rampant gaslighting to become the family coping strategy, Harry's story feels all too similar to our own.
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The Memory Painter
- By: Gwendolyn Womack
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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Bryan Pierce is an internationally famous artist whose paintings have dazzled the world. But there's a secret to his success: Every canvas is inspired by an unusually vivid dream. When Bryan wakes, he possesses extraordinary new skills - like the ability to speak obscure languages and an inexplicable genius for chess. All his life he has wondered if his dreams are recollections, if he is reexperiencing other people's lives.
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Creative plot
- By Ubookquitous on 01-10-16
- The Memory Painter
- By: Gwendolyn Womack
- Narrated by: Will Damron
Interesting story concept
Reviewed: 01-08-21
Overall, I found the concept intriguing enough for the "reincarnation" theme. the plot schemes were sometimes predictable but there were a few nice twists, especially toward the end.
The nature of the theme allowed for the telling of multiple stories nested within the main story timeline, which made for some careful crafting of mixed POV. The author accomplished this feat well enough.
My only criticism pertains to the love story scenes, even though they were set in "other times and places". Here, I felt like the characters' actions and dialogues were often redundant, or simply cliche, i.e., "he brought her hand to his heart..." used several times...
The conflict/attraction flip flop seem to turn on unexplained whims, which made the principal characters feel a bit too melodramatic for my tastes.
But the idea that there are ancient mysteries and other timelines is always an intriguing theme for me and she plots this story out to a logical conclusion pretty well. Worth the read and I would probably read a sequel.
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The Valkyries
- A Magical Tale About Forgiving Our Past and Believing in Our Future
- By: Paulo Coelho
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
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A masterful blend of the exotic locales, dramatic adventure, and magical storytelling, for which Coelho's fictional works are renowned, this true-life account is at once a modern-day adventure and a metaphysical odyssey.
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This Book Changed My Life - Seriously
- By David Khachadoorian on 06-20-15
- The Valkyries
- A Magical Tale About Forgiving Our Past and Believing in Our Future
- By: Paulo Coelho
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
For those who believe in angels
Reviewed: 03-24-16
The story resonated with me although I found the narrator's tone too dramatic throughout the story.
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A Mother's Reckoning
- Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
- By: Sue Klebold
- Narrated by: Andrew Solomon, Sue Klebold
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Over the course of minutes, they would kill 12 students and a teacher and wound 24 others before taking their own lives. For the last 16 years, Sue Klebold, Dylan's mother, has lived with the indescribable grief and shame of that day. How could her child, the promising young man she had loved and raised, be responsible for such horror? And how, as his mother, had she not known something was wrong?
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Sad, but, Ultimately, Self-Serving
- By Gillian on 02-19-16
- A Mother's Reckoning
- Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
- By: Sue Klebold
- Narrated by: Andrew Solomon, Sue Klebold
heartwrenching but informative Sue Klebold's take
Reviewed: 03-04-16
on what happened to set off the Columbine
high school massacre is very well told.
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Chasing the Scream
- The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
- By: Johann Hari
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
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It is now 100 years since drugs were first banned in the United States. On the eve of this centenary, journalist Johann Hari set off on an epic three-year, 30,000-mile journey into the war on drugs. What he found is that more and more people all over the world have begun to recognize three startling truths: Drugs are not what we think they are. Addiction is not what we think it is. And the drug war has very different motives to the ones we have seen on our TV screens for so long.
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This is worth your time....
- By Drake on 04-24-16
- Chasing the Scream
- The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
- By: Johann Hari
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
understanding the war on drugs
Reviewed: 06-10-15
The author tells a compelling story of the war on drugs, it's history and tragic consequences, and makes a reports on the undeniable reasons this war needs to be ended.
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The Synchronicity Highway
- Exploring Coincidence, the Paranormal, & Alien Contact
- By: Trish MacGregor, Rob MacGregor
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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Once you're on the synchronicity highway, you're traveling through a realm that often seems as magical and strange as Alice's Wonderland. You feel connected to something larger than yourself and your immediate world. Your perceptions change, you see and experience yourself and life differently. You become immersed in a mystery that often defies reason and logic. Your worldview can be turned inside out like a dirty sock. On the synchronicity highway, meaningful coincidence is your guidance system.
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If you have experience with sychronicity...
- By Gabrielle on 02-10-14
- The Synchronicity Highway
- Exploring Coincidence, the Paranormal, & Alien Contact
- By: Trish MacGregor, Rob MacGregor
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
If you have experience with sychronicity...
Reviewed: 02-10-14
Would you consider the audio edition of The Synchronicity Highway to be better than the print version?
Haven't seen the print version but found the audiobook facinating enough.
What other book might you compare The Synchronicity Highway to and why?
This book is a chronicle of synchronicities and other paranormal phenomenom that are interesting if you are open-minded enough to believe that in the quantum view of the world anything is possible.
What about Kevin Pierce’s performance did you like?
Keven Pierce kept a steady pace throughout the book.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Sychronicity - As Real as Rain
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