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The Vision of the Anointed
- Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 540
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 475
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Story5 out of 5 stars 470
The Vision of the Anointed is a devastating critique of the mindset behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Thomas Sowell sees what has happened not as a series of isolated mistakes, but as a logical consequence of a vision whose defects have led to disasters in education, crime, family disintegration, and other social pathology. In this book, "politically correct" theory is repeatedly confronted with facts-and sharp contradictions between the two are explained in terms of a whole set of self-congratulatory assumptions held by political and intellectual elites.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Absolute Masterpiece!
- By Brendan Martino on 04-04-22
- The Vision of the Anointed
- Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
Convincing explanation of U.S. decline since 1930s
Reviewed: 12-08-22
Dr. Sowell did excellent work here explaining how the vision of the American "political left", and its progressive implementation starting during Franklin Roosevelt's administration, has steadily made the U.S. a less resilient country and its citizens more dependent on the government. I found Dr. Sowell's point about how some important Supreme Court decisions undermined the will of the voting public by "legislating from the bench" to be particularly interesting and important. This is a very relevant discussion for understanding U.S. politics today in the 2020s and I highly recommend it.
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Ship of Fools
- By: Tucker Carlson
- Narrated by: Tucker Carlson
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7,908
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,990
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6,924
The host of Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson Tonight offers a blistering critique of the new American ruling class, the elites of both parties, who have taken over the ship of state, leaving the rest of us, the citizen-passengers, to wonder: How do we put the country back on course?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read if you want to hear about how ridiculous the ruling elite are
- By Sadie K on 03-02-19
- Ship of Fools
- By: Tucker Carlson
- Narrated by: Tucker Carlson
Great summary of modern incompetence and hypocrisy
Reviewed: 11-24-22
Tucker and his research team did a great job detailing many instances of incompetence, arrogance, and hypocrisy of many modern politicians and political movements. Readers who assume that Tucker is a rabid "right-winger" will be pleasantly surprised how often and sincerely he commends efforts by 20th century ""Liberals" for their efforts in the areas of environmental preservation, workers wages, and the civil rights movement. Thanks for writing this Mr. Carlson.
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Extreme Ownership
- How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
- By: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Narrated by: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 75,934
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 66,128
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Story5 out of 5 stars 65,821
An updated edition of the blockbuster best-selling leadership book that took America and the world by storm, two US Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I don't read SEAL Books...
- By Amazon Customer on 02-21-17
- Extreme Ownership
- How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
- By: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Narrated by: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
Useful leadership lessons with great storytelling
Reviewed: 08-15-19
I really enjoyed this book. Willink and Babin illustrate convincing leadership lessons with compelling storytelling from both their military and corporate experiences. Excellent narration and no filler material. Thanks for the useful lessons, guys!
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Knowledge and Power
- The Information Theory of Capitalism and How It Is Revolutionizing Our World
- By: George Gilder
- Narrated by: David Cochran Heath
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 269
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 233
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 224
America’s struggling economy needs a better philosophy than the college student’s lament,“I can’t be out of money, I still have checks in my checkbook!” We've tried a government spending spree, and we've learned it doesn't work. Now is the time to rededicate our country to the pursuit of free-market capitalism, before we’re buried under a mound of debt and unfunded entitlements. But how do we navigate between government spending that’s too big to sustain and financial institutions that are "too big to fail?"
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5 out of 5 stars
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Human Creativety creates Economic Growth
- By Will on 07-22-13
- Knowledge and Power
- The Information Theory of Capitalism and How It Is Revolutionizing Our World
- By: George Gilder
- Narrated by: David Cochran Heath
Thought-provoking paradigm about innovation
Reviewed: 07-12-19
I enjoyed this book. Gilder presents a novel (to me) explanation of the conditions that facilitate innovation and technological development. It gave me a new perspective that I suspect will enhance my own entrepreneurial activities. I recommend it.
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The Coddling of the American Mind
- How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
- By: Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff
- Narrated by: Jonathan Haidt
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12,859
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,835
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,716
The culture of “safety” and its intolerance of opposing viewpoints has left many young people anxious and unprepared for adult life. Lukianoff and Haidt offer a comprehensive set of reforms that will strengthen young people and institutions, allowing us all to reap the benefits of diversity, including viewpoint diversity. This is a book for anyone who is confused by what’s happening on college campuses today, or has children, or is concerned about the growing inability of Americans to live and work and cooperate across party lines.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Only Praise
- By TJ on 12-02-18
- The Coddling of the American Mind
- How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
- By: Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff
- Narrated by: Jonathan Haidt
Terrific book distills an important problem
Reviewed: 02-05-19
I think this is a terrific book. It distills an important cultural problem of our time, explains its origins, and gives advice about how to solve it. The authors have my thanks for their work and courage in writing it. And well-done on the narration Mr. Haidt.
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Write. Publish. Repeat.
- The No-Luck Guide to Self-Publishing Success
- By: Johnny B. Truant, Sean Platt
- Narrated by: Simon Whistler
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 669
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 622
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 610
In 2013, Johnny B. Truant and Sean Platt published 1.5 million words and made their full-time livings as indie authors. In Write. Publish. Repeat., they tell you how exactly how they did it: how they created over 15 independent franchises across 50+ published works, how they turned their art into a logical, sustainable business, and how any independent author can do the same to build a sustainable, profitable career with their writing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The One Book All Self Published Authors Must Read!
- By Amazon Customer on 03-20-14
- Write. Publish. Repeat.
- The No-Luck Guide to Self-Publishing Success
- By: Johnny B. Truant, Sean Platt
- Narrated by: Simon Whistler
Good entertaining guide to self publishing
Reviewed: 10-19-16
I enjoyed Write. Publish. Repeat. It was informative, entertaining, and the narrator was very good. The book primarily focuses on fiction writing (I'm a non-fiction author), but the authors don't ignore non-fiction writers; I found sufficient helpful information and suggestions for my work to rate it as highly as I did. The authors are funny, witty, honest, and likeable guys, while also being good, thoughtful writers. I recommend this book if you're thinking about self-publishing.
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