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The Wild Life of Our Bodies
- Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today
- By: Rob Dunn
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
Biologist Rob Dunn reveals the crucial influence that other species have upon our health, our well-being, and our world in The Wild Life of Our Bodies - a tour through the hidden truths of nature and codependence. Dunn illuminates the nuanced relationships that exist between homo sapiens and other species, relationships that underpin humanity's ability to thrive and prosper in every circumstance. Fans of Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma will be enthralled by Dunn's powerful, lucid exploration of the role that humankind plays within the greater web of life on Earth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get It!
- By Anastasia on 10-15-24
- The Wild Life of Our Bodies
- Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today
- By: Rob Dunn
- Narrated by: David Stifel
Purple prose - overwritten
Reviewed: 03-04-22
If you want to try out Rob Dunn, listen to A Natural History of the Future. I really liked it. This one OTOH, I am giving up on. It’s badly overwritten, over the top, sweeping generalizations. He’s lost the researcher cool that suited him so well in ANHofF.
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Winners Take All
- The Elite Charade of Changing the World
- By: Anand Giridharadas
- Narrated by: Anand Giridharadas
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,146
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,715
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,679
Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can--except ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Profound.
- By Amazon Customer on 10-10-18
- Winners Take All
- The Elite Charade of Changing the World
- By: Anand Giridharadas
- Narrated by: Anand Giridharadas
Fresh perspective and compelling insights
Reviewed: 03-06-19
A great book about the hidden cooptation of "thought leaders" by their benefactors, which changes them into defenders of the status quo -- so that the rich stay rich and everyone else is given hope, but no power to change anything.
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Thomas Merton on Sufism
- By: Thomas Merton
- Narrated by: Thomas Merton
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26
In the 20th century, Thomas Merton, one of Christianity's great mystics, encountered the ancient Eastern mystical tradition known as Sufism. The result was an outpouring of mystical insight and spiritual wisdom.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not a good introduction to Sufism
- By Carlmmm on 03-06-19
- Thomas Merton on Sufism
- By: Thomas Merton
- Narrated by: Thomas Merton
Not a good introduction to Sufism
Reviewed: 03-06-19
I have loved Thomas Merton writing on Christianity, especially The Seven Storey Mountain. So I thought his take on Sufism would be kind and knowledgeable. It is a series of live lectures by Merton to monks. It is wonderful to hear him live. But his comments have numerous painful inaccuracies and misunderstandings, and, sadly, unkindnesses and oversimplifications. There are much better introductions to Sufism. Ones I have read are by Douglas-Klotz, Ernst, Vaughan-Lee, Ghazali, Helminski, and especially Rumi. Start with any of these.
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