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Finley obviously walked it

Reviewed: 08-10-15

I almost want to call it the thinking person's God -that's my intuition of it. Finley registers as someone with a depth of sincerity.

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Phrases carry plot

Reviewed: 08-01-15

Throughout this book I was pleased to say that phrases always seemed apt. Parvana may have been my favorite character with her forceful, pregnant period as my favorite section of the book. This lent a certain energy to the book that was dynamic and otherwise may have progressed too slowly. I must say the tale was masterful and characterized by engaging dialog and narrative.

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Absaroka, Absorka, whatever. 5 Stars Stories

Reviewed: 07-19-15

Longmire was introduced to me when I heard these stories. If you've never heard of Deputy Longmire, you will have a first rate (ok, maybe a B+) narrator to introduce you to him here. If you're already familiar with him, I recommend this series of in-between stories.

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Good Radio

Reviewed: 06-19-15

Several New Dimensions radio programs have gained my interest. This one I particularly think could be of interest to a wide audience of lay science listeners if for no other reason than it gives you a view of the integrity and eloquence of Fritjof Capra. He clearly lacks excessive aggrandizement while taking pride in his efforts.

This one, I don't take to be a book plug but it's got some of that in there, perhaps, for Uncommon Wisdom.

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9/11 as recovery, struggle, awareness, ramble

Reviewed: 05-08-15

Universally recognized deeds and universal taboos, how creativity flows/stifles in our perception of our circumstances.

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Shamz/Rumi meet Barks

Reviewed: 05-08-15

One part Rumi, one part Coleman Barks. Gives me a sense of Rumi's human & saint.

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Backstop on Barks, Less Rumi

Reviewed: 05-08-15

This was more of a conversational exchange with Coleman Barks than the other New Dimensions program he did. However, it has some delightful, transpersonal elements.

Coleman Barks is an interesting spiritual personality and if you want a bit of a look at him, it's here. Instead of a song/music at the usual point of the program, Barks recites a Rumi poem to music.

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Info Laden

Reviewed: 05-01-15

This is perhaps the most information rich New Dimensions program I have listened to. Michael Toms and Justine Toms co-host wonderfully. Angeles Arrien speaks with depth and clarity using a broad brushstrokes technique she covers many similarities of indigenous people's understanding of the world in humans various temperaments and responses to the world made manifest in metaphors. I think she could have spoke a little more about visionaries, but it might have lost its more general appeal if it did. 5*

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Tasteful and Enraged

Reviewed: 04-25-15

"Once again, women are the cheapest bargaining chip" the author states.

Here is a woman who clearly speaks to women without disparaging them, or unnecessarily doing so with men. Mona Eltahawy 's voice speaks fitting, apt words -both when confronting or encouraging. Men, she doesn't hit you over the head with it.

If I were to chose a phrase for the book, it would be the French les mots justes [those "just right" words, phrases].

Eltahawy speaks against every form of oppression to women. She confronts dogmas, Arab cultures, and patriarchy (everywhere) in light of an egalitarian ideal, all while maintaining her view of Islam -understated in this audio.

As a male from a somewhat conservative American home, this was slightly painful at times to listen to -but a transformative, rectifying pain. I was lightly aware of feminism before listening to this speech but it deepened this awareness. I can only imagine that a woman of the middle east will find both anger and hope here. (More anger, even rage will probably be found first for such a listener but, later, the equal measures of hope can come through it.) Buy it if you can take in a flow of deep, though justly placed anger, interspersed with tales of courage and compassion. Turn to a paper copy if anger/informative confrontation is too much for your ears.

Headscarves & Hymens challenges over-arching religion &/ military governments. This never interrupts the flow, nor the centrality of women, just as central as men to our world. If she values men less than women, that doesn't come through in this audio book.

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A Life Divided

Reviewed: 04-22-15

Spoiler Alerts.

I truly enjoyed hearing about the Hitch, a nickname I discovered was once his father's nickname as well. If you want a look at the secret life someone suggests, aludes to, and "perhaps" later even hides (denies?) to have existed in his adult years, you may find the fabric of this tapestry intricately delights you. Or you may wish he'd be more direct- but you'll find out why that was not so.

There is much more of the book dedicated to his political activism and political thinking across much of his life time. Including appreciations of, contentions with, and defining ironies of the Jews.

Add to this some word games and you get a thorough appreciation of his intelligence across many expressions. If you just want the word games get one of the Live at the 92nd Street Y interviews with him and Salman Rush die -most of them are there.

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