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Revenge of the Tipping Point
- Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
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Why is Miami… Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is the Magic Third, and what does it mean for racial harmony? In this provocative new work, Malcolm Gladwell returns to the subject of social epidemics and tipping points, this time with the aim of explaining the dark side of contagious phenomena. Through a series of gripping stories, Gladwell traces the rise of a new and troubling form of social engineering
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Repetitive and boring
- By Gayle Allen on 10-08-24
- Revenge of the Tipping Point
- Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
Did not disappoint
Reviewed: 10-24-24
Malcom Gladwell delivered another thought provoking dissertation on human behavior. In addition to being educational, his research was eye opening. I didn't think that I would enjoy the topics but as always, I was sucked into his web of curiosity about things I had not thought that I cared about, yet clearly do.
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The Lions of Fifth Avenue
- A Novel
- By: Fiona Davis
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett, Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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It's 1913, and on the surface, Laura Lyons couldn't ask for more out of life - her husband is the superintendent of the New York Public Library, allowing their family to live in an apartment within the grand building, and they are blessed with two children. But headstrong, passionate Laura wants more, and when she takes a leap of faith and applies to the Columbia Journalism School, her world is cracked wide open.
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Exhilarating
- By Joanna Butler on 08-20-20
- The Lions of Fifth Avenue
- A Novel
- By: Fiona Davis
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett, Lisa Flanagan
Multigenerational story of women in NY
Reviewed: 09-27-24
I enjoyed the narration and the storytelling. It had surprising twists that made the book more interesting.
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The Ministry of Time
- A Novel
- By: Kaliane Bradley
- Narrated by: George Weightman, Katie Leung
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she’ll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering “expats” from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible—for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time.
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More than the sum of its parts but…
- By L. Williams on 05-17-24
- The Ministry of Time
- A Novel
- By: Kaliane Bradley
- Narrated by: George Weightman, Katie Leung
Interesting moral choices for the future
Reviewed: 08-25-24
I loved the narrator.The story was fascinatingly based upon a real person. I'd love to see the movie!
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Daughters of the Dust
- A Gullah-Geechee Novel
- By: Julie Dash
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
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Drawing from the magical world of her iconic Sundance award-winning film, Julie Dash’s stand-alone novel tells another rich, historical tale of the Gullah-Geechee people: a multigenerational story about a Brooklyn College anthropology student who finds an unexpected homecoming when she heads to the South Carolina Sea Islands to study her ancestors.
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My BFF Bahni...
- By Lillian Collins on 12-31-22
- Daughters of the Dust
- A Gullah-Geechee Novel
- By: Julie Dash
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Thoroughly enjoyed
Reviewed: 10-06-23
Bahni Turpin is one of the great narrators and she didn't disappoint in this narrative. I saw the movie years ago,and now I understand it. I watched the movie twice more times while listening to the book. The stories were exceptional.
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Empireland
- How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain
- By: Sathnam Sanghera, Marlon James - foreword
- Narrated by: Homer Todiwala, Marlon James
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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A best-selling journalist’s illuminating tour through the hidden legacies and modern realities of British empire that exposes how much of the present-day United Kingdom is actually rooted in its colonial past. Empireland boldly and lucidly makes the case that in order to understand America, we must first understand British imperialism. Empire—whether British or otherwise—informs nearly everything we do.
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Valuable Work and a Good Listen
- By Paul in Towson, MD on 05-16-23
- Empireland
- How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain
- By: Sathnam Sanghera, Marlon James - foreword
- Narrated by: Homer Todiwala, Marlon James
Important history
Reviewed: 08-05-23
Well told and objectively presented. A much needed reality check for an Anglophile. Should be required reading.
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Sparks Like Stars
- A Novel
- By: Nadia Hashimi
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marno
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Kabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani lives a privileged life in Afghanistan’s thriving cosmopolitan capital. The 1970s are a time of remarkable promise under the leadership of people like Sardar Daoud, Afghanistan’s progressive president, and Sitara’s beloved father, his right-hand man. But the ten-year-old Sitara’s world is shattered when communists stage a coup, assassinating the president and Sitara’s entire family. Only she survives.
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Amazing
- By Lisa on 03-26-21
- Sparks Like Stars
- A Novel
- By: Nadia Hashimi
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marno
Beautifully written, compelling story
Reviewed: 02-10-23
I learned so much about Afghanistan and the narrator is amazing. I couldn't turn the story off.
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In the Time of Our History
- By: Susanne Pari
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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Twelve months after her younger sister Anahita's death, Mitra Jahani reluctantly returns to her parents' home in suburban New Jersey to observe the Iranian custom of "The One Year." Ana is always in Mitra's heart, though they chose very different paths. While Ana, sweet and dutiful, bowed to their domineering father's demands and married, Mitra rebelled, and was banished.
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Enjoyable
- By J. E. Jordan on 05-23-23
- In the Time of Our History
- By: Susanne Pari
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò
Extremely fascinating glimpse into Iranian immigrant life
Reviewed: 01-30-23
The author has written a fascinating account of immigrant Iranians in the nineties. She has included just enough history for the reader to immerse oneself and understand the limitations of the characters. I was disappointed with the ending as I didn't feel as though anything had been resolved. The narrator was excellent and really presented the story well.
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The Weight of Ink
- By: Rachel Kadish
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 23 hrs and 19 mins
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Set in the London of the 1660s and of the early 21st century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city, and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history. As the novel opens, Helen has been summoned by a former student to view a cache of 17th-century Jewish documents newly discovered in his home during a renovation.
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Compelling characters question life choices, ethics, religious rules, love and desire
- By CHRISTINE on 11-02-17
- The Weight of Ink
- By: Rachel Kadish
- Narrated by: Corrie James
Great read
Reviewed: 12-15-22
I enjoy learning about Jewish history in the context of fiction. I learned a lot from this book. The story was beautifully written about strong women (not all Jewish). A few surprises in the storyline make it more enjoyable. The narrator was very good.
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The Last Chinese Chef
- By: Nicole Mones
- Narrated by: James Chen, Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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When recently widowed Maggie McElroy is called to China to settle a claim against her late husbands estate, she is blindsided by the discovery that he may have led a double life. Since work is all that will keep her sane, her magazine editor assigns her to profile Sam, a half-Chinese American who is the last in a line of gifted chefs tracing back to the imperial palace. As she watches Sam gear up for Chinas Olympic culinary competition by planning the banquet of a lifetime, she begins to see past the cuisines artistry to glimpse its coherent expression of Chinese civilization.
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Totally Satisfying - highly recommended
- By Dr. on 09-12-11
- The Last Chinese Chef
- By: Nicole Mones
- Narrated by: James Chen, Elisabeth Rodgers
Don’t read when hungry!
Reviewed: 07-28-21
This is a wonderful story of relationships set in modern day and old China. The author sumptuously describes Chinese meals such that I longed to be (back) in China, because I know I can’t get such wonderful food here in the south ( although possibly in east coast or west coast Chinatowns). The story is well read written.
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Love, Loss, and What We Ate
- A Memoir
- By: Padma Lakshmi
- Narrated by: Padma Lakshmi
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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A vivid memoir of food and family, survival and triumph, Love, Loss, and What We Ate traces the arc of Padma Lakshmi's unlikely path from an immigrant childhood to a complicated life in front of the camera - a tantalizing blend of Ruth Reichl's Tender at the Bone and Nora Ephron's Heartburn.
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Touching, Deep, Surprising, and Inspiring
- By Aishwaryame on 08-18-16
- Love, Loss, and What We Ate
- A Memoir
- By: Padma Lakshmi
- Narrated by: Padma Lakshmi
Beautiful memoir
Reviewed: 07-20-20
Padma Lakshmi’ story is beautiful told by the author, a beautiful soul inside and out. She bravely shares her life experiences, scars an all and provides a story of love, forgiveness and redemption. The food in her life is an added bonus. I didn’t want her story to end.
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