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The End of Heaven
- Disaster and Suffering in a Scientific Age
- By: Sidney Dekker
- Narrated by: Sidney Dekker
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
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In this deeply personal audiobook, Sidney Dekker narrates his own experiences with disaster and suffering, and in the process, he examines a largely unexplored dilemma. How can we satisfactorily deal with suffering when the disaster that caused it is no more than the dispassionate sum of utterly mundane, imperfect human decisions and technical failures? Broad in its historical sweep and ambition, The End of Heaven is as rich as it is moving.
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A meditation on author’s own loss
- By J. Schaub on 08-18-23
- The End of Heaven
- Disaster and Suffering in a Scientific Age
- By: Sidney Dekker
- Narrated by: Sidney Dekker
I hope it was therapeutic, because it wasn't great
Reviewed: 07-27-22
I accidentally selected this instead of the Safety Anarchist (which I ended up getting as well :- ), but decided to keep it anyway thinking it was building off of his research in the medical safety arena.
While I can only imagine how hard and transformative the experience he went through was and appreciate how it must color his whole life, I was not really looking for an attack of religion, and would not have selected this book if I had known.
That said, while I look forward to getting back to his Safety Differently works, I do hope that putting this together helped him find some healing and peace.
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The Last Arrow
- Save Nothing for the Next Life
- By: Erwin Raphael McManus
- Narrated by: Erwin Raphael McManus
- Length: 6 hrs
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The Last Arrow is your road map to a life that defies odds and alters destinies. Discover the attributes of those who break the gravitational pull of mediocrity as cultural pioneer and thought leader Erwin McManus examines the characteristics of individuals who risked everything for a life they could only imagine. Imagine living the life you were convinced was only a dream.
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If you want to live a life of Impact read this book!
- By Kristin L. on 01-10-18
- The Last Arrow
- Save Nothing for the Next Life
- By: Erwin Raphael McManus
- Narrated by: Erwin Raphael McManus
Great guide for life
Reviewed: 02-24-19
I really liked the concept of shooting all your arrows and living your life without the regret of not doing all that you came to earth to do.
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Reinventing Discovery
- The New Era of Networked Science
- By: Michael Nielsen
- Narrated by: Nicholas Tecosky
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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In Reinventing Discovery, Michael Nielsen argues that we are living at the dawn of the most dramatic change in science in more than 300 years. This change is being driven by powerful new cognitive tools, enabled by the internet, which are greatly accelerating scientific discovery. There are many books about how the internet is changing business or the workplace or government. But this is the first book about how the internet is transforming the nature of our collective intelligence.
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How the Internet is transforming science
- By Pam on 01-02-14
- Reinventing Discovery
- The New Era of Networked Science
- By: Michael Nielsen
- Narrated by: Nicholas Tecosky
It is a great concept but ...
Reviewed: 11-29-18
The idea of open science, when embraced, will open doors, but implementation will be the challenge.
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Race for the South Pole
- The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen
- By: Roland Huntford
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
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For the first time ever Roland Huntford presents each man's account of the race to the South Pole in their own words. In 1910, Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set sail for Antarctica, each from his own starting point, and the epic race for the South Pole was on. 2010 marks the centenary of the last great race of terrestrial discovery. For the first time Scott's unedited diary entries run alongside those of Amundsen and Bjaaland, never before translated into English.
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Great account, might be better in hard copy
- By Error9312 on 05-24-22
- Race for the South Pole
- The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen
- By: Roland Huntford
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
Great book on leadership and interesting insights.
Reviewed: 05-14-18
This was a great combination of the history surrounding the successful race to the South Pole, and the tragic outcome for the other team. Like in business, many of the things that drew the British team to their demise could have been avoided with open dialogue and a willingness to have a strong plan B. Great stuff
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Get Well Soon
- History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
- By: Jennifer Wright
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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In 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced until she was carried away six days later, and soon 34 more villagers joined her. Then more. In a month more than 400 people had been stricken by the mysterious dancing plague. In late-19th-century England an eccentric gentleman founded the No Nose Club in his gracious townhome - a social club for those who had lost their noses, and other body parts, to the plague of syphilis for which there was then no cure.
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Didn't know syphilis could be so fascinating.
- By Kindle Customer on 02-09-17
- Get Well Soon
- History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
- By: Jennifer Wright
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
How could a book about disease be so entertaining?
Reviewed: 10-31-17
I expected it to be informative, I didn't expect it to be funny! Great work!
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Learned Optimism
- How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
- By: Martin E. P. Seligman Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Martin E. P. Seligman Ph.D.
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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Psychologist Martin E.P. Seligman, one of the world's experts on motivation, shows you how to chart a new approach to living with "flexible optimism." Dr. Seligman's principles of reasoned, flexible optimism will help you rise above pessimism and the depression that accompanies negative thoughts.
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I ve found the test online
- By Peter Levius on 06-18-05
- Learned Optimism
- How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
- By: Martin E. P. Seligman Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Martin E. P. Seligman Ph.D.
what a waste of a Credit. The recording spends hal
Reviewed: 03-13-17
What a waste of a Credit. The recording spends half of the time talking about some quiz that comes with the book but obviously doesn't come with the Audible option. Then you add on the fact that it is only an hour and a half for a 500 page book and you are not left that much.
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