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The Alchemist
- A Fable About Following Your Dream
- By: Paulo Coelho
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
- Length: 4 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 83,395
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 71,906
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 71,814
Paulo Coelho's enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its simplicity and wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an Alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Timeless Tale
- By Judi on 01-07-07
- The Alchemist
- A Fable About Following Your Dream
- By: Paulo Coelho
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
Excellent Story Telling
Reviewed: 08-27-22
Jeremy Irons does an excellent job with this story. I thoroughly enjoyed listening. Bravo
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Lincoln on Leadership for Today
- Abraham Lincoln's Approach to Twenty-First-Century Issues
- By: Donald T. Phillips
- Narrated by: Donald T. Phillips
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 121
The author of the classic best seller Lincoln on Leadership answers the question: How would President Lincoln handle the pressing crises of our modern world? Abraham Lincoln is recognized as one of history's finest leaders, a great president when the United States was under tremendous strain. But suppose he were alive today. How would Lincoln deal with today's high-pressure issues, from politics to business?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Leveraging Lincoln to drive a personal agenda
- By J on 07-18-17
- Lincoln on Leadership for Today
- Abraham Lincoln's Approach to Twenty-First-Century Issues
- By: Donald T. Phillips
- Narrated by: Donald T. Phillips
Good
Reviewed: 07-14-21
Can't go wrong with a book on Lincoln, although there are a lot of personal opinions on what Lincoln might or might not do.
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Greenlights
- By: Matthew McConaughey
- Narrated by: Matthew McConaughey
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 181,326
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 160,115
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Story5 out of 5 stars 159,091
I’ve been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud. How to be fair. How to have less stress. How to have fun. How to hurt people less. How to get hurt less. How to be a good man. How to have meaning in life. How to be more me. Recently, I worked up the courage to sit down with those diaries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love this!
- By Nancy on 10-21-20
- Greenlights
- By: Matthew McConaughey
- Narrated by: Matthew McConaughey
Restarted every single time!
Reviewed: 03-15-21
Very frustrating when the book restarts every time you want to listen. I had to fast forward to where I left off.
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The Collapse of Western Civilization
- A View from the Future
- By: Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway
- Narrated by: Lesa Lockford
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4 out of 5 stars 30
The year is 2393, and the world is almost unrecognizable. Clear warnings of climate catastrophe went ignored for decades, leading to soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, widespread drought, and the disaster now known as the Great Collapse of 2093. Dramatizing science in ways traditional nonfiction cannot, The Collapse of Western Civilization reasserts the importance of scientists and the work they do, providing a welcome moment of clarity amid the cacophony of climate-change literature.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good but a tad pedantic
- By bill holck on 02-26-19
- The Collapse of Western Civilization
- A View from the Future
- By: Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway
- Narrated by: Lesa Lockford
Excellent Book
Reviewed: 12-21-20
Horror story that we are currently living through! Let's hope it turns out to be a work of fiction.
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When Women Ruled the World
- By: Kara Cooney
- Narrated by: Kara Cooney
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,962
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,630
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,624
This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra - women who ruled with real power - and shines a piercing light on our own perceptions of women in power today. Female rulers are a rare phenomenon - but thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, women reigned supreme. But throughout human history, women in positions of power were more often used as political pawns in a male-dominated society. What was so special about ancient Egypt that provided women this kind of access to the highest political office?
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Thoroughly Feminist Review of Ancient Egypt
- By Morgan on 03-07-19
- When Women Ruled the World
- By: Kara Cooney
- Narrated by: Kara Cooney
Excellent book
Reviewed: 12-31-19
Not sure that women ruling only during crisis proves that Egypt was more comfortable with female rulers.
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The Economists' Hour
- False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society
- By: Binyamin Appelbaum
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 304
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 251
In this fascinating character-driven history, a New York Times editorial writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist spotlights the American economists who championed the rise of markets and fundamentally reshaped the modern world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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One-sided ridicule of economists
- By Fountain of Chris on 09-06-19
- The Economists' Hour
- False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society
- By: Binyamin Appelbaum
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
Excellent Book
Reviewed: 12-13-19
Like others, this book highlights how inequality is a problem. However here the dismal science is blamed for the growth of the inequality in question. Not all economists are the same of course and this year's crop of Nobel Laureates shows that there are some who realize that something has to give. Excellent book and pretty good narration. Some spots had discernable volume and tone changes but overall pretty good.
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Collapse
- How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
- By: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 27 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,731
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,490
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,482
In Jared Diamond’s follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion, and political discord create the conditions for the collapse of civilization. Environmental damage, climate change, globalization, rapid population growth, and unwise political choices were all factors in the demise of societies around the world, but some found solutions and persisted.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Jared Diamond Downs You in Explanation
- By Rob on 07-20-18
- Collapse
- How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
- By: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
Something has to give...
Reviewed: 11-17-19
Jared Diamond follows his previous book about how some societies came to dominate the world with Collapse about how others fell apart. We are not immune to the mistakes and ultimate fate of previous societies if we continue to ignore the damage we are doing to the planet that we all share. As far as Dr. Diamond is concerned, the world cannot handle even the status quo over the long term much less the continued expansion of both population and living standards of the first world.
You leave a little depressed and exasperated with just how small one can feel in the face of overwhelming problems and begin to see the resource depletion and environmental degradation he mentions everywhere. Each of us can do our part and ask our elected leaders to care. But ultimately just like he says, it is politically unpalatable to ask the first world citizens to lower their living standards. Until we are ready and willing to make the tough sacrifices, we probably continue on the dangerous path of speeding up the day when we leave our own planet uninhabitable for our species.
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The Laws of Human Nature
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Paul Michael, Robert Greene
- Length: 28 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 14,777
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12,540
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Story5 out of 5 stars 12,468
Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of listeners, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding, and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves. Whether at work, in relationships, or in shaping the world around you, The Laws of Human Nature offers brilliant tactics for success, self-improvement, and self-defense.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tempo is key! (1.25X)
- By James Hawkins on 11-12-18
- The Laws of Human Nature
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Paul Michael, Robert Greene
Be cognizant of our own emotions!
Reviewed: 10-12-19
This book made me think about how to watch others and analyze their behavior. We must also put ourselves under the microscope from time to time and see how our behavior may be sabotaging our goals and relationships.
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Influence
- The Psychology of Persuasion
- By: Robert B. Cialdini
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,098
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,203
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,115
Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say yes - and how to apply these understandings. Dr. Robert Cialdini is the seminal expert in the rapidly expanding field of influence and persuasion. His 35 years of rigorous, evidence-based research, along with a three-year program of study on what moves people to change behavior, has resulted in this highly acclaimed book. You'll learn the six universal principles, how to use them to become a skilled persuader - and how to defend yourself against them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye Opening
- By ProudPapa34 on 01-08-17
- Influence
- The Psychology of Persuasion
- By: Robert B. Cialdini
- Narrated by: George Newbern
Excellent Listen
Reviewed: 04-26-19
Engaging narrative that opens ones eyes to how the peddlers of influence are able to use psychology to sway our decision making process and capture our compliance.
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,880
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11,861
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,775
Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into today's most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important questions we need to ask ourselves in order to survive.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Noah Lugeons on 09-11-18
- 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Thought Provoking
Reviewed: 04-04-19
Dr Harrari has done it again with another contemplative work. He lays out the truth of the stories we tell ourselves and each other that tie societies together and also serve to rip them apart. The naked truth of why we have been so successful as a species but remain simultaneously so destructive to ourselves and our environment is all wrapped up in our ability to create fictions. He also warns of the dangers of the intersection between info tech and bio tech and the potential for species altering changes as the science of each and that of artificial intelligence continues to improve. This book kept me engaged from beginning to end!
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