Angela Matthes
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Misbelief
- What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
- By: Dan Ariely
- Narrated by: Simon Jones
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 117
Misinformation affects all of us on a daily basis—from social media to larger political challenges, from casual conversations in supermarkets, to even our closest relationships. While we recognize the dangers that misinformation poses, the problem is complex—far beyond what policing social media alone can achieve—and too often our limited solutions are shaped by partisan politics and individual interpretations of truth. In Misbelief, preeminent social scientist Dan Ariely argues that to understand the irrational appeal of misinformation, we must first understand the behavior of “misbelief”.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Horrible narrator
- By Tamara Aviv on 10-02-23
- Misbelief
- What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
- By: Dan Ariely
- Narrated by: Simon Jones
Insightfully Scary
Reviewed: 05-30-24
Thank you Dan Ariely for shining a light on the mechanics of misbelief and how easy it is to fall into the rabbit hole. What I thought, like with other books about behavioral economics from Dan and other authors: I hope this book doesn’t get into the wrong hands ;). Good read (or listen).
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Burn Book
- A Tech Love Story
- By: Kara Swisher
- Narrated by: Kara Swisher
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,634
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,537
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,537
Part memoir, part history, Burn Book is a necessary chronicle of tech’s most powerful players. This is the inside story we’ve all been waiting for about modern Silicon Valley and the biggest boom in wealth creation in the history of the world. When tech titans crowed that they would “move fast and break things,” Kara Swisher was moving faster and breaking news. While covering the explosion of the digital sector in the early 1990s, she developed a long track record of digging up and reporting the facts about this new world order.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Let me save you 8 hours
- By Momx4 on 02-29-24
- Burn Book
- A Tech Love Story
- By: Kara Swisher
- Narrated by: Kara Swisher
Thank you for your honesty
Reviewed: 05-18-24
People do not always feel comfortable with brutal honesty, but if I could choose between people being brutally honest with me or lying to make me feel good, I would choose brutal honesty every time, because brutal honesty shows also that you care about something deeply. And this is what this book is about. Loved it.
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Mindset
- The New Psychology of Success
- By: Carol S. Dweck PhD
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,829
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,448
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,390
After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she describes how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset.
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1 out of 5 stars
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😫THIS NARRATOR IS UNBEARABLE 😫
- By The non-critic on 03-29-19
- Mindset
- The New Psychology of Success
- By: Carol S. Dweck PhD
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Great learning, could go a little easier on the stories
Reviewed: 02-06-24
Loved the book. Had learned about fixed and growth mindset in another program and have able to deepen my understanding so much more through the book. Carole Dweck uses a lot stories to bring across her points, yet sometimes it felt a bit overloaded with stories.
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A Little Life
- A Novel
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 32 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,312
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,091
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,090
A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma.
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1 out of 5 stars
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And the hits just keep on coming…
- By Mark T. Vernon on 01-04-23
- A Little Life
- A Novel
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
This story breaks your heart….
Reviewed: 06-22-23
…and also makes it stronger with its empathy and passion for its characters. So glad I read it.
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The Power of Fifty Bits
- The New Science of Turning Good Intentions into Positive Results
- By: Bob Nease PhD
- Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4 out of 5 stars 19
As the former chief scientist of Express Scripts, a Fortune 25 health-care company dedicated to making the use of prescription medications safer and more affordable, Bob Nease is an expert on applying behavioral sciences to health care. Now, he applies his knowledge to the wider world, providing important practical solutions marketers, human resources professionals, teachers, and even parents can use to improve the behavior of others around them and get the positive results they want.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Truthfully interesting communication skills
- By David P on 07-27-17
- The Power of Fifty Bits
- The New Science of Turning Good Intentions into Positive Results
- By: Bob Nease PhD
- Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
Easy listening behavioral economics
Reviewed: 02-22-23
After having already read Kahneman, Thaler, Sunstein and Ariely, this book was a refreshing refresher that gave me a few new examples while not adding anything new to the underlying theories.
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Engine of Impact
- Essentials of Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
- By: William F. Meehan III, Kim Starkey Jonker
- Narrated by: C. J. Lengua
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4 out of 5 stars 37
We are entering a new era - an era of impact. The largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history will soon be underway, bringing with it the potential for huge increases in philanthropic funding. Engine of Impact shows how nonprofits can apply the principles of strategic leadership to attract greater financial support and leverage that funding to maximum effect.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Must listen for all nonprofit leaders
- By Peter A. Mello on 02-09-19
- Engine of Impact
- Essentials of Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
- By: William F. Meehan III, Kim Starkey Jonker
- Narrated by: C. J. Lengua
Brilliant content but read too fast
Reviewed: 02-19-23
I learned much from this book for my own activities. The structure of the book is also the building instructions for your non-profit or social business. VERY VALUABLE!!! However, this not being my first non-fiction audiobook, the narration was the worst I’ve encountered so far. Two things: First, the book was read much too fast. I had to slow it down to 0.8x to make understandable (regular speed almost felt like the medication warnings at the end of a commercial). Second, take a breath, C.J.! Maybe because the speed, there were also no breathers between paragraphs or examples. Sometimes I lost track of which consequence refers to which example. Duration of an audiobook is not a decision criteria for me. I choose a book for content and don’t spending 8, 12 or more hours with a book. What I care about is learning and giving the book room to have an impact on my knowledge and skills. This book is to good and important to be rushed. Redo?
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21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges
- By: Charles Handy
- Narrated by: Scott Handy
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story5 out of 5 stars 12
Charles Handy is one of the giants of contemporary thought. His books on management - including Understanding Organizations and Gods of Management - have changed the way we view business. His work on broader issues and trends - such as Beyond Certainty and The Second Curve - has changed the way we view society. In his new book, Handy builds on a life's work to glimpse into the future and see what challenges and opportunities the next generation faces.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Deeply touched
- By Angela Matthes on 02-03-23
- 21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges
- By: Charles Handy
- Narrated by: Scott Handy
Deeply touched
Reviewed: 02-03-23
I just finished listening to Charles’ letters and I feel deeply touched by the simple, difficult, insightful words on how to live a fulfilled life.
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City of Girls
- A Novel
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Blair Brown
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24,824
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22,217
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22,113
Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A strong story
- By Anita Kristensen on 06-08-19
- City of Girls
- A Novel
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Blair Brown
...talking to me
Reviewed: 10-24-20
Beautifully written and performed. Witty and thoughtful. And since my name is Angela, it felt like Vivian was talking to me.
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Odd Apocalypse
- An Odd Thomas Novel, Book 5
- By: Dean Koontz
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,904
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,273
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,275
Once presided over by a flamboyant Hollywood mogul during the Roaring ’20s, the magnificent West Coast property known as Roseland is now home to a reclusive billionaire financier and his faithful servants. And, for the moment, it’s also a port in the storm for Odd Thomas and his traveling companion, the inscrutably charming Annamaria. In the wake of Odd’s most recent clash with lethal adversaries, the opulent manor’s comforts should be welcome. But there’s far more to Roseland than meets even the extraordinary eye of Odd, who soon suspects it may be more hell than haven.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Odd Apocalypse; Oddly Great
- By Don Gilbert on 08-01-12
- Odd Apocalypse
- An Odd Thomas Novel, Book 5
- By: Dean Koontz
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
I think, David Aaron Baker is Odd
Reviewed: 08-27-12
Where does Odd Apocalypse rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Odd Apocalypse ranks very high. Even though the novelty of Odd's special situation has worn off, the endearing biographical style sometimes let's you forget that you're listening to a gruesome story of death and despair.
Which character – as performed by David Aaron Baker – was your favorite?
To me, David Aaron Baker is Odd. If they should ever decide to switch narrators in future books, I will probably have a hard time getting used to it.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
A little bit of crying and lots of laughing in the most inappropriate moments when Odd tells his story with his odd, unintended uniquely humorous style.
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