Caroline Pufalt
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The Age of Magical Overthinking
- Notes on Modern Irrationality
- By: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Amanda Montell
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 288
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Story4 out of 5 stars 274
Utilizing the linguistic insights of her “witty and brilliant” (Blyth Roberson, author of America the Beautiful?) first book Wordslut and the sociological explorations of her breakout hit Cultish, Amanda Montell now turns her erudite eye to the inner workings of the human mind and its biases in her most personal and electrifying work yet.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The Author has definitely stumbled on some very important issues in the Irrationality present in 21st Century.
- By Tom on 08-07-24
- The Age of Magical Overthinking
- Notes on Modern Irrationality
- By: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Amanda Montell
timely, sincere and funny
Reviewed: 06-21-24
We all can use help understanding our thoughts, biases and worries. Today’s contentious atmosphere makes matters worse. This book is a delightful way to contemplate how we can all do better
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An Emancipation of the Mind
- Radical Philosophy, the War Over Slavery, and the Refounding of America
- By: Matthew Stewart
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10
How a band of antislavery leaders recovered the radical philosophical inspirations of the first American Revolution to defeat the slaveholders' oligarchy in the Civil War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful revisionist history on race, racism, and the American past (and present)
- By James H. McDonald on 07-14-24
- An Emancipation of the Mind
- Radical Philosophy, the War Over Slavery, and the Refounding of America
- By: Matthew Stewart
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
Refreshing viewpoint
Reviewed: 06-17-24
An interesting look at the theology and philosophy among notable figures in the fight against slavery.
A bit too much about Hegel. ( even a little is hard to take) but don’t let that keep you from listening to this intriguing book
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The Pueblo Revolt
- The Secret Rebellion That Drove the Spaniards Out of the Southwest
- By: David Roberts
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
The dramatic and tragic story of the only successful Native American uprising against the Spanish, the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Telling a story that doesn’t want to be told
- By Keegan on 12-28-20
- The Pueblo Revolt
- The Secret Rebellion That Drove the Spaniards Out of the Southwest
- By: David Roberts
- Narrated by: David de Vries
Essential American history
Reviewed: 10-09-23
Before I read this book the only thing I knew about the 1680 Pueblo revolt was that something happened. So glad I know so much more now. This is an essential part of history. What a story of tragedy and courage.
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Fire Weather
- A True Story from a Hotter World
- By: John Vaillant
- Narrated by: Alan Carlson
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 219
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 219
In May 2016, Fort McMurray, the hub of Canada’s oil industry and America’s biggest foreign supplier, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar disaster melted vehicles, turned entire neighborhoods into firebombs, and drove 88,000 people from their homes in a single afternoon. Through the lens of this apocalyptic conflagration—the wildfire equivalent of Hurricane Katrina—John Vaillant warns that this was not a unique event, but a shocking preview of what we must prepare for in a hotter, more flammable world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fire and Brimstone
- By Barbara J Williams on 01-06-24
- Fire Weather
- A True Story from a Hotter World
- By: John Vaillant
- Narrated by: Alan Carlson
A Must Read
Reviewed: 09-23-23
This book covers so much about climate change, forest fires, human history, psychology and our future choices. Well written, engaging. Don’t miss it!
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Bad Mexicans
- Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
- By: Kelly Lytle Hernández
- Narrated by: Joana Garcia
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance2.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 83
Bad Mexicans tells the dramatic story of the magonistas, the migrant rebels who sparked the 1910 Mexican Revolution from the United States. Led by a brilliant but ill-tempered radical named Ricardo Flores Magon, the magonistas were a motley band of journalists, miners, migrant workers, and more, who organized thousands of Mexican workers—and American dissidents—to their cause. Determined to oust Mexico's dictator, Porfirio Diaz, the rebels had to outrun and outsmart the swarm of US authorities vested in protecting the Diaz regime.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book, but why is the narrator so bad?
- By bean on 10-14-22
- Bad Mexicans
- Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
- By: Kelly Lytle Hernández
- Narrated by: Joana Garcia
New to me
Reviewed: 09-22-23
I didn’t know much about the Mexican revolution before this book. Now I want to learn more.
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Happiness Falls (Good Morning America Book Club)
- A Novel
- By: Angie Kim
- Narrated by: Shannon Tyo, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Thomas Pruyn, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 604
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 545
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Story4 out of 5 stars 544
Mia, the irreverent, hyperanalytical twenty-year-old daughter, has an explanation for everything—which is why she isn’t initially concerned when her father and younger brother Eugene don’t return from a walk in a nearby park. They must have lost their phone. Or stopped for an errand somewhere. But by the time Mia’s brother runs through the front door bloody and alone, it becomes clear that the father in this tight-knit family is missing and the only witness is Eugene, who has the rare genetic condition Angelman syndrome and cannot speak.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A mixed review, but recommend
- By Andrea B. on 09-07-23
- Happiness Falls (Good Morning America Book Club)
- A Novel
- By: Angie Kim
- Narrated by: Shannon Tyo, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Thomas Pruyn, Angie Kim
Intriguing
Reviewed: 09-22-23
Don’t forget to listen to the author’s epilogue. It will help one appreciate the novel even more
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The Writing Retreat
- A Novel
- By: Julia Bartz
- Narrated by: Gail Shalan
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 213
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 213
Alex has all but given up on her dreams of becoming a published author when she receives a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: attend an exclusive, month-long writing retreat at the estate of feminist horror writer Roza Vallo. Even the knowledge that Wren, her former best friend and current rival, is attending doesn’t dampen her excitement.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining
- By Tori Eason on 04-23-23
- The Writing Retreat
- A Novel
- By: Julia Bartz
- Narrated by: Gail Shalan
Impossible
Reviewed: 04-05-23
A good thriller should not ask the reader to suspend all logic. Interesting build up but about the last 3rd is absurd. I almost didn’t finish it as I could see where it was going- and it was frankly dumb.
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The Glass Room
- A Vera Stanhope Mystery
- By: Ann Cleeves
- Narrated by: Charlie Hardwick
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,228
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,107
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,099
DI Vera Stanhope is not one to make friends easily, but her hippy neighbors keep her well supplied in homebrew and conversation, and somehow bonds have formed. When one of them goes missing, Vera tracks the young woman down to the Writer’s House, a country retreat where aspiring authors work on their stories. Things get complicated when a body is discovered, and Vera’s neighbor is found with a knife in her hand.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!
- By CM on 04-28-18
- The Glass Room
- A Vera Stanhope Mystery
- By: Ann Cleeves
- Narrated by: Charlie Hardwick
Writers writing
Reviewed: 03-28-23
I found this to be one of my favorites. The plot is complicated enough to keep you guessing. And a nice bit of a personal insight into Joe.
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I Have Some Questions for You
- A Novel
- By: Rebecca Makkai
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, JD Jackson
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,656
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,420
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,419
A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the murder of her former roommate, Thalia Keith, in the spring of their senior year. Though the circumstances surrounding Thalia’s death and the conviction of the school’s athletic trainer, Omar Evans, are hotly debated online, Bodie prefers—needs—to let sleeping dogs lie.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Really?
- By cydney numnum on 03-16-23
- I Have Some Questions for You
- A Novel
- By: Rebecca Makkai
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, JD Jackson
Enthralling
Reviewed: 03-19-23
What a journey. This book hit many nerves and got me motivated to learn from the past but not let the past ruin the present. A complex look at social media too. Read this book - you will be the better for it!
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California Burning
- The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric—and What It Means for America's Power Grid
- By: Katherine Blunt
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 161
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 160
Pacific Gas and Electric was a legacy company built by innovators and visionaries, establishing California as a desirable home and economic powerhouse. In California Burning, Wall Street Journal reporter and Pulitzer finalist Katherine Blunt examines how that legacy fell apart—unraveling a long history of deadly failures in which Pacific Gas and Electric endangered millions of Northern Californians, through criminal neglect of its infrastructure.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best book I've read this year.
- By Constance L. Gehrt on 10-21-23
- California Burning
- The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric—and What It Means for America's Power Grid
- By: Katherine Blunt
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
Timely
Reviewed: 02-23-23
Well researched. Starts a bit slow but builds into a sort of detective story. We all use electricity. We should all read this.
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