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The Magic of Reality
- How We Know What's Really True
- By: Richard Dawkins
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,261
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,943
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,923
Richard Dawkins, the world’s most famous evolutionary biologist, presents a gorgeously lucid, science book examining some of the nature’s most fundamental questions both from a mythical and scientific perspective. Science is our most precise and powerful tool for making sense of the world. Before we developed the scientific method, we created rich mythologies to explain the unknown. The pressing questions that primitive men and women asked are the same ones we ask as children. Who was the first person? What is the sun? Why is there night and day?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Audio version is superb for us grown-ups
- By Michael Dowd on 10-10-11
- The Magic of Reality
- How We Know What's Really True
- By: Richard Dawkins
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
Dawkins is too cool for school
Reviewed: 12-04-16
This should be studied in high school.
Perfect introduction to what is meant by, evolution theory
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Man's Search for Meaning
- By: Viktor E. Frankl
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 49,270
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40,726
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Story5 out of 5 stars 40,613
Man’s Search for Meaning is the chilling yet inspirational story of Viktor Frankl’s struggle to hold on to hope during the unspeakable horrors of his years as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of those he treated in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering, but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read This if You're Very Sick and/or Thinking About Ending Your Life
- By Derek on 07-21-15
- Man's Search for Meaning
- By: Viktor E. Frankl
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
One of my all time favorites
Reviewed: 11-27-16
If you want practical advice for bettering your outlook on life, this is the audiobook for you!
Viktor's empathy and compassion for mankind is contagious. I have listened to it 4x in one week and have told my closest friends about it.
Simon Vance does a perfect narration... just get it.
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Mindfulness in Plain English
- By: Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,888
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,474
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,427
With over a quarter of a million copies sold, Mindfulness in Plain English is one of the most influential books in the burgeoning field of mindfulness and a timeless classic introduction to meditation. This is a book that people listen to, love, and share - a book that people talk about, write about, reflect on, and return to over and over again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Direct, as the title suggests
- By Chayce Knaub on 06-03-16
- Mindfulness in Plain English
- By: Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Excellent
Reviewed: 06-27-16
Don't hesitate to get this if you want a clear guide to mindfulness and meditation.
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Your Best Brain: The Science of Brain Improvement
- By: John Medina, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John Medina
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,804
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,369
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,333
In Your Best Brain, Professor John J. Medina - an award-winning scientist, New York Times best-selling author, and leading advocate for brain research - delivers 24 exciting lectures that probe the origins of consciousness, memory, emotion, attention, intelligence, and beyond. He focuses on five key areas of study in neuroscience: the brain’s physical structure and function, and how it enabled us to become the planet’s apex predator.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully Clear and Entertaining
- By Charles on 07-22-15
Loved it!
Reviewed: 04-21-16
Where does Your Best Brain: The Science of Brain Improvement rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
The very top. The world would be a much more educated if we had more John Medina's. I know I'd love a chance to take any of his classes.
Have you listened to any of Professor John Medina’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No I haven't heard other performances by John Medina, but I will soon. I believe John Medina's performance is the best I've heard, so far.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I wanted to, but finished in 3 days. It's that good!
Any additional comments?
Very interesting and useful information by an incredible speaker. I'm now a Professor Medina fan! I would really enjoy it if he did a new one.
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Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior
- By: Mark Leary, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Mark Leary
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,355
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,920
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,887
Every day of your life is spent surrounded by mysteries that involve what appear to be rather ordinary human behaviors. What makes you happy? Where did your personality come from? Why do you have trouble controlling certain behaviors? Why do you behave differently as an adult than you did as an adolescent?Since the start of recorded history, and probably even before, people have been interested in answering questions about why we behave the way we do.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I wanted to like this course
- By Diane Tincher on 08-06-18
- Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior
- By: Mark Leary, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Mark Leary
Fascinating
Reviewed: 04-13-16
I really enjoyed this audiobook!
I found it to be both useful and entertaining.
Went well with "The Mind Club," by Grey/Wegner and "Practicing Mindfulness: An introduction to Meditation," by Mark Muesse.
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The Mind Club
- Who Thinks, What Feels, and Why It Matters
- By: Daniel M. Wegner, Kurt Gray
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 759
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 669
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 672
Nothing seems more real than the minds of other people. When you consider what your boss is thinking or whether your spouse is happy, you are admitting them into the "mind club". It's easy to assume other humans can think and feel, but what about a cow, a computer, a corporation? What kinds of minds do they have? Daniel M. Wegner and Kurt Gray are award-winning psychologists who have discovered that minds - while incredibly important - are a matter of perception.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Who is the self in me? Am I part of something bigger?
- By Philomath on 03-24-16
- The Mind Club
- Who Thinks, What Feels, and Why It Matters
- By: Daniel M. Wegner, Kurt Gray
- Narrated by: David Marantz
Excellent
Reviewed: 03-30-16
The most entertaining book on the mind that I've read.
I'm ready to read it again and have already made a about a mental list of people I know I will be buying a copy for. I definitely think you should check it out.
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Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation
- By: Mark W. Muesse, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Mark W. Muesse
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,727
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,116
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,042
Meditation offers deep and lasting benefits for mental functioning and emotional health, as well as for physical health and well-being. These 24 detailed lectures teach you the principles and techniques of sitting meditation, the related practice of walking meditation, and the highly beneficial use of meditative awareness in many important activities, including eating and driving. You will also learn how to use the skills of meditation in working with thoughts and emotional states.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Intermittently thought-provoking
- By David on 12-29-13
Dr. Muesse gives a perfect performance
Reviewed: 03-26-16
I am someone who finds meditation and mindfulness important and I highly recommend this book.
Mark does an excellent job explaining the key principles of mindfulness. I can tell he really cares about this subject and isn't afraid to get personal.
After the first couple of lectures I started to feel like he was a good friend that I had known for a long time.
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Waking Up
- A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
- By: Sam Harris
- Narrated by: Sam Harris
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,116
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,389
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,263
From multiple New York Times best-selling author, neuroscientist, and "new atheist" Sam Harris, Waking Up is for the 30 percent of Americans who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I don't completely agree. BUT THAT SAID...
- By World Peace on 09-11-14
- Waking Up
- A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
- By: Sam Harris
- Narrated by: Sam Harris
This became a top 5 favorite book
Reviewed: 03-19-16
What made the experience of listening to Waking Up the most enjoyable?
The way Sam tackles spirituality from an Atheists point of view makes Waking Up one of a kind.
Any additional comments?
This book has really helped me with meditation and that has helped my anxiety and depression.
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Mindfulness
- Six Guided Practices for Awakening
- By: Joseph Goldstein
- Narrated by: Joseph Goldstein
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 517
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 435
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 419
The profound techniques of Vipassana (or insight meditation) are all rooted in the Satipatthana Sutta, the Buddha's practice-oriented teaching on the four foundations of mindfulness. With Mindfulness, Joseph Goldstein brings you a series of core teachings and guided practices for "looking directly at the nature of the mind and body, at how suffering is created, and how we can awaken and be free."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Life changing
- By Ravi on 08-01-15
- Mindfulness
- Six Guided Practices for Awakening
- By: Joseph Goldstein
- Narrated by: Joseph Goldstein
Excellent!
Reviewed: 01-06-16
Mindfulness has helped me with my meditation and has cleared up a few misunderstandings I was having about the awareness of thoughts.
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