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Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
- By: Emmanuel Acho
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Acho
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4
In Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and taboo, many white people are afraid to ask - yet which everyone needs the answers to, now more than ever. With the same open-hearted generosity that has made his video series a phenomenon, Acho explains the vital core of such fraught concepts as white privilege, cultural appropriation and “reverse racism”.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A bit disappointed
- By Vintila Bogdan on 12-12-20
- Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
- By: Emmanuel Acho
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Acho
A bit disappointed
Reviewed: 12-12-20
I really enjoyed Emmanuel's stories and episodes on Instagram and Youtube. Thus, my expectations for this books were sky-high. Unfortunately, I found the book to be a bit superficial...it treated the subjects of the book very lightly and fast. I was really expecting a deep-dive based on the very nice content Emmanuel has provided on social media, but I found a general repeat of the same messages. What shocked me was how lightly black culture was treated. I was really expecting to find out more about the wonderful contributions black people have made to the world, yet I was told a couple of stories about hair and 'sagging' which really let me wanting. Not to mention about the fact that 1/3 of the book is about how the book came to life.
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The Unfiltered Truth
- By: Larry Winget
- Narrated by: Larry Winget
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
The Unfiltered Truth is Larry Winget at his very best. This series covers many important business and personal topics and you get Larry's straight talk about each of them. This is Larry off-the-cuff and completely unfiltered. Larry claims this series to be the best content he ever recorded and it is truly the essence of all he teaches. Use it as training for your staff, in discussions with your family, or simply for your own education.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Terrible sound recording!
- By Amazon Customer on 09-17-20
- The Unfiltered Truth
- By: Larry Winget
- Narrated by: Larry Winget
Classic Larry!
Reviewed: 11-03-19
I love the fact that this book is split into 30 minutes sections. Very easy to listen to and to remember the key learnings!
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The Infinite Game
- By: Simon Sinek
- Narrated by: Simon Sinek
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12,966
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11,129
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Story5 out of 5 stars 11,036
Finite games, like football or chess, have known players, fixed rules, and a clear endpoint. The winners and losers are easily identified. Infinite games, games with no finish line, like business or politics, or life itself, have players who come and go. The rules of an infinite game are changeable, while infinite games have no defined endpoint. There are no winners or losers - only ahead and behind. The question is, how do we play to succeed in the game we’re in? In this revelatory new audiobook, Simon Sinek offers a framework for leading with an infinite mindset.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I love Sinek but...
- By Amazon Customer on 11-11-19
- The Infinite Game
- By: Simon Sinek
- Narrated by: Simon Sinek
More on the Infinite Game
Reviewed: 11-03-19
The idea of the Infinite Game isn't new with Simon and the beginning of the book you get a sense that he is repeating the same things from his previous work.
But as you go on with the book you realize that he digs deeper and deeper into the idea and turns it inside out.
Another Simon Sinek masterpiece!
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Michael Owen Reboot
- My Life
- By: Michael Owen
- Narrated by: Robin Morrissey, Michael Owen
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Michael Owen's new autobiography will enable him to open up about his football life for the first time and set the record straight once and for all. It promises to make for an explosive listen and one of the most hotly anticipated football books of the year. The legendary striker published his first book, Off the Record, in 2004 but feels he didn't have a voice during his playing days, and now, six years after hanging up his boots, he can finally lift the lid on what really happened during his career.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I was sad when the book ended...
- By Vintila Bogdan on 10-20-19
- Michael Owen Reboot
- My Life
- By: Michael Owen
- Narrated by: Robin Morrissey, Michael Owen
I was sad when the book ended...
Reviewed: 10-20-19
Well, I was sad when the book reached its ending. And that is the highest praise I can ever give an audiobook! Excellent! Alongside Keane’s ‘The Second Half’ this is one of the best sporting auto-biographies I’ve ever come across!
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The Hunt
- By: Bear Grylls
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10
The hunt is on for Jaeger. Ruth - his wife - has been kidnapped, and after a secret Nazi cache of uranium goes missing, it seems the enemy is on the move once more. That much uranium in enemy hands could devastate the world. It's up to Jaeger and his team to stop them before their worst fears are realised. But they are always one step ahead, pushing Jaeger to the limit of his endurance. The danger is real, and the people who hold Ruth have a score to settle. It's a race against time. And the clock is ticking....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Hunt
- By Dr. Joe de Beauchamp on 09-03-21
- The Hunt
- By: Bear Grylls
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
Magnificent!
Reviewed: 06-08-18
Speechless! Now I really hope that Bear has a 4th Will Jaeger book coming out! This series is an absolute masterpiece!
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The Second Half
- By: Roy Keane, Roddy Doyle
- Narrated by: Roy Keane, Stephen Hogan
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 166
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 141
Narrated by Stephen Hogan and introduced by Roy Keane. In an 18-year playing career for Cobh Ramblers, Nottingham Forest, and Manchester United (under Sir Alex Ferguson) and Celtic, Roy Keane dominated every midfield he led to glory. Aggressive and highly competitive, his attitude helped him to excel as captain of Manchester United from 1997 until his departure in 2005.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Keano a Captain off the field
- By OMG THIS GAME IS AMAAAAAZINNNNNGGGGGGGGGG BUY IT NOW on 07-18-24
- The Second Half
- By: Roy Keane, Roddy Doyle
- Narrated by: Roy Keane, Stephen Hogan
Magnificent reflections on a great career
Reviewed: 03-15-18
This book is one of the deepest and most sincere auto-bios I've ever read/listened to and I have come across some truly great ones. The second half is up there with the best. It's a book full of sincere reflections, self-critiques, regrets, lessons and happy memories. You really feel that Roy has opened himself up for this one. It wasn't something he did just because he wanted to put out a book...he had something to say and wanted to get it out into the world.
I usually don't enjoy football books (though I'm a huge football fan) because they are full of recollections of how games went, with not too much substance in them. But Roy's book is something else. Just listen to the intro and you'll realize that this auto-bio is truly magnificent.
Cannot rate it high enough! Great book, great performance of the reader and great feeling listening to it!
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Rise and Grind
- Out-Perform, Out-Work, and Out-Hustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life
- By: Daymond John, Daniel Paisner
- Narrated by: Sway Calloway, Daymond John
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,663
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,923
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,894
The New York Times best-selling author of The Power of Broke and "Shark" on ABC's hit show Shark Tank explores how grit, persistence, and good old-fashioned hard work are the backbone of every successful business and individual, and inspires listeners to Rise and Grind their way the top.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Work hard
- By Calaigh Clark on 05-28-18
- Rise and Grind
- Out-Perform, Out-Work, and Out-Hustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life
- By: Daymond John, Daniel Paisner
- Narrated by: Sway Calloway, Daymond John
Loved the Power of Broke, but this one....
Reviewed: 02-05-18
I want to start by saying that I absolutely loved "the Power of Broke". The format of the book was to present how Daymond started out as an entrepreneur with different hustles and in parallel present how other entrepreneurs leveraged their lack of funds to start a business. You can easily sum up the idea that an upcoming entrepreneur had and how he managed to get it to the market with virtually no money.
The same format is applied here but it talks about highly successful people...and here is where it goes wrong. You cannot summarize their life habits and ambitions in just a few pages. I actually read all there is to read about Grant Cardone and this book gives out very few details on him. Things you can read at a glance on google. It doesn't give any specific insight, just regular details...and this applies to a lot of the people presented here. Plus the narration is not in sync. When reading a quote from a specific entrepreneur presented, Sway changes his tone of voice, trying in a way to imitate that voice. Now, have you ever heard Grant Cardone? He is direct, swift, determined and loud. Sway makes him sound like a 12 year old who lost his lollipop. The same applies to Gary Vee...when Sway quotes from him you get the impression that Gary is the most shy person in the world.
I think that Daymond took the great idea behind the Power of Broke and applied it to the wrong content with this book.
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What Does This Button Do?
- An Autobiography
- By: Bruce Dickinson
- Narrated by: Bruce Dickinson
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,871
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,711
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,707
Pioneers of Britain's nascent rock and metal scene back in the late 1970s, Iron Maiden smashed its way to the top, thanks in no small part to the high-octane performances, operatic singing style, and stage presence of its second but twice-longest-serving lead singer, Bruce Dickinson. As Iron Maiden's front man - first from 1981 to 1993 and then from 1999 to the present - Dickinson has been, and remains, a man of legend.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Iron Maiden Still Rules The World
- By Michael on 11-15-17
- What Does This Button Do?
- An Autobiography
- By: Bruce Dickinson
- Narrated by: Bruce Dickinson
Not your everyday auto-bio...just like Bruce!
Reviewed: 11-13-17
I'll just tell you this: Bruce is an extraordinary story-teller, if you couldn't already tell by his Iron Maiden performances. That should be enough to get you to listen to this. It's not a 5 star book...I'm still negotiating with Audible to let me give it 6 stars!
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The Home Front: Life in America During World War II
- By: Dan Gediman, Martha C. Little
- Narrated by: Martin Sheen
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15,128
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13,596
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13,535
Narrated by Emmy Award–winning actor Martin Sheen, The Home Front: Life in America During World War II takes listeners into the lives of Americans at home—part of the Greatest Generation—who supported the war effort and sustained the country during wartime. The war brought immediate, life-changing shifts: the rationing of meat, dairy products, and sugar; an explosion of war-related jobs; and, despite mixed signals, a greater role for women working outside the home.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent! But incessant breaks with credits along the way.
- By Bradley Justice on 09-11-17
Great insight into those moments
Reviewed: 11-13-17
I loved that they chose to actually present you with interviews from "back then". Not to mention that Martin Sheen does an extraordinary job narrating in between interviews and stories. A great, realistic history lesson.
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The Audacity of Hope
- Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
- By: Barack Obama
- Narrated by: Barack Obama
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,775
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,893
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,849
In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics: a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of "our improbable experiment in democracy".
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5 out of 5 stars
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My Fellow Conservatives, Give This A Listen
- By Dallas D.L. on 02-12-15
- The Audacity of Hope
- Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
- By: Barack Obama
- Narrated by: Barack Obama
A great continuation to Dreams from my Father
Reviewed: 10-23-17
This book flows perfectly after listening to Dreams from my Father, read by Mr. President Obama. Gave it 5 stars without any second thoughts, so there should not be more to add here!
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