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Revenge of the Tipping Point
- Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,063
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,947
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,946
Why is Miami… Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is the Magic Third, and what does it mean for racial harmony? In this provocative new work, Malcolm Gladwell returns to the subject of social epidemics and tipping points, this time with the aim of explaining the dark side of contagious phenomena. Through a series of gripping stories, Gladwell traces the rise of a new and troubling form of social engineering
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1 out of 5 stars
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Repetitive and boring
- By Gayle Allen on 10-08-24
- Revenge of the Tipping Point
- Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
Great follow up to the original
Reviewed: 12-05-24
Like the new take he had on why things tip, it wasn’t a rehash of the first book
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
- By: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 66,140
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 60,207
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 60,148
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bad ending and Immaturity
- By The Story Adict on 09-13-17
- A Court of Thorns and Roses
- By: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
The excruciating detail in minutiae made me put the book @ 1.6x speed
Reviewed: 08-04-24
The story started out well enough but as soon as the heroine got to Prythian the book came to a crawl. I mean I think you can get the same sentiment and move the story along without getting mired in so much detail. I was at chapter 23(!!) and the story made it to the new wonder of…paint. It makes me sad Maas makes her main character so hard to root for to get past the characters many bad decisions I found myself cheering for her captors just to make it through. As storylines go it’s not very sophisticated; it’s closer to emulating a trashy harlequin romance novel than fantasy. Crass LitRPGs are so much more fun to read than this
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The Cold Start Problem
- How to Start and Scale Network Effects
- By: Andrew Chen
- Narrated by: Andrew Chen
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 720
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 580
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 576
Although software has become easier to build, launching and scaling new products and services remains difficult. Start-ups face daunting challenges entering the technology ecosystem, including stiff competition, copycats, and ineffective marketing channels. Teams launching new products must consider the advantages of “the network effect”, where a product or service’s value increases as more users engage with it. Apple, Google, Microsoft, and other tech giants utilize network effects, and most tech products incorporate them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great high level summary. More unique insights wanted.
- By Roman on 12-09-21
- The Cold Start Problem
- How to Start and Scale Network Effects
- By: Andrew Chen
- Narrated by: Andrew Chen
Book is about network effects rather than the cold start problem.
Reviewed: 12-01-23
I struggled getting through this book. The name dropping and details about affluent areas of SF.
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Becoming
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 181,950
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 161,690
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Story5 out of 5 stars 160,809
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Didn't know what I was getting into
- By Kenneth Woodward on 12-05-18
- Becoming
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
Exceptional
Reviewed: 01-30-19
Narrated by Michelle Obama, she shares her story about her journey while making herself accessible in her description. Amazing woman of an amazing family.
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The Song of Achilles
- A Novel
- By: Madeline Miller
- Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38,321
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34,201
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34,096
Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia to be raised in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. “The best of all the Greeks”—strong, beautiful, and the child of a goddess—Achilles is everything the shamed Patroclus is not. Yet despite their differences, the boys become steadfast companions. Their bond deepens as they grow into young men and become skilled in the arts of war and medicine—much to the displeasure and the fury of Achilles’ mother, Thetis, a cruel sea goddess with a hatred of mortals.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wasn't Expecting to Like It- BOY! was I wrong!!
- By susan on 06-11-14
- The Song of Achilles
- A Novel
- By: Madeline Miller
- Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
Excellent story and excellent story telling
Reviewed: 12-01-18
I am a bit of a mythology buff and this story was well told, in such a way that filled a lot of the gaps from the ancient story. Frazer Douglas narration was exceptional, hearing the subtle differences in each character made the picture in my mind even more vivid. Will probably listen again back to back, something I rarely do with audiobooks.
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Molly's Game
- From Hollywood’s Elite, to Wall Street’s Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker
- By: Molly Bloom
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,869
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,483
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,470
In the late 2000s, Molly Bloom, a twenty something petite brunette from Loveland Colorado, ran the highest stakes, most exclusive poker game Hollywood had ever seen - she was its mistress, its lion tamer, its agent, and its oxygen. Everyone wanted in, few were invited to play. Hundreds of millions of dollars were won and lost at her table. Molly's game became the game for those in the know - celebrities, business moguls, and millionaires.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Great book. Zero payoff. *Semi-Spoilers*
- By Amazon Customer on 04-01-16
- Molly's Game
- From Hollywood’s Elite, to Wall Street’s Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker
- By: Molly Bloom
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
The movie is better
Reviewed: 09-19-18
Usually with books you end up cheering for the protagonist, but there is so much moral ambiguity of the protagonist it becomes challenging to empathize with her. Some of her realization come off off as rationalizations so that her conclusions may hurt just a bit less. The audiobook speaker does a great job and the book is easy to follow along / finish, hence the 3 stars
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The Selfish Gene
- By: Richard Dawkins
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,930
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,545
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,467
Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the study of social biology, and have forced thousands to rethink their beliefs about life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Better than print!
- By J. D. May on 07-31-12
- The Selfish Gene
- By: Richard Dawkins
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
Lalla ward's narration is great, Dawkins not so
Reviewed: 06-19-18
it would have been better if there was a way to incorporate the footnotes / new edition into the story. having dawkins read was too jarring and most of the time the new editions was there to refute older critiques, or self serving commentary by the author. I definitely preferred the original narroator. still, the overall message the book tried to convey is really good and recommend either getting the older version with just lalla ward and reading the new edition items later.
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
- By: Richard P. Feynman
- Narrated by: Raymond Todd
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,064
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,705
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,722
With his characteristic eyebrow-raising behavior, Richard P. Feynman once provoked the wife of a Princeton dean to remark, "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" But the many scientific and personal achievements of this Nobel Prize-winning physicist are no laughing matter. Here, woven with his scintillating views on modern science, Feynman relates the defining moments of his accomplished life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Inspiring book, HORRIBLE reader.
- By Charles Floading on 10-16-07
- Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
- By: Richard P. Feynman
- Narrated by: Raymond Todd
One of the best narrations I've heard
Reviewed: 06-07-18
The story of Richard Feynman is pretty fascinating; it's interesting to hear his inner dialogue and how someone as brilliant as him still has his moments of uncertainty and doubt. But I have to say the way Raymond Todd narrated the book was just fantastic...i found myself with a s*** eating grin as I listened to the audio book on my way to/from work...this book made me look forward to my daily commute! love it.
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Habits of a Happy Brain
- Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, & Endorphin Levels
- By: Loretta Graziano Breuning PhD
- Narrated by: Amanda Carlin
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 370
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 311
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 306
Get ready to boost your happiness in just 45 days! Habits of a Happy Brain shows you how to retrain your brain to turn on the chemicals that make you happy. Each minute offers simple activities that help you understand the roles of your "happy chemicals" - serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphin. You'll also learn how to build new habits by rerouting the electricity in your brain to flow down a new pathway, making it even easier to trigger these happy chemicals and increase feelings of satisfaction when you need them most.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Could not make it through
- By Amazon Customer on 03-19-18
- Habits of a Happy Brain
- Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, & Endorphin Levels
- By: Loretta Graziano Breuning PhD
- Narrated by: Amanda Carlin
Insightful content. However the reader sounds mechanical
Reviewed: 04-06-18
Greta descriptions of how the “happy neurochemicals” affect our everyday behavior. And also the unhappy chemicals (eg cortisol) and the constant unconscious grappling between the two. The only downside to this book was the performance; the pace is too slow and the reader sounds like a slow robotic voice over. the only way to make it tolerable so that it matches human conversation is to bump it at 1.25 speed. This makes the reader sound even more like Siri But the content is so engaging you get used to it.
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The Undoing Project
- A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
- By: Michael Lewis
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,157
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,478
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,465
Forty years ago Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways in which the human mind erred systematically when forced to make judgments about uncertain situations. Their work created the field of behavioral economics, revolutionized Big Data studies, advanced evidence-based medicine, led to a new approach to government regulation, and made Michael Lewis' work possible.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Behind the scenes of amazing science
- By Neuron on 10-16-17
- The Undoing Project
- A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
- By: Michael Lewis
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
The "why" of thinking fast and slow
Reviewed: 02-24-17
I finished the audio book of thinking fast and slow and wanted to understand why these two brilliant men decided to investigate this area. That book describes the clinical way of how our minds work but this describes why the ended up where they did, and the extraordinary friendship it took to get there.
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