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Being-Time
- A Practitioner's Guide to Dogen's Shobogenzo Uji
- By: Shinshu Roberts, Norman Fischer - foreword
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16
Being-Time thoroughly explores Dogen's teaching on how we practice as Buddhas by understanding the relationship between being and time as it is—and as we perceive it to be. Using Dogen's Shobogenzo Uji (The True Dharma Eye, Being-Time), Shinshu Roberts offers a twofold analysis of this teaching: the meaning of the text and practice with the text, giving examples how we apply Dogen's complex teaching to our daily lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Wonderful Book with Excellent Narration
- By Chris on 09-26-24
- Being-Time
- A Practitioner's Guide to Dogen's Shobogenzo Uji
- By: Shinshu Roberts, Norman Fischer - foreword
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
Worst narration
Reviewed: 04-27-24
Very hard to get past the poor quality of narration.
The narrator seems to think this is a novel or something that needs extra emotive emphasis on her part, really irritating.
Also, adds bizarre tones speaking Japanese words like "dogen" and "tatagatha".
it was free but I'm giving it back!
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The Bullish Case for Bitcoin
- By: Vijay Boyapati
- Narrated by: Vijay Boyapati
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 218
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 189
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Story5 out of 5 stars 189
Boyapati presents the theory of money, the anatomy of Bitcoin, the reasons it is superior to the gold and fiat standards that came before it, and the promise that it offers to human civilization. He describes path dependence and the trajectory of a newly monetizing asset in terms the layman can understand, and he addresses the concerns that most commonly arise as newcomers struggle to comprehend the essence and significance of this first digital monetary network.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is the book you give your dad.
- By Kirk on 01-25-22
- The Bullish Case for Bitcoin
- By: Vijay Boyapati
- Narrated by: Vijay Boyapati
Qne of the best short intros to Bitcoin
Reviewed: 04-01-22
Some historic details a little outdated (ex: Chinese hash power dominance) but overall a very clean, well explained and reasoned summary of the ongoing separation of money and state: Bitcoin.
Highly recommended.
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Beyond
- The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space
- By: Stephen Walker
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 241
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 204
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Story5 out of 5 stars 203
Travelling at almost 18,000 miles per hour - 10 times faster than a rifle bullet - Yuri Gagarin circles the globe in just 106 minutes. From his windows, he sees the Earth as nobody has before, crossing a sunset and a sunrise, crossing oceans and continents, witnessing its beauty and its fragility. While his launch begins in total secrecy, within hours of his landing, he has become a world celebrity - the first human to leave the planet. Beyond tells the thrilling story behind that epic flight on its 60th anniversary.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A remarkable story on many levels
- By Dipam on 03-22-22
- Beyond
- The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space
- By: Stephen Walker
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
Outstanding account and well read too
Reviewed: 05-03-21
Also useful for info on the US program I hadn't read elsewhere too (and I've read almost all the us astro bios and more)
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Liftoff
- Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days that Launched SpaceX
- By: Eric Berger
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,290
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,992
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,984
The dramatic inside story of the first four historic flights that launched SpaceX - and Elon Musk - from a shaky startup into the world's leading-edge rocket company.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent. Would make a good movie.
- By Andrew Dodson on 03-04-21
- Liftoff
- Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days that Launched SpaceX
- By: Eric Berger
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
Outstanding story and presentation
Reviewed: 04-04-21
A totally gripping wild ride from start to finish, detail not to be found in any other books I've read about Elon or SpaceX.
But this is just chapter 1, we're watching chapter 2 (Starship to Martian colony) unfold right now.
Highly recommended.
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Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo
- By: Nicholas de Monchaux
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 154
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 138
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Story4 out of 5 stars 138
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the lunar surface in July of 1969, they wore spacesuits made by Playtex: 21 layers of fabric, each with a distinct yet interrelated function, custom-sewn for them by seamstresses whose usual work was fashioning bras and girdles. This book is the story of that spacesuit. It is a story of the triumph over the military-industrial complex by the International Latex Corporation, best known by its consumer brand of "Playtex" - a victory of elegant softness over engineered hardness, of adaptation over cybernetics.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Supple Triumphs Over Hard
- By Susie on 06-02-14
- Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo
- By: Nicholas de Monchaux
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
Very different & unique take on manned SpaceFlight
Reviewed: 09-04-19
I learned about as much about the history of fashion and a few other related topics as I did about the advertised one, interested takes on many levels.
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The Case for Mars
- The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
- By: Robert Zubrin, Richard Wagner, Arthur C. Clarke - Foreword
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 356
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 315
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 312
Since the beginning of human history Mars has been an alluring dream - the stuff of legends, gods, and mystery. The planet most like ours, it has still been thought impossible to reach, let alone explore and inhabit. Now with the advent of a revolutionary new plan, all this has changed. Leading space exploration authority Robert Zubrin has crafted a daring new blueprint, Mars Direct, presented here with engaging anecdotes. The Case for Mars is not a vision for the far future or one that will cost us impossible billions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling
- By Michael D. Busch on 04-16-18
- The Case for Mars
- The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
- By: Robert Zubrin, Richard Wagner, Arthur C. Clarke - Foreword
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
Outstanding treatise.
Reviewed: 05-09-19
Gripping set of well thought out idea, history and projections. Truly inspiring in ways few other books in this domain are.
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Alexander Hamilton
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 35 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 24,603
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 21,321
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Story5 out of 5 stars 21,191
Historians have long told the story of America’s birth as the triumph of Jefferson’s democratic ideals over the aristocratic intentions of Hamilton. Chernow presents an entirely different man, whose legendary ambitions were motivated not merely by self-interest but by passionate patriotism and a stubborn will to build the foundations of American prosperity and power.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Outstanding & Riveting Book!
- By Kevin on 03-04-05
- Alexander Hamilton
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Long, detailed but enjoyable
Reviewed: 09-03-18
Props for Chernow doing the tech review of Hamilton the Musical. This read together with seeing that is a very circumspect and emotional view of a fascinating personally and a very special period in history and nation building.
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