Jakub Furmaga
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Everybody Lies
- Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
- By: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, Steven Pinker - foreword
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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By the end of on average day in the early 21st century, human beings searching the Internet will amass eight trillion gigabytes of data. This staggering amount of information - unprecedented in history - can tell us a great deal about who we are - the fears, desires, and behaviors that drive us, and the conscious and unconscious decisions we make. From the profound to the mundane, we can gain astonishing knowledge about the human psyche that less than 20 years ago seemed unfathomable.
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Leave out the politics please
- By Shane Hampson on 02-20-20
- Everybody Lies
- Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
- By: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, Steven Pinker - foreword
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
Very partisan
Reviewed: 01-08-21
Talks a lot about politics. Uses a lot of false and unproven talking points from CNN.
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The Last Emperox
- The Interdependency, Book 3
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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The collapse of The Flow, the interstellar pathway between the planets of the Interdependency, has accelerated. Entire star systems - and billions of people - are becoming cut off from the rest of human civilization. This collapse was foretold through scientific prediction...and yet, even as the evidence is obvious and insurmountable, many still try to rationalize, delay and profit from, these final days of one of the greatest empires humanity has ever known.
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I bought 3 audiobooks for this crap.
- By Harold on 04-25-20
- The Last Emperox
- The Interdependency, Book 3
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
Good stuff
Reviewed: 04-28-20
This is a very good ending to a very good sci-fi trilogy. Will Wheaton did a great job reading the story and adding extra personality traits through his voice acting.
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Trump: The Art of the Deal
- By: Donald J. Trump, Tony Schwartz
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith, Donald J. Trump
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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Here is Trump in action—how he runs his organization and how he runs his life—as he meets the people he needs to meet, chats with family and friends, clashes with enemies, and challenges conventional thinking. But even a maverick plays by rules, and Trump has formulated time-tested guidelines for success. He isolates the common elements in his greatest accomplishments; he shatters myths; he names names, spells out the zeros, and fully reveals the deal-maker's art. And throughout, Trump talks—really talks—about how he does it.
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The Man Who Would be President
- By Jose on 03-20-17
- Trump: The Art of the Deal
- By: Donald J. Trump, Tony Schwartz
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith, Donald J. Trump
Good book
Reviewed: 01-12-19
It is a very interesting book by and about Mr Trump. It was written a couple of decades ago, but it gives a very good insight into what kind of person is President Trump. His behavior today is similar to what was described in the book, and it helps explain the reasons for some of his current actions. Even though you can tell that everything was portrayed in a way that would make himself look good (not surprising as I would do the same if I was writing an autobiography), I really enjoyed it.
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Emperor of Thorns
- A Broken Empire Novel
- By: Mark Lawrence
- Narrated by: James Clamp
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
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Jorg would be emperor. It is a position not to be gained by the sword but rather by vote. And never in living memory has anyone secured a majority of the vote, leaving the Broken Empire long without a leader. Jorg has plans to change that - one way or the other. He’s uncovered even more of the lost technology of the land, and he won’t hesitate to use it. But he soon finds an adversary standing in his way, a necromancer unlike any he has ever faced - a figure hated and feared even more than himself: the Dead King. The boy who would rule all may have finally met his match....
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Lacks anticipation
- By Climbersteve on 02-17-19
- Emperor of Thorns
- A Broken Empire Novel
- By: Mark Lawrence
- Narrated by: James Clamp
Amazing
Reviewed: 04-27-18
One of my favorite trilogies I have ever read. Each book is distinct but together the trilogy forms an amazing story. Even though it is set in the future, the world it describes has a very old world feel. It is, however, a little too graphic for the younger listeners/readers.
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
- Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
- By: Ben Horowitz
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
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Ben Horowitz offers essential advice on building and running a startup - practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s blog. While many people talk about how great it is to start a business, very few are honest about how difficult it is to run one. The Hard Thing About Hard Things is invaluable for veteran entrepreneurs as well as those aspiring to their own new ventures, drawing from Horowitz’s personal and often humbling experiences.
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For large company managers, not startups
- By Thomas on 03-18-14
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things
- Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
- By: Ben Horowitz
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
Phenomenal
Reviewed: 02-06-18
This is an interesting book about one man’s journey as an intrapreneur. Very well written, with a lot of practical advice about managing groups of individuals. I am not an entrepreneur but this book has many lessons in how to organize groups of people at work that I can use. Very interesting read.
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I Will Teach You to Be Rich
- By: Ramit Sethi
- Narrated by: Ramit Sethi
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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At last, for a generation that's materially ambitious yet financially clueless comes I Will Teach You To Be Rich, Ramit Sethi's 6-week personal finance program for 20-to-35-year-olds. A completely practical approach delivered with a nonjudgmental style that makes readers want to do what Sethi says, it is based around the four pillars of personal finance - banking, saving, budgeting, and investing - and the wealth-building ideas of personal entrepreneurship.
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Great if u live in the USA, don't buy it u don't
- By leif on 11-17-13
- I Will Teach You to Be Rich
- By: Ramit Sethi
- Narrated by: Ramit Sethi
Funny and informative
Reviewed: 11-09-17
I️ consider myself fairly well versed in financial topics, however I️ still found several of the suggestions/advice mentioned in this book worth following. I️ now am a big fan of automating and using technology to save, invest, and automate my finances. Great book. Already shared it with my brothers.
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Deep Work
- Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
- By: Cal Newport
- Narrated by: Jeff Bottoms
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Master one of our economy’s most rare skills and achieve groundbreaking results with this “exciting” audiobook (Daniel H. Pink) from an “exceptional” author (New York Times Book Review). Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep Work will make you better at what you do and provide the sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship.
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Blocking off time each day to work without distractions will make you more productive
- By M.J. on 11-17-16
- Deep Work
- Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
- By: Cal Newport
- Narrated by: Jeff Bottoms
Excellent
Reviewed: 10-23-17
Excellent book. Very inspirational. It verbalized and explains some of the intermittent productivity boosters that we have all experienced but did not know how to replicate. Very important book for an academic worker.
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Snow Crash
- By: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
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Neal Stephenson is a blazing new force on the sci-fi scene. With the groundbreaking cyberpunk novel Snow Crash, he has "vaulted onto the literary stage." It weaves virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everything in between with a cool, hip cybersensibility - in short, it is the gigathriller of the information age.
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A solid sci-fi novel
- By Brent on 02-05-03
- Snow Crash
- By: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
Good story but ...
Reviewed: 10-14-17
I know this is a classic, but I feel like the newer AR and VR stories are better thought out. Overall, pretty good story - kept me entertained.
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Naked Statistics
- Stripping the Dread from the Data
- By: Charles Wheelan
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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From batting averages and political polls to game shows and medical research, the real-world application of statistics continues to grow by leaps and bounds. How can we catch schools that cheat on standardized tests? How does Netflix know which movies you'll like? What is causing the rising incidence of autism? As best-selling author Charles Wheelan shows us in Naked Statistics, the right data and a few well-chosen statistical tools can help us answer these questions and more.
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Starts well then becomes non-Audible
- By Michael on 09-07-13
- Naked Statistics
- Stripping the Dread from the Data
- By: Charles Wheelan
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
Good review
Reviewed: 06-10-17
Very nice explanation of what statistics is and what it does. Not too many numbers and formulas, however they do get the point across of its limitations and uses are. Would definitely recommend to every scientists, student, healthcare provider.
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Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
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One hundred thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the Earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations, and human rights; to trust money, books, and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables, and consumerism?
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Fascinating grand history with some big problems
- By A reader on 05-27-15
- Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Awesome
Reviewed: 11-01-16
Fascinating book. Very broad and it's goals for storytelling. It starts off with the prehistoric man, then talks about modern humans, and finally explores the topic of what we are in the process of becoming. Great read/listen.
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