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The Secret to Money Masterclass
- By: Rhonda Byrne
- Narrated by: Rhonda Byrne
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 503
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 419
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Story5 out of 5 stars 413
Financial abundance is your birthright! It’s not something you have to work to deserve, earn, or qualify for. You are meant to have a rich life, in every respect, and yet many people are unaware of the power they have within them that directly and effortlessly accesses abundance in all things, including money.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Clever sophistry with hints of truth
- By Paul (the other one) on 22-08-20
- The Secret to Money Masterclass
- By: Rhonda Byrne
- Narrated by: Rhonda Byrne
Weak content, irritating theatrical recording...
Reviewed: 05-06-23
Weak content, irritating theatrical recording!
I considered it a waste of time... If it was at least seriously recorded would be probably 50% better.
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Tell Me the Truth About Love
- 13 Tales from Couples Therapy
- By: Susanna Abse
- Narrated by: Susanna Abse
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 64
Drawing on more than 30 years of therapeutic encounters with people facing hurdles in their love lives, former chair of the British Psychoanalytic Council Susanna Abse takes us deep inside one of the most fascinating realms there is: other people's relationships. From dealing with infidelity to navigating our changing role within a single relationship over the course of a lifetime, Tell Me the Truth About Love sheds vivid light on the human heart and its struggle to both embrace life's greatest gift and protect itself from pain.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fairly interesting, though the title is misleading
- By David M Sumner-Smith on 03-10-22
- Tell Me the Truth About Love
- 13 Tales from Couples Therapy
- By: Susanna Abse
- Narrated by: Susanna Abse
about love... when it's in bad mood
Reviewed: 15-03-23
A great and friendly way to dive into different unpleasant love-related situations... it's not only about love and relationships, it's about human psychology.
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The Metamorphosis
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,030
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 881
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Story4 out of 5 stars 876
“One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug.” With this startlingly bizarre sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young traveling salesman who, transformed overnight into a giant, beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. Rather than being surprised at the transformation, the members of his family despise it as an impending burden upon themselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wake up, you are not you any more
- By Wras on 02-03-15
- The Metamorphosis
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
A classic
Reviewed: 09-02-23
A classic that must be read once, but still far from entering my list of favorites.
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Thick
- And Other Essays
- By: Tressie McMillan Cottom
- Narrated by: Tressie McMillan Cottom
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 113
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 104
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Story5 out of 5 stars 104
Smart, humorous, and strikingly original essays by one of “America’s most bracing thinkers on race, gender, and capitalism of our time.” (Rebecca Traister) In these eight piercing explorations on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom - award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed - embraces her venerated role as a purveyor of wit, wisdom, and Black Twitter snark about all that is right and much that is wrong with this thing we call society.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intellectually engaging and entertaining
- By serentious7 on 26-11-20
- Thick
- And Other Essays
- By: Tressie McMillan Cottom
- Narrated by: Tressie McMillan Cottom
Good, but very unlikely to ever revisit it
Reviewed: 17-03-22
Narration is perfect, she could do this for other books!
First of all, this is not a typical book but a collection.
At the same time I must say that the content makes think, which is a good thing...
I got tired of hearing race and gender terms every other word.
Yes, I know that it is all about it, but still made it boring.
Perhaps it also depends on what heppens in the USA, I may miss part of the context that makes it more appealing
In other words, interesting and good content if the topic grabs your attention, but not the kind of book I would go through a second time.
Again, it makes think about it all, which is probably the best positive of this collection.
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To Be a Cat
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Chris Pavlo
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 260
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 227
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 228
Barney Willow thinks life couldn't get any worse. He's weedy and has sticky-out ears. Horrible Gavin Needle loves tormenting him. And worst of all, his Dad has been missing for almost a year, and there's no sign of him ever coming home. Barney just wants to escape, and find another life. Being a cat, for example. A quiet, lazy cat. Things would be so much easier - right?
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5 out of 5 stars
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A children's story, but immensely enjoyable by all
- By Helen on 14-05-14
- To Be a Cat
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Chris Pavlo
Enjoyable childish story
Reviewed: 06-01-22
A childish creative short story which I could enjoy...
Still parent's opinion as my kids didn't go through it yet.
It carries a nice closing message, as like on well known fables.
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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
- By: Lisa Feldman Barrett
- Narrated by: Lisa Feldman Barrett
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 225
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 185
Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big gray blob between your ears. In seven short essays (plus a bite-sized story about how brains evolved), this slim, entertaining, and accessible collection reveals mind-expanding lessons from the front lines of neuroscience research. You'll learn where brains came from, how they're structured (and why it matters), and how yours works in tandem with other brains to create everything you experience.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating short summary of the brain
- By J. Drew on 12-08-22
If interested in the topic, this is a great start!
Reviewed: 31-12-21
Complex concepts explained in simple and plain English!
Might be repetitive if you are beyond it up to an advanced level in this matter.
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A Question of Time
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 63
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 51
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 51
Is time an illusion? Is time travel possible? Could time end? In this audiobook, A Question of Time, we take an interdisciplinary look at the fourth dimension, exploring the latest thinking on the nature of time and the ways it dominates our physical and mental worlds.
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3 out of 5 stars
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(lack of) description is misleading...
- By TJohnson on 23-11-21
- A Question of Time
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: David Marantz
(lack of) description is misleading...
Reviewed: 23-11-21
First of all, relevant to mention what audible doesn't: this is not a book in the sequential way to think of it; it's actually a collection of essays and articles mounted into a "book".
Second, the content is great if one is interested in the dilemma of time: I particularly found some chapters interesting and some I ended by skipping, hence my mid-range rate.
Obviously, as being a collection, I found repetition often bothering, though admit that listening to different explanations of same thing is somewhat enriching as well.
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The Humans
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,306
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,743
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,739
One wet Friday evening, Professor Andrew Martin of Cambridge University solves the world's greatest mathematical riddle. Then he disappears. When he is found walking naked along the motorway, Professor Martin seems different. Besides the lack of clothes, he now finds normal life pointless. His loving wife and teenage son seem repulsive to him. In fact, he hates everyone on the planet. Everyone, that is, except Newton. And he's a dog.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A profound and shining star
- By Kaggy on 24-08-13
- The Humans
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
what a surprise how it developed and captured me..
Reviewed: 06-11-21
First dozen chapters: "hmmm I don't think this is the book I want"...
Next dozen chapters: "well, let's give it a try, it's becoming interesting"...
Following dozen chapters: "wow, can't stop reading anymore"!
And this story is funny, sad, ironic, sarcastic, tragicomic, a big mix of feelings... after all, love it!
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The Case for Christ, Revised & Updated
- A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
- By: Lee Strobel
- Narrated by: Lee Strobel
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 313
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 268
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 266
Is there credible proof that Jesus of Nazareth really is the Son of God? In The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel, former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune and New York Times bestselling author, retraces his own spiritual journey from atheism to faith and builds a captivating case for Christ's divinity. In this revised and updated edition of The Case for Christ, Strobel cross-examines a dozen experts with doctorates from schools such as Cambridge, Princeton, and Brandeis, asking hard-hitting questions—and taking a deeper look at the evidence from the fields of science, philosophy, and history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read for skeptics and theists alike.
- By LexiThePoet94 on 18-10-17
- The Case for Christ, Revised & Updated
- A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
- By: Lee Strobel
- Narrated by: Lee Strobel
probably the hardest review to "put together"
Reviewed: 06-11-21
My review started to look like another 'book', so long that kinda missed the point in going through its details point by point... so I deleted it for a brief one.
First of all, I came to this book with an expectation that it would convince me of something, maybe breaking my scepticism, and... well, I must admit that this book is amazing, in content and narration, but it did not convince me of anything -> it gave me a lot to think through though... and food for thoughts is also good.
I could not find it completely unbiased as the author claims but still so good book (as a book of history and 'solid' arguments) that it does not impact my view of the book and I still feel like it was great content to absorb.
Regardless of one's belief, I'd recommend this book if having the curiosity to better understand the story and history here, definitely a lot that I didn't know before.
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Agent to the Stars
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,430
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,283
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,281
The space-faring Yherajk have come to Earth to meet us and to begin humanity's first interstellar friendship. There's just one problem: They're hideously ugly and they smell like rotting fish. So getting humanity's trust is a challenge. The Yherajk need someone who can help them close the deal. Enter Thomas Stein, who knows something about closing deals. He's one of Hollywood's hottest young agents.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the most unusual stories you will ever read
- By Laura on 17-11-13
- Agent to the Stars
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
very creative, but didn't get me...
Reviewed: 06-11-21
The story is definitely creative and somewhat funny, made me laugh a few times, but the story could not keep me engaged full time and there were chapters that I just wanted to speed up. Glad I 'read' it but not a book I'd go thru a second time.
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