S.M.Then
- 11
- opiniones
- 3
- votos útiles
- 153
- calificaciones
-
The Racket
- On Tour with Tennis’s Golden Generation – and the other 99%
- De: Conor Niland
- Narrado por: Conor Niland
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 19
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 18
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18
The Racket is the story of pro tennis's 99%: the players who roam the globe in hope of climbing the rankings and squeaking into the Grand Slam tournaments. It brings us into a world where a few dozen super-rich players - travelling with coaches and physios - share a stage with lonely touring pros whose earnings barely cover their expenses. Painting a vivid picture of the social dynamics on tour, the economics of the game, and the shadows cast by gambling and doping, The Racket is a witty and revealing underdog's memoir and a unique look inside a fascinating hidden world.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fantastic book about life behind the scenes of a tennis pro
- De Anonymous User en 09-26-24
- The Racket
- On Tour with Tennis’s Golden Generation – and the other 99%
- De: Conor Niland
- Narrado por: Conor Niland
A very hard life
Revisado: 08-09-24
The path to enter a Grand slam tournament requires intensive dedication and discipline and the rewards on that journey can be painfully paltry.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 1 persona
-
Prediction Machines
- The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence
- De: Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb
- Narrado por: LJ Ganser
- Duración: 7 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,289
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,102
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,099
Artificial intelligence does the seemingly impossible - driving cars, trading stocks, and teaching children. But facing the sea change that AI will bring can be paralyzing. How should companies set strategies, governments design policies, and people plan their lives for a world so different from what we know? In Prediction Machines, three eminent economists recast the rise of AI as a drop in the cost of prediction. With this single, masterful stroke, they lift the curtain on the AI-is-magic hype and show how basic tools from economics provide clarity about the AI revolution and a basis for action by CEOs, managers, policy makers, investors, and entrepreneurs.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Not sure what I was expecting, but underwhelmed
- De William J Brown en 09-27-18
- Prediction Machines
- The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence
- De: Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb
- Narrado por: LJ Ganser
Informative
Revisado: 08-08-23
The story of AI is developing . Where it will lead us is hopeful and optimistic.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
All Hell Let Loose, Volume 2
- De: Max Hastings
- Narrado por: Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 17 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 13
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12
Max Hastings' study of the greatest and most terrible event in history continues in the second part of his epic book. There are vivid descriptions of the tragedies and triumphs of a host of ordinary people, in uniform and out of it, in an 'everyman's story'.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Absolutely brilliant.
- De S.M.Then en 02-10-13
- All Hell Let Loose, Volume 2
- De: Max Hastings
- Narrado por: Cameron Stewart
Absolutely brilliant.
Revisado: 02-10-13
This is a wonderful book. The author has encylcopaedic knowledge of the War .
Dealing chiefly with individual experiences the horror of the war
is poignantly captured.. Unforgettable images.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Ghostwritten
- De: David Mitchell
- Narrado por: various
- Duración: 6 h y 13 m
- Versión resumida
-
General4 out of 5 stars 11
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 6
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 6
An apocalyptic cult member carries out a gas attack on a rush-hour metro, but what connects him to a jazz buff in Tokyo? A woman on a holy mountain talks to a tree, and the tree talks back. Add to this a Mongolian gangster, an English spy, a despondent "zookeeper", a nuclear scientist, a ghostwriter, a ghost, and a late night New York DJ. All of them have tales to tell, and all must play their part as they are caught up in the inescapable forces of cause and effect.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Uneven and unsatisfactory
- De S.M.Then en 02-10-13
- Ghostwritten
- De: David Mitchell
- Narrado por: various
Uneven and unsatisfactory
Revisado: 02-10-13
The stories set in the West were very good while those in the East were dull and meaningless. The links between the stories were tenuous.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Finance and the Good Society
- De: Robert J Shiller
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 10 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 80
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 64
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 66
The reputation of the financial industry could hardly be worse than it is today in the painful aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. New York Times best-selling economist Robert Shiller is no apologist for the sins of finance - he is probably the only person to have predicted both the stock market bubble of 2000 and the real estate bubble that led up to the subprime mortgage meltdown. But in this important and timely book, Shiller argues that, rather than condemning finance, we need to reclaim it for the common good.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A good intro to finance
- De Philo en 05-16-12
- Finance and the Good Society
- De: Robert J Shiller
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
defending wall st.
Revisado: 11-07-12
Investing is necessary for everyone. Otherwise we will be poor.
This book shows the benefits of the markets despite the damages greed in Wall St has
brought upon us. The book is unsatisfactory as it meanders.However there are some very enjoyable views on money and wealth and how we should deal with wealth.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
The Lighthouse
- De: Alison Moore
- Narrado por: Eve Karpf
- Duración: 4 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
-
General3.5 out of 5 stars 34
-
Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 31
-
Historia3 out of 5 stars 31
The Lighthouse begins on a North Sea ferry, on the blustery outer deck of which stands Futh: a middle-aged, recently-separated man heading to Germany for a restorative walking holiday. After an encounter with an inexplicably hostile barman at a family-run hotel in Hellhaus, Futh sets out on his week-long circular walk along the Rhine. As he travels, he contemplates his childhood, a complicated friendship with the son of a lonely neighbour, his parents’ broken marriage and his own.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Frustrating!
- De John S. en 10-27-19
- The Lighthouse
- De: Alison Moore
- Narrado por: Eve Karpf
deceptively simple story that analyses a man
Revisado: 11-07-12
A man on a short holiday after a marital separation contemplates his ordinary life.
It is never dull. The author holds the reader's attention with sharp observations of the life of this mild man and his interactions and the interactions of others close to him , so well described that one is compelled to read on to discover more .
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 1 persona
-
Private Empire
- ExxonMobil and American Power
- De: Steve Coll
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 24 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 763
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 638
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 633
Steve Coll investigates the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States, revealing the true extent of its power. ExxonMobil’s annual revenues are larger than the economic activity in the great majority of countries. In many of the countries where it conducts business, ExxonMobil’s sway over politics and security is greater than that of the United States embassy. In Washington, ExxonMobil spends more money lobbying Congress and the White House than almost any other corporation. Yet despite its outsized influence, it is a black box.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Please no more accents!
- De Zak en 07-24-12
- Private Empire
- ExxonMobil and American Power
- De: Steve Coll
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
the many lives of a behemoth oil company
Revisado: 10-08-12
An investigation into a giant oil company and the people who run it and how it manages
its public profile and its engagement in places where there is little or no rule of law.
The book does not give answers but it does pose lots of questions.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
The Unnamed
- De: Joshua Ferris
- Narrado por: Joshua Ferris
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
-
General3 out of 5 stars 4
-
Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Historia3 out of 5 stars 3
Tim Farnsworth is a handsome, healthy man, ageing with the grace of a matinée idol. He loves his work. He loves his family. He loves his kitchen. And then one day he stands up and walks out on all of it. He cannot stop walking....
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Effects of an incurable non -lethal ailment .
- De S.M.Then en 10-08-12
- The Unnamed
- De: Joshua Ferris
- Narrado por: Joshua Ferris
Effects of an incurable non -lethal ailment .
Revisado: 10-08-12
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Yes.
A well imagined exploration of illness and its effects on the person ,his work, and those around him.
Would you ever listen to anything by Joshua Ferris again?
Yes
What aspect of Joshua Ferris’s performance would you have changed?
NONE
Did The Unnamed inspire you to do anything?
to have more sympathy for those with diseases that cannot be diagnosed or explained as often these sufferers are thought to have a "psychological" condition.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Skios
- De: Michael Frayn
- Narrado por: Martin Jarvis
- Duración: 7 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
-
General3.5 out of 5 stars 20
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 19
-
Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 18
On the sunlit Greek island of Skios, the Fred Toppler Foundation's annual lecture is to be given by Dr Norman Wilfred, the world-famous authority on the scientific organisation of science. He turns out to be young and charming - not at all the intimidating figure they had been expecting. The Foundation's guests are soon eating out of his hand. So is Nikki, the attractive organiser. Meanwhile, in a remote villa at the other end of the island, Nikki's old friend Georgie waits for the man she rashly agreed to go on holiday with.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A sparkling performance of a very funny farce.
- De Kathryn en 07-27-24
- Skios
- De: Michael Frayn
- Narrado por: Martin Jarvis
Disappointing and dated
Revisado: 07-09-12
Would you try another book from Michael Frayn and/or Martin Jarvis?
Yes
What could Michael Frayn have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Characters are old fashioned and of another age.
What didn’t you like about Martin Jarvis’s performance?
Good. It was hard for him as the main characters were very similar in their manner of talking..
What character would you cut from Skios?
The greek taxi driver spyros.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Bring Up the Bodies
- De: Hilary Mantel
- Narrado por: Julian Rhind Tutt
- Duración: 7 h y 48 m
- Versión resumida
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 27
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
By 1535 Thomas Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes having risen with those of Anne Boleyn, the king’s new wife. But Anne has failed to give the king an heir, and Cromwell watches as Henry falls for plain Jane Seymour. Cromwell must find a solution that will satisfy Henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own career. But neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of Anne’s final days.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Wonderful ...👏👏👏
- De Essam Rajab en 01-08-17
- Bring Up the Bodies
- De: Hilary Mantel
- Narrado por: Julian Rhind Tutt
Brilliant evocation of 16th Century England
Revisado: 06-04-12
What made the experience of listening to Bring Up the Bodies the most enjoyable?
Machinations of the King Henry the Eight's court
What other book might you compare Bring Up the Bodies to and why?
The first in the series Wolf Hall akin to the first movement of a symphony, dense and crowded, full of uncompleted narratives. Bring up the bodies is like the slow second movement, narratives that recall the first movement and one main theme, the downfall of Ann Boelyn.
There should be a third movement to compete the symphony.
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
Could have been more like Simon Vance who was magnificent in Wolf Hall.
If you could take any character from Bring Up the Bodies out to dinner, who would it be and why?
Thomas Cromwell, a man of modern sensibilities, venal and pragmatic bureaucrat.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña