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Crossing Pirate Waters
- Escape, Book 2
- De: Julie Bradley
- Narrado por: L. Gabrielle Penabaz
- Duración: 10 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 78
Turmoil in the Mideast convinces Glen and Julie to linger in the South Pacific, visiting primitive villages on remote islands. But hang on tight, because to finish their voyage, they must leave friendly shores and navigate through trouble in the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden, and the Red Sea before arriving in Europe. Full of dry wit and compelling descriptions, Julie takes the listener along for the ride of a lifetime in this sequel (book two of the Escape Series) to her previous best seller Escape from the Ordinary.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extremely interesting
- De Dan B en 11-15-21
- Crossing Pirate Waters
- Escape, Book 2
- De: Julie Bradley
- Narrado por: L. Gabrielle Penabaz
Easy Listening Adventure
Revisado: 01-11-21
As a fellow world traveler I enjoyed this book and as with any Audio book the narrator helped bring the story to life "she was excellent". I'm not a sailor but just like I believed that Capt Shackleton made some poor decisions that made him a hero I do feel the same applies here. This book was an excellent mental get away I just had to many WTF moments.
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Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
- De: Fareed Zakaria
- Narrado por: Fareed Zakaria
- Duración: 7 h y 24 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,243
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,035
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,024
Lenin once said, “There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen.” This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria helps listeners to understand the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological, and economic impacts that may take years to unfold. In the form of 10 straightforward “lessons”, covering topics from globalization and threat-preparedness to inequality and technological advancement, Zakaria creates a structure for listeners to begin thinking beyond COVID-19.
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4 out of 5 stars
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SADLY HOPEFUL
- De Frances J. Freeman en 10-11-20
- Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
- De: Fareed Zakaria
- Narrado por: Fareed Zakaria
The Sky is Falling
Revisado: 12-18-20
Covid19 is an evolving problem and today's success stories are tomorrow's failures. The guy is just bitching and moaning, there's really no new information or insight
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Bad Blood
- Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
- De: John Carreyrou
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 11 h y 37 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 39,200
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 34,736
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 34,667
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with its breakthrough device, which performed the whole range of laboratory tests from a single drop of blood. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes’s worth at an estimated $4.5 billion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extreme retaliation against former employees
- De LEE en 05-29-18
- Bad Blood
- Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
- De: John Carreyrou
- Narrado por: Will Damron
Madoff, The Big Short, Enron Billion Dollar Whale
Revisado: 04-27-19
Interesting but not surprising. Money , Politics and Greed. Just the standard recipe for disaster.
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Janesville
- An American Story
- De: Amy Goldstein
- Narrado por: Joy Osmanski
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 454
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 376
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 378
A Washington Post reporter's intimate account of the fallout from the closing of a General Motors assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin - Paul Ryan's hometown - and a larger story of the hollowing of the American middle class. This is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American heartland when its factory stills - but it's not the familiar tale. Most observers record the immediate shock of vanished jobs, but few stay around long enough to notice what happens next, when a community with a can-do spirit tries to pick itself up.
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5 out of 5 stars
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How did I miss this one in 2017?
- De NMwritergal en 11-25-18
- Janesville
- An American Story
- De: Amy Goldstein
- Narrado por: Joy Osmanski
The gravy train
Revisado: 07-31-17
As a person who served the automotive industry it was a pretty sad spectacle to watch. It was as if the entire industry was focused on their retirement and benefits. No one ever believed that the gravy train would ever run out of gravy, until it did. The author brought the story full circle answering the questions that I had. This book is an absolute winner.
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Eccentric Orbits
- The Iridium Story
- De: John Bloom
- Narrado por: Donald Corren
- Duración: 18 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 377
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 337
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 336
In the early 1990s, Motorola, the legendary American technology company, developed a revolutionary satellite system called Iridium that promised to be its crowning achievement. Light-years ahead of anything previously put into space, and built on technology developed for Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars", Iridium's constellation of 66 satellites in polar orbit meant that no matter where you were on Earth, at least one satellite was always overhead, and you could call Tibet from Fiji without a delay and without your call ever touching a wire.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Ugh! The skipping/repeating is INCREDIBLY irritating and distracting!
- De A. S. en 07-17-16
- Eccentric Orbits
- The Iridium Story
- De: John Bloom
- Narrado por: Donald Corren
Financial roller coaster and political nightmare
Revisado: 02-08-17
Being in the trucking business I had a ringside seat to watch this fight and many others play out. I've watched the telecoms come and go. I was one of the early MCI customers, was given an Iridium demonstration and eventually ended up with a phone bill that looked like a social security number. But being a loyal Motorola customer I always wondered what happened. This book has answered all those questions and then some. Absolutely unbelievable.
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Disrupted
- My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
- De: Dan Lyons
- Narrado por: Dan Lyons
- Duración: 9 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,382
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,049
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,044
An instant New York Times best seller, Dan Lyons' "hysterical" (Recode) memoir, hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "the best book about Silicon Valley," takes listeners inside the maddening world of fad-chasing venture capitalists, sales bros, social climbers, and sociopaths at today's tech startups. For 25 years Dan Lyons was a magazine writer at the top of his profession - until one Friday morning when he received a phone call: Poof. His job no longer existed. "I think they just want to hire younger people," his boss at Newsweek told him.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Don't drink the Kool Aid
- De Margaret en 07-03-16
Good Easy Listen
Revisado: 02-06-17
If you enjoyed "Liars Poker" by Michael Lewis you'll like this book as well. It's not a tell all take down book, but more of a comment on the Tech industry and it's Wall Street connection. I usually enjoy books that are read by their authors and this is no exception.
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Squawk 7700
- De: Peter M. Buffington
- Narrado por: Thomas Block
- Duración: 11 h y 29 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 50
Squawk 7700 is a first-hand account of author Peter Buffington's experiences as a commercial airline pilot and the journey he took to reach his childhood dream. Buckle your seatbelt and prepare for an eye-opening, turbulent ride into the world of aviation from the pilot's seat. From student pilot at age 15, to flight instructor, to nighttime cargo pilot, and finally as first officer aboard the ATR 72 turboprop airliners island hopping the Caribbean, Squawk 7700 is a riveting aviation adventure.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Something's "off" here.
- De Greg en 07-08-17
- Squawk 7700
- De: Peter M. Buffington
- Narrado por: Thomas Block
Good Audio book, BUT
Revisado: 08-26-15
I completely agree with the authors suggestions that safety and professionalism should be top priorities in the airline industry. But this guy wants to ignore the laws of supply and demand. He wants to blame low pilot wages on everything from being so rich that you can afford to buy a right seat to affirmative action. The transportation industry has ALWAYS been highly competitive with thin profit margins. It's a good audio book. But the author suffers from a bad case of if you don't look like me, act like me, think like me, or talk like me, then something is wrong with you. America is a melting pot of cultures that some people embrace while others run. This guy is in a full sprint.
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The Wave
- In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean
- De: Susan Casey
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 10 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 706
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 476
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 471
For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100-feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories - waves that high would seem to violate the laws of physics. But in the past few decades, as a startling number of ships vanished and new evidence has emerged, oceanographers realized something scary was brewing in the planet’s waters. They found their proof in February 2000, when a British research vessel was trapped in a vortex of impossibly mammoth waves in the North Sea - including several that approached 100 feet.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Do the Wave
- De Roy en 03-05-11
- The Wave
- In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean
- De: Susan Casey
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
Mentally Relaxing
Revisado: 10-08-10
I've just finished three books on the financial meltdown so this has been a welcomed diversion. It's a travel log/ tow surfing intro/ wave science intro and the subject matter is light. I find the reader excellent which is important with audiobooks.
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The Tenth Parallel
- Dispatches from the Fault Line between Christianity and Islam
- De: Eliza Griswold
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 11 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 48
The tenth parallel - the line of latitude seven hundred miles north of the equator - is a geographical and ideological front line where Christianity and Islam collide. More than half of the world’s 1.3 billion Muslims live along the tenth parallel; so do sixty percent of the world’s 2 billion Christians. Here, in the buzzing megacities and swarming jungles of Africa and Asia, is where the two religions meet; their encounter is shaping the future of each faith, and of whole societies as well.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Beyond the Middle East
- De Robert en 10-01-10
- The Tenth Parallel
- Dispatches from the Fault Line between Christianity and Islam
- De: Eliza Griswold
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
Excellent Audio Book
Revisado: 09-11-10
There's LOT'S of information and facts. She quotes from both the Koran and the Holy Bible. I believe she handles both sacred texts correctly. My only dislike was her constant attempts to provide information to promote the global warming agenda. I was CONSTANTLY polled about this subject in 2007 & 2008 to the point where I became very annoyed. With all the billion dollar bailouts and trillion dollar deficits it isn't one of my major concerns. She should leave global warming to experts, like Al Gore.
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Blackwater
- The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
- De: Jeremy Scahill
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 14 h y 32 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 778
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 412
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 418
A largely untold facet of the war on terror is the widespread outsourcing of military tasks to private mercenary companies. Accountable neither to the citizenry nor to standard military legal codes, these largely unregulated corporate armies are being entrusted with ever-greater responsibilities on behalf of the nation.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not as advertised
- De Floyd en 12-30-07
- Blackwater
- The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
- De: Jeremy Scahill
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
Tried but failed
Revisado: 08-04-08
This could've been a good book but it's not. I had to force myself to completely listen to book 1. Book 2 was at least bearable. The book should be called "Why I hate Christians"
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