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Interesting book, great narrator

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Revisado: 11-24-24

Interesting piece of history, told like you're right in the middle of it. And the narrator is excellent.

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Great book, great narrator.

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Revisado: 08-31-24

A non-fiction account of Japan's underworld, as fascinating and brilliantly written as Tokyo Vice. Both as a sequel to his earlier work and as a stand-alone book, this is an Adelstein masterpiece you must read.

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Well written, entertaining, and great advice

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Revisado: 08-06-24

Surpassed all my expectations. Insightful, practical advice from a great storyteller. Speaks a little slowly, but that's what the increase speed button is for, I set it to 1.15x.

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Interesting perspective, well worth listening to

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4 out of 5 stars
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Revisado: 07-08-24

I'm surprised this book doesn't have any reviews yet. This 45 minute audiobook was written by a homeless person, capturing his point of view in a very direct and down to earth way. It uses a computer generated voice, occasionally mispronouncing a word, but not so much that it ever interrupts the flow of the story. Overall a very interesting peek into the daily routine of someone living on the street. I definitely recommend listening to this story to anyone, not just its target audience of people who are in the same situation as the writer and are looking for advice.

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Interesting read

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3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-09-24

A vivid description of the author's journeys through some of the world's most elusive underground places, such as hidden tunnels in the New York Subway, caves not accessible to tourists and the Catacombs of Paris. As someone who has always been fascinated by that realm, I enjoyed this first-hand account of this fellow cave dweller. Towards the end he spends a lot of time reflecting on the spiritual awakening which the subterranean has on him, a little too much for my liking. Overall a book I'd certainly recommend to anyone interested in the subject though.

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Great book

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Revisado: 05-28-24

Interesting subject matter, well written. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about that era in the Philipines.

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Surprisingly hollow

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Revisado: 05-03-24

Whole chapters of empty platitudes strung together without ever expressing anything remotely original, educational or even interesting.
The facts from physics which the author occasionally tries to fit into his narrative are misrepresented to such a degree that any reader with a modicum of scientific literacy will recognize his attempts as straight-up pseudoscience.
The book alleges to be about trading, but remains so vague throughout that you could substitute the word 'trading' with just about any other profession and it would barely make a difference to the story.
Overall, I'd say this book is a surprisingly shallow example of self-help literature, and a deeply dishonest one at that.

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Important subject, briljant writer, great narrator.

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Revisado: 01-18-24

Fantastic book. I recommend reading both this one and The Constitution Of Knowledge, for a more complete picture of Rauch' view on the subject. And Penn Jillette is my favorite narrator from the hundred or so books I've listened to on Audible. Something about how he puts emphasis on words kept me glued to my headphones, his enthusiasm is infectious.

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Well worth reading!

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Revisado: 09-15-23

Rather than sticking only to anecdotes, this book sets out to deliver a broad overview of both the advantages and failures of The Fair Trade movement. On this, I think it delivers.
Although much of the book is dedicated to the author's views on the role that Fair Trade plays in the global economy, which may not be of interest to every reader, he thereby did succeed in placing it in a wider context that I had little awareness of beforehand.
In later chapters, this book presents the findings of empirical research from various studies that have been conducted on how much of the premium paid by customers reaches the producers at the end of the chain, along with other measures of how successful Fair Trade really is at achieving the goals proclaimed by its marketing. The answers may surprise you, as the expression goes.
Overall, I got the impression that the author gave a fairly well-balanced account, rather than trying to sell any personal political viewpoint to the reader.
I definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in an objective and in-depth discussion of the nature and scope of Fair Trade's successes and failures.

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The Novella brothers at their best

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Revisado: 07-10-23

Interesting, thought provoking, and lots of fun throughout, this book both critically examines the reality of what science fiction has accurately predicted and where its expectations were way off - and what that all says about our brains. Moreover, the writers manage to convey what personally fascinates them so much about this genre. Never a dull moment in this book.

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