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All Joy and No Fun
- The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
- De: Jennifer Senior
- Narrado por: Jennifer Senior
- Duración: 8 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,069
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 926
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 919
Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. But almost none have thought to ask: What are the effects of children on their parents? In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question, isolating and analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She argues that changes in the last half century have radically altered the roles of today's mothers and fathers, making their mandates at once more complex and far less clear.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Joy of Parenting
- De Cynthia en 02-14-14
- All Joy and No Fun
- The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
- De: Jennifer Senior
- Narrado por: Jennifer Senior
A joy to listen to
Revisado: 06-26-14
Would you listen to All Joy and No Fun again? Why?
Possibly. I don't generally listen to/read books more than once.
Which character – as performed by Jennifer Senior – was your favorite?
Jennifer Senior - she was brilliant as herself
What did you learn from All Joy and No Fun that you would use in your daily life?
Great practical tips on big-picture parenting theory.
Any additional comments?
All parents should read this.
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Enchantment
- The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions
- De: Guy Kawasaki
- Narrado por: Dan John Miller
- Duración: 4 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 524
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 359
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 359
Enchantment, as defined by bestselling business guru Guy Kawasaki, is not about manipulating people. It transforms situations and relationships. It converts hostility into civility and civility into affinity. It changes the skeptics and cynics into the believers and the undecided into the loyal. Enchantment can happen during a retail transaction, a high-level corporate negotiation, or a Facebook update.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I judged a book by it's cover-story
- De Derek en 04-14-11
- Enchantment
- The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions
- De: Guy Kawasaki
- Narrado por: Dan John Miller
Interesting, but far from enchanting
Revisado: 06-26-14
What did you like best about Enchantment? What did you like least?
Solid ideas, but nothing innovative.
Would you recommend Enchantment to your friends? Why or why not?
Maybe if they were in marketing.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
I couldn't imagine this as a movie.
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Creativity, Inc.
- Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
- De: Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace
- Narrado por: Peter Altschuler
- Duración: 12 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 12,943
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11,394
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11,345
Creativity, Inc. is a manual for anyone who strives for originality and the first-ever all-access trip into the nerve center of Pixar Animation - into the meetings, postmortems, and “Braintrust” sessions where some of the most successful films in history are made. It is, at heart, a book about creativity - but it is also, as Pixar cofounder and president Ed Catmull writes, “an expression of the ideas that I believe make the best in us possible”.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A good listen... If you speed up the player
- De andrea gini en 10-06-15
- Creativity, Inc.
- Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
- De: Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace
- Narrado por: Peter Altschuler
Made me want to work there.
Revisado: 06-26-14
Where does Creativity, Inc. rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Top 5% for sure
What was one of the most memorable moments of Creativity, Inc.?
When they were bought by Disney through Steve Job's negotiations
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Definitely wanted to keep going.
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Flash Boys
- A Wall Street Revolt
- De: Michael Lewis
- Narrado por: Dylan Baker
- Duración: 10 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,884
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,510
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,529
Michael Lewis returns to the financial world to give listeners a ringside seat as the biggest news story in years prepares to hit Wall Street....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Making the system deliver on its promise.
- De Darwin8u en 04-01-14
- Flash Boys
- A Wall Street Revolt
- De: Michael Lewis
- Narrado por: Dylan Baker
A horror story of human proportions
Revisado: 06-26-14
What made the experience of listening to Flash Boys the most enjoyable?
Fast, paced narrative that got into the weeds on some pretty heady topics in a way that was approachable and understandable for non-market types.
If you could give Flash Boys a new subtitle, what would it be?
Ignorance is bliss; knowledge is dangerous
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Console Wars
- Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined a Generation
- De: Blake J. Harris
- Narrado por: Fred Berman
- Duración: 20 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,537
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,149
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,142
A mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video-game industry. In 1990, Nintendo had a virtual monopoly on the video-game industry. Sega, on the other hand, was just a faltering arcade company with big aspirations and even bigger personalities. But all that would change with the arrival of Tom Kalinske, a former Mattel executive who knew nothing about video games and everything about fighting uphill battles.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Was hoping for so much more...
- De Rob G. en 11-17-14
- Console Wars
- Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined a Generation
- De: Blake J. Harris
- Narrado por: Fred Berman
If you love video games...
Revisado: 06-26-14
If you could sum up Console Wars in three words, what would they be?
Classic underdog story
What was one of the most memorable moments of Console Wars?
The ongoing battle between Sega of Japan and Sega of the US
Have you listened to any of Fred Berman’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Moments of laughter
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David and Goliath
- Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
- De: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrado por: Malcolm Gladwell
- Duración: 7 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 24,483
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 21,131
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 21,066
Explore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives, from the best-selling author of The Bomber Mafia. Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs and giants. David's victory was improbable and miraculous. He shouldn't have won. Or should he have?
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Art of (Unconventional) War
- De Cynthia en 10-04-13
- David and Goliath
- Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
- De: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrado por: Malcolm Gladwell
Over-simplification mixed with hyperbole
Revisado: 03-07-14
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Yes - central tenets of the books were really interesting and Gladwell is a great storyteller.
Would you recommend David and Goliath to your friends? Why or why not?
Yes - with reservations.
Have you listened to any of Malcolm Gladwell’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Nope.
Do you think David and Goliath needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
Nope - not much more to the argument.
Any additional comments?
As with his other books, Gladwell grossly over-generalizes to get his point across and he usually doesn't need to. His points are throughout-provoking in and of themselves.
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Paddle Your Own Canoe
- One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
- De: Nick Offerman
- Narrado por: Nick Offerman
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13,206
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11,968
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11,889
Growing a perfect moustache, grilling red meat, wooing a woman - who better to deliver this tutelage than the always charming, always manly Nick Offerman, best known as Parks and Recreation's Ron Swanson? Combining his trademark comic voice and very real expertise in woodworking - he runs his own woodshop - Paddle Your Own Canoe features tales from Offerman's childhood in small-town Minooka, Illinois, to his theater days in Chicago, beginnings as a carpenter/actor and the hilarious and magnificent seduction of his now-wife Megan Mullally.
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5 out of 5 stars
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On the need to acknowledge the role luck plays
- De OpenMindedNotCredulous en 11-17-13
- Paddle Your Own Canoe
- One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
- De: Nick Offerman
- Narrado por: Nick Offerman
If you're a fan - definitely read it
Revisado: 03-07-14
Would you consider the audio edition of Paddle Your Own Canoe to be better than the print version?
Didn't read the print version.
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
Less episodic with more of a through line.
Have you listened to any of Nick Offerman’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
How to be a real man.
Any additional comments?
Great cadence to the storytelling.
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The Book Thief
- De: Markus Zusak
- Narrado por: Allan Corduner
- Duración: 13 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33,884
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 29,234
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29,210
It's just a small story really, about, among other things, a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist: books.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Glad I took a chance.
- De Robert en 08-20-11
- The Book Thief
- De: Markus Zusak
- Narrado por: Allan Corduner
A beautiful story beautifully told
Revisado: 03-07-14
Would you listen to The Book Thief again? Why?
Yes - I think I probably missed much of the subtlety .
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Book Thief?
The way the author would foreshadow main plot points and still hold suspense.
What about Allan Corduner’s performance did you like?
Brought characters to life.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
A little long for that.
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The Fall of the Governor
- The Walking Dead, Book 3
- De: Robert Kirkman, Jay Bonansinga
- Narrado por: Fred Berman
- Duración: 7 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 998
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 898
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 901
The Walking Dead original novel series, set in the universe of Robert Kirkman's iconic universe, continues with The Fall of the Governor. From co-authors Kirkman, creator of the Eisner Award-winning comic book and executive producer of AMC's blockbuster TV series, and Jay Bonansinga, Stoker Award-finalist and internationally acclaimed author, comes the gripping third novel in this richly woven, literary saga, which began with The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Warning: Not the Complete Finale
- De Bob en 10-10-13
- The Fall of the Governor
- The Walking Dead, Book 3
- De: Robert Kirkman, Jay Bonansinga
- Narrado por: Fred Berman
Most disturbing book ever
Revisado: 03-07-14
Would you try another book from Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga and/or Fred Berman?
I read the first two books and really enjoyed them - this one took an extremely dark and disgusting turn.
Would you ever listen to anything by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga again?
Probably not
Would you be willing to try another one of Fred Berman’s performances?
Yes
Any additional comments?
I got physically ill during some of the scenes and literally broke out in a cold sweat and almost passed out. I have a strong stomach and normally like books like this - I really enjoyed the first two. I don't know if it was the authors intent to elicit such a reaction. I can't help but think it was - it was highly unnecessary as it was a good plot that didn't need the over-the-top gruesome nature.
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