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Misbehaving
- The Making of Behavioral Economics
- De: Richard H. Thaler
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 13 h y 35 m
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Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans - predictable, error-prone individuals. Misbehaving is his arresting, frequently hilarious account of the struggle to bring an academic discipline back down to earth - and change the way we think about economics, ourselves, and our world.
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Great book if it's your first about Behav. Econ
- De Jay Friedman en 09-30-15
- Misbehaving
- The Making of Behavioral Economics
- De: Richard H. Thaler
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
A good history of the field.
Revisado: 02-21-25
I enjoy the book, often forgetting it isn't narrated by the author. I did find the chapters on Stocks and on rhe NFL draft to be a bit boring. I would also say that if you need an accompanying PDF of sone 30+ graphs, maybe the full book isn't neant to be on audio. But overall I enjoyed it
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There Is No F--king Secret
- Letters from a Badass Bitch
- De: Kelly Osbourne
- Narrado por: Kelly Osbourne
- Duración: 6 h y 17 m
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People ask Kelly Osbourne all the time: "What's your secret?" Kelly Osbourne may not always have been a typical role model, but no one can say that her perspective isn't hard won after spending three decades in the spotlight. Told as a series of letters to various people and places in her life, There Is No F --king Secret gives listeners an intimate look at the stories and influences that have shaped Osbourne's highly speculated-about life, for better or for worse.
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No secrets?
- De Kass en 04-30-17
- There Is No F--king Secret
- Letters from a Badass Bitch
- De: Kelly Osbourne
- Narrado por: Kelly Osbourne
open and honest
Revisado: 05-04-24
One of the original reality TV stars tells her side of the story. I was really surprised by this book. Kelly O seems really genuine, sharing her insights and memories of her family, growing up on tour, working in showbiz, fighting against the "nepo baby" before that term was even coined, and her struggles with addiction and body image.
The book is structured as a series of letters to different people or subjects. The book full of profanity (she IS an Osborne after all), so caveat emptor there. Another warning: there's an entire chapter dedicated to her vagina. But you really feel like she's genuine, and really wants to take responsibility for her life, both the good and the bad.
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Everything Is F*cked
- A Book About Hope
- De: Mark Manson
- Narrado por: Mark Manson
- Duración: 7 h y 2 m
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In Everthing Is F*cked, Mark Manson turns his gaze from the inevitable flaws within each individual self to the endless calamities taking place in the world around us. Drawing from the pool of psychological research on these topics, as well as the timeless wisdom of philosophers such as Plato, Nietzsche, and Tom Waits, he dissects religion and politics and the uncomfortable ways they have come to resemble one another. He looks at our relationships with money, entertainment, and the internet, and how too much of a good thing can psychologically eat us alive.
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Good content, bad delivery
- De MommaJ en 05-31-19
- Everything Is F*cked
- A Book About Hope
- De: Mark Manson
- Narrado por: Mark Manson
Really good but you have to work for it.
Revisado: 04-04-24
First, I love Manson's voice. But the shtick of "I'm going to pepper profanity in to catch your attention" gets kind of old. I'm no prude, and there are some instances where it works well, but there are several more where it just feels forced.
That said, the book is actually very insightful. Manson thoughtfully explores the ideas of hope, pain, sacrifice, pleasure and the pursuit of happiness and offers some thoughts about them. He can get long winded, some times beating a dead horse and other times you have to carefully follow the thread to get to the point, but stick with it, and I think it's rewarding.
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The Woman in Me
- De: Britney Spears
- Narrado por: Michelle Williams, Britney Spears - introduction
- Duración: 5 h y 31 m
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In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey—and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history. Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears’s groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love—and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last.
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Lack of transparency
- De Lori K en 10-31-23
- The Woman in Me
- De: Britney Spears
- Narrado por: Michelle Williams, Britney Spears - introduction
A must read
Revisado: 03-08-24
Forget everything you think you know about Britney. A lot has been said and written about her... she's perhaps one of the most talked about people of the 21st century.
Finally for free after a conservatorship lasting 13 years, she is able to tell her own story and does so pretty thoroughly. From her early days in Louisiana, to working on the Mickey Mouse club and on talent shows, to being the biggest pop star in the world before it all came crashing down.
The book challenges the double standards held against women, Spears may curse a lot and ramble at points, but her story is a powerful lesson about the problems of celebrity culture and the paparazzi, sexism in the entertainment industry, sycophants who use you for your money, and the way we treat people with mental illness.
No one, I repeat NO ONE, should have had to go through what she went through with the conservatorship, and I hope by sharing her story she has helped lots of other people.
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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
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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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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
Typical Gladwell but still good
Revisado: 02-09-24
The book uses the tale of David and Goliath as an introduction and sort of an overall theme to the stories hw presents here. As usual, Gladwell seeks to subvert expectations and show aspects that mays not have been considered. But as usual, his anecdotes, studies and statistics, though they are carefully woven together, are often cherry picked and should not be considered the final verdict (even if he delivers them with the same conviction as a preacher would of the Gospel from which the title originates).
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Kitchen Confidential
- Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
- De: Anthony Bourdain
- Narrado por: Anthony Bourdain
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
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Last summer, The New Yorker published chef Anthony Bourdain's shocking, "Don't Eat Before Reading This." Now, the author uses the same "take-no-prisoners" attitude in his deliciously funny and shockingly delectable audiobook, sure to delight gourmands and philistines alike.
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Kitchen Confidential
- De Holly en 02-20-03
- Kitchen Confidential
- Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
- De: Anthony Bourdain
- Narrado por: Anthony Bourdain
An iconic memoir/behind-the-scenes look
Revisado: 06-28-22
I'll admit: I was suspicious of Anthony Bourdain. The near reverence with which some food bros refer to him evoked the way some people idolized the Joker or Tyler Durden. After listening to this book, I have to say, he's a great storyteller, and someone who really appreciates food. I still think he is often worshipped for all the wrong reasons, but that should not put you off of him.
The book runs roughly chronologically, sometimes skipping around but not much. From his first fresh oyster, to his early days of cooking, to becoming a renowned Chef with a capital C (although he would argue he's a cook with a lowercase "c"), Bourdain describes his life and career, along with lots of behind the scenes anecdotes, in his thick New York accent and often profane language.
Throughout, he gives advice to home cooks, restaurant goers and aspiring chefs. He tells tells of debauchery, "Italian Fraternal Organizations", petty crime, drinking binges and drug benders, and other behind the kitchen door tales.
Some of the language would be considered inappropriate today, and rightly so. However, Bourdain is also quite progressive for his time, extolling the virtues of migrant workers, hanging out with gays, and appreciating women who can hang in the professional restaurant environment.
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Outliers
- The Story of Success
- De: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrado por: Malcolm Gladwell
- Duración: 7 h y 18 m
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In this stunning audiobook, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers" - the best and the brightest, the most famous, and the most successful. He asks the question: What makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: That is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing.
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Engaging, but overrated
- De Scott T. Hards en 12-13-08
- Outliers
- The Story of Success
- De: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrado por: Malcolm Gladwell
A great book that should come with a big asterisk
Revisado: 06-08-22
Gladwell's third book addresses people and events that are Outliers...outside the norm or average. From high powered NYC lawyers, titans of the computer and software industry, hockey players to plane crashes, Gladwell looks at the extenuating circumstances such as the cultural and historical context, to explain how those circumstances contributed to the success (or failure, in the case of plane crashes).
While what he says is important, it is almost presented as the only contributing factor. Using just one example, we'll take Bill Gates. Gates was born at a specific time and allowed him access to a type of computer that he could practice on that was extremely rare. All these are factors, yes. But it doesn't mean that Bill Gates wasn't a genius. It doesn't mean that he didn't have the business savvy to form a multimillion Dollar company. It does mean that there were probably other potential geniuses around the country who didn't have the same opportunities. So take all that with a grain of salt. Still it's a great book that covers a lot, and ends on a really interesting personal note.
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Facing the Music and Living to Talk About It
- De: Nick Carter
- Narrado por: Ted Evans
- Duración: 6 h y 15 m
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This audiobook is Nick Carter's autobiography and self-help hybrid, in which he chronicles his struggles with a dysfunctional family and the unimaginable rigors of becoming an internationally successful pop-star at the age of 12. From his battle with addiction to serious health complications and the pain of his younger sister's tragic death, Nick leaves nothing to the imagination and offers true and heartfelt advice to help listeners overcome obstacles in their own lives.
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Its a self help book
- De RedLady en 05-26-15
- Facing the Music and Living to Talk About It
- De: Nick Carter
- Narrado por: Ted Evans
A Memoir/Self-Help Hybrid
Revisado: 05-29-22
I've always liked Nick Carter, more than the other Backstreet Boys. Maybe part of it was my teenage crush on him. Maybe because we are pretty close in age, and we are both from Tampa. So I was excited to listen to this book. That is probably why I gave it four stars when it's really more like 3½.
This book was partly inspired by the death of a family member, and partly by Nick's own struggles with sobriety and other issues. He means well, trying to use his story as a motivator for people who may be dealing with the same issues.
One of the problems is Nick uses almost every self-help cliché phrase out there. That, along with the book being narrated by someone else, makes a lot of the book fall flat. Since this isn't a traditional memoir, a lot of the positive aspects of his life get left out also, which also makes him clarify ad nauseum "I'm not complaining. I've been very lucky".
The book is easy to get through, although the narrator doesn't pause enough between the sub-chapters to allow you to find smooth stopping points. I suspect, due to the casual tone of the book, that Nick also didn't use a ghost writer.
You won't find too much juicy gossip here, but you will find an earnest and sincere attempt to help others. I hope he decides to write a second memoir, one with more positive stories about life with Backstreet Boys, and life as a husband and father of three.
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Blink
- The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
- De: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrado por: Malcolm Gladwell
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
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In his landmark best seller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant, in the blink of an eye, that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept?
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Interesting read with contradictory messages
- De Danny en 04-21-05
- Blink
- The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
- De: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrado por: Malcolm Gladwell
Early pop-science classic
Revisado: 05-20-22
It took me forever to finish this book, but not because of the content or a dislike for it. Gladwell does a good job of taking us on a journey through our subconscious split-second impulses, opinions and decisions. First with some explanations about where they come from and how they can be beneficial, and then a hard look at where they can fall short. First innocently like the Pepsi taste tests, then in dangerous ways such as the Amadou Diallo shooting in NYC. The lesson is not "trust your first instinct" but rather 'trust it, but realize it can be biased, and look for ways to overcome that bias".
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The Meaning of Mariah Carey
- De: Mariah Carey
- Narrado por: Mariah Carey
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
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It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to write my memoir. I want to tell the story of the moments - the ups and downs, the triumphs and traumas, the debacles and the dreams - that contributed to the person I am today. This book is composed of my memories, my mishaps, my struggles, my survival, and my songs. Unfiltered. I went deep into my childhood and gave the scared little girl inside of me a big voice. I let the abandoned and ambitious adolescent have her say, and the betrayed and triumphant woman I became tell her side.
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Entertaining glitz glam smoke and mirrors - not the whole story.
- De Carlos en 10-04-20
- The Meaning of Mariah Carey
- De: Mariah Carey
- Narrado por: Mariah Carey
Mariah doesn't hold back
Revisado: 01-16-22
A lot has been said about Mariah Carey, and in this book she attempts to tell her side of things. It's mostly chronological with some jumping around here and there. She talks about growing up on Long Island, the product of a biracial marriage that eas falling apart before she came along, her struggles with her family, her climb to success, her tumultuous first marriage, and much more. She is sometimes.harsh, especially on the subject of her siblings (so much so that they're suing her), mother and first husband, Columbia records executive Tommy Motola. On other subjects you begin to wonder if she's an unreliable narrator, such as her gushing praise of her father, or her "everyone's fault but mine" telling of her 2001 near-breakdown.
A major part of sm audible version of a book is how the author narrates it, and here she knocks it out of the park. She really sounds like she's telling you her story. The memoir is everything: funny, heartbreaking, sentimental, and THOROUGH (the audible version runs nearly 12 hours). Even if you aren't a "lamb" (a die hard fan), I recommend it.
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