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Work
- A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots
- De: James Suzman
- Narrado por: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Duración: 13 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 344
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 292
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 291
Work defines who we are. It determines our status and dictates how, where, and with whom we spend most of our time. It mediates our self-worth and molds our values. But are we hardwired to work as hard as we do? Did our Stone Age ancestors also live to work and work to live? And what might a world where work plays a far less important role look like? To answer these questions, James Suzman charts a grand history of "work" from the origins of life on Earth to our ever more automated present, challenging some of our deepest assumptions about who we are.
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2 out of 5 stars
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if you like Jared Diamond's work, you'll like this
- De Mark en 04-09-22
- Work
- A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots
- De: James Suzman
- Narrado por: Nicholas Guy Smith
a waste of time
Revisado: 05-20-24
the author starts out with an interesting look into anthropological studies into early humans and their experience of work. But he ends with a glorification of degrowth and Thomas Marthus which is laughable. He even lauds the Club of Rome whose ideas resulted in the forced sterilization of hundreds of thousands of poor people. I'll go out on a limb and call his overall presentation flawed.
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Soldier, Priest, and God
- A Life of Alexander the Great
- De: F. S. Naiden
- Narrado por: Stephen Bel Davies
- Duración: 12 h y 37 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 10
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 10
Whatever we may think of Alexander - whether Great or only lucky, a civilizer or a sociopath - most people do not regard him as a religious leader. And yet religion permeated all aspects of his career. When he used religion astutely, he and his army prospered. In Egypt, he performed the ceremonies needed to be pharaoh, and thus became a god as well as a priest. Babylon surrendered to him partly because he agreed to become a sacred king. When Alexander disregarded religion, he and his army suffered. In Iran, for instance, where he refused to be crowned and even destroyed a shrine, resistance against him mounted.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting read
- De JoeB en 01-15-19
- Soldier, Priest, and God
- A Life of Alexander the Great
- De: F. S. Naiden
- Narrado por: Stephen Bel Davies
a different way to look at a legend
Revisado: 09-12-22
Naiden takes a figure countless things are written about, and finds a different angle. He focuses on Alexander's religious practices. In many way it was a secret weapon in his conquests but did him in as well when he went astray. Very interesting and informative. I highly recommend it
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The Adventures of Herbie Cohen
- World's Greatest Negotiator
- De: Rich Cohen
- Narrado por: Paul Adelstein
- Duración: 6 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Meet Herbie Cohen, World’s Greatest Negotiator, dealmaker, risk taker, raconteur, adviser to presidents and corporations, hostage and arms negotiator, lesson giver and justice seeker, author of the how-to business classic You Can Negotiate Anything. And, of course, Rich Cohen’s father.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lots of fun and rewarding
- De John H. en 07-28-24
- The Adventures of Herbie Cohen
- World's Greatest Negotiator
- De: Rich Cohen
- Narrado por: Paul Adelstein
An excellent story, and wonderful life lessons cr
Revisado: 08-14-22
An excellent story, and wonderful life lessons brought to life in an entertaining narrative.
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Think Like a Rocket Scientist
- Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
- De: Ozan Varol
- Narrado por: Ozan Varol
- Duración: 10 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,275
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,089
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,085
Rocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. But it's not. Rather, it's the apex of a certain thought process—a way to imagine the unimaginable and solve the unsolvable. It's the same thought process that enabled Neil Armstrong to take his giant leap for mankind, that allows spacecraft to travel millions of miles through outer space and land on a precise spot, and that brings us closer to colonizing other planets.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Incrementally new perspectives on rehashed themes
- De James S. en 06-13-20
- Think Like a Rocket Scientist
- Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
- De: Ozan Varol
- Narrado por: Ozan Varol
awesome! Ozan is like Ryan Holliday of engineering
Revisado: 05-17-20
There are innumerable lessons in this book that can be applied to life. His research is deep, on point and interesting. I can't recommend this book enough, it was a worthy listen.
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Caffeine
- How Caffeine Created the Modern World
- De: Michael Pollan
- Narrado por: Michael Pollan
- Duración: 2 h y 2 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42,712
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 36,805
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36,637
Michael Pollan, known for his best-selling nonfiction audio, including The Omnivores Dilemma and How to Change Your Mind, conceived and wrote Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World as an Audible Original. In this controversial and exciting listen, Pollan explores caffeine’s power as the most-used drug in the world - and the only one we give to children (in soda pop) as a treat.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Leaves much to be desired
- De Melody H en 02-02-20
- Caffeine
- How Caffeine Created the Modern World
- De: Michael Pollan
- Narrado por: Michael Pollan
awesome! Worthy read!
Revisado: 02-20-20
Surprisingly informative and entertaining even if you're not a coffee or tea drinker. A good mixture of history, science, and personal anecdotes.
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The Volunteer
- One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz
- De: Jack Fairweather
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 9 h y 44 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 614
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 550
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 550
To uncover the fate of the thousands being interred at a mysterious Nazi camp on the border of the Reich, a young Polish resistance fighter named Witold Pilecki volunteered for an audacious mission: intentionally get captured and transported to the new camp to report back on what was going on there. But gathering information was not his only task: he was to execute an attack from inside - where the Germans would least expect it. The name of the camp was Auschwitz.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It is impossible to hear of the atrocities of Auschwitz without being. Forced to consider man’s infinite cruelty
- De Marge Greenwald en 07-15-19
- The Volunteer
- One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz
- De: Jack Fairweather
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
amazing story of a hero I never knew existed.
Revisado: 09-15-19
Even in the darkest pit there exists a light. Witold Pilecki is that light in the pit in which he found himself. His is an important story all should know about. It truly shows you that great things can be done with nothing.
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