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stays on topic

Revisado: 11-12-18

a bit less about volcano's and more about survival afterward but focus is on couple and the aftermath issues - for pure science of volcano's the first two are better - for continuation of the story of the couple this is great

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like reading a campaign speech

Revisado: 08-08-18

With Patterson as the coauthor I expected more but it seems that the public, campaign image was the focus - boring!!!

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too many dead air places

Revisado: 04-02-18

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this needs to be sold as a workshop and not a book - while i really appreciate Deepak's knowledge and he is great as the narrator the many dead air while we supposedly try out whatever really detracted - one can always turn off a book to try it - leaving dead air is misleading

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great science of sleep but misleading on dreams

Revisado: 03-27-18

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This is a solid review of the research on sleep but the title is misleading and the author/lecturer is wrong in his understanding of dreams. I've been doing scientific dream research for 40 years so I know something of what I speak. First despite the title of the lecture, there is very little on dreams. The authors basic understanding of dream is they are hard to remember thus there is nothing to gain. He is simply wrong. For some people, or some times, in some cultures that is true but not always. Furthermore, he repeated stance that sleepers will confuse waking reality with dream reality can happen but RARELY. The reason is the language of dreams is symbolic and metaphoric. Thus there is little chance of confusion. He totally ignores that well known fact. The ultimate irony is he end every lecture with "sweet dreams" while dismissing them. It's really too bad as otherwise this is just excellent.

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great balance of science and wisdom traditions

Revisado: 03-16-18

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes to any friend who has had questions about parapsychology or the 'side' effects (Siddhi's) from long time meditation.

Any additional comments?

This book is a wonderful balanced perspective on the study of exceptional human abilities. Radin offers an amazing integration of eastern wisdom philosophy and religious perspectives along with solid scientific perspectives. He also gives the reader a clear picture of why these topics have been taboo for so many years in the west. Thus the reader/listener can follow not only the traditional teachings but why science ignored these topics for so long and how far science has come in validating some of the topics. As with his You Tube talks his approach is solid and accessible. But here the reader gets far more detail for anyone thinking deeply about these topics is important. I'm a long time experimental psychologist doing research on dreams and more recently virtual worlds and felt so very informed and updated by this read. I highly recommend the book.

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too much pop psy

Revisado: 01-15-18

What would have made Retirement: A Memoir and Guide - Second Edition better?

less platitudes taken from popular psychology and more personal asides - that's why i got the book - while he qualifies some of his asides as his opinion, which is great, the this is what is good to do is just very obvious

What could Boyd Lemon have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

make it his personal journey - not a stand to lecture on the obvious - various of his conclusions do not resonate - i'm a psychologist so i was very disappointed when he went that way - i do think there is a need for pure first person accounts of retirement

Would you be willing to try another one of Don Hoeksema’s performances?

it was ok

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balanced portrayal

Revisado: 11-25-16

Would you consider the audio edition of Trump Revealed to be better than the print version?

have no idea

What did you like best about this story?

its breadth and psychological insight and the balance between the emotional discharges and shrewed intellect

Have you listened to any of Campbell Scott’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

same

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

no

Any additional comments?

getting to know Trump without prejudice is important no matter ones politics and this is a good place

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good background story if some weakness

Revisado: 02-14-13

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

yes

Who was your favorite character and why?

the various scientists as that was what was interesting to me

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Andrew Wehrlen?

anybody - he is the worst narrator I have ever heard - I always wondered why people complained about a narrator as basic reading skills was fine by me but this guy made it hard to listen to the book - the pace was way too fast, the voices he used too often did not ring true

Was Torn worth the listening time?

yes, i like this genre of book

Any additional comments?

the author is weak in building interpersonal relationships which just don't make sense or rather don't ring true but the background story of superstorm and how to plan for it was interesting - the ending was a hoot!!!

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book seems to drop off

Revisado: 11-16-12

What did you like best about The Cassandra Project? What did you like least?

interesting if slow read but then the "end" seems to not be an end - and the audible transition of this is only part of the book is given at the end of the second part of a presumably two part book - so what gives!!! somewhere there is a mistake - either on audibles side by putting a transition tape at the end of a book or there is a third part, which seems more likely given where it "ended", and that part is missing from audibles library - in any case until the mistake is sorted out (get rid of the transition or add the third part) do not buy

Do you think The Cassandra Project needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

are you kidding - yes if that is in fact the end that is there - but then even the folks at audible found it very confusing by putting a transistion statement at the end of a book to what?????

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sobbering must read

Revisado: 05-22-09

If you utterly familiar with EMP or with the idea the the US is amazingly vulnerable on so many levels than don't bother - but if you have the basic idea but not the historically accurate projections then read on - terrific, spellbinding and so what if the main character is molded after the author - who cares - or if not - that is not the point and nothing to base a review upon as I read before I decided that indeed this was a book i wanted to read

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