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Into the Uncanny
- De: Danny Robins
- Narrado por: Danny Robins
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
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'The ghosts of today live not in castles or stately homes, but in ordinary houses and offices, and they're witnessed by ordinary people like you and me. We just need to figure out what the hell they are - the dead returning from the "undiscovered country" of death? Or the product of that equally mysterious and ancient location, the human mind?
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Uncanny
- De AzTaz en 03-15-25
- Into the Uncanny
- De: Danny Robins
- Narrado por: Danny Robins
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Revisado: 10-06-23
Long winded. Slow. Low quality content. Wordy. Could have written the whole book in one chapter and 20 pages
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One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up
- A Memoir of Growing up and Getting On
- De: Wes Streeting
- Narrado por: Wes Streeting
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
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Wes Streeting might have ended up in prison rather than in parliament. His maternal grandfather Bill, an unsuccessful armed robber, spent time behind bars, as did his grandmother, who was also a political campaigner. Brought up on a Stepney council estate, the young Streeting saw his teenage parents struggle to provide for him. In One Boy, Two Bills & A Fry Up he brings to life the poverty, humiliation and incredible struggle for them choosing whether to feed the meter and heat the flat, put carpet on the floor, or food on the table.
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EXCELLENT—A MUST READ!
- De Amazon Customer en 10-02-23
- One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up
- A Memoir of Growing up and Getting On
- De: Wes Streeting
- Narrado por: Wes Streeting
A Tory father, Labour mother and their son.
Revisado: 07-20-23
At the centre of this story is struggle and toil mixed with overwhelming acts of kindness and generosity.
The most interesting aspect for me was that of Mr Streeting’s parents. Both east Londoners but one with a strong Tory ideology and family tradition, the other certainly more traditional labour. The biography is almost a microcosm for the successes and failings of both value sets and perhaps also a reminder of why it’s good to have both in a healthy society.
The authors tone is generous and balanced throughout - even when tackling some of the harder issues - which I think reflects the best qualities of him as a politician today. He actually does a good job of keeping political pulpit preaching out of the text.
Read it if you want to learn more about who Wes Streeting is.
Read it if you want to learn or be reminded why east Londoners often get referred to as the salt of the earth.
Read it if you want to be reminded of many of new labours failing whilst in government last time around.
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Call the Midlife
- De: Chris Evans
- Narrado por: Vassos Alexander
- Duración: 11 h
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During his run into turning 50, Chris Evans is on a mission. To take stock of where he is and where he's at in order to figure out how best to get the most out of what he believes are the best years yet to come. His typically positive and upbeat journey involves 100 days of contemplation, research, focus, frustration and decision making while secretly: training for the London Marathon and bringing back his cult '90s TV show, TFI Friday.
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Could have been half length
- De Edie en 07-29-22
- Call the Midlife
- De: Chris Evans
- Narrado por: Vassos Alexander
Could have been half length
Revisado: 07-29-22
Love Chris Evan’s, but this book isn’t really about him and there aren’t many life lessons learnt if that’s what you’re looking for.
First half of the book was broad, light and great but second half is all about him running a marathon (and not much else). Slightly bizarre - I’d stop when he starts to talk about it for the first time if I were listening to this again.
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Hot Seat
- What I Learned Leading a Great American Company
- De: Jeff Immelt, Amy Wallace - contributor
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff, Jeffrey Immelt - introduction
- Duración: 13 h y 17 m
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In Hot Seat, Immelt offers a rigorous and raw interrogation of himself and his tenure, detailing for the first time his proudest moments and his biggest mistakes. The most crucial component of leadership, he writes, is the willingness to make decisions. But knowing what to do is a thousand times easier than knowing when to do it. Perseverance, combined with clear communication, can ensure progress, if not perfection, he says.
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He Tried
- De Bill en 04-17-21
- Hot Seat
- What I Learned Leading a Great American Company
- De: Jeff Immelt, Amy Wallace - contributor
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff, Jeffrey Immelt - introduction
Should be called ‘in Defense of my time as ceo’
Revisado: 07-08-21
I feel like this book should never have been written. He only has a story of failure to tell which would actually be interesting if he could bring himself to be honest about it.
Good leaders own failure and just stop there. He owns it (for about 5 seconds) then deflects it onto someone/anyone else. Toxic leadership and classic Harvard MBA er. He has an excuse for everything.
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Winners
- And How They Succeed
- De: Alastair Campbell
- Narrado por: Paul Hodgson
- Duración: 16 h y 16 m
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Alastair Campbell knows all about winning. As Tony Blair's chief spokesman and strategist, he helped guide his party to victory in three successive elections, and he's fascinated by what it takes to succeed. How do sportsmen excel, entrepreneurs thrive, or individuals achieve the ambitions? Is their ability to win innate?
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All Winners Must Know That
- De GoldstarGuru en 06-03-23
- Winners
- And How They Succeed
- De: Alastair Campbell
- Narrado por: Paul Hodgson
Fades away after first third.
Revisado: 05-27-21
First point I’d make is this is now a bit dated. If you are interested in the new Labour machine there are some gems in there. But Campbell has got a lot of stuff wrong here (with the benefit of hindsight) in terms of the businesses and people that he praises - who we all know now are failures.
I think that strikes at the heart of the problem here. Campbell is talking a lot about sportsmen and entrepreneurs, but he is neither and that makes this book a pretty shallow retelling of other peoples stories with little further insight from the author.
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My Life and Rugby
- The Autobiography
- De: Eddie Jones
- Narrado por: Sam Haft
- Duración: 13 h y 32 m
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In My Life and Rugby he tells his story for the first time, including the full inside story of England’s 2019 World Cup campaign. Since taking over as head coach of England in 2015, Eddie Jones has orchestrated a complete revival of the national team. He has won the Six Nations Championship back-to-back, including England’s first Grand Slam in a generation and their first-ever whitewash of Australia in their own backyard, as well as taking them on their longest-ever winning streak, matching the world record held by the All Blacks.
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A must read for the serious rugby fan.
- De Steve Adams en 06-06-23
- My Life and Rugby
- The Autobiography
- De: Eddie Jones
- Narrado por: Sam Haft
Too well polished and inauthentic
Revisado: 05-11-20
This book reads like something published by a management consultant to promote their work. I think the most revealing part of the story is when Eddie says that he packaged and sold his coaching IP when working for the Brumbies. I don't think he's looked back since then!
Avid rugby fans will want to read it just because he's lived through interesting times and this does shed some light, but I'll give you an example of the way he tells his stories. Scotland v England 2019 ---> Scotts come back from 31 - 0 down. Eddie talks about how fantastic George Ford was off the bench and what a fantastic decision he made to bring him on to save the gave, we then roll off into a story about Fergie Time and being patient about scoring in the last 5 mins. But the real story there was Owen Farrell's leadership as Captain, as it had been throughout the South Africa tour that summer. Eddie doesn't touch it.
There are loads of these type of key gaps. If you know your rugby and read this, you'll be left scratching your head about why he doesn't mention anything that calls into question his judgement - then you'll remember this review!
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