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Timeless truth

Revisado: 06-07-20

Baldwin’s beautifully written essays on American pain, shame, violence, love, hate, power, and potential are as meaningful now after George Floyd’s death as they were in 1963. This is a quick impactful listen that uses experiences, masterful language and thoughtful analysis to render clear simple truths that are somehow hard for us as a society to see.

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Beautiful yarn

Revisado: 04-17-20

I loved the involved web of stories and history.
The music, while quite beautiful and not frequent, was a distraction for me and I wished I could turn it off.

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One of the Most Important Books of our Lifetime

Revisado: 02-19-09

This book presents the combined issues of the explosive growth of the middle class in countries like China and India, the exponential effect of that growth on energy consumption, and the effect of that consumption on the natural world. The well documented facts are presented without hyperbole but without sugar coating. This combined story is one that has not been told elsewhere. Friedman is a master journalist and has uncovered the most important story of the century. I also find Friedman fun to listen to -- he uses language wonderfully, and melds facts, stories, and analysis in a way that makes you want to listen and learn.

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What history should be

Revisado: 02-12-08

This is a great story, for its own sake, and for what it teaches us about struggles with nature, with others, and with ourselves. It is not heavy in tone -- just a story -- but it is deep with insight and adventure. This is my best read of the year.

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zzzzzzz

Revisado: 05-07-07

I liked all the previous books in the series, but this one? zzzzzzzzz. Card was able to stretch this short story into a great novel and great series, but this one was a stretch too far.

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Extremely informative

Revisado: 12-31-05

While not really a history of everything, Bryson covers a huge amount of ground in explaining the history of science across all disciplines. I have no formal science education, but feel a whole lot better informed after listening to this book. Bryson is always readable, and his explanations always include the often humorous human stories accompanying scientific discoveries and theories. This was one of the most informative books I have ever read, but never got boring.

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Way better than expected

Revisado: 12-31-05

I read this because I like to read what my kids read, and didn't expect to like it. For the 1st quarter, I was too distracted by the feeling that this borrowed too much from Lord of the Rings and several other fantasy series. However, the book developed good characters on its own, and told a good story. I look forward to the sequel on audiobooks

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Interesting, informative, easy

Revisado: 12-31-05

This is a perfect application for audiobooks -- a history of classical music along with samples from the works of the composers discussed. I was afraid I would be bored, but was informed and entertained start to finish. This is a very basic overview -- appropriate for children or adults with minimal background in classical music. It gave me a very good context for the music, both in time, geographically, and stylistically. One criticism: the sound quality of the music was not great.

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Classic

Revisado: 05-19-05

While the audio could have been better, the book was very good. It tells a fun, fantastic story, and allows us to think about the true meaning of civility and character.

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Awesome explanation of the new world order

Revisado: 05-19-05

Friedman makes globalization understandable and accessible. I used to think globalization was something I opposed. Friedman makes clear that this makes no more sense than opposing gravity, that globalization is here, like it or not, and that we all had better understand it, try to influence it, and try to ride its forces in as positive a direction as possible. He creates an easy to follow framework for understanding the modern world economy, and illustrates it with stories that make the book enjoyable and clear.

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