W. Quigley

Entire premise based on junk science

Revisado: 01-20-21

Book bases much of its conclusions on the pseudoscience of applied kinesiology. If you don't buy into it, the book will be a waste of time.

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Great story...Exceptional narrator.

Revisado: 05-22-16

Where does In Cold Blood rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Top 10 percent

What did you like best about this story?

Capote really captures what it must have been like to live in that region in the wake of the crimes.

Any additional comments?

One of the best narrators out there and I've listened to many.

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Good information, but tainted by political bias.

Revisado: 08-07-15

What made the experience of listening to On Immunity the most enjoyable?

Plenty of information on inoculation and the history of vaccination.

What about Tamara Marston’s performance did you like?

Even inflection; pleasant voice

Any additional comments?

The author's extreme liberal bias comes through, which is distracting. Her lack of objectivity in historical and cultural matters makes you question how even-handed she was in her treatment of the information. For example, she seems to suggest that capitalism is unique in creating suffering among the powerless; she doesn't consider the suffering inflicted on tens (or hundreds) of millions by communism, fascism, etc. And her opinions on such matters are totally irrelevant to the main points in the book. Why include them? Otherwise, there seems to be a lot of good and useful information in this book which in many instances is well presented.

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Very good

Revisado: 09-03-12

Where does Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Near the top of all audio books I have listened to.

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

Lisette Lecat is truly outstanding. This is really a performance, not just a narration. I hesitate to recommend the text version because I don't know if I would have enjoyed it nearly as much as I did the audio version. I might have, but her reading was simply superb.

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Makes China come alive

Revisado: 07-05-10

His knowledge of the people, culture, and language makes this a rare find. If you like the travel-history genre (like Kaplan's Balkan Ghosts) I think you will like this as well.

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Thought provoking

Revisado: 07-05-10

I like Friedman's approach to history. He avoids the common trap that typical forecasters seem to fall into lately- That just because a trend is headed in a certain direction means that we can safely project where it will take us as if nothing will come along to alter that trend. He offers some interesting notions of things that will alter current trends.
He takes his vignettes a little too far in terms of detail, but he does apply the appropriate caveats. Great material for discussion and debate.

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Don't waste your time.

Revisado: 05-28-10

Long on cliches, short on action. Reads like a bad spy novel, except without the excitement. There are much better reads out there about our real spies- This book makes our DSS agents sound like a bunch of play-spies.

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Well worth it

Revisado: 04-24-10

Really enjoyed his discussion about markets, both their power and limits. Harford doesn't try to explain too much with his theories, and the conclusions he does draw are well supported. If you like books like Freakonomics, you will like this as well.

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