Jae

Captivating and personal

Revisado: 11-07-20

The details and descubre captivating; the personal accounts and journey through the personal back scenes of their lives gives hope to current day hard times.

Reading was enjoyable to listen to ( even at 1.5 speed!

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Rich in detail and adventure!

Revisado: 10-07-20

A Gentleman in Moscow was a fun book to listen to. For some, the details might seem tedious, but the richness with unexpected twists, information of history and gentility gave true flavor and believability. Both the twists and expected events created an air of adventure, all within the confines of the hotel.
The journey of this book is and example of personal love lost, love found, patience and adaption of living life fully with intention and purpose. The Count was living with the circumstances cast upon him as consequences for his actions.
The narration was rich and believable. I’ll miss the characters and the narrators
Definitely recommend this audible.
Robyn

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Eye opening & worth the read (or listen)

Revisado: 07-14-20

this book is eye opening- I work in the world of serving the underserved and the disenfranchised and I learned so much-
It’s about leading and teaching with education and care, and understanding and kindness by people trained for this, not by fear, force and control.
Basically it says that
It would be better to improve the social services for those in need, to provide quality care with results of improved wellbeing... helping people be better, healthier and to then allow them to contribute and give back ( the last is my sentiment).
Policing can be for safety but social services, education and basic support is “a horse of a different color “.

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Dejá by! Or Learning from our past

Revisado: 07-03-20

Robyn says: A timely read with facts and explanation of the facts in an way that makes it understandable. We could hardly put it down! The truth and terror are both inspiring to learn, and practice physical distancing and the three ‘C’’s of Cover your face, Clean your hands and Change your clothes. This was important to follow a century ago and important for today.
Awesome read! And listen!

Steve says: Published in 2006, it is amazingly informative about todays Covid19 pandemic. This is not just about the ravages of Influenza in 1918. It starts with a summary of the progress, or lack thereof, of the medical profession against disease. Cultural and religious barriers prevented progress from being made for several thousand years. Then in the 1800’s a few innovative people started to make progress by observing, measuring and experimenting. Significant progress started to be made against Cholera, Typhoid and a few others. The understanding of the role of bacteria and viruses was just coming into view. In 1917, a virus that started in Kansas propagated around the world --- where the political environment and troop movements of World War I provided the perfect global petri dish. Only a handful of leading medical scientists had the training to understand what was happening. This is the story of their epic struggle to understand and moderate the scourge that killed an estimated 50m people worldwide. It is well written and riveting. As a backdrop, it details the development of the medical schools and centers of medical science that we now take for granted. This includes institutions like Johns Hopkins that was founded, in its day, to take medicine in a radical new direction. And it provides a primer on virology --- explaining why an RNA virus like influenza (and corona viruses) are always mutating to become more or less communicable and lethal. They are truly a moving target. Get ready for a wide-ranging history of medicine from blood letting to the development of vaccines, and an unvarnished view into the horrors of what happened in 1918.

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Information is empowering and a worthwhile read

Revisado: 09-16-19

Information is empowering.
This is a worthwhile read for everyone, whether you have a family member, friend, medical professional or just interested.

As a Family Physician with a family member with progressing dementia, I found this book, informative, kind, gentle and blatantly honest. Presented with kindness, in words and phrases that are easy to understand but non-condescending or patronizing, the kindness and honesty are refreshing, practical and helpful.

Don't despair with how you feel or how your life is affected by this devastating illness that progresses, because you are not alone the support and understanding from the resources and information is encouraging and supportive.

A work of true skill to present this information in a way we can all accept, embrace and feel supported to advocate for ourselves and our loved one

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Couldn't put it down!

Revisado: 07-10-15

The audible version of couldn't put it down is " I couldn't turn it off!"
I often stayed in the car in the driveway so I could listen some more.
Thank you!

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Worth every minute

Revisado: 02-13-15

Some of it was new info other review.
This was worth every minute of listening. Appreciate all the info /perspective

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