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Own the Game
- Sport Science Training for Peak Athletic Development!
- De: Christopher Stankovich Ph.D.
- Narrado por: Christopher Stankovich Ph.D.
- Duración: 3 h y 9 m
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Now, for the first time, athletes from all sports and skill levels can easily learn and master the same Sport Psychology Training Skills previously only available to professional and Olympic-level athletes. Own the Game will provide you the hands-on tools necessary to increase your self-confidence, focus, concentration, and poise -ultimately allowing you to play to your highest athletic level!
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OMG. Audible - can I get my money back
- De Michael en 03-09-11
- Own the Game
- Sport Science Training for Peak Athletic Development!
- De: Christopher Stankovich Ph.D.
- Narrado por: Christopher Stankovich Ph.D.
OMG. Audible - can I get my money back
Revisado: 03-09-11
1) I am (amenities aside) a very good skier
2) and very interested in the burgeoning breakthroughs in mental training -
especially as it relates to movement skills (read the body has a mind of
its own.
3) So took a chance with "Own the Game" ... what a misplaced bet.
The book is an unembarrassed pitch by the author for his line of something.
And it's focus is the Dare to Be Great bs .. e.g., zoning is feeling good
about yourself and down from there. It's presentation is anecdotal and pandering in the worst of the southern California obsession with personal feelings of value. Again, Audible - can I get my money back
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The Lion's Game
- De: Nelson DeMille
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 24 h y 45 m
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To survive in a game with no rules at all, John Corey must invent a strategy that includes no luck at all. He and the Anti-Terrorist Task Force must stop "The Lion," an alleged Libyan terrorist with the instincts of a wild animal, the bloodlust of a carnivore, and the boldness and speed of a cat of prey.
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Excellent and engaging
- De CoCo en 12-26-02
- The Lion's Game
- De: Nelson DeMille
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
Are we half way there yet ??
Revisado: 10-12-09
Was going to give it three stars but, it just goes on and on and on. With lingering stops (on and on) as the villain kills targets and lots of others along the way.
It is really two intertwined commentaries. First, NYC Cop (retired) who offers snarky comments on any and all. But he is true of heart and really wants to get the villain (how original). Second, the improbable Terrorist who has degrading comments on any and all (Of course Allah would want him to kill them all.)
And again, the events that act as the base for the plot are improbable. I thought of giving up the book (I have emotional disability to give up books. Perhaps Audible has a self help book for this).
But now way over half way done perhaps Allah would forgive me if I skipped to the end just to see how it turns out.
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Born to Run
- A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
- De: Christopher McDougall
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
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Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrative, award-winning journalist and often-injured runner Christopher McDougall sets out to discover their secrets. In the process, he takes his readers from science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultra-runners are pushing their bodies to the limit.
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Amazing read - even for non-runners
- De Corey en 05-31-09
- Born to Run
- A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
- De: Christopher McDougall
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
Superb doesn't even do this book justice
Revisado: 09-16-09
What a great story. Not only great story, our author is major character and protagonist of and within the story. And herein lies the two major themes that make this one of the best books I have ever read.
1) Detailed and inside coverage of the Ultra Running Culture. Mexican (Tarahumara) legendary runners, strange (different/better) Americans. With a story how the two groups got together in the hidden mountains of Mexico for an EPIC race.
2) Detailed debunking of popular myths regarding running (especially useless and debilitating running shoes). As well as technical and deep mental insights of people who run and are addicted to running Ultra races.
Perhaps (I mean why not) I could run a 50 mile ultra. I mean with the help of this book I am now running 20 miles along side the Colorado River (Glenwood Canyon). When I used to groan and moan to run 6.
Finally and again the best story, documentary, training manual, inspiration extended quatrain ever anywhere.
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Open and Shut
- De: David Rosenfelt
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 6 h y 50 m
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Whether dueling with new forensics or the local old boys' network, irreverent defense attorney Andy Carpenter always leaves them awed with his biting wit and winning fourth-quarter game plan. But the fun stops the day Andy's dad, Paterson, New Jersey's legendary ex-DA, drops dead in front of him at a game in Yankee Stadium.
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Does Anyone Else Notice the Missing Content?
- De pewter en 02-05-13
- Open and Shut
- De: David Rosenfelt
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
Good from all aspects it is and those it is not
Revisado: 07-09-09
I am getting tired of books that are really vehicles for the author's person biases.
I just want a good story with good characters and a good reader. Open and Shut excels in each and all of these attributes.
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Queen of Candesce
- Book Two of Virga
- De: Karl Schroeder
- Narrado por: Joyce Irvine
- Duración: 11 h y 35 m
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Venera Fanning was last seen falling into nothingness at the end of Sun of Suns. Now, in Queen of Candesce, Venera finds herself plunging through the air among the artificial worlds of Virga, far from home and her husband, who may or may not be alive. Landing in the ancient nation of Spyre, Venera encounters new enemies and new friends (or at least convenient allies). She must quickly learn who she can trust, and who she can manipulate in order to survive.
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To say I like this book is an understatement
- De Michael en 06-19-09
- Queen of Candesce
- Book Two of Virga
- De: Karl Schroeder
- Narrado por: Joyce Irvine
To say I like this book is an understatement
Revisado: 06-19-09
The second book in the Virga series.
Venera Fanning is the most captivating heroine in any science fiction book I have ever read - regal, smart, cunning, ruthless when required (or advantageous). Just as one crisis seems to be averted it spawns another. There are times she is desperate but she is never equivocal.
All in such a well constructed world and all building on a plot that never veers from a clear direction.
And did I mention the reader is so nuanced and so in tune with the story she totally draws you in.
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The Curse of Chalion
- De: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrado por: Lloyd James
- Duración: 18 h y 41 m
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Amidst the decaying splendor and poisonous intrigue of Chalion's ancient capital, Cazaril is forced to confront not only powerful enemies but also the malignant curse that clings to the royal household, trapping him, flesh and soul, in a maze of demonic paradox, damnation, and death for as long as he dares walk the five-fold pathway of the gods.
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Excellent Fantasy... Epic in feel, finite in pace
- De Pete en 08-17-04
- The Curse of Chalion
- De: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrado por: Lloyd James
Oh Vapid is thy name
Revisado: 06-05-09
First this is not Science Fiction, it is Fantasy. And even here in the truest tradition of Harlequin Romance Series.
Young heroine of good family is helped by attractive slightly older matron and returning war hero through series of intrigues (so very much of the book is sheltered conversations in dark rooms and corners) until she eventually prevails and marries prince charming (truly a prince and if not charming, at least prepubescent affable). Guiding matron and hero then marry. End of story. Nothing more to accomplish or tell. About time.
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The Graveyard Book
- De: Neil Gaiman
- Narrado por: Neil Gaiman
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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Nobody Owens is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place - he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly teachings - such as the ability to Fade so mere mortals cannot see him.
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Masterful Fantasy for the Jaded Heart
- De Guillermo en 10-12-09
- The Graveyard Book
- De: Neil Gaiman
- Narrado por: Neil Gaiman
Wonderful
Revisado: 05-28-09
Just wonderful :)
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Seeker
- An Alex Benedict Novel
- De: Jack McDevitt
- Narrado por: Jennifer Van Dyck, Jack McDevitt (Introduction)
- Duración: 12 h y 12 m
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Thousands of years after an entire colony mysteriously disappears, antiquities dealer Alex Benedict comes into possession of a cup that seems to be from the Seeker, one of the colony's ships. Alex and his assistant, Chase Kolpath, follow a deadly trail to the Seeker, strangely adrift in a system barren of habitable worlds. But their discovery raises more questions than it answers, drawing Alex and Chase into the very heart of danger.
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Great mix of sci-fi, mystery and adventure.
- De Pete en 08-20-08
- Seeker
- An Alex Benedict Novel
- De: Jack McDevitt
- Narrado por: Jennifer Van Dyck, Jack McDevitt (Introduction)
like the book, really like the reader
Revisado: 05-13-09
there seems to be a total disagreement regarding Jennifer Van Dyke (reader)- let me vote. I like her and I like the book. And I am ever so critical.
Looking forward to her other reading in the series.
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