Bret L Berry
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Alchemy
- The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life
- De: Rory Sutherland
- Narrado por: Rory Sutherland
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,674
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,451
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,446
Why is Red Bull so popular, though everyone—everyone!—hates the taste? Humans are, in a word, irrational, basing decisions as much on subtle external signals (that little blue can) as on objective qualities (flavor, price, quality). The surrounding world, meanwhile, is irreducibly complex and random. This means future success can’t be projected on any accounting spreadsheet. To strike gold, you must master the dark art and curious science of conjuring irresistible ideas: alchemy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best books I’ve read
- De anon. en 07-23-19
- Alchemy
- The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life
- De: Rory Sutherland
- Narrado por: Rory Sutherland
Excellent reading and writing
Revisado: 11-12-22
Rory is a delight to listen to. I'm thinking of becoming a BESL (British english as a second lang) student now. It is quite good and I mean that like in American English.
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How Minds Change
- The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
- De: David McRaney
- Narrado por: David McRaney
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 532
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 474
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 471
What made a prominent conspiracy-theorist YouTuber finally see that 9/11 was not a hoax? Can you finally have a productive conversation about politics with your uncle at the next family gathering? How does an ordinary person find the courage to leave a cult? Can widespread social change only take place when a generation dies out?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating, nuanced, well-written, but…
- De Jason J. Gay en 08-13-22
- How Minds Change
- The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
- De: David McRaney
- Narrado por: David McRaney
get You are Not so Smart instead
Revisado: 07-05-22
Big fan of David but this book left me feeling a little creeped out. The methods he describes sound great and no doubt can aid in real communication. After finishing and pondering it I realized that I don't live my life trying to change others 'wrongthink'. We humans are constantly manipulated and when we're doing it we call it persuasion. If it is as effective as suggested, it could be a very good thing but I just couldn't shake the thought of an army of empathic activists with the warmth and kindness of a Morman working me for conformity on 'the current thing'. I felt a heightened resistance to people with clipboards building rapport. probably just me...
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A Plague upon Our House
- My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America
- De: Scott W. Atlas MD
- Narrado por: Chris Abell
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,088
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 984
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 980
When Dr. Scott W. Atlas was tapped by Donald Trump to join his COVID Task Force, he was immediately thrust into a maelstrom of scientific disputes, policy debates, raging egos, politically motivated lies, and cynical media manipulation. Numerous myths and distortions surround the Trump Administration’s handling of the crisis, and many pressing questions remain unanswered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love it- hate it!
- De Chuck Weinberg en 12-01-21
- A Plague upon Our House
- My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America
- De: Scott W. Atlas MD
- Narrado por: Chris Abell
Don't miss this book.
Revisado: 12-14-21
unfortunately, I think it's necessary to say "regardless of your political perspective". This will likely be savaged by those with strong adherence to accepted narratives. The real herd immunity only seems to be for certain narratives.
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Latter-Day Pamphlets
- De: Thomas Carlyle
- Narrado por: Craig Stevenson
- Duración: 7 h y 17 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was a Scottish philosopher, social commentator, satirical writer, essayist, mathematician, and historian. Latter-Day Pamphlets is a series of essays published in 1850, in which he harshly denounces the political, social, and religious injustices and stupidities of the period. The target of many of the essays is the effect of greed on the culture. Carlyle also attacked the British parliament, democracy and the prison system.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Sham Edition of the Pamphlets
- De Xyz en 04-19-22
- Latter-Day Pamphlets
- De: Thomas Carlyle
- Narrado por: Craig Stevenson
volume at half-tqdr
Revisado: 01-15-21
intro is normal vol but too quiet after that. the rest of my 15 words...
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On Corruption in America
- And What Is at Stake
- De: Sarah Chayes
- Narrado por: Sarah Chayes
- Duración: 12 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 133
In this unflinching exploration of corruption in America, Chayes exposes how corruption has thrived within our borders - from the titans of America's Gilded Age (Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, et al.) to the collapse of the stock market in 1929, the Great Depression, and FDR's New Deal; from Joe Kennedy's years of banking, bootlegging, machine politics, and pursuit of infinite wealth to the deregulation of the Reagan Revolution - undermining this nation's proud middle class and union members.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Profoundly ambitious and genuine yet...
- De Jerry A. Boriskin en 08-16-20
- On Corruption in America
- And What Is at Stake
- De: Sarah Chayes
- Narrado por: Sarah Chayes
a big govt with good people would work
Revisado: 11-21-20
she has outlined a lot of corruption but it leans heavy on the red team. Obama admin came out well. TDS is aparrent. some good ideas to fight corruption and big money interests. I think it too human to eradicate. resistance is futile, though necessary
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Quiet
- The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
- De: Susan Cain
- Narrado por: Kathe Mazur
- Duración: 10 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 20,165
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17,265
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 17,152
At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts—Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak—that we owe many of the great contributions to society.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thought provoking and Uplifting.... A++++++++!!!!!
- De Theodore en 03-12-12
- Quiet
- The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
- De: Susan Cain
- Narrado por: Kathe Mazur
Too many stories....
Revisado: 03-21-20
I could only do a couple hours of the book. Too many stories of people, both introverts and extroverts. It was like being led around a cocktail party and constantly introduced to people with whom I didn't want to speak. I had to excuse myself to the kitchen and stand with the lone smoker out back just to get the energy to leave.
I guess I just needed to get to the ideas without the tour of all humanity first.
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
- A Contrivance of Horror
- De: Thomas Ligotti
- Narrado por: Eric Martin
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 474
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 429
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 427
His fiction is known to be some of the most terrifying in the genre of supernatural horror, but Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction book may be even scarier. Drawing on philosophy, literature, neuroscience, and other fields of study, Ligotti takes the penetrating lens of his imagination and turns it on his audience, causing them to grapple with the brutal reality that they are living a meaningless nightmare, and anyone who feels otherwise is simply acting out an optimistic fallacy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sad and honest
- De Amazon Customer en 01-06-20
- The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
- A Contrivance of Horror
- De: Thomas Ligotti
- Narrado por: Eric Martin
great writing and reading
Revisado: 12-30-19
listened 3 times so far. will probably read more Ligotti as a result. will probably read more Ligotti as a result.
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Dog Is Love
- Why and How Your Dog Loves You
- De: Clive D. L. Wynne PhD
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 8 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 115
Does your dog love you? Every dog lover knows the feeling. The nuzzle of a dog’s nose, the warmth of them lying at our feet, even their whining when they want to get up on the bed. It really seems like our dogs love us, too. But for years, scientists have resisted that conclusion, warning against anthropomorphizing our pets. Enter Clive Wynne, a pioneering canine behaviorist whose research is helping to usher in a new era: one in which love, not intelligence or submissiveness, is at the heart of the human-canine relationship.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent summary of recent research
- De A. Hathaway en 11-05-19
- Dog Is Love
- Why and How Your Dog Loves You
- De: Clive D. L. Wynne PhD
- Narrado por: James Langton
well worth the time
Revisado: 10-11-19
very interesting but the history and research that must go in the book became tedious to me. if I wasn't working while listening, I'd rather have been playing with my dog.
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Being Mortal
- Medicine and What Matters in the End
- De: Atul Gawande
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 14,055
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 12,163
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 12,128
In Being Mortal, best-selling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Walk through the Valley of the Shadow
- De George en 11-02-14
- Being Mortal
- Medicine and What Matters in the End
- De: Atul Gawande
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
Almost a great book.....
Revisado: 10-08-19
I really did like this book. I learned much and am glad I read it.
* THe stories were just too much story filler for me. I found myself really tiring at the unrelated details.
* I appreciated his noting his difficulties navigating the establishment, even as a physician, in his family's story.
* There was only a few minutes on physician assisted death mgmt. It was dismissed out of hand. That is unfortunate.
* There is little mentioned about suicide, but here again, it is dismissed. Again, unfortunate. It is a valid discussion in this important context.
You will be facing someone's mortality, so this book is a great start to receiving the reality of it.
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How You Decide: The Science of Human Decision Making
- De: Ryan Hamilton, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Ryan Hamilton
- Duración: 11 h y 50 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 691
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 605
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 596
In How You Decide: The Science of Human Decision Making, Professor Ryan Hamilton, associate professor of marketing at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, uses research revealed via the scientific method to understand and explain human decision making. While his easygoing manner and anecdotes about surprising and bizarre choices will keep you enthralled, Professor Hamilton also shares what decision science has revealed through empirically tested theories.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, not what I expected unfortunately.
- De Lisa F from Florida en 04-25-18
Boring....
Revisado: 09-24-19
I've read a number of books on the subject so this should be considered in my review. Most of the examples are in many such books I've read. I have tried to enjoy the great courses but they are just too "behind the curve" and the format is no longer useful to me as a listener. I just can't recommend them anymore. Sorry.
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