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Fooled by Randomness
- The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
- De: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
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This audiobook is about luck, or more precisely, how we perceive and deal with luck in life and business. It is already a landmark work, and its title has entered our vocabulary. In its second edition, Fooled by Randomness is now a cornerstone for anyone interested in random outcomes.
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Pass on this one and read The Black Swan
- De Wade T. Brooks en 06-25-12
- Fooled by Randomness
- The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
- De: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
A difficult read
Revisado: 01-27-25
I dared to read something different from what I'm used to; therefore, it was a difficult read. I honestly missed some points, but I never really clicked with this work. I think that if you are the target audience for this, you can enjoy it, but unfortunately, I didn't.
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Get Honest or Die Lying
- Why Small Talk Sucks
- De: Charlamagne Tha God
- Narrado por: Charlamagne Tha God, Elliot Connie, Landon Woodson
- Duración: 6 h y 14 m
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For over a decade, Charlamagne Tha God has cohosted iHeartRadio’s nationally syndicated morning radio show The Breakfast Club and has proven his power as a culture mover and thought leader, by being his completely authentic self on-air. From his famous “You ain't black” moment with President Biden, to heartfelt chats with cultural icons like Sean “Jay-Z” Carter and Judy Blume, to viral classics with Kamala Harris and Soulja Boy, his reach and impact on American culture continues to grow. In Get Honest or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks, Charlamagne takes full command of his new perch.
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Plot formatting and intention
- De Philly en 05-01-25
- Get Honest or Die Lying
- Why Small Talk Sucks
- De: Charlamagne Tha God
- Narrado por: Charlamagne Tha God, Elliot Connie, Landon Woodson
Wow
Revisado: 01-07-25
I just got this audio book because it was recommended to me on a mailing list, I thought it was going to be entertaining but I didn't thought I was going to like it so much
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Behave
- The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
- De: Robert Sapolsky
- Narrado por: Michael Goldstrom
- Duración: 26 h y 27 m
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From the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad, and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: He starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person's reaction in the precise moment a behavior occurs, and then hops back in time from there, in stages, ultimately ending up at the deep history of our species and its evolutionary legacy.
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Insightful
- De Doug Hay en 07-27-17
- Behave
- The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
- De: Robert Sapolsky
- Narrado por: Michael Goldstrom
Very interesting, but it's long.
Revisado: 12-23-24
It was a very entertaining book, with interesting topics, but perhaps too much information for a casual reader on this subject.
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Leave the World Behind
- A Novel
- De: Rumaan Alam
- Narrado por: Marin Ireland
- Duración: 7 h y 26 m
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Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they’ve rented for the week. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Ruth and G. H. are an older couple—it’s their house, and they’ve arrived in a panic. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. But in this rural area—with the TV and internet now down, and no cell phone service—it’s hard to know what to believe.
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I knew people wouldn’t like it
- De BookLover en 10-15-20
- Leave the World Behind
- A Novel
- De: Rumaan Alam
- Narrado por: Marin Ireland
Nothing ever happens in this "story"
Revisado: 09-04-24
It started very shallow, with no depth in characters. I wonder if the author made them so white on purpose. The addition of Black characters initially seemed promising, but ultimately failed to deliver on that potential.
Nothing really happened in this book. It's as if the author didn't know how to develop the story effectively, I wonder if this author knows how to write at all. This experience has taught me to be more careful when selecting books. I should also reconsider reading books that have been adapted for Netflix.
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The Great Gatsby
- De: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Narrado por: Jake Gyllenhaal
- Duración: 4 h y 49 m
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel of the Roaring Twenties is beloved by generations of readers and stands as his crowning work. This new audio edition, authorized by the Fitzgerald estate, is narrated by Oscar-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal ( Brokeback Mountain). Gyllenhaal's performance is a faithful delivery in the voice of Nick Carraway, the Midwesterner turned New York bond salesman, who rents a small house next door to the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby. There, he has a firsthand view of Gatsby’s lavish West Egg parties - and of his undying love....
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Just the right reading style
- De Matthew Stavros en 05-09-13
- The Great Gatsby
- De: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Narrado por: Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake's Narration
Revisado: 08-24-24
My favorite book ever. It actually helped me overcome one of the saddest moments of my life (I was chasing after a girl who didn't like me back).
For me, this is a story about how a person can change everything about themselves to fit someone else's needs—their way of dressing, talking, behaving, and even thinking. Yet, despite all these changes, the other person can still choose not to be with you.
It's a story that encourages us to live our lives however we want, whether that's a lavish lifestyle or a simple one. The key is to make these decisions for ourselves, not for others. When you live your life for another person, you stop living it for yourself.
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The Order of Time
- De: Carlo Rovelli
- Narrado por: Benedict Cumberbatch
- Duración: 4 h y 19 m
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In lyric, accessible prose, Carlo Rovelli invites us to consider questions about the nature of time that continue to puzzle physicists and philosophers alike. For most listeners, this is unfamiliar terrain. We all experience time, but the more scientists learn about it, the more mysterious it appears. We think of it as uniform and universal, moving steadily from past to future, measured by clocks. Rovelli tears down these assumptions one by one, revealing a strange universe where, at the most fundamental level, time disappears.
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Rovelli is a Genius
- De Mike en 05-11-18
- The Order of Time
- De: Carlo Rovelli
- Narrado por: Benedict Cumberbatch
Very informative about basic concepts
Revisado: 06-15-24
This book was a challenge for me. I had never heard of physics or theories about time before, and I thought this would be a good introduction, and it was.
Sadly, I think I will have to reread this in order to understand it fully. But I liked the fact that I was able to finish it without having to go back too many times.
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The Comfort Crisis
- Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
- De: Michael Easter
- Narrado por: Michael Easter
- Duración: 8 h y 52 m
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In many ways, we’re more comfortable than ever before. But could our sheltered, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged lives actually be the leading cause of many our most urgent physical and mental health issues? In this gripping investigation, award-winning journalist Michael Easter seeks out off-the-grid visionaries, disruptive genius researchers, and mind-body conditioning trailblazers who are unlocking the life-enhancing secrets of a counterintuitive solution: discomfort.
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Couldn’t finish it
- De Laura H. en 06-06-23
- The Comfort Crisis
- Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
- De: Michael Easter
- Narrado por: Michael Easter
Good storytelling with amazing facts
Revisado: 05-14-24
A great dive into what the comfort crisis is and how being uncomfortable, bored, and constantly challenged can shape you into a better person and also keep you sharp.
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The Midnight Library
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- De: Matt Haig
- Narrado por: Carey Mulligan
- Duración: 8 h y 50 m
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Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better? In The Midnight Library, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision.
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Exceptional.
- De Richard B. en 10-05-20
- The Midnight Library
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- De: Matt Haig
- Narrado por: Carey Mulligan
It was okay
Revisado: 11-10-23
I wish the ending was different, kind of generic feel good story. I really liked the concept but it ended exactly as I feared.
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