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Terrible narration - interesting content

Revisado: 03-18-25

The narration is one of the worst I have heard on Audible yet. Because there are strange pauses throughout the text and the intonation doesn't seem to match the content at times, it has been difficult for me to follow the logic of the text. I slowed down the narration to try to blur the odd pauses that segment the paragraphs in very strange ways, and that has helped a little. The narrator speeds through the text at times really fast and then stops and leaves long pauses, but not at points that would make sense. The content is interesting, the author backs up some arguments effectively with research about individualistic and collectivistic cultures.

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Great storytelling and narration - enjoyable

Revisado: 01-25-23

Fun to listen to, interesting information, engaging, appears to be well backed by research on food and nutrition.

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OK - Interesting

Revisado: 11-29-21

Lively narrator, good storytelling. Some buzzing on the audio. Too many personal stories - seemed a little thin in content.
Fun to listen to though, but not sure I would recommend.

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Excellent - worthwhile reading for those who teach

Revisado: 12-20-20

Well written, engaging, great insights on learning. Explores ideas about how we learn with research - does changing physical location impact information retention when studying, and what study techniques are most effective (asking oneself questions over text highlighting or re-reading). Really interesting.

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Interesting, informative, easy to listen to

Revisado: 06-14-20

Easy and interesting to listen to. Focused on a few examples, like plastic, porcelain and diamonds, covering some of their history, cultural significance, characteristics -- in a fun and engaging way. Good reader too.

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Fun to listen book on Environmental Psych

Revisado: 04-12-20

Covers much of the best known literature on Environmental Psychology related to the built environment. It's easy to follow and fairly entertaining. Pruitt-Igoe is mispronounced, but the narration is good.

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Great story teller, engaging writer and narrator

Revisado: 08-01-19

Bee Wilson is a great story teller. I've listened to the three books of hers available on Audible and they are all really engaging -- she uses all kinds of sources to build her arguments, weaves stories and data very effectively, and focuses on very interesting issues about food and our relationship to food. Discusses recent changes in food production and consumption patterns around the world. I found the information about Latin American food consumption changes since the 90s really interesting. The narration is also very good and very clear. Highly recommend.

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Engaging and well written. Great story telling.

Revisado: 11-30-18

Excellent. Unusual topic -- I found this volume when browsing. It focuses on the history of eating and cooking tools, traditions and places (for example, the fork, the spit, the kitchen), primarily in the UK and the West, but also around the world, cnnecting it to cutlure and behavior. Truly interesting. The narrator is also very good.

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Engaging and informative

Revisado: 11-30-18

Excellent. Well written book with lots of interesting infomation. The author does a great job of exploring adolescent behavior and relates research to her experience counseling teen girls, clarifying concepts and presenting pssible approaches for specific situations (for ex., motivating a rebellious teen to keep up with her academic work). Her explanation of teen behavior, even when baffling, coutnerproductive or erratic, as part of a necessary developmental stage aimed towards becoming an independent adult is well presented and informative.

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