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Wonder, Heartbreak & Hope

Revisado: 11-25-24

I found Christos’ story interesting & compelling every step along the way. He tells it with a spirit of generosity and, perhaps, confession. I was very glad to have shared this experience with him. Going to Athos is a death to the world, but the reverse is also true & I did feel a sense of loss & grief, even as I was happy for his freedom and choice. Thus it is with all great turnings in one’s life.
I really recommend this book.

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Extraordinary

Revisado: 03-25-24

I have just finished listening to this history of the SAS in WWII. I am left with a sense of admiration and heartbreak. This is a tragicomedy of the first order, all the more powerful because it is real. You must hear this!

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A Must-Read

Revisado: 10-16-21

Sharri Markson forensically pieces together all the available, unclassified evidence regarding the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Her findings will make your blood boil, as you hear of the incompetence, corruption, self-interest and criminal negligence that contributed to 4.8 millions deaths globally due to this respiratory pandemic.

Markson's writing is engaging at every turn and she makes some esoteric but relevant science available to a lay audience. She weighs the available evidence in a broadly objective fashion, with a minimum of bias. A definitive conclusion is not possible, but the balance of evidence is made clear.

The reader's performance is in clear, pleasant, Australian English.

I would regard this as a must-read for anyone with an interest in the origins of the present global pandemic, which one imagines ought to be everyone on the planet. Markson is able to cut through the obfuscation and politics to lay before you evidence that a lot of people don't want you to know.

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Well Worth the Listening

Revisado: 12-09-17

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I took a small risk purchasing The Last Week, as I knew nothing of the authors and am not a deeply religious person.
This audiobook is a reflection on the Gospel of Mark, the oldest of the canonical gospels and the one possibly least laden with theology.
The authors offered well-considered insights into Mark that I found at once fascinating and useful. (No spoilers here, though!)
In the end, I was very happy to have purchased this book and invested the time listening to it. Although I didn't agree with all that was said, Borg and Crossan helped me to interesting and important insights regarding the Gospel.

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Disappointing

Revisado: 12-09-17

How could the performance have been better?

I purchased this recording on the basis of Thomas Merton's excellent reputation and popularity in his own time.
Given that he was a Trappist monk after coming from a background well informed by modern Western culture, I was hoping to learn something of the prophet's role in modern society.
Instead, Merton offered a thinly veiled, neo-Marxist diatribe, informed by the hippy trends of his day and re-communicated using religious language.
For me, his discussion seemed quite unreflective of the underlying ideas, and offered nothing new or insightful.
I was so disappointed in the shallow repetition of Marxist ideology using a religious cloak that I can't see myself purchasing anything else by Merton.
I guess that I will continue to look elsewhere.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

I did like the fact that this was a live lecture to an interested audience of nuns. The production lent a sense of authenticity to the recording.

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