Sam martinez

Commendable

Revisado: 12-29-22

It’s good to hear stories of someone breaking away from adversity. Didn’t need details of injuries.

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Trump's Art of the Deal Ghostwriter

Revisado: 10-05-20

Schwartz wrote “The Art of the Deal.” Schwartz regretted dealing with Trump - the devil who drove him to meditation that led him to Ram Das, a person quite the opposite of Trump. He then declares we are all emotionally vulnerable and the importance of interpersonal relationships. Perhaps his mother began his journey to all his difficulties. Schwartz calls “The Art of the Deal” fiction. We have witnessed that.

His new book Dealing with the Devil, Mother, Trump, and Me is about his time and frustrations in writing The Art of the Deal.
Trump had told Schwartz he would donate all the royalties to charity. He did not. Trump’s image with lawyers, brokers, and bankers was far less than what he thought or thinks so Schwartz had trouble writing it. Trump threatened to withhold the Schwartz royalties. Trump convinced himself that whatever he was saying was true. Schwartz came to believe people want to believe something great; truthful hyperbole, an innocent form of exaggeration, a form of sleight-of-hand, a trumped-up euphemism for deceit.

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Two books in one - Repetitive

Revisado: 04-04-20

First part of the book is worth listening and the second part pretty much rehashes information under the subject of persuasion with a tilt toward sales.

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Corruption

Revisado: 03-26-20

Blowout by Rachel Maddow is a thorough study of the corruption of the oil industry, money and tax credits, environmental exploitation, political involvement, international networks, and abuse of power.
The book took longer to complete but is detailed, clever, yet infuriating learning of an industrial process that could have been better and served consumers better. Corporate and political leaders throughout the world let us down. I’m hoping new energy does not get exploited by greed. Gas and oil prices would be cheaper but for oligarchs. The public should not be misinformed. Fracking informative.

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Learning just do it

Revisado: 03-26-20

Recommended for those in education. There are solutions to our education system and this book points them out with cognitive scientific studies. Every student wanting to be a teacher or wanting to improve grades should read it. Every teacher or person in the field of education should read this as well. Brown promotes quizzes and self quizzes for learning. Retrieving información is better than rereading as I used to do. How we receive information affects how well we learn the information and how we are able to explain learned substance in our own words. Elaborate what you read and you are better off retaining it. Unless of course you elaborate bullshit like our current president.

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We have Angels

Revisado: 03-26-20

In our times of troubles, Meacham demonstrates how past leaders have led from darkness to light and that our dilemma will pass. We have had better leaders that dealt us out of chaos and trouble.
Meachem does not hesitate to address bigotry and racism as our history and our idealistic goals of unity, fairness and justice. Everyone lives with bias, Presidents are not excluded, yet individuals emerge to do the right thing and inspire us to follow or act on country values. He knows American history, often quoting inspirational statements affecting policy with emotion. With our wars, economic fluctuations, depression of the past and current woes, democratic policy and swift action have kept America afloat. When it seems like hell, our better angels rise.

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Timing is everything

Revisado: 03-26-20

Ellen does a good job of bringing humor into the stories, yet reading them is so much different than telling jokes. Timing is everything when telling jokes, the way it is said, the pauses.

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Enjoyable

Revisado: 11-16-19

Story of the life of an uneducated girl from a dysfunctional family blending in with nature and isolation that overcomes adversity in her own way. The complexity of being different reveals stories of friendships,love, trust, hardships, loneliness and abuse. Very well presented.

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Southwestern Drugs

Revisado: 11-05-19

The book offers a complete perspective of illegal drugs from growing, distribution, using, policy, enforcement, etc. The impact on economy from a local and national perspective is offered for Mexico and USA. The author allows the reader the personal stories alluring them toward the illegal or enforcement side.

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We need to adjust the helm.

Revisado: 07-11-19

Although most investigative techniques have been made public through various media, I’d have wished he would have minimized exposure because the bad boys and girls work around them developing new ways to break laws. Sad that some of the public follow devious partisan politicians before the dedicated men and women in law enforcement.

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