David Parks

Hard to follow and weak ending

Revisado: 03-21-22

A bit hard to follow the story flow. The conclusion felt rather hum drum, it didn't excite.

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Good, but only covers F1, not F9 development

Revisado: 04-19-21

Very good except I was hoping they would also cover falcon 9 development in detail. they only covered falcon 1.

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I'm a San Francisco liberal and love this book

Revisado: 01-17-21

I've purchased multiple copies of this book for family members both conservative and liberal. This is a book that we all need to read. It's a masterpiece.

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A truly incredible piece of literature

Revisado: 04-22-18

I would compare this book with Allan Greenspan's, "The age of turbulence." It gives insight and history on the most recent decades in politics, from the point of view of Justice rather than economics, of course. It was educational, it was a history lesson, and it helped me calibrate my own judgement over the past decades. And as if that wasn't enough, it was brilliantly written: funny, emotional, exciting, a book you don't want to put down. How often do you say that about a book also described as a history lesson? This book should be a staple of our nation's collective conciseness for many decades to come.

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Among my top 5 all time favorites!

Revisado: 04-18-18

I've listened to it twice and each time pick up something new that applies or should apply to my life. I absolutely love this story.

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Nothing new, nothing exciting

Revisado: 08-16-12

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

I only got through half the book before giving up. The writer employs existing common sense recommendations to improve your life. Think positive, have goals, overcome your fears, etc. But he rarely reaches any depth with halfhearted analogies, doesn't provide much in terms of support for his recommendations, and often leaves the reader with not more than airy anecdotes such as "Think positive every day".

You would be far better off reading "The Power of Now", a quarter of which more concisely sums up the few beneficial recommendations in this book, while being truly powerful in its ability to reach inside of, and make it real, for the reader.

If the writer is not going to break new ground in what he's recommending, he'll need to do a better job at really reaching in to the hearts and minds of his audience and making them able to internalize the recommendations.

As is, the writer comes across as rather self absorbed, and more interested in writing a biography of his own success than he is in truly touching his readers. That's probably not an easy task, but then again, "Improve your life" self help books are not in short supply.

Would you ever listen to anything by John McGrath again?

Unlikely

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of John McGrath?

Irrelevant

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A history of scientific progress

Revisado: 01-14-09

This book provided a nice history of the sciences that have brought us to the current day. It was enlightening and informative and written in a witty and easy to read style.

I enjoyed it, but I would only recommend it to someone who has an interest in reading about the sciences. It doesn't teach much on any particular topic, rather it gives a summary of the science, it's history, and current state.

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A truly inspiring and insightful book

Revisado: 01-14-09

This is a book about spirituality, and if you choose to hear it this way, God. And at the same time I believe an atheist could listen and identify with it. In fact one of the phenomenal things about this book is that an atheist, agnotstic, Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist could all sit with this book and identify with it in their own individual way, be it identifying with the individual, their god, or higher spiritual state of being.

While the book is along the spirituality line, it really reframes religions, all religions as part of the same whole. And he quotes and discusses the concept of “god” in many different religions, but ties them all back to a single concept. And specifically he discusses the teachings of Christianity and dispels, in an unbelievably eloquent way many of the misinterpretations of the original teachings that are prevalent today

But the book isn’t about God, it’s simply about one’s self, the author just pulls together western religion, eastern religion, and individual awareness in one framework and shows, with examples from various religions, and mostly from individual experience, how they all point back to the same thing.

If spirituality is not something you are interested in, and in fact it is only very minimally what I am interested in, you could as easily read and identify with this book on the level of a personal psychology guide. I believe that virtually anyone interested in their own well being will find that this book speaks to them on a level that makes sense for them in their life. To accomplish this is a truly magnificent feat, and the author has my deepest respect for accomplishing this seemingly impossible task.

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Stick with the original: A brief history of time

Revisado: 07-08-08

I mistakenly purchased, and listened to this book when I meant to get the original "A brief history of Time" by Hawkins.

So now I have listened to both. In my opinion the original is a more rich and detailed book. Of course, that's the point of this book, to consolidate that one.

But I ask why? The original wasn't beyond most readers ability to understand, and if it was, they probably weren't the type of people reading it.

So my advice: Stick with the original.

Perhaps if you want you bright 6 year old to read such a book, this one would be a better option.

The irony: The beginning of the original (more detailed, and complex version) starts with a sound bite from "Audible Kids", this one does not - that seems backwards. Or perhaps I am just living time backwards - as Hawkins explains - our current theories of physics can't conclusively prove that this isn't the case. :)

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A keen insight regarding our countries leadership

Revisado: 07-08-08

I appreciated this book for it's very candid view of the white house administration. It discusses how decisions are made, and gives insight into the process of government at the highest levels (something most of us have little experience in).

I also thought that it gave a reasonably impartial view of the president and other key administration officials. Clearly McClellan takes some issue with how decisions are made, but from this book I came away with a more positive and more negative view of Bush and his advisers in different aspects of their leadership of this country.

All in all I appreciated the candid view of out countries administration and feel like I'm better able to make decisions about other leaders in the future because of it.

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