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It's OK

Revisado: 04-06-20

This was one of the free Audible Originals that I could pick for the month and, as a Canadian and given some of the other options available, I thought this might be something that I could listen to. And I did, for the 1 hour and 13 minutes. The history is interesting, the narration by the author (a speech) OK. Not only the story of a former First Lady of Canada, but also one suffering from mental illness.

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Impressed

Revisado: 03-24-20

I was quite impressed by this freebie. The storytelling is poetic and inspirational. One of the few Audible Originals I really enjoyed.

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A fascinating book by a modern hero.

Revisado: 03-05-20

I had always wanted to read Dallaire’s book after having watched the movies Shake Hands with the Devil and Hotel Rwanda, and was delighted to find it on Audible.

Dallaire’s story is gripping and at the same time, fatiguing due to the continuous cycle of the human atrocities and bureaucratic nonsense. The difficulties he and the UN Force in Rwanda faced were beyond that which most of us could ever imagine and deal with and yet his commitment to his duty and altruistic big-picture view is admirable. He persisted where lesser beings would have capitulated. Nevertheless, I appreciated his self-criticism, bluntness,

His story raises even further my esteem for Dallaire and piece keepers in general. Gen. Dallaire has personally paid a high price for his involvement, as soldiers sometimes do, in the service of humanity and for a people who are of an entirely different nationality, race and culture to his own. I wish Gen. Dallaire a continued purposeful and satisfying life and a joyful retirement- you truly deserve it, General.

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How to make America Great Again

Revisado: 11-19-19

I got interested in this book after hearing a radio interview of Chris Hedges. The portrait he paints of the current situation in the United States, how it came to be and what the future holds is bleak.

I would have probably preferred Hedges to be the narrator. While some segments are quite strong the book sometimes drones on with long-winded interviews.

Anybody who shares the concerns about where America is and where it is going would find Hedges’ views interesting, even though they might not like all he has to say. It very clearly ends up summarizing the root problems that need to be resolved by anyone seriously wanting to make America great again.... and spoiler alert: the present incarnations of Republicans and Democrats alike don’t hold the keys.

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Excellent

Revisado: 02-03-19

Though provoking, insightful and motivating. Best Audible Originals so far! Keep more like these coming please!

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This book has made me view my home in a completely new way

Revisado: 12-07-18

I was born a “Left Coast” Canadian, but never quite understood my own political attitudes nor feeling comfortable with being identified by my citizenship as an identity. Having lived in and visited the different regions of Canada and the United States, I never fully understood the different national identities or why some people thought so differently. This book has been an eye-opener for me.

This audiobook spins North American history is a unique, refreshing, without the hackneyed glamorized narrative taught in schools. Throughout the book I often remarked to myself “I never knew that” and dispels so many myths that I held as true. To understand where we are now we need to look back at our past. This book clarifies how we have gotten to our current political situations and makes suggestions on how to survive as a society despite our great differences.

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Great Audiobook

Revisado: 11-25-18

The Audiobook is a bit long but it certainly is a deep and complete background on the lives and contributions of Doolittle, Rickenbaker and Lindbergh. Well performed and a fascinating insight into the lives these men lived.

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Timeless and timely

Revisado: 11-14-18

How history just repeats itself and how humanity never learns.

I really liked the original narrator.

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Pure Gold by Sidney Dekker

Revisado: 10-23-18

My first book I read by Sidney Dekker was on Just Culture, as part of my Masters degree research, and this was his second book which I bought as an audio book.

Again, Dekker makes genuinely profound observations that shakes the foundations of conventional wisdom around safety and operational practices. This should not only be required reading/listening for safety specialists, but also for managers in organizations where operations safety is a concern.

I especial appreciated Dekker narrating his own book. His performance is excellent and I generally enjoy when authors narrate their own books as they give the deeper meaning- only they can tell the story with the profoundness intended.

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Interesting, but a bit long winded.

Revisado: 07-17-18

It took me several months of on-again, off-again listening. While this book focuses on the current political situation in the United States (and argues that what is happening today is something that has evolved for decades if not centuries), while summarizing suggestions for maintaining democracy in the United States, it also examines the crisis that were experienced in other countries and how some clawed their way out of the conundrum.

It does drone on a bit though, although it is a good listen for someone who deeply cares about the preservation of democracy.

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