Coren Allen

Should be mandatory reading in school...

Revisado: 11-20-24

Perspective and context inform our view of today...and yesterday. There are far too many humans who make sweeping assumptions about people and circumstances they actually have no clue about and remain staunchly opposed to using anything substantive to inform their worldview.

This is a must read for all students...and if we missed it in school...for everyone no longer a student.

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Neither an endorsement nor a tear down...

Revisado: 11-20-24

So many people get their information from memes and sound bytes...half truths, lies and hatreds. Listen to who is criticized. Listen to what is actually necessary for this place to continue thriving...and the critical role the disruption plays on a global stage. Love him or hate him (Trump)...this is an important read with open mind and incessant curiosity.

It's a (singular) perspective from first hand experience...yet still a perspective many would benefit from vice screaming assumptions and hatreds about a dude they really don't know nor have taken substantive time to hear from more than one echo chamber.

Well done.

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Sponsored by big pharma...

Revisado: 11-09-24

Not even a mention of vaccines--not even an attempt to disprove or discredit theories surrounding the accelerated use of vaccines on children...

A far left narrative steeped in emotionally charged theories that does not holistically explore the entire work force or all of humanity--only the sectors and populations and zip codes that support an extreme philosophy.

There are good and worthy ideas woven into the narrative that have truthful and even relevant application in some spaces and some zip codes.

Regretfully, it is woefully incomplete, distastefully one-sided from an extreme left position on the map and glibly claims absolute truths about issues that are either patently false or incredibly complex.

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Should be required reading

Revisado: 01-02-23

Schools today are churning out soft human beings who capitulate to paper tigers—figments of emotion. Understanding the endurance required to navigate life is strong medicine for hard times—which are guaranteed to find all of us. The hope and inspiration associated with Mr. Shackleton is just icing on the cake. Beautiful story of the best of us.

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Must read - should be required reading 4 all

Revisado: 01-08-22

Timeless, truthful telling of man's war with illicit $$ and power.

How is Anthony Fauci (and co.) still employed by the US government (or anyone) and not serving time in isolation - prison?

Understanding Fauci and Gates (and their vast tentacles) role in 1) the "war on AIDS" and 2) what had to occur for the Emergency Use Authorization to be effectively legal open the reader / listener's eyes to a deeply troubling system to which ALL of us are refugees.

Before COVID ever arrived (outside of a lab) the groundwork had been laid, rehearsed and long hoped for by evil men with insidious design...certainly not with the best interest of "we the people" and not public health.

Along with Thomas Sowell and Carl Sagan, courageous mean like Robert Kennedy, Jr. seek and find truth. Willing to pull the curtain back on the insanely corrupt systems of power and people that have aligned to unite against "we the people" only in favor of their personal bank account and positions of power.

Exhaustively cited, the truth is impossible to dismiss. Anyone unwilling to acknowledge that a deeper look at "this present context" is necessary is complicit with the vast collateral damage that continues to unfold before our very eyes.

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Classic Grisham

Revisado: 10-31-21

Michael Beck makes the book even better.

"The Broker" is a reason I still love a "Grisham."

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Can't tell if it's the book or the narrator

Revisado: 10-31-21

Incredibly adolescent narration...only listened because it's a "Grisham"...one of a few books I wish I'd read and not listened. Almost hung it up after a few chapters...held on because of the lineage of the author.

The story is good...but can't tell if it's classic Grisham or if he's slipped into the "I have to create an unending series of visceral emotional reactions" (which is narrated even worse).

Sorry, not usually negative on these books...I love audible (almost 200 hours of listening just this year)...didn't love this book...still a fan of Mr. Grisham.

Hope they choose a different "read by" for his next classic.

Michael Beck spoiled us and made great books even greater.

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An important and essential listen in 2020

Revisado: 02-06-20

Must read for anyone seeking truth and solutions to root causes of human conflict in this present state of hate and polarization.

Ms. Pandeth's broad base of experience and expertise offer an indisputable platform from which to address How We Win.

In an age where mis-information about "the other" is increasingly profitable and hate is a best-selling brand, How We Win is an exhaustive analysis of a rising threat that weakens the fiber of "we the people" not just in the United States of America but across the planet.

Further, in the same age where many on all sides of the ideological spectrum make much ado and loudly proclaim half-truths as "absolute" but rarely offer sustainable solutions to accompany their opinions, Ms. Pandeth offers a full spectrum of multi-faceted solutions that are suitable, feasible and could be implemented with commensurate private and political will.

There are a great number of grave misunderstandings within and without all religious categories. The only way to overcome such misunderstandings is to listen and learn. Further, our listening and learning must extend beyond the profit incentivized echo chambers of social and mainstream media.

So often, humans in any context don't understand or appreciate one another simply because there are extreme and controlling narratives steeped in half-truths and hatreds for "the other" that dominate the various mechanisms of information delivery.

There is a path of hope for a better, more peaceful and secure tomorrow and Ms. Pandith shines a bright light for us to follow.

I will listen again.

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Riveting personal journey of courage and heroism

Revisado: 11-25-19

With a captivating forward narrated by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 24th President of Liberia, Africa's first female Head of State and a 2011 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Choosing the Hero starts off strong and doesn't slow down.

Most will never touch the close encounters with the soul of humanity in so many disparate pockets of the planet in such a personal way and witness history up front and in person as does Ms. Levinson. Riva not only has taken (by her own choice) a front seat to many critical events in recent world history throughout the Middle East and Africa, she played a strategic and influential role in some of the most important and progressive moments in the 21st century.

Choosing the Hero is a very personal journey filled with candid honesty, hope and inspiration for what the best in humanity can accomplish to overcome the worst.

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A beautiful kaleidoscope of travel and experience

Revisado: 08-20-19

A must read in 2019...especially for those thirsty for solutions that surpass the empty political promises functioning only as highly decorative, empty boxes--void of any substance.

We live in a complex world filled with cronyism and corruption which only leads to unnecessary violence that displaces millions and destroys the lives of hundreds of thousands. Emma's personal journeys provide indisputable credibility and her experiences of hope and genuine goodness in humanity are a stark counter-truth to narratives that many in positions of power wish the public to believe as they spin hatreds and half-truths only intended to divide and polarize.

A truly enjoyable, highly recommended listen.

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