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The worst book I've ever read

Revisado: 10-18-19

the constant injection of hate politics on top of the vitriol third wave feminist diatribe made this unreadable. it was impossible to separate the author's supposition from factual information.

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Nope

Revisado: 07-08-19

I expected history, what I got was third wave feminist hatred. didn't make it through the first chapter. why not position the book the way you wrote it. this is not a serious historical view of the powerful women of Egypt.

I'll look for a better one.

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the performance is awful

Revisado: 09-09-18

This is positively the worst reading I've ever heard in Audible. Youre well served by picking another performance.

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Good story

Revisado: 08-15-15

The narrative is awful. The story is sound but the narration takes away so much from the book. It is a good story and valuable insight to life in WWII aboard a U.S. Destroyer.

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Difficult

Revisado: 03-04-15

This was a difficult for me. It starts as a long and painful advertisement for BMW. At the point I nearly stopped reading the book shifted gears and started to get into the subject matter of the inner workings of BMW.

The book did a fair job speaking to the subject matter. There were details about the ownership, a small treatment of the history of BMW, a short deviation into the World War Two history of BMW, and even some intimate details about the personalities that own, run and contribute to BMW’s success. Mr. Kiley did an excellent job of making sure the readers understood how highly he holds BMW.

The book is constantly punctuated with what sounds like a BMW sponsored advertisement. I got the feeling that BMW must have underwritten the book, because there is heavy on the accolades that I was at my limit of reading tolerance.

This book is truly a disappointment to me. I had so much hope for learning about BMW, and I received only superficial tidbits of what the book title promises. I think the worst part is that the book is dated by the constant advertisements and so much of it isn't even relevant now. If it weren't for the fact that I am such a BMW fan I would not have been able to finish the book.

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Awsome Each and Every Wird

Revisado: 01-26-15

This is a fantastic review of an important part of automotive history. The names of the players are still icons on the roads of the world. If you like cars, or just a little curious about what makes a gear head tick this is a must read.

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that I would love to meet Susan Jacoby in person

Revisado: 12-08-14

I started this book thinking that I made a mistake in reading this one. The political leanings of the book seemed to be far to left for me. After a short time I realized that there is a little bit in this book for everybody to love and hate. Susan is left on social and political issues. I do believe that she gave very fair treatment to issues and, for the most part, she did not let her politics get in the way.

Susan covers a very large breadth of issues and she covers those issues deeply enough that the reader understands the issue and her point of view. She also makes an honest effort to represent issues from both sides to offer an intelligent argument. On occasion she simply fails, but when we talk about W. Bush how could we be expected not to chuckle over his knuckleheaded blunders with the English language. I want to reject her argument in these occasions, but I just in good conscience can’t.

Susan dedicates a lot of text to the general dumbing down of Americans. She talks about how many ways our society has deluded our educational system and expectations for our children. She offers a myriad of ways this dumbing down happens and how it manifests itself in a number of ways. She attacks the school system, she attacks the mainstream media. Susan gives well-rounded and insightful input. Susan introduced me to several new subjects including “chicklit” that I have never heard of.

I want to dislike this book and Susan’s politics. After finishing the book I simply can’t dislike the book, Susan’s politics or her. In fact she may have offered the smartest, well-conceived and intelligently articulated arguments for her beliefs that I have heard. She has given me ample reason to reassess my thoughts on several subjects and I find that I would love to meet her in person. I can think of no one else that I would like to engage on the topics listed in this book.

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I find Thomas Sowell fascinating

Revisado: 08-17-13

I have to confess that I find Thomas Sowell fascinating. I read his book “Economic Facts and Fallacies” and I have read many more. I enjoy watching him one “Youtube.” The man has a fantastic mind, he is able to tie real problems and solutions to real outcomes. He does not need to invent, slander or use pejoratives to attach those that disagree. His logic, history, facts and reality prove him right over and over again
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I love this book. I enjoyed every bit of it, and I love how Dr. Sowell ties every bit of the intelligentsia’s rhetoric back facts, numbers, reality, and history. The book follows Dr. Sowell’s thoughts on most of the materials I have read. There is nothing new here, except the ability to read Dr. Sowell’s thought. He is unapologetic, honest and forthright. Unlike the Intellectuals who will attack him personally, he has honor, and real intelligence. This work will never rise to fame, as he pulls the blinds open on the Intelligentsia, but it is a great read, even if you don’t care for Thomas Sowell.

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Looking at market strategy as blue water

Revisado: 08-12-13

Great concept and it seems apparent looking at it after reading the book. Looking at market strategy as blue water, clear, fun and wide open as compared to a red ocean which is shark infested, bloody from competition is compelling.

I hate to be the dissenting voice, but I had a hard time finishing this book. I think the ideas are sound. I like the concepts and the business relations to those marketing concepts are fantastic. The book itself was poorly edited. I found it to be very repetitive. It read like the chapters 7, 8 and 9 were added for no purpose but to make the book longer. I guess that the publisher felt the book wasn’t worth the price based on content, so the pumped up the volume of material.

Reading the first half of the book is more than enough. All of the important ideas are presented in this half and you will get all of the value out of the book with this material.

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Fasinating view of life in Nazi Germany

Revisado: 05-17-13

This is a fascinating book. This book is about a real couple who lived in Berlin during World War 2. Their son was in the German army and was killed during the invasion of France. The couple then started to write and distribute letters and post cards denouncing the war, Hitler and the Nazi regime.

There are many characters in the book. There are several subordinate stories and sub plots written through the novel. All of this is key for me, and American, to understand How Germans lived and what life was like in Nazi Germany. Eventually the couple is caught, tortured and killed. They die with honor and with their dignity intact.

According to Wiki, the book was written, by Hans Fallada in 24 days. He died only a few months after completing the book. The translation works well and there is enough german left to help the book be completely believable. The book was a best seller in 2009, when the English translation was published, and the reason for this is clear when you read it.

There is a great WIKI page about the book, movie and author.

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