Brian Kennan
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Dreamland
- An Autobiography
- By: Bob Lazar, George Knapp - foreword
- Narrated by: Barry Abrams
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,734
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,497
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,496
Bob Lazar was a brilliant young physicist that found himself employed at a top-secret facility in the middle of the desert outside Las Vegas. Under the watchful eye of the government elite, he is tasked with understanding an exotic propulsion system being used by an advanced aerospace vehicle he is told came from outer space. The stressful work and long, odd hours start to wear on Bob and he becomes concerned for his safety. He tells his wife and a couple close friends about what he's doing in the desert, and his employers find out and are furious.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great summary of Bob Lazar's story
- By AA on 11-03-19
- Dreamland
- An Autobiography
- By: Bob Lazar, George Knapp - foreword
- Narrated by: Barry Abrams
Rubbish & boring
Reviewed: 09-20-20
Terrible load of drivel, excessively padded out with irrelevant trivia. Couldn't finish it. Not credible.
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I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan
- By: Alan Partridge
- Narrated by: Alan Partridge
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 745
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 669
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 663
Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder – Alan Partridge – a man with a fascinating past and an amazing future. Gregarious and popular, yet Alan’s never happier than when relaxing in his own five-bedroom, south-built house with three acres of land and access to a private stream. But who is this mysterious enigma? Alan Gordon Partridge is the best – and best-loved – radio presenter in the region. Born into a changing world of rationing, Teddy Boys, apes in space and the launch of ITV, Alan’s broadcasting career began as chief DJ of Radio Smile....
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Anglican giant among pygmies
- By John on 06-20-12
- I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan
- By: Alan Partridge
- Narrated by: Alan Partridge
Health warning: you will laugh aloud as you listen
Reviewed: 11-23-19
I loved most of this book - a few chapters dragged - but overall a great laugh - a tonic. Such amazing imagination, satire, and sometimes just plain silliness. I listened as I took my daily walks and found that I was walking along the street laughing out loud, causing folks to look at me as if I had a screw loose.
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Humans
- A Brief History of How We F--ked It All Up
- By: Tom Phillips
- Narrated by: Nish Kumar
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47
In the 70,000 years that modern human beings have walked this earth, we've come a long way. Art, science, culture, trade - on the evolutionary food chain, we're real winners. But, frankly, it's not exactly been plain sailing, and sometimes - just occasionally - we've managed to really, truly, quite unbelievably f--k things up. From Chairman Mao's Four Pests Campaign to the sinking of the Titanic; from the American Dustbowl to the world's leading superpower electing a reality TV mogul as President...it's pretty safe to say that, as a species, we haven't exactly grown wiser with age.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Deeply troubling, but humorously told.
- By Lawrence Shelton on 12-20-18
- Humans
- A Brief History of How We F--ked It All Up
- By: Tom Phillips
- Narrated by: Nish Kumar
Awful. Deplorably bad. Cynical rant.
Reviewed: 06-06-19
Author takes some interesting historic factoids and uses them to rant about "what a bunch of idiots" did throughout history. The narrator is straight from a late night UK comedy club. This book shows how to look at history through a sneering cynical lens. I should have guessed from the title, but for some reason I was expecting humourous insights rather that sneering cynicism.
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Cutting for Stone
- A Novel
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
- Length: 23 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,347
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,011
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,003
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Epic Medical Novel
- By Audiophile on 07-11-09
- Cutting for Stone
- A Novel
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
Epoc everything roller coaster
Reviewed: 01-20-19
loved it .... but wasn't sure for the first few hours. great story and lovely read
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Ghost in the Wires
- My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker
- By: Kevin Mitnick, William L. Simon
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,843
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,694
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,708
Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist in history. He accessed computers and networks at the world’s biggest companies—and however fast the authorities were, Mitnick was faster, sprinting through phone switches, computer systems, and cellular networks. He spent years skipping through cyberspace, always three steps ahead and labeled unstoppable.
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4 out of 5 stars
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For a smart guy, Mitnick was an idiot
- By Joshua on 09-17-14
- Ghost in the Wires
- My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker
- By: Kevin Mitnick, William L. Simon
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Loved it
Reviewed: 05-12-18
Not everyone's read, but I really enjoyed his story. Told in a lively fast paced way. intriguing. great ending too.
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On the Move
- A Life
- By: Oliver Sacks
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,267
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,114
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,114
From its opening minutes on his youthful obsession with motorcycles and speed, On the Move is infused with his restless energy. As he recounts his experiences as a young neurologist in the early 1960s, first in California, where he struggled with drug addiction, and then in New York, where he discovered a long-forgotten illness in the back wards of a chronic hospital, we see how his engagement with patients comes to define his life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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His Own Life
- By Garance on 05-13-15
- On the Move
- A Life
- By: Oliver Sacks
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
Great man, great story, lovely read
Reviewed: 03-04-18
I liked this book so much. The author has great humility and warmth. His interests and insights are broad and fascinating. I feel compelled to read his other books and have already downloaded the next one.
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WTF?
- What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us
- By: Tim O'Reilly
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 660
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 580
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 579
The digital revolution has transformed the world of media, upending centuries-old companies and business models. Now, it is restructuring every business, every job, and every sector of society. Yet the biggest changes are still ahead. To survive, every industry and organization will have to transform itself in multiple ways. O'Reilly explores what the next economy will mean for the world and every aspect of our lives - and what we can do to shape it.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A glimpse into the present (not the future)
- By Brian Kennan on 01-01-18
- WTF?
- What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us
- By: Tim O'Reilly
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
A glimpse into the present (not the future)
Reviewed: 01-01-18
Is there anything you would change about this book?
On a positive note, the book started out very well and is often insightful and thought-provoking. The book is a bit too long for the content provided. It also fails to really talk about the future (for example the chapter on "supermoney" never mentions cryptocurrencies. It also uses the "I" word far too often, sometimes feeling like a chronicle of Tim's accomplishments and involvement in the development of technology over the past several decades.
Would you be willing to try another book from Tim O'Reilly? Why or why not?
Probably not - I think he laid out the expanse of his thinking here - and its very good thinking.
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What Happened
- By: Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Narrated by: Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,704
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,424
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,362
For the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. Now free from the constraints of running, Hillary takes you inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major party in an election marked by rage, sexism, exhilarating highs and infuriating lows, stranger-than-fiction twists, Russian interference, and an opponent who broke all the rules. This is her most personal memoir yet.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Typical Hillary
- By Randall Shields on 09-18-17
- What Happened
- By: Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Narrated by: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Toooooo long
Reviewed: 12-31-17
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
This should have been 30 chapters rather than 97.
Has What Happened turned you off from other books in this genre?
No - I still want to read biographies
Would you listen to another book narrated by Hillary Rodham Clinton?
No - I have great respect for Hillary in many respect, however 97 chapters is too much Hillary. There is a lot of bitterness and catharsis going on. I share all her disgust over Trump, however she goes on waaaay to long.
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Leonardo da Vinci
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,874
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,392
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,315
Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and engineering. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wish the sample was not from the preface!
- By Chris M. on 11-13-17
- Leonardo da Vinci
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
Disappointing
Reviewed: 12-31-17
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
Likely to appeal to the reader who is interested in a forensic analysis of Leonardo's paintings
Has Leonardo da Vinci turned you off from other books in this genre?
No - the biography genre still appeals to me.
What does Alfred Molina bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I still love audiobook, and the narration was good, unfortunately the issue was with the author's detailed descriptions of the paintings and brushstrokes ... I was more interested in the mind and personal journey of Leonardo.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment. I was a huge fan of Walter Isaacson from some of his other works, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Benjamin Franklin - I had high hopes for Leonardo, but this book didn't measure up. I couldn't finish it.
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Shoe Dog
- A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
- By: Phil Knight
- Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz, Phil Knight - introduction
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 52,555
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 46,526
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Story5 out of 5 stars 46,454
In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just read it. (or listen, whatever)
- By Dan D on 07-07-16
- Shoe Dog
- A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
- By: Phil Knight
- Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz, Phil Knight - introduction
Recommended
Reviewed: 10-04-17
Great story of starting with nithing but an idea, working through endless challenges, and building something to be hugely proud of. Loved it.
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