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Sapiens
- De : Yuval Noah Harari
- Lu par : Derek Perkins
- Durée : 15 h et 18 min
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Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have lived. What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us sapiens? In this bold and provocative audiobook, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here, and where we're going.
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The single best book at Audible
- Écrit par : mikus le 29/05/2019
- Sapiens
- De : Yuval Noah Harari
- Lu par : Derek Perkins
Decent book, but don’t expect much
Rédigé le : 07/11/2020
You know those apps where you can listen to a 15-minute “summary” of a book, and supposed to get its essence? Well, Sapiens is like those apps for world history.
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Perfectly Confident
- How to Calibrate Your Decisions Wisely
- De : Don A. Moore
- Lu par : Don A. Moore
- Durée : 6 h et 19 min
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Decades of research demonstrates that we often have an over-inflated sense of self and are rarely as good as we believe. Perfectly Confident is the first book to bring together the best psychological and economic studies to explain exactly what confidence is, when it can be helpful, and when it can be destructive in our lives.
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Great scholar
- Écrit par : Kerem le 30/09/2020
- Perfectly Confident
- How to Calibrate Your Decisions Wisely
- De : Don A. Moore
- Lu par : Don A. Moore
Great scholar
Rédigé le : 30/09/2020
Prof. Moore is a very productive and brilliant scholar. His book is clearly written and to-the-point. It will help you improve your decision making and calibrate your self confidence (or lack thereof).
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Groupthink
- A Study in Self Delusion
- De : Christopher Booker
- Lu par : Ric Jerrom
- Durée : 10 h et 24 min
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With reference to the ideas of a Yale professor who first identified the theory and to the writings of George Orwell from whose ‘newspeak’ the word was adapted, Booker sheds new light on the remarkable – and worrying – effects of ‘groupthink’ and its influence on our society. Booker defines the three rules of groupthink: the adoption of a common view or belief not based on objective reality; the establishment of a consensus of right-minded people, an ‘in group’; and the need to treat the views of anyone who questions the belief as wholly unacceptable.
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Far away from science, a front for disgusting agenda
- Écrit par : Kerem le 25/07/2020
- Groupthink
- A Study in Self Delusion
- De : Christopher Booker
- Lu par : Ric Jerrom
Far away from science, a front for disgusting agenda
Rédigé le : 25/07/2020
Using the scientific phenomenon of groupthink as a front, the author dedicates almost entirety of this book to push his frustrated, hateful, disgusting right wing agenda. A total fail and rip off.
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1Q84
- De : Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (translator), Philip Gabriel (translator)
- Lu par : Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
- Durée : 46 h et 45 min
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The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.
A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 - "Q" is for "question mark". A world that bears a question....
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One of the best Murakami novels!
- Écrit par : Lea67 le 03/06/2012
A superb audio book
Rédigé le : 05/06/2020
1Q84 is a book written with superb imagination and brilliance. The simplicity of its storytelling makes the reader sink in ever more deeply into its simple yet elegant world full of magic.
The story is very rich and filled with multiple layers. The characters are very well constructed and relatable. Even though, at times, it feels that everything fits together too perfectly, one never suspects the role and the place of any of the characters, even the ones that are on the sideline.
The book captures the reader in an avalanche of characters, emotions, intrigue and coincidences. Even though the book loses some of its momentum towards the third book, it’s still very captivating and exciting.
This book is definitely not an easy read but it is Murakami’s best works if not the best.
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The Temple of the Golden Pavillion
- De : Yukio Mishima
- Lu par : Brian Nishii
- Durée : 9 h et 59 min
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A hopeless stutterer, taunted by his schoolmates, Mizoguchi feels utterly alone until he becomes an acolyte at a famous temple in Kyoto. But he quickly becomes obsessed with the temple's beauty, and cannot live in peace as long as it exists.
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A dark masterpiece
- Écrit par : Kerem le 23/03/2020
- The Temple of the Golden Pavillion
- De : Yukio Mishima
- Lu par : Brian Nishii
A dark masterpiece
Rédigé le : 23/03/2020
This book, written with a virtuosic talent, is a dark and twisted tour de force. It shakes the reader's preformed notions or existentialist and aesthetic values. I would say that this book is for everyone, but I would say that for those who read it, their views on beauty will never be the same.
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Just Kids
- De : Patti Smith
- Lu par : Patti Smith
- Durée : 9 h et 50 min
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In 1967, a chance meeting between two young people led to a romance and a lifelong friendship that would carry each to international success never dreamed of. The backdrop is Brooklyn, Chelsea Hotel, Max’s Kansas City, Scribner’s Bookstore, Coney Island, Warhol’s Factory and the whole city resplendent. Among their friends, literary lights, musicians and artists such as Harry Smith, Bobby Neuwirth, Allen Ginsberg, Sandy Daley, Sam Shepherd, William Burroughs, etc
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Une amitié hors du commun
- Écrit par : Julie le 07/08/2016
- Just Kids
- De : Patti Smith
- Lu par : Patti Smith
A true masterpiece
Rédigé le : 27/02/2020
A shockingly honest and emotional tale of an era, reflected upon the lives of two aspiring artists. A must-read.
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Killing Commendatore
- De : Haruki Murakami
- Lu par : Kirby Heyborne
- Durée : 28 h et 27 min
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A 30-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a strange painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman who lives across the valley, a precocious 13-year-old girl, a Nazi assassination attempt during World War II in Vienna, a pit in the woods behind the artist’s home and an underworld haunted by Double Metaphors.
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Great recording, but not Murakami’s best work
- Écrit par : Kerem le 18/11/2019
- Killing Commendatore
- De : Haruki Murakami
- Lu par : Kirby Heyborne
Great recording, but not Murakami’s best work
Rédigé le : 18/11/2019
Recycling themes and stories and lengthening books are not necessarily good signs for the future path of Murakami, still a solid and exhilarating writer, even in his mediocracy.
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The Roman Empire
- A Very Short Introduction
- De : Christopher Kelly
- Lu par : Richard Davidson
- Durée : 5 h et 17 min
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This Very Short Introduction examines how they "romanised" the cultures they conquered, imposing their own culture in order to subsume them completely. The book also looks at how the Roman Empire has been considered and depicted in more recent times, from the writings of Edward Gibbon to the Hollywood blockbuster Gladiator . It will prove a valuable introduction for readers interested in classical history.
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Nice introductory book
- Écrit par : Kerem le 25/06/2019
- The Roman Empire
- A Very Short Introduction
- De : Christopher Kelly
- Lu par : Richard Davidson
Nice introductory book
Rédigé le : 25/06/2019
A nice and easy-to-listen introduction to the vast history of the Roman Empire.
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Deep Thinking
- Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
- De : Garry Kasparov
- Lu par : Bob Brown, Garry Kasparov
- Durée : 9 h et 56 min
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Garry Kasparov gives his first public account of his landmark 1997 chess match with the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue and explains why, 20 years later, he's become convinced that artificial intelligence is good for humans. In May 1997, the world watched as Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player in the world, was defeated for the first time by the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue. It was a watershed moment in the history of technology....
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A nice read for chess and AI enthusiasts
- Écrit par : Kerem le 12/05/2019
- Deep Thinking
- Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
- De : Garry Kasparov
- Lu par : Bob Brown, Garry Kasparov
A nice read for chess and AI enthusiasts
Rédigé le : 12/05/2019
If we ignore Kasparov's Ayn-Randishly illusioned and unquestioned admiration of the tech industry, this book is a nice read for every chess and tech enthusiast. Hearing Kasparov's thought about his second match with Deep Blue makes one think about our own future: How would I behave when faced with such a smart machine?
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Digital Minimalism
- Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
- De : Cal Newport
- Lu par : Will Damron, Cal Newport
- Durée : 6 h et 59 min
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Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to our personal technology. It's the key to living a focused life in an increasingly noisy world. In this timely and enlightening book, the best-selling author of Deep Work introduces a philosophy for technology use that has already improved countless lives.
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Some good advices, but a bit generation-specific.
- Écrit par : Kerem le 25/04/2019
- Digital Minimalism
- Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
- De : Cal Newport
- Lu par : Will Damron, Cal Newport
Some good advices, but a bit generation-specific.
Rédigé le : 25/04/2019
My favorite part of the book: "you can't build the new Facebook if you spend your time on Facebook."
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