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An Autobiography
- The Story of My Experiments with Truth
- By: Mohandas - Mahatma K. Gandhi
- Narrated by: Bill Wallace
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,013
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 824
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Story4 out of 5 stars 824
A holy man to Hindus, a hero to Muslims, and a criminal to the British, Mohandas K. Gandhi was an inspiring figure of the 20th century, a man whose quest to live in accord with God’s highest truth led him to initiate massive campaigns against racism, violence, and colonialism.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Narration disappointment
- By Antonia on 06-23-11
- An Autobiography
- The Story of My Experiments with Truth
- By: Mohandas - Mahatma K. Gandhi
- Narrated by: Bill Wallace
Wonderful autobiography
Reviewed: 03-27-17
What an insightful, interesting autobiography. I didn't love the narrator, but he wasn't that bad.
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Hero of the Empire
- The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
- By: Candice Millard
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,562
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,295
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,274
At age 24 Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England one day, despite the fact he had just lost his first election campaign for Parliament. He believed that to achieve his goal, he had to do something spectacular on the battlefield. Despite deliberately putting himself in extreme danger as a British army officer in colonial wars in India and Sudan and as a journalist covering a Cuban uprising against the Spanish, glory and fame had eluded him.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Far More Than Simply, Hero of the Empire!
- By Matthew on 09-21-16
- Hero of the Empire
- The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
- By: Candice Millard
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
What a book!
Reviewed: 03-22-17
Quite a fascinating and enjoyable book. So enjoyed listening to it and Simon Vance is such a great narrator.
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The Starfish and the Spider
- The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
- By: Ori Brafman, Rod Beckstrom
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,086
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 811
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 810
If you cut off a spider's leg, it's crippled; if you cut off its head, it dies. But if you cut off a starfish's leg it grows a new one, and the old leg can grow into an entirely new starfish. The Starfish and the Spider argues that organizations fall into two categories: "spiders", which have a rigid hierarchy, and "starfish", which rely on the power of peer relationships.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Centralized and decentralized models
- By Chan Meng on 12-07-07
- The Starfish and the Spider
- The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
- By: Ori Brafman, Rod Beckstrom
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Wonderful Book! Must Read!
Reviewed: 03-17-17
I have read a lot of organizational, management, leadership books recently and this has been one of the best. Very engaging stories told very well and well organized for a book about decentralization. So thought-provoking and interesting!
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The Start-Up of You
- Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career
- By: Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 895
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 737
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Story4 out of 5 stars 730
In this invaluable book, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and venture capitalist Ben Casnocha show how to accelerate your career in today’s competitive world. The key is to manage your career as if it were a start-up business: a living, breathing, growing start-up of you....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Just like watching TV... a commerical every 5 mins
- By Amazon Customer on 03-12-12
- The Start-Up of You
- Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career
- By: Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
Pretty good book. Nothing earth shattering.
Reviewed: 03-15-17
I thought this was a fairly good book. It was well thought out and engaging with many good stories and insights. The narration was good too. I didn't think book was ground breaking or an amazing resource, but a good, short book. I agree with other reviewers that it had a good deal of LinkedIn promotion, but I want put off by that since Hoffman is telling his story and knows LinkedIn can help with career research, connections, etc.
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A Whole New Mind
- Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
- By: Daniel H. Pink
- Narrated by: Daniel H. Pink
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,953
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,893
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,903
Lawyers. Accountants. Software Engineers. That what Mom and Dad encouraged us to become. They were wrong. Gone is the age of "left-brain" dominance. The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: designers, inventors, teachers, storytellers - creative and emphatic "right-brain" thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A waste of a good credit
- By Lonnie on 11-07-08
- A Whole New Mind
- Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
- By: Daniel H. Pink
- Narrated by: Daniel H. Pink
What a wonderfully thoughtful book!
Reviewed: 03-10-17
I highly recommend this book to all. It is thought-provoking, challenging, inspiring, and entertaining. I know I will continue to stew on the concepts presented in this book for years to come. The book is just as relevant, if not more so, than when it was written. I always prefer books narrated by the book's author and this is another great example of this. I feel I understand myself and my surroundings better as a more right-brained person and will better shape my future endeavors after reading this book.
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Follow this Path
- How the World's Greatest Organizations Drive Growth by Unleashing Human Potential
- By: Curt Coffman, Gabriel Gonzales-Molina Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Benjamin King
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
Follow this Path shows you how the traditional ways to engage people no longer apply in today's world. Instead, it offers a system it calls The Gallup Path, based on the proven, revolutionary strategies of the most successful businesses.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great, thoughtful book
- By Connor T. on 03-06-17
- Follow this Path
- How the World's Greatest Organizations Drive Growth by Unleashing Human Potential
- By: Curt Coffman, Gabriel Gonzales-Molina Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Benjamin King
Great, thoughtful book
Reviewed: 03-06-17
Such a great, thought provoking, and well researched book. Great advice and items to implement in a well organized way. Some minor audio issues, but overall great narration too.
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Switch
- How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
- By: Dan Heath, Chip Heath
- Narrated by: Charles Kahlenberg
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,421
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,840
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,810
Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives? The primary obstacle is a conflict that's built into our brains, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the critically acclaimed best seller Made to Stick. Psychologists have discovered that our minds are ruled by two different systems - the rational mind and the emotional mind - that compete for control. The rational mind wants a great beach body; the emotional mind wants that Oreo cookie.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Even Better Than Made to Stick
- By Jeremy Devens on 02-24-10
- Switch
- How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
- By: Dan Heath, Chip Heath
- Narrated by: Charles Kahlenberg
This book was okay, but I didn't love it.
Reviewed: 03-04-17
The story was okay. Definitely some compelling stories in there and great nuggets of wisdom, but I wish there was more depth on the changes in some of the stories instead of just short snippets of lots of stories. In reading other reviews I was worried about the narrator, but had no issues with him. The book may need to be revised a bit; due to more recent events I didn't find the stories on the successes of BP, Lehman Brothers, and Tiger Woods all that compelling. Despite, my critiques I found the book well worth the time and audible credit.
-Connor T.
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Get Well Soon
- History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
- By: Jennifer Wright
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,754
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,042
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,009
In 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced until she was carried away six days later, and soon 34 more villagers joined her. Then more. In a month more than 400 people had been stricken by the mysterious dancing plague. In late-19th-century England an eccentric gentleman founded the No Nose Club in his gracious townhome - a social club for those who had lost their noses, and other body parts, to the plague of syphilis for which there was then no cure.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Didn't know syphilis could be so fascinating.
- By Kindle Customer on 02-09-17
- Get Well Soon
- History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
- By: Jennifer Wright
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Incredible Listen!
Reviewed: 02-28-17
Such a great combination of history, medicine, humor, and great story telling. I highly recommend the book and the reader was perfect for the book.
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Blink
- The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 26,504
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18,576
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18,496
In his landmark best seller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant, in the blink of an eye, that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting read with contradictory messages
- By Danny on 04-21-05
- Blink
- The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
A wonderful listen. Lives up to what I expected
Reviewed: 10-11-16
Not my favorite Gladwell book but still a wonderful, thoughtful book. I love listening to books read by the author and this one is great as well.
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The Great Escape
- Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
- By: Angus Deaton
- Narrated by: Matthew Brenher
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 205
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 205
The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities between people and nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton - one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty - tells the remarkable story of how, beginning 250 years ago, some parts of the world experienced sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's disproportionately unequal world.
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1 out of 5 stars
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not worth listening
- By Kyung on 04-26-20
- The Great Escape
- Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
- By: Angus Deaton
- Narrated by: Matthew Brenher
great, well researched and well thought out book!
Reviewed: 08-07-16
Awesome book, but a little hard to follow in audio form without seeing referenced graphs.
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