Renee Ashley
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Behave
- The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
- By: Robert Sapolsky
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 26 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,984
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,359
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,327
From the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad, and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: He starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person's reaction in the precise moment a behavior occurs, and then hops back in time from there, in stages, ultimately ending up at the deep history of our species and its evolutionary legacy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Insightful
- By Doug Hay on 07-27-17
- Behave
- The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
- By: Robert Sapolsky
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
Wonderful!
Reviewed: 11-02-17
What a fabulous book read by a flawless reader--and there were some definite challenges for pronunciations! Brilliant author, perfect reader. Wow!
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Stay
- A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It
- By: Jennifer Michael Hecht
- Narrated by: Jennifer Michael Hecht
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 147
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 129
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Story4 out of 5 stars 130
Worldwide, more people die by suicide than by murder, and many more are left behind to grieve. Despite distressing statistics that show suicide rates rising, the subject, long a taboo, is infrequently talked about. In this sweeping intellectual and cultural history, poet and historian Jennifer Michael Hecht channels her grief for two friends lost to suicide into a search for history’s most persuasive arguments against the irretrievable act, arguments she hopes to bring back into public consciousness.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Informative but oddly dispassionate
- By Scott on 01-07-14
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- A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It
- By: Jennifer Michael Hecht
- Narrated by: Jennifer Michael Hecht
Brilliant, necessary book!
Reviewed: 01-07-15
A rational look at the philosophy of suicide, statistics; a well spoken, articulate, wise, and generous book for those who have contemplated suicide or have known someone who has committed suicide. This is not a sappy self-help book, but a philosophical survey and a brilliant, articulate plea for understanding the arguments--beautifully read by the author. I didn't think anyone could make me change my mind about this controversial topic, but Hecht's put a few holes in my thinking. This is an impressive and necessary work. There's nothing else like it out there.
Renee Ashley
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Mountains of the Moon
- A Novel
- By: I. J. Kay
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance2.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story2.5 out of 5 stars 7
After 10 years in a London prison, Louise Adler (Lulu) is released with only a new alias to rebuild her life. Working a series of dead-end jobs, she carries a past full of secrets: a childhood marked by the violence and madness of her parents,and a reckless adolescence. From abandoned psychiatric hospitals to Edwardian-themed casinos, from a brief first love to the company of criminals, Lulu has spent her youth in a shifting landscape of deceit and survival. But when she's awarded a settlement claim after prison, she travels to the landscape of her childhood imagination, the central African range known as the Mountains of the Moon.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wow!
- By Renee Ashley on 03-10-14
- Mountains of the Moon
- A Novel
- By: I. J. Kay
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre
Wow!
Reviewed: 03-10-14
If you could sum up Mountains of the Moon in three words, what would they be?
Wild ride.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Mountains of the Moon?
The clarity of the final scene.
What about Elizabeth Sastre’s performance did you like?
Her reading of this difficult book is absolutely PERFECT! It's so so so right and consistent and intuitive--it's really a brilliant reading. She understood this book perfectly.
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