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The Anxious Generation
- How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
- By: Jonathan Haidt
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt, Jonathan Haidt
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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There is no bigger public health story now than the collapse in youth mental health. The numbers are terrifying and dominate our headlines. There has been much debate over how we got here, and what to do next, and bestselling author and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt is at the white-hot center of that discourse. Haidt has spent his career speaking wisdom and truth into the most difficult landscapes—communities polarized by politics and religion, campuses battling culture wars, and now the perfect storm contributing to a public health emergency for Gen Z.
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A Parenting Book for the 2020's
- By Looks and feels great. Even has little pads to prevent scratching on 03-29-24
- The Anxious Generation
- How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
- By: Jonathan Haidt
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt, Jonathan Haidt
Eye-opening assessment of Gen Z
Reviewed: 05-15-24
This is an eye-opening assessment of Gen Z and the astronomical numbers of this generation suffering from anxiety. The author identifies the root causes of rising anxiety among the next generation and provides solutions on how we can stop perpetuating these trends with future generations. Sneak peek: some of the root causes of anxiety among youth identified in the book include "saftey-ism" and unrestricted access to devices and the Internet. The book is well-reseached, the arguments are developed, and the conclusions are logical. It's easy to read and accessible.
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Dispatches from Pluto
- Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta
- By: Richard Grant
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Richard Grant and his girlfriend were living in a shoebox apartment in New York City when they decided on a whim to buy an old plantation house in the Mississippi Delta. Dispatches from Pluto is their journey of discovery into this strange and wonderful American place. On a remote, isolated strip of land, three miles beyond the tiny community of Pluto, Richard and his girlfriend, Mariah, embark on a new life. They learn to hunt, grow their own food, and fend off alligators, snakes, and varmints galore.
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Loved this
- By Gladys S. Whitney on 01-20-16
- Dispatches from Pluto
- Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta
- By: Richard Grant
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
Observant and Accurate
Reviewed: 11-26-19
This memoir, an accurate observation of the oddities of the deep South, is humorous and heart-felt. The honesty of the account makes it all the more valuable as a memoir. The book details the engrained racism and innate charm of the South. The author merely fails to recognize the irony and satire of the Delta is not restricted to the Delta, but is characteristic of all of the deep South.
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Theodore Rex
- By: Edmund Morris
- Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz
- Length: 25 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Theodore Rex is the story—never fully told before—of Theodore Roosevelt’s two world-changing terms as President of the United States. A hundred years before the catastrophe of September 11, 2001, “TR” succeeded to power in the aftermath of an act of terrorism.
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I wish I could give it 6 stars
- By Michael on 10-07-03
- Theodore Rex
- By: Edmund Morris
- Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz
Excellent biography of an amazing person
Reviewed: 11-24-19
Though not as cheerful and entertaining as the first book, this book remains an excellent biography. Focusing on Roosevelt's life in the presidency, this book is necessarily more serious than the last. Thoughtful expressions and entriguing insights guide the reader through the presidency of one of America's most interesting historical figures.
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Around the World in 80 Days
- By: Jules Verne
- Narrated by: Michael Scott
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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"Around the World in 80 Days" is an entertaining and light story about Phileas Fogg, a wealthy bachelor who makes a wager with a friend at his club regarding how long it would take for a person to circumnavigate the globe. Not wanting to lose his bet, he immediately embarks on a trip around the world with his valet Passepartout. Follow along on their extravagant adventure on a number of fascinating transportation modes that must be fully completed within 80 days or the bet is lost.
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The most terrible narration I’ve heard
- By R MORGAN on 11-13-18
- Around the World in 80 Days
- By: Jules Verne
- Narrated by: Michael Scott
The most terrible narration I’ve heard
Reviewed: 11-13-18
This narration sounds as though it is computer generated. The voice was mechanical, unmeasured, and inflection-less. Just awful. I am so disappointed to have wasted my money on this audio book.
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The Devil in the White City
- Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
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Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his “World’s Fair Hotel” just west of the fairgrounds.
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A Rich Read!
- By D on 09-18-03
- The Devil in the White City
- Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Spellbinding history
Reviewed: 12-16-17
The author tells a spellbinding history of the Chicago Worlds Fair, intertwining tales of murder, defeat, and engineering genius. True to the era of the end of the century, industrialization and advances in science, medicine, and engineering, this story clearly conveys the wonders of that time period, as experienced first-hand through journals and letters. I could not put this one down. It is phenomenal.
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Light in August
- By: William Faulkner
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
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Light in August features some of Faulkner’s most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, who is plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.
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Simply great.
- By Jamie on 08-18-05
- Light in August
- By: William Faulkner
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Faulkner on humanity
Reviewed: 08-19-17
Faulkner is a writer who portrays the truths of human nature, with ease and grace. The story is a slow and plodding tale of humanity, rife with reality of the racism and sexism, machoism and religiosity of that era. An era not so very much different from the era in which we live, with the exception that people today don't strictly say out loud what they think of others. Faulkner doesn't neglect the charm of southern life, or does he neglect the bigotry, prejudices, and hardships. The clarity of his voice rings and he speaks against the worst aspects of society then and now.
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