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Good and Angry
- Redeeming Anger, Irritation, Complaining, and Bitterness
- By: David Powlison
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In this groundbreaking book David Powlison undertakes an in-depth exploration of the roots of anger, moral judgment, and righteous response by looking in a surprising place: God's own anger. Powlison reminds us that God gets angry too. He sees things in this world that aren't right and he wants justice too. But God's anger doesn't devolve into manipulation or trying to control others to get his own way. Instead his anger is good and redemptive.
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Outstanding and life transforming!
- By tamra berbaum on 09-11-21
- Good and Angry
- Redeeming Anger, Irritation, Complaining, and Bitterness
- By: David Powlison
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
Unique content on anger
Reviewed: 12-10-24
I like that this book did not recite common self-help viewpoints on anger. He speaks about anger, sounds counterintuitive initially, but backs it up with Scripture and explanation. He won me over to his way of thinking more than he lost me. My biggest critique is how repetitive it is. He says the same thing - not throughout the book - but back-to-back-to-back in different ways. Sometimes it helps drive the point home, but often it made me lose focus. I had to back the book up more than 10 times after realizing I hadn't been listening. Overall, this is one of the better books on anger.
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On the Edge
- The Art of Risking Everything
- By: Nate Silver
- Narrated by: Nate Silver
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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In the bestselling The Signal and the Noise, Nate Silver showed how forecasting would define the age of Big Data. Now, in this timely and riveting new book, Silver investigates "The River," or those whose mastery of risk allows them to shape—and dominate—so much of modern life. These professional risk takers—poker players and hedge fund managers, crypto true-believers and blue-chip art collectors—can teach us much about navigating the uncertainty of the 21st century.
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Fascinating report from a distant land
- By David Benjamin on 09-14-24
- On the Edge
- The Art of Risking Everything
- By: Nate Silver
- Narrated by: Nate Silver
It's feels scatterbrained, but it is super thought-provoking
Reviewed: 09-22-24
It's feels scatterbrained, but it is super thought-provoking. His thoughts are all centered around risk and the philosophy around risk. There's poker, Sam Bankman-Fried, existential threats, and more.
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Never Get Angry Again
- The Foolproof Way to Stay Calm and in Control in Any Conversation or Situation
- By: David J. Lieberman
- Narrated by: David J. Lieberman, Robert Fass
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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David J. Lieberman understands that a change in perspective is all that is needed to help keep from flying off the handle. In Never Get Angry Again, he reveals how to see anger through a comprehensive, holistic lens, illuminates the underlying emotional, spiritual, and physical components of anger, and gives listeners simple, practical tools to snuff out anger before it even occurs.
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Christian propaganda alert!
- By Charles A Ray on 06-27-19
- Never Get Angry Again
- The Foolproof Way to Stay Calm and in Control in Any Conversation or Situation
- By: David J. Lieberman
- Narrated by: David J. Lieberman, Robert Fass
Best book on anger I have read
Reviewed: 09-02-24
I have read many books on anger, but this is the best of the bunch.
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Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
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Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
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Bazinga
- By Davidgonzalezsr on 05-04-21
- Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Very good. Not quite as good as The Martian
Reviewed: 06-27-24
Very good. Not quite as good as The Martian. More words required to submit a review.
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The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
- How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
- By: John Mark Comer, John Ortberg - foreword
- Narrated by: John Mark Comer, Kris Koscheski
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
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"Who am I becoming?" That was the question nagging pastor and author John Mark Comer. Outwardly, he appeared successful. But inwardly, things weren’t pretty. So, he turned to a trusted mentor for guidance and heard these words: "Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life. Hurry is the great enemy of the spiritual life." It wasn’t the response he expected, but it was - and continues to be - the answer he needs. Within this audiobook, you’ll find a fascinating road map to staying emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world.
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Pedantic and Patronizing
- By Hannah Raveling on 08-06-20
- The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
- How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
- By: John Mark Comer, John Ortberg - foreword
- Narrated by: John Mark Comer, Kris Koscheski
A challenging, life-giving book
Reviewed: 08-25-23
My wife and I each took separate, big takeaways from this book. This is something Christians need to hear and - I bet - people who don't identify as Christians can still take a lot from it.
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Misery
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Lindsay Crouse
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
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Paul Sheldon is a best-selling novelist who has finally met his number-one fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes, and she is more than a rabid reader - she is Paul's nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also furious that the author has killed off her favorite character in his latest book. Annie becomes his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house. Annie wants Paul to write a book that brings Misery back to life - just for her. She has a lot of ways to spur him on.
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Great job
- By Whitney on 05-06-16
- Misery
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Lindsay Crouse
Plowed through it. Did not want it to end.
Reviewed: 12-05-19
Wonderful narrator
Stephen King giving insights into the mind of a writer is amazing
Not for the faint of heart
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The Fellowship of the Ring
- Book One in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
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The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume in the trilogy, tells of the fateful power of the One Ring. It begins a magnificent tale of adventure that will plunge the members of the Fellowship of the Ring into a perilous quest and set the stage for the ultimate clash between the powers of good and evil.
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At last - The Definitive Recording!
- By L. N. on 10-10-12
- The Fellowship of the Ring
- Book One in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
Read Credits First. Rob Inglis = Awesome
Reviewed: 09-20-19
Read the credits first! It is the foreward in the unabridged book. Rob Inglis is the man.
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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
A great historical account. Not a narrative
Reviewed: 05-06-19
I am glad I read this book, but it was not as advertised. I feel like 7/10 would be more appropriate than 3/5, but that's the scale I have to work with.
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Educated
- A Memoir
- By: Tara Westover
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University.
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The Other Side of Idaho's Mountains
- By Darwin8u on 03-28-18
- Educated
- A Memoir
- By: Tara Westover
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Amazing story. Astonishing writing
Reviewed: 02-06-19
The story, if told by a dry narrator with simply facts, would be worth listening to. The narrator is great. The story is amazing. The best part of all is the way the story is written by such a self-aware author. Highly, highly recommend.
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