The Unaccountability Machine
Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
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'A corporation, or a government department isn't a conscious being, but it is an artificial intelligence. It has the capability to take decisions which are completely distinct from the intentions of any of the people who compose it. And under stressful conditions, it can go stark raving mad.'
When we avoid taking a decision, what happens to it? In The Unaccountability Machine, Dan Davies examines why markets, institutions and even governments systematically generate outcomes that everyone involved claims not to want. He casts new light on the writing of Stafford Beer, a legendary economist who argued in the 1950s that we should regard organisations as artificial intelligences, capable of taking decisions that are distinct from the intentions of their members.
Management cybernetics was Beer's science of applying self-regulation in organisational settings, but it was largely ignored - with the result being the political and economic crises that that we see today. With his signature blend of cynicism and journalistic rigour, Davies looks at what's gone wrong, and what might have been, had the world listened to Stafford Beer when it had the chance.
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- De: Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
- Narrado por: Brian Holsopple
- Duración: 10 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 3,289
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,725
Why have history's greatest minds - from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson along with today's top performers, from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebrities - embraced the wisdom of the ancient Stoics? Because they realize that the most valuable wisdom is timeless and that philosophy is for living a better life, not a classroom exercise. The Daily Stoic offers a daily devotional of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not well made as audio
- De Andreas en 12-27-16
De: Ryan Holiday, y otros
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The Mastery of Self
- A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom
- De: Don Miguel Ruiz Jr.
- Narrado por: Charlie Varon
- Duración: 3 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 4,522
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,738
The ancient Toltecs believed that life, as we perceive it, is a dream. We each live in our own personal dream, and these come together to form the dream of the planet, or the world in which we live. Problems arise when our perception of the dream becomes clouded with negativity, drama, and judgment (of ourselves and others), because it's in these moments of suffering that we have forgotten that we are the architects of our own reality and we have the power to change our dream if we choose.
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5 out of 5 stars
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listen.. .then listen again
- De Casiano en 12-22-16
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Ho Tactics
- How to MindF**k a Man into Spending, Spoiling, and Sponsoring
- De: G. L. Lambert
- Narrado por: Patrick Stevens
- Duración: 9 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,117
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,743
I have discovered a group of women who refuse to be exploited, are immune to manipulation, and who never settle in the name of love. These ladies know what they want and take what they want by beating men at their own game. Utilizing the secrets exposed in this book, these women gain power, money, and status. Men call them gold diggers, women call them hos, but they call themselves winners. This is the book that society doesn't want you to listen to….
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5 out of 5 stars
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I spent $24,000 in 4 months
- De B.M. en 10-06-18
De: G. L. Lambert
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The Complete Book of Five Rings
- De: Miyamoto Musashi, Kenji Tokitsu - editor/translator
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 5 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,126
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,462
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,436
The Complete Book of Five Rings is an authoritative version of Musashi's classic The Book of Five Rings, translated and annotated by a modern martial arts master, Kenji Tokitsu. Tokitsu has spent most of his life researching the legendary samurai swordsman and his works, and in this book he illuminates this seminal text, along with several other works by Musashi.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best translation I have encountered.
- De DW en 05-27-16
De: Miyamoto Musashi, y otros
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Medieval Myths & Mysteries
- De: Dorsey Armstrong, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Dorsey Armstrong
- Duración: 5 h y 6 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,016
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,447
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,421
The 10 enlightening (and often humorous) lectures of Medieval Myths and Mysteries will show you how far from the “dark” times of legend these centuries were. Uncover the facts about the Knights Templar. Reveal the truth behind the tales of legendary creatures like the Questing Beast and the unicorn. Trace the events of the Black Death and the ways it altered the world in its wake, and much more. With Professor Armstrong, you will dig deep into the ways that later generations reshaped the narrative of the medieval years and perpetuated the myths.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, but centered on Britain
- De Ximena en 04-10-20
De: Dorsey Armstrong, y otros
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The Stoic Challenge
- A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
- De: William B. Irvine
- Narrado por: Brian Troxell
- Duración: 4 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 904
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 750
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 747
Some people bounce back in response to setbacks; others break. We often think that these responses are hardwired, but fortunately this is not the case. Stoicism offers us an alternative approach. Plumbing the wisdom of one of the most popular and successful schools of thought from ancient Rome, philosopher William B. Irvine teaches us to turn any challenge on its head. The Stoic Challenge, then, is the ultimate guide to improving your quality of life through tactics developed by ancient Stoics, from Marcus Aurelius and Seneca to Epictetus.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Rehashing of points in Irvine's previous work
- De Anon a Mus en 10-17-20
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- De: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrado por: Laurence Fishburne
- Duración: 16 h y 52 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 12,732
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11,332
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 11,273
Experience a bold take on this classic autobiography as it’s performed by Oscar-nominated Laurence Fishburne. In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American dream and the inherent racism in a society that denies its non-White citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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it's Nearly perfect
- De Kerry en 09-16-20
De: Malcolm X, y otros
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Buddhism for Beginners
- De: Thubten Chodron, His Holiness the Dalai Lama - foreword
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 4 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,260
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,927
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,907
This user’s guide to Buddhist basics takes the most commonly asked questions - beginning with “What is the essence of the Buddha’s teachings?” - and provides simple answers in plain English. Thubten Chodron’s responses to the questions that always seem to arise among people approaching Buddhism make this an exceptionally complete and accessible introduction - as well as a manual for living a more peaceful, mindful, and satisfying Life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing introduction to Buddhism
- De chad d en 07-02-15
De: Thubten Chodron, y otros
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I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t)
- Telling the Truth about Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power
- De: Brené Brown
- Narrado por: Lauren Fortgang
- Duración: 10 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,937
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,052
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,995
Based on seven years of ground-breaking research and hundreds of interviews, I Thought It Was Just Me shines a long-overdue light on an important truth: Our imperfections are what connect us to each other and to our humanity. Our vulnerabilities are not weaknesses; they are powerful reminders to keep our hearts and minds open to the reality that we're all in this together.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I'm sure its great if you are a mother ....
- De Leslie A Hill en 08-09-11
De: Brené Brown
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Eight Dates
- Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
- De: John Gottman PhD, Julie Schwartz Gottman PhD, Doug Abrams, y otros
- Narrado por: James Patrick Cronin, Julie McKay
- Duración: 5 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,252
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,031
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,021
Navigating the challenges of long-term commitment takes effort - and it just got simpler, with this empowering, step-by-step guide to communicating about the things that matter most to you and your partner. Drawing on 40 years of research from their world-famous Love Lab, Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman invite couples on eight fun, easy, and profoundly rewarding dates, each one focused on a make-or-break issue: trust, conflict, sex, money, family, adventure, spirituality, and dreams.
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1 out of 5 stars
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What the F. Robot-reader???!?!?!
- De Anonymous User en 01-21-20
De: John Gottman PhD, y otros
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Tyranny, Inc.
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- De: Sohrab Ahmari
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3 out of 5 stars
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The Age of Wonder
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When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed with Captain Cook in search of new worlds. Other voyages of discovery—astronomical, chemical, poetical, philosophical—swiftly follow in Richard Holmes's thrilling evocation of the second scientific revolution.
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Misleading title
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The Corporation in the 21st Century
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A bold call to reexamine how our government operates—and sometimes fails to—from President Obama’s former deputy chief technology officer and the founder of Code for America.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Doesn't address the whole picture
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De: Sohrab Ahmari
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The Age of Wonder
- How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
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3 out of 5 stars
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Sort of boring
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The Knowledge
- How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch
- De: Lewis Dartnell
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Regarded as one of the brightest young scientists of his generation, Lewis Dartnell proposes that the key to preserving civilization in an apocalyptic scenario is to provide a quickstart guide, adapted to cataclysmic circumstances. The Knowledge describes many of the modern technologies we employ, but first it explains the fundamentals upon which they are built. The Knowledge is a brilliantly original guide to the fundamentals of science and how it built our modern world as well as a thought experiment about the very idea of scientific knowledge itself.
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3 out of 5 stars
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We might be screwed, but... science!
- De Ryan en 11-28-15
De: Lewis Dartnell
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Why Information Grows
- The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies
- De: César Hidalgo
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 5 h y 54 m
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What is economic growth? And why, historically, has it occurred in only a few places? Previous efforts to answer these questions have focused on institutions, geography, finances, and psychology. But according to MIT's anti-disciplinarian César Hidalgo, understanding the nature of economic growth demands transcending the social sciences and including the natural sciences of information, networks, and complexity. To understand the growth of economies, Hidalgo argues, we first need to understand the growth of order.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
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De: César Hidalgo
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Window into Black Capitalism
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De: Marcia Chatelain
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Hacking the Unconscious
- De: Rory Sutherland
- Narrado por: Rory Sutherland
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Advertising guru Rory Sutherland is a world-leading proponent of behavioural economics. In Hacking the Unconscious, he looks at how this emerging science is used by marketers to influence us and challenges us to reassess which ideas we hold dear.
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Don't bother if you listed to Alchemy
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A deeply researched investigation that reveals how the United States is like a spider at the heart of an international web of surveillance and control, which it weaves in the form of globe-spanning networks such as fiber optic cables and obscure payment systems.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good summary
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The Democracy Project
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- De: David Graeber
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must-read: such insight, an awakening!
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Visions of Inequality
- From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War
- De: Branko Milanovic
- Narrado por: Adam Barr
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Visions of Inequality takes us from Quesnay and the physiocrats, for whom social classes were prescribed by law, through the classic nineteenth-century treatises of Smith, Ricardo, and Marx, who saw class as a purely economic category driven by means of production. It shows how Pareto reconceived class as a matter of elites versus the rest of the population, while Kuznets saw inequality arising from the urban-rural divide. And it explains why inequality studies were eclipsed during the Cold War, before their remarkable resurgence as a central preoccupation in economics today.
De: Branko Milanovic
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Sparks
- China’s Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future
- De: Ian Johnson
- Narrado por: Ian Johnson
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The past is a battleground in many countries, but in China it is crucial to political power. In traditional China, dynasties rewrote history to justify their rule by proving that their predecessors were unworthy of holding power. Marxism gave this a modern gloss, describing history as an unstoppable force heading toward Communism's triumph. The Chinese Communist Party builds on these ideas to whitewash its misdeeds and glorify its rule. But in recent years, independent writers, artists, and filmmakers have begun challenging this state-led disremembering.
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5 out of 5 stars
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brilliant
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Deep Purpose
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- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
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Few business topics have aroused more skepticism in recent years than the notion of corporate purpose, and for good reason. Too many companies deploy purpose, or a reason for being, as a promotional vehicle to make themselves feel virtuous and to look good to the outside world. Some have only foggy ideas about what purpose is and conflate it with strategy and other concepts like “mission,” “vision,” and “values.” Even well-intentioned leaders don’t understand purpose’s full potential and engage half-heartedly and superficially with it....
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Money laundering has been around for centuries. For as long as people have been stealing money, there's been an industry ready to wash it. But recent tech innovations have created vastly complex new systems for laundering that threaten to overwhelm authorities, destabilise economies and disrupt societies. Ranging from the flamboyant luxury of Dubai hotels to quiet coastal Ireland, from the UK to Nigeria and from Indonesia to North Korea, Rinsed is a truly global relevatory investigation into the new army of innovative launderers ... and the consequences for all of us.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Almost but not quite plagiarism
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 795
The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history, the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild 12-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror and sadness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating!
- De F. Elizabeth Hauser en 12-14-08
De: James L. Swanson