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12 Rules for Life
- An Antidote to Chaos
- By: Jordan B. Peterson, Norman Doidge MD
- Narrated by: Jordan B. Peterson
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research. Humorous, surprising, and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street.
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Not Your Average 'Self Help' Book
- By The Bookie on 06-04-18
- 12 Rules for Life
- An Antidote to Chaos
- By: Jordan B. Peterson, Norman Doidge MD
- Narrated by: Jordan B. Peterson
If you know who he is, you'll enjoy. If you don't know him, you'll learn more than you thought, from a book.
Reviewed: 08-12-20
Jordon B. Peterson is a rather intelligent man that shares his wealth of knowledge with all those willing to listen.
This book could be something which someone listens to for fun, but it would be best to take notes.
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The Masked Rider
- Cycling in West Africa
- By: Neil Peart
- Narrated by: Brian Sutherland
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The prolific drummer for the rock band Rush travels through African villages, both large and small, and relates his story through journal entries and tales of adventure, while simultaneously addressing issues such as differences in culture, psychology, and labels. Literary and artistic sidekicks such as Aristotle, Dante, and Van Gogh join Peart and his cycling companions, reminding the listener that this is not just another travel book - it is a story of both external and introspective discovery and adventure.
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Fascinating Trip Across Cameroon
- By Diann Sedam on 11-26-19
- The Masked Rider
- Cycling in West Africa
- By: Neil Peart
- Narrated by: Brian Sutherland
Just a book about real life..
Reviewed: 07-08-20
This book is a real life story of Neil Peart's experience traveling in West Africa.
There's nothing too shocking in the story, but certainly serves to replace the trip in your life.
I'm personally a Neil Peart, and Rush fan, so I surely enjoyed it a bit more than the non-Rush fan.
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The Creature from Jekyll Island
- A Second Look at the Federal Reserve
- By: G. Edward Griffin
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 24 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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This classic expose of the Fed has become one of the best-selling books in its category of all time. Where does money come from? Where does it go? Who makes it? The money magician's secrets are unveiled. Here is a close look at their mirrors and smoke machines, the pulleys, cogs, and wheels that create the grand illusion called money. A boring subject? Just wait. You'll be hooked in five minutes. It reads like a detective story - which it really is, but it's all true.
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Lost confidence in author
- By Amazon Customer on 07-11-20
- The Creature from Jekyll Island
- A Second Look at the Federal Reserve
- By: G. Edward Griffin
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
A powerful book that will educate you and scare you.
Reviewed: 01-09-20
The federal reserve banking cartel is set to destroy America, and all individual freedoms. The only thing that can save either is your education and action.
This is not a fiction book, although it may seem as if it is (the title & content)- I truly wish it was simply a scary fiction book.
The power of understanding the money system lasts a lifetime, so listening to this book is a strong investment in your education.
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Roman Lives (Unabridged Selections)
- By: Steve Hodson, Plutarch
- Narrated by: Nicholas Farrell
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Though he was Greek, Plutarch wrote his Lives in the first century, a world dominated by the Roman Empire. Here he considers some of the major figures who had left their stamp on the history of Rome, including generals, rulers, philosophers, and politicians. These unabridged selections focus on Coriolanus, Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, and Mark Antony.
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Not Unabridged Selections
- By Amaranth Palace on 06-23-09
- Roman Lives (Unabridged Selections)
- By: Steve Hodson, Plutarch
- Narrated by: Nicholas Farrell
The highlights of the Roman Empire.
Reviewed: 11-09-19
For anyone wanting to learn the history of the Roman Empire. Broken into several sections, and those sections overlapping- this seems to be a collection of several different people.
If you enjoy learning history you'll enjoy this audio book.
#Cicero #Cesar #Anthony #Brutus
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The Morals of Chess
- By: Benjamin Franklin
- Narrated by: Fred Hoge
- Length: 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The game of chess has long be used a microcosm for everything from international politics to war. In The Morals of Chess, an essay originally published in The Columbian Magazine in 1786, Benjamin Franklin, American founding father, polymath, and thinker, tackles this intricate game and likens it to life itself. Franklin discusses what he believes to be key virtues one must possess to be happy, successful, and productive in life, and illustrates these virtues, such a patience and circumspection, within the context of the game of chess.
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The timeless wisdom that becomes knowledge
- By Johnny Mutch on 02-19-24
- The Morals of Chess
- By: Benjamin Franklin
- Narrated by: Fred Hoge
Short and somewhat sweet
Reviewed: 10-11-19
It's a ten minute audio book, so as would be expected there's no mastery of the subject matter to be found inside. It is mostly about how to have manors while playing the game.
Being as Ben wrote it, the writings do have important meanings in more than the simple the context of the game.
More-less, the theme of this book is "make friends with who you play with."
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The Rational Male
- By: Rollo Tomassi
- Narrated by: Sam Botta
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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Rollo Tomassi is one of the leading voices in the globally growing, male-focused online consortium known as the "Manosphere". Outlined are the concepts of positive masculinity, the feminine imperative, plate theory, operative social conventions, and the core psychological theory behind game awareness and "red pill" ideology. Tomassi explains and outlines the principles of intergender social dynamics and foundational reasoning behind them.
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Highly, highly recommend!
- By Zack on 10-18-16
- The Rational Male
- By: Rollo Tomassi
- Narrated by: Sam Botta
Very general in its material and recycling others’ PUA material..
Reviewed: 07-19-18
From studying PUA, psychology and social dynamics for about 6-7 years myself, it’s rather obvious that the author has recycled PUA’s understanding in this book. I’m sure both the AFC and game savvy male could gain something from this book/knowledge, yet all the material is somewhat trivial in comparison to the bigger picture. The book gives advice from all around the board yet fails to give a mastery of the subject matter. I’d advise those interested in the subject matter to study the pioneers of PUA (Mystery, Gambler, etc.), due to getting more firsthand knowledge/understanding of the playing field. It would seem this author studied them yet didn’t take their advice to dig a bit deeper into psychology and sociological behaviors.
At the heart of any artistry (PUA = Pick Up Artist) is a mastery of their subject matter and this book isn’t written by a true artist. It’s recycled material without a deep understanding of what is being regurgitated.
In this book the author speaks of a PUA that stated that he felt like he was giving boys dynamite to play with and that trend continues with this book.
If someone wants a deeper understanding of the psychological makeup of a female, they should pick up the book/e-book/audio-book “Everything Out Of Her Mouth Is a Test” by author Frank B. Kermit. Kermit’s has follow up martial for the questions that come after one understands female’s emotional needs. Inevitably after a male can sleep with about any female he wants, he must decide want he wants/desires in a female, which leads to finding out a Man’s Emotional Needs. Then, he must logically rank the females that he’s with (because you’ll find that a life of bouncing around from woman to woman lacks stability which is needed to grow in other areas of life <- more to life than busting a nut).
I’m not saying that his audio book has merit, I’m simply saying it does not give the listener a clear understanding of the subject matter. This audio book is like overhearing your uncle that has spent considerable amount of time researching PUAs on the Internet and has used their “tricks” to gets laid enough for you to believe he knows what he’s talking about. It fails on its theory of truly understanding females yet pushes the light understanding of “getting laid.” Again, if you want to master your sexual relationships- research Frank B. Kermit and his book “Everything Out of Her Mouth is A Test.” <- after understanding the principles within that book, you can see why I’m not impressed with this audio book.
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Lean In for Graduates
- By: Sheryl Sandberg
- Narrated by: Elisa Donovan
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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In 2013, Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In became a massive cultural phenomenon and its title became an instant catchphrase for empowering women. The book soared to the top of best seller lists both nationally and internationally, igniting global conversations about women and ambition. Now, this enhanced edition provides the entire text of the original book updated with more recent statistics and features a passionate letter from Sandberg encouraging graduates to find and commit to work they love.
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Inspiring for the Drive to Work
- By Amber Rae on 09-10-16
- Lean In for Graduates
- By: Sheryl Sandberg
- Narrated by: Elisa Donovan
Stroking the feminist’s clit..
Reviewed: 05-22-18
This book is all about feminism. Actually, maybe it’s not, I couldn’t make it past the first handful of chapters. I did get a laugh when the author said her generation made it easier for women to have a choice, then went on to say women weren’t making the right choice (to raise a family, instead of her masculinity choice for women).
This should’ve came with a disclaimer saying it was a feminist’s stupid book. Archaic thinking goes on in this pile of horseshit that they call a book. Don’t even think about listening to this unless you’re a female that wants someone to tell you that you should act like a male.
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Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills
- By: Steven Novella, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Steven Novella
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
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No skill is more important in today's world than being able to think about, understand, and act on information in an effective and responsible way. What's more, at no point in human history have we had access to so much information, with such relative ease, as we do in the 21st century. But because misinformation out there has increased as well, critical thinking is more important than ever. These 24 rewarding lectures equip you with the knowledge and techniques you need to become a savvier, sharper critical thinker in your professional and personal life.
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Same Material Different Title
- By rkeinc on 09-21-14
A logical fallacy workbook.. disguised as logic.
Reviewed: 01-11-18
He hits the nail on the head, at the end.. Don’t believe everything he has said. Once he describes “logical fallacies” (which he misses a few popular/important ones), then you should be able to mentally call him out on several that he uses. This seems a bit deceptive, to me. To think someone speaks about logic & logical fallacies, then goes on (as an authority) to commit logical fallacies.
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“Vaccines don’t cause autism.” Fallacy = limited choice, hasty Generalization (the ingredients added to the vaccines are in question not the question of the biological vaccine process of immunity)
Author heavily relies on the appeal to authority through out his lectures.. But most ironic claim of “science that is offered (to myself) is when he speaks on “conspiracy theories”. In which he states that, ‘in studies people will believe that there is a conspiracy against them when the ones conducting the study takes power/control away from them. This shows a correlation between people not having control/power & people who believe in conspiracy theories.’ <- he doesn’t address that the researchers were not only conspiring against those being studied but did implement the secret plan/conspiracy (secret to the people being studied). So the being being studied seem to feel that they were be conspired against with they were.
In short, this is the same “repeat after me”, “everything is fine in society & you’re dumb if you believe anything that has not been approved by authority (of the government & big corporations).”
There’s interesting stuff in the lectures, but in several cases he blatantly disregarded logic & logical fallacies in the name of acting as an authority of logic & logical fallacies.
Again worth a listen, if you use it as a type of workbook/exercise in labeling the teacher’s use of logical fallacies, disguised as solid logic.
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Winning Every Time
- How to Use the Skills of a Lawyer in the Trials of Your Life
- By: Lis Wiehl
- Narrated by: Carrington Macduffie
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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Whether you're hoping to obtain a raise from your boss, convince an insurance claim representative to reimburse your medical treatment, or persuade your spouse into spending less time watching TV, Winning Every Time will be your guide for truly practical and helpful advice about how to make that case effectively, and win it hands down.
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probably the worst audiobook I have heard thus far
- By Reza on 04-26-05
- Winning Every Time
- How to Use the Skills of a Lawyer in the Trials of Your Life
- By: Lis Wiehl
- Narrated by: Carrington Macduffie
I liked it.
Reviewed: 07-07-17
Seems highly logical & obviously lawyers a better game plan than most. Personally, I would have liked it to have involved a little more court room procedure, over being so much about Day to day life/interactions, but I enjoy law procedures (I'm a bit of a weirdo).
Good book & certainly many people could benefit from it, I can recommend it with good faith.
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