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Phenomenal- a book inspiring me to put down the audiobook from time to time

Revisado: 08-31-24

I was motivated to pick this up, having met one of the authors recently. I was impressed by him then and doubly so after listening to this collection of short book reviews. Not only is this a ready-made book list for all avid readers, it’s also a pity collection of lessonsfor leaders of all ages and stages from some of the best leaders working today.

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Love Aimee but…

Revisado: 03-26-23

I got very little of value out of this collection. While her songs are deeply personal, they nevertheless translate to a broader experience. One that I can understand and appreciate. This collection of interviews, however, was deeply personal in a way that did not translate. I guess I’ll just stick to the music.

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MIs-titled

Revisado: 12-21-22

While some of the examples here are, in fact, of persuaders, most are highly partisan biographies of individuals uninterested in engaging in any sort of broad discourse. Just because someone is able to “energize their bases” hardly makes them a persuader in my book. I wouldn’t consider Hannity or MTG persuaders either, and yet they fit the bill just as well as several of the examples given here.

Recommendation: listen to the podcast interviews with the author and pass on the book. I left unpersuaded.

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Meandering and harder to follow than the first few

Revisado: 10-04-21

While I enjoyed this latest addition to the Stormlight Saga, I found myself more lost than found during vast stretches of this meandering world-builder. Not so much because the world was getting too big, but rather because the details and histories were getting too dense. The book was like a mashup of university-level theology and chemistry classes surrounded, at times, by character development and plot progression. I hope Brandon simplifies things a bit for the next one. I already have a degree… I don’t need another one.

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Ok as an audio documentary

Revisado: 01-07-20

I never really bought into the plot or story arch, such as it is, of this book but it is an interesting peek into the current life of Native Alaska. You won’t learn much about the old traditions or cultures which I think is the point. The performances are effective and at times the characters very engaging. But at the end of the day it’s more documentary than story.

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Thank you Audible

Revisado: 06-26-19

Audible should be commended for their continuing service to the public availability of reports such as this one. Although clearly very quickly put together and released, narration is very good and the content are very helpful to put news reports in a much broader and larger context.

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Overlong

Revisado: 03-11-19

This story was quite interesting but it felt like it could have been a very good long-form podcast. Instead it makes a decent short book.

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Fair addition to the franchise

Revisado: 08-30-18

This is a decent addition to the Old Mans War books but not a necessary one. If you’re into completing series, I won’t say no but it’s definitely not the right place to start.

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Can’t quibble with the diagnosis but wish there were some treatment options

Revisado: 08-14-18

The book reads like a fair assessment of what is going on around the world with rising populism, a rejection of globalization and turning back on multi national organizations and cooperation. But that’s where it feels like this book stops while it should continue. It does a fair job of diagnosing current problems, and predicting the difficulties that are likely to come as these trends continue. But by not prescribing ways that humanity can avoid the that future state, the book becomes a pessimistic treatise on today’s issues that left me depressed about the next 10-20 years.

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Lost steam as it went along

Revisado: 04-24-18

The humor and immediacy of the first simmered out during the second installment and wasn’t rekindled much by the third. While still entertaining, the series certainly suffered from a sophomore slump.

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