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Then It Fell Apart
- De: Moby
- Narrado por: Moby
- Duración: 10 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 269
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 268
What do you do when you realise you have everything you think you've ever wanted but still feel completely empty? What do you do when it all starts to fall apart? The second volume of Moby's extraordinary life story is a journey into the dark heart of fame and the demons that lurk just beneath the bling and bluster of the celebrity lifestyle. In summer 1999, Moby released the album that defined the millennium, PLAY. Like generation-defining albums before it, PLAY was ubiquitous, and catapulted Moby to superstardom.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dark, dark, dark
- De Gary Oppenheimer en 10-12-19
- Then It Fell Apart
- De: Moby
- Narrado por: Moby
at least I know it...
Revisado: 06-08-21
I listened to this book because I like Moby's music and wanted a better insight into the mental health issues he has struggled with.
The parts about his childhood were difficult. He had a tough childhood, no doubt.
Most of his adult stories were just sad, and not always in a pitying way.
When he was young, he did drugs, drank gallons of liquor, chased tail non-stop because, he says, he was unable to have real relationships because they caused him anxiety, but somehow living in drug addled oblivion was going to make himself feel better.
Later, when he was famous, he did drugs, drank gallons of liquor, chased tail non-stop because, he says, that is what rock stars were supposed to do.
It was difficult for me to accept the "poor me" side of the story because the narcissistic side just looms so large. The key story was when he admitted he burst into a room he thought was being withheld from him saying, "don't you don't who I am?". Followed by a narrative "oh my did I really say that? let me tell you about a washed up rock star I heard say that one time. but i'm not washed up."
His constant name dropping (yes, we know that David Bowie was your neighbor) grew tiresome. Yes, we know you are famous.
The narrative seems to want to be ironically or (tongue in cheek?) unironically self aware. "I am a drug addled narcissistic vegan but at least I know it."
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The Hearing Trumpet
- De: Leonora Carrington
- Narrado por: Siân Phillips
- Duración: 6 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 125
Surreal and splendidly unconventional, The Hearing Trumpet is an apocalyptic fairy-tale quest about an occult old ladies' home and the spry nonagenarian who ends up there. After coming into possession of a hearing trumpet, 92-year-old Marian Leatherby discovers her son's plans to send her to a nursing home. But this is no ordinary place.... Here there are strange rituals, orgiastic nuns, levitating abbesses, animalistic humans, humanistic animals, a search for the Holy Grail, and a plan to escape to Lapland and knit a tent....
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4 out of 5 stars
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fantastical ride
- De Edward Berry en 01-12-21
- The Hearing Trumpet
- De: Leonora Carrington
- Narrado por: Siân Phillips
fantastical ride
Revisado: 01-12-21
I can't say that I followed a plot so much as that I simply enjoyed the ride. From bearded ladies to the Spanish Revolution to werewolves saving the grail. The narration was absolutely perfect.
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Atomic Habits
- An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
- De: James Clear
- Narrado por: James Clear
- Duración: 5 h y 35 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 142,457
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 116,899
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 115,848
No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Author went overboard hawking his site
- De CHughes en 06-25-19
- Atomic Habits
- An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
- De: James Clear
- Narrado por: James Clear
clear and concise
Revisado: 07-20-20
No filler. Just information you can put to work right away.
I especially like the idea of "casting votes" for becoming the type of person you are trying to become when you just aren't feeling it. I find myself saying "cast that vote" and I will do even just a little something to move forward.
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