Marian Hanganu

Excellent!

Revisado: 12-16-22

This book is an intellectual delight! Thomas Sowell's clever arguments, the story, everything is perfect! Read the book if you are a novice and it will change the way you see the World. Read it if you are a good economist and you will learn how to help others understand economics

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Why there's such a divide between left and right?

Revisado: 05-23-21

A great bok that shows why we are divided, what are the moral frameworks that make people drift so far. social science, anthropology and politică science at work.

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Enlightening

Revisado: 02-24-20

The book shows how corrupt is the political class and why we shall limit the terms in office for all politicians. I mean Romans knew this when they limited the access to the position of consul by imposing limits on how many times one can hold it. The Roman Republic decayed when too much power accumulated in too few persons and this exactly what is wrong with modern democracies.

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Breathtaking, as all his creations

Revisado: 02-17-20

Another breathtaking story by Dan Carlin that you can't put off until finished.
Now he will scare you to death because he is right: the end is always near.

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intriguing and captivating

Revisado: 10-11-19

The story is a Gladwell story: captivating, intriguing, surprising. It will keep you listening. I noticed me slowing down my walking, just to be able to listen more until I arrive home or to the office.
A special notice deserves the format: Gladwell's voice, music, voices of some of the characters, acted dialogues using professional actors
Gladwell is a left leaning author, but the book pays little tribute to his left leaning political oppinions. It is clear he tries to be as objective as possible and I expect some backlash from feminists and far left activists.

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The ultimate guide of the underdog

Revisado: 10-13-13

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Gladwell is amazing. His stories are breathtaking, addictive, life changing. It entertaind and educate in the same time. It enlighten and broaden your view on the world.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Rajiv, the basketball trainer

Which scene was your favorite?

The David and Goliath fight

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The story on Northern Ireland, when the catholics bring food to their besieged neighbours.

Any additional comments?

If you ever fought a fight with a bigger, stronger, more affluent opponent, you wish you have read this book before.

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Intelectual Mambo Jambo

Revisado: 08-13-13

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The story is anti scientific, based on unproven assumptions, false expectations. This is a sort of mythology sold as popular science that should belong to the fantasy list of books. Nothing could make me grant more than 1 star, provided that zero is not an option.

What was most disappointing about Dr. David R. Hawkins’s story?

This is not science. This shall stay in the same list with The Secret and the horoscope.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

He is a terrible narrator. Only the content of the book is worse than the narrator

What character would you cut from Power vs. Force?

The narrator

Any additional comments?

I am sorry I bought this book. I shall pay more attention before of buying a book

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Brilliant logic and atheist umanism

Revisado: 01-28-12

Would you listen to God Is Not Great again? Why?

I would listen it again for the great reasoning of Cristopher Hitchens and for the deep emotions carried by his narration.
The book dismantles the so called humanism of the religion showing that the Gods of various religions are not good and not just and, happily they do not exist.
Hitchens shows that our morality does not come from religion, but it precedes religions, that are man made creations.

What was one of the most memorable moments of God Is Not Great?

I like that parts where he dismantles the goodness of the religions exposing them as cruel and imoral.

Which character – as performed by Christopher Hitchens – was your favorite?

Hitch is reading his own creation and he compensates the voice of a narrator with the emotion and conviction carried by his voice.

If you could give God Is Not Great a new subtitle, what would it be?

God is not great, but Hitch was!

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A call for reason!

Revisado: 01-09-12

Would you listen to The God Delusion again? Why?

Yes, I might do it in the future, because of the valuable information contained and the style: it is easy to follow, intriguing, mind-opening.

What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?

The book is very well organized: it flows from the beginning to the end and keeps you comitted to listen and learn more.

Which scene was your favorite?

The proof that our moral system is not derrived from religion.

If you could give The God Delusion a new subtitle, what would it be?

Why we don't need God to understand the World!

Any additional comments?

Highly recommended.

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Life saving book

Revisado: 12-08-11

Where does Why We Get Fat rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

If you are fat challanged, as Americans say, this book could be life saving. Most of nutritionists treat people like machines: daily consumption-energy spent=what you earn or lose. This is simply wrong, because people are not machines and energy balance is not the reason why we get fat. This book offers a better explanation, a scientific one and offers a viable alternative to get leaner and stay lean. The reader will fully understand why we get fat and what to do about this.
Additionally, the audiobook is well written and well read.

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