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Move by Move
- Life Lessons on and off the Chessboard
- De: Maurice Ashley
- Narrado por: Jeremy (Midnite) Michael Durm
- Duración: 2 h y 27 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4
At age thirty-three, Maurice Ashley became the first African American to attain the rank of International Grand Master of Chess. Since that historic moment, he has brought his love of the game to a wide audience as an educator, innovator, and motivational speaker.
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2 out of 5 stars
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disappointing full of cliches not much about chess
- De Mike en 04-06-25
- Move by Move
- Life Lessons on and off the Chessboard
- De: Maurice Ashley
- Narrado por: Jeremy (Midnite) Michael Durm
disappointing full of cliches not much about chess
Revisado: 04-06-25
This book seemed to contain more quotations (from other people) and cliches than anything else. I don't think he's qualified to be giving all kinds of life lessons, he's qualified to tell us about his journey to become a grandmaster in chess, which is what I was interested in. But there was almost none of that.
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Project Hail Mary
- De: Andy Weir
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 16 h y 10 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 194,068
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 177,522
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 176,970
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bazinga
- De Davidgonzalezsr en 05-04-21
- Project Hail Mary
- De: Andy Weir
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
Arrogant Anti-Christian Science & Evolution
Revisado: 01-14-25
This book came across to me as "woke". Why would someone be so interested in helping humanity survive if humanity is just a bunch of animals who have no eternal future? I mean in that case, so what? Only arrogant people who are blinded by the ruler of this world could think in such a nonsensical way, missing the ridiculously on ious gaping hole in their logic. The "hero's" assumptive way of thinking is just very annoying for a Christian. I LOVED the actual physics and other science of this book (nothing anti-God about real science based on facts).. the author is very good at that part, but I found the constantly-assumed-to-be-factual nonsensical religion of evolution extremely annoying. I feel sorry for this blinded author. Lord God please reveal the truth to him.
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Blood Meridian
- Or the Evening Redness in the West
- De: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrado por: Richard Poe
- Duración: 13 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 11,213
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9,476
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9,458
Author of the National Book Award-winning All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy is one of the most provocative American stylists to emerge in the last century. The striking novel Blood Meridian offers an unflinching narrative of the brutality that accompanied the push west on the 1850s Texas frontier.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A beautiful nightmare
- De Ryan en 07-11-11
- Blood Meridian
- Or the Evening Redness in the West
- De: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrado por: Richard Poe
Confusing story about awful to depressing meaningless situations
Revisado: 10-24-24
Narrator is monotone. Writing is boring, constant excessive descriptions about irrelevant things. Story is pointless. I gave up trying to listen about halfway through hearing about a horse suffering horribly from a snake bite, with born exposed on his face. Great.
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Into the Battle
- Rise of the Republic, Book 2
- De: James Rosone
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 888
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 802
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 798
The origins of human history begin to unravel as Earth learns they are not the only humans in the galaxy. The sudden discovery of humans living on multiple planets beyond their own has created more questions than it’s answered. When humanity arrived on New Eden, a hideous new alien race, the Zodarks was discovered. In the face of an existential threat to their own survival, the historical warring factions of Earth will need to unite if they want to save themselves from extinction and understand the true origins on human history.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Started out good, then…
- De Brian en 05-16-21
- Into the Battle
- Rise of the Republic, Book 2
- De: James Rosone
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
decent story, but too much time spent on technical details and politeness between officers
Revisado: 07-15-24
I thought there were parts of the story that were very creative and interesting, but man they spent a lot of time reviewing specifications of weapons and ships and it seemed like all the officers were just perfectly polite upstanding people and the same for all the political figures. so as much as the story was interesting and creative, much of it was boring.
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The Airbnb Story
- How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions…and Created Plenty of Controversy
- De: Leigh Gallagher
- Narrado por: Christine Marshall
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 628
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 548
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 547
This is the remarkable behind-the-scenes story of the creation and growth of Airbnb, the online lodging platform that has become, in under a decade, the largest provider of accommodations in the world. At first just the wacky idea of cofounders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, Airbnb has disrupted the $500 billion hotel industry, and its $30 billion valuation is now larger than that of Hilton and close to that of Marriott.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Irritating voice
- De AmazonCustomer99 en 05-16-17
- The Airbnb Story
- How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions…and Created Plenty of Controversy
- De: Leigh Gallagher
- Narrado por: Christine Marshall
Super annoying narrator
Revisado: 08-18-23
I LOVED the subject matter of this book by the narrator ruined it for me. Nails on the blackboard.
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No Better Time
- The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet
- De: Molly Knight Raskin
- Narrado por: Christine Marshall
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
No Better Time tells of a young, driven mathematical genius who wrote a set of algorithms that would create a faster, better Internet. It's the story of a beautiful friendship between a loud, irreverent student and his soft-spoken MIT professor, of a husband and father who spent years struggling to make ends meet only to become a billionaire almost overnight with the success of Akamai Technologies, the Internet content delivery network he cofounded with his mentor.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An Overlooked Hero of 9-11
- De Jean en 05-27-16
- No Better Time
- The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet
- De: Molly Knight Raskin
- Narrado por: Christine Marshall
Painful
Revisado: 08-18-23
Narrator was sing song and the writing was super repetitive like a hyped up idealized advertisement. Awful.
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Inside Out
- A Memoir
- De: Demi Moore
- Narrado por: Demi Moore
- Duración: 6 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 17,965
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 15,813
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 15,727
For decades, Demi Moore has been synonymous with celebrity. From iconic film roles to high-profile relationships, Moore has never been far from the spotlight - or the headlines. Even as Demi was becoming the highest paid actress in Hollywood, however, she was always outrunning her past. Throughout her rise to fame and during some of the most pivotal moments of her life, Demi battled addiction, body image issues, and childhood trauma that would follow her for years - all while juggling a skyrocketing career and at times negative public perception.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I loved this Memoir
- De mrsbee19 en 09-25-19
- Inside Out
- A Memoir
- De: Demi Moore
- Narrado por: Demi Moore
Well written and performed
Revisado: 08-15-22
Only three stars for the story because I don't think we learned anything from her life. I'm pretty sure she's still trying to find the meaning of life. I wish she'd get to know Jesus, because he is the only real answer to what she's looking for.
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Papa Doc and Baby Doc Duvalier
- The Lives and Legacies of Haiti’s Most Notorious Rulers
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Daniel Houle
- Duración: 1 h y 46 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 6
The 30-year regime of Papa and Baby Doc Duvalier, who ruled between 1957 and 1986, was arguably the most repressive in the Western hemisphere. Papa Doc and Baby Doc Duvalier looks at how the father and son duo rose to power, and the results of their tight grip over Haiti.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Lot of History in a Short Time Span
- De Theo Horesh en 12-16-21
- Papa Doc and Baby Doc Duvalier
- The Lives and Legacies of Haiti’s Most Notorious Rulers
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Daniel Houle
Excellent just wish it were longer!
Revisado: 06-27-22
I'd love more information organized and presented like this about Haiti, the history of all the leaders.
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For Whom the Dogs Spy
- Haiti: From the Earthquake to the Duvalier Dictatorships, Four Presidents, and Beyond
- De: Raymond A. Joseph
- Narrado por: Ron Butler
- Duración: 11 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19
When the 2010 earthquake struck Haiti, Raymond Joseph, the former Haitian ambassador to the United States, found himself rushing back to his beloved country. The earthquake ignited a passion in Joseph, inspiring him to run for president against great competition, including two well-known Haitian pop stars, his nephew Wyclef Jean and Michel Martelly. But he couldn't compete in a democratic system corrupt to the core.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Stopped reading after 40 minutes
- De Mike en 06-25-22
- For Whom the Dogs Spy
- Haiti: From the Earthquake to the Duvalier Dictatorships, Four Presidents, and Beyond
- De: Raymond A. Joseph
- Narrado por: Ron Butler
Stopped reading after 40 minutes
Revisado: 06-25-22
The author seems to be writing only to defend his "honor", and based on that I don't think I can trust the rest of what he writes.
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His Very Best
- Jimmy Carter, a Life
- De: Jonathan Alter
- Narrado por: Michael Boatman
- Duración: 31 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 600
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 519
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 515
Growing up in one of the meanest counties in the Jim Crow South, Carter is the only American president who essentially lived in three centuries: his early life on the farm in the 1920s without electricity or running water might as well have been in the nineteenth; his presidency put him at the center of major events in the twentieth; and his efforts on conflict resolution and global health set him on the cutting edge of the challenges of the 21st.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unbiased biography of a complex president
- De P Willis en 10-08-20
- His Very Best
- Jimmy Carter, a Life
- De: Jonathan Alter
- Narrado por: Michael Boatman
Too much criticism of Reagan and Trump
Revisado: 06-07-22
I would not recommend this biography only because the author is so annoying in constantly bringing up Trump (40 years later??) and Reagan (comparing Carter favorably with them, "Carter messed up, but at least he wasn't like Reagan or Trump!!") and his obvious liberal bias. "Democrats and Socialism is obviously good, and Republicans and free markets obviously bad". Just stick to YOUR subject, you are writing about CARTER. But probably there aren't a lot of good biographies about a president who achieved a 23% approval rating so this might be the best of a bunch or bad biographies.
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