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The Year of Reading Dangerously
- How Fifty Great Books Saved My Life
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An editor and writer's vivaciously entertaining, and often moving, memoir — a true story that reminds us why we should all make time in our lives for books.
Nearing his fortieth birthday, author and critic Andy Miller realized he's not nearly as well read as he'd like to be. A devout book lover who somehow fell out of the habit of reading, he began to ponder the power of books to change an individual life—including his own—and to define the sort of person he would like to be. Beginning with a copy of Bulgakov's Master and Margarita that he happens to find one day in a bookstore, he embarks on a literary odyssey of mindful reading and wry introspection. From Middlemarch to Anna Karenina to A Confederacy of Dunces, these are books Miller felt he should read; books he'd always wanted to read; books he'd previously started but hadn't finished; and books he'd lied about having read to impress people.
Combining memoir and literary criticism, The Year of Reading Dangerously is Miller's heartfelt, humorous, and honest examination of what it means to be a reader. Passionately believing that books deserve to be read, enjoyed, and debated in the real world, Miller documents his reading experiences and how they resonated in his daily life and ultimately his very sense of self. The result is a witty and insightful journey of discovery and soul-searching that celebrates the abiding miracle of the book and the power of reading.
Reseñas de la Crítica
"An eye for comic detail worthy of the young Evelyn Waugh." (The Observer)
"Fresh, joyfully uncynical and, above all, very funny." (Time Out)
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De: Michael Shelden
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Look at the Birdie
- Unpublished Short Fiction
- De: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrado por: Christopher E. Welch
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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American literary icon Kurt Vonnegut enjoys immense popularity - and an equally immense amount of critical praise - for such works as his absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five. A must-have for readers everywhere, Look at the Birdie adds further insight into the author's body of work with a riveting collection of his previously unpublished short fiction.
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Great stories and performances to match
- De Jeff Lacy en 05-30-17
De: Kurt Vonnegut
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Why We Dream
- The Transformative Power of Our Nightly Journey
- De: Alice Robb
- Narrado por: Christina Delaine
- Duración: 8 h y 34 m
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While on a research trip in Peru, science journalist Alice Robb became hooked on lucid dreaming - the uncanny phenomenon in which a sleeping person can realize that they're dreaming and even control the dreamed experience. Finding these forays both puzzling and exhilarating, Robb dug deeper into the science of dreams at an extremely opportune moment: just as researchers began to understand why dreams exist. They aren't just random events; they have clear purposes. They help us learn and even overcome psychic trauma.
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Narrator performance goofy
- De "leemac2003" en 01-02-19
De: Alice Robb
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Standard Deviations
- Flawed Assumptions, Tortured Data, and Other Ways to Lie with Statistics
- De: Gary Smith
- Narrado por: Tim Andres Pabon
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
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As Nobel Prize-winning economist Ronald Coase once cynically observed, "If you torture data long enough, it will confess." Lying with statistics is a time-honored con. In Standard Deviations, economics professor Gary Smith walks us through the various tricks and traps that people use to back up their own crackpot theories. Sometimes, the unscrupulous deliberately try to mislead us. Other times, the well-intentioned are blissfully unaware of the mischief they are committing.
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Now, I can't talk to people.....
- De Andrew Dunbar en 09-28-21
De: Gary Smith
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Why We Read
- On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
- De: Shannon Reed
- Narrado por: Paige McKinney
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
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We read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worlds, to discover new recipes, to find connection across difference, or simply to pass a rainy afternoon. No matter the reason, books have the power to keep us safe, to challenge us, and perhaps most importantly, to make us more fully human. Shannon Reed, a longtime teacher, lifelong reader, and New Yorker contributor, gets it. With one simple goal in mind, she makes the case that we should read for pleasure above all else.
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Why do we read?
- De Glenda Frost en 06-05-24
De: Shannon Reed
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Sitting Bull
- The Life and Times of an American Patriot
- De: Robert M. Utley
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 15 h y 10 m
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Reviled by the United States government as a troublemaker and a coward, revered by his people as a great warrior chief, Sitting Bull has long been one of the most fascinating and misunderstood figures in American history. Distinguished historian Robert M. Utley has forged a compelling portrait of Sitting Bull, presenting the Lakota perspective for the first time and rendering the most unbiased, historically accurate, and vivid portrait of the man to date.
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Lakota perspective?
- De JoAnne en 02-01-24
De: Robert M. Utley
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Mark Twain: Man in White
- The Grand Adventure of His Final Years
- De: Michael Shelden
- Narrado por: Andrew Garman
- Duración: 17 h
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Pulitzer Prize finalist Michael Shelden illuminates Mark Twain’s twilight years in this brilliant account of the legendary author’s life. Drawing heavily on Twain’s own letters and journals, Mark Twain: Man in White recounts both Twain’s private family experiences and his larger-than-life public image.
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Fantastic book
- De Tad Davis en 08-23-10
De: Michael Shelden
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Look at the Birdie
- Unpublished Short Fiction
- De: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrado por: Christopher E. Welch
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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American literary icon Kurt Vonnegut enjoys immense popularity - and an equally immense amount of critical praise - for such works as his absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five. A must-have for readers everywhere, Look at the Birdie adds further insight into the author's body of work with a riveting collection of his previously unpublished short fiction.
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Great stories and performances to match
- De Jeff Lacy en 05-30-17
De: Kurt Vonnegut
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Hank and Jim
- The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart
- De: Scott Eyman
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 12 h y 51 m
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Henry Fonda and James Stewart were two of the biggest stars in Hollywood for 40 years. They became friends and then roommates as stage actors in New York, and when they began making films in Hollywood, they roomed together again. Between them they made such memorable films as The Grapes of Wrath, Mister Roberts, Twelve Angry Men, and On Golden Pond; and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Destry Rides Again, The Philadelphia Story, It's a Wonderful Life, Vertigo, and Rear Window.
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Fascinating look into these two actors' lives
- De MPAMIN en 06-25-18
De: Scott Eyman
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Bucket to Greece: Volume 1
- De: V.D. Bucket
- Narrado por: David Vickery
- Duración: 5 h y 51 m
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When our hero, Victor, needs a pseudonym to avoid embarrassing his wife after deciding to pen a book about up-sticking to Greece, he dusts off his original name of V.D. Bucket, the name he was stuck with after being abandoned in a bucket as a baby. As Victor adapts to his adopted homeland, he battles an obsession with the exacting hygiene standards he demanded during his illustrious career as a public health inspector against the rather less exacting standards of rural Greece. His attempts to master the complexities of the language lead to a number of embarrassing misunderstandings.
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Good Arguments
- How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard
- De: Bo Seo
- Narrado por: Bo Seo
- Duración: 10 h y 6 m
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When Bo Seo was 8 years old, he and his family migrated from Korea to Australia. At the time, he did not speak English, and, unsurprisingly, struggled at school. But, then, in fifth grade, something happened to change his life: he discovered competitive debate. Immediately, he was hooked. It turned out, perhaps counterintuitively, that debating was the perfect activity for someone shy and unsure of himself. It became a way for Bo not only to find his voice, but to excel socially and academically. And he’s not the only one.
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Useful ideas, political though
- De Amazon Customer en 07-23-22
De: Bo Seo
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Nothing to Envy
- Ordinary Lives in North Korea
- De: Barbara Demick
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
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Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years - a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung and the unchallenged rise to power of his son, Kim Jong-il, and the devastation of a far-ranging famine that killed one-fifth of the population. Taking us into a landscape never before seen, Demick brings to life what it means to be an average Korean citizen, living under the most repressive totalitarian regime today.
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The man who wants to be GOD
- De Gohar en 05-08-10
De: Barbara Demick
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August
- A Novel
- De: Callan Wink
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 11 h y 32 m
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August is an average 12-year-old. He likes dogs and fishing and doesn’t mind early-morning chores on his family’s Michigan dairy farm. But following his parents’ messy divorce, his mother decides that she and August need to start over in a new town. There, he tries to be an average teen—playing football and doing homework—but when his role in a shocking act of violence throws him off course once more, he flees to a ranch in rural Montana, where he learns that even the smallest communities have dark secrets.
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I wish I had the time back that I wasted on the story
- De Kirvida en 05-05-21
De: Callan Wink
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South of Broad
- De: Pat Conroy
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins
- Duración: 20 h y 1 m
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Leopold Bloom King has been raised in a family shattered - and shadowed - by tragedy. Lonely and adrift, he searches for something to sustain him and finds it among a tightly knit group of outsiders. Surviving marriages happy and troubled, unrequited loves and unspoken longings, hard-won successes and devastating breakdowns, as well as Charleston, South Carolina’s dark legacy of racism and class divisions, these friends will endure until a final test forces them to face something none of them are prepared for.
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Authors Need to Review Pronunciations
- De Pamela en 02-23-10
De: Pat Conroy
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- joan
- 07-15-15
Fun amusing likable and I want to listen to several of the recommended selections
He would be an interesting person to be friends with. I'm glad author was reader for proper emphasis
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- Joseph Dockstader
- 08-06-18
Gets to the heart of reading
Miller explores the intersections of reading and living, showing how a classic story enriches our interpretation of our own life. It helped me reconnect with good books, and I've listened to several of my favorite books as a result of his recommendations. The author's narration lends a touch of intimacy, as if each chapter were a personal narrative essay.
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- Sue Z. Smith
- 04-17-20
Witty, erudite, poignant, beautifully read
Enjoyed this book so much. I opted for the audio version when I learned the author, Andy Miller, whom I’ve heard on @Backlistedpod , did the recording. A passionate and brilliantly musical reader, he is also delightfully funny. The most welcome autobiographical bits about his life and family added dimension and were quite touching. Keep a pen and paper handy to jot down the titles. I definitely plan to read War and Peace. Highly recommend this audiobook!
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- Tomsde
- 01-31-15
The Worst Book About Books I've Ever Read
I think the problem with The Year of Reading Dangerously is that it doesn't know what it wanted to be when it grows up. Does it want to be a memoir about someone's relationship with books or does it want to be a book of literary criticism or critic. The problem I had with the book is, that though the author performed his book in an entertaining manner, I found that there wasn't a coherent structure to bind the whole thing together. What I thought I was getting was a brief commentary on all the 52 books Mr. Miller had read in his year of reading, but that is not what I got--I got a hodge podge of personal reminiscences sprinkled with pompous intellectualism and peculiar assertions about men and reading and the role of a husband. He was good at blathering on about obscure, contemporary books and out of print biographies of a particular type of German rock music and didn't say a word about important books that he'd read like Jane Eyre and Frankenstein. On a whole I feel that Mr. Millers book was more an exercise of mental masturbation than something truly meaningful about the books he's read--what he said was meaningful to him--but he didn't seem particularly concerned about whether the reader, his audience got anything out of it, in fact he encouraged us to skip an entire chapter dealing with a scathing fan letter he never sent to some French author.
The bottom line is if you want to read about that says meaningful things about famous works of literature, this isn't for you. If you want and clouded, muddled, and somewhat infuriating book about the authors strange and unconventional life, then have at it and have fun. Now that I have completed it, in spite of Mr. Miller said I needed to read the book 2-3 times to really "get it" I have other books I'd rather read and get more out of. I am even contemplating hitting the delete button and depositing it in the recycle bin. Good luck, if you've already bought this title--you'll need it.
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- Bklvr
- 06-16-17
Great book for book lovers!
What did you love best about The Year of Reading Dangerously?
Andy Miller's narration of his own work is perfect. He would have made a wonderful actor. The book is both moving and funny . . . very entertaining and ideal for book lovers.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Year of Reading Dangerously?
There were a lot of laugh-out-loud moments, but I was especially moved by the section on Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George. I love that Miller's wife calls him a "flamboyant heterosexual."
Which character – as performed by Andy Miller – was your favorite?
He does himself very well, but he is also an excellent mimic.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The prescription for reading: solitude and patience.
Any additional comments?
I also love Andy's podcast: Backlisted. It's a "must-listen."
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- Barbara
- 10-03-15
had some hints for great books and entertaining
i enjoyed hearing about his reading 50 great books, that reminds me that i need to limit myself to great books, or at least very good ones.
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- All-access Customer
- 12-02-16
starts very slow but worth sticking with it
the beginning was slow and painful for the first chapter as he (ironically) describes the minutiae of his daily schedule and diet. Now having finished the book I understand the intended humor and purpose of this. But starting off with it before we know the writing style, humor or references he is alluding to, I barely made it through and was mostly thinking to myself "Is this entire book an in depth description of everything he's ever eaten?". Luckily I persevered and was very well rewarded. this book is thoroughly engaging, hilarious, thought provoking and optimistically cynical (yes is possible, read it and you'll see). Despite the fact that I haven't read most of his list, hate Melville and love Austen, I really loved this book. As he warns, it's not a review of these books, it's about the act of reading. He perfectly accomplished the duality he was going for. Plus, anyone who can summarize and conclude his book/journey with what is basically a chapter-long love letter to Douglas Adams. . .
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- Fluffykarma
- 09-28-16
Inspiration
My own "list of betterment" grew with this book. The author explored books I'd never heard of as well as gave me the insight to muscle through any bad book I may come across in the future.
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- Esperanza
- 02-27-16
Very enjoyable and inspiring!
Now I've discovered a few new books I haven't read, it's going to be a busy year!
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- Mon Dobrin
- 12-27-14
Fun, intelligent and long-winded
A very honest memoir of a reader gone astray rediscovering books. There were several laugh-out-loud moments. The struggle is very nerdy, very real.
Andy Miller is very fond of going on tangents, even including a long letter that he never intended to send to an author that felt more like a page-filler than actual content. I was never quite sure when his train of thought would end. He never did explain how books saved his life. He had a goal of reading two bad books, and only got around to reading one of them. As far as I can tell, Chekhov's gun is still sitting on the mantel.
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