Patrick Daoust
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Peace Is Every Step
- The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
- By: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
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Lucidly and beautifully written, Peace Is Every Step contains commentaries, meditations, personal anecdotes, and stories from Nhat Hanh's experiences as a peace activist, teacher, and community leader. It begins where the listener already is - in the kitchen, office, driving a car, walking - and shows how deep meditative presence is available now.
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60% teaching, 40% political and personal agenda
- By LonnieatkGardennut on 04-27-16
- Peace Is Every Step
- The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
- By: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Deeply inspiring
Reviewed: 06-02-17
This book is like a light along a dark path. It brings us back to what is truly important in life.
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Fat Chance
- Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease
- By: Robert H. Lustig
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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In the late 1970s when the government mandated we get the fat out of our food, the food industry responded by pouring more sugar in. The result has been a perfect storm, disastrously altering our biochemistry and driving our eating habits out of our control. To help us lose weight and recover our health, Robert Lustig presents personal strategies to readjust the key hormones that regulate hunger, reward, and stress; and societal strategies to improve the health of the next generation.
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Changed the Way I Eat
- By ash kasper on 03-04-13
- Fat Chance
- Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease
- By: Robert H. Lustig
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
Informative and empowering
Reviewed: 05-07-17
The science is very well explained in the first part of the book. The personal choice and policy implications are later explained. Dr Lustig lists what can be done on all fronts in a succinct step by step process.
Overall, the problem and how to deal with it are well laid out.
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When Breath Becomes Air
- By: Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese - foreword
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra, Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated.
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Phenomenal book!
- By A. Potter on 01-16-16
Well told story, very important message
Reviewed: 04-09-17
This is a very thoughtful and touching story about one man's pursuit of a virtuous life and how he deals with cancer and death. He lays out his thoughts and emotions... his whole life as he goes from healthy to the verge of death. The important questions are addressed in a way that allows the reader to feel the experience but also forces the reader to confront our mortality.
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The Opposite of Worry
- The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears
- By: Lawrence J. Cohen
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
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Whether it's the monster in the closet or the fear that arises from new social situations, school, or sports, anxiety can be especially challenging and maddening for children. And since anxiety has a mind of its own, logic and reassurance often fail, leaving parents increasingly frustrated about how to help. Now Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD, the author of Playful Parenting, provides a special set of tools to handle childhood anxiety.
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Huge help for my anxious children
- By D on 11-04-15
- The Opposite of Worry
- The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears
- By: Lawrence J. Cohen
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
Good book with valuable insights for parents.
Reviewed: 01-21-17
Easy read with sufficient examples to be very practical. The author gets you to understand and empathise with the anxious child's state. He also does a good job of explaining how many typical parental responses can be improved upon.
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Doing Good Better
- How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference
- By: William MacAskill
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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Most of us want to make a difference. We donate our time and money to charities and causes we deem worthy, choose careers we consider meaningful, and patronize businesses and buy products we believe make the world a better place. Unfortunately we often base these decisions on assumptions and emotions rather than facts. As a result even our best intentions often lead to ineffective - and sometimes downright harmful - outcomes. How can we do better?
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An ethical freakonomics
- By Grover on 05-10-16
- Doing Good Better
- How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference
- By: William MacAskill
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Great framework for life decisions
Reviewed: 01-08-17
This book lays out the questions you have to ask yourself when deciding how you can best spend your time making the world a better place.
The arguments are well laid out and the examples are clear.
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The Hidden Wealth of Nations
- The Scourge of Tax Havens
- By: Gabriel Zucman, Teresa Lavender Fagan - translator
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
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No one, from economists to bankers to politicians, has been able to quantify exactly how much of the world's assets are currently hidden - until now. Gabriel Zucman is the first economist to offer reliable insight into the actual extent of the world's money held in tax havens. And it's staggering. In The Hidden Wealth of Nations, Zucman offers an inventive and sophisticated approach to quantifying how big the problem is, how tax havens work and are organized, and how we can begin to approach a solution.
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very good book
- By Patrick Daoust on 01-03-17
- The Hidden Wealth of Nations
- The Scourge of Tax Havens
- By: Gabriel Zucman, Teresa Lavender Fagan - translator
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
very good book
Reviewed: 01-03-17
well written and concise. the issues are laid out systematically and proposed solutions are well explained.
the book os also well narated.
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Declutter Your Mind
- How to Stop Worrying, Relieve Anxiety, and Eliminate Negative Thinking
- By: S.J. Scott, Barrie Davenport
- Narrated by: Greg Zarcone
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
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Feel overwhelmed by your thoughts? Struggling with anxiety about your daily tasks? Or do you want to stop worrying about life? The truth is we all experience the occasional negative thought. But if you always feel overwhelmed, then you need to closely examine how these thoughts are negatively impacting your lifestyle. The solution is to practice specific mindfulness techniques that create more "space" in your mind to enjoy inner peace and happiness.
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Horrible voiceover
- By Steshaboof on 12-09-16
- Declutter Your Mind
- How to Stop Worrying, Relieve Anxiety, and Eliminate Negative Thinking
- By: S.J. Scott, Barrie Davenport
- Narrated by: Greg Zarcone
poor naration
Reviewed: 12-08-16
content is ok although there arr a lot of generalities. Naration is rapid and monotonous. It lacks energy and punctuation.
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The Human Superorganism
- How the Microbiome Is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life
- By: Rodney Dietert PhD
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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The Human Superorganism makes a sweeping, paradigm-shifting argument. It demolishes two fundamental beliefs that have blinkered all medical thinking until very recently: 1) humans are better off as pure organisms free of foreign microbes; and 2) the human genome is the key to future medical advances. The microorganisms that we have sought to eliminate have been there for centuries, supporting our ancestors.
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Super Fascinating!
- By Leha Carpenter on 05-01-17
- The Human Superorganism
- How the Microbiome Is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life
- By: Rodney Dietert PhD
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
good research review, lack of tangible steps
Reviewed: 12-07-16
the author stays in the safe relm of literature review, insufficient how to apply advice
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The Great Escape
- Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
- By: Angus Deaton
- Narrated by: Matthew Brenher
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
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The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities between people and nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton - one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty - tells the remarkable story of how, beginning 250 years ago, some parts of the world experienced sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's disproportionately unequal world.
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not worth listening
- By Kyung on 04-26-20
- The Great Escape
- Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
- By: Angus Deaton
- Narrated by: Matthew Brenher
very informative book
Reviewed: 08-07-16
This is a very informative book. The arguments are well constructed, explanations are clear. It is explained in a bit of a dry and academic fashion however.
I recommend this book for anyone interested in international povery and inequality.
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Smarter Faster Better
- The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
- By: Charles Duhigg
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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The author of The Power of Habit and “master of the life hack” (GQ) explores the fascinating science of productivity and offers real-world takeaways to apply your life, whether you’re chasing peak productivity or simply trying to get back on track.
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Read the last chapter first
- By A. Yoshida on 04-29-16
- Smarter Faster Better
- The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
- By: Charles Duhigg
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
Most of the story is interesting
Reviewed: 07-18-16
Valuable insights, well told story. Need for narative sometimes has precedence over thoughtful content. There is an attempt to be relevant to everyone in stating that the insights are just as valid for businesses as for individuals. This pre-designed breadth involves a sacrifice pf depth.
This said, there are very valid insights in this book and it has good entertainment value as well.
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