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Robert

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  • Outliers: The Story of Success | [Malcolm Gladwell]
    Outliers: The Story of Success
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    Outliers: The Story of Success

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 22 mins)
    • By Malcolm Gladwell
    • Narrated By Malcolm Gladwell
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (7619)
    Performance
    (2343)
    Story
    (2350)

    In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing.

    S Prabhu says: "Excellent book; well adapted for the audio format"
    "Well researched, well read, great perspective."
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    Couldn't be more pleased with this book. The topics are all fascinating, and you end up learning far more about the factors which determine success than you knew existed. Malcolm presents the information in a way that's easy to digest in audiobook form. Considering listening to it again...

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Botany of Desire | [Michael Pollan]
    The Botany of Desire
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    The Botany of Desire

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 54 mins)
    • By Michael Pollan
    • Narrated By Scott Brick
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1296)
    Performance
    (597)
    Story
    (592)

    Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers' genes far and wide. In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship.

    Zentaro says: "Great book"
    "Awful, Awful narrator."
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    Nearly impossible to get through this book with the chosen narrator. Sadly, it takes a lot from the interesting subject matter.

    3 of 3 people found this review helpful

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