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SAULT STE MARIE, ON, Canada | Member Since 2011

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  • The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True | [Richard Dawkins]
    The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
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    The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True

    • UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 42 mins)
    • By Richard Dawkins
    • Narrated By Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (672)
    Performance
    (592)
    Story
    (583)

    Richard Dawkins, the world’s most famous evolutionary biologist, presents a gorgeously lucid, science book examining some of the nature’s most fundamental questions both from a mythical and scientific perspective. Science is our most precise and powerful tool for making sense of the world. Before we developed the scientific method, we created rich mythologies to explain the unknown. The pressing questions that primitive men and women asked are the same ones we ask as children. Who was the first person? What is the sun? Why is there night and day?

    Connie says: "Audio version is superb for us grown-ups"
    "sharp, smart, and sometimes funny"
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    Where does The Magic of Reality rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

    This is a very informative explanation of basic scientific principles and some theory. The examples and explanations are memorable. I can't wait to explain why we will never find the base of a rainbow.


    Any additional comments?

    If you are committed to a religious interpretation of nature you will likely bristle at the author's insistence that all myths and legends be regarded equally. This is a even-handed analysis of supernatural explanations for reality and those who cling to the miraculous will probably have difficulty with it.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Shakespeare: The World as Stage | [Bill Bryson]
    Shakespeare: The World as Stage
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    Shakespeare: The World as Stage

    • UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 28 mins)
    • By Bill Bryson
    • Narrated By Bill Bryson
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (588)
    Performance
    (177)
    Story
    (172)

    William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant facts. With a steady hand and his trademark wit, Bill Bryson sorts through this colorful muddle to reveal the man himself.

    Charles L. Burkins says: "Too Little, Too Short"
    "So much fun"
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    Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

    This is a great attempt to bring to light the life of Shakespeare within the context od the times he lived in.


    What was one of the most memorable moments of Shakespeare?

    Shakespeare's impact on the English language was probably only second to the bible. Not only the language but many of the cultural metaphors that now underpin our understanding of the world came from his art.


    Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

    I listen to these books on long trips and I couldn't wait to get back on the road to finish it.


    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah's Book Club 2.0) | [Cheryl Strayed]
    Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah's Book Club 2.0)
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    Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah's Book Club 2.0)

    • UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 6 mins)
    • By Cheryl Strayed
    • Narrated By Bernadette Dunne
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1709)
    Performance
    (1469)
    Story
    (1475)

    At 22, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State - and to do it alone. She had no experience as a long-distance hiker, and the trail was little more than “an idea, vague and outlandish and full of promise.” But it was a promise of piecing back together a life that had come undone.

    Melinda says: "Amazing Undertaking--Good Book"
    "Needed a good editor"
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    What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

    This author might have a compelling story but it groans under the weight of cliched language, self-conscious foreshadowing and boring self-absorption. I couldn't finish it.


    2 of 4 people found this review helpful

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