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RODNEY

SARASOTA, FL, United States | Member Since 2005

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  • Sonic Boom: Globalization at Mach Speed | [Gregg Easterbrook]
    Sonic Boom: Globalization at Mach Speed
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    Sonic Boom: Globalization at Mach Speed

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 27 mins)
    • By Gregg Easterbrook
    • Narrated By Gregg Easterbrook
    Overall
    (20)
    Performance
    (5)
    Story
    (6)

    Signs that the recession is about to end are here. So what comes next? Growth will resume. But economic uncertainty will worsen, making what comes next not just a boom but a nerve-shattering Sonic Boom. Gregg Easterbrook who "writes nothing that is not brilliant" (Chicago Tribune) is a fount of unconventional wisdom, and over time, he is almost always proven right.

    Joshua Kim says: "The Ed Tech Sonic Boom"
    "HORRIBLE"
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    I read all the current books on Finance, Economics, & Business. Most of them are good, some are great, but "Sonic Boom" is horrible. Author is writing on a High School level.

    0 of 5 people found this review helpful
  • The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future | [Joseph E. Stiglitz]
    The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
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    The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future

    • UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 4 mins)
    • By Joseph E. Stiglitz
    • Narrated By Paul Boehmer
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (229)
    Performance
    (187)
    Story
    (191)

    The top 1 percent of Americans control 40 percent of the nation's wealth. And, as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains, while those at the top enjoy the best health care, education, and benefits of wealth, they fail to realize that "their fate is bound up with how the other 99 percent live." Stiglitz draws on his deep understanding of economics to show that growing inequality is not inevitable. He examines our current state, then teases out its implications for democracy, for monetary and budgetary policy, and for globalization. He closes with a plan for a more just and prosperous future.

    Johannes says: "Poor narration, important topic"
    "NO SUBSTANCE"
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    What would have made The Price of Inequality better?

    I AGREE WITH THE LIBERAL OBSERVATIONS, BUT EXPECTED AN EMINENT PROFESSOR WOULD WRITE WITH MORE SUBSTANCE THAN A TIME MAGAZINE JOURNALIST.


    5 of 16 people found this review helpful
  • Intrepid Aviators: The True Story of U.S.S. Intrepid's Torpedo Squadron 18 and Its Epic Clash with the Superbattleship Musashi | [Gregory G. Fletcher]
    Intrepid Aviators: The True Story of U.S.S. Intrepid's Torpedo Squadron 18 and Its Epic Clash with the Superbattleship Musashi
    UNABRIDGED

    Intrepid Aviators: The True Story of U.S.S. Intrepid's Torpedo Squadron 18 and Its Epic Clash with the Superbattleship Musashi

    • UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 49 mins)
    • By Gregory G. Fletcher
    • Narrated By Don Hagen
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (18)
    Performance
    (17)
    Story
    (16)

    On the morning of October 24, 1944, in the Sibuyan Sea amidst the Philippine Islands, VT-18, a close-knit squadron of six young American torpedo bomber pilots, departed the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid on a search and destroy mission. Their target: the super-battleship Musashi, the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The pilots were tasked with preventing the immense enemy warship and the huge naval armada of which she was a part from inflicting unspeakable damage.

    RODNEY says: "TRUE PICTURE"
    "TRUE PICTURE"
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    What made the experience of listening to Intrepid Aviators the most enjoyable?

    GREAT PORTRAYAL OF NAVY PILOTS IN WAR. EASY WRITING STYLE.


    Any additional comments?

    AS A NAVY PILOT FLYING OFF HORNET IN VIET NAM, I WAS AMAZED BY SIMILARITY OF EXPERIENCES. PLOTTING BOARDS & "FLAMING HOOKERS" LIVED FOR 20 YEARS.

    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
  • Diary of a Dirty Little War: The Spanish-American War of 1898 | [Harvey Rosenfeld]
    Diary of a Dirty Little War: The Spanish-American War of 1898
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    Diary of a Dirty Little War: The Spanish-American War of 1898

    • UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 33 mins)
    • By Harvey Rosenfeld
    • Narrated By Ian Esmo
    Overall
    (10)
    Performance
    (4)
    Story
    (4)

    From its beginnings, America has acted out much of its history on the battlefront. Yet for the average American, little is known of the Spanish-American War. The reasons for our entry never seemed compelling - at times, yellow fever seemed more the enemy than did Spanish troops - and the United States was ill prepared for the venture. Nevertheless, this conflict served to unify a country that only 30 years before had been hopelessly divided by civil strife.

    RODNEY says: "BORING"
    "BORING"
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    Enumeration of supplies delivered to Army is just not necessary in body of book. Narration clipped. One of the very few books I was unable to finish.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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