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J. C.

I live in Thailand, and love to listen to audible.

Thailand | Member Since 2012

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  • Why I Left Goldman Sachs: A Wall Street Story

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 30 mins)
    • By Greg Smith
    • Narrated By Greg Smith
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (186)
    Performance
    (158)
    Story
    (163)

    On March 14, 2012, more than three million people read Greg Smith's bombshell op-ed in the New York Times titled Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs. The column immediately went viral, became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter, and drew passionate responses from former Fed chairman Paul Volcker, legendary General Electric CEO Jack Welch, and New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg. Mostly, though, it hit a nerve among the general public who question the role of Wall Street in society - and the callous "take-the-money-and-run" mentality that brought the world economy to its knees a few short years ago.

    Judy says: "Couldn't set aside"
    "Great book"
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    I enjoyed this book and it held my interest throughout. It's a real inside look at finance. I agree with Greg. Whatever happened to corporate responsibility? It seems like Goldman Sachs thinks it doesn't apply to them. This book tells an interesting story from college through vice presidency for Greg! Nice work.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • My Happy Days in Hollywood: A Memoir

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 6 mins)
    • By Garry Marshall
    • Narrated By Garry Marshall
    Overall
    (57)
    Performance
    (52)
    Story
    (52)

    Once called a legend in his own time slot, Garry Marshall has been among the most successful writers, directors, and producers in America for more than five decades. In My Happy Days in Hollywood, Marshall takes us on a journey from his stickball-playing days in the Bronx to his time at the helm of some of the most popular television series and movies of all time, sharing the joys and challenges of working with the Fonz and the young Julia Roberts, the “street performer” Robin Williams, and the young Anne Hathaway, among many others.

    Leslie says: "Heartfelt, Open and Honest"
    "Excellent and interesting"
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    I really enjoyed this book. It's good that Garry Marshall narrated it himself, because he knows the names and the stories. I like his outlook on life. Great book - it held my interest from beginning to end. Lots of little interesting tidbits about the TV shows and movies. Get it!

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 54 mins)
    • By Judy Collins
    • Narrated By Judy Collins
    Overall
    (44)
    Performance
    (39)
    Story
    (40)

    Sweet Judy Blue Eyes is the deeply personal, honest, and revealing memoir of folk legend and relentlessly creative spirit Judy Collins. In it, she talks about her alcoholism, her lasting love affair with Stephen Stills, her friendships with Joan Baez, Richard and Mimi Fariña, David Crosby, and Leonard Cohen and, above all, the music that helped define a decade and a generation’s sound track.

    Laurie says: "Voices of the angels..."
    "Wonderful Journey"
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    This audiobook is an amazing accomplishment. For one thing, Judy Collins reveals all her innermost hopes and dreams and where they took her in life. Secondly, she reads it herself and that gives the book a lot of meaning. It's an epic story. She made all these choices in life and it is mind boggling how it all turned out. She is famous and has accomplished so much. Now listen to what happened behind the scenes. I felt like I was there, from growing up in Seattle and Boulder, to getting married and moving on, it really brings you back into that place and time. Well worth listening to. I loved it! Songs at the end are wonderful too.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • I, Rhoda

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 51 mins)
    • By Valerie Harper
    • Narrated By Valerie Harper
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (34)
    Performance
    (26)
    Story
    (28)

    lerie Harper is finally ready to tell her story. In this, her first memoir, the beloved and award-winning television actress reflects on the role that made her famous -Rhoda Morgenstern on the groundbreaking series The Mary Tyler Moore Show and on the spin-off show Rhoda - and the pressures of helming her own sitcom, Valerie.

    J. C. says: "Loved it"
    "Loved it"
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    Fun and easy to listen to, the book is interesting and well written. The author narrates it well. I enjoyed listening to it. I highly recommend it. Very poignant story of how she adopted her daughter, among other tales of her career. Loved it!

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Before I Forget: Directing Television, 1948-1988

    • UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 58 mins)
    • By James Sheldon
    • Narrated By James Sheldon
    Overall
    (2)
    Performance
    (1)
    Story
    (1)

    James Sheldon was directing the radio show We, The People when it became the first commercial CBS network program to telecast nationally on June 1, 1948. Since then he has experienced the technological changes from live to electronic tape to film, from black and white to color, and from a few hundred thousand to the multimillions of television sets in use today.

    J. C. says: "Unforgettable History of TV"
    "Unforgettable History of TV"
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    I'm glad the author read his own work, because for one thing, he pronounces all the names right. This book is a piece of history, of how TV shows evolved. All the names and events should be told by the author. I highly recommend this book. It's excellent.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

    • UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 55 mins)
    • By Steven Pinker
    • Narrated By Arthur Morey
    Overall
    (176)
    Performance
    (147)
    Story
    (141)

    In this classic, the world’s expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association....

    rebekah says: "Good premise, but reads like a text book"
    "Absolutely Amazing and Interesting"
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    I loved this book! The narration is great. It's all about language and linguistics. You will find out why it's easier to learn a language as a child. How the chimps never really caught on to language like we thought they would. Why it's not really true that you think differently when speaking a different language. All language started as a proto world language and two languages in Africa directly descended from that. Go ahead, you can end a sentence with a preposition. That rule is just made-up! Learn why. This book kept me enthralled form start to finish. Includes some interesting cases of medical language defects and what they tell us. Easy to listen to and understand, and it's fun!!!

    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
  • And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street's Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees

    • UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 37 mins)
    • By David Faber
    • Narrated By Dennis Holland
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (113)
    Performance
    (39)
    Story
    (36)

    And Then the Roof Caved In lays bare the truth of the credit crisis, whose defining emotion at every turn has been greed, and whose defining failure is the complicity of the U.S. government in letting that greed rule the day. Written by CNBC's David Faber, this book painstakingly details the truth of what really happened with compelling characters who offer their first-hand accounts of what they did and why they did it.

    Jonnie says: "Best book explaining the recent economic collapse"
    "Amazing"
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    I loved listening to this book. It is shocking, crazy, and diabolical how the subprime mortgage disaster unfolded. Not only that, the author adds in some real life accounts of families who lost their houses, managers who sold mortgages, smart people and dumb people who lost all, or became rich!!! Fantastic. Loved the narration too.

    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
  • Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman

    • UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 40 mins)
    • By Sam Wasson
    • Narrated By Grover Gardner
    Overall
    (13)
    Performance
    (13)
    Story
    (13)

    Audrey Hepburn is an icon like no other, yet the image many of us have of Audrey - dainty, immaculate - is anything but true to life. Here, for the first time, Sam Wasson presents the woman behind the little black dress that rocked the nation in 1961. The first complete account of the making of Breakfast at Tiffany's, Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. reveals little-known facts about the cinema classic: Truman Capote desperately wanted Marilyn Monroe for the leading role; director Blake Edwards filmed multiple endings....

    J. C. says: "Excellent!"
    "Excellent!"
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    The narration is great. The book is wonderful, a real inside look into the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's and other movies of the time, and what life was like back then. Tells about the producers, directors, and actors. Interesting insights into the lives of actress Audrey Hepburn and author Truman Capote, revealing how their lives and loves went, for better or worse. Really great listen! It is really amazing.

    2 of 2 people found this review helpful

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