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Rob

LEXINGTON, SC, United States | Member Since 2011

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  • 13 reviews
  • 14 ratings
  • 60 titles in library
  • 7 purchased in 2013
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  • Why Women Have Sex: Understanding Sexual Motivations - from Adventure to Revenge

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 3 mins)
    • By Cindy M. Meston, David M. Buss
    • Narrated By Renee Raudman
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (378)
    Performance
    (172)
    Story
    (164)

    An unparalleled exploration of the mysteries underlying women's sexuality that rivals the culture-shifting Kinsey Report, from two of America's leading research psychologists.

    Jonathan says: "shattered my illusions"
    "WOW"
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    Excellent, excellent book. I wish I had read this book before I got married. It's sort of like reading your wife or girlfriend's Cosmo when no one is looking.

    Nothing has ever gotten me closer to understanding the behavior and feelings of women until this book. Although it is written about why women have sex (literally), there is so much here that explains so many behaviors.

    I will never understand my wife completely. But this book answers (between the lines) a lof of "why" questions about her behavior and motivations. I admit I have used the information to benefit myself - but only because I understand and can adequately address her needs better. In that respect, she has benefitted equally.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Legal Proceedings: Being a Witness, Deponent, Plaintiff, or Defendant

    • UNABRIDGED (53 mins)
    • By Deaver Brown
    • Narrated By Deaver Brown
    Overall
    (19)
    Performance
    (7)
    Story
    (8)

    Learn how to act in your best interest as a witness, deponent, defendant, or plaintiff in only 60 minutes of conversation and instruction.

    Rob says: "Great advice - good listen."
    "Great advice - good listen."
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    I wish it had been longer. Great reading too (by author). This was helpful to me during litigation in small claims court against a large construction company. It helped me understand who I was dealing with, set my emotions aside, and ultimately settle a grand ahead of where I would have settled otherwise (which is saying something in SC small claims court).

    I think Sun Tzu said something about knowing your adversary and letting him misjudge you. This book helped me understand the defendant, their attorney, and their paradigm. The rest is history.

    $2 well spent.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Legal Survival Kit: Survive & Win in the Legal System

    • UNABRIDGED (58 mins)
    • By Deaver Brown
    • Narrated By Deaver Brown
    Overall
    (23)
    Performance
    (10)
    Story
    (9)

    In only 60 minutes of conversation and instruction, learn what it takes to survive and win in the Legal System.

    Rob says: "Very good."
    "Very good."
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    I wish it had been longer. Great reading too (by author). This was helpful to me during litigation in small claims court against a large construction company. It helped me understand who I was dealing with, set my emotions aside, and ultimately settle a grand ahead of where I would have settled otherwise (which is saying something in SC small claims court).I think Sun Tzu said something about knowing your adversary and letting him misjudge you. This book helped me understand the defendant, their attorney, and their paradigm. The rest is history.$2 well spent.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Art of Seduction: An Indispensible Primer on the Ultimate Form of Power

    • ABRIDGED (5 hrs and 9 mins)
    • By Robert Greene
    • Narrated By Jeff David
    Overall
    (797)
    Performance
    (248)
    Story
    (251)

    Synthesizing the work of thinkers including Freud, Diderot, Nietzsche, and Einstein, delineating the enticing strategies of characters throughout history, The Art of Seduction is a comprehensive guide to getting what we want - any way we can. Controversial but never dull, timeless and up-to-date, it's destined to be Greene's next best seller.

    Art says: "The best book I purchased here"
    "Good but could be better"
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    I feel kind of like all I did was learn how to identify different types of seductors - not how to operate as one or how to select which one would work in a given situation. Bought the book with intentions of applying the principals at work for career advancement (as advertised and without sex). I was pretty disappointed that my expectations were not met. Nonetheless, it was an interesting read and the "Publisher's Summary" did not oversell it terribly. I'll probably listen again some day and hopefully pick up on some subtleties I missed the first time.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Power of Body Language: How to Succeed in Every Business and Social Encounter

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 22 mins)
    • By Tonya Reiman
    • Narrated By Tonya Reiman
    Overall
    (219)
    Performance
    (125)
    Story
    (123)

    The Power of Body Language is your practical, personal playbook for getting what you desire from others—and zoning in on what others are saying to you without words. In an insightful and engaging narrative peppered with fascinating facts, nationally renowned body-language expert Tonya Reiman illuminates the hidden meaning behind specific gestures, facial cues, stances, and body movements, giving you a life-changing, career-saving, troubleshooting skill.

    morton says: "Helpful in All Areas of Life"
    "Great book"
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    This would have been infinitely better in print with illustrations. In fact, it would be incredible on DVD. As an audiobook, it is a bit challenging sometimes to picture the facial features or body postures/movements she describes. Nonetheless, a thoughtful, well presented and stimulating listen. Just because something could be better in a different media format, I can't take away stars. It definitely earned what I gave it (4's and 5's).

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 8 mins)
    • By Neil deGrasse Tyson
    • Narrated By Dion Graham
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1317)
    Performance
    (559)
    Story
    (561)

    Neil deGrasse Tyson has a talent for guiding readers through the mysteries of outer space with stunning clarity and almost childlike enthusiasm. This collection of his essays from Natural History magazine explores a myriad of cosmic topics. Tyson introduces us to the physics of black holes by explaining what would happen to our bodies if we fell into one; he also examines the needless friction between science and religion, and notes Earth's status as "an insignificantly small speck in the cosmos".

    Lind says: "Well written and well read"
    "For the beginner..."
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    I have degrees in chemical and nuclear engineering. I LOVE Stephen Hawking's books (although sometimes I have to back them up and relisten to understand a concept). This book is not on that level... at all. However, it is very well read and is perfect for a teen or pre-teen or someone with little to no background in science who is interested in learning some really neat stuff about the universe. I know this because both of my sons and my nephew enjoyed it.

    So if you have a PhD in Quantum Physics, you might skip this one. Otherwise, pick it up - you'll enjoy it.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • The Power of Your Subconscious Mind

    • ABRIDGED (6 hrs and 5 mins)
    • By Joseph Murphy
    • Narrated By Jason McCoy
    Overall
    (69)
    Performance
    (35)
    Story
    (34)

    In The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, Dr. Joseph Murphy gives you the tools you will need to unlock the awesome powers of your subconscious mind. You can improve your relationships, your finances, your physical well-being. Once you learn how to use this unbelievably powerful force there is nothing you will not be able to accomplish. Join the millions of people who have already unlocked the power of their subconscious minds.

    David says: "Buy the other version"
    "Great book - awful reader"
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    Very interesting information. All true. Unfortunately, the reader sounds like a 19 year old who shows up only for a paycheck. He even completely mispronounces (very clearly) simple words (i.e. pronounces clergy with a hard "g"). I am astonished that someone who is paid to read does not pronounce words properly (and I am not just talking about a couple in the whole book - there are many). His lack of care extends beyond proper pronunciation.

    Horrible reading. The distraction causes me to grow weary of listening after a short time and I have to switch to something else. Such a pity because the book is very good.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • I Am: The Secret Teachings of the Aramaic Jesus

    • ORIGINAL (6 hrs and 39 mins)
    • By Neil Douglas-Klotz
    Overall
    (9)
    Performance
    (9)
    Story
    (9)

    Perhaps the most essential teachings given to us by Jesus came in the final year of his life on earth. Known as the "I AM" statements and found in the Gospel of John and the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas, these radical truths were offered to connect each one of us to the original source of Jesus' deeper power. But to fully grasp and embody these profound insights, teaches Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz, we must hear them in Jesus' native tongue.

    D. Raynal says: "I Am, The Secret Teachings of Aramaic Jesus"
    "Interesting with MAJOR flaws"
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    Audible needs to put some of his ridiculous meditative chants in the sample listen. Also, I guess I should have picked up on this when listening to the sample, but the reader (and author) has a very effeminate speech pattern that is incredibly distracting. So distracting that I can only listen in small doses. Such a pity because the content is very interesting. Without a working knowledge of Aramaic, I don't know how much is fact, opinion, or conjecture. But his interpretations are nonetheless intellectually and spiritually stimulating.

    This would be a 5+ star book if a professional reader were reading and the chants were separated into their own (skippable) chapters.

    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
  • Cell

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 28 mins)
    • By Stephen King
    • Narrated By Campbell Scott
    Overall
    (2888)
    Performance
    (655)
    Story
    (656)

    The cause of the devastation is a phenomenon that will come to be known as The Pulse, and the delivery method is a cell phone. Everyone's cell phone. Clay and the few desperate survivors who join him suddenly find themselves in the pitch-black night of civilization's darkest age, surrounded by chaos, carnage, and a human horde that has been reduced to its basest nature...and then begins to evolve.

    Beverly says: "Wow"
    "King is overrated."
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    If you like zombie apocalypse books, you'll be severely disappointed. If you like repackaged King plots, you'll enjoy this book. King is so overrated that he can pay someone to change some names, places, and settings from his old books, slap his name on it and make a few bucks. I'll never buy King again - this time I mean it (really).

    You're better than this King. Stop being a lazy elite and write'm like you used to.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Public Speaker's Guide to Ace Your Interview: 6 Steps to Get the Job You Want

    • UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 10 mins)
    • By Lisa B. Marshall
    • Narrated By Lisa B. Marshall
    Overall
    (58)
    Performance
    (29)
    Story
    (28)

    With so much competition for so few jobs these days, your interviewing skills are more important than ever. Blow the other candidates out of the water with The Public Speaker's Guide to Ace Your Interview. Lisa Marshall, host of the top-rated The Public Speaker's Quick and Dirty Tips for Improving Your Communication Skills, tells you how to avoid the most common interviewing mistakes and arms you with the specific skills needed to rise above the rest.

    steve says: "There are better books out there on this subject."
    "EXCELLENT IN EVERY WAY"
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    Just incredible. I am an engineer and applied for a job at a company for which I really want to work. The position isn't really one I wanted - but I was willing to make the sacrifice to get my foot in the door. I listened to this audiobook and then relistened to my bookmarked sections and followed the applicable advice. At the end of the interview, the woman from HR who assisted the hiring manager during the interview asked him if he could hold off on his decision until she put my resume in front of some other hiring managers. I have never had an interview go so well to end like that! I got a call the following week to interview for a position that fits my goals and skills completely. Right position + right company = dream job. Needless to say, I am preparing for that interview with this book. I can't recommend this book enough.

    Very, very well read. Great voice. Very enjoyable listen.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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