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Bruce

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  • Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game | [Michael Lewis]
    Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
    UNABRIDGED

    Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 27 mins)
    • By Michael Lewis
    • Narrated By Scott Brick
    Overall
    (772)
    Performance
    (663)
    Story
    (667)

    Moneyball reveals a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. The logical places to look would be the giant offices of major league teams and the dugouts. But the real jackpot is a cache of numbers collected over the years by a strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts: software engineers, statisticians, Wall Street analysts, lawyers, and physics professors.

    Sarah Dumoulin says: "No need to be a baseball fan"
    "Great for baseball fans; for others? Not so much"
    Overall
    Performance
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    Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

    I would recommend the book to baseball fans and statistic junkies. Not others.


    Would you ever listen to anything by Michael Lewis again?

    Yes, I think he is a very interesting writer.


    What about Scott Brick’s performance did you like?

    Sounded like he was talking to me and teling me a story. Emotional, easy to understand


    Was Moneyball worth the listening time?

    Yes.


    Any additional comments?

    A few people wrote that the book would be interesting even to people who do not like baseball. That is ludicrous. It is a very interesting application of statistics used for an objective analysis of the factors leading to success in baseball. If you like that, you will enjoy this book. If you don't like baseball and numbers, your eyes will roll back in your head by the second chapter.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Orson Welles: The Ultimate Collection | [Orson Welles]
    Orson Welles: The Ultimate Collection
    ORIGINAL

    Orson Welles: The Ultimate Collection

    • ORIGINAL (60 hrs and 44 mins)
    • By Orson Welles
    Overall
    (31)
    Performance
    (26)
    Story
    (24)

    If you are a lover of old-time radio and a fan of Orson Welles, you won't want to miss this treasure chest of legendary Orson Welles radio broadcasts! With his flair for the sensational and innovative, Welles captured audiences' attention with his 1930s CBS weekly drama series The Mercury Theatre on the Air, later renamed The Campbell Playhouse, which featured hour-long dramatizations of classic books. His 1938 production, The War of the Worlds (an H. G. Wells adaptation) was especially memorable, as were many other productions, each featuring talented voices and actors.

    Sandy says: "Sixty Hours of great radio Plays"
    "If a tree falls in the forest ..."
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    The Collection was a major disappointment. The low quality recordings defeated every audio system I attempted, I was disappointed that I couldn't hear the recordings without great effort (at best); and disappointed that Audible made the recordings available without a disclaimer.

    Clearly, the performances were recorded in the 20's and 30's by early (READ: bad) equipment; and the recordings have only grown worse over time. Actresses sound like Alvin the Chipmonk; actors appear to be speaking underwater; Orson Welles sounds like he is talking though a hat; and there are numerous incomprehensible off-stage sounds. The recording are a mess.

    This Collection should have been distributed by in-Audible.

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  • Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World | [Michael Lewis]
    Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
    UNABRIDGED

    Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 14 mins)
    • By Michael Lewis
    • Narrated By Dylan Baker
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1465)
    Performance
    (1211)
    Story
    (1223)

    The tsunami of cheap credit that rolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than a simple financial phenomenon: it was temptation, offering entire societies the chance to reveal aspects of their characters they could not normally afford to indulge. The Greeks wanted to turn their country into a pinata stuffed with cash and allow as many citizens as possible to take a whack at it. The Germans wanted to be even more German; the Irish wanted to stop being Irish.

    Andy says: "we may not be the most stupid kids on the planet"
    "Financial Debacles Made Easy"
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    Would you consider the audio edition of Boomerang to be better than the print version?

    Yes.


    What was one of the most memorable moments of Boomerang?

    The manipulation by the Greeks to get into the euro financial community.


    Have you listened to any of Dylan Baker’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

    Excellent presentation, but I do not know if I have heard him before.


    Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

    It is not that kind of book. It is more the kind of book where you slap your forehead wondering how they could have done what they did.


    Any additional comments?

    If the financial idiocy of other people and other countries make your life seem, somehow, or comforting, you also quite sure after reading this book. Even if the United States torpedoed its own economy, Michael Lewis makes it clear that we were not alone.

    The US section was a bit odd. Fun, but out of sync with the rest of the book.

    All in all, a fun book to listen to. It feels like Lewis is whispering stores in your ear.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever | [Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard]
    Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever
    UNABRIDGED

    Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 49 mins)
    • By Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
    • Narrated By Bill O'Reilly
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (2968)
    Performance
    (2644)
    Story
    (2653)

    The anchor of The O'Reilly Factor recounts one of the most dramatic stories in American history—how one gunshot changed the country forever. In the spring of 1865, the bloody saga of America's Civil War finally comes to an end after a series of increasingly harrowing battles. President Abraham Lincoln's generous terms for Robert E. Lee's surrender are devised to fulfill Lincoln's dream of healing a divided nation. But one man and his band of murderous accomplices are not appeased....

    William says: "Decent Book - Bad Narration"
    "Cavalry to the Rescue??"
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    Where does Killing Lincoln rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

    Very good.


    What about Bill O'Reilly’s performance did you like?

    Conversational and animated.


    If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

    You Couldn't Make This Stuff Up


    Any additional comments?

    O'Reilly constantly pronounced "cavalry" as "Calvary". After the 50th time, that mispronunciation truly gets old.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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