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PeacefulSeeker

Santa Barbara, CA United States | Member Since 2011

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HELPFUL VOTES
  • 14 reviews
  • 25 ratings
  • 197 titles in library
  • 35 purchased in 2013
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  • Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived

    • UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 41 mins)
    • By Rob Bell
    • Narrated By Rob Bell
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (443)
    Performance
    (230)
    Story
    (230)

    Millions of Christians have struggled with how to reconcile God's love and God's judgment: Has God created billions of people over thousands of years only to select a few to go to heaven and everyone else to suffer forever in hell? Is this acceptable to God? How is this "good news"? Author, pastor, and innovative teacher Rob Bell presents a deeply biblical vision for rediscovering a richer, grander, truer, and more spiritually satisfying way of understanding heaven, hell, God, Jesus, salvation, and repentance.

    Richard says: "Typical Rob Bell"
    "Better than Expected"
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    If you could sum up Love Wins in three words, what would they be?

    Doesn't ignore history


    Any additional comments?

    The conversational style could not likely have been improved upon by any reader except the author. I am a historian and really appreciate that Bell did not amputate the portions I am accustomed to seeing Christians ignore or sanitize especially as it pertains to ante-Nicene writers.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield

    • UNABRIDGED (24 hrs and 8 mins)
    • By Jeremy Scahill
    • Narrated By Tom Weiner
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (25)
    Performance
    (21)
    Story
    (21)

    From Afghanistan and Pakistan to Yemen, Somalia, and beyond, Scahill speaks to the CIA agents, mercenaries, and elite Special Operations Forces operators who populate the dark side of American war-fighting. He goes deep into al Qaeda-held territory in Yemen and walks the streets of Mogadishu with CIA-backed warlords. We also meet the survivors of US night raids and drone strikes - including families of US citizens targeted for assassination by their own government - who reveal the human consequences of the dirty wars the United States struggles to keep hidden.

    aaron says: "Non political BUT very anti-violence"
    "USA: Still the Same Country as Before"
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    Answer: Kill them, unless you can torture them first. What was the question?

    If you're looking for the country that ruthlessly eliminated indigenous peoples, tried to annex Canada in 1812, then annexed Texas from Mexico, then invaded Mexico, occupying Mexico City hoping to seize the continent by divine mandate, who invaded and conquered Hawaii, who then went after territories around the planet--you'll find she's alive and kicking, stomping and shooting.

    This amply researched work reveals the dark side that so many pretend is not there or know is there but imagine there's nothing wrong with bellicose imperialism.

    If this book won't provide a stroke of conscience, nothing will.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 50 mins)
    • By Amy S. Greenberg
    • Narrated By Caroline Shaffer
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (12)
    Performance
    (12)
    Story
    (12)

    A Wicked War presents the definitive history of the 1846 war between the United States and Mexico - a conflict that turned America into a continental power. Amy Greenberg describes the battles between American and Mexican armies, but also delineates the political battles between Democrats and Whigs - the former led by the ruthless Polk, the latter by the charismatic Henry Clay and a young representative from Illinois named Abraham Lincoln. Greenberg brilliantly recounts this key chapter in the creation of the United States authority and narrative flair.

    Tad Davis says: "The politics of the Mexican war"
    "Tour de force."
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    This a special combination of amazing historical narrative with the perfect choice of narrator.

    Once again I am outraged at my public miseducation as a child. We lionized a few presidents. I was an adult before I truly discovered Andrew Jackson. I never really bothered with the uninteresting Polk and after Greenberg's work it's clear why. His record hardly supports the jingoism of the fairly tales of childhood pedagogy.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 53 mins)
    • By Brian D. McLaren, Tony Campolo
    • Narrated By Maurice England
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (9)
    Performance
    (6)
    Story
    (6)

    If you're brave enough to take an honest look at the issues facing the culture-controlled church - and the issues in your own life - read on.

    Do you ever look at how the Christian faith is being lived out in the new millennium and wonder if we're not doing what we're supposed to be doing? That we still haven't quite 'gotten it'? That we've missed the point regarding many important issues? It's understandable if we've relied on what we've been told to believe or what's widely accepted by the Christian community. But if we truly turned a constructive, critical eye toward our beliefs and vigorously questioned them....

    Phyllis says: "Adventures of Missing the Point"
    "Exceptional Content"
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    These guys make their "points" and make this listenable to academia while making sure not to leave a lay audience behind.

    I feel like it would have been so much more had McClaren and Campolo narrated it--it lacks the enthusiasm I have found in their voices when they share their convictions.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Homosexuality: What the Bible Says & Why It Matters

    • ORIGINAL (59 mins)
    • By Gene Robinson
    Overall
    (9)
    Performance
    (8)
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    (8)

    Debates about homosexuality are based on what people think the Bible says about the subject – but is what we’ve been taught really what the Bible says?

    Justin says: "Interesting."
    "Sloppy Scholarship"
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    I agree with Bishop Robinson's conclusions, but the presentation is terrible for something titled, "What the Bible Says..." Really? He can't remember whether Lot has one or two daughters, attributes a saying commonly attributed to Jesus to Paul--the "be in the world but not of the world" statement (which is a stretch even when crediting Jesus).

    It sounds throughout like Robinson either read the Bible a long time ago and not since, or he's leaning on someone else's research and never read the Bible.

    The tragedy in this is that opponents may use his errors to discredit his points. I am not an opponent.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as a Slave-Trading Dynasty

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 34 mins)
    • By Thomas Norman DeWolf
    • Narrated By Thomas Norman DeWolf
    Overall
    (6)
    Performance
    (2)
    Story
    (2)

    In 2001, at 47, Thomas DeWolf was astounded to discover that he was related to the most successful slave-trading family in American history, responsible for transporting at least 10,000 Africans to the Americas. His infamous ancestor, U.S. senator James DeWolf of Bristol, of Rhode Island, curried favor with President Jefferson to continue in the trade after it was outlawed.

    PeacefulSeeker says: "Confessional"
    "Confessional"
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    Thomas DeWolf's personal reading lends to credibility. I've read a considerable amount of American history including black history--what makes this work stand out is the personal investment in uncovering uncomfortable realities.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 1 min)
    • By N. T. Wright
    • Narrated By Antony Ferguson
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (58)
    Performance
    (20)
    Story
    (19)

    We are all spiritual seekers, intuitively knowing there is more to life than we suspect. This is a book for anyone who is hoping there is something more while we’re here on Earth. There is. We are being called to join the revolution, and Wright insightfully encourages readers to find new purpose and clarity by taking us on an eye-opening journey through key biblical passages that promise to radically alter the work of the church and the direction of our lives.

    Wayne says: "True Spirituality"
    "Love Wright, but..."
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    I am now listening to the Pope's latest book and I know why I like it so much. I LOVE reading Wright but it's too much work for this lowbrow American to process the British accent. Benedict XVI was wise to get a narrator who speaks American.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

    • UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 19 mins)
    • By Jack Weatherford
    • Narrated By Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (2506)
    Performance
    (1230)
    Story
    (1242)

    The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization.

    Peter says: "Brilliant, insightful, intriguing."
    "Informative and Entertaining"
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    For my part a bad narration is a deal breaker. This was outstanding. Even pronunciations of names and locations. in several languages were pretty authentic. Of course some of the geographic points are not the same as they were but current regions and nations were used to keep the reader engaged.

    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
  • War and Peace, Volume 1

    • UNABRIDGED (30 hrs and 19 mins)
    • By Leo Tolstoy
    • Narrated By Neville Jason
    Overall
    (436)
    Performance
    (170)
    Story
    (167)

    War and Peace is one of the greatest monuments in world literature. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, it examines the relationship between the individual and the relentless march of history. Here are the universal themes of love and hate, ambition and despair, youth and age, expressed with a swirling vitality which makes the book as accessible today as it was when it was first published in 1869.

    Matt says: "A Truly Great Book and a Truly Astounding Narrator"
    "The flaw could be mine"
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    I should have sampled it instead of looking at the number of stars. I personally have difficulty remaining focused when listening to narrators with strong, albeit lovely, British accents. It's not just this book but any to which I listen.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

    • UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 54 mins)
    • By Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer
    • Narrated By Holter Graham
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (2560)
    Performance
    (2306)
    Story
    (2315)

    From the streets of Iraq to the mountaintops of Afghanistan and to the third floor of Osama Bin Laden's compound, operator Mark Owen of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group - commonly known as SEAL Team Six - has been a part of some of the most memorable special operations in history, as well as countless missions that never made headlines. No Easy Day puts listeners alongside Owen and the other handpicked members of the 24-man team as they train for the biggest mission of their lives.

    Darwin8u says: "Gripping, first-hand narrative of Op Neptune Spear"
    "Formulaic"
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    From the foreword throughout it seems manipulative and perhaps with the military mind in view with all the jargon.

    2 of 5 people found this review helpful
  • Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 32 mins)
    • By Neale Donald Walsch
    • Narrated By Neale Donald Walsch, Edward Asner, Ellen Burstyn
    Overall
    (348)
    Performance
    (195)
    Story
    (188)

    Suppose you could ask God the most puzzling questions about existence, and God would provide clear, understandable answers? It happened to Neale Donald Walsch. Conversations with God is Neale Donald Walsch's account of his direct conversations with God, beginning in 1992 while Walsch was immersed in a period of deep depression. He composed a letter to God in which he vented his frustrations, and much to his surprise, even shock, God answered him.

    Karie says: "Finally!!"
    "Fine idea with wonderful content and yet..."
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    It wants to stand at arm's length from traditional religion, which I appreciate but at times it does get a bit snooty.

    1 of 2 people found this review helpful

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