The Art of War

The Strategy of Sun Tzu

By: Sun Tzu

Narrated by: Mike Borris

Length: 1 hr and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

This timeless text is required listening for any business person or athlete interested in strategy. It includes a soundtrack entitled "The Mysterious Sound of Wind In the Bamboo", a 43-minute collection of Zen-inspired Japanese music by the Matsu Take Ensemble.

Public Domain (P)2011 Trout Lake Media

Great book, Narrator is excellent.

I absolutely love this audio book. I've kidney to it 23 times and going for more. lot of wisdom and commonsense.

Words to live by

Excellent rendition by the orator. Great words great philosophy. I have listen to it numerous times and gleaned so much information. Useful in business and in life

A Mandatory Book for All

A bass teacher I had the pleasure of studying under suggested I pick up a copy of “The Art of War”. That was seventeen years ago and since that time has been a fixture in my stacks. I tend to give this one away each time I cross paths with one who needs the introduction. These encounters have taken place fairly often and as a result I’ve owned several different translations. The last hard copy was purchased shortly after I was informed that my services as a husband would no longer be required.

If you are one of that reads and writes in-depth critiques on various translations then this review will be of little use. However, if you are on the same quest as I, that being to find the perfect recorded reading of “The Art of War”, then this may review may help you to decide between all the ones available. The content is solid so are my opinions will be focused on the narrator.

First and foremost, I really liked the narrator because he sounds brutal and speaks with authority. I enjoyed listening to the guy and plan to revisit his reading several more times. However, this is not the holy recording of Sun Tzu. It is way too freaking fast.

As you know or soon find out, this book is heavy and damn near every single word counts. That being the case, the narrator has way too rapid of an attack for my mind. It’s good as a quick listen and it’s cheap which, to be honest, was the main reason for my purchase. Just be prepared to stop and rewind many many times and if you pick this one. It’s kind of like inorganic chemistry, if you daydream for a second you will miss something extremely vital to your success and possibly your livelihood itself.

odd ending

This book is not read verbatim but it does give you a pretty good breakdown of the lessons learned. My issue is that the last six chapters are just Oriental music.

Antiquated!! No real-world application of theories

Any additional comments?

Anyone who says they can derive good life lessons from this book is a retarded nitwit. Listen to this book if you want to tell people you've read this overrated book. Otherwise don't waist an hour and fifty minutes.

Eh

The music that lasted for multiple chapters at the end was not worth it.

Should be refunded for this - do not buy!

50+mins of music. The story takes less than 45 minutes to listen to and then there's nearly/over an hour of music. If I'd have known this, I doubt I would've purchased.

great

great clean reader easy to follow and understand. this guy's voice was clean enough to listen to this book three times.

All Great

with the exception of the 40+ minutes of the audio book that is just BS music at the end.

Putin is an Obvious Student

Any additional comments?

It's amazing how much of Russia's recent behaviors and conduct fall squarely within the guidelines for successful warfare described in this Book. Too bad Obama is so ignorant and incompetent, the US should really being applying these principles to the problems that confound us globally.