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Off the Charts
- The Hidden Lives and Lessons of American Child Prodigies
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
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Edward M. Hallowell, MD, father of three and a clinical psychiatrist, has thought long and hard about what makes children feel good about themselves and the world they live in. Now, in The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness, he shares his findings with all of us who care about children. We don't need statistical studies or complicated expert opinions to raise children. What we do need is love, wonder, and the confidence to trust our instincts.
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Love this book and will be listening again
- De Jenny en 09-15-22
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Street Gang
- The Complete History of Sesame Street
- De: Michael Davis
- Narrado por: Caroll Spinney
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
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When the first episode aired on Nov. 10, 1969, Sesame Street revolutionized the way education was presented to children on television. It has since become the longest-running children's show in history, and today reaches 8 million pre-schoolers on 350 PBS stations and airs in 120 countries. Street Gang is the compelling and often comical story of the creation and history of this media masterpiece and pop culture landmark.
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An important subject, but hardly gripping
- De Scott T. Hards en 09-24-10
De: Michael Davis
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You Are Not Special
- ...And Other Encouragements
- De: David McCullough Jr.
- Narrado por: David McCullough Jr.
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
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A profound expansion of David McCullough, Jr.’s popular commencement speech - a call to arms against a prevailing, narrow, conception of success viewed by millions on YouTube - You Are Not Special is a love letter to students and parents as well as a guide to a truly fulfilling, happy life. By acknowledging that the world is indifferent to them, McCullough takes pressure off of students to be extraordinary achievers and instead exhorts them to roll up their sleeves and do something useful with their advantages.
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The Teacher is Wise
- De E. Pearson en 09-22-16
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Manifesto
- On Never Giving Up
- De: Bernardine Evaristo
- Narrado por: Bernardine Evaristo
- Duración: 6 h y 7 m
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From the best-selling and Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo’s memoir of her own life and writing, and her manifesto on unstoppability, creativity, and activism.
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Glorious performance and inspiring story
- De Maggi Morehouse en 01-25-22
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Letters to a Young Teacher
- De: Jonathan Kozol
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 5 h y 36 m
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In these affectionate letters to Francesca, a first-grade teacher at an inner-city school in Boston, Jonathan Kozol vividly describes his repeated visits to her classroom while, under Francesca's likably irreverent questioning, also revealing his own most personal stories of the years that he has spent in public schools.
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A must read for new teachers
- De Santiago en 03-31-10
De: Jonathan Kozol
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Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story
- A Life of David Foster Wallace
- De: D. T. Max
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 12 h y 25 m
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David Foster Wallace was the leading literary light of his generation, a man who not only captivated readers with his prose but also mesmerized them with his brilliant mind. In this, the first biography of the writer, D. T. Max sets out to chart Wallace’s tormented, anguished, and often triumphant battle to succeed as a novelist as he fights off depression and addiction to emerge with his masterpiece, Infinite Jest.
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Max avoids hagiography or a sycophant's biography
- De Darwin8u en 06-11-13
De: D. T. Max
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Failing Up
- How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
- De: Leslie Odom Jr.
- Narrado por: Leslie Odom Jr.
- Duración: 3 h y 35 m
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Leslie Odom Jr. burst on the scene in 2015, originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical phenomenon Hamilton. Since then he has performed for sold-out audiences, sung for the Obamas at the White House, and won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. But before he landed the role of a lifetime in one of the biggest musicals of all time, Odom put in years of hard work as a singer and an actor.
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When you take one step, the universe takes two
- De Amy Aguilar en 04-11-18
De: Leslie Odom Jr.
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Tim Gunn: The Natty Professor
- A Master Class on Mentoring, Motivating and Making It Work!
- De: Tim Gunn, Ada Calhoun
- Narrado por: Tim Gunn
- Duración: 5 h y 24 m
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Tim Gunn, America's favorite reality TV cohost, is known for his kind but firm approach in providing wisdom, guidance, and support to the scores of design hopefuls on Project Runway. Having begun his fashion career as a teacher at Parsons The New School for Design, Tim knows more than a thing or two about mentorship and how to convey invaluable pearls of wisdom in an approachable, accessible manner.
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Life lessons for All
- De Trendy en 03-11-16
De: Tim Gunn, y otros
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The Collaborative Habit
- Life Lessons for Working Together
- De: Twyla Tharp
- Narrado por: Lauren Fortgang
- Duración: 4 h y 3 m
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In a career that has spanned four decades, choreographer Twyla Tharp has collaborated with great musicians, designers, thousands of dancers, and almost a hundred companies. She's experienced the thrill of shared achievement and has seen what happens when group efforts fizzle. Her professional life has been - and continues to be - one collaboration after another. In this practical sequel to her national best seller The Creative Habit, Tharp explains why collaboration is important to her - and can be for you.
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Awful narration
- De Anastasia Lattanand en 05-14-16
De: Twyla Tharp
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Process
- The Writing Lives of Great Authors
- De: Sarah Stodola
- Narrado por: Andi Arndt
- Duración: 7 h y 4 m
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Ernest Hemingway, Zadie Smith, Joan Didion, Franz Kafka, David Foster Wallace, and more. In Process, acclaimed journalist Sarah Stodola examines the creative methods of literature's most transformative figures. Each chapter contains a mini biography of one of the world's most lauded authors, focused solely on his or her writing process.
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Excellent!
- De Davina Rush en 04-10-15
De: Sarah Stodola
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The Hidden Habits of Genius
- Beyond Talent, IQ, and Grit - Unlocking the Secrets of Greatness
- De: Craig Wright
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 10 h y 7 m
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What is genius? The word evokes iconic figures like Einstein, Beethoven, Picasso, and Steve Jobs, whose cultural contributions have irreversibly shaped society. Yet Beethoven could not multiply. Picasso couldn’t pass a fourth grade math test. And Jobs left high school with a 2.65 GPA. The Hidden Habits of Genius explores the meaning of this contested term, and the unexpected motivations of those we have dubbed "genius" throughout history, from Charles Darwin and Marie Curie to Leonardo Da Vinci and Andy Warhol to Toni Morrison and Elon Musk.
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Click-bait title, minimal substance inside
- De James S. en 11-27-20
De: Craig Wright
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The Enchanted Hour
- The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
- De: Meghan Cox Gurdon
- Narrado por: Meghan Cox Gurdon
- Duración: 7 h y 54 m
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A Wall Street Journal writer’s conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful, and more closely attached, even as technology pulls in the other direction.
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advice to take to heart
- De Brian en 04-30-20
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Love That Boy
- What Two Presidents, Eight Road Trips, and My Son Taught Me About a Parent's Expectations
- De: Ron Fournier
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 6 h y 4 m
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Love That Boy is a uniquely personal story about the causes and costs of outsized parental expectations. What we want for our children - popularity, normalcy, achievement, genius - and what they truly need - grit, empathy, character - are explored by National Journal's Ron Fournier, who weaves his extraordinary journey to acceptance around the latest research on childhood development and stories of other loving-but-struggling parents.
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Very enjoyable. Listened to it twice.
- De howharryisharry en 09-05-17
De: Ron Fournier