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Catch-22
- Written by: Joseph Heller
- Narrated by: Jay O. Sanders
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him....
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Great book, tough as audiobook
- By Andrew S on 2018-02-15
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Catch-22
- Narrated by: Jay O. Sanders
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2017-08-29
- Language: English
- Ken says:
- A big story, great characters, out-loud laughs, and a twist to your mind that never leaves you — how nonsense can make sense, but is never not nonsensical. 'That's some catch, that Catch-22.' 'It's the best there is.'
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- Written by: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Abridged
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A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson’s quest to find out everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization....
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Abridged
- By Robin on 2017-11-29
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2010-04-01
- Language: English
- Ken says:
- Bryson takes us to the beginning, to the Big Bang, and brings us light-year by light-year, molecule by molecule, to now. To us. And he does it with a way of writing the rest of us can only dream of.
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Wild Things
- The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult
- Written by: Bruce Handy
- Narrated by: Bruce Handy
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Now that we're living in a golden age of children's literature, what can adults get out of reading Where the Wild Things Are and Goodnight Moon? Find out....
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Wild Things
- The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult
- Narrated by: Bruce Handy
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 2017-08-15
- Language: English
- Ken says:
- Handy journeys back inside his childhood and discovers what he knew as a child about the magic and meaning of great children's books.
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The Best and the Brightest
- Written by: David Halberstam
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 37 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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The Best and the Brightest reckons magnificently with the most important abiding question of our country's recent history: Why did America become mired in Vietnam, and why did we lose? Find out....
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-07-10
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The Best and the Brightest
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 37 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2017-05-09
- Language: English
- Ken says:
- I read it just after university, full of the belief that intellectual brilliance is the answer to every problem. Halberstam shows how, unless the "best and brightest" get outside of their own minds and into those of others — to discover their sense — they will never understand and always get things wrong.
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
- Why Violence Has Declined
- Written by: Steven Pinker
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 36 hrs and 39 mins
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Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think we live in the most violent age ever seen....
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Better read than listened to
- By Mike Reiter on 2018-01-02
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
- Why Violence Has Declined
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 36 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 2011-10-04
- Language: English
- Ken says:
- Pinker takes accepted wisdom — that with nuclear arms and terrorism, where individuals, not only states, can afford and create weapons of mass destruction — that the present is a far more violent place than the past; and with his usual relentless research, wide-reaching grasp, and vivid writing style, demonstrates the opposite. Allowing for a future not just of doom and gloom, but of hope and possibility.
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Guns, Germs and Steel
- The Fate of Human Societies
- Written by: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Doug Ordunio
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history....
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So painfully blah!
- By Myself on 2019-03-13
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Guns, Germs and Steel
- The Fate of Human Societies
- Narrated by: Doug Ordunio
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2011-01-18
- Language: English
- Ken says:
- He brings pieces of the world’s story together, connects them, makes them understandable, and gives them meaning, creating a whole new exciting story.
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Game Change
- The Life and Death of Steve Montador, and the Future of Hockey
- Written by: Ken Dryden
- Narrated by: Ken Dryden
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
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Now, in his most powerful and important book yet, Game Change, Ken Dryden tells the riveting story of one player’s life, examines the intersection between science and sport, and expertly documents the progression of the game of hockey—where it began, how it got to where it is, where it can go from here and, just as exciting to play and watch, how it can get there.
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Ken Dryden is a great orator
- By Dwayne on 2017-11-14
A nuanced issue approached with objectivity
Steve Montador was only 35 years old when he died suddenly following his retirement from the NHL. Diagnosed posthumously with CTE, Montador appeared to have fallen victim to an accumulation of concussions.
Following up on his seminal 1983 work The Game, Ken Dryden tackles this challenging topic in his new book, Game Change. The former goaltender goes into meticulous detail about Montador's case while reaching broader conclusions about the future of hockey in general. In the hands of another writer, this could have been a simple take-down of professional hockey; Dryden, however — who performs the material himself — approaches this nuanced issue with his trademark class and objectivity.