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Title: Our Fathers, Ourselves

Subtitle: Daughters, Fathers, and the Changing American Family

Author: Dr. Peggy Drexler

Narrator: Aimee Jolson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-21-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

There's no denying that a woman's relationship with her father is one of the most important in her life. And there's also no getting around how the quality of that relationship - good, bad, or otherwise - profoundly affects daughters in a multitude of ways.

In Our Fathers, Ourselves, research psychologist, author and scholar Dr. Peggy Drexler examines the ways in which the father-daughter bond impacts women and offers helpful advice for creating a better, stronger, more rewarding relationship. Through her extensive research and interviews with women, Dr. Drexler paints an intimate, timely portrait of the modern father-daughter relationship. Women today are increasingly looking to their dads for a less-than-traditional bond, but one that still stands the test of time and provides support, respect, and guidance for the lives they lead today.

Our Fathers, Ourselves is essential reading for any woman who has ever wondered how she could forge a closer connection with and gain a deeper understanding of her father.

Members Reviews:

Narrative Dad's guide

If you are done reading practical how to guides and want to learn the long term effects of fathering, read this book. Having read enough practical guides on raising kids and being a dad, I searched for something different. While reading of grown daughters account of their father, I learned the special role I have in shaping my daughters view of men, gender roles and even herself. While it is one thing to read, "Listen to your children." It is quite another to hear a grown women reflect on how she was able to develop an ability to reason and argue by having her dad listen.

Not bad but not astounding

I expected more insights into this complex relationship. The importance and durability of father daughter relationship, but no real insights into how to make it better, which is what I was looking for. The case discussions were a bit disjointed making reading somewhat laborious. A concept organization, supported by examples, would have been easier to read.

Five Stars

Great!!

Good read!

Dr. Drexler has authored a book which is entertaining yet at the same time insightful and stays with you past the printed page. Through this book's examples of real life father-daughter relationships documented through interviews with various daughters, the author has managed to present an analysis which allows the reader to evaluate their own relationship with their father (and parents, for that matter). So, not only are you able to laugh and cry from the stories presented here but you are able to come away with an understanding of what their meaning is in the context of a father-daughter relationship. Everyone can take something from this book - I highly recommend it!

Insightful!

I found Our Fathers, Ourselves to be insightful, humorous, and deeply moving all at the same time. The book contained a rich variety of remarkable stories from a diverse group of women as well as valuable advice from the author - truly interesting to read. It's fascinating how influential our childhood relationships with our fathers are on the rest of our lives and this book has the wonderful impact of allowing readers to reflect on their own lives while reading about others. I would recommend this book to all fathers and daughters out there!

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Title: Everyones a Winner

Subtitle: Life in Our Congratulatory Culture

Author: Joel Best

Narrator: Gabriel Vaughan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-14-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

Every kindergarten soccer player gets a trophy. Many high schools name dozens of seniors as valedictorians - of the same class. Cars sport bumper stickers that read "USA - Number 1." Prizes proliferate in every corner of American society, and excellence is trumpeted with ratings that range from "Academy Award winner!" to "Best Neighborhood Pizza!" In Everyones a Winner, Joel Best - acclaimed author of Damned Lies and Statistics and many other books - shines a bright light on the increasing abundance of status in our society and considers what it all means. With humor and insight, Best argues that status affluence fosters social worlds and, in the process, helps give meaning to life in a large society.

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Title: Sociology: Exploring Human Society, Part 2

Author: Line-in Publishing

Narrator: Paul Heitsch

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-12-14

Publisher: Line-in Publishing

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

Sociology: Exploring Human Society is a college level introductory textbook for Sociology. Part 2 materials cover global stratification, race and ethnicity, gender and sex, sexuality, family, religion, education and healthcare, politics and the economy, and population and society. Each chapter begins with an introduction that serves to guide the student in the reading and ends with a summary of the most important points. Study questions and answer guide, keywords, a glossary, and bibliography are also included.

Members Reviews:

only half the book. part 1 has the whole book

get part 1 and that IS it.

nothing New here.

part 1 has 17 chapters. a a A

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Title: Eating Dangerously

Subtitle: Why the Government Can't Keep Your Food Safeand How You Can

Author: Michael Booth, Jennifer Brown

Narrator: Stephen Bel Davies

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-04-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

Americans are afraid of their food. And for good reason. In 2011, the deadliest food-borne illness outbreak in a century delivered killer listeria bacteria on innocuous cantaloupe never before suspected of carrying that pathogen. Nearly 50 million Americans will get food poisoning this year. Spoiled, doctored or infected food will send more than 100,000 people to the hospital. Three thousand will die. We expect, even assume, our government will protect our food, but how often do you think a major U.S. food farm get inspected by federal or state officials? Once a year? Every harvest? Twice a decade? Try never. Eating Dangerously sheds light on the growing problem and introduces listeners to the very real, very immediate dangers inherent in our food system.

This two-part guide to our food system's problems and how consumers can help protect themselves is written by two seasoned journalists, who helped break the story of the 2011 listeria outbreak that killed 33 people. Michael Booth and Jennifer Brown, award-winning health and investigative journalists and parents themselves, answer pressing consumer questions about what's in the food supply, what "authorities" are and are not doing to clean it up, and how they can best feed their families without making food their full-time jobs. Both deeply informed and highly listenable, Eating Dangerously explains to the American consumer how their food system works - and more importantly how it doesnt work. It also dishes up course after course of useful, friendly advice gleaned from the cutting-edge laboratories, kitchens and courtrooms where the national food system is taking new shape. Anyone interested in knowing more about how their food makes it from field and farm to store and table will want the inside scoop on just how safe or unsafe that food may be. They will find answers and insight in this audiobook.

Members Reviews:

remember the Hot Zone?

Public health detectives work to solve how food-borne diseases are spread across the nation before many more are sickened or die. Refrigerators, farms and food processing plants are the crime scenes in these mysteries. It's compelling reading, in part because any of us could become the next victims. I finished the book aware of how vulnerable we all are, given the limited government protections in place. Fortunately, the second half of the book offers practical tips for how to take a more active role in ensuring the safety of the food we eat and feed to our families. Scary but compelling reading.

great book, lots of good info

Written by two well regarded journalists from Colorado, the book uses a listeria outbreak to set the scene and tell the story of how and why our food sources aren't save. I just wish the book had a few charts!

Five Stars

Very informative book.

Five Stars

Excellent book. A must read.

Great information

This book taught me that I have to be more informed about what and where I am eating! Very interesting!

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Title: Deepening Community

Subtitle: Finding Joy Together in Chaotic Times

Author: Paul Born

Narrator: Jon Repp

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-02-14

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

Community shapes our identity, quenches our thirst for belonging, and bolsters our physical, mental, emotional, and economic health. But in the chaos of modern life, community ties have become unraveled, leaving many feeling afraid or alone in the crowd, grasping at shallow substitutes for true community.

In this thoughtful and moving book, Paul Born describes the four pillars of deep community: sharing our stories, taking the time to enjoy one another, taking care of one another, and working together for a better world. To show the role each of these plays, he shares his own stories-as a child of refugees and as a longtime community activist.

It's up to us to create community. Born shows that the opportunity is right in front of us if we have the courage and conviction to pursue it.

Members Reviews:

An inspiring and insightful approach to community

Iâve known Paul Born for many years and have deep respect for his work founding the Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement in 2001. Their community-based work has reduced poverty for 250,000 people in Canada and many other countries.

When Paul gave me a copy of his latest book I expected it would center on his Tamarack work as a community activist and focus on community as a description of place like the neighborhood, city, or town where we live. The book turned out to be much broader and spoke to me very directly. Paulâs writing style is conversational with lots of stories and personal examples. I was especially fascinated to learn more about his upbringing in a Mennonite farming community since I share similar roots.

Paul defines community as identity, place, spiritual, intentional, and natural living system. While he focuses on personal and societal aspects of community, I was struck by the parallels with highly effective teams and organizational cultures. Take, for example, his finding of three types of community; shallow, fear-based, and deep. Far too many teams and organizations are shallow workplaces where many people find little connection or meaning beyond earning a living or building a resume. Fear as a motivational force or bonding âusâ against âthemâ is too commonly used by political and organizational leaders. This is destructive and poisonous.

Deep communities define peak performance cultures. This is where people are made stronger for their organizations and organizations are made stronger for their people. Paul found that happens through âfour acts that individually and especially together deepen community: sharing our story, enjoying one another, taking care of one another, and working together for a better world.â Thatâs a great description of the great leadership that creates highly effective organizational cultures.

Deepening Community is an inspiring and insightful approach to rebalancing todayâs focus on individual rights and opportunities with broader community connections and responsibilities. And youâll get to know much better a strong and visionary leader who walks his talk.

Five Stars

Use constantly

Two Stars

Pedantic and dry.

Four Stars

An interesting and personal experience of community and relationship building.

Four Stars

none.

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Title: Our Boston

Subtitle: Writers Celebrate the City They Love

Author: Andrew Blauner (editor)

Narrator: Peter Berkrot, Johnny Heller, Malcolm Hillgartner, Jim Meskimen, Joe Barrett, Bernadette Dunne, Bronson Pinchot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-29-14

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

What defines Boston? Its history? Its landmarks? Its sports teams and shrines?

Perhaps the question should be, who defines Boston? From Henry David Thoreau to Dennis Lehane, Boston has been beloved by many of America's greatest writers, and there is no better group of men and women to capture the heart and soul of the Hub. In Our Boston, editor Andrew Blauner has collected both original and reprinted essays from Boston-area writers past and present, all celebrating the city they love. In the wake ofthe Boston Marathon bombing, they responded to his call to celebrate this great city by providing almost all brand-new works, and forgoing royalties in order to support the survivors and their families.

From Mike Barnicle to Pico Iyer, Susan Orlean to George Plimpton, Leigh Montville to Lesley Visser, Pagan Kennedy to James Atlas, here is a collection of the best essays by our best writers on one of America's greatest cities.

Note: The complete list of narrators includes Carrington MacDuffie and Susan Boyce.

Members Reviews:

Boston has always been STRONG

The stories are amazing. Each essay is from someone associated with Boston. They share their thoughts, impressions, memories, etc...of the wonderful city of Boston. The very first story is sobering, traumatizing and hopeful, all at the same time. I was at the game on Patriots' Day this year. I'm ALWAYS there on that day, watching the game and then cheering on the runners. This year was different. I didn't get the chance to cheer for the marathoners. Two hateful, despicable men had destroyed that with their bombs that killed and maimed innocent people. Not until I began reading this book was I able to finally cry about it. And, after the sobbing, came hope and strength. This book is a MUST for anyone associated with Boston, especially for anyone who was there in April.

What makes Boston Strong

As a long time Boston resident who has lived out of state for the last 10 months this book has proved to be a nice dose of home cooking. I get to appreciate this wonderful city each time I'm away. Many of the stories moved me to really understand that it's the people that make a city. I now bring part of that 'Boston Strong' trait with me. All the writers of this book have contributed a part of them about Boston and it is a wonderful tribute to all there. Stay Strong!

If you love Boston...

This book gives the reader a look at Boston from many perspectives.It is is a city loved by many for all the reasons its essay authors enumerate. Then too, the proceeds go to a good cause.

I enjoyed very much

As a Bostonian. I enjoyed very much.

Beloved Boston

This collection captures all the intangibles that make Boston seep into the bones and brains of all lucky enough to make memories there.

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Title: End of Gays?

Author: Mark Simpson

Narrator: Tom Mack

Format: Unabridged

Length: 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-20-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

Banning gay propaganda can backfire. Spectacularly. In the 1980s, when the UK Government of Margaret Thatcher outlawed the "promotion" of homosexuality, gays were still semi-criminal. As well as immoral, ridiculous, disgusting, diseased, and after your kids.

Since then, however, UK gays have been promoted more rapidly and giddily than almost any persecuted, despised group in history. In just a generation or so they have achieved legal equality, civil rights, and even respectability. Today they are gay married by the Conservative Prime Minister, no less. Homosexuality has joined the golf club.

And sometimes you could be forgiven for thinking they all have their own TV chat show nowadays.

But, asks the English writer Mark Simpson in a provocative and personal essay, perhaps gay people are in danger of becoming victims of their own success. Perhaps the biggest problem they face in the UK and much of the West is no longer overt homophobia, but rather the rapid falling off of it. At least for their survival as a distinct group with their own identity, culture, clubs, hankie semaphore, and sensibility.

"The Gays" have been shaped and defined by their long struggle against prejudice and their experience of their difference. But what's left of gayness when the homophobia stops?

Members Reviews:

Interesting essay

Mostly describes the change in attitude about homosexuality but not a deep analysis of the results of the loss of our queerness.

Not well written

Seemed choppy to me. The premise was off as well. I have not read anything else by Mark Simpson and would be willing to read something else to see if this was a one time screw up.

Basically a mixed up cry of "why us?"

Really disjointed and stupid long winded way of "what will happen next?"

Not worth reading in my opinion. Don't buy it.

Worth Reading

Shows good insight into the gay movement and its related off shoots. It's far from an end of gays although some of its conclusions might apply to parts of our society.

End of Gays

This was short, but not so sweet. Pretty much a waste of time, although there are a few bits of valuable information in the book.

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Title: The Body Politic

Subtitle: The Battle Over Science in America

Author: Jonathan Moreno

Narrator: Drew Callander

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-10-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and Scientific American Book Club selection

We have entered what is called the "biological century" and a new biopolitics has emerged to address the implications for America's collective value system, our well-being, and ultimately, our future. The Body Politic is the first book to recognize and assess this new force in our political landscape - one that fuels today's culture wars and has motivated politicians of all stripes to reexamine their platforms. As Moreno explains the most contentious issues, he also offers an engaging history of the intersection between science and democracy in American life, a reasoned (and often surprising) analysis of how different political ideologies view scientific controversies, and a vision for how the new biopolitics can help shape the quality of our lives.

Jonathan D. Moreno is the David and Lyn Silfen University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the editor-in-chief for the Center for American Progress' online magazine, Science Progress. He divides his time between Philadelphia and Washington, DC.

Critic Reviews:

"Moreno pulls apart the debates on eugenics, abortion, end-of-life decisions, embryonic stem-cell research, reproductive cloning, chimeras and synthetic biology, among others, carefully reassembling whats at stake for each side. In graceful, sparkling prose, he illuminates intricate threads of history and complex philosophical arguments... Highly recommended for anyone interested in the[se] vital issues." (Kirkus Reviews) (starred review)

Members Reviews:

Enter the Debate as an Informed Participant

By far the best book available on the policy conflicts over biotechnological research, therapies, and possibilities. Moreno's writing is clear, coherent, and comprehensive. This should be required reading for anyone who wishes to enter the debate over which biotechnologies should be embraced, which regulated, and which rejected. The Body Politics does an excellent job covering the science, philosophical context, and historical development of contemporary debate on biotechnologies. More importantly, Jonathan Moreno makes the subject matter accessible to anyone interested in becoming informed enough to intelligently participate in what will no doubt be future debates over the desirability of adopting innovative possibilities afforded by research in biotechnology.

great book

Great book to gain an understanding of the evolution of bioethics (from philosophical ideas to political movements) as well as currently topics.

A Solid Introduction

There are powerful debates in the land, debates over science and policy, over philosophy and knowledge, over the nature of the future and the politics of the past and present. Eugenics, abortion, stem-cell research, cloning, genetically altered crops, global warming, and a host of other subjects in the scientific realm dominate our politics. What are the realities of this debate? What are the stakes of this debate? What are going to be the likely results of this debate?

No one knows the answers to these question, as author Jonathan Moreno makes clear in this basic text on the subject.

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Title: For the Public Good

Subtitle: Forced Sterilization and the Fight for Compensation

Author: Belle Boggs

Narrator: Margie Lenhart

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-03-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

Between 1929 and 1974, more than 7,600 North Carolinians were sterilized, sometimes without informed consent and frequently under coercion. The victims, poor men and women from around the state, were never compensated for losing the ability to conceive children. Nearly 40 years later, during a rancorous 2013 legislative session in which severe restrictions on abortion, voting rights and funding for public education were passed, the state got another chance to right one of its most shameful acts. In this personal and powerful work of longform journalism from new digital publisher The New New South, award-winning author Belle Boggs traces the chilling history of eugenics in America, tells the poignant stories of North Carolina's sterilization victims, and goes inside their decade-long fight for justice.

Members Reviews:

A must read of American history

story well told,.

You willl never forget this book.

I see some of the ideology being repeated today.

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Title: Sociology: Exploring Human Society, Part 1

Author: Line-in Publishing

Narrator: Paul Heitsch

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-20-14

Publisher: Line-in Publishing

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

Sociology: Exploring Human Society is a college level introductory textbook for Sociology. Part 1 materials cover the beginnings of sociology as an academic research discipline, culture and media, sociological research, socialization across the life course, social structure and social interaction, groups and organizations, deviance and crime, and social class and social stratification. Each chapter begins with an introduction that serves to guide the student in the reading and ends with a summary of the most important points. Keywords are also included to reinforce learning.

Members Reviews:

Disappointed

I'm only 3 chapters in but won't bother with the rest of this book that is written like a collection of terms and definitions. An included pdf may have assisted in my appreciation of this book's content.