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Title: People of the World

Subtitle: Cultures and Traditions, Ancestry and Identity

Author: Catherine Herbert Howell

Narrator: Pam Ward

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-25-16

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

From the heart of National Geographic comes this expansive guide to the clans, tribes, ethnicities, and peoples of the world.

Organized in keeping with our knowledge of the migration of human groups through history, with statistics and a cultural portrait of each ethnic group, People of the World becomes a fascinating round-the-world tour of customs and traditions, as well as a go-to source for background information to round out one's own family history.

From the Tuvans of Siberia to the Samoans and Tahitians of Polynesia, from the Mapuche of Chile to the Sami of Scandinavia, 222 of the world's 10,000-plus ethnic groups are featured. Some were chosen because of their commonality as ancestors to many; others were chosen because their numbers are dwindling, and soon their cultures may become extinct.

Members Reviews:

One world

This is the best edition by far of the three that National Geographic has put out on this topic. Each culture is illustrated with a photo, and there are additional sections on genealogy, genetic groups, group migrations, and ethnic-identity testing. The timely intro reminds us that Earth's billions share an interrelated past...and future.

"...broad, beautifu;;y photographed and documented book..."

Considering the vast number of cultural differences of people in the world, this broad, beautifully photographed and documented book

is full of concise descriptions and to the point analysis of current influences on people and their communities.

Five Stars

Love it! Thank you!

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Title: Like Cormac McCarthy, But Funny

Author: Ed Park

Narrator: Derek Shetterly

Format: Unabridged

Length: 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-16

Publisher: The Believer, McSweeney's

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

Charles Portis, author of True Grit, got John Wayne his only Oscar. He once had Karl Marxs old gig (as the London bureau chief for the New York Herald-Tribune). Hes written four other novels, three of them masterpieces, though which three is up for debate. Heres 7,000 words about a guy youve never heard of. But should, we say.

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Title: Toastmaster

Author: Rachel Aviv

Narrator: Lisa Larsen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-16

Publisher: The Believer, McSweeney's

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

Hypocrisy, explosive listening, and the fear of death at the World Championship of Public Speaking.

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Title: How Matthew Broderick Helped Shape American Computer Law

Author: Dan Lewis

Narrator: Giovannie Cruz

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-16

Publisher: Now I Know

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

Matthew Broderick's best movie was Ferris Bueller's Day Off. In the film, Broderick's character, a teen named Ferris Bueller, was able to skip school while avoiding the consequences of an absenteeism policy he ran afoul of many times over.

©2015 Dan Lewis (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

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Title: Summary of Real Food/Fake Food by Larry Olmsted | Includes Analysis

Author: Instaread

Narrator: Susan Murphy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-12-16

Publisher: Instaread

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

Summary of Real Food/Fake Food by Larry Olmsted | Includes Analysis

Preview:

Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don't Know What You're Eating and What You Can Do About It is an investigative overview of the food industry's often intentional efforts to mislead consumers about the origin and identity of the products that they eat. Author Larry Olmsted highlights the most outrageous examples of food frauds perpetrated upon the American people and offers recommendations for ways that consumers can reclaim their grocery bags and fill their dinner plates with foods they can trust.

Fake foods are ubiquitous, but most Americans fail to realize that they are being duped. While it may seem harmless to consume a type of cheese that is not, in fact, from a specific region in Italy, as often occurs with the consumption of ersatz Parmesan cheese, the implications of this fraud are far-reaching. First, consumers are paying a premium for products that purport to be more luxurious or exclusive.

Please note: This is key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book.

Inside this Instaread summary of Real Food/Fake Food by Larry Olmsted:

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

It as ok but not a lot of information

Watch what you eat

"Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don't Know What You're Eating and What You Can Do About It" is an investigative overview of the food industry's often intentional efforts to mislead consumers about the origin and identity of the products that they eat. Author Larry Olmsted highlights the most outrageous examples of food frauds perpetrated upon the American people and offers recommendations for ways that consumers can reclaim their grocery bags and fill their dinner plates with foods they can trust.

This Instaread summary of "Real Food/Fake Food" extrapolates upon the concept of artificial versus real. It takes the original expose by Olmsted and condenses it into the core elements while also exploring the depths of this message. The 9 key takeaways were on track, helping me better understand what I can do about food fraud. It'sâ saddening that such marketing gimmicks exist, but I'm grateful this summary made me aware of them. I was given a copy of this book to review.

Do you really know what you're eating?

Thanks to often misleading efforts of the food industry, few of us know what weâre really eating when we consume processed or prepackaged foods. Real Food/Fake Food by Larry Olmsted is an investigative overview of the food industryâs efforts to entice us to buy their products, often perpetrating massive frauds on consumers, such as the crabmeat products that are actually made from crayfish, or wasabi thatâs actually green-dyed horseradish. Not only does such practices impact our pocketbooks, but misleading food advertising can have negative health consequences for the unwary or unaware. Summary of Real Food/Fake Food by Larry Olmsted from Instaread is a comprehensive analysis of Olmstedâs book. Short enough to be read in 15 minutes, it gives an excellent overview of the book and enables a reader to decide if itâs worth buying.

I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.

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Title: Do We Really Want Immortality?

Author: David Brin

Narrator: David Brin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-07-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

We moderns take for granted many traits that were those of gods. Like flying through the air. We fill dark rooms with sudden lavish light, with the twitch of a finger. Average folks send messages or observe events across the globe through crystal tubes we command like genies. And yet the one trait of mortality that clings to us is...mortality.

Today, a fresh crop of true believers, including brilliant scientists, view death itself as a problem to be solved. Are they fantasizing? What are the prospects and problems and unforeseen side effects of longer life spans?

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Title: How Will the World End?

Author: David Brin

Narrator: David Brin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-07-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

Historians have long studied how civilizations rise and fall. But today it isn't just social collapse that makes thoughtful people fret but a potential end to everything. From nuclear war to ecological disaster to rocks from the sky all the way to luring unfriendly interest from "others" out there, science has shed light on myriad ways to fail. To tumble back down into entropy.

So, want to have some fun listing and weighing all the ways (that we know) the universe could have it in for us? Partly in order to seek ways through the minefield, of course. But also because, well, who doesn't like a scary campfire story about apocalypse now and then?

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Title: Quarterly Essay 63 Enemy Within

Author: Don Watson

Narrator: Don Watson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-02-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

In Essay 63, with characteristic wit and acuity, Don Watson takes us on a journey into the heart of the United States in the year 2016. Plunging into the apparent chaos of the presidential campaign and tracing America's recent past, he puts Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Bernie Sanders in a larger frame. He considers the irresistible pull - for Americans - of American exceptionalism, and asks whether this creed is reaching its limit.

He explores alternative paths the United States could have taken, and asks where its present course might lead Australia as a dutiful ally.

Members Reviews:

Shadow president to be

As always a wonderful and insightful essay by Don Watson, written during the US election campaign. An interesting look at Wisconsin, both progressive and ultra conservative, an analysis of Clinton and Sanders, how they differed and rejoined. My only disappointment was the small amount of commentary on Trump himself. He was like a ghost or the elephant in the room, but somehow it felt as if Don Watson did not believe he could win and therefore didn't spend too much time on him. I would have liked a post election conclusion to the essay.

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Title: Gambling on a Stranger's Life

Author: Dan Lewis

Narrator: Mark Schectman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-16

Publisher: Now I Know

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

In 1984, a Michigan man named Donald Magett won the big one the Michigan Lottery's $1,000 Cash for Life scratch off game. He was 41 or 42 years old at the time, and while the monthly prize (paid in $12,000 annual chunks) wasn't quite "quit your job" money, it certainly sounded like he was on his way to financial security. Alas, that was not the case. In 2005, the U.S. Department of Labor sued Magett, claiming that his company, under his lead, had misused more than half a million dollars of other people's retirement plan assets. Magett was convicted costing him just about everything and served some jail time. In 2005, he declared bankruptcy.

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Title: Voltaire's Wager

Author: Dan Lewis

Narrator: Mark Schectman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-16

Publisher: Now I Know

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

François-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, was a French writer during the Enlightenment. Known for what would today be considered snark, he often made comments to which many would take offense. For example, in his 1764 treatise Dictionnaire Philosophique (which translates as Philosophical Dictionary), Voltaire quipped that "common sense is not so common." This smarter-than-thou attitude was a theme throughout his works, and, one would expect, his life as well. For example, if Voltaire were around today, he'd be one of those people who didn't buy a ticket to the billion-dollar Powerball drawing, as the lottery is a sucker's bet. Instead, you'd expect him to be the guy who tweeted out that he didn't lose because he didn't play, and instead has $4 more than you do.