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Title: Literature Review of the Effects of Child Maltreatment

Subtitle: A Compelling Book on the Damage Children Suffer in Today's Society

Author: Xavier Zimms

Narrator: Gary Roelofs

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-03-15

Publisher: Proxy Publishing

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

"Child maltreatment can lead to a number of psychological issues, including: depression, substance abuse, anxiety, suicidal tendencies, and even in cases that were not sexually based, a higher risk of sexually-transmitted disease."

Culled from research done over the past four decades, this is an in-depth look at the far-reaching consequences of maltreatment and abuse on children - long into their adult life - and the impact of it on society as a whole. This silent epidemic is a global phenomenon that haunts the edges of communities around the planet, often cloaked in fear and shame, but with devastating consequences on individuals, their communities and the world around them.

To deal with child maltreatment research reveals defining it and understanding how it affects the behavior of the children suffering from it are the first steps in addressing this human crisis. While most people are aware of physical abuse consisting of beating, restraining, choking or causing some kind of physical injury, they may not realize there are just as insidious forms of abuse that have nothing to do with bodily harm. Neglect and psychological abuse can be just as devastating to children and have lifelong negative implications for victims of it.

When you learn how common sexual abuse of children is around the world you will be shocked and horrified. How can such a thing be so common? The research gathered and shared in this child maltreatment guide will be an eye-opener for those in the medical, psychological, and education fields.

In a final grim message, Literature Review of the Effects of Child Maltreatment lays out the harsh reality of the consequences to a society that allows its most innocent members and the future of humanity to be so violently mistreated.

Members Reviews:

Good but not enough info in this very short treatment of child abuse

The information here is valid, although no creative effort on the part of the

author. It is simply a small review of literature on child abuse. The author

did not really elaborate on the often life long effects resulting from childhood

abuse.

There is a marked difference in outcomes from the child's dealing with it.

The ones who accept a victim role, often are damaged for life. The ones

who adopt a survivor role and refuse to be victims often go on to the

helping professions and become responsible members of society.

Now where in this review was any of that mentioned.

You see I am a victim of childhood abuse. My father brutally beat us and

got sadistic pleasure from inflicting pain on his children. I ran away

from home but was captured by the police and brought back to that

home. My parents then took me to a parish priest for "counseling".

His only form of counseling was having sex with a 14 year old boy.

I chose not to be a victim and rose above it, got a degree in Psychology

and Theology and went to graduate school for Clinical Psych.

The reviewer is the author of the Kindle book entitled: Sex Education

for Adults Secrets To Amazing Sex and Happily Ever After Too

I've written better term papers on the subjects with sources

Didn't really care for this. The way it's wrote up you really don't learn anything from it. It's just facts, but facts that don't elaborate on anything.

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Title: Human Sacrifice

Subtitle: A Shocking Exposé of Ritual Killings Worldwide

Author: Jimmy Lee Shreeve

Narrator: James Patrick Cronin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-20-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

Human sacrifice still goes on uncomfortably close to home - cases have been found in the U.S., Europe, and the United Kingdom. In other parts of the world, such as South America, ritual killing is almost commonplace. Human Sacrifice investigates the terrifying current spate of human sacrifices and ritual killings. Jimmy Lee Shreeve draws on police reports and interviews with the victims' families to paint a horrifying picture of ritual sacrifice at home and abroad.

Members Reviews:

A truly terrifying odyssey!!

shocking and entertaining the whole way through. you won't be able to sleep for weeks

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Title: Rogue's Road to Retirement

Subtitle: How to Get Your Groove Back After Sixty

Author: George S. Rider

Narrator: Allan Robertson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

George S. K. Rider's The Rogue's Road to Retirement takes a unique approach to growing old don't do it! After retiring, Rider embarks on a bumpy journey to find himself and a new lease on life. For the first time, he gets in touch with his creative side an unusual direction indeed, since he spent 70 years of his life as a college athlete turned Navy officer turned Wall Street trader and weekend jock. Told through a series of uproariously humorous and sometimes poignant adventures, The Rogue's Road to Retirement is about getting back in touch with your inner rascal and getting off your duff (George ends up in an MTV video, a Pepsi ad doing the polka, and Sports Illustrated)! Rider's adventures and stories reflect on finding a new passion in retirement by: being kind to your kids (after all, you need them to do the lawn work now); discovering the joys of guilt-tripping your grandchildren into hanging out with you; struggling with the age-old dilemma take another nap or go to the gym; driving your spouse nuts now that youre both home 24/7; barhopping (or barhobbling) after 65; savoring the sweet memories of friends and loves ones now gone; and much more.

The Rogue's Road to Retirement is about the rebels, raconteurs, and rous who refuse to grow old gracefully, who want to grow old the way they grew up raising hell, having fun, and giving their kids and grandkids a run for their money.

Critic Reviews:

"George Rider is a sage, a rascal, a raconteur, a patriot, and a supreme sentimentalist, who trains his gimlet eye (more accurately, his vodka-gimlet eye) on the passages and rituals of American life and family. He is also a literary revelation: the fresh new voice of the Bad-Boy Octogenarian." (David Friend, Vanity Fair editor of creative development)

Members Reviews:

Two Stars

Not much advice, really.

Five Stars

Such a talented and enjoyable writer!

"I'll have what he's having!"

Belly up to the bar and get ready to call a cab! The Rogue's Road to Retirement is a witty and moving account of one 80 something's present and past. Lovely and damn entertaining.

fun and moving

I guess I should quit whining and start wineing! This book gives me something to look forward to, fun and moving, kind of what I hope I am when I hit Georg's age!

Buy it, read it, then live it

A fun and breezy read...humor together with some good perspective and advice on how to look at "retirement".

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Title: The Automatic Diet

Author: Charles Stuart Platkin

Narrator: James Fouhey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-24-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

In the audiobook The Automatic Diet, listeners discover how to harness the power of time-tested behavior modification techniques and empower themselves to lose weight and keep it off, automatically. All successful dieters share a common "secret" to consistently maintain their weight. The secret is that they do not have to think about what they are doing. Their food choices are instinctual and they already know what to eat when faced with the disastrous dieting situations we all encounter in everyday life. Whether it's a cocktail party, on an airplane, or at an Italian restaurant, they know to react and choose wisely. The Automatic Diet takes you step-by-step through a process of self-analysis, as well as powerful techniques based on practical steps that you can put to work immediately. This easy, accessible process will lead you to an understanding of your own patterns of success and failure in managing your weight. Platkin then guides you to understand your own motivations, and how you can use this knowledge to overcome self-defeating habits with positive behaviors you can sustain for a lifetime. The Automatic Diet is founded on the principle of "automaticity". Automaticity is a psychological term used to describe the unconscious way in which we make choices for our daily behaviors. Activities like setting an alarm clock at night, putting on shoes before you leave the house, buckling your seat belt when you get in a car, and remembering how to drive to the office - these activities do not require much thought, we just do them. If we consciously thought about each decision that we make, we would be exhausted at the end of a day. Through automaticity, we unconsciously automate some of our routine processes. While automaticity has been working against you and your weight loss goals for years, The Automatic Diet will show you how to redirect your knee-jerk impulses so they can work in your favor!

Members Reviews:

MagiÑ that you create yourself

This is not one of "revolutionary diet that will change your life in 10 days", this is a compilation of well-known truths like - eat enough, but not more, stick to interesting physical activity, deal with your emotional baggage and remember that feet are for walking, not pressing your car's pedals! If you follow advices given by the author you will create your own diet and sport regimen, keeping which you'll eventually reach your ideal weight. Good solid logical book.

Didn't. Really learn anything new but reinforced sound behavior ...

Didn't. Really learn anything new but reinforced sound behavior information and I felt it gave me the support I needed to move forward. I have tried it all and know there are no quick fixes but a methodical plan to once and for all to change my eating style one decision at a time and look at behavior and choices in the long run.

Simple book. It verified what I knew and gave new ideas.

I highly recommend this book for any one who wants to lose weight. I started 6 months ago and lost 50 lbs. I wish I had this book. He has many ideas that are so simple. I saw myself in the book why I eat, patterns to break and advice how to do it. I will be re-reading this book over and over.

good info

What I like the most is that they're not trying to sell anything! Good common sense is what they are telling everyone is needed to find a lifestyle of eating and exercise.

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Title: Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays

Subtitle: The Complete Work plus an Overview, Summary, Analysis and Author Biography

Author: Thomas Henry Huxley, Israel Bouseman

Narrator: Maureen Rivers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-03-14

Publisher: AudioLearn

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

Thomas Henry Huxley was a prominent member of the scientific community and an early advocate of evolutionism. His work and public debates served to explore this idea and to usher in widespread acceptance, forming the foundation of our current understanding of biology and the place of man in the cosmos. Evolution and Ethics is a work which highlights the ethical and theological implications of the theory of evolution. This work is a compilation by Huxley of his grandest and most sweeping work, that which had the greatest social impact. He was a well respected man, highly visible to the public, and a key figure in the establishment of scientific professionalism. His work reflects the movement to scientific materialism which supplanted the religious perspective as the dominant viewpoint among European thinkers. The narration of the full text of Evolution and Ethics is preceded by a summary which includes a biography of the author, an overview and a synopsis of the work. Also included are an analysis and an investigation of the historical context, criticisms, and social impact evoked by the work. Evolution and Ethics is one of the key works which fosters an understanding of the impact which the theory of evolution had upon society in and the theological implications of this revolutionary perspective.

Members Reviews:

I Narrated this book. It was an incredible task ...

I Narrated this book. It was an incredible task as it was written in the 19th century for reading not speaking and text in Latin and French plus a difficult subject matter...Interesting but time consuming. When finished..the company who published the book did not pay me what they had indicated claiming this was a not for profit book. Interesting that it's 30 dollars per book...profits going to them. I have flagged them in the voice over world so no others will spend their time narrating for this company and then not getting paid. Shameful.

Where is "Science and Morals"?

IF you are curious to read this collection of essays, I would suggest looking elsewhere. While most of the essays are correct, "Science and Morals" is completely - and erroneously - missing from this collection. It is replaced by an essay called "Natural Selection not Inconsistent With Natural Theology," and simply slipped in under the title of "Science and Morals."

To compound the difficulty with this edition, there is no formal 'Table of Contents.' To get to a certain essay, one literally needs to scroll through the entire book. One cannot simply click on an essay title in the table of contents and go to that essay. (One would really suspect that, as this is simply a copy of the Gutenberg Project's file, amazon might have put some work in and created a table of contents in order to justify that $1+ hike in price. (Why not just get it from Gutenberg for free?)

Other than that, this is an interesting essay collection and I must confess that the second essay - in which Huxley works at convincing us that the "secondary cause" of evolution does not rule out belief in the "primary cause" opf God - is interesting.

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Title: The American Plate

Subtitle: A Culinary History in 100 Bites

Author: Libby H. O'Connell

Narrator: Tanya Eby

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-11-14

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

For generations, people have proudly defined themselves and their values through their national cuisine. But American food, like its history, is a world of its own. This enticingly fresh audiobook introduces modern listeners to lost American food traditions and leads them on a tantalizing culinary journey through the evolution of our vibrant cuisine and culture. Covering a hundred different foods from the Native American-era through today and featuring over a dozen recipes and photos, this fascinating history of American food will delight history buffs and food lovers alike.

Critic Reviews:

"The American Plate is an engagingly readable history of American food." (Bee Wilson, author of Consider the For)

Members Reviews:

Interesting material that the narrator dumbs down

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Yes. Once.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Jefferson and his adventurous palate

How could the performance have been better?

The narrator used a generally chirpy tone I associate with many elementary school teachers. That's fine if you are a third grader, but I felt spoken down too. The author seemed bent on making the material really interesting--for children--rather than letting the material stand on its own.

Could you see The American Plate being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

A TV series, yes. Food is a great vehicle for teaching history. How about a series hosted by Rachel Ray and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Any additional comments?

Given a choice between the print version and the audio version of this book--take the print. Hands down.

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Title: Heidegger's Ghost

Subtitle: Applications of Existential Philosophy as a Therapeutic Model

Author: Hannah Spicer

Narrator: Lesley Ann Fogle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-04-14

Publisher: Hannah Roles

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

Existential Psychology is characterized by a stark explanation of psychopathology and a nearly hands-off approach to therapy. Because the theoretical framework is based in a habit of mind rather than a particular treatment form, the existential approach can integrate fairly well with most forms of psychotherapy. It allows for sensitivity to culture and religious beliefs that other schools of thought do not address, but it can be harsh. As of 2006, no work has been published to statistically validate existential psychotherapy and so the ideas presented by the theorists that created this field continue to remain just that: ideas that, while valuable, remain unproven.

Members Reviews:

More about existential philosophy in general

More about existential philosophy in general than Heidegger in particular, if it can be said that Heidegger had enough integrity or authenticity for a phenomenon of particular to uncover itself in any "clearing."

18 minutes long. Almost no information included. Not even a coherent short essay. This is a total waste of your money.

I bought the audible version. Note that this is 18 minutes long in total. There is almost no information included. This is not even a coherent short essay. This is a total waste of your money. Also, this is about existential psychology in general and doesn't address anything specific about Heidegger. You get infinitely more information on the Wikipedia page for existential psychology, and I'm sure there are other sites which would provide even more information. There is NO reason to purchase this item. None whatsoever. So useless as to be a scam.

limited understanding of modern practices of the many existential therapies that are currently being practiced.

The author demonstrated a very limited understanding of both existential philosophy and current existential therapies. A very disappointing read overall.

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Titolo: La vita è un viaggio

Autore: Beppe Severgnini

Narratore: Beppe Severgnini

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 5 hrs and 40 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 10-29-14

Editore: Emons Edizioni

Valutazioni: 4.5 su 5 su 3 voti

Categoria: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Riepilogo Editore:

"La vita è un viaggio" non vuol suggerire una destinazione: quella la decide chi viaggia. Prova invece a dare qualche consiglio per la traversata. Per partire non servono troppe parole: ne bastano venti, come i kg consentiti in aereo (classe economica). "La vita è un viaggio" sarà un compagno di strada puntuale e affettuoso, una bussola ironica e pratica attraverso tempi complicati.

Un saggio dedicato "a tutte le ragazze e i ragazzi italiani dai dieci ai cent'anni". Per ripensare se stessi non è mai troppo tardi, né troppo presto.

©2014 Rizzoli (P)2014 Emons Italia srl

Recensioni dei membri:

Al solito arguto, ma..

A me Severgnini piace ed ovviamente condivido molte delle cose che dice.

E dico ovviamente perche' bisogna ammettere che molte di esse sono cose ovvie.

Lui sa impreziosirle associandole a citazioni letterarie o di famosi.

Confesso di non aver letto prima un suo libro e che di fronte a questo ho avvertito una strana senzazione.

Irriverentemente potrei associarla a quella provata alla proiezione di un film di un grande comico.

Il comico e' grande al teatro o in tv ma un film e' difficile che lo regga, alla fine diventa quasi sempre noioso.

E mi perdonera' Severgnini se ho avuto l'impressione che, a dispetto delle buone intenzioni dichiarate in apertura, il risultato sia alquanto patronizing.

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Title: Live Anxiety Free Today

Subtitle: How to Overcome Anxiety Problems or Symptoms and Live Anxiety Free for a Calm and Peaceful Life

Author: Chris Adkins

Narrator: Michael Pauley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-10-14

Publisher: Chris Adkins

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

Anxiety Free contains proven steps and strategies on how to identify, prevent, manage, and treat anxiety. It will help you identify the causes of anxiety and how to manage it to keep it under control and prevent it from taking over our lives. You don't have to live behind a wall of fear anymore. Imagine what it would be like to live a life that's free of worries and self-doubt. The truth is you can defeat your fears!

If you, or someone you know, is dealing with anxiety attacks, anxiety symptoms, anxiety stress, or anxiety problems, and you want to know about how to obtain anxiety treatment, understand anxiety management, experience anxiety relief, and become anxiety free for good, then you're about to discover how to get anxiety help right now!

Here is a preview of what you will learn

This audiobook - Anxiety Free: How to Overcome Anxiety Problems or Symptoms and Live Anxiety Free for a Calm and Peaceful Life - gives you the answers to six important questions and challenges anyone dealing with anxiety faces, including:

So, if you're serious about wanting anxiety help and you want to know and to realize that being anxiety free and having anxiety relief is available for you, then you need to grab a copy of Anxiety Free.

Members Reviews:

Terrible!

What would have made Live Anxiety Free Today better?

If I had never listened to it.

Would you ever listen to anything by Chris Adkins again?

No.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Michael Pauley?

Narrator was fine.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Anxiety.

Any additional comments?

The information presented in this book is done so in a very irresponsible way. Listening to this book actually made me MORE anxious! I was looking for some helpful advice on dealing with a phobia, but this just freaked me out on a whole. The information is negatively presented and some info just plain erroneous. This guy or girl has no right considering themselves an authority on anxiety. Period.

Not helpful...

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

This book was very heavy on describing the symptoms and manifestations of anxiety.

I found it to be anxiety provoking. In fact, the words are still uncomfortably ringing in my ears. Furthermore the solutions were short and glib - talk to a professional, take medication, exercise - all superficially helpful if you haven't done any research at all.

Perhaps the material would be helpful if you are dealing with an anxious person and want some very basic information, like how to recognize if anxiety is indeed a problem for them.

What could Chris Adkins have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

I would have enjoyed a more positive and specific emphasis on solutions - practical, hands on, actual help. Stuart Smally gave better counsel on SNL.

What about Michael Pauleys performance did you like?

The performance was fine.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Live Anxiety Free Today?

I would have limited, or at least softened the long lists of symptoms which actually served to bring them on as I listened, and intensify some of them. Nothing about this book made me feel better. I thought it was going to make me feel better, not worse.

Any additional comments?

This claims to be a "how to" book.

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Title: Unnatural Selection

Subtitle: Why the Geeks Will Inherit the Earth

Author: Mark Roeder

Narrator: P. J. Ochlan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-07-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Publisher's Summary:

Unnatural Selection is the first book to examine the rise of the "technocentric being" - or geek - who personifies a distinct new phase in human evolution. People considered geeks often have behavioral or genetic traits that were previously considered detrimental. But the new environment of the Anthropocene period - the Age of Man - has created a kind of digital greenhouse that actually favors their traits, enabling many non-neurotypical people to bloom. They resonate with the technological Zeitgeist in a way that turns their weaknesses into strengths. Think of Mark Zuckerberg versus the towering, Olympics-bound Winklevoss twins in the movie Social Network.

Roeder suggests that the rise of the geek is not so much the product of Darwinian "natural selection" as of man-made - or unnatural - selection. He explains why geeks have become so phenomenally successful in such a short time and why the process will further accelerate, driven by breakthroughs in genetic engineering, neuropharmacology, and artificial intelligence. His book offers a fascinating synthesis of the latest trends in these fields and predicts a 21st century "cognitive arms race" in which new technology will enable everyone to become more intelligent and "geek-like".

Members Reviews:

Inspirational, Aspirational, Cautionary, Inevitable

Marks of effective information sharing might include the degree to which it:

Inspires curiosity and research.

Prompts new awareness.

Invites thought and debate.

Encourages decision (form a point of view) and action.

This book accomplishes each of these and likely more (which have not yet occurred to me).

Interesting Look at Geeks and Culture

This book has a fairly wide breadth of topics. It starts out with how the game has changed and smart, nerdy, or geeks have risen to the top in many ways. It follows that with a very long chapter which describes all the basic types of geeks... at least according to the author. It covers cognitive enhancement and transhumanism.

The part of the book I didn't like as much as the rest was the categorization of all the different types of geeks (e.g. app geek, financial geek, etc.). It wasn't ok, just seemed a little excessive to me. However, the rest of the book was really good at providing a high-level and seemingly on target overview of how the world is changing and what that means. Essentially the cognitive elite are going to be the winners.

Recommended.

You will learn some new things from this book.

Well done and thoughtful overview of the current situation we face as a society and as individuals. The new devices and invasive technologies are not going away, so we need to control them. Sadly, few will.

Easy to read and thought provoking look at our genetic ...

Easy to read and thought provoking look at our genetic inheritance and influence on our economic prospects.

In the genre of Malcolm Gladwell books.

A compelling, prophetic read...

If you want to understand where humanity is heading, read this book. A prophetic, sometimes disturbing and deeply insightful book. It is also a most entertaining read.