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Title: Harvard Business Review, November 2011

Author: Harvard Business Review

Narrator: Todd Mundt

Format: Highlights

Length: 1 hr and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-11

Publisher: Harvard Business School

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

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Title: The Genius in My Basement

Author: Alexander Masters

Narrator: Jot Davies

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders

Publisher's Summary:

An intimate portrait of an everyday genius. As Aristotle understood it, 'there is no great genius without a mixture of madness' and he may well have had a point: Einstein routinely forgot his way home when out walking the streets of Vienna, Nietzsche wound up in an insane asylum, and Bobby Fischer, the chess prodigy, now scrambles around the world, seeking residency in any country reckless enough to let him through immigration.

Simon Philips Norton, the subject of The Genius in my Basement, is not mad - not by a long shot - but he is certainly mixed up. At one time he was considered one of the greatest prodigies of contemporary mathematics, his breakthrough work on a group of numbers nicknamed the 'Monster' inspired, and was acclaimed by, the international maths community for many years. These days he spends most of his time colouring in road atlases, tracing the paths of bus routes he has travelled upon all over the country, sheltering amongst a tower of unwashed pans and eating smoked kippers straight from a tin in his 'messy' (as Simon calls it) basement flat in Cambridge.

In The Genius in my Basement, Alexander Masters, the award-winning and best-selling author of Stuart: A Life Backwards, offers a tender, humorous and intimate portrait of genius at its most ordinary and at its most blurred. He enters us into the extraordinary life of one of the would-be contenders - an everyday mastermind - and in doing so, reveals the cruel burdens, as well as the glorious rewards, of a life marked by brilliance.

Members Reviews:

Marmite

The title is Marmite, because my guess is that you will either love this book or hate it. Actually, it has had a great many positive reviews, which is why I bought it. The book is 8 hours long. I gave up after 2 hours, but they seemed like 8.

This review is based on just the first quarter of the book. If asked to sum up my thoughts, I would say that the book is irritating and pretentious. And the author is an unprincipled, possibly jealous, wannabee celebrity. The subject of the book is a socially inept mathematics genius called Simon Norton. In fact, it seems that he is virtually a social outcast, who lives in a squalid basement flat and communicates verbally using a variety of tonal grunts. So, what happens when a biographer discovers he is living above a genius? Answer, he enters his subjects life and writes a biography. So far, so good. This could have led to a really interesting insight into Nortons academic achievements and the areas where he has pushed back the boundaries of mathematical knowledge. Along the way, his foibles would have emerged and the reader could have been suitable impressed that a person, so incapable of negotiating lifes normal social environment, could be a mathematical genius. The biography of Nobel prize winner John Nash falls into this category and it spawned the well-received film, A beautiful Mind. What we get from Masters is a painfully detailed description of the cluttered and dilapidated nature of Nortons living area, his eating habits, and his petty obsessions. Having looked up Masters other works, it appears that he is taking the genre of predatory biographer to a new low and my main gripe is about how badly the author seems to have bullied his subject. Finally, I want to say that I was underwhelmed by the prose, which seemed like an amalgam of styles, sometimes bordering on pastiche.

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Title: The High Ambition Leader (Harvard Business Review)

Author: Russell Eisenstat, Tobias Fredberg

Narrator: Todd Mundt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-12-11

Publisher: Harvard Business School Publishing

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Nathaniel Foote, Russell Eisenstat, and Tobias Fredberg, of the research-based consulting firm TruePoint, report on how a new breed of CEO are delivering extraordinary economic and social value.

This article was first published in the September 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review.

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Title: Amazing Doctors - Volume 1

Subtitle: Inspirational Stories

Author: Charles Margerison

Format: Unabridged

Length: 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-16-11

Publisher: Amazing People Club

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders

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Have you ever wondered about the people who developed ways to keep us healthy, such as the use of antiseptics? Explore the lives of some of most amazing doctors and gain a unique insight into the lives they led and the challenges they faced. We have all relied on doctors and nurses at various points during our lives. However, the amazing stories behind so many important and influential achievements remain unknown.

This short audio collection explores the life stories of Elizabeth Garrett, Joseph Lister, and Christiaan Barnard, and reveals how they each developed their remarkable skills and methods to help patients all over the world. In different ways, they paved the way for modern medicine and saved countless lives by advancing the boundaries of treatment.

Each story comes to life through BioViews. These are short biographical narratives, similar to interviews. They provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions and changed our world.

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Title: Amazing Psychologists, Volume 1

Subtitle: Inspirational Stories

Author: Charles Margerison

Format: Unabridged

Length: 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-14-11

Publisher: Amazing People Club

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders

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It has been said that the purpose of psychology is to help us understand our experiences. This unique collection of audio stories explores the lives of some of the world's most fascinating psychologists.

Meet Dr Ivan Pavlov, most famous perhaps for the work he did with dogs to better understand what is known as the 'conditioned reflex'. Understand what inspired and motivated him and the implications for society. You'll also meet influential thinker Carl Jung, the founder of analytical psychology and a major figure in the development of dream analysis.

Explore the life of Karen Horney, a pioneer in the field of psychoanalysis and the psychology of women. Responsible for influential books including The Neurotic Personality of Our Time, she founded the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis and the American Journal of Psychoanalysis.

Known as the mother of modern management, Lillian Gilbreth is a lesser-known character but no less amazing. She pioneered industrial management techniques that are still in use today. Lillian was a prolific author, the recipient of many honorary degrees and mother of 12, as well as an engineer and an influential industrial psychologist.

Each story comes to life through BioViews. These are short biographical narratives, similar to interviews. They provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions and changed our world.

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Title: The Cosmopolitan Corporation (Harvard Business Review)

Author: Pankaj Ghemawat

Narrator: Todd Mundt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-11-11

Publisher: Harvard Business School Publishing

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Global success requires that companies appreciate diversity and distance rather than seek to eliminate them.

This article was first published in the May 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review.

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Title: Capitalism for the Long Term (Harvard Business Review)

Author: Dominic Barton

Narrator: Todd Mundt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-11-11

Publisher: Harvard Business School Publishing

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Dominic Barton, the global managing director of McKinsey & Company writes about the choice that business leaders are facing reform the system, or watch as the government exerts control.

This article was first published in the March 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review.

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Title: Harvard Business Review, March 2011

Author: Harvard Business Review

Narrator: Todd Mundt

Format: Highlights

Length: 1 hr and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-01-11

Publisher: Harvard Business School

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

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Title: Harvard Business Review, January 2011

Author: Harvard Business Review

Narrator: Todd Mundt

Format: Highlights

Length: 1 hr and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-10-11

Publisher: Harvard Business School

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

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Title: Harvard Business Review, December 2010

Author: Harvard Business Review

Narrator: Todd Mundt

Format: Highlights

Length: 1 hr and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-10

Publisher: Harvard Business School

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

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"Why You Aren't Buying Venezuelan Chocolate" by Rohit Deshpande.

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"Branding in the Digital Age: You're Spending Your Money in All the Wrong Places" by David C. Edelman.

"Robert S. McNamara and the Evolution of Modern Management" by Phil Rosenzweig.

"China vs the World Whose Technology Is It?" by Thomas M. Hout and Pankaj Ghemawat.

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