Lukasz Termer
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This Is an Uprising
- How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
- By: Mark Engler, Paul Engler
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
Strategic nonviolent action has reasserted itself as a potent force in shaping public debate and forcing political change. Whether it is an explosive surge of protest calling for racial justice in the United States or a demand for democratic reform in Hong Kong or Mexico, when mass movements erupt onto our television screens, the media portrays them as being as spontaneous and unpredictable.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very important work on civil disobedience
- By Lukasz Termer on 30-11-2020
- This Is an Uprising
- How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
- By: Mark Engler, Paul Engler
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
Very important work on civil disobedience
Reviewed: 30-11-2020
This is a great book, an academic approach to successful, non violent uprisings. Anyone interested in how a movement can succeed should read this book.
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Saga Land
- By: Richard Fidler, Kári Gíslason
- Narrated by: Richard Fidler, Kári Gíslason
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 217
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 194
A gripping blend of family mystery, contemporary stories and the beautiful and bloody Viking tales, set against the starkly stunning landscape of Iceland. Broadcaster Richard Fidler and author Kari Gíslason are good friends. They share a deep attachment to the sagas of Iceland - the true stories of the first Viking families who settled on that remote island in the Middle Ages. These are tales of blood feuds, of dangerous women and people who are compelled to kill the ones they love the most.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Sagas are great! But you need to FFWD a lot.
- By Lukasz Termer on 08-04-2019
- Saga Land
- By: Richard Fidler, Kári Gíslason
- Narrated by: Richard Fidler, Kári Gíslason
Sagas are great! But you need to FFWD a lot.
Reviewed: 08-04-2019
This book is in keeping with tradition of ABC like storytelling. In between Sagas, which are performed incredibly well, you will end up listening to (unless you fast forward) what the authors ate, drank and what the views are like in Iceland. You will also get descriptions of their accommodation and car they rented. I understand Kari's urge to tell the the world what the icelanders are like. I understand the need of relating Sagas to present times. I understand the need to having to frame them somehow. At the first glance the story of Kári Gíslason seems like a neat way of doing that. The problem is, two paragraphs would have been enough, but it seems like it's 60%. The juxtaposition of everyday travel mediocrity, being cold, feeling merry from too many beers with colourful stories of Vikings full of stakes and jeopardy leaves me feeling somewhat shortchanged.
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This Changes Everything
- Capitalism vs. the Climate
- By: Naomi Klein
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 20 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
In This Changes Everything Naomi Klein argues that climate change isn’t just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. It’s an alarm that calls us to fix an economic system that is already failing us in many ways. Klein meticulously builds the case for how massively reducing our greenhouse emissions is our best chance to simultaneously reduce gaping inequalities, re-imagine our broken democracies, and rebuild our gutted local economies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An absolute must read.
- By Lukasz Termer on 26-05-2016
- This Changes Everything
- Capitalism vs. the Climate
- By: Naomi Klein
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
An absolute must read.
Reviewed: 26-05-2016
This book is a powerful reminder on how economics and ecology are intertwined. Educate yourself people! It's time to mobilise. If you are pissed off about current state of affairs, fed up with politics and policies. Read this. It will calm you down, and give you direction. Enjoy!
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Reality 2.0
- Shamans, Psychedelics, and the Next Step in Evolution
- By: Daniel Pinchbeck
- Narrated by: Daniel Pinchbeck
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
What is it that attracts shamans, mystics, and other visionaries to the experience of altered states? It is the fact that some wisdom cannot be accessed through ordinary consciousness alone, proposes Daniel Pinchbeck. In Reality 2.0: Shamans, Psychedelics, and the Next Step in Evolution, this trailblazer of nonordinary reality shares a firsthand account of his quest for a "system upgrade" for human society.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's a great book, but...
- By Lukasz Termer on 02-03-2016
- Reality 2.0
- Shamans, Psychedelics, and the Next Step in Evolution
- By: Daniel Pinchbeck
- Narrated by: Daniel Pinchbeck
It's a great book, but...
Reviewed: 02-03-2016
First of all I'd like to say that despite author's few hang ups, it's a great book. A kind of gateway into many alternative concepts about social structures. What bothered me was the read. It felt more as if Mr Pinchbeck sat in a room with a bunch of notes in front of him and simply talked about stuff. If that's the case, kudos to him for his brain capacity and ability channel all that knowledge. If not, I believe this audiobook should be a tad cheaper. There are audiobooks for the same price with real narration. All in all, I'm pleased this sort of literature is out for wider public to engage with.