Books Read in 2017 on paapereira.xyz

Gather 'Round the Sound by Paulo Coelho, Yvonne Morrison, Charles Dickens (2017)

Thu, 21 Dec 2017 17:34:00 +0000

Gather ‘Round the Sound by Paulo Coelho, Yvonne Morrison, Charles Dickens (2017)

Author: Paulo Coelho, Yvonne Morrison, Charles Dickens
First Published: December 8th 2017
Score: 4/10

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Gather ‘Round the Sound: Holiday Stories from Beloved Authors and Great Performers Across the Globe

2017 has been a monumental year for Audible, having just celebrated our 20th anniversary, a milestone that would have never been possible without our wonderful and loyal listeners. One of our major commitments is bringing new and diverse audio experiences to our members, so this year, as our gift to you, we pulled together a collection that reflects a little bit of everything we’ve been up to recently: a surprising and heartwarming documentary, a selection of stories from our partners around the world, and even some improvised comedic carols we hope will make you laugh as much as they did us.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (2011)

Wed, 20 Dec 2017 23:17:00 +0000

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (2011)

Author: Yuval Noah Harari
First Published: January 1st 2011
Score: 9/10

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How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights; to trust money, books and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables and consumerism? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come?

Christine by Stephen King (1983)

Sat, 02 Dec 2017 22:40:00 +0000

Christine by Stephen King (1983)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: April 29th 1983
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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Evil is alive in Libertyville. It inhabits a custom-painted red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury and the teenage boy, Arnold Cunningham, who buys it from the strange Roland LeBay.

Helped by Arnold’s girlfriend Leigh Cabot, Dennis Guilder embarks to find out the real truth behind Christine and finds more than he bargained for: from murder, to suicide, and a strange feeling that surrounds Christine – she gets even with anyone that crosses her! Can Dennis save Arnold from the evil that is Christine?

The Butterfly Effect by Jon Ronson (2017)

Sun, 12 Nov 2017 22:19:00 +0000

The Butterfly Effect by Jon Ronson (2017)

Author: Jon Ronson
First Published: July 26th 2017
Score: 3/10

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From best-selling writer Jon Ronson and the executive producer behind the TED Radio Hour and Invisibilia, Audible Originals presents a new seven-episode series, The Butterfly Effect with Jon Ronson.

[Contains explicit content] Free for a limited time, hear the story of what happened when the tech industry gave the world what it wanted: free porn. Lives were mangled. Fortunes were made. All for your pleasure. Follow writer and narrator Jon Ronson as he uncovers our web of desire.

Death World (Undying Mercenaries #5) by B.V. Larson (2015)

Sun, 05 Nov 2017 22:30:00 +0000

Death World (Undying Mercenaries #5) by B.V. Larson (2015)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: March 27th 2015
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 5
Score: 7/10

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Unknown aliens attack Earth. Their planet is uncharted, mysteriously having avoided detection for centuries. It’s a world packed with the most vicious aliens humanity has yet to encounter. James McGill has discovered: Death World.

In the fifth book of the Undying Mercenaries series, the war comes home, and aliens strike a devastating blow. Bent on revenge, Legion Varus chases the raiders to the stars and discovers a growing alien menace. A cancerous species has invaded our region of the galaxy and must be dealt with. McGill learns why the Cephalopod Kingdom has yet to attack Earth and what’s happening behind the scenes in the Core Worlds. Throughout, he upholds his unique sense of right, wrong, and honor. Death World is a military science fiction novel by best-selling author B. V. Larson.

Will Save the Galaxy for Food (Jacques McKeown #1) by Yahtzee Croshaw (2017)

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 23:19:00 +0100

Will Save the Galaxy for Food (Jacques McKeown #1) by Yahtzee Croshaw (2017)

Author: Yahtzee Croshaw
First Published: February 14th 2017
Series: Jacques McKeown Book 1
Score: 5/10

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A not-quite epic science fiction adventure about a down-on-his luck galactic pilot caught in a cross-galaxy struggle for survival!

Space travel just isn’t what it used to be. With the invention of Quantum Teleportation, space heroes aren’t needed anymore. When one particularly unlucky ex-adventurer masquerades as famous pilot and hate figure Jacques McKeown, he’s sucked into an ever-deepening corporate and political intrigue. Between space pirates, adorable deadly creatures, and a missing fortune in royalties, saving the universe was never this difficult!

Machine World (Undying Mercenaries #4) by B.V. Larson (2015)

Thu, 05 Oct 2017 21:41:00 +0100

Machine World (Undying Mercenaries #4) by B.V. Larson (2015)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: January 9th 2015
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 4
Score: 7/10

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The Galactics arrived with their Battle Fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spanned the Milky Way. Our only worthwhile trade goods are our infamous mercenary legions, elite troops we sell to the highest alien bidder.

In the fourth book of the series, James McGill is up for promotion. Not everyone is happy about that, and McGill must prove he’s worth his stripes. Deployed to a strange alien planet outside the boundaries of the Galactic Empire, he’s caught up in warfare and political intrigue. Earth expands, the Cephalopod Kingdom launches ships to stop us, and a grand conspiracy emerges among the upper ranks of the Hegemony military.

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam M. Grant (2016)

Tue, 19 Sep 2017 22:06:00 +0100

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam M. Grant (2016)

Author: Adam M. Grant
First Published: February 2nd 2016
Score: 7/10

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The #1 national bestseller and New York Times bestseller that examines how people can champion new ideas—and how leaders can fight groupthink

With Give and Take, Adam Grant not only introduced a landmark new paradigm for success but also established himself as one of his generation’s most compelling and provocative thought leaders. In Originals he again addresses the challenge of improving the world, but now from the perspective of becoming original: choosing to champion novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battle conformity, and buck outdated traditions. How can we originate new ideas, policies, and practices without risking it all?

Tech World (Undying Mercenaries #3) by B.V. Larson (2014)

Sun, 03 Sep 2017 23:04:00 +0100

Tech World (Undying Mercenaries #3) by B.V. Larson (2014)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: August 1st 2014
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 3
Score: 7/10

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The Galactics arrived with their Battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spanned the Milky Way. Our only worthwhile trade goods are our infamous mercenary legions, elite troops we sell to the highest alien bidder. In the third book in the series, James McGill is deployed on another alien world. His third interstellar tour is different in every way. Rather than meeting up with a primitive society, this time he’s headed to an advanced world. Tau Ceti, better known as Tech World, is the central trading capital of Frontier 921. McGill figures he’s lucked out. The assignment looks dull but luxurious. Tau Ceti boasts a planet-wide city with a trillion inhabitants, all of whom are only interested in making a few credits. But all is not well on Tech World. The Empire is crumbling, an invasion is coming, and McGill’s easy ride through life and death has come to an end.

The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1) by Stephen King (1982)

Wed, 16 Aug 2017 22:38:00 +0100

The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1) by Stephen King (1982)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: June 1st 1982
Series: The Dark Tower #1), Stephen King Novels
Score: 8/10

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Beginning with a short story appearing in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1978, the publication of Stephen King’s epic work of fantasy – what he considers to be a single long novel and his magnum opus – has spanned a quarter of a century.

Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Malone Scott (2017)

Sat, 05 Aug 2017 22:59:00 +0100

Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Malone Scott (2017)

Author: Kim Malone Scott
First Published: March 14th 2017
Score: 7/10

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From the time we learn to speak, we’re told that if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. While this advice may work for everyday life, it is, as Kim Scott has seen, a disaster when adopted by managers.

Scott earned her stripes as a highly successful manager at Google and then decamped to Apple, where she developed a class on optimal management. She has earned growing fame in recent years with her vital new approach to effective management, the “radical candor” method.

Dust World (Undying Mercenaries #2) by B.V. Larson (2014)

Sat, 22 Jul 2017 22:43:00 +0100

Dust World (Undying Mercenaries #2) by B.V. Larson (2014)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: March 23rd 2014
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 2
Score: 7/10

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The Galactics arrived with their Battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spans the Milky Way. Our only worthwhile trade goods are our infamous mercenary legions, elite troops we sell to the highest alien bidder.

In 2122 a lost colony expedition contacts Earth, surprising our government. Colonization is against Galactic Law, and Legion Varus is dispatched to the system to handle the situation. Earth gave them sealed orders, but Earth is 35 lightyears away. The Legion commanders have a secret plan of their own. And then there’s James McGill, who was never too good at listening to authority in the first place….

Area 51 (Area 51 #1) by Robert Doherty (1997)

Tue, 04 Jul 2017 22:47:00 +0100

Area 51 (Area 51 #1) by Robert Doherty (1997)

Author: Robert Doherty
First Published: February 10th 1997
Series: Area 51 Book 1
Score: 5/10

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Deep in the Nevada desert is the most secure compound in the United States: Area 51.

The most chilling experiment of all time is about to begin there. The President doesn’t know about it. Just a few scientists and military personnel working for Majestic-12 do, and they are about to make a very big mistake….

Steel World (Undying Mercenaries #1) by B.V. Larson (2013)

Sun, 18 Jun 2017 22:26:00 +0100

Steel World (Undying Mercenaries #1) by B.V. Larson (2013)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: November 4th 2013
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 1
Score: 7/10

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In the 20th century Earth sent probes, transmissions, and welcoming messages to the stars. Unfortunately, someone noticed. The Galactics arrived with their battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined their vast Empire. Swearing allegiance to our distant alien overlords wasn’t the only requirement for survival. We also had to have something of value to trade, something that neighboring planets would pay their hard-earned credits to buy. As most of the local worlds were too civilized to have a proper army, the only valuable service Earth could provide came in the form of soldiers…someone had to do their dirty work for them, their fighting and dying.

The Dead Zone by Stephen King (1979)

Sat, 03 Jun 2017 22:31:00 +0000

The Dead Zone by Stephen King (1979)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: August 30th 1979
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 8/10

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Never before on audio! A number-one national best seller about a man who wakes up from a five-year coma able to see people’s futures and the terrible fate awaiting mankind in The Dead Zone - a “compulsive page-turner”.

Johnny Smith awakens from a five-year coma after his car accident and discovers that he can see people’s futures and pasts when he touches them. Many consider his talent a gift; Johnny feels cursed. His fiancée married another man during his coma, and people clamor for him to solve their problems.

The Circle by Dave Eggers (2013)

Sat, 13 May 2017 23:12:00 +0100

The Circle by Dave Eggers (2013)

Author: Dave Eggers
First Published: 2013
Score: 7/10

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The Circle is the exhilarating new audiobook from Dave Eggers, bestselling author of A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award.

When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency.

The Autobiography of Black Hawk by Black Hawk (1833)

Sat, 29 Apr 2017 00:51:00 +0100

The Autobiography of Black Hawk by Black Hawk (1833)

Author: Black Hawk
First Published: 1833
Score: 3/10

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This story is told in the words of a tragic figure in American history: a hook-nosed, hollow-cheeked old Sauk warrior who lived under four flags while the Mississippi Valley was being wrested from his people.

The author is Black Hawk himself - once pursued by an army whose members included Captain Abraham Lincoln and Lieutenant Jefferson Davis. Perhaps no Indian ever saw so much of American expansion or fought harder to prevent that expansion from driving his people to exile and death. He knew Zebulon Pike, William Clark, Henry Schoolcraft, George Catlin, Winfield Scott, and such figures in American government as President Andrew Jackson and Secretary of State Lewis Cass. He knew Chicago when it was a cluster of log houses around a fort, and he was in St. Louis the day the American flag went up and the French flag came down. He saw crowds gather to cheer him in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York - and to stone the driver of his carriage in Albany - during a fantastic tour sponsored by the government. And at last he dies in 1838, bitter in the knowledge that he had led men, women, and children of his tribe to slaughter on the banks of the Mississippi.

The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 2 by Arthur Conan Doyle (2010)

Sun, 23 Apr 2017 22:34:00 +0100

The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 2 by Arthur Conan Doyle (2010)

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
First Published: 2010
Series: The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes Book 2
Score: 7/10

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Volume two in this series consists of one novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and two collections of short stories, which include “Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes” and “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” (a total of 23 stories).

These creations by Doyle represent the finest work of his Holmes series, and certainly the most famous. They are reproduced here (and in all volumes) in the order in which they were first published.

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (2016)

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 22:20:00 +0100

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (2016)

Author: Blake Crouch
First Published: July 26th 2016
Score: 8/10

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“Are you happy with your life?” Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man Jason’s never met smiles down at him and says, “Welcome back, my friend.”

In this world he’s woken up to, Jason’s life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable–something impossible.

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (2011)

Sun, 02 Apr 2017 22:48:00 +0100

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (2011)

Author: Walter Isaacson
First Published: October 1st 2011
Score: 7/10

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From the author of the best-selling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, this is the exclusive biography of Steve Jobs.

Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.

I'm Feeling Lucky by Douglas Edwards (2011)

Thu, 02 Mar 2017 22:00:00 +0000

I’m Feeling Lucky by Douglas Edwards (2011)

Author: Douglas Edwards
First Published: January 1st 2011
Score: 5/10

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Comparing Google to an ordinary business is like comparing a rocket to an Edsel. No academic analysis or bystander’s account can capture it. Now Doug Edwards, Employee Number 59, offers the first inside view of Google, giving listeners a chance to fully experience the bizarre mix of camaraderie and competition at this phenomenal company.

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Magic Cleaning #1) by Marie Kondō (2011)

Sat, 11 Feb 2017 22:26:00 +0000

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Magic Cleaning #1) by Marie Kondō (2011)

Author: Marie Kondō
First Published: January 15th 2011
Series: Magic Cleaning Book 1
Score: 7/10

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This best-selling guide to decluttering your home from Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing.

Japanese organizational consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly declutter your home once, you’ll never have to do it again. Whereas most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, the KonMari Method’s category-by-category, all-at-once prescription leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo’s clients have been repeat customers (and she still has a three-month waiting list of new customers!). With detailed guidance for every type of item in the household, this quirky little manual from Japan’s newest lifestyle phenomenon will help readers clear their clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home–and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire.

Starfire by B.V. Larson (2014)

Sat, 04 Feb 2017 23:03:00 +0000

Starfire by B.V. Larson (2014)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: November 6th 2014
Score: 5/10

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Two ships launch, but only one can come home with the prize—and no one suspects what they’ll find when they get out there.

On June 30, 1908 an object fell from the sky releasing more energy than a thousand Hiroshima bombs. A Siberian forest was flattened, but the strike left no significant crater. The anomaly came to be known as the Tunguska Event, and scientists have never agreed whether it was the largest meteor strike in recorded history—or something else.

Essentialism by Greg McKeown (2011)

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 21:48:00 +0000

Essentialism by Greg McKeown (2011)

Author: Greg McKeown
First Published: December 31st 2011
Score: 8/10

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Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin at home or at work?

Do you simultaneously feel both overworked and underutilized?

Do you often feel busy but not productive, like you’re always in motion, but never getting anywhere?

Do you feel like your time is constantly being hijacked by other people’s priorities and agendas?

Have you ever said “yes” to something simply to please and then resented it afterwards?

Always Looking Up by Michael J. Fox (2008)

Sun, 08 Jan 2017 22:24:00 +0000

Always Looking Up by Michael J. Fox (2008)

Author: Michael J. Fox
First Published: September 1st 2008
Score: 4/10

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There are many words to describe Michael J. Fox: Actor. Husband. Father. Activist. But readers of Always Looking Up will soon add another to the list: Optimist. Michael writes about the hard-won perspective that helped him see challenges as opportunities. Instead of building walls around himself, he developed a personal policy of engagement and discovery: an emotional, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual outlook that has served him throughout his struggle with Parkinson’s disease. Michael’s exit from a very demanding, very public arena offered him the time-and the inspiration-to open up new doors leading to unexpected places. One door even led him to the center of his own family, the greatest destination of all. The last ten years, which is really the stuff of this book, began with such a loss: my retirement from Spin City. I found myself struggling with a strange new dynamic: the shifting of public and private personas. I had been Mike the actor, then Mike the actor with PD. Now was I just Mike with PD Parkinson’s had consumed my career and, in a sense, had become my career. But where did all of this leave Me? I had to build a new life when I was already pretty happy with the old one..