Prakash Swaminathan
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Peace Is Every Step
- The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
- Written by: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
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Lucidly and beautifully written, Peace Is Every Step contains commentaries, meditations, personal anecdotes, and stories from Nhat Hanh's experiences as a peace activist, teacher, and community leader. It begins where the listener already is - in the kitchen, office, driving a car, walking - and shows how deep meditative presence is available now.
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Need of the hour
- By Amazon Customer on 31-12-20
- Peace Is Every Step
- The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
- Written by: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Peace!
Reviewed: 29-07-20
Great journey with Thai Thich. Very insigjtful and does sow rhe seeds of internal transformation for a better life. Excellent soulful narration.Must listen.
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The Four Agreements
- Written by: don Miguel Ruiz
- Narrated by: Peter Coyote
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
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In The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.
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superb...a great book indeed,simple yet profound!.
- By Rohit Bhosale on 30-03-19
- The Four Agreements
- Written by: don Miguel Ruiz
- Narrated by: Peter Coyote
Eyeopening!
Reviewed: 26-04-20
Excllent! An eyeopening book showing the ancient Toltec way to break barrier beliefs and achieve personal freedom. The task lies in practising and pursuing persistently.
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The New Complete Edition
- Written by: Richard Bach
- Narrated by: Marcus Lovett
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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Now, for the first time ever, a new complete edition audiobook original of the timeless classic by Richard Bach. This is the story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules, people who know there's more to this living than meets the eye: they'll be right there with Jonathan, flying higher and faster than they ever dreamed. Read by Marcus Lovett. Music composed by Ken Miller.
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what an inspirational read
- By Pradnya on 21-03-21
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The New Complete Edition
- Written by: Richard Bach
- Narrated by: Marcus Lovett
Brilliant!!!!
Reviewed: 19-04-20
One of my all time favorites, what I call 'Staple Food' and keep comming back to again and again...and every time I read it I learn something new.
This audible version was simply brilliant, tje rendition and the background audio! Superb!
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Conversations with Mani Ratnam
- Written by: Rangan Baradwaj
- Narrated by: Vikrant Kaul
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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Mani Ratnam’s Nayakan is among Time’s "100 Best Movies Ever", and his Roja launched A.R. Rahman. For the first time ever, Mani Ratnam opens up here, to Baradwaj Rangan, in a series of freewheeling conversations - candid, witty, pensive, and sometimes combative - and looks back at these and 19 other masterly films. With Rangan’s personal and impassioned introduction setting the Tamil and national context of the films, Conversations is a treat for serious lovers of cinema as well as the casual moviegoer looking for a peek behind the process.
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Good book. Bad delivery.
- By Arshad on 19-06-20
- Conversations with Mani Ratnam
- Written by: Rangan Baradwaj
- Narrated by: Vikrant Kaul
A must read for Tamil film buffs!
Reviewed: 17-04-20
A great glimpse into the world of film making and creating cinema from stories. I enjoyed listening to it. While the narrator was very good with the overall rendition, a Tamil native speaker would uave done more justice to bringing alive the Tamil emotions through the right pronunciations of the Tamil lingo peppered across the book. That was the only drawwback.
...being a Mani and Rangan fan, I just loved the book!
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Inglorious Empire
- What the British Did to India
- Written by: Shashi Tharoor
- Narrated by: Shashi Tharoor
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Inglorious Empire written and read by Shashi Tharoor. In the 18th century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. The Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised racism and caused millions to die from starvation.
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The Lion Who Wrote...
- By Tushar on 26-12-18
- Inglorious Empire
- What the British Did to India
- Written by: Shashi Tharoor
- Narrated by: Shashi Tharoor
Great Listen!
Reviewed: 15-03-20
Excellent expansion and follow up to the speech by the author at the Oxford reparations debate. A must listen for everyone who is interested in the history of the Raj!
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The Moment of Lift
- How Empowering Women Changes the World
- Written by: Melinda Gates
- Narrated by: Melinda Gates
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
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In this moving and compelling book, Melinda shares the stories of the inspiring people she’s met during her work and travels around the world and the lessons she’s learned from them. As she writes in the introduction, 'That is why I had to write this book – to share the stories of people who have given focus and urgency to my life. I want all of us to see ways we can lift women up where we live.'
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Amazing account of a life with purpose
- By SB on 15-02-21
- The Moment of Lift
- How Empowering Women Changes the World
- Written by: Melinda Gates
- Narrated by: Melinda Gates
Awssome, moving and Thought provoking!
Reviewed: 17-01-20
This book is a must read. Was heart wrenching at places but really made me reflect deeply and make pledges to make a diiference at home and the workplace.
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Nine Lives
- In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
- Written by: William Dalrymple
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
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A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve herself to death. Nine people, nine lives; each one taking a different religious path, each one an unforgettable story. William Dalrymple delves deep into the heart of a nation torn between the relentless onslaught of modernity and the ancient traditions that endure to this day.
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Excellent book except for the mispronunciations
- By Prakash Swaminathan on 02-12-19
- Nine Lives
- In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
- Written by: William Dalrymple
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
Excellent book except for the mispronunciations
Reviewed: 02-12-19
Excellent book by Darlymple covering intersting, heartwrenching stories across the subcontinent. The narration while does justice to the emotions the author is trying to evoke, was full of unacceptable mispronunciations of some of the poular l ocal words which makes you feel a bit frustrated, when you hear it..for eg. Ramanaya instead of Ramayana. Should've spent some.extra effort to get the narration right.
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Outgrowing God
- A Beginner’s Guide
- Written by: Richard Dawkins
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
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Should we believe in God? Do we need God in order to explain the existence of the universe? Do we need God in order to be good? In 12 chapters that address some of the most profound questions human beings confront, Dawkins marshals science, philosophy and comparative religion to interrogate the hypocrisies of all the religious systems and explain to listeners of all ages how life emerged without a Creator, how evolution works and how our world came into being.
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Richard Dawkins can rationalize any thing
- By chandan pandey on 13-11-19
- Outgrowing God
- A Beginner’s Guide
- Written by: Richard Dawkins
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins
Too much sarcasm
Reviewed: 02-12-19
Overall a good book. However I felt that if the overdose of sarcasm at every corner could've been left out, strictly ticking to facts, observations and opinions, it would've been a better book.
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Mythos
- Written by: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
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The Greek myths are amongst the greatest stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce and Walt Disney. They are embedded deeply in the traditions, tales and cultural DNA of the West. You'll fall in love with Zeus, marvel at the birth of Athena, wince at Cronus and Gaia's revenge on Ouranos, weep with King Midas and hunt with the beautiful and ferocious Artemis.
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Fantastic
- By Rahul Bengali on 24-04-19
- Mythos
- Written by: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
Awesome.rendition!
Reviewed: 11-10-19
Great book and a fantastic rendition by the author himself. A must read for those interested in Greek Mythology. Highly recommended!