Susan Boyce’s spot-on performance conveys the intellectual confidence needed for this enlightening book on decision-making and gender. Her flawless phrasing and nuanced tone palette promote respect for the author’s scholarship and suggestions. Decision-making by women is often judged harshly and misunderstood. The author says this is mainly due to lingering gender stereotypes about women's capacity for empathy, decisiveness, commitment, and memory. Providing a cultural overview of these stereotypes, the author details the types of decision-making errors that we are all prone to make and offers intuitive suggestions for women in particular on how to avoid them. Her writing style, along with Boyce's command of the author’s sensibilities, allows listeners to view these dynamics with perspective and step up their decision-making skills.
Pub Date: May 10, 2016
Duration: 11 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781520005768
Publisher: Dreamscape
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Buckley offers a reasonable proposal for a national service program without jail or criminal penalties. Narrator Lawrence reads with a slow and careful announcer's voice; one wishes Buckley were reading this one himself. Books on Tape does its usual quality job with formatting, packaging and tape-turning instructions. The reader repeats the last sentence at such times, so you're sure you haven't missed anything. Popular nonfiction collections will appreciate Gratitude, and the topic is likely to prove timely in the years ahead.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 5 hrs
Publisher: Books on Tape
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Kozol’s shocking exposé of inequities in the funding of our public schools contrasts white suburban schools with those serving black and Hispanic populations. Interviews with students, teachers, and school administrators add eloquent testimony to Kozol’s disturbing presentation of facts. Narration by Jack Winston is clear and brisk, but the pace is unrelenting, with little pause for transition between scenes or chapters. Winston’s cool, detached voice contrasts with Kozol’s impasssioned and outraged message. The sheer repetition and magnitude of Kozol’s damning evidence is numbing; the narration gives no relief. Powerful medicine, most easily taken in small doses. Music signalling tape changes is jarringly inappropriate.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 8 hrs
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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