Book description
For decades now, Adam Gopnik has been one of our most beloved writers, a brilliantly perceptive critic of art, food, France, and more. But recently, he became obsessed by a more fundamental matter, one he had often meditated on in The New Yorker: How do masters learn their miraculous skill, whether it was drawing a museum-ready nude or baking a perfect sourdough loaf? How could anyone become so good at anything? There seemed to be a fundamental mystery to mastery. Was it possible to unravel it? In The Real Work--the term magicians use for the accumulated craft that makes for a great trick--Gopnik becomes a dedicated student of several masters of their craft: a classical painter, a boxer, a dancing instructor, a driving instructor, and others. Rejecting self-help bromides and bullet points, he nevertheless shows that the top people in any field share a set of common qualities and methods. For one, their mastery is always a process of breaking down and building up--of identifying and perfecting the small constituent parts of a skill and the combining them for an overall effect greater than the sum of those parts. For another, mastery almost always involves intentional imperfection--as in music, where vibrato, a way of not quite landing on the right note, carries maximum expressiveness. Gopnik's simplest and most invigorating lesson, however, is that we are surrounded by mastery. Far from rare, mastery is commonplace, if we only know where to look: from the parent who can whip up a professional strudel to the social worker who--in one of the most personally revealing passages Gopnik has ever written--helps him master his own demons. Spirited and profound, The Real Work will help you understand how mastery can happen in your own life--and, significantly, why each of us relentlessly seeks to better ourselves in the first place.
Miss Lucky
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Night Magnet
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Burst Nibbler
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Slow Trot
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Swing Setter
Book Groups on ListenBook make it easy to categorize and access my audiobooks. With this app, I've found a way to make long flights and road trips more enjoyable and enlightening. Managing my audiobook collection is a pleasure thanks to this app's usability. I can't believe how easy it is to download audio from various sources. So convenient!
QuestQuill
The app's features, like the sleep timer, make it clear that it's designed with readers in mind. With ListenBook, I can explore new genres, learn new topics, and enjoy classic literature with ease. The noise reduction feature on ListenBook Pro is a godsend for clear and comfortable listening. I can't imagine my audiobook routine without ListenBook's intuitive and user-friendly design. This app's convenience has made my downtime more rewarding and enriching.
Sugar Apple
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Corny
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Intimidation Station
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VenusLion
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Eerie Mizzen
ListenBook's library organization and Book Groups feature make it easy to keep my audiobooks organized and accessible. I can't believe how much I've 'read' since I started using this app. Audiobooks have turned my mundane activities into opportunities for learning and enjoyment. An audiobook lover's dream come true! This app's seamless functionality and diverse format support make it my go-to choice for immersive storytelling. ππ§
RealmRanger
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M8deUp
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Curio
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Spunky Sphinx
I can't believe I waited this long to discover the joy of audiobooks through this app. Tone adjustment adds a new layer of personalization to my audiobook experience. It's like having the narrator tailor the voice to my preferences. Automated artwork and metadata extraction make my audiobook library look neat and professional.
Sugar Domino
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180
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Married Man
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Kill Switch
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Undergrad
The Looping playback and Shuffle features on ListenBook help me customize my listening sessions to my liking. This app has turned my household chores into moments of intellectual growth. Audiobook pleasure simplified β this app's design is a true winner. The statistics feature in ListenBook is a valuable tool for monitoring and optimizing my audiobook consumption. ListenBook Pro's noise reduction feature is a blessing for clear and distraction-free listening.
Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience