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In Millennium, best-selling historian Ian Mortimer takes the listener on a whirlwind tour of the last 10 centuries of Western history. It is a journey into a past vividly brought to life and bursting with ideas, that pits one century against another in his quest to measure which century saw the greatest change. We journey from a time when there was a fair chance of your village being burned to the ground by invaders - and dried human dung was a recommended cure for cancer - to a world in which explorers sailed into the unknown and civilizations came into conflict.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Bad ending - literally
- De John Gordon en 12-14-16
De: Ian Mortimer
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1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War
- De: Charles Emerson
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 19 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 116
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 105
Today, 1913 is inevitably viewed through the lens of 1914: as the last year before a war that would shatter the global economic order and tear Europe apart, undermining its global pre-eminence. Our perspectives narrowed by hindsight, the world of that year is reduced to its most frivolous features last summers in grand aristocratic residences or its most destructive ones: the unresolved rivalries of the great European powers, the fear of revolution, violence in the Balkans.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good book ruined by bad read
- De GANESHi en 08-02-13
De: Charles Emerson
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Empire
- How Britain Made the Modern World
- De: Niall Ferguson
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 16 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,134
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 981
Once vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red, and Britannia ruled not just the waves but the prairies of America, the plains of Asia, the jungles of Africa and the deserts of Arabia. Just how did a small, rainy island in the North Atlantic achieve all this? And why did the empire on which the sun literally never set finally decline and fall? Niall Ferguson's acclaimed Empire brilliantly unfolds the imperial story in all its splendours and its miseries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Such a great listen - What a History Lesson
- De Dorothy en 11-04-17
De: Niall Ferguson
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A History of Japan
- Revised Edition
- De: R. H. P. Mason, J. G. Caiger
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 13 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 257
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 225
A classic of Japanese history, this audiobook is the preeminent work on the history of Japan. Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume complete history of the nation of Japan. Starting in ancient Japan during its early pre-history period, A History of Japan covers every important aspect of history and culture through feudal Japan to the post-Cold War period and collapse of the bubble economy in the early 1990s. Recent findings shed additional light on the origins of Japanese civilization and the birth of Japanese culture.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Content great - pronunciation not so much
- De A. Weber en 03-08-19
De: R. H. P. Mason, y otros
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How the Scots Invented the Modern World
- De: Arthur Herman
- Narrado por: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Duración: 18 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 466
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 416
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 417
Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Arthur Herman reveals, in the 18th and 19th centuries Scotland made crucial contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce, and politics - contributions that have formed and nurtured the modern West ever since. This book is not just about Scotland: it is an exciting account of the origins of the modern world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eagerly Awaited Audiobook
- De Lulu en 09-01-16
De: Arthur Herman
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The Silk Roads
- A New History of the World
- De: Peter Frankopan
- Narrado por: Laurence Kennedy
- Duración: 24 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 446
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 382
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 380
It was on the Silk Roads that East and West first encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas, cultures, and religions. From the rise and fall of empires to the spread of Buddhism and the advent of Christianity and Islam, right up to the great wars of the 20th century - this book shows how the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Absolutely SUPERB Book for Lovers of History
- De Dipam en 06-27-21
De: Peter Frankopan
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A History of the World
- De: Andrew Marr
- Narrado por: Andrew Marr, David Timson
- Duración: 26 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 485
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 424
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 425
From the earliest civilizations to the 21st century: a global journey through human history, published alongside a landmark BBC One television series. Our understanding of world history is changing, as new discoveries are made on all the continents and old prejudices are being challenged. In this truly global journey, Andrew Marr revisits some of the traditional epic stories, from classical Greece and Rome to the rise of Napoleon, but surrounds them with less familiar material, from Peru to the Ukraine, China to the Caribbean.
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5 out of 5 stars
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25 hours of enjoyment
- De Mark en 04-26-13
De: Andrew Marr
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China
- A History
- De: John Keay
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 25 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 215
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 180
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 177
Many nations define themselves in terms of territory or people; China defines itself in terms of history. Taking into account the country's unrivaled, voluminous tradition of history writing, John Keay has composed a vital and illuminating overview of the nation's complex and vivid past. Keay's authoritative history examines 5,000 years in China, from the time of the Three Dynasties through Chairman Mao and the current economic transformation of the country.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Needs new narrator
- De Betty en 10-16-16
De: John Keay
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The Birth of Classical Europe
- A History from Troy to Augustine
- De: Simon Price, Peter Thonemann
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 141
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 114
To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level, from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a “classical Europe,” using frames of reference created by ancient Mediterranean cultures. As this consistently fresh and surprising new audio book makes clear, however, this was no less true for the inhabitants of those classical civilizations themselves, whose myths, history, and buildings were an elaborate engagement with an already old and revered past - one filled with great leaders and writers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent overview of the Classical World
- De David I. Williams en 01-12-14
De: Simon Price, y otros
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Destiny Disrupted
- A History of the World through Islamic Eyes
- De: Tamim Ansary
- Narrado por: Tamim Ansary
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,925
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,614
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,606
Until about 1800, the West and the Islamic realm were like two adjacent, parallel universes, each assuming itself to be the center of the world while ignoring the other. As Europeans colonized the globe, the two world histories intersected and the Western narrative drove the other one under. The West hardly noticed, but the Islamic world found the encounter profoundly disrupting.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A history of the world before the West mattered
- De David en 05-05-14
De: Tamim Ansary
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Lost Enlightenment
- Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane
- De: S. Frederick Starr
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 25 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 497
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 429
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 427
Lost Enlightenment recounts how, between the years 800 and 1200, Central Asia led the world in trade and economic development, the size and sophistication of its cities, the refinement of its arts, and, above all, in the advancement of knowledge in many fields. Central Asians achieved signal breakthroughs in astronomy, mathematics, geology, medicine, chemistry, music, social science, philosophy, and theology, among other subjects.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Subject worthwhile but repetative narrative
- De F-M en 04-10-14
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Inglorious Empire
- What the British Did to India
- De: Shashi Tharoor
- Narrado por: Shashi Tharoor
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 501
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 441
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 439
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. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from cannons, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalized racism, and caused millions to die from starvation. British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for the benefit of the governed, but Shashi Tharoor takes on and demolishes this position, demonstrating how every supposed imperial "gift" was designed in Britain's interests alone.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An entertaining and provocative history
- De James Moseley en 01-07-20
De: Shashi Tharoor
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The Islamic Enlightenment
- The Struggle Between Faith and Reason: 1798 to Modern Times
- De: Christopher de Bellaigue
- Narrado por: Charles Armstrong
- Duración: 15 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
This absorbing account of the political and social reformations that transformed the lands of Islam during the 19th and early 20th centuries offers a game-changing assessment of the Middle East. Beginning his account in 1798, de Bellaigue demonstrates how the Middle East has long welcomed modern ideals and practices, including the adoption of modern medicine, the emergence of women from seclusion, and the development of democracy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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fascinating story not told.elsewhere in one place
- De Joseph Sullivan en 11-30-21
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The Victory of Reason
- How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success
- De: Rodney Stark
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 8 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 86
In The Victory of Reason, Rodney Stark advances a revolutionary, controversial, and long overdue idea: that Christianity and its related institutions are, in fact, directly responsible for the most significant intellectual, political, scientific, and economic breakthroughs of the past millennium. In Stark's view, what has propelled the West is not the tension between secular and non-secular society, nor the pitting of science and the humanities against religious belief. Christian theology, Stark asserts, is the very font of reason.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely incredible history book!
- De Daniel en 01-02-20
De: Rodney Stark
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What Is America
- A Short History of the New World Order
- De: Ronald Wright
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 6 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Ranging with dazzling expertise through anthropology, history, and literature, Wright reconfigures our self-perception, arguing that the "essence" of America can be traced to the foundations of our history--literally to the collision of worlds that began in 1492, as one civilization subsumed another--and exploring how these currents continue to shape our world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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insightful overview
- De rm3154 en 04-19-12
De: Ronald Wright
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The Shortest History of China
- From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower: A Retelling for Our Times
- De: Linda Jaivin
- Narrado por: Nancy Wu
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
From kung-fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk, China has influenced cuisine, commerce, military strategy, aesthetics, and philosophy across the world for thousands of years. Chinese history is nothing if not messy. Heroes are also villains; prosperity mingles with violence; cultural vibrancy coexists with censorship and repression. Modern China is seen variously as an economic powerhouse, an icon of urbanization, a propaganda state, and an aggressive superpower seeking world domination.
De: Linda Jaivin
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A History of Future Cities
- De: Daniel Brook
- Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray
- Duración: 13 h
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 50
A pioneering exploration of four cities where East meets West and past becomes future: St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Dubai. Every month, five million people move from the past to the future. Pouring into developing-world “instant cities” like Dubai and Shenzhen, these urban newcomers confront a modern world cobbled together from fragments of a West they have never seen. Do these fantastical boomtowns, where blueprints spring to life overnight on virgin land, represent the dawning of a brave new world? Or is their vaunted newness a mirage?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engaging and Memorable
- De Marcus Vorwaller en 04-15-14
De: Daniel Brook
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good story, bad narrator.
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A dazzling new history of the world told through the 10 major empires of human civilization. Combining breathtaking scope with masterful narrative control, Paul Strathern traces these connections across four millennia and sheds new light on these major civilizations - from the Mongol Empire and the Yuan Dynasty to the Aztec and Ottoman, through to the most recent and biggest empires: the British, Russo-Soviet, and American.
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The Number of the Beast
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The wickedest, most wonderful science fiction story ever created in our - or any - time. Anything can begin at a party in California - and everything does in this bold masterwork by a grand master of science fiction. When four supremely sensual and unspeakably cerebral humans - two male, two female - find themselves under attack from aliens who want their awesome quantum breakthrough, they take to the skies - and zoom into the cosmos on a rocket roller-coaster ride of adventure, danger, ecstasy, and peril.
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3 out of 5 stars
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One Aching Pain Short of Heaven
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Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
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In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose 63-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world. Never before has the full life of this controversial figure been revealed with such clarity and vividness. Bix describes what it was like to be trained from birth for a lone position at the apex of the nation's political hierarchy and as a revered symbol of divine status.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not what I bargained for
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The magnificent civilization created by the ancient Greeks and Romans is the greatest legacy of the classical world. However, narratives about the "civilized" Greek and Roman empires resisting the barbarians at the gate are far from accurate. Tony Spawforth, an esteemed scholar, author, and media contributor, follows the thread of civilization through more than six millennia of history. His story reveals that Greek and Roman civilization, to varying degrees, was supremely and surprisingly receptive to external influences, particularly from the East.
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4 out of 5 stars
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All is in the title....
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The Story of World Mythologies: From Indigenous Tales to Classical Legends
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Having founded the bank that became the most powerful in Europe in the 15th century, the Medici gained massive political power in Florence, raising the city to a peak of cultural achievement and becoming its hereditary dukes. Mary Hollingsworth argues that the idea that the Medici were enlightened rulers of the Renaissance is a fiction that has now acquired the status of historical fact. In truth, the Medici were as devious and immoral as the Borgias - tyrants loathed in the city they illegally made their own.
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Good story, bad narrator.
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A dazzling new history of the world told through the 10 major empires of human civilization. Combining breathtaking scope with masterful narrative control, Paul Strathern traces these connections across four millennia and sheds new light on these major civilizations - from the Mongol Empire and the Yuan Dynasty to the Aztec and Ottoman, through to the most recent and biggest empires: the British, Russo-Soviet, and American.
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A good overview for a beginner
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The Piano Shop on the Left Bank
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Thad Carhart never realized there was a gap in his life until he happened upon Desforges Pianos, a demure little shopfront in his Paris neighborhood that seemed to want to hide rather than advertise its wares. Like Alice in Wonderland, he found his attempts to gain entry rebuffed at every turn. An accidental introduction finally opened the door to the quartier's oddest hangout.
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Beautiful and Technically Perfect
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Eloquence of the Sardine
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- De: Bill François, Antony Shugaar - translator
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Written by a marine scientist (and winner of French eloquence competitions), this work of narrative nonfiction blends Bill François’ personal story with that of sea creatures to create an original and exciting work. In poetic prose, he describes his unlikely journey from being a Parisian child, afraid of the water and crippled by self-consciousness, to an eloquent and self-assured young man with a passion for the ocean and all who inhabit it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful and thoughtful
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The Battle of the Bulge
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4 out of 5 stars
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Decent Account
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The Gates of Europe
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Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense fight with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and political independence. But today's conflict is only the latest in a long history of battles over Ukraine's territory and its existence as a sovereign nation. As the award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy argues in The Gates of Europe, we must examine Ukraine's past in order to understand its present and future.
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An extraordinarily good book
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Courage Under Fire
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- De: Steven A. Sund
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Steven A. Sund, one of only ten men in history to hold the title of Chief of the US Capitol Police, has coordinated dozens of National Special Security Events, responded to numerous critical incidents and active shooter events, and has protected every living US president. But nothing could have prepared him for the violent attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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A Brief History of Intelligence
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General5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 64
Equal parts Sapiens, Behave, and Superintelligence, but wholly original in scope, A Brief History of Intelligence offers a paradigm shift for how we understand neuroscience and AI. Artificial intelligence entrepreneur Max Bennett chronicles the five “breakthroughs” in the evolution of human intelligence and reveals what brains of the past can tell us about the AI of tomorrow.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Flawed fundamental assumptions, good function rvw
- De Duane Leet en 06-01-24
De: Max Bennett
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Total1 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución2 out of 5 stars
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Historia1 out of 5 stars
- Neil Bhandar
- 12-02-22
Garbage!
Lots of mistakes little original content material seems to have been garbled from other literature all over the place. Save your money save your credits don’t buy this book.
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