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Christendom
- The Triumph of a Religion, AD 300-1300
- De: Peter Heather
- Narrado por: Peter Heather
- Duración: 23 h y 48 m
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In the fourth century AD, a new faith exploded out of Palestine. Overwhelming the paganism of Rome, and converting the Emperor Constantine in the process, it resoundingly defeated a host of other rivals. Almost a thousand years later, all of Europe was controlled by Christian rulers, and the religion, ingrained within culture and society, exercised a monolithic hold over its population. But, as Peter Heather shows in this compelling new history, there was nothing inevitable about Christendom's rise to Europe-wide dominance.
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Not great.
- De Timothy en 01-06-25
- Christendom
- The Triumph of a Religion, AD 300-1300
- De: Peter Heather
- Narrado por: Peter Heather
Excellent, detailed history with analysis
Revisado: 05-30-24
I have been curious about this time period for a long time. Constantine has always fascinated me. This is an excellent walk through a very important time in human history. I enjoyed the book very much.
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The Parasitic Mind
- How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
- De: Gad Saad
- Narrado por: Jim Meskimen
- Duración: 7 h y 36 m
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Serving as a powerful follow-up to Jordan Peterson’s book 12 Rules for Life, Dr. Gad Saad unpacks what is really happening in progressive safe zones, why we need to be paying more attention to these trends, and what we must do to stop the spread of dangerous thinking. A professor at Concordia University who has witnessed this troubling epidemic firsthand, Dr. Saad dissects a multitude of these concerning forces (corrupt thought patterns, belief systems, attitudes, etc.) that have given rise to a stifling political correctness in our society.
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Some pros and some cons
- De chris boutte en 10-11-20
- The Parasitic Mind
- How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
- De: Gad Saad
- Narrado por: Jim Meskimen
Excellent read
Revisado: 01-25-23
I found this book to be very interesting and informative. Dr. Saad's personal history is fascinating. Some books are interesting but sometimes I finish a book and contemplate whether it was worth my time. Not so with this book. Very contemporary and worthy of further discussions with friends.
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The Panzer Killers
- The Untold Story of a Fighting General and His Spearhead Tank Division's Charge into the Third Reich
- De: Daniel P. Bolger
- Narrado por: Stephen Mendel
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
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Two months after D-Day, the Allies found themselves in a stalemate in Normandy, having suffered enormous casualties attempting to push through hedgerow country. Troops were spent, and American tankers, lacking the tactics and leadership to deal with the terrain, were losing their spirit. General George Patton and the other top US commanders needed an officer who knew how to break the impasse and roll over the Germans - they needed one man with the grit and the vision to take the war all the way to the Rhine. Patton and his peers selected Maurice Rose.
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Pronunciation counts
- De Brian Shivers en 08-22-21
- The Panzer Killers
- The Untold Story of a Fighting General and His Spearhead Tank Division's Charge into the Third Reich
- De: Daniel P. Bolger
- Narrado por: Stephen Mendel
Excellent!
Revisado: 04-30-22
Worth your time and effort. I learned many things. Maurice Rose is a name we should all know.
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Normandy '44
- D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France
- De: James Holland
- Narrado por: John Sackville
- Duración: 24 h y 20 m
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D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the 76 days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west - the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries. Yet as familiar as it is, as James Holland makes clear in his definitive history, many parts of the OVERLORD campaign, as it was known, are still shrouded in myth and assumed knowledge.
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Excellent account of Normandy but be weary...
- De S. H. Moore en 02-22-20
- Normandy '44
- D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France
- De: James Holland
- Narrado por: John Sackville
Excellent, in-depth accounting and story
Revisado: 03-01-22
Very much enjoyed this book. Well-narrated recounting of D Day and the days after. I am going to Ormandy this summer and this has better prepared me to know what I will be looking at. I am a retired Army Infantry Officer and greatly enjoyed the details in this book. Highly recommend.
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The First Wave
- The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II
- De: Alex Kershaw
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
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Beginning in the predawn darkness of June 6, 1944, The First Wave follows the remarkable men who carried out D-Day’s most perilous missions. The charismatic, unforgettable cast includes the first American paratrooper to touch down on Normandy soil; the glider pilot who braved antiaircraft fire to crash-land mere yards from the vital Pegasus Bridge; the brothers who led their troops onto Juno Beach under withering fire; as well as a French commando, returning to his native land, who fought to destroy German strongholds on Sword Beach and beyond.
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Thoughtful and Sobering
- De Anonymous User en 10-07-19
- The First Wave
- The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II
- De: Alex Kershaw
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
Excellent!!! very personal.
Revisado: 12-21-21
Loved it! Great storytelling. Highly recommend. Don't have to be a military historian to appreciate it.
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Uranium
- War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World
- De: Tom Zoellner
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 12 h y 58 m
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Uranium is a common element in the earth's crust and the only naturally occurring mineral with the power to end all life on the planet. After World War II, it reshaped the global order---whoever could master uranium could master the world. Marie Curie gave us hope that uranium would be a miracle panacea, but the Manhattan Project gave us reason to believe that civilization would end with apocalypse.
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GREAT book, awful narration
- De Carolyn en 03-30-09
- Uranium
- War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World
- De: Tom Zoellner
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
excellent
Revisado: 02-06-19
very well done. very enjoyable. It connected so many things. everyone should understand this history.
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Empire of Blue Water
- Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe that Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign
- De: Stephan Talty
- Narrado por: John H. Mayer
- Duración: 13 h y 26 m
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He challenged the greatest empire on earth with a ragtag bunch of renegades and brought it to its knees. This is the real story of the pirates of the Caribbean. Henry Morgan, a 20-year-old Welshman, crossed the Atlantic in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the next three decades, his exploits in the Caribbean became legendary. His daring attacks on the mighty Spanish empire on land and at sea determined the fates of kings and queens, and his victories helped shape the destiny of the New World.
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Morbid Terrorists?
- De Jack en 11-11-08
- Empire of Blue Water
- Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe that Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign
- De: Stephan Talty
- Narrado por: John H. Mayer
Arrrgghhhh!
Revisado: 11-07-18
Good listen on historically important events. I did not know many of the things about Morgan. Highly recommend.
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The Pillars of the Earth
- De: Ken Follett
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 40 h y 56 m
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The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known...of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect - a man divided in his soul...of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame...and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother.
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Epic story to be read by all!
- De Gina en 07-25-09
- The Pillars of the Earth
- De: Ken Follett
- Narrado por: John Lee
Loved it
Revisado: 08-04-18
I see why it is a classic. Just wonderful. the characters are so well-developed and life-like.
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The Silk Roads
- A New History of the World
- De: Peter Frankopan
- Narrado por: Laurence Kennedy
- Duración: 24 h y 13 m
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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, and it was the appetites for foreign goods that drove economies and the growth of nations. From the first cities in Mesopotamia to the emergence of Greece and Rome to the depredations by the Mongols, the transmission of the Black Death, the struggles of the Great Game, and the fall of Communism - the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East.
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Western history, but no more
- De Aaron Taylor en 07-18-16
- The Silk Roads
- A New History of the World
- De: Peter Frankopan
- Narrado por: Laurence Kennedy
Fantastic! Should be required reading for all!
Revisado: 04-16-18
I loved this book. Just awesome! A great mixture of vignette, fact, and opinion. Made sense of much I had previously wondered about. If only we all knew our own history.....
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How the Irish Saved Civilization
- The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
- De: Thomas Cahill
- Narrado por: Donal Donnelly
- Duración: 8 h y 12 m
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Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization, they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated.
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Fascinating book
- De P en 08-15-04
- How the Irish Saved Civilization
- The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
- De: Thomas Cahill
- Narrado por: Donal Donnelly
Great book! Just fascinating.
Revisado: 03-13-18
Was just in Dublin and visited Trinity College. You must see the library! Love this history.
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