Anthony G. Dispenza

needed more science

Revisado: 09-19-22

There was a lot more politics than I expected, and a lot less scientific theories and the ramifications and their finer points. It was far more a travelog than it was a science textbook. Some good vignettes, though, various prominent thinkers and their interactions with Humboldt and his ideas

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very good story, fine narration

Revisado: 06-02-22

the narrator's voice was somewhat annoying, and not at all the masculine voice you'd want for such a story. My first Ambrose book, I found he lived up to his reputation; excellent research. Not a great writer of prose - no beauty at all in his sentences - just straight reporting.

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Great story and well told!

Revisado: 03-23-22

Great story, very good narration, went on a bit too long in the middle with a little more detail than necessary about days and days at sea. Very much worth it, though, to hear how it ends!

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pretty good, but not very detailed storytelling

Revisado: 08-24-21

general history, listing events, but not as much first person description of events as we get in more recent history. what I expected, though

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incredible insight into a very foreign lifestyle

Revisado: 05-26-21

A leftist, feminist lesbian becomes a homeschooling Christian, married to a man. She explains the events in life that caused her to adopt the former and latter lifestyles, and shares her particular brand of Christianity in the process. If you've ever wondered, "how in the world can they believe the things they do? ", this story will certainly go a long way in answering that.

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old material poorly presented

Revisado: 01-16-21

If you have read much Beatles material, you'll find little new here, and very little having anything to do with Lennon's "last days." Maybe 5% of the book actually pertained to Mark David Chapman and the day he shot Lennon. The other 95% is a poorly written summary of Lennon's career in music, all of which you can read in other books with much better presentation. The prose were very dry, almost like a history textbook, lacking in color or insight, evoking no emotions. It's a short listen, and yet I kinda want my 8 hours back.

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mildly interesting

Revisado: 06-24-20

good narrator. the sexual debauchery was rife, even for a bowie book, and the left wing politics were more abundant that most material covering bowie. as sometimes happens with bowie, I'm left longing for more about his artistic brilliance, less about the perversion he escaped in his more mature years. still, there were some interesting insights into what Bowie found in these books. for a diehard fan, I'd say give it a try

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mediocre, some insights

Revisado: 06-12-20

a surprising amount of time is spent on anything other than Low. a great deal of time spent on pointing out Bowie's drug use, insinuating that he got all his ideas from someone else and had little originality, what a drama queen he was, sordid affairs, the unfortunately too frequently visited tabloid garbage. a lot of time is spent on station to station, an album I love, but this is supposed to be about low.

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decent

Revisado: 06-07-20

devout bowie fans will find some new insights into Bowie as a person, what he believed, as well as his music. For the price and time spent listening, you might as well. it's artistic and philosophical, not pop culture anti-intellectualism.

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great

Revisado: 02-25-20

I really hope that this gets good reviews and James makes a full length Auto biographical audio book

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