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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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The Written World
- The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization
- De: Martin Puchner
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 12 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 78
Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable journey through time and around the globe to reveal the powerful role stories and literature have played in creating the world we have today. Puchner introduces us to numerous visionaries as he explores 16 foundational texts selected from more than 4,000 years of world literature and reveals how writing has inspired the rise and fall of empires and nations, the spark of philosophical and political ideas, and the birth of religious beliefs. Indeed, literature has touched generations and changed the course of history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful and illuminating!
- De Gloria J. Petit-Clair en 12-04-17
De: Martin Puchner
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The Aeneid
- De: Virgil
- Narrado por: David Collins
- Duración: 13 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 57
The masterpiece of Rome's greatest poet, Virgil's Aeneid has inspired generations of readers and holds a central place in Western literature. The epic tells the story of a group of refugees from the ruined city of Troy, whose attempts to reach a promised land in the West are continually frustrated by the hostile goddess Juno. Finally reaching Italy, their leader, Aeneas, is forced to fight a bitter war against the natives to establish the foundations from which Rome is destined to rise.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story, but....
- De Tad Davis en 03-19-15
De: Virgil
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Orientalism
- De: Edward Said
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 19 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 594
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 480
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 481
This landmark book, first published in 1978, remains one of the most influential books in the Social Sciences, particularly Ethnic Studies and Postcolonialism. Said is best known for describing and critiquing "Orientalism", which he perceived as a constellation of false assumptions underlying Western attitudes toward the East. In Orientalism Said claimed a "subtle and persistent Eurocentric prejudice against Arabo-Islamic peoples and their culture."
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5 out of 5 stars
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We're lucky to have this on audio
- De Delano en 02-27-13
De: Edward Said
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How Do We Look
- The Body, the Divine, and the Question of Civilization
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Mary Beard
- Duración: 2 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
From prehistoric Mexico to modern Istanbul, Mary Beard looks beyond the familiar canon of Western imagery to explore the history of art, religion, and humanity. Conceived as an accompaniment to How Do We Look and The Eye of Faith, the famed Civilizations shows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on how we have looked at art.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Really needs a PDF
- De Britt Elin Gihleengen en 12-06-18
De: Mary Beard
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The Oldest Enigma of Humanity
- De: Bertrand David, Jean-Jacques Lefrere
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 3 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
Thirty thousand years ago our prehistoric ancestors painted perfect images of animals on walls of tortuous caves, most often without any light. How was this possible? Scholars and archaeologists have for centuries pored over these works of art, speculating and hoping to come away with the key to the mystery. David and Lefrre give us a new understanding of an art lost in time, revealing what had until recently remained unexplainable - the oldest enigma in humanity has been solved.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Amazing conclusion that will change your views
- De D en 05-13-15
De: Bertrand David, y otros
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The House of Wisdom
- How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
- De: Jim Al-Khalili
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 10 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 345
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 307
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 308
The Arabic legacy of science and philosophy has long been hidden from the West. British-Iraqi physicist Jim Al-Khalili unveils that legacy to fascinating effect by returning to its roots in the hubs of Arab innovation that would advance science and jump-start the European Renaissance.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting book, well-narrated for sure
- De Roderic Rinehart en 11-07-20
De: Jim Al-Khalili
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Ibn Khaldun
- An Intellectual Biography
- De: Robert Irwin
- Narrado por: John Telfer
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 84
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 70
Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) is generally regarded as the greatest intellectual ever to have appeared in the Arab world - a genius who ranks as one of the world's great minds. Yet the author of the Muqaddima, the most important study of history ever produced in the Islamic world, is not as well known as he should be, and his ideas are widely misunderstood. In this groundbreaking intellectual biography, Robert Irwin provides an engaging and authoritative account of Ibn Khaldun's extraordinary life, times, writings, and ideas.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Issues with accuracy, pronounciation
- De Moh 3aly en 01-02-19
De: Robert Irwin
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The House of Wisdom
- How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization
- De: Jonathan Lyons
- Narrado por: Jay Snyder
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 107
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 70
Here is the remarkable story of how medieval Arab scholars made dazzling advances in science and philosophy, and of the itinerant Europeans who brought this knowledge back to the West. For centuries following the fall of Rome, Western Europe was a benighted backwater, a world of subsistence farming, minimal literacy, and violent conflict. Meanwhile, Arab culture was thriving, dazzling those Europeans fortunate enough to catch even a glimpse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Missing history
- De Robert en 11-26-11
De: Jonathan Lyons
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The Map of Knowledge
- A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found
- De: Violet Moller
- Narrado por: Susan Duerden
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 80
The foundations of modern knowledge - philosophy, math, astronomy, geography - were laid by the Greeks, whose ideas were written on scrolls and stored in libraries across the Mediterranean and beyond. But as the vast Roman Empire disintegrated, so did appreciation of these precious texts. Christianity cast a shadow over so-called pagan thought, books were burned, and the library of Alexandria, the greatest repository of classical knowledge, was destroyed. Yet some texts did survive and The Map of Knowledge explores the role played by seven cities around the Mediterranean....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Terrible narration.
- De nathan535 en 11-05-19
De: Violet Moller
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Culture and Imperialism
- De: Edward Said
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 19 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 191
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 151
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 154
A landmark work from the intellectually auspicious author of Orientalism, this book explores the long-overlooked connections between the Western imperial endeavor and the culture that both reflected and reinforced it. This classic study, the direct successor to Said's main work, is read by Peter Ganim ( Orientalism).
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5 out of 5 stars
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BRAVO, AUDIBLE!! WE NEED MORE SAID!! REAL BOOKS!!
- De AnthonyStevens en 02-27-11
De: Edward Said
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The Ornament of the World
- How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
- De: Maria Rosa Menocal, Harold Bloom - foreword
- Narrado por: Tanya Eby
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 78
Widely hailed as a revelation of a "lost" golden age, this history brings to vivid life the rich and thriving culture of medieval Spain, where, for more than seven centuries, Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance, and literature, science, and the arts flourished.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book
- De Zahid Ahmad en 08-14-18
De: Maria Rosa Menocal, y otros
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Tom and Jack
- The Intertwined Lives of Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock
- De: Henry Adams
- Narrado por: Wayne Thompson
- Duración: 11 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
The drip paintings of Jackson Pollock, trailblazing Abstract Expressionist, appear to be the polar opposite of Thomas Hart Benton's highly figurative Americana. Yet the two men had a close and highly charged relationship dating from Pollock's days as a student under Benton. Pollock's first and only formal training came from Benton, and the older man soon became a surrogate father to Pollock.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I suggest you READ, not listen...
- De Grace O'Malley en 07-01-16
De: Henry Adams
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The Renaissance
- A Captivating Guide to a Remarkable Period in European History, Including Stories of People Such as Galileo Galilei, Michelangelo, Copernicus, Shakespeare, and Leonardo da Vinci
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Richard L. Walton
- Duración: 3 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
If you want to discover the captivating history of the Renaissance, then pay attention.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Monotone reader
- De Harry R. Martin en 08-07-19
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The Art Instinct
- Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
- De: Denis Dutton
- Narrado por: P. J. Ochlan
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 66
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 51
The Art Instinct combines two of the most fascinating and contentious disciplines, art and evolutionary science, in a provocative new work that will revolutionize the way art itself is perceived. Aesthetic taste, argues Denis Dutton, is an evolutionary trait, and is shaped by natural selection. It's not, as almost all contemporary art criticism and academic theory would have it, "socially constructed".
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5 out of 5 stars
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A breath of fresh air!
- De Michael en 02-19-14
De: Denis Dutton