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Editors Select, October 2017
Walter Isaacson, one of the most celebrated biographers of our time, is probably the only person who could successfully tackle a biography of the utterly complex, enigmatic, and misunderstood Leonardo Da Vinci; in fact, you could say that Da Vinci is the Steve Jobs of the 15th century (smile if you get it). Half jokes aside, Isaacson does an incredible job of melding Da Vinci the man with Da Vinci the artist, scientist, and inventor. Though it sometimes seems as if Dan Brown deserves credit for the recent cultural fascination with the Renaissance artist, Isaacson will surely be credited for unearthing Da Vinci’s past in a scholarly yet manageable manner. Narrator Alfred Molina's rhythmic and smooth delivery makes this work all the more accessible. —Laura, Audible Editor
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The author of the acclaimed best sellers Benjamin Franklin, Einstein, and Steve Jobs delivers an engrossing biography of Leonardo da Vinci, the world's most creative genius.
Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and engineering. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history's most creative genius.
Now Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life, showing why we have much to learn from him. His combination of science, art, technology, and imagination remains an enduring recipe for creativity. So, too, was his ease at being a bit of a misfit: illegitimate, gay, vegetarian, left-handed, easily distracted, and at times heretical. His relentless curiosity should remind us of the importance of instilling, in both ourselves and our children, not just received knowledge but a willingness to question it - to be imaginative and, like talented misfits and rebels in any era, to think different.
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- Duración: 7 h y 25 m
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In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo Buonarroti to paint the ceiling of the newly restored Sistine Chapel in Rome. During the four extraordinary years that Michelangelo spent laboring over the ceiling, power politics and personal rivalries swirled around him. He battled ill health, financial and family difficulties, inadequate knowledge of the art of fresco, and the Pope's impatience - a history that is more compelling than most novels.
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History brought to life!
- De Anne en 05-17-03
De: Ross King
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The Vanishing Velázquez
- A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece
- De: Laura Cumming
- Narrado por: Siobhan Redmond
- Duración: 10 h y 16 m
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When John Snare, a 19th-century provincial bookseller, traveled to a liquidation auction, he stumbled on a vivid portrait of King Charles I that defied any explanation. The Charles of the painting was young - too young to be king - and yet also too young to be painted by the Flemish painter to which the work was attributed. Snare had found something incredible - but what? His research brought him to Diego Velázquez, whose long-lost portrait of Prince Charles has eluded art experts for generations.
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A fascinating study of art history
- De Ron en 07-02-16
De: Laura Cumming
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Turner
- The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J. M. W. Turner
- De: Franny Moyle
- Narrado por: John Sackville
- Duración: 17 h y 45 m
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J. M. W. Turner is one of the most important figures in Western art, and his visionary work paved the way for a revolution in landscape painting. Over the course of his lifetime, Turner strove to liberate painting from an antiquated system of patronage. Bringing a new level of expression and color to his canvases, he paved the way for the modern artist.
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Balanced biography of a complex artist
- De Thomas S. en 05-05-17
De: Franny Moyle
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Alice Behind Wonderland
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
- Duración: 2 h y 43 m
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On a summer's day in 1858, in a garden behind Christ Church College in Oxford, Charles Dodgson, a lecturer in mathematics, photographed six-year-old Alice Liddell, the daughter of the college dean, with a Thomas Ottewill Registered Double Folding camera, recently purchased in London. Simon Winchester deftly uses the resulting image - as unsettling as it is famous, and the subject of bottomless speculation - as the vehicle for a brief excursion behind the lens, a focal point on the origins of a classic work of English literature.
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Not Long Enough
- De thefrogman en 06-18-12
De: Simon Winchester
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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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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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I suggest you READ, not listen...
- De Grace O'Malley en 07-01-16
De: Henry Adams
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The Sistine Secrets
- Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican
- De: Benjamin Blech, Roy Doliner
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 11 h y 18 m
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Five hundred years ago, Michelangelo began work on a painting that became one of the most famous pieces of art in the world - the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Every year millions of people come to see Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling, which is the largest fresco painting on earth in the holiest of Christianity's chapels; yet there is not one single Christian image in this vast, magnificent artwork.
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Well-researched!
- De Natalie K. en 08-28-17
De: Benjamin Blech, y otros
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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
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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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Amazing conclusion that will change your views
- De D en 05-13-15
De: Bertrand David, y otros
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Red Land, Black Land
- Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
- De: Barbara Mertz
- Narrado por: Lorna Raver
- Duración: 14 h y 56 m
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Esteemed Egyptologist Barbara Mertz updates her widely praised social history of the people of ancient Egypt, which was originally published in 1968. Combining impeccable scholarship with a delightfully personal style, the author reconstructs the life of the Egyptians from birth to death, and beyond death, too.
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Brilliant
- De Elizabeth en 04-03-10
De: Barbara Mertz
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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
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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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Really needs a PDF
- De Britt Elin Gihleengen en 12-06-18
De: Mary Beard
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Red
- A History of the Redhead
- De: Jacky Colliss Harvey
- Narrado por: Jacky Colliss Harvey
- Duración: 6 h y 36 m
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Red is a brilliantly told, captivating history of red hair throughout the ages. An audiobook that breaks new ground, dispels myths, and reinforces the special nature of being a redhead, with a look at multiple disciplines, including science, religion, politics, feminism and sexuality, literature, and art. With an obsessive fascination that is as contagious as it is compelling, author Jacky Colliss Harvey (herself a redhead) begins her exploration of red hair in prehistory and traces the redhead gene as it made its way out of Africa with the early human diaspora.
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Pushing Past Stereotypes
- De Troy en 06-09-15
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Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts
- De: Christopher de Hamel
- Narrado por: Christopher de Hamel
- Duración: 17 h y 40 m
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Coming face to face with an important illuminated manuscript in the original is rather like meeting a very famous person. We may all pretend that a well-known celebrity is no different from anyone else, and yet there is an undeniable thrill in actually meeting and talking to a person of world stature. The idea for this book, which is entirely new, is to invite the listener into an intimate conversation with a selection of the most famous manuscripts in existence and to let each of those manuscripts illuminate the Middle Ages and sometimes the modern world too.
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I've been waiting a long time for a book like this
- De Robert en 04-15-18
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The Art of Rivalry
- Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art
- De: Sebastian Smee
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
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Rivalry is at the heart of some of the most famous and fruitful relationships in history. The Art of Rivalry follows eight celebrated artists, each linked to a counterpart by friendship, admiration, envy, and ambition. All eight are household names today. But to achieve what they did, each needed the influence of a contemporary - one who was equally ambitious but who possessed sharply contrasting strengths and weaknesses.
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Death by bob souer
- De SKWAD en 01-18-18
De: Sebastian Smee
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Einstein
- His Life and Universe
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 21 h y 30 m
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Why we think it’s a great listen: You thought he was a stodgy scientist with funny hair, but Isaacson and Hermann reveal an eloquent, intense, and selfless human being who not only shaped science with his theories, but politics and world events in the 20th century as well. Based on the newly released personal letters of Albert Einstein, Walter Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos.
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Surprise: Two books in one!
- De Henrik en 04-20-07
De: Walter Isaacson
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 24 h y 40 m
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Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us - an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings. In best-selling author Walter Isaacson's vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin turns to us from history's stage with eyes that twinkle from behind his new-fangled spectacles. In Benjamin Franklin, Isaacson shows how Franklin defines both his own time and ours. The most interesting thing that Franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself.
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Good book, not crazy about the narrator
- De Cathi en 07-20-13
De: Walter Isaacson
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The Innovators
- How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
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Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail?
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A History of the Ancient Geeks
- De Mark en 10-21-14
De: Walter Isaacson
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Steve Jobs
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Dylan Baker
- Duración: 25 h y 18 m
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Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
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Good Biography, Fine narrator
- De Chris en 10-27-11
De: Walter Isaacson
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The Code Breaker
- Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Kathe Mazur, Walter Isaacson
- Duración: 16 h y 4 m
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The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a “compelling” (The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies.
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Except for the author, this book is good!
- De Johan en 03-14-21
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Kissinger
- A Biography
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 34 h y 30 m
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By the time Henry Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had become, according to a Gallup poll, the most admired person in America and one of the most unlikely celebrities ever to capture the world’s imagination. Yet Kissinger was also reviled by large segments of the American public, ranging from liberal intellectuals to conservative activists. Kissinger explores the relationship between this complex man's personality and the foreign policy he pursued.
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A dissapointment
- De Mike From Mesa en 12-16-13
De: Walter Isaacson
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Einstein
- His Life and Universe
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 21 h y 30 m
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Why we think it’s a great listen: You thought he was a stodgy scientist with funny hair, but Isaacson and Hermann reveal an eloquent, intense, and selfless human being who not only shaped science with his theories, but politics and world events in the 20th century as well. Based on the newly released personal letters of Albert Einstein, Walter Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos.
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Surprise: Two books in one!
- De Henrik en 04-20-07
De: Walter Isaacson
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 24 h y 40 m
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Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us - an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings. In best-selling author Walter Isaacson's vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin turns to us from history's stage with eyes that twinkle from behind his new-fangled spectacles. In Benjamin Franklin, Isaacson shows how Franklin defines both his own time and ours. The most interesting thing that Franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself.
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Good book, not crazy about the narrator
- De Cathi en 07-20-13
De: Walter Isaacson
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The Innovators
- How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
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Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail?
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A History of the Ancient Geeks
- De Mark en 10-21-14
De: Walter Isaacson
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Steve Jobs
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Dylan Baker
- Duración: 25 h y 18 m
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Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
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Good Biography, Fine narrator
- De Chris en 10-27-11
De: Walter Isaacson
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The Code Breaker
- Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Kathe Mazur, Walter Isaacson
- Duración: 16 h y 4 m
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The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a “compelling” (The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies.
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Except for the author, this book is good!
- De Johan en 03-14-21
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Kissinger
- A Biography
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 34 h y 30 m
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By the time Henry Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had become, according to a Gallup poll, the most admired person in America and one of the most unlikely celebrities ever to capture the world’s imagination. Yet Kissinger was also reviled by large segments of the American public, ranging from liberal intellectuals to conservative activists. Kissinger explores the relationship between this complex man's personality and the foreign policy he pursued.
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A dissapointment
- De Mike From Mesa en 12-16-13
De: Walter Isaacson
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Leonardo da Vinci (Spanish Edition)
- La biografía
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Luis Solís
- Duración: 19 h y 48 m
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Basándose en las miles de páginas de los cuadernos manuscritos de Leonardo y nuevos descubrimientos sobre su vida y su obra, Walter Isaacson teje una narración que conecta el arte de Da Vinci con sus investigaciones científicas, y nos muestra cómo el genio del hombre más visionario de la historia nació de habilidades que todos poseemos y podemos estimular, tales como la curiosidad incansable, la observación cuidadosa y la imaginación juguetona. Su creatividad, como la de todo gran innovador, resultó de la intersección entre la tecnología y las humanidades.
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Necesitan las imágenes adicionales del audiolibro
- De Ricardo Robles en 09-05-18
De: Walter Isaacson
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Elon Musk
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Jeremy Bobb, Walter Isaacson
- Duración: 20 h y 39 m
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When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist.
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megalomania on display
- De JP en 09-12-23
De: Walter Isaacson
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The Wise Men
- Six Friends and the World They Made
- De: Evan Thomas, Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Jonathan Reese
- Duración: 33 h y 27 m
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Six close friends shaped the role their country would play in the dangerous years following World War II. They were the original best and brightest, whose towering intellects, outsize personalities, and dramatic actions would bring order to the postwar chaos, and whose strong response to Soviet expansionism would leave a legacy that dominates American policy to this day. In April 1945, they converged to advise an untutored new president, Harry Truman.
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Dull with poor narration
- De KD6161 en 03-31-17
De: Evan Thomas, y otros
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American Sketches
- Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Cotter Smith
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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In this collection of essays, Walter Isaacson reflects on the lessons to be learned from Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton, and various other interesting characters he has chronicled as a biographer and journalist. The people he writes about have an awesome intelligence, in most cases, but that is not the secret of their success.
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Not Really Sketches
- De DAVID en 11-04-11
De: Walter Isaacson
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Leonardo da Vinci
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Alfred Molina
- Duración: 9 h y 12 m
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Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and engineering. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history's most creative genius.
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Poor narration
- De Dave en 11-04-19
De: Walter Isaacson
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Michelangelo, God's Architect
- The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece
- De: William E. Wallace
- Narrado por: Simon Callow
- Duración: 8 h y 44 m
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Michelangelo, God's Architect is the first book to tell the full story of Michelangelo's final two decades, when the peerless artist refashioned himself into the master architect of St. Peter’s Basilica and other major buildings. When the Pope handed Michelangelo control of the St. Peter’s project in 1546, it was a study in architectural mismanagement, plagued by flawed design and faulty engineering.
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Michelangelo, architect, urban designer, artist
- De Marco en 09-16-20
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Churchill
- Walking with Destiny
- De: Andrew Roberts
- Narrado por: Stephen Thorne
- Duración: 50 h y 28 m
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When we seek an example of great leaders with unalloyed courage, the person who comes to mind is Winston Churchill: the iconic, visionary war leader immune from the consensus of the day, who stood firmly for his beliefs when everyone doubted him. But how did young Winston become Churchill? What gave him the strength to take on the superior force of Nazi Germany when bombs rained on London and so many others had caved? In this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based on extensive new material, the true genius of the man, statesman, and leader can finally be fully understood.
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Superb Biography
- De Jean en 03-03-19
De: Andrew Roberts
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
- A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
- De: Irving Stone
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 33 h y 54 m
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This is Irving Stone's powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo. His time: the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the all-powerful Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola. His loves: the frail and lovely daughter of Lorenzo de Medici; the ardent mistress of Marco Aldovrandi; and his last love - his greatest love - the beautiful, unhappy Vittoria Colonna.
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One of the Best Historical Novels Ever Written
- De Amazon Customer en 03-22-12
De: Irving Stone
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Invent and Wander
- The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, with an Introduction by Walter Isaacson
- De: Jeff Bezos, Walter Isaacson - introduction
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
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In this collection of Jeff Bezos' writings - his unique and strikingly original annual shareholder letters, plus numerous speeches and interviews that provide insight into his background, his work, and the evolution of his ideas - you'll gain an insider's view of the why and how of his success. Spanning a range of topics across business and public policy, from innovation and customer obsession to climate change and outer space, this book provides a rare glimpse into how Bezos thinks about the world and where the future might take us.
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Do the right thing.
- De FULL Creative en 12-06-20
De: Jeff Bezos, y otros
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Washington
- A Life
- De: Ron Chernow
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 41 h y 54 m
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In Washington: A Life celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation. This crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his troubled boyhood, his precocious feats in the French and Indian War, his creation of Mount Vernon, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention, and his magnificent performance as America's first president.
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A sad day when my book was done!
- De ButterLegume en 12-13-10
De: Ron Chernow
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Napoleon
- A Life
- De: Andrew Roberts
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 32 h y 56 m
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Andrew Roberts' Napoleon is the first one-volume biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon's thirty-three thousand letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation. At last we see him as he was: protean multitasker, decisive, surprisingly willing to forgive his enemies and his errant wife Josephine.
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What a dynamo!
- De Tad Davis en 01-16-15
De: Andrew Roberts
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Titan
- The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
- De: Ron Chernow
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 35 h y 3 m
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Titan is the first full-length biography based on unrestricted access to Rockefeller’s exceptionally rich trove of papers. A landmark publication full of startling revelations, the book indelibly alters our image of this most enigmatic capitalist. Born the son of a flamboyant, bigamous snake-oil salesman and a pious, straitlaced mother, Rockefeller rose from rustic origins to become the world’s richest man by creating America’s most powerful and feared monopoly, Standard Oil. Branded "the Octopus" by legions of muckrakers, the trust refined and marketed nearly 90 percent of the oil produced in America.
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He makes Bill Gates look like a Pauper!
- De Rick en 11-04-13
De: Ron Chernow
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- JG
- 11-05-17
Fascinating insight into a fascinating man.
Loved it. Absorbed from beginning to end. Thanks to the Isaacson for his exhaustive research. I can't imagine reading all Da Vinci's scribbly notebooks in Italian mirror script and understanding the many topics presented.
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- Kimberly
- 11-09-17
Outstanding
The reader is excellent. I love that the author also reads at the beginning and the end. This is well written and informative.
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- andrew
- 10-26-17
fascinating book
loved this book. Fascinating man and captivating story. this book was one of the best that Walter issacson has written. sad it's over
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- Michael
- 11-15-17
A great book and a very wonderful presentation.
This book is amazing. While I did get a bit lulled into boredom over the nuances of the painting styles and what 'expert'' opinions have been over time, the discussion of his mind and interests more than compensated. I enjoyed the more vertical look here, rather than traditional horizontal biographies.
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- Jose Betancur
- 11-13-17
Leonardo magic in the best voice
The way Alfred Molina reads Walter Isaacson, transports you to the medieval times, and found yourself next to Leonardo, found yourself beside the master and the rhythm of the story makes it a very good entertainment.
AUDIBLE 20 REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY
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- Too many movies, too little time
- 04-12-19
More art history extravaganza than biography
This work probably is better as a book than as an audiorecording. The performance is excellent; Alfred Molina does a wonderful job with the material. What surprised me - and not necessarily in a good way - was that the book spent a lot of time analyzing DaVinci's paintings rather than discussing general life during the Renaissance. The recording comes with a PDF of images of DaVinci's work and some locations. The problem is that if you're listening to this in the car or while you're walking, you can't refer to the image being discussed. The discussion of the artworks take up about a third of the recording's running time, so it can be a little frustrating at times. Still, it was good to hear the history and learn more about who Leonardo was as a human being.
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- Spenser
- 04-13-18
Intriguing, but Dense
This book was interesting and I am incredibly glad that I I purchased it. However, the material is somewhat dense so those expecting a historical fiction book will likely be disappointed by the detailed analysis of da Vinci’s journals that comprises the bulk of the book. That said, if you are looking for a good nonfiction book, I highly recommend.
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- Robert C. Ashby
- 01-05-19
some issues with voice
I loved the book, but Alfred Molina's voice was difficult to hear at times. I don't feel he is right voice for the material.
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- B. Hansen
- 02-08-18
Engaging and entertaining
This book was amazing. I have always had a hard time getting into biographies but this one was amazing. The details that the author goes over on the life of da Vinci are fascinating and will keep your interest chapter after chapter. This is a must read for anyone even mildly interested in the arts or art history.
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- P. PAI
- 01-18-18
The accompanying pdf is absolutely needed.
When listening to this audio book, please make sure you download and have available the accompanying pdf file. I think the magic of the book is on the research and description explaining the many graphs in the pdf file.
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