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A Very Short Introduction
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In Politics: A Very Short Introduction, Kenneth Minogue begins with a discussion of issues arising from a historical account of politics and goes on to offer chapters dealing with the Ancient Greeks and the idea of citizenship; Roman law; medieval Christianity and individualism; freedom since Machiavelli and Hobbes; the challenge of ideologies; democracy, oligarchy, and bureaucracy; power and order in modern society; and politics in the West.
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Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists as it was for the end of the Cold War. Now updated with a new afterword, The End of History and the Last Man is a modern classic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An important discussion expertly narrated
- De Kevin Teeple en 06-27-19
De: Francis Fukuyama
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Suicide of the West
- How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy
- De: Jonah Goldberg
- Narrado por: Jonah Goldberg
- Duración: 16 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,408
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Only once in the last 250,000 years have humans stumbled upon a way to lift ourselves out of the endless cycle of poverty, hunger, and war that defines most of history. If democracy, individualism, and the free market were humankind’s destiny, they should have appeared and taken hold a bit earlier in the evolutionary record. The emergence of freedom and prosperity was nothing short of a miracle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Put some gratitude in your attitude
- De Amazon Customer en 04-25-18
De: Jonah Goldberg
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
- De: Hannah Arendt
- Narrado por: Nadia May
- Duración: 23 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 945
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This classic, definitive account of totalitarianism traces the emergence of modern racism as an "ideological weapon for imperialism", beginning with the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe in the 19th century and continuing through the New Imperialism period from 1884 to World War I.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Vast and intricate analysis of horror
- De Roger en 08-04-08
De: Hannah Arendt
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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 197
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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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Last Call for Liberty
- How America's Genius for Freedom Has Become Its Greatest Threat
- De: Os Guinness
- Narrado por: Os Guinness
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 78
The hour is critical. The American republic is suffering its gravest crisis since the Civil War. Conflicts, hostility, and incivility now threaten to tear the country apart. Competing visions have led to a dangerous moment of cultural self-destruction. This is no longer politics as usual, but an era of political warfare where our enemies are not foreign adversaries, but our fellow citizens. Yet the roots of the crisis are deeper than many realize. Os Guinness argues that we face a fundamental crisis of freedom, as America's genius for freedom has become her Achilles' heel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thought Provoking Work On Liberty In America
- De Ezekiel en 05-28-19
De: Os Guinness
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On Anarchism
- De: Noam Chomsky, Nathan Schneider - introduction
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 4 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 718
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 602
On Anarchism provides the reasoning behind Noam Chomsky's fearless lifelong questioning of the legitimacy of entrenched power. In these essays, Chomsky redeems one of the most maligned ideologies, anarchism, and places it at the foundation of his political thinking. Chomsky's anarchism is distinctly optimistic and egalitarian. Moreover, it is a living, evolving tradition that is situated in a historical lineage; Chomsky's anarchism emphasizes the power of collective, rather than individualist, action.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Hit and Miss
- De Jacob King en 06-18-14
De: Noam Chomsky, y otros
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The Enlightenment
- And Why It Still Matters
- De: Anthony Pagden
- Narrado por: Robert Blumenfeld
- Duración: 16 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 127
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 111
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 112
One of our most renowned and brilliant historians takes a fresh look at the revolutionary intellectual movement that laid the foundation for the modern world. Liberty and equality. Human rights. Freedom of thought and expression. Belief in reason and progress. The value of scientific inquiry. These are just some of the ideas that were conceived and developed during the Enlightenment, and which changed forever the intellectual landscape of the Western world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A thorough political tract rather than history
- De Jacobus en 03-08-14
De: Anthony Pagden
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Why You Think the Way You Do
- The Story of Western Worldviews from Rome to Home
- De: Glenn S. Sunshine
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 99
Why You Think the Way You Do traces the development of the worldviews that underpin the Western world. Professor and historian Glenn S. Sunshine demonstrates the decisive impact that the growth of Christianity had in transforming the outlook of pagan Roman culture into one that—based on biblical concepts of humanity and its relationship with God—established virtually all the positive aspects of Western civilization.
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2 out of 5 stars
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"Christian's view of the western world"
- De Bradley en 03-21-10
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The Twilight of the American Enlightenment
- The 1950s and the Crisis of Liberal Belief
- De: George M. Marsden
- Narrado por: William Hughes
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 91
In the aftermath of World War II, the United States stood at a precipice. The forces of modernity unleashed by the war had led to astonishing advances in daily life, but technology and mass culture also threatened to erode the country's traditional moral character. As award-winning historian George M. Marsden explains in The Twilight of the American Enlightenment, postwar Americans looked to the country's secular liberalelites for guidance in this precarious time, but these intellectuals proved unable to articulate a coherent common cause by which America could chart its course.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Such a relevant book to our current world
- De Adam Shields en 09-14-16
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The Lost History of Liberalism
- From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
- De: Helena Rosenblatt
- Narrado por: Xe Sands
- Duración: 8 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
The Lost History of Liberalism challenges our most basic assumptions about a political creed that has become a rallying cry - and a term of derision - in today's increasingly divided public square. Taking listeners from ancient Rome to today, Helena Rosenblatt traces the evolution of the words "liberal" and "liberalism", revealing the heated debates that have taken place over their meaning. In this timely and provocative book, Rosenblatt debunks the popular myth of liberalism as a uniquely Anglo-American tradition centered on individual rights.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Educative and informative
- De Amazon Customer en 06-05-19
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The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
- De: Bernard Bailyn
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 14 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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To the original text of what has become a classic of American historical literature, Bernard Bailyn adds a substantial essay, "Fulfillment", as a postscript. Here he discusses the intense nationwide debate on the ratification of the Constitution, stressing the continuities between that struggle over the foundations of the national government and the original principles of the Revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bernard Bailyn is a genius!
- De John M. Crean en 04-21-19
De: Bernard Bailyn
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Theory and History
- An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution (LvMI)
- De: Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 10 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 47
Like F.A. Hayek, Ludwig von Mises moved beyond economics in his later years to address questions regarding the foundation of all social science. But unlike Hayek's attempts, Mises' writings on these matters have received less attention than they deserve. Theory and History, writes Rothbard in his introduction, "remains by far the most neglected masterwork of Mises". Here Mises defends his all-important idea of methodological dualism: one approach to the hard sciences and another for the social sciences.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Without This Book, You Are Uneducated
- De Michael D. Rubin en 10-03-18
De: Ludwig von Mises, y otros
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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 617
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 498
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 499
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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A Secular Age
- De: Charles Taylor
- Narrado por: Dennis Holland
- Duración: 42 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 261
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 218
What does it mean to say that we live in a secular age? Almost everyone would agree that we - in the West, at least - largely do. And clearly the place of religion in our societies has changed profoundly in the last few centuries. In what will be a defining book for our time, Charles Taylor takes up the question of what these changes mean - of what, precisely, happens when a society in which it is virtually impossible not to believe in God becomes one in which faith, even for the staunchest believer, is only one human possibility among others.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Needs Guest Narrators for French and German
- De Norman en 06-13-15
De: Charles Taylor
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Numbers
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Peter M. Higgins
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 5 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Numbers are integral to our everyday lives and factor into almost everything we do. In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Peter M. Higgins, a renowned popular-science writer, unravels the world of numbers, demonstrating its richness and providing an overview of all the number types that feature in modern science and mathematics.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Better as a physical book
- De LJLee en 01-08-25
De: Peter M. Higgins
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Classical Mythology
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Helen Morales
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan
- Duración: 3 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 12
This imaginative and stimulating Very Short Introduction audiobook goes beyond a simple retelling of the stories to explore the rich history and diverse interpretations of classical mythology. It is a wide-ranging account, examining how classical myths are used and understood in both high art and popular culture, taking the listener from the temples of Crete to skyscrapers in New York, and finding classical myths in a variety of unexpected places: from Arabic poetry and Hollywood films, to psychoanalysis, the Bible, and New Age spiritualism.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Woeful: poorly titled, written, and structured
- De Drone Boy en 05-08-24
De: Helen Morales
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Comparative Literature
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Ben Hutchinson
- Narrado por: Chris MacDonnell
- Duración: 4 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 15
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 13
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 13
From colonial empire-building in the 19th century to the postcolonial culture wars of the 21st century, attempts at "comparison" have defined the international agenda of literature. But what is comparative literature? That is discussed in this audiobook....
De: Ben Hutchinson
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Emotion (2nd Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Dylan Evans
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 3 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 8
Was love invented by European poets in the Middle Ages, or is it part of human nature? Will winning the lottery really make you happy? Is it possible to build robots that have feelings? In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Dylan Evans explores these and many other intriguing questions in this guide to the latest thinking about the emotions.
De: Dylan Evans
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The Russian Revolution
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: S.A. Smith
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 6 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 4
This concise, accessible introduction provides an analytical narrative of the main events and developments in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1936. It examines the impact of the revolution on society as a whole - on different classes, ethnic groups, the army, men and women, youth. Its central concern is to understand how one structure of domination was replaced by another. The book registers the primacy of politics, but situates political developments firmly in the context of massive economic, social, and cultural change.
De: S.A. Smith
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Aerial Warfare
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Frank Ledwidge
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 4 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2
Aerial warfare has dominated war-making for over 100 years, and despite regular announcements of its demise, it shows no sign of becoming obsolete. In this Very Short Introduction, Frank Ledwidge offers a sweeping look at the history of aerial warfare, introducing the major battles, crises, and controversies where air power has taken center stage, and the changes in technology and air power capabilities over time.
De: Frank Ledwidge
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Numbers
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Peter M. Higgins
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 5 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Numbers are integral to our everyday lives and factor into almost everything we do. In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Peter M. Higgins, a renowned popular-science writer, unravels the world of numbers, demonstrating its richness and providing an overview of all the number types that feature in modern science and mathematics.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Better as a physical book
- De LJLee en 01-08-25
De: Peter M. Higgins
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Classical Mythology
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Helen Morales
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan
- Duración: 3 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 12
This imaginative and stimulating Very Short Introduction audiobook goes beyond a simple retelling of the stories to explore the rich history and diverse interpretations of classical mythology. It is a wide-ranging account, examining how classical myths are used and understood in both high art and popular culture, taking the listener from the temples of Crete to skyscrapers in New York, and finding classical myths in a variety of unexpected places: from Arabic poetry and Hollywood films, to psychoanalysis, the Bible, and New Age spiritualism.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Woeful: poorly titled, written, and structured
- De Drone Boy en 05-08-24
De: Helen Morales
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Comparative Literature
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Ben Hutchinson
- Narrado por: Chris MacDonnell
- Duración: 4 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 15
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 13
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 13
From colonial empire-building in the 19th century to the postcolonial culture wars of the 21st century, attempts at "comparison" have defined the international agenda of literature. But what is comparative literature? That is discussed in this audiobook....
De: Ben Hutchinson
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Emotion (2nd Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Dylan Evans
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 3 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 8
Was love invented by European poets in the Middle Ages, or is it part of human nature? Will winning the lottery really make you happy? Is it possible to build robots that have feelings? In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Dylan Evans explores these and many other intriguing questions in this guide to the latest thinking about the emotions.
De: Dylan Evans
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The Russian Revolution
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: S.A. Smith
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 6 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 4
This concise, accessible introduction provides an analytical narrative of the main events and developments in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1936. It examines the impact of the revolution on society as a whole - on different classes, ethnic groups, the army, men and women, youth. Its central concern is to understand how one structure of domination was replaced by another. The book registers the primacy of politics, but situates political developments firmly in the context of massive economic, social, and cultural change.
De: S.A. Smith
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Aerial Warfare
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Frank Ledwidge
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 4 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2
Aerial warfare has dominated war-making for over 100 years, and despite regular announcements of its demise, it shows no sign of becoming obsolete. In this Very Short Introduction, Frank Ledwidge offers a sweeping look at the history of aerial warfare, introducing the major battles, crises, and controversies where air power has taken center stage, and the changes in technology and air power capabilities over time.
De: Frank Ledwidge
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Plato
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Julia Annas
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan
- Duración: 2 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 21
This lively and accessible introduction to Plato focuses on the philosophy and argument of his writings, drawing the listener into Plato's way of doing philosophy, and the general themes of his thinking. It looks at Plato as a thinker grappling with philosophical problems in a variety of ways, rather than a philosopher with a fully worked-out system. It includes a brief account of Plato's life and the various interpretations that have been drawn from the sparse remains of information.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Anti-woke reviews are dramatic
- De Chase White en 12-15-24
De: Julia Annas
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Intelligence, 2nd Edition
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Ian J. Deary
- Narrado por: Mike Cooper
- Duración: 4 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 5
Some people are cleverer than others. This everyday observation is the subject of an academic field that is often portrayed as confused and controversial, when in fact, the field of intelligence holds some of psychology's best-replicated findings. This Very Short Introduction audiobook describes what psychologists have discovered about how and why people differ in their thinking powers. Drawing on largescale data, Ian Deary considers how many types of intelligence there are and how intelligence changes with age.
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1 out of 5 stars
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useless on audible
- De Mark on Amzon en 07-20-22
De: Ian J. Deary
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Heidegger
- A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition
- De: Michael Inwood
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 5 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Martin Heidegger, considered by some to be the greatest charlatan ever to claim the title of "philosopher", by some as an apologist for Nazism, and by others as an acknowledged leader in continental philosophy, is probably the most divisive thinker of the 20th century. In the second edition of this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Michael Inwood focuses on Heidegger's most important work, Being and Time, to explore its major themes of existence in the world, inauthenticity, guilt, destiny, truth, and the nature of time.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Very Limited and One-sided View
- De Jack L. Sammons en 10-25-24
De: Michael Inwood
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The Roman Empire
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Christopher Kelly
- Narrado por: Richard Davidson
- Duración: 5 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 15
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The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of 60 million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from northern England to the sun-baked banks of the Euphrates, and from the Rhine to the North African coast. It was, above all else, an empire of force - employing a mixture of violence, suppression, order, and tactical use of power to develop an astonishingly uniform culture.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love it
- De Amazon Customer en 08-23-21
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Forensic Science (2nd Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Jim Fraser
- Narrado por: Charles Constant
- Duración: 3 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2
In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Jim Fraser introduces the concept of forensic science and explains how it is used in the investigation of crime.
De: Jim Fraser
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Ludwig van Beethoven
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Mark Evan Bonds
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 4 h
- Versión completa
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Despite the ups and downs of his personal life and professional career—even in the face of deafness—Beethoven remained remarkably consistent in his most basic convictions about his art. This inner consistency, writes the music historian Mark Evan Bonds, provides the key to understanding the composer's life and works. Discarding tired myths about the composer, Bonds proposes a new way of listening to Beethoven by hearing his music as an expression of his entire self, not just his scowling self.
De: Mark Evan Bonds
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Gandhi
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Bhikhu Parekh
- Narrado por: Mark Ashby
- Duración: 4 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was one of the few men in history to fight simultaneously on moral, religious, political, social, economic, and cultural fronts. During his time as a lawyer in South Africa he developed his strategy of non-violence: the idea of opposing unjust laws by non-violent protest. He led the Indian National Congress party in three major campaigns against British rule, each culminating in his arrest.
De: Bhikhu Parekh
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The Short Story
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Andrew Kahn
- Narrado por: Mike Cooper
- Duración: 4 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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What defines a modern short story is much more than a question of length. Despite the efforts of early pioneers like Edgar Allan Poe, the genre was originally synonymous with the anecdote or tale and seen more as entertainment than art. However it has become far more than that, and this Very Short Introduction considers afresh the form's ongoing innovations in plot construction, capacity for psychological insight, and ability to offer intensely concentrated perceptions.
De: Andrew Kahn
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War and Religion
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Jolyon Mitchel, Joshua Rey
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 3 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Is religion a force for war, or a force for peace? Some of the most terrible wars in history have been caused and motivated by religion. Much of the violence that fills our screens today springs from the same source. Yet some of the bravest pacifists have also been deeply religious people, and many of the laws and institutions that work to soften or prevent war have deep religious roots. This Very Short Introduction provides an overview of the history of religion and war, and a framework for analyzing it.
De: Jolyon Mitchel, y otros
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Dreaming
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: J. Allan Hobson
- Narrado por: Sean Crisden
- Duración: 4 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 4
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What is dreaming, and what causes it? Why are dreams so strange, and why are they so hard to remember? Replacing dream mystique with modern dream science, J. Allan Hobson provides a new and increasingly complete picture of how dreaming is created by the brain. Focusing on dreaming to explain the mechanisms of sleep, this book explores how the new science of dreaming is affecting theories in psychoanalysis, and how it is helping our understanding of the causes of mental illness.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Blah blah blah neuroscience blah blah blah
- De KG en 05-16-22
De: J. Allan Hobson
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C. S. Lewis
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: James Como
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 4 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 17
Beloved by children and adults worldwide, the writings of C. S. Lewis have a broad and enduring appeal. Although he is best known for the iconic Chronicles of Narnia series, C. S. Lewis was actually a man of many literary parts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great book
- De Jim en 11-03-19
De: James Como
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Design
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: John Heskett
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 4 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General3 out of 5 stars 3
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John Heskett wants to transform the way we think about design by showing how integral it is to our daily lives, from the spoon we use to eat our breakfast cereal, and the car we drive to work in, to the medical equipment used to save lives. Design combines "need" and "desire" in the form of a practical object that can also reflect the user's identity and aspirations through its form and decoration. This concise guide to contemporary design goes beyond style and taste to look at how different cultures and individuals personalize objects.
De: John Heskett