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Welcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists. Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton, this book covers it all - from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes, wormholes, and time travel.
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All About What We Know About the Universe - ALL
- De J.B. en 02-17-17
De: Michael A. Strauss, y otros
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Letters from an Astrophysicist
- De: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrado por: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Vikas Adam, Piper Goodeve, y otros
- Duración: 5 h y 35 m
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world’s largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights into science and our universe. Now, Tyson invites us to go behind the scenes of his public fame by unveiling his candid correspondence with people across the globe who have sought him out in search of answers. In this hand-picked collection of 100 letters, Tyson draws upon cosmic perspectives to address a vast array of questions about science, faith, philosophy, life, and of course, Pluto.
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Dear Neil...
- De Tina G. en 10-14-19
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Ranger Confidential
- Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks
- De: Andrea Lankford
- Narrado por: Julia Motyka
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
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The real stories behind the scenery of America’s national parks. For 12 years, Andrea Lankford lived in the biggest, most impressive national parks in the world, working a job she loved. She chaperoned baby sea turtles on their journey to sea. She pursued bad guys on her galloping patrol horse. She jumped into rescue helicopters bound for the heart of the Grand Canyon. She won arguments with bears. She slept with a few too many rattlesnakes. Hell yeah, it was the best job in the world! Fortunately, Andrea survived it.
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- De Drew (@drewsant) en 04-13-15
De: Andrea Lankford
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Modern Times
- The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Nadia May
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Beginning with May 29, 1919, when photographs of the solar eclipse confirmed the truth of Einstein's theory of relativity, Johnson goes on to describe Freudianism, the establishment of the first Marxist state, the chaos of "Old Europe", the Arcadian 20s, and the new forces in China and Japan. Also discussed are Karl Marx, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Roosevelt, Gandhi, Castro, Kennedy, Nixon, the '29 crash, the Great Depression, Roosevelt's New Deal, and the massive conflict of World War II.
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The Anti-Howard Zinn
- De Pork C. Fish en 05-22-12
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A History of the English People
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 19 h y 13 m
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This is a provocative and panoramic survey of 2,000 years of English history. Johnson tells the story of how a small nation, living in a geographical backwater, developed unique economic and political institutions, expanded its territory, and saddled upon it the frame of a modern industrial society.
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Stirring and (sometimes) wrongheaded
- De Tad Davis en 06-19-16
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Intellectuals
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
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Since the time of Voltaire and Rousseau, the secular intellectual has increasingly filled the vacuum left by the decline of the cleric and assumed the functions of moral mentor and critic of mankind. This fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world examines the moral credentials of those whose thoughts have influenced humanity.
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Bias much?
- De Amazon Customer en 12-15-10
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A History of the American People
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Nadia May
- Duración: 48 h y 15 m
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Johnson's monumental history of the United States, from the first settlers to the Clinton administration, covers every aspect of American culture: politics, business, art, literature, science, society and customs, complex traditions, and religious beliefs. The story is told in terms of the men and women who shaped and led the nation and the ordinary people who collectively created its unique character.
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A British conservative's view of American history.
- De Mike From Mesa en 06-17-09
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A History of the Jews
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Nadia May
- Duración: 28 h y 47 m
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This historical magnum opus covers 4,000 years of the extraordinary history of the Jews as a people, a culture, and a nation. It shows the impact of Jewish character on the world: their genius, imagination, and, most of all, their ability to persevere despite severe persecutions. Compelling insights into events and individuals are chronologically detailed, from Moses and Jesus to Spinoza, Marx, Freud, the Rothschilds, and Golda Meir.
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Excellent History
- De Rilezmom en 06-06-09
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Jesus
- A Biography, from a Believer
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Ralph Cosham
- Duración: 4 h y 57 m
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Few figures have had such an influence on history as Jesus of Nazareth. His teachings have inspired discussion, arguments, even war. Yet few have ever held forth as movingly as Jesus on the need for peace, forgiveness, and mercy.
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Disappointing
- De Tad Davis en 03-16-10
De: Paul Johnson
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Modern Times
- The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Nadia May
- Duración: 37 h y 53 m
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Beginning with May 29, 1919, when photographs of the solar eclipse confirmed the truth of Einstein's theory of relativity, Johnson goes on to describe Freudianism, the establishment of the first Marxist state, the chaos of "Old Europe", the Arcadian 20s, and the new forces in China and Japan. Also discussed are Karl Marx, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Roosevelt, Gandhi, Castro, Kennedy, Nixon, the '29 crash, the Great Depression, Roosevelt's New Deal, and the massive conflict of World War II.
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The Anti-Howard Zinn
- De Pork C. Fish en 05-22-12
De: Paul Johnson
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A History of the English People
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 19 h y 13 m
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This is a provocative and panoramic survey of 2,000 years of English history. Johnson tells the story of how a small nation, living in a geographical backwater, developed unique economic and political institutions, expanded its territory, and saddled upon it the frame of a modern industrial society.
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Stirring and (sometimes) wrongheaded
- De Tad Davis en 06-19-16
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Intellectuals
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 18 h y 17 m
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Since the time of Voltaire and Rousseau, the secular intellectual has increasingly filled the vacuum left by the decline of the cleric and assumed the functions of moral mentor and critic of mankind. This fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world examines the moral credentials of those whose thoughts have influenced humanity.
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Bias much?
- De Amazon Customer en 12-15-10
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A History of the American People
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Nadia May
- Duración: 48 h y 15 m
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Johnson's monumental history of the United States, from the first settlers to the Clinton administration, covers every aspect of American culture: politics, business, art, literature, science, society and customs, complex traditions, and religious beliefs. The story is told in terms of the men and women who shaped and led the nation and the ordinary people who collectively created its unique character.
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A British conservative's view of American history.
- De Mike From Mesa en 06-17-09
De: Paul Johnson
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A History of the Jews
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Nadia May
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This historical magnum opus covers 4,000 years of the extraordinary history of the Jews as a people, a culture, and a nation. It shows the impact of Jewish character on the world: their genius, imagination, and, most of all, their ability to persevere despite severe persecutions. Compelling insights into events and individuals are chronologically detailed, from Moses and Jesus to Spinoza, Marx, Freud, the Rothschilds, and Golda Meir.
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Excellent History
- De Rilezmom en 06-06-09
De: Paul Johnson
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Jesus
- A Biography, from a Believer
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Ralph Cosham
- Duración: 4 h y 57 m
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Few figures have had such an influence on history as Jesus of Nazareth. His teachings have inspired discussion, arguments, even war. Yet few have ever held forth as movingly as Jesus on the need for peace, forgiveness, and mercy.
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Disappointing
- De Tad Davis en 03-16-10
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A History of Christianity
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 28 h y 30 m
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First published in 1976, Paul Johnson's exceptional study of Christianity has been loved and widely hailed for its intensive research, writing, and magnitude. Weaving a great range of material, the scholar and author Johnson creates an ambitious panoramic overview of the evolution of the Western world since the founding of a little-known "Jesus sect".
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Read Brant Pitre's the case for Jesus instead.
- De Catherine BFT en 05-08-17
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Heroes
- From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: James Adams
- Duración: 11 h y 4 m
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In this enlightening and entertaining work, Johnson presents heroism through examples in history. From Alexander to Joan of Arc and George Washington to Marilyn Monroe, here are men and women from every age and corner of the world who have inspired and transformed their cultures and the world itself.
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Interesting, but deeply flawed
- De Kennet en 12-27-07
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Socrates
- A Man for Our Times
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: John Curless
- Duración: 4 h y 41 m
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Acclaimed historian and best-selling author Paul Johnson’s books have been translated into dozens of languages. In Socrates: A Man for Our Times, Johnson draws from little-known resources to construct a fascinating account of one of history’s greatest thinkers. Socrates transcended class limitations in Athens during the fifth century B.C. to develop ideas that still shape the way we think about the human body and soul, including the workings of the human mind.
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- De Megasaurus en 11-17-12
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The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution: 1763-1789
- De: Robert Middlekauff
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 26 h y 56 m
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The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically-acclaimed volume - a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize - offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic.
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Strong History Rich With Behind The Scenes Details
- De John en 10-06-11
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Churchill
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 4 h y 40 m
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In Churchill, Johnson applies a wide lens and an unconventional approach to illuminate the various phases of Churchill's career. From his adventures as a young cavalry officer in the service of the Empire to his role as an elder statesman prophesying the advent of the Cold War, Johnson shows how Churchill's immense adaptability combined with his natural pugnacity to make him a formidable leader for the better part of a century.
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Superlative Account of Churchill
- De Darrell en 12-08-09
De: Paul Johnson
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The Proud Tower
- A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 22 h y 12 m
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The fateful quarter-century leading up to World War I was a time when the world of privilege still existed in Olympian luxury and the world of protest was heaving in its pain, its power, and its hate. The age was the climax of a century of the most accelerated rate of change in history, a cataclysmic shaping of destiny.
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Fascinating history
- De Doug en 02-18-07
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The American Experiment
- De: James MacGregor Burns
- Narrado por: Mark Ashby
- Duración: 88 h y 27 m
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James MacGregor Burns’s stunning trilogy of American history, spanning the birth of the Constitution to the final days of the Cold War. In these three volumes, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner James MacGregor Burns chronicles with depth and narrative panache the most significant cultural, economic, and political events of American history.
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American History ABCs
- De Michael en 06-16-15
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The Birth of Classical Europe
- A History from Troy to Augustine
- De: Simon Price, Peter Thonemann
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
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To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level, from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a “classical Europe,” using frames of reference created by ancient Mediterranean cultures. As this consistently fresh and surprising new audio book makes clear, however, this was no less true for the inhabitants of those classical civilizations themselves, whose myths, history, and buildings were an elaborate engagement with an already old and revered past - one filled with great leaders and writers....
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Excellent overview of the Classical World
- De David I. Williams en 01-12-14
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Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris
- De: Ian Kershaw
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
- Duración: 28 h y 9 m
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Hailed as the most compelling biography of the German dictator yet written, Ian Kershaw's Hitler brings us closer than ever before to the heart of its subject's immense darkness. Ian Kershaw's Hitler brings us closer than ever before to the character of the bizarre misfit in his thirty-year ascent from a Viennese shelter for the indigent to uncontested rule over the German nation that had tried and rejected democracy in the crippling aftermath of World War I.
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The heart of evil
- De Mike From Mesa en 01-20-14
De: Ian Kershaw
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Ireland
- A Concise History from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 8 h y 6 m
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Ireland is inarguably a beautiful, enchanted place. But its history is more turbulent, fascinating, and terrible than any other. From the first English presence in Ireland in the 12th century, through siege, rebellion, and civil war, to Irish ascendancy, home rule, and the present-day troubles, best-selling author Paul Johnson tells, with remarkable clarity and concision, the compelling story of this most remarkable island.
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A British history of the "Irish problem"
- De MillenniumMike en 08-12-12
De: Paul Johnson
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The Rise of Western Christendom (10th Anniversary Revised Edition)
- Triumph and Diversity, A.D. 200-1000
- De: Peter Brown
- Narrado por: Tom Parks
- Duración: 26 h y 48 m
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This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity's first thousand years of history features a new preface and an updated bibliography. The essential general survey of medieval European Christendom, Brown's vivid prose charts the compelling and tumultuous rise of an institution that came to wield enormous religious and secular power.
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Must read for Western & Church history
- De ReviewAmazon384 en 12-08-23
De: Peter Brown
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Darwin
- Portrait of a Genius
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: John Curless
- Duración: 4 h y 31 m
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Charles Darwin is arguably the most influential scientist of all time. His Origin of Species forever changed our concept of the world’s creation. Darwin’s revolutionary career is the perfect vehicle for historian Paul Johnson. Marked by the insightful observation, spectacular wit, and highly readable prose for which Johnson is so well regarded, Darwin brings the gentleman-scientist and his times brilliantly into focus. From Darwin’s birth into great fortune to his voyage aboard the Beagle, to the long-delayed publication of his masterpiece, Johnson delves into what made this Victorian gentleman into a visionary scientist.
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I LEARNED THINGS
- De Frank H. en 05-05-23
De: Paul Johnson
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- Jakob
- 07-17-15
Great!
Heavy stuff, but brilliant analysis. Leads one to wish to hear more and more history by Johnson.
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- Ohio reader
- 09-10-16
the most interesting history book I've ever read
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This book pretty much deals with just fifteen years in the history of (mostly) the English speaking world, but it's a most fascinating fifteen years. I found this read so satisfying, so full of "I never knew thats", so clear and thorough in its recounting of every facet of the history of this time: of its technical developments, its intellectual inventiveness, its social conceits, its political and geographic changes, its influence on the years that followed. The early nineteenth century transitioning into the industrial revolution has always been one of my favorite times in the history of the world, here so well told by a meticulous historian who is also a most talented storyteller, that I felt like a time-traveler being treated to a visit back to the years 1815 to 1830. I read this book with delight, then reread it once and then again because it's so rich in detail and because those few years made such a difference in the direction the world headed from there. I am neither historian nor particularly a history geek; but this is the way I think all history ought to be written. I enjoyed this history more than any other I have ever read. Please! More from this author.
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- George Reid
- 01-20-15
The way all history books should be written
I had put this book in my wish list about a year and a half ago (based on an Audible suggestion), but had hesitated to purchase it because of its length. Other histories of this length that I have listened to seem to have long dreary parts that make listening painful. This is not the case with this book. The writing is lively and insightful and the narrator, a brit, has a crisp enjoyable voice with impeccable diction. I walk out of doors; so this is critical for me.
Johnson illustrates the fifteen years of his book with a clever weave of the arts, science, technology, politics, sex, war and revolution. He lets the protagonists speak for themselves and is not circumspect with his opinions or the opinions of contemporaries. Having finished this book, I feel that I have a solid sense of the period, what happened, what people thought and did and how society changed.
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- Douglas
- 05-07-20
Recommend for serious history buffs
It's difficult for me to review this one because it took me so, so long to get through. When this book gripped me, it was great; but there were many times where I had difficulty keeping my attention focused. There's definitely a lot to learn from this book; great detail. But I wouldn't call this a page turner; again, with the exception of those times where it gets really interesting. This is a very long book and it will introduce you to many names. I would also suggest that the reader not "speed listen" to this one. If you truly want to get all of this book you'll need to listen at 1.0 speed when there's nothing else to focus on. In other words, this is a "laying down and listening to an audio book" type of book, versus a "listen to audio book while driving to work" type of book.
I really appreciated that the author was not stuck on being super PC or dividing up things equally between all possible places and groups. Much time is spent on Europe, and England in particular, but that makes sense when you consider the time period.
I adore this narrator. She's perfect for the genre.
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- Viktor V. Choban
- 09-11-21
interesting events... but not much...
... considering of God and His sovereignty Over the events of history. Many things could have gone in a very different way for Britain and America and other nations.
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- Ryan Waldron
- 07-12-23
Paul Johnson at his brilliant best
The sweep of events woven skillfully together is just amazing. Narrator's accent is wonderful but I found her voice strident and hard to listen to. 48 hours felt like it, though the story was just endlessly compelling.
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- Thomas F. Lennon
- 09-10-23
Sweeping, Eccentric, Joyful
It is easy to be awed by the sweep of knowledge that Paul Johnson displays. Yet the intensity of the research is matched by boundless curiosity, flashes of high humor, thumbnail sketches of dozens of memorable characters wilth wonderful gossippy asides and a kind of thrillling optimism that courses through the writing.
Paul Johnson is an eccentric and controversial writer. He was trained as a historian but was not affiliated with any univerity -- he was a journalist, started out politically left, moved pretty sharply right, and wrote books for a general audience, with a kind of storytelling flair and fearlessness that a professional historian would never allow himself. He doesn't hide his feelings; he dislikes Napoleon, loves the Duke of Wellington, is in awe of the brilliant and hard-working working class engineers and tinkerers who without formal training launched the Industrial Revolution with their inventions. He doesn't hide how terrifying "modernity" was then (and by implication now); he captures the accelerating pace of 19th century life, how fast it moved, how cruel and murderous it so often was, yet there's a joy that underlies this story: he tips his hat to all the gifts that modernity has created. The narrator captures the author's voice beautifully and she seems completely at ease reproducing the accents (American southern, upper-class British, insurgent Irish, etc) of all the colorful individuals who come into these pages..
Johnson is endlessly curious, constantly taking digressions -- one minute he's talking about how the British Navy in the 1820s worked to eliminate the slave trade, a few pages later he's with a group of visionary and ambitious painters in Paris changing how watercolor paintings are made and reproduced, or how duelling was gradually driven out of modern life, how central heating started to reach the middle classes, how organized sports (boxing especially) swept through the UK. The book is very long and digressive, but I never felt impatient -- not just because the sketches were so compelling, but because he is throughout pullilng forward his themes and preoccupations. The horrors in this history (the massacres of the Napoleonic wars, the ruthless efficiency of the slave trade, the extermination of indigenous peoples in the New World) are vividly captured, but Johnson also pays close attention to how modern societies find ways to correct course. Listening to this, you marvel at the nuances of human progress, and emerge enriched, informed, touched and also a litlte more optimistic about our own brand of modernity, our future.
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- Doug Smith
- 09-01-13
Surprised By a Negative Review
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
This is 50 hours of history on the years 1815-1830. The only reason I wouldn't recommend this book is that you have to be a pretty hardcore history buff to want to listen to it. That said, it is written with Paul Johnson's usual sweeping and articulate panache, chock full of things you didn't know, and short biographies of dozens of important figures of the era, from Napoleon to Andrew Jackson.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Birth of the Modern?
The description of the deaf and off-the-charts eccentric Beethoven, composing while walking though the countryside, scaring the cows and inciting small boys to throw stones at him.
Have you listened to any of Wanda McCaddon’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I have heard her as Nadia May, and she is a great talent. Her voice wears very well through 50 hours of hard slogging and you have the sense she is quite literate, knowledgable, and fully up to a very rich text.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No.
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Paul Johnson fills in for all those history classes we skipped in college. He is absolutely brilliant.
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- Raymond M Crawford
- 12-26-14
Loved it. Comprehensive history.
History written in a way to include societal thoughts and feelings. Cram end with facts.
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- Andrew Swanlund
- 09-10-24
Not Going Anywhere
I've been listening for over an hour and it's just a sequence of history bits that don't seem to say anything about the devleopment of the modern world. I skipped forward a few times and it was the same. I feel like I wasted my money.
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