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The ancient Toltecs believed that life, as we perceive it, is a dream. We each live in our own personal dream, and these come together to form the dream of the planet, or the world in which we live. Problems arise when our perception of the dream becomes clouded with negativity, drama, and judgment (of ourselves and others), because it's in these moments of suffering that we have forgotten that we are the architects of our own reality and we have the power to change our dream if we choose.
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listen.. .then listen again
- De Casiano en 12-22-16
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The Ethical Slut
- A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, & Other Adventures
- De: Janet W. Hardy, Dossie Easton
- Narrado por: Janet W. Hardy, Dossie Easton
- Duración: 10 h y 21 m
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For anyone who has ever dreamed of love, sex, and companionship beyond the limits of traditional monogamy, this groundbreaking guide navigates the infinite possibilities that open relationships can offer. Experienced ethical sluts Dossie Easton and Janet W. Hardy dispel myths and cover all the skills necessary to maintain a successful and responsible polyamorous lifestyle.
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The information and advice is 100% totally solid!
- De Troy en 07-28-15
De: Janet W. Hardy, y otros
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Letters from Guantánamo
- De: Mansoor Adayfi, Antonio Aiello
- Narrado por: Mansoor Adayfi, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Elias Khalil, y otros
- Duración: 3 h y 55 m
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In weeks after the September 11 attacks, 18-year-old Mansoor Adayfi was kidnapped by Afghan militia and sold to US forces for bounty money. After months of interrogations, he was sent to the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as one of its first prisoners. Like the nearly 800 other men imprisoned at Guantanamo, Adayfi didn’t know why he was imprisoned or for how long. He had never seen a skyscraper and couldn’t imagine what the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center looked like, much less how they were destroyed.
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An important reminder
- De Dave Heilman en 05-25-24
De: Mansoor Adayfi, y otros
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The Complete Book of Five Rings
- De: Miyamoto Musashi, Kenji Tokitsu - editor/translator
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 5 h y 3 m
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The Complete Book of Five Rings is an authoritative version of Musashi's classic The Book of Five Rings, translated and annotated by a modern martial arts master, Kenji Tokitsu. Tokitsu has spent most of his life researching the legendary samurai swordsman and his works, and in this book he illuminates this seminal text, along with several other works by Musashi.
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Best translation I have encountered.
- De DW en 05-27-16
De: Miyamoto Musashi, y otros
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- De: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrado por: Laurence Fishburne
- Duración: 16 h y 52 m
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Experience a bold take on this classic autobiography as it’s performed by Oscar-nominated Laurence Fishburne. In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American dream and the inherent racism in a society that denies its non-White citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time.
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Audible Masterpiece
- De Phoenician en 09-10-20
De: Malcolm X, y otros
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Under the Bridge
- De: Rebecca Godfrey
- Narrado por: Rebecca Godfrey, Erin Moon, Mary Gaitskill - introduction
- Duración: 14 h y 13 m
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One moonlit night, 14-year-old Reena Virk went to join friends at a party and never returned home. In this “tour de force of crime reportage” (Kirkus Reviews), acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey takes us into the hidden world of the seven teenage girls - and boy - accused of a savage murder. As she follows the investigation and trials, Godfrey reveals the startling truth about the unlikely killers. Laced with lyricism and insight, Under the Bridge is an unforgettable look at a haunting modern tragedy.
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Powerful Account of 8 Young Teens Killing Another
- De Mary Burnight en 08-16-19
De: Rebecca Godfrey
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The Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean
- De: M. Doreal
- Narrado por: John Marino
- Duración: 2 h y 33 m
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The history of the tablets translated in the following book is strange and beyond the belief of modern scientists. Their antiquity is stupendous, dating back some 36,000 years. The writer is Thoth, an Atlantean Priest-King, who founded a colony in ancient Egypt after the sinking of the mother country. He was the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza, erroneously attributed to Cheops. In it he incorporated his knowledge of the ancient wisdom and also securely secreted records and instruments of ancient Atlantis.
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Excellence...
- De Light Worker en 04-21-18
De: M. Doreal
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A Room of One's Own
- De: Virginia Woolf
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 5 h y 1 m
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A Room of One's Own, based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge, is one of the great feminist polemics. Woolf's blazing polemic on female creativity, the role of the writer, and the silent fate of Shakespeare's imaginary sister remains a powerful reminder of a woman's need for financial independence and intellectual freedom.
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A Witty, Beautiful Plea for Androgynous Integrity
- De Jefferson en 08-20-14
De: Virginia Woolf
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Caffeine
- How Caffeine Created the Modern World
- De: Michael Pollan
- Narrado por: Michael Pollan
- Duración: 2 h y 2 m
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Michael Pollan, known for his best-selling nonfiction audio, including The Omnivores Dilemma and How to Change Your Mind, conceived and wrote Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World as an Audible Original. In this controversial and exciting listen, Pollan explores caffeine’s power as the most-used drug in the world - and the only one we give to children (in soda pop) as a treat.
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Leaves much to be desired
- De Melody H en 02-02-20
De: Michael Pollan
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Eight Dates
- Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
- De: John Gottman PhD, Julie Schwartz Gottman PhD, Doug Abrams, y otros
- Narrado por: James Patrick Cronin, Julie McKay
- Duración: 5 h y 9 m
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Navigating the challenges of long-term commitment takes effort - and it just got simpler, with this empowering, step-by-step guide to communicating about the things that matter most to you and your partner. Drawing on 40 years of research from their world-famous Love Lab, Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman invite couples on eight fun, easy, and profoundly rewarding dates, each one focused on a make-or-break issue: trust, conflict, sex, money, family, adventure, spirituality, and dreams.
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What the F. Robot-reader???!?!?!
- De Anonymous User en 01-21-20
De: John Gottman PhD, y otros
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Mythology: Mega Collection
- Classic Stories from the Greek, Celtic, Norse, Japanese, Hindu, Chinese, Mesopotamian and Egyptian Mythology
- De: Scott Lewis
- Narrado por: Madison Niederhauser, Oliver Hunt
- Duración: 31 h y 37 m
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Do you know how many wives Zeus had? Or how the famous Trojan War was caused by one beautiful lady? Or how Thor got his hammer? Give your imagination a real treat. This Mega Mythology Collection of eight audiobooks is for you....
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An interesting set of introductions.
- De Kevin Potter en 05-30-19
De: Scott Lewis
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Democracy and Its Alternatives
- De: Ethan Hollander, The Great Courses
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The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle called man a political animal. But what did he mean by that? What is democracy? How do democracies differ from one another? How do they stack up against their alternatives, like dictatorship? And can democracy survive the many challenges it faces today? To answer these questions, look no further than Democracy and Its Alternatives. Political science, history, and current affairs rolled into one, these 24 lectures investigate democratic government in theory and practice.
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Very Informative
- De Racheal Dorsey en 12-20-22
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Communism in Power
- From Stalin to Mao
- De: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
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Trace the growth of communism from Stalin’s consolidation of power to the establishment of communist regimes in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, Vietnam, and elsewhere in Communism in Power: From Stalin to Mao. These 12 half-hour lessons shed intriguing light on a revolutionary movement that played an outsized role in the 20th century and continues to shape 21st-century geopolitics.
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A book of grudges
- De Axel D. Magnuson en 05-09-23
De: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, y otros
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The American Civil War
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Between 1861 and 1865, the clash of the greatest armies the Western hemisphere had ever seen turned small towns, little-known streams, and obscure meadows in the American countryside into names we will always remember. In those great battles, those streams ran red with blood-and the United States was truly born.
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Excellent Series
- De Rodney en 07-09-13
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Understanding Economics
- Game Theory
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Game theory is the study of strategic decision-making in politics, sports, diplomacy, and a host of other areas, but especially in economics, where game theory flourishes. Understanding Economics: Game Theory introduces you to this fascinating field, which combines the fun and challenge of games with the logic of brain teasers. In 12 engaging half-hour lessons, Professor Jay R. Corrigan of Kenyon College analyzes such classic games as the prisoner’s dilemma and the hawk-dove game.
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The best entry point I've seen for game theory
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The Agency: A History of the CIA
- De: Hugh Wilford, The Great Courses
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There’s a fundamental tension buried within the heart of the CIA’s mission to protect the American people: between democratic accountability and the inherent need for secrecy. Ultimately, it’s US citizens who bear the responsibility of staying informed about what the CIA has done and continues to do. In these 24 engrossing lectures, explore the roles the CIA has played in recent American history, from the eve of the Cold War against communism to the 21st-century War on Terror.
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Axe to Grind
- De MissBouquet en 05-26-19
De: Hugh Wilford, y otros
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Assessing America’s National Security Threats
- De: H. R. McMaster, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: H. R. McMaster
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The United States faces significant dangers and opportunities in the coming century. Malicious actors have harnessed new technologies such as drones, missiles, and offensive cyber weapons to threaten and, in some cases, attack America and its allies. Jihadist terrorist organizations are pursuing more destructive capabilities and are growing in strength as the United States disengages from protracted counterterrorism operations abroad.
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Not a great one…
- De STS-51-L en 05-04-23
De: H. R. McMaster, y otros
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Democracy and Its Alternatives
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The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle called man a political animal. But what did he mean by that? What is democracy? How do democracies differ from one another? How do they stack up against their alternatives, like dictatorship? And can democracy survive the many challenges it faces today? To answer these questions, look no further than Democracy and Its Alternatives. Political science, history, and current affairs rolled into one, these 24 lectures investigate democratic government in theory and practice.
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Very Informative
- De Racheal Dorsey en 12-20-22
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Communism in Power
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- Narrado por: Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
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Trace the growth of communism from Stalin’s consolidation of power to the establishment of communist regimes in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, Vietnam, and elsewhere in Communism in Power: From Stalin to Mao. These 12 half-hour lessons shed intriguing light on a revolutionary movement that played an outsized role in the 20th century and continues to shape 21st-century geopolitics.
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A book of grudges
- De Axel D. Magnuson en 05-09-23
De: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, y otros
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The American Civil War
- De: Gary W. Gallagher, The Great Courses
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Between 1861 and 1865, the clash of the greatest armies the Western hemisphere had ever seen turned small towns, little-known streams, and obscure meadows in the American countryside into names we will always remember. In those great battles, those streams ran red with blood-and the United States was truly born.
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Excellent Series
- De Rodney en 07-09-13
De: Gary W. Gallagher, y otros
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Understanding Economics
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- De: Jay R. Corrigan, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Jay R. Corrigan
- Duración: 5 h y 39 m
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Game theory is the study of strategic decision-making in politics, sports, diplomacy, and a host of other areas, but especially in economics, where game theory flourishes. Understanding Economics: Game Theory introduces you to this fascinating field, which combines the fun and challenge of games with the logic of brain teasers. In 12 engaging half-hour lessons, Professor Jay R. Corrigan of Kenyon College analyzes such classic games as the prisoner’s dilemma and the hawk-dove game.
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The best entry point I've seen for game theory
- De Philo en 04-24-21
De: Jay R. Corrigan, y otros
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The Agency: A History of the CIA
- De: Hugh Wilford, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Hugh Wilford
- Duración: 11 h y 32 m
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There’s a fundamental tension buried within the heart of the CIA’s mission to protect the American people: between democratic accountability and the inherent need for secrecy. Ultimately, it’s US citizens who bear the responsibility of staying informed about what the CIA has done and continues to do. In these 24 engrossing lectures, explore the roles the CIA has played in recent American history, from the eve of the Cold War against communism to the 21st-century War on Terror.
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Axe to Grind
- De MissBouquet en 05-26-19
De: Hugh Wilford, y otros
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Assessing America’s National Security Threats
- De: H. R. McMaster, The Great Courses
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The United States faces significant dangers and opportunities in the coming century. Malicious actors have harnessed new technologies such as drones, missiles, and offensive cyber weapons to threaten and, in some cases, attack America and its allies. Jihadist terrorist organizations are pursuing more destructive capabilities and are growing in strength as the United States disengages from protracted counterterrorism operations abroad.
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Not a great one…
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Propaganda and Persuasion
- De: Dannagal G. Young, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Dannagal G. Young
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Propaganda and Persuasion gives you a one-of-a-kind opportunity to explore the powerful, fascinating, and at times dangerous world of influence. Taught by Professor Dannagal G. Young of the University of Delaware, these 12 eye-opening lectures arm you with the tools of effective communication and the insight to understand—and perhaps resist—persuasion in all its forms.
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good course minus the progressive slant
- De H.B. en 05-21-23
De: Dannagal G. Young, y otros
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Understanding the Inventions That Changed the World
- De: W. Bernard Carlson, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: W. Bernard Carlson
- Duración: 17 h y 25 m
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Now, you can learn the remarkable stories surrounding monumental inventions - and how consequential these inventions were to history. Taught by Professor W. Bernard Carlson of the University of Virginia, who is an expert on the role of innovation in history, these 36 enlightening lectures give you a broad survey of material history, from the ancient pottery wheel to the Internet and social media. Along with recounting the famous inventions you might expect, this course explores a number of surprising innovations, including beer, pagodas, and the operating room.
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Great content but poor editing on the delivery
- De Michael en 12-22-18
De: W. Bernard Carlson, y otros
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War in the Modern World
- De: David R. Stone, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: David R. Stone
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
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Great powers no longer fight great wars. But how exactly did countries like the United States go from confronting powerful adversaries in 1914 and 1939 Europe to waging lengthy counterinsurgency campaigns in places like Iraq and Afghanistan? The answer lies in the profound geopolitical and technological changes that came in between.
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General Overview of Conflicts Post World War 2
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De: David R. Stone, y otros
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The US Constitution Through History
- De: Eric Berger, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Eric Berger
- Duración: 14 h y 14 m
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The history of the Constitution is therefore a history of ideas that define our country and our national identity—and it’s a fascinating and revealing story. The US Constitution Through History gives you the opportunity to explore the story of this powerful document, as well as the way our interpretation of it has evolved. In 24 riveting lectures, Professor Eric Berger of the University of Nebraska takes you on a journey through America’s constitutional history. He takes you inside the minds of the Framers and unpacks the ideas that led to the break from England.
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One of the best Great Courses!
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De: Eric Berger, y otros
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Written Communications: Being Heard and Understood
- De: Professor Allison Friederichs Atkison, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Allison Friederichs Atkison
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
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In the 12 rewarding lectures of Written Communications: Being Heard and Understood, Professor Allison Friederichs, associate teaching professor and the associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Denver, University College, will share the secrets to sharpening your written, oral, and interpersonal communications skills.
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Just Horrible
- De 922Vision en 08-06-21
De: Professor Allison Friederichs Atkison, y otros
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Effective Editing
- How to Take Your Writing to the Next Level
- De: Molly McCowan, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Molly McCowan
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Book coach and editor Molly McCowan takes you through the self-editing process in 13 detailed lessons, using a step-by-step method designed to reduce overwhelm and to structure the revision process in the most productive way possible. Working from the big to the little picture of your work, Molly shows you how to strengthen character development, find and fix plot holes, build stronger scenes, focus on smooth pacing and point-of-view issues, elevate your language, and much more.
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This is excellent
- De Phil F. en 08-19-21
De: Molly McCowan, y otros
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The Mongol Empire
- De: Craig Benjamin, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Craig Benjamin
- Duración: 11 h y 34 m
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The Mongol Empire was the largest empire the world has ever seen, forged by conquests across Eurasia in the 13th and 14th centuries. Yet despite the unparalleled brutality of the Mongols, they played a key role in launching civilization’s evolution into the modern world. In 24 half-hour lectures delivered by award-winning teacher and historian Craig Benjamin of Grand Valley State University, explore the paradox of the Mongols’ extreme barbarity combined with their enlightened religious attitudes and respect for high civilization, in The Mongol Empire.
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Good Info, Terrible Chinese Pronunciation
- De K. Cullen en 10-12-20
De: Craig Benjamin, y otros
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Storytelling and the Human Condition
- De: Alexandra Hudson, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Alexandra Hudson
- Duración: 6 h y 20 m
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To examine the connection between the storytelling impulse and our implicit desire to understand our lives and our place in the world, you will go on a globe-spanning, time-travelling, media-traversing tour in the 12 lectures of Storytelling and the Human Condition. Your guide is award-winning journalist, author, and storyteller Alexandra Hudson, founder of Civic Renaissance, a community of lifelong learners, which she invites you to join at Civic-Renaissance.com. In this course, she will illuminate the many ways stories shape our lives throughout history and across cultures.
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Lip smacking every 1 minute
- De Assef en 05-06-24
De: Alexandra Hudson, y otros
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Macroeconomics Made Clear
- De: Akila Weerapana, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Akila Weerapana
- Duración: 12 h y 33 m
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The issues addressed by macroeconomics are all around you, all the time—from taxes to inflation to mention of the GDP on the nightly news. By learning the principles of macroeconomics, you’ll be able to go beyond simply hearing the terms to better understanding their relationships to each other and how they create the economic environment in which you live. In fact, macroeconomics with its “big-picture glasses” allows you to better ask—and better try to answer—the biggest questions of our time, questions that impact the lives of billions of people.
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Excellent Macro Primer
- De Ranjit Joseph en 04-25-23
De: Akila Weerapana, y otros
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Red Widow
- De: Alma Katsu
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marnò
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
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Lyndsey was once a top handler in the Moscow Field Station, where she was known as the "human lie detector" and praised for recruiting some of the most senior Russian officials. But now, three Russian assets have been exposed - including one of her own - and the CIA is convinced there's a mole in the department. With years of work in question and lives on the line, Lyndsey is thrown back into life at the agency, this time tracing the steps of those closest to her.
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Somewhat disappointed- no spoilers
- De Stephen en 04-04-21
De: Alma Katsu
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The Real History of Pirates
- De: Professor Manushag N. Powell, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Manushag N. Powell
- Duración: 11 h
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There’s an apocryphal story that Alexander the Great once captured a notorious pirate named Diomedes. The great conqueror decided to interview the doomed pirate, asking him what he thought gave him the right to seize the property of other people. The pirate responded by asking the emperor what he thought gave him the right to take property that doesn’t belong to him, including entire countries. The story goes that Alexander thought the pirate very clever, granting him freedom instead of execution.
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Not an intro, but some interesting perspective
- De N. D. Hemingway en 06-21-21
De: Professor Manushag N. Powell, y otros
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The Real History of Dracula
- De: Sara Cleto, Brittany Warman, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Sara Cleto, Brittany Warman
- Duración: 4 h y 27 m
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In the 10 episodes of The Real History of Dracula, folklorists Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman, of The Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic, will shine a light into the dark recesses of our cultural obsession with vampires. Using folklore, literature, history, television, film, and more, Sara and Brittany will show you how—and why—vampires are a potent metaphor for what matters most about the human condition.
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This is stupid
- De quinten en 07-05-23
De: Sara Cleto, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Secret World of Espionage
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- Ryan
- 01-16-23
Not your typical great courses lecture
this is more similar to History channel documentaries in presentation where they cut back and forth between different people talking about different aspects of the same topic. nothing wrong with that format, it has its place and I even occasionally enjoy that format, but I prefer the more traditional lecture format that I look for with Great courses.
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- Keith E. Robison
- 06-03-22
This mess does not belong in the Great Courses
I’ve been a customer of The Great Courses for over twenty years. Their excellence has been uniform.
Each course was structured and detailed like a real college course. Sources and methods were discussed. Each lecture was on a focused set of topics, with clear progression and cross-connection between topics. Nearly all had the focus of being taught by a single instructor - the notable exception being the excellent Divine Comedy course by two professors who have long team taught that course and finish each other’s sentences
This course is a hot mess, with no clear organization, multiple disconnected lecturers and poor attention to detail. The qualifications of the ores enters are not summarized at the start.
At one moment one voice is talking about ore-WW2 British MI recruitment - abruptly it switches to fictional spies. One voice says that most spy novelists aren’t from the trade - but none mention when comparing James Bond and George Smiley that both Fleming and Le Carre had professional intelligence backgrounds. Did that inform their novels? We’ll never know from this course
Sidney Reilly is brought up and it is claimed he exaggerated his exploits - well, what did we know about them from other sources? Nothing discussed here - just a quick jump to the next topic
And so on. It might be acceptable for a third rate podcast brand or maybe an MTV “documentary” - but not The Great Courses. This isn’t a university level treatment and just damages the brand
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- Kevin B.
- 09-27-22
Not worthy of “The Great Courses” name
Clearly, this course was a change in direction for The Great Courses. Let me delineate my disappointments:
1) This is AUDIBLE and audio rules the day. So, when random voices pop-up without introduction and without qualification, it immediately disorients you from the subject matter. Perhaps, in video, a graphic with their name and position might have popped up, but in audio it’s just a random set of people talking. To this day, I have no clue who any presenter was and why they should be in the course. It’s like reading a textbook of random quotes without attribution.
2) The approach was elementary and not up to the more rigorous academic standards of the dozens of other TGCs I have bought. This felt like a bad Discovery Channel “documentary.” The producer of this course clearly has no regard for the intellectual maturity of their listener. I half-way expected the big haired UFO idiot to be one of the many unidentified voices in this course.
3) The coverage of the cyber realm was tertiary and dated. But, given the reasons above, I shouldn’t have expected better by the time they slam cyber security issues into the shortest episode at the end of the series.
Seriously, I have never written a review for Audible, but I was so absolutely incensed by this poor course. I ended up “hate-listening” to this disaster, which is the only palatable manner to digest this mess.
Save your money or credits. I’m asking for a refund.
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