K. VanderWyk
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A Brief History of the World
- De: Peter N. Stearns, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Peter N. Stearns
- Duración: 19 h y 2 m
- Grabación Original
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General4 out of 5 stars 453
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 390
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 387
The construction of the great pyramids of Egypt, the development of democracy in ancient Greece, the glories of ancient Rome-these stories are familiar to students of history. But what about the rest of the world? How do the histories of China and Japan, or Russia, India, and the remote territories of Sub-Saharan Africa and South America fit in with commonly known accounts of Western traditions?Learn the rest of the story with these 36 riveting lectures that survey the expanse of human development and civilization across the globe.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Global
- De Tad Davis en 12-05-13
- A Brief History of the World
- De: Peter N. Stearns, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Peter N. Stearns
Great content, slightly annoying lecturer
Revisado: 09-03-24
I enjoy this course and find myself going back to listen to certain lecture for a good overview of the content. However, as other reviews have noted the lecturer CONSTANTLY uses the world "obviously", whether making an obvious connection or not. I honestly have to take a break from this course occasionally because it was annoying me so much. Other than that, great course!
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Dumbledore
- The Life and Lies of Hogwarts's Renowned Headmaster: An Unofficial Exploration
- De: Irvin Khaytman
- Narrado por: Richard Trinder
- Duración: 7 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 152
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 141
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, is one of the most recognizable and mysterious figures in the Harry Potter series. As an unscrupulous beetle-like journalist once said, he's "a biographer's dream." Is he omniscient or limited? Is he benevolent or malevolent? What really drove him in the last years of an extraordinary life? Dumbledore dives between the lines of the Harry Potter books to create a portrait of the controversial Headmaster. We find Dumbledore's hand in every seeming coincidence and consider the impossible decisions he had to make.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting and informative, but...
- De James Fields en 08-31-23
- Dumbledore
- The Life and Lies of Hogwarts's Renowned Headmaster: An Unofficial Exploration
- De: Irvin Khaytman
- Narrado por: Richard Trinder
Entertaining, insightful, but oh so many footnotes
Revisado: 03-05-24
I really enjoyed this Dumbledore analysis. I've listened to Lorrie Kim's "Snape" many times and while this book was in a similar format, I appreciate that Khaytman sticks more to canon in his Dumbledore analysis than Kim does in her book. Many theories are dissected and compared in "Dumbledore", from insightful to outlandish, and Khaytman presents each topic from multiple angles. He has a deep knowledge of the HP universe and Rowling's writing style, and uses this as a guide for separating theories that are well-shored by evidence from those that are grasping at straws.
This book is insanely well-researched and cited. Unfortunately this also means there are footnotes everywhere, which are almost all URL references to fan essays, articles, and interviews. The narrator CONSTANTLY reading "Footnote: www dot website dot com dash a dash url dash to dash an dash article dash that dash has dash a dash fifty dash word dash title" was really distracting to me and started to drive me crazy toward the end of the book. Otherwise, a great listen that I'm sure I'll go back to several times to fully digest. But maybe in print form next time...
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Snape
- The Definitive Analysis of Hogwarts’s Mysterious Potions Master
- De: Lorrie Kim
- Narrado por: Michelle H. Lee
- Duración: 13 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 121
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 113
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 113
Taking an analytical approach to Hogwarts's irascible, protective Potions professor, author Lorrie Kim presents a closer look at how Dumbledore's double agent operates behind the scenes throughout the Harry Potter series. By examining the story from Snape's point of view, this in-depth exploration pierces the defenses of the wizarding world's famed Occlumens, revealing the man for who he truly is: one of pop culture's most memorable heroes.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Too political
- De Sylvious en 03-16-23
- Snape
- The Definitive Analysis of Hogwarts’s Mysterious Potions Master
- De: Lorrie Kim
- Narrado por: Michelle H. Lee
Well Researched
Revisado: 11-14-23
Lots of insightful content, though I wish the author would have stuck a little bit closer to canon. There are some theories that are grasping at straws a bit too much for me, but it's mostly entertaining. I do find the narrator to be annoying -- as an avid fan of the Jim Dale audiobooks it's pretty cringey to hear an American try to do the character's voices in a British accent. But I've still listened to parts of this book several times.
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A Feast for Crows
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4
- De: George R.R. Martin
- Narrado por: Roy Dotrice
- Duración: 33 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57,403
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51,049
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50,992
Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy that began with A Game of Thrones. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace . . . only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Jarring change in Dotrice's performance
- De Pi en 06-21-12
- A Feast for Crows
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4
- De: George R.R. Martin
- Narrado por: Roy Dotrice
Great Story, Irritating Narrator
Revisado: 12-16-22
ASoIaF has been one of my favorite book series since I first read it. I have all of the Roy Dotrice audiobooks, and at first I was pretty happy with them. He doesn't have a ton of voices, but he uses a good variety and consistency for the first 2 books. But starting with book 3, he starts switching out accents for certain characters completely, and pronouncing names differently between books. Somtimes Joff-ree is Jeff-ree. Cat-lyn or Cate-lyn. Littlefinger is P-tire for the first 3 books then Peter in the 4th. All the kids suddenly have Irish accents and sound like leprechauns. Overall, Roy's voice is great for narration and I enjoy the way he tells the story most of the time. But with a chapter structure where POV is so important, hearing different accents/names between books is distracting.
Aside from that, one of the greatest fantasy epics of all time, no need to comment there!
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