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The Arabs
- A History
- De: Eugene Rogan
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 27 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 673
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 593
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 589
In this definitive history of the modern Arab world, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan draws extensively on Arab sources and texts to place the Arab experience in its crucial historical context for the first time. Tracing five centuries of Arab history, Rogan reveals that there was an age when the Arabs set the rules for the rest of the world. Today, however, the Arab world's sense of subjection to external powers carries vast consequences for both the region and Westerners who attempt to control it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb Book About the Arab World
- De Nostromo en 05-29-16
- The Arabs
- A History
- De: Eugene Rogan
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
The issue , often isn't the issue!
Revisado: 11-11-16
Writer helps broade the perspective of middle Eastern Political issues.... historical to recent.
worth the time and consideration
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The Underground Railroad (Television Tie-in)
- A Novel
- De: Colson Whitehead
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 10 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 16,291
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14,573
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 14,533
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is coming into womanhood—where even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Matters do not go as planned—Cora kills a young white boy who tries to capture her. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stupendous book, hard to follow in audio
- De JQR en 12-01-16
- The Underground Railroad (Television Tie-in)
- A Novel
- De: Colson Whitehead
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
The Underground Railroad
Revisado: 08-28-16
Thought provoking. Open ended
Difficult to follow action at times.
the history of the railroad in this fiction writing bvwas appreciated
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The Silk Roads
- A New History of the World
- De: Peter Frankopan
- Narrado por: Laurence Kennedy
- Duración: 24 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,070
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,652
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,652
It was on the Silk Roads that East and West first encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas, cultures, and religions, and it was the appetites for foreign goods that drove economies and the growth of nations. From the first cities in Mesopotamia to the emergence of Greece and Rome to the depredations by the Mongols, the transmission of the Black Death, the struggles of the Great Game, and the fall of Communism - the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Western history, but no more
- De Aaron Taylor en 07-18-16
- The Silk Roads
- A New History of the World
- De: Peter Frankopan
- Narrado por: Laurence Kennedy
in-depth history of Eurasian evolution
Revisado: 07-03-16
Beautifully constructed, a terrific and exhilarating read. a broad perspective on world history that enriches understanding of progress and change over centuries.
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The Path Between the Seas
- The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 8 h y 22 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 727
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 406
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 401
Winner of the National Book Award for history, The Path Between the Seas tells the story of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing an aquatic passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Applying his remarkable gift for writing lucid, lively exposition, McCullough weaves the many strands of the momentous event into a comprehensive and captivating tale.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Path Between The Seas
- De Thomas M. Kokinda en 07-19-08
- The Path Between the Seas
- The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
Before you cruise the Panama Canal
Revisado: 01-24-16
Fascinating and historical review of the challenges, politics, economics, and quality of life Advancement's that came about as a result of this titanic engineering project. Excellent primer for planned trip through the canal.
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The Time of Our Lives
- Collected Writings
- De: Peggy Noonan
- Narrado por: Betsy Foldes Meiman, Rena-Marie Villano, Peggy Noonan
- Duración: 17 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 88
Peggy Noonan is one of the most brilliant and influential political thinkers and writers of our time. The author of five best-selling books ( What I Saw at the Revolution is now a classic), her column in The Wall Street Journal is a must-read for millions of Americans. Witty, incisive, and always original, Peggy Noonan is a conservative intellectual with wide-reaching appeal across the political spectrum. Now, for the first time, the best of Noonan's writing will be collected in one indispensable volume.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Ronald Reagan is God. Who knew?
- De Rick en 11-20-15
- The Time of Our Lives
- Collected Writings
- De: Peggy Noonan
- Narrado por: Betsy Foldes Meiman, Rena-Marie Villano, Peggy Noonan
Background and insight on US social evolution
Revisado: 01-24-16
Personal insights & observations of US political and social issues over a writers lifetime. Thought provoking, inspirational and in some cases visionary.
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The Map That Changed the World
- William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 687
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 448
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 451
In 1793 William Smith, a canal digger, made a startling discovery that was to turn the fledgling science of the history of the earth - and a central plank of established Christian religion - on its head. He noticed that the rocks he was excavating were arranged in layers; more important, he could see quite clearly that the fossils found in one layer were very different from those found in another. And out of that realization came an epiphany.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Who knew rocks could be so deceptive?
- De Jody R. Nathan en 11-09-04
- The Map That Changed the World
- William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
The story of a modern day discipline.
Revisado: 11-19-15
Background on the foundation of Geology in the social and economic issues of the period.
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In, But Not Of
- A Guide to Christian Ambition and the Desire to Influence the World
- De: Hugh Hewitt
- Narrado por: Jeff Cummings
- Duración: 5 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Influence is not accidental. It is earned. In, But Not Of charts the course to acquiring influence over the life of a career, while remaining committed to the commands and example of Christ. Broadcast journalist and law professor Hugh Hewitt not only challenges us to become more engaged in steering the course of history through politics, law, finance, and entertainment, but he also maps out simple, effective strategies that will enable us to bring our visions of influence to pass.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great "Life advice"
- De Patty en 12-02-19
- In, But Not Of
- A Guide to Christian Ambition and the Desire to Influence the World
- De: Hugh Hewitt
- Narrado por: Jeff Cummings
A solid perspective on personal achievement.
Revisado: 10-03-15
Adds a strong dimension of faith based coaching to other popular secular leadership and development writings.
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- An Indian History of the American West
- De: Dee Brown
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 14 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,570
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,805
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,791
Dee Brown's eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the 19th century uses council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions. Brown allows great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell us in their own words of the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easy to Listen To, Difficult to Hear About
- De J.B. en 04-12-16
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- An Indian History of the American West
- De: Dee Brown
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
American history not covered in the classroom
Revisado: 10-02-14
Would you listen to Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee again? Why?
Yes, the detail and documentation are impressive and thought provoking
What other book might you compare Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee to and why?
The Bondswoman's Narrative, one of Black slaves , the other of Native Americans and their unique historical perspectives
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Not possible to do all at once as reflection had value........though easy to migrate back at the first opportunity.
Any additional comments?
Provides sobering background to the 'advancement' of the western migration in North America. A broad overview with descriptive detail and aligned with actual communication from historical records to put the settlement of the country and how it progressed into 'context'.
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Alice Behind Wonderland
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
- Duración: 2 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 105
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 89
On a summer's day in 1858, in a garden behind Christ Church College in Oxford, Charles Dodgson, a lecturer in mathematics, photographed six-year-old Alice Liddell, the daughter of the college dean, with a Thomas Ottewill Registered Double Folding camera, recently purchased in London. Simon Winchester deftly uses the resulting image - as unsettling as it is famous, and the subject of bottomless speculation - as the vehicle for a brief excursion behind the lens, a focal point on the origins of a classic work of English literature.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not Long Enough
- De thefrogman en 06-18-12
- Alice Behind Wonderland
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
Wonderland
Revisado: 10-02-14
Where does Alice Behind Wonderland rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
bottom third
What did you like best about this story?
Interesting history but lacks the scientific depth of other previous Winchester books
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Alice Above the Ground
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A Crack in the Edge of the World
- America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 590
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 333
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 329
San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive force. In the early morning hours of April 18, 1906, San Francisco and a string of towns to its north-northwest and the south-southeast were overcome by an enormous shaking that was compounded by the violent shocks of an earthquake, registering 8.25 on the Richter scale.
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2 out of 5 stars
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7 Hours and 45 minutes . . .
- De Tim en 12-09-05
- A Crack in the Edge of the World
- America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
Earthshaking Information
Revisado: 05-29-14
What made the experience of listening to A Crack in the Edge of the World the most enjoyable?
I appreciated not only the depth of science, but also the history and humanity surrounding the major historic world tremors.
What does Simon Winchester bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
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