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The Modern Scholar: The Norsemen - Understanding Vikings and Their Culture
- De: Professor Professor Michael D.C. Drout
- Narrado por: Professor Michael D.C. Drout
- Duración: 5 h y 2 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 453
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 395
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 391
Professor Michael D.C. Drout of Wheaton College immerses listeners in the extraordinary legacy of Viking civilization, which developed in what is now Scandinavia during the early Middle Ages. During the course of these lectures, Professor Drout explores how these peoples conquered all of Northern Europe, traveled as far as Byzantium in the East and North America in the West, and left a literary legacy that includes numerous works studied and enjoyed to this day.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best download in months!
- De Margaret en 12-23-12
Nice education
Revisado: 08-25-15
I enjoyed the education about the Vikings, a topic I've just recently started reading about. The history, insights and stories were great and the professor seems very knowledgeable. The only part that got a bit slow was the depth of description of how the poetry works. I was less interested in the detailed structure, but did enjoy the stories that the epics and poems told. Overall, very glad to listen to it. I feel like I learned a lot.
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Nordic Tales
- De: Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Selma Lagerlöf
- Narrado por: Walter Zimmerman
- Duración: 2 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 22
Selma Lagerlöf and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson were two of the greatest nineteenth centurey Nordic authors who were both awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Lagerlof was a Swedish novelist, who in 1909 became the first woman writer to win the Nobel Prize for literature. Her work is deeply rooted in Nordic legends and history. She turned away from the dominating realistic movement and wrote in a romantic and imaginative manner about the peasant life and landscape of Northern Sweden.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Transports one to The North
- De Robert en 08-15-06
- Nordic Tales
- De: Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Selma Lagerlöf
- Narrado por: Walter Zimmerman
Interesting perspective into a different culture
Revisado: 08-03-15
Though not overly entertaining. I recently traveled to Norway for two weeks for the first time. I listened to a couple of these tales before going and the rest after. I can vaguely associate them, their subjects, tone, and lessons with the culture I experienced, but only barely. Lessons or morals were hard for me to decipher from the tales, but maybe to be simpler to understand, they'd have to be shallower lessons.
I respect the folk tales, but wouldn't recommend them for entertainment. I've enjoyed tales of the Norse gods, Vikings and "The Real Heroes of Telemark" (about WWII) much more.
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Stuff Matters
- Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
- De: Mark Miodownik
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 6 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,673
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,054
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,039
Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip bend? These are the sorts of questions that Mark Miodownik is constantly asking himself. A globally renowned materials scientist, Miodownik has spent his life exploring objects as ordinary as an envelope and as unexpected as concrete cloth, uncovering the fascinating secrets that hold together our physical world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Surprisingly good
- De D. MacLeod en 01-29-15
- Stuff Matters
- Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
- De: Mark Miodownik
- Narrado por: Michael Page
Cool info, fun book
Revisado: 02-04-15
Great intro to materials science, interesting learning, entertaining stories, fun to listen to. Quirky stuff to know more now about the world around us.
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Collapse
- How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
- De: Jared Diamond
- Narrado por: Christopher Murney
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,457
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 556
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 564
In his million-copy best seller Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much of the world. Now in this brilliant companion volume, Diamond probes the other side of the equation: what caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates?
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3 out of 5 stars
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an fascinating book, but better on paper
- De Rebecca en 04-11-05
- Collapse
- How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
- De: Jared Diamond
- Narrado por: Christopher Murney
Very good, though didn't realize it was abridged
Revisado: 12-10-13
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes - great lessons regarding sustainability on the macro level and long-term. I hope everyone reads this book (and others), takes heed and starts to adjust.
Any additional comments?
Wish there were an unabridged version - abridged always make me wonder what I missed. But this version did have lots of substance and it might be that the full version isn't needed to get the point and the takeaways I've learned.
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