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The Symphonies of Beethoven
- De: Robert Greenberg, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Robert Greenberg
- Duración: 24 h y 12 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 528
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 472
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 466
Ludwig van Beethoven is justifiably acclaimed as one of the most revered composers in the history of Western music-a genius once characterized as a "Titan, wrestling with the gods." There is no better way for you to understand the full impact of that description than to not only listen to all nine of his magnificent symphonies, but to do so with a full understanding of what this great composer was saying and the circumstances that drove him up to and beyond what had once been considered the limits of musical expression.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Great Course with a Great Caveat
- De Eloquent en 01-13-14
- The Symphonies of Beethoven
- De: Robert Greenberg, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Robert Greenberg
Ode to joy
Revisado: 06-03-23
There’s nothing like these lectures. The fullest possible engagement with the music he loves and enlivens for us
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The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage
- Book of Dust, Volume 1
- De: Philip Pullman
- Narrado por: Michael Sheen
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,632
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6,096
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,060
Renowned storyteller Philip Pullman returns to the parallel world of Lyra Belacqua and His Dark Materials for a thrilling and epic adventure in which daemons, alethiometers, and the Magisterium all play parts.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disturbing differences from print text
- De Damon D. Hickey en 10-24-17
- The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage
- Book of Dust, Volume 1
- De: Philip Pullman
- Narrado por: Michael Sheen
Magical read of a magical ride
Revisado: 01-23-18
Richard Kravitz
For fans of the Pullman trilogy, His Dark Materials, this is a worthy successor. The book loses its way a bit when the heroic trio descend into a full magical world, but the brilliance of the narrator, Michael Sheen, makes even that artery detour thrilling.
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A Horse Walks into a Bar
- De: David Grossman, Jessica Cohen
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 5 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 230
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 210
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 211
In a little dive in a small Israeli city, Dov Greenstein, a comedian a bit past his prime, is doing a night of stand-up. In the audience is a district court justice, Avishai Lazar, whom Dov knew as a boy, along with a few others who remember Dov as the awkward, scrawny kid who walked on his hands to confound the neighborhood bullies. Gradually, teetering between hilarity and hysteria, Dov's patter becomes a kind of memoir, taking us back into the terrors of his childhood.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An extraordinary experience
- De Judith en 07-28-17
- A Horse Walks into a Bar
- De: David Grossman, Jessica Cohen
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
Agonizingly, achingly moving
Revisado: 06-26-17
A stand up comedian trying to make sense of death, from holocaust, to personal, a story of Jews, of Israel, of humanity. One wants to look away, to leave, but try to stay.
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The Plot Against America
- De: Philip Roth
- Narrado por: Ron Silver
- Duración: 13 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,529
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,167
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,157
In an astonishing feat of empathy and narrative invention, our most ambitious novelist imagines an alternate version of American history. In 1940 Charles A. Lindbergh, heroic aviator and rabid isolationist, is elected president. Shortly thereafter, he negotiates a cordial "understanding" with Adolf Hitler while the new government embarks on a program of folksy anti-Semitism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Life is imitating Roth's art
- De Matthew en 08-04-16
- The Plot Against America
- De: Philip Roth
- Narrado por: Ron Silver
Extraordinary
Revisado: 02-01-17
This is a masterpiece, ranging from grand history to the intimacies of family life, from the most dire circumstance to the outrageously funny, as in the best Shakespearean history plays.
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Ulysses
- De: James Joyce
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 29 h y 57 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 157
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 126
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 124
Joyce’s experimental masterpiece set a new standard for modernist fiction, pushing the English language past all previous thresholds in its quest to capture a day in the life of an Everyman in turn-of-the-century Dublin. Obliquely borrowing characters and situations from Homer’s Odyssey, Joyce takes us on an internal odyssey along the current of thoughts, impressions, and experiences that make up the adventure of living an average day.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pure Joyce
- De sleiii en 05-27-11
- Ulysses
- De: James Joyce
- Narrado por: John Lee
Marathon Man
Revisado: 03-03-14
Would you listen to Ulysses again? Why?
This is a once in a lifetime experience -- I would never be able to sit down and read the book, but hearing the voices, those Irish voices, internal and external, as the history of the world filters through the events and consciousness of a single day in Dublin, expands the sense of what is possible in language. Younger and older language artists, Daedalus and Bloom, survive debauchery and humiliation, contemplating, absorbing, reacting to the death of a mother, the infidelity of a wife, the centrifugal and centripetal forces from home. Obscurity and arcaneness to a modern reader melt away in the wash and ocean of mesmerizing sound and language.
What does John Lee bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I heard John Lee read Orhan Pahmuk's Snow and couldn't place his exotic sounding accent which seemed perfect for that book. But to hear him read Ulysses is to know that this is what he was born to do, that Irish voice, that Irish soul.
Any additional comments?
This is a mammoth undertaking.
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