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2 Hours of Information in 24 lectures

Revisado: 07-08-21

I listen to a lot of The Great Courses and enjoy learning in general. this course is going to be boring for anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of ancient astronomy. 5 minutes of info is drawn out over the course of entire lectures. the professor speaks slowly with pauses so long that I kept having to check that my phone did not turn off in the middle of the lecture. I only finished because I started.

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short and packing depth

Revisado: 10-11-20

the book is well written. however, it does not go deeply enough into complex topics for the reader to thoroughly understand. great book of you want to write a freshman college paper about Roosevelt. lacking if you want to thoroughly grasp the man and the times. Glosses over many seminal moments.

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an excellent intro or recap to EVERYTHING

Revisado: 09-02-20

As the title states, this is an excellent review or intro to everything in the period covered. My only complaint is that it doesn't actually go to the fall of Rome. it goes to the reign of Constantine and the rose of Christianity.

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Thoroughly Engrossing

Revisado: 09-18-19

This was the best of the great courses I've taken thus far. A must read if you are a student of history, politics, or warfare.

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narrator...

Revisado: 08-31-19

This is the second course of his I've taken. I didn't mean to take a second one but I wasn't paying attention when I purchased it... The content, IS great but the, DELIVERY is awkward. Constant pauses in strange, places AND putting emphasis, on the wrong WORD. If you read my previous sentences exactly as they are typed, you'll have a good idea what your in for if you get this book. Like I said, the content is great. If you can tolerate his speech patterns, it's a good course.

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A thorough history that seemed overtly biased

Revisado: 08-09-19

Scott Brick is the beat narrator out there. I learned a lot of new things about a misunderstood man. T author rightfully pointed out that all of the other founder's, most notably Hamilton and Jefferson in this case, were flawed men but he seemed overly apologetic and made excuses for many of Burr's flaws or misdeeds and I did feel like that style, or my perception of it, affected the credibilty of the book as a whole.

Overall, good and definitely worth the read but not excellent/5 stars for me.

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Great biography. Very thorough

Revisado: 06-24-19

My only wish is that it more closely described specific battle tactics but i realize that would have been tesious and excessive for a biography about a person, not a history of the battles. overall, a fascinating story.

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it's ok

Revisado: 06-14-19

Based upon the title, I was hoping for a retrospective of the cultural and practical implications of confederate defeat. Instead, most of it is actually about the battle and then it's like, "then 2 years later the north won... also the gettyaburg address..."

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FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY do not listen to this narrator

Revisado: 03-29-19

I routinely listen to "dry", detailed histories and love a good in depth lecture. Being raised Lutheran but always more interested in history than religion itself, I was ecstatic to find such a long book, with great reviews, on the reformation. Unfortunately, the narrator is the worst I've ever experienced.

I usually dislike a new narrator when I start a book but he or she grows on me and I eventually zone in on the book. Well, 2 days into my 35 minute one way work commute and 1) I have no idea what's been discussed during the first 2 hours because I can't focus on the book through the awful narration, 2) I am energetic and ready to go when I get in the car. Within 15 minutes of listening, I'm riding on the rumble strips and almost rear ended someone because I was literally falling asleep. I had to turn on rap and drive on the highway with the windows down to recover from my stupor that Anne Flosnik put me in.

DO NOT GET THIS AUDIOBOOK! IT'S FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY!

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a bit of s stretch but some good insights

Revisado: 03-26-19

I found the arguments in this book to be a bit too simplistic and sometimes a stretch. As an Ohioan who has lived in Appalachia, the Midlands, and Yankeedom, I do recognize marked differences between regional cultures but I think that in today's interconnected society, a bigger difference can be seen when simply comparing urban and rural vs. one culture to another. The obvious exception here is Yankeedom vs the Deep South struggle which I do accept as the defining struggle of our country's history.

Also, I got the sense that the author disliked the "Dixie block" (which is probably justified because, well, racism and bible waiving) which I felt tainted some of his observations.

In the end, the author made several pointed observations about contemporary and future North America that I thought were very valuable to ponder. specifically, we (Ohio and the rest of the North) should get rid of the south and/or join/move to southern Canada (not the part where they speak French).

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