Jason W.

One of the best.

Revisado: 03-06-21

This is one of the best Great Courses out there. Not only is he an expert on Egypt, he is an expert in how to tell Egypt's story. You will definitely not be disappointed. His presentation is just fascinating. I actually got a chance to see the pyramids and the Egyptian Museum, and the experience was so enriched by having listened to this. I can't recommend highly enough.

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Started off better than it ended.

Revisado: 03-06-21

This was an ok story. I agree with the reviewer who pointed out the disconnect between the main character telling the story and who the character is supposed to be. Unlike that reviewer, it didn't bother me enough to quit listening.. The story starts off strong, you get halfway through the book, and it feels like the story is coming to a satisfying end. The author then takes you on a long series of twists that are supposed to be shocking. Like Israelites through the Sinai, you wander for forty years through these twists, and it just gets cheesier as it goes. In the end, like the Israelites, you wind up where you thought you would from the beginning. I did listen to it til the end, and as a whole it wasn't terrible. I won't be buying the second book in the series, however, and I don't recommend using a credit on this one.

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good but a lot of mispronounciations

Revisado: 10-13-19

This book is really, really good, and the reader's style is generally good. The problem is that she mispronounces a *lot* of common words to the point that it's very distracting. Sometimes she takes words and makes them another word altogether, such as the time I kept wondering why the patients would be indignant. Until I realized they were indigent. This happens so frequently that I questioned if any editor or anybody else involved in the process had listened to this at all. Now, normally this would cause me not to be able to listen to the book. However, the book itself is so good that I actually do recommend it, even in the audio form. You learn so much about the history and culture of the Hmong, You get the point of view of doctors trying to treat a patient whom they can't communicate with. The story is one of a lot of people, all trying to do the right thing, who wind up in seemingly antagonistic positions. Despite the issues with the reader, I loved this book, and suggest you give it a try.

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Very Interesting

Revisado: 07-18-18

This book was very interesting! I was worried about the narration because other people had complained but it was just fine. I appreciated the fact that it was her own story she was telling. It kept my attention through the whole book and I always looked forward to listening to it. I'm glad she decided to tell her story and I'm glad I chose to listen to it.

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Narrator drove me nuts

Revisado: 05-15-18

I couldn't get past the narrator. Some of the time he was good! But the way he prounounced certain words for certain characters finally annoyed me so bad I had to stop listening. I heard him prounounce "drink" as "tink" or "dink" or "deenk" for the millionth time and I just couldn't take it anymore. I'll read this one.

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Classic

Revisado: 07-08-17

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This is considered a classic for a reason. Very good book, very good performance.

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outstanding

Revisado: 04-18-17

This audio book was outstanding. I had no particular interest in Chinese history as opposed to any other history, but this book kept my attention from beginning to end. One of the best Great Courses of the many I have listened to.

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Dull

Revisado: 10-17-15

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The author pretty much writes an outline of dates and events and reads down the outline. You have to force yourself to pay attention to it. A good history teacher knows how to tell a story and this is completely lacking. It's like being ready to be served a delicious cake and the chef just comes out and reads you the recipe. The subject itself is something I would be very interested in hearing about but I will look for some other source. I listen to a lot of history courses and this is one of my least favorites. I didn't even finish it and that's very unusual.

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Must Read

Revisado: 07-29-15

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This book is simply a must-read. Or listen. Like a lot of others I had read the book. I remembered liking it. It had been a while and I had forgotten some details, so I decided to give listening to it a try. I'm very glad I did. It has probably been my favorite book to listen to, and I have listened to quite a few. Anthony Heald does a masterful job reading this. I will look for some of his other work to listen to because of his job on this book. If you are considering listening to this, do it! You will definitely not be sorry.

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Lots of Wisdom

Revisado: 07-04-15

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I had read reviews about Kornfield's delivery and was worried because it doesn't take much to annoy me when it comes to the performance of these audio books. At first I did find his delivery slightly grating. As time went on and I got absorbed in the content, however, any annoyance with the delivery went away. I would definitely recommend this book. I will probably listen to it again. For anyone with any interest in Buddhism, this is a very good primer. I can see where it would be helpful to have at least a passing acquaintance with eastern philosophy, but anybody could listen to this and understand it. People who don't consider themselves to be buddhist can listen to this and get a lot out of it without being asked to change your beliefs. Our western minds can definitely use more of this eastern wisdom.

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