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The World of Yesterday
- Memoirs of a European
- De: Stefan Zweig, Anthea Bell - translator
- Narrado por: David Horovitch
- Duración: 17 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 739
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 652
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 653
Stefan Zweig's memoir, The World of Yesterday, recalls the golden age of prewar Europe - its seeming permanence, its promise and its devastating fall with the onset of two world wars. Zweig's passionate, evocative prose paints a stunning portrait of an era that danced brilliantly on the brink of extinction. It is an unusually humane account of Europe from the closing years of the 19th century through to World War II, seen through the eyes of one of the most famous writers of his era.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lucidity whilst Civilization reverts to barbarism
- De none en 06-25-17
- The World of Yesterday
- Memoirs of a European
- De: Stefan Zweig, Anthea Bell - translator
- Narrado por: David Horovitch
Good but not as insightful as I’d hoped
Revisado: 01-03-25
I’d hoped it’d be psychologically insightful into the human condition like a Thomas Mann, Herman Hesse, Robert Musil or James Joyce.
It’s ok for the average reader as it shows the end of the Austrian monarchy (and Old Europe) pre WW1 from a 1st person account of an intellectual.
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The True Believer
- Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
- De: Eric Hoffer
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 5 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while living in the railroad yards. The True Believer—the first and most famous of his books—was made into a bestseller when President Eisenhower cited it during one of the earliest television press conferences.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enlightening and scary
- De Tyler Zudans en 06-27-24
- The True Believer
- Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
- De: Eric Hoffer
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
A MUST READ especially if you’re a curious intellectual
Revisado: 11-04-24
A master piece that insightfully breaks down human nature in ways I hadn’t thought of. I’d give it more than 5 stars if that was an option.
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Siddhartha
- De: Hermann Hesse
- Narrado por: Derek Jacobi
- Duración: 2 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,064
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 882
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 878
This compelling spiritual quest by Hermann Hesse, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, is considered one of the most important works of 20th century fiction. Siddhartha's search for enlightenment leads him to the river of life itself. On his journey he learns from many teachers: the ascetic Samanas, the all-knowing Gotama the Buddha, Kamala the lovely courtesan, and Vasudeva the simple ferryman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Choosing an audio version of Siddhartha
- De Scott en 02-08-10
- Siddhartha
- De: Hermann Hesse
- Narrado por: Derek Jacobi
Wow..Just Wow
Revisado: 10-23-24
If there ever was a perfect book, a perfect story, or a perfect life lesson, this is it.
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A Peace to End All Peace
- The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
- De: David Fromkin
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 23 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 500
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 426
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 427
The Middle East has long been a region of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and ambitions. All of these conflicts are rooted in the region's political inheritance: the arrangements, unities, and divisions imposed by the Allies after the First World War. Author David Fromkin reveals how and why the Allies drew lines on an empty map that remade the geography and politics of the Middle East. Focusing on the formative years of 1914 to 1922, when all seemed possible, he delivers in this sweeping and magisterial book the definitive account of this defining time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Still A Great Book On The Topic
- De Nostromo en 02-03-19
- A Peace to End All Peace
- The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
- De: David Fromkin
- Narrado por: David de Vries
Wow…Required Reading
Revisado: 05-15-24
Great overview of the Middle Eastern issues, which are on going and will go on for a few more centuries just like those of Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire
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The Unseen Body
- A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy
- De: Jonathan Reisman M.D.
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 186
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 144
Dr. Jonathan Reisman - a physician, adventure traveler, and naturalist - brings listeners on an odyssey, navigating our insides like an explorer discovering a new world. With unique insight, Reisman shows us how understanding mountain watersheds helps to diagnose heart attacks, how the body is made mostly of mucus, not water, and how urine carries within it a tale of humanity’s origins.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great, Simply Great
- De Wendy en 10-21-22
- The Unseen Body
- A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy
- De: Jonathan Reisman M.D.
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
Explains well what doctors do
Revisado: 04-17-24
As an average person, it helped me understand my body better and how doctors try to heal it when it’s harmed.
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The Darkness That Comes Before
- The Prince of Nothing, Book One
- De: R. Scott Bakker
- Narrado por: David DeVries
- Duración: 20 h y 44 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,038
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 911
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 911
In a world scarred by an apocalyptic past, evoking a time both 2,000 years past and 2,000 years into the future, untold thousands gather for a crusade. Among them, two men and two women are ensnared by a mysterious traveler, Anasûrimbor Kellhus - part warrior, part philosopher, part sorcerous, charismatic presence - from lands long thought dead. The Darkness That Comes Before is a history of this great holy war, and like all histories, the survivors write its conclusion.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Finally in audiobook!
- De Andy en 06-28-12
- The Darkness That Comes Before
- The Prince of Nothing, Book One
- De: R. Scott Bakker
- Narrado por: David DeVries
Great philosophical exploration but…
Revisado: 11-30-21
I enjoyed the philosophical ideas explored and the prose is as good as Herbert’s Dune, or even GR Martin, but where it’s week is it’s imbalance when it come to political reality. It favors monarchies over other forms of government, which makes it come off too masculine especially
Since in reality empires are always at a minimum mixed forms of reality, and if not, then they compete with others that are either aristocratic, middle-class bureaucratic or democratic, an element that makes the Malazan series better than this one. Still it’sone of the best philosophical fantasy books out there if philosophy is what you’re into.
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The Hunting Hypothesis: A Personal Conclusion Concerning the Evolutionary Nature of Man
- Robert Ardrey's Nature of Man Series, Volume 4
- De: Robert Ardrey
- Narrado por: Mikael Naramore
- Duración: 8 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18
Robert Ardrey guides the listener on a remarkable journey of discovery through 20 million years of man's prehistory: from the days when his ancestors first emerged from the forests of Africa during the benevolent warmth and rains of the Miocene, through the unremitting drought of the Pliocene and the dramatic climactic shifts of the Pleistocene, down to those few thousand years past when man emerged at last onto the stage of recorded history as a fully evolved hunting animal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a gem!
- De sam walusimbi en 09-07-16
- The Hunting Hypothesis: A Personal Conclusion Concerning the Evolutionary Nature of Man
- Robert Ardrey's Nature of Man Series, Volume 4
- De: Robert Ardrey
- Narrado por: Mikael Naramore
What a gem!
Revisado: 09-07-16
Even though his conclusions on industrial pollution as being a factor in climate change are the opposite of what is going on today, (a perspective I'm sure he would have revised given the data we have now) this book is a total gem...
I've read many books on similar subject matters but none connects the dots of what makes us, us as well as Ardrey. Particularly how our hunting history played such a big role in the formation of thought, cooperation and culture as we know it.
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