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A Savage War of Peace
- Algeria 1954-1962
- De: Alistair Horne
- Narrado por: James Adams
- Duración: 29 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 420
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 303
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 299
The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It caused the fall of six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict, and as many European settlers were driven into exile. From the perspective of half a century, it looks less like the last colonial war than the first postmodern one.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent history of France's Viet Nam
- De David en 04-10-16
- A Savage War of Peace
- Algeria 1954-1962
- De: Alistair Horne
- Narrado por: James Adams
A chronology relevant to everything happening today in cultural and independence conflicts
Revisado: 10-25-24
A simply engulfing read. It is shocking to read that basically everything in today’s conflicts (eg the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and attrition) already happened and its lessons are never learned.
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Christianity
- The First Three Thousand Years
- De: Diarmaid MacCulloch
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 46 h y 29 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,057
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 785
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 786
Once in a generation, a historian will redefine his field, producing a book that demands to be read or heard - a product of electrifying scholarship conveyed with commanding skill. Diarmaid MacCulloch's Christianity is such a book. Breathtaking in ambition, it ranges back to the origins of the Hebrew Bible and covers the world, following the three main strands of the Christian faith.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Bias
- De 8cdpmpppm en 10-04-10
- Christianity
- The First Three Thousand Years
- De: Diarmaid MacCulloch
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
A riveting timeline
Revisado: 07-06-24
An impressively researched book that provides a great overview of the evolution and bifurcation of Christianity.
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The Bible Unearthed
- Archaeology’s New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts
- De: Neil Asher Silberman, Israel Finkelstein
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 12 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 104
In this iconoclastic and provocative work, leading scholars Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman draw on recent archaeological research to present a dramatically revised portrait of ancient Israel and its neighbors. They argue that crucial evidence (or a telling lack of evidence) at digs in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon suggests that many of the most famous stories in the Bible - the wanderings of the patriarchs, the Exodus from Egypt, Joshua’s conquest of Canaan, and David and Solomon’s vast empire - reflect the world of the later authors.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Quite Eye Opening
- De K. Walker en 10-11-22
- The Bible Unearthed
- Archaeology’s New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts
- De: Neil Asher Silberman, Israel Finkelstein
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
Archeology sheds a lot of light about the Bible
Revisado: 03-13-24
A very thorough and structured archeological timeline that brings to light the reality of the so called Biblical times. Well worth a listen
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The Wages of Destruction
- The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
- De: Adam Tooze
- Narrado por: Adam Tooze, Simon Vance
- Duración: 30 h y 19 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 351
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 303
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 301
An extraordinary mythology has grown up around the Third Reich that hovers over political and moral debate even today. Adam Tooze's controversial book challenges the conventional economic interpretations of that period.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ties the story together in an amazing way
- De Philo en 08-23-21
- The Wages of Destruction
- The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
- De: Adam Tooze
- Narrado por: Adam Tooze, Simon Vance
A fascinating backstory from a financial perspective highlighting how toxic nationalism combined with racism can be.
Revisado: 03-04-24
It is quite amazing to read through just how much the Nazi regime managed to do with the Sword of Damocles constantly swinging above its head. These are lessons that we should heed today.
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The Innocents Abroad
- Or, The New Pilgrim’s Progress
- De: Mark Twain
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 18 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,492
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,326
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,325
In June 1867, Mark Twain set out for Europe and the Holy Land on the paddle steamer Quaker City. His enduring, no-nonsense guide for the first-time traveler also served as an antidote to the insufferably romantic travel books of the period.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Twain's Hidden Gem
- De Cynthia Franks en 05-08-12
- The Innocents Abroad
- Or, The New Pilgrim’s Progress
- De: Mark Twain
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
Wit and charm of yesterday
Revisado: 01-10-24
Less for literature, more for mid 19th a traveler’s journey. A bonus that Twain entwined his humor
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Material World
- A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future
- De: Ed Conway
- Narrado por: Ed Conway
- Duración: 15 h y 11 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 25
Sand, iron, salt, oil, copper and lithium. The struggle for these tiny, magical materials has razed empires, demolished civilizations, fed our greed and our ingenuity for thousands of years. But the story is not over. We are often told we now live in a weightless world of information but in fact we dug more stuff out of the earth in 2017 than in all of human history before 1950. And it's getting worse. To make one bar of gold, we now have to dig 5,000 tons of earth. For every tonne of fossil fuels, we extract six tonnes of other materials - from sand to stone to wood to metal.
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3 out of 5 stars
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How complex the material world is
- De David Pring en 02-27-25
- Material World
- A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future
- De: Ed Conway
- Narrado por: Ed Conway
Good food for thought about the world and material we rely on
Revisado: 01-01-24
Well written and well thought introduction for the layperson to some of the challenges we face in making the world more sustainable. Partly by accepting and evolving our evils, not parting with them.
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The History of Ancient Egypt
- De: Bob Brier, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Bob Brier
- Duración: 24 h y 25 m
- Grabación Original
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General5 out of 5 stars 7,138
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6,409
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 6,384
Ancient Egyptian civilization is so grand our minds sometimes have difficulty adjusting to it. It lasted 3,000 years, longer than any other on the planet. Its Great Pyramid of Cheops was the tallest building in the world until well into the 19th century and remains the only Ancient Wonder still standing. And it was the most technologically advanced of the ancient civilizations, with the medical knowledge that made Egyptian physicians the most famous in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incomprehensibly complete
- De Nassir en 07-09-13
- The History of Ancient Egypt
- De: Bob Brier, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Bob Brier
Educating and fun
Revisado: 05-19-23
This is a wonderful overview of the great Egyptian culture and history. A lot of fun to fill in gaps about where things come from, the Egyptian’s influence and history in general. A little biased at times, but that only goes to show how much passion and love Bob Brier has for Egypt.
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The Deluge
- De: Stephen Markley
- Narrado por: Corey Brill, Danny Campbell, Gibson Frazier, y otros
- Duración: 40 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 374
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 349
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 348
In the first decades of the 21st century, the world is convulsing, its governments mired in gridlock while a patient but unrelenting ecological crisis looms. America is in upheaval, battered by violent weather and extreme politics. In California in 2013, Tony Pietrus, a scientist studying deposits of undersea methane, receives a death threat.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Couldn’t get into it.
- De Review Reviewer en 01-20-23
A well thought story, but one that doesn’t go as deep as I would like
Revisado: 03-28-23
It shows that a lot of thought was put in this story about the extent of where the climate crises can go. That said, it didn’t click with me line the world building and depth of philosophical questions one gets with science fiction.
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The March of Folly
- From Troy to Vietnam
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 17 h y 53 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 710
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 535
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 531
In The March of Folly, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning historian Barbara Tuchman tackles the pervasive presence of folly in governments through the ages. Defining folly as the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives, Tuchman details four decisive turning points in history that illustrate the very heights of folly in government.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Tuchman surprises me...
- De Plimtuna en 09-24-09
- The March of Folly
- From Troy to Vietnam
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
Ripping failure from the jaws of success
Revisado: 03-05-23
An enthralling journey through three major events (Papacy, American Independence, and Vietnamese Independence). Detailes the perseverance of errors and "stupidity".
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Who We Are and How We Got Here
- De: David Reich
- Narrado por: John Lescault
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,410
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,213
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,198
Geneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archaeology, linguistics, and written records as a means to understand our ancestry. In Who We Are and How We Got Here, Reich allows listeners to discover how the human genome provides not only all the information a human embryo needs to develop but also the hidden story of our species.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Book, No Maps Available thru Audible
- De Jane W. en 07-15-18
- Who We Are and How We Got Here
- De: David Reich
- Narrado por: John Lescault
One more way to look at history
Revisado: 01-24-23
A very interesting and well structured summary of DNA based research. The book highlights the current findings and understanding that there is a lot more recombination and effects of those past few thousand years than was and probably is taught in school. Lastly, I appreciate the fact that David Reich openly talked about his errors and that he leaves room for other views that are not his own. Very interesting indeed!
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