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The Cold War (2nd Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrado por: Stephen Bel Davies
- Duración: 6 h y 39 m
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The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction is a truly international history, not just of the Soviet-American struggle at its heart, but also of the waves of decolonization, revolutionary nationalism, and state formation that swept the non-Western world in the wake of World War II. McMahon places the "Hot Wars" that cost millions of lives in Korea, Vietnam, and elsewhere within the larger framework of global superpower competition. He shows how the United States and the Soviet Union both became empires over the course of the Cold War, and argues that perceived security needs and fears shaped US and Soviet decisions from the beginning - far more, in fact, than did their economic and territorial ambitions. He unpacks how these needs and fears were conditioned by the divergent cultures, ideologies, and historical experiences of the two principal contestants and their allies.
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Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival materials and the reports of generations of family members - mayors, judges, scholars, diplomats, and journalists - The Hundred Years' War on Palestine upends accepted interpretations of the conflict, which tend, at best, to describe a tragic clash between two peoples with claims to the same territory. Instead, Khalidi traces a hundred years of colonial war on the Palestinians, waged first by the Zionist movement and then Israel, but backed by Britain and the United States, the great powers of the age.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thoroughly Researched and Evidence-Based, but...
- De K en 05-24-21
De: Rashid Khalidi
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Tomorrow, the World
- The Birth of US Global Supremacy
- De: Stephen Wertheim
- Narrado por: Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 9 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 85
For most of its history, the US avoided making political and military commitments that would entangle it in European-style power politics. Then, suddenly, it conceived a new role for itself as the world’s armed superpower and never looked back. In Tomorrow, the World, Wertheim traces America’s transformation to the crucible of World War II, especially in the months prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. As the Nazis conquered France, the architects of the nation’s new foreign policy came to believe that the US ought to achieve primacy in international affairs forevermore.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful punch to American dogma.
- De JLK en 06-30-21
De: Stephen Wertheim
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The Birth of Classical Europe
- A History from Troy to Augustine
- De: Simon Price, Peter Thonemann
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 141
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 114
To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level, from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a “classical Europe,” using frames of reference created by ancient Mediterranean cultures. As this consistently fresh and surprising new audio book makes clear, however, this was no less true for the inhabitants of those classical civilizations themselves, whose myths, history, and buildings were an elaborate engagement with an already old and revered past - one filled with great leaders and writers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent overview of the Classical World
- De David I. Williams en 01-12-14
De: Simon Price, y otros
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The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution: 1763-1789
- De: Robert Middlekauff
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 26 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,248
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,053
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,048
The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically-acclaimed volume - a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize - offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Strong History Rich With Behind The Scenes Details
- De John en 10-06-11
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Hitler
- A Global Biography
- De: Brendan Simms
- Narrado por: Leighton Pugh
- Duración: 29 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 67
Hitler offers a deeply learned and radically revisionist biography, arguing that the dictator's main strategic enemy, from the start of his political career in the 1920s, was not communism or the Soviet Union, but capitalism and the United States. Whereas most historians have argued that Hitler underestimated the American threat, Simms shows that Hitler embarked on a preemptive war with the United States precisely because he considered it such a potent adversary.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good biography with a different viewpoint
- De Timothy en 10-10-19
De: Brendan Simms
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Putin's World
- Russia Against the West and with the Rest
- De: Angela Stent
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 15 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 175
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 158
Putin's World examines the country's turbulent past, how it has influenced Putin, the Russians' understanding of their position on the global stage and their future ambitions—and their conviction that the West has tried to deny them a seat at the table of great powers since the USSR collapsed.
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2 out of 5 stars
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More like The West against the world
- De Felis N en 01-18-20
De: Angela Stent
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The Cold War
- A World History
- De: Odd Arne Westad
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 22 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 410
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 353
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 352
In The Cold War, Odd Arne Westad offers a new perspective on a century when a superpower rivalry and an ideological war transformed every corner of our globe. We traditionally think of the Cold War as a post-World War II diplomatic and military conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. But in this major new work, Westad argues that the conflict must be understood as a global ideological confrontation with roots in the industrial revolution and with continuing implications for the world today.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A lenghy treatise on the Cold War
- De Donald Hill en 11-21-17
De: Odd Arne Westad
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Destined for War
- Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
- De: Graham Allison
- Narrado por: Richard Ferrone
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,071
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 924
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 918
War with China is much more likely than anyone thinks. When Athens went to war with Sparta some 2,500 years ago, the Greek historian Thucydides identified one simple cause: A rising power threatened to displace a ruling one. As the eminent Harvard scholar Graham Allison explains, in the past 500 years, great powers have found themselves in "Thucydides's Trap" 16 times. In 12 of the 16, the results have been catastrophic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Balances, Counter-Balances and Traps
- De Joyce U. Olewe en 10-09-17
De: Graham Allison
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All Measures Short of War
- The Contest for the Twenty-First Century and the Future of American Power
- De: Thomas J. Wright
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 8 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 229
Russia and China are increasingly revisionist in their regions. The Middle East appears to be unraveling. And many Americans question why the United States ought to lead. What will great power competition look like in the decades ahead? What impact will geopolitics have on globalization? And what strategy should the United States pursue to succeed in an increasingly competitive world? In this book, Thomas Wright explains how major powers will compete fiercely even as they try to avoid war with each other.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Globalist propaganda
- De Anthony Colosimo Jr en 07-10-21
De: Thomas J. Wright
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World Order
- De: Henry Kissinger
- Narrado por: Nicholas Hormann
- Duración: 14 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,358
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,154
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,147
Henry Kissinger offers in World Order a deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and global disorder. Drawing on his experience as one of the foremost statesmen of the modern era Kissinger now reveals his analysis of the ultimate challenge for the 21st century: How to build a shared international order in a world of divergent historical perspectives, violent conflict, proliferating technology, and ideological extremism.
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4 out of 5 stars
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More retrospective than future oriented
- De Scott en 10-23-14
De: Henry Kissinger
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Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know
- De: Serhy Yekelchyk
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 186
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 164
Ukraine's sudden prominence in American politics has compounded an already-widespread misunderstanding of what is actually happening in the nation. In the American media, Ukraine has come to signify an inherently corrupt place, rather than a real country struggling in the face of great challenges. Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know addresses Ukraine's relations with the West, particularly the United States, from the perspective of Ukrainians.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Everyone Should Read This Book in 2022
- De Theo Horesh en 03-09-22
De: Serhy Yekelchyk
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To Build a Better World
- Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth
- De: Philip Zelikow, Condoleezza Rice
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 17 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Two of America's leading scholar-diplomats, Philip Zelikow and Condoleezza Rice, have combed sources in several languages, interviewed leading figures, and drawn on their own firsthand experience to bring to life the choices that molded the contemporary world. Zeroing in on the key moments of decision, the might-have-beens, and the human beings working through them, they explore both what happened and what could have happened, to show how one world ended and another took form.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Valuable historical narrative
- De Jane G. Malkin en 04-07-22
De: Philip Zelikow, y otros
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The Vietnam War
- A Concise International History
- De: Mark Atwood Lawrence
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 6 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 99
Hailed as a "pithy and compelling account of an intensely relevant topic" ( Kirkus Reviews), this wide-ranging volume offers a superb account of a key moment in modern U.S. and world history. Drawing upon the latest research in archives in China, Russia, and Vietnam, Mark Lawrence creates an extraordinary, panoramic view of all sides of the war.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Politically Slanting But Enjoyable Narrative
- De Jonathan Hoyle en 04-11-14
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Making the Future
- Occupations, Interventions, Empire and Resistance
- De: Noam Chomsky
- Narrado por: Peter Johnson
- Duración: 7 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 118
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 92
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 92
Making the Future presents more than 50 concise and persuasively argued commentaries on U.S. politics and policies, written between 2007 and 2011. Taken together, Chomsky's essays present a powerful counter-narrative to official accounts of the major political events of the past four years: the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; the U.S. presidential race; the ascendancy of China; Latin America's leftward turn; the threat of nuclear proliferation in Iran and North Korea; Israel's invasion of Gaza and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fifty-Two Reasons to Listen to Chomsky
- De Susie en 01-04-13
De: Noam Chomsky
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A Failed Empire
- The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev
- De: Vladimir Zubok
- Narrado por: Nick Sullivan
- Duración: 20 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 258
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 191
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 190
Western interpretations of the Cold War--both realist and neoconservative--have erred by exaggerating either the Kremlin's pragmatism or its aggressiveness, argues Vladislav Zubok. Explaining the interests, aspirations, illusions, fears, and misperceptions of the Kremlin leaders and Soviet elites, Zubok offers a Soviet perspective on the greatest standoff of the 20th century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Focus on the Top Leadership
- De Augustus T. White en 08-13-10
De: Vladimir Zubok
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Interventions
- De: Noam Chomsky
- Narrado por: Peter Johnson
- Duración: 6 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 53
Interventions, by Noam Chomsky, is getting new press after the Pentagon banned the book from Guantanamo Bay's prison library. Interventions is Noam Chomsky at his best. Not since his all-time best-selling title, 9/11, published in the Open Media series in 2001, have readers and listeners had a timely, short, affordable Chomsky. Unlike 9/11, Interventions is a writerly work - a series of more than 30 tightly argued essays aimed at various aspects of U.S. power and politics in the post-9/11 world. While critical of U.S. military interventions around the globe, each piece in the book is in itself an intellectual intervention.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Chomsky on Fire
- De Susie en 01-09-13
De: Noam Chomsky
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Existentialism
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Thomas Flynn
- Narrado por: Jay Snyder
- Duración: 4 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 6
One of the leading philosophical movements of the 20th century, existentialism has had more impact on literature and the arts than any other school of thought. Focusing on the leading figures of existentialism, including Sartre, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Kierkegaard, de Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, and Camus, Thomas Flynn offers a concise account of existentialism, explaining the key themes of individuality, free will, and personal responsibility, which marked the movement as a way of life, not just a way of thinking.
De: Thomas Flynn
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Nietzsche
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Michael Tanner
- Narrado por: Christine Williams
- Duración: 3 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16
With his well known idiosyncrasies and aphoristic style, Friedrich Nietzsche is always bracing and provocative, and temptingly easy to dip into. Michael Tanner's introduction to the philosopher's life and work examines the numerous ambiguities inherent in his writings and explodes many of the misconceptions that have grown in the hundred years since Nietzsche wrote "do not, above all, confound me with what I am not!"
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1 out of 5 stars
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worst nietzsche book ever! requesting refund.
- De Oscar Dela Harrell en 07-13-23
De: Michael Tanner
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Fascism
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Kevin Passmore
- Narrado por: Pam Ward
- Duración: 6 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18
Fascism is notoriously hard to define. How do we make sense of an ideology that appeals to streetfighters and intellectuals alike? That is overtly macho in style, yet attracts many women? That calls for a return to tradition while maintaining a fascination with technology? And that preaches violence in the name of an ordered society? In the new edition of this Very Short Introduction, Kevin Passmore brilliantly unravels the paradoxes of one of the most important phenomena in the modern world
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brings Clarity to a Resurging Topic
- De Fernanda Araujo en 03-24-20
De: Kevin Passmore
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Albert Camus
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Oliver Gloag
- Narrado por: Graham Halstead
- Duración: 4 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Few would question that Albert Camus (1913-1960), novelist, playwright, philosopher and journalist, is a major cultural icon. His widely quoted works have led to countless movie adaptions, graphic novels, pop songs, and even t-shirts. In this Very Short Introduction, Oliver Gloag chronicles the inspiring story of Camus' life. From a poor fatherless settler in French-Algeria to the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Gloag offers a comprehensive view of Camus' major works and interventions.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too much biography, not enough philosophy
- De Fritz Tegularius en 09-19-23
De: Oliver Gloag
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The Cold War
- A New History
- De: John Lewis Gaddis
- Narrado por: Jay Gregory, Alan Sklar
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 948
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 679
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 674
Drawing on new and often startling information from newly opened Soviet, Eastern European, and Chinese archives, this thrilling account explores the strategic dynamics that drove the Cold War, provides illuminating portraits of its major personalities, and offers much fresh insight into its most crucial events. Riveting, revelatory, and wise, it tells a story whose lessons it is vitally necessary to understand as America once more faces an implacable ideological enemy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW
- De Cordell eddings en 10-13-07
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Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Martin Bunton
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 4 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
The conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles in history. In this accessible and stimulating Very Short Introduction, Martin Bunton clearly explains the history of the problem, reducing it to its very essence - a modern territorial contest between two nations and one geographical territory.Providing a clear and fair exploration of the main issues, Bunton explores not only the historical basis of the conflict, but also looks at how and why partition has been so difficult and how efforts to restore peace continue today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Even-handed.
- De Tom Judge en 11-15-23
De: Martin Bunton
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Existentialism
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Thomas Flynn
- Narrado por: Jay Snyder
- Duración: 4 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 6
One of the leading philosophical movements of the 20th century, existentialism has had more impact on literature and the arts than any other school of thought. Focusing on the leading figures of existentialism, including Sartre, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Kierkegaard, de Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, and Camus, Thomas Flynn offers a concise account of existentialism, explaining the key themes of individuality, free will, and personal responsibility, which marked the movement as a way of life, not just a way of thinking.
De: Thomas Flynn
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Nietzsche
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Michael Tanner
- Narrado por: Christine Williams
- Duración: 3 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16
With his well known idiosyncrasies and aphoristic style, Friedrich Nietzsche is always bracing and provocative, and temptingly easy to dip into. Michael Tanner's introduction to the philosopher's life and work examines the numerous ambiguities inherent in his writings and explodes many of the misconceptions that have grown in the hundred years since Nietzsche wrote "do not, above all, confound me with what I am not!"
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1 out of 5 stars
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worst nietzsche book ever! requesting refund.
- De Oscar Dela Harrell en 07-13-23
De: Michael Tanner
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Fascism
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Kevin Passmore
- Narrado por: Pam Ward
- Duración: 6 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18
Fascism is notoriously hard to define. How do we make sense of an ideology that appeals to streetfighters and intellectuals alike? That is overtly macho in style, yet attracts many women? That calls for a return to tradition while maintaining a fascination with technology? And that preaches violence in the name of an ordered society? In the new edition of this Very Short Introduction, Kevin Passmore brilliantly unravels the paradoxes of one of the most important phenomena in the modern world
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brings Clarity to a Resurging Topic
- De Fernanda Araujo en 03-24-20
De: Kevin Passmore
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Albert Camus
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Oliver Gloag
- Narrado por: Graham Halstead
- Duración: 4 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Few would question that Albert Camus (1913-1960), novelist, playwright, philosopher and journalist, is a major cultural icon. His widely quoted works have led to countless movie adaptions, graphic novels, pop songs, and even t-shirts. In this Very Short Introduction, Oliver Gloag chronicles the inspiring story of Camus' life. From a poor fatherless settler in French-Algeria to the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Gloag offers a comprehensive view of Camus' major works and interventions.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too much biography, not enough philosophy
- De Fritz Tegularius en 09-19-23
De: Oliver Gloag
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The Cold War
- A New History
- De: John Lewis Gaddis
- Narrado por: Jay Gregory, Alan Sklar
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 948
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 679
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 674
Drawing on new and often startling information from newly opened Soviet, Eastern European, and Chinese archives, this thrilling account explores the strategic dynamics that drove the Cold War, provides illuminating portraits of its major personalities, and offers much fresh insight into its most crucial events. Riveting, revelatory, and wise, it tells a story whose lessons it is vitally necessary to understand as America once more faces an implacable ideological enemy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW
- De Cordell eddings en 10-13-07
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Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Martin Bunton
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 4 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
The conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles in history. In this accessible and stimulating Very Short Introduction, Martin Bunton clearly explains the history of the problem, reducing it to its very essence - a modern territorial contest between two nations and one geographical territory.Providing a clear and fair exploration of the main issues, Bunton explores not only the historical basis of the conflict, but also looks at how and why partition has been so difficult and how efforts to restore peace continue today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Even-handed.
- De Tom Judge en 11-15-23
De: Martin Bunton
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Foucault (2nd Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Gary Gutting
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 3 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 17
In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Gary Gutting presents a wide-ranging but nonsystematic exploration of some highlights of Foucault's life and thought. Beginning with a brief biography to set the social and political stage, he then tackles Foucault's thoughts on literature, in particular the avant-garde scene; his philosophical and historical work; his treatment of knowledge and power in modern society; and his thoughts on sexuality.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good after the start.
- De Berel Dov Lerner en 10-18-23
De: Gary Gutting
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Superstition
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Stuart Vyse
- Narrado por: Mike Carnes
- Duración: 4 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 5
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Superstition: A Very Short Introduction explores the nature and history of superstition from antiquity to the present. For two millennia, superstition was a label derisively applied to foreign religions and unacceptable religious practices, and its primary purpose was used to separate groups and assert religious and social authority. After the Enlightenment, the superstition label was still used to define groups, but the new dividing line was between reason and unreason. Today, superstitious belief and behavior remain widespread, and highly educated people are not immune.
De: Stuart Vyse
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Logic
- A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition
- De: Graham Priest
- Narrado por: Kyle Tait
- Duración: 4 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In this lively and accessible introduction, Graham Priest shows how wrong this conception is. He explores the philosophical roots of the subject, explaining how modern formal logic deals with issues ranging from the existence of God and the reality of time to paradoxes of probability and decision theory. Along the way, the basics of formal logic are explained in simple, non-technical terms, showing that logic is a powerful and exciting part of modern philosophy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A bit disappointing.
- De MarshallP1991 en 12-16-21
De: Graham Priest
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The Roman Republic
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: David M. Gwynn
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
- Duración: 4 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 22
The rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization. From humble beginnings on the seven hills beside the Tiber, the city of Rome grew to dominate the ancient Mediterranean. Led by her senatorial aristocracy, Republican armies defeated Carthage and the successor kingdoms of Alexander the Great, and brought the surrounding peoples to east and west into the Roman sphere. Yet the triumph of the Republic was also its tragedy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great pithy introduction
- De ABrar en 05-08-24
De: David M. Gwynn
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Planetary Systems
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Raymond T. Pierrehumbert
- Narrado por: Mike Cooper
- Duración: 4 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 3
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3
Not long ago, the Solar System was the only example of a planetary system - a star and the bodies orbiting it - that we knew. Now, we know thousands of planetary systems, and have even been able to observe planetary systems at the moment of their birth.
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Neoliberalism (2nd Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Manfred B. Steger, Ravi K. Roy
- Narrado por: Christopher Grove
- Duración: 4 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 7
This Very Short Introduction explores the considerable variations of neoliberalism around the world, and discusses the origins, evolution, and core ideas of neoliberalism. This new edition brings the story of neoliberalism up to date, and asks whether new versions of neoliberalism might succeed in drowning out the rising tide of national populism and its nostalgic longing for a return to territorial sovereignty and national greatness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Recommend
- De Amazon Customer en 01-25-23
De: Manfred B. Steger, y otros
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North American Indians
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Theda Perdue, Michael D. Green
- Narrado por: Richard Davidson
- Duración: 5 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 10
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 9
When Europeans first arrived in North America, between five and eight million Indigenous people were already living there. But how did they come to be here? What were their agricultural, spiritual, and hunting practices? How did their societies evolve, and what challenges do they face today? Eminent historians Theda Perdue and Michael Green begin by describing how nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers followed the bison and woolly mammoth over the Bering land mass between Asia and what is now Alaska between 25,000 and 15,000 years ago, settling throughout North America.
De: Theda Perdue, y otros
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Hume
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: James A. Harris
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 3 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6
David Hume, philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist, was one of the great figures of the European Enlightenment. Unlike some of his famous contemporaries, however, he was not dogmatically committed to idealized conceptions of reason, liberty, and progress.
De: James A. Harris
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The Cold War
- A World History
- De: Odd Arne Westad
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 22 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 410
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 353
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 352
In The Cold War, Odd Arne Westad offers a new perspective on a century when a superpower rivalry and an ideological war transformed every corner of our globe. We traditionally think of the Cold War as a post-World War II diplomatic and military conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. But in this major new work, Westad argues that the conflict must be understood as a global ideological confrontation with roots in the industrial revolution and with continuing implications for the world today.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A lenghy treatise on the Cold War
- De Donald Hill en 11-21-17
De: Odd Arne Westad
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Postcolonialism, 2nd Edition
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Robert J. C. Young
- Narrado por: David Vickery
- Duración: 4 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Postcolonialism explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing the anti-colonial deconstruction of Western dominance. This Very Short Introduction discusses both the history and key debates of postcolonialism, and considers its importance as a means of changing the way we think about the world. Robert J. C. Young examines the key strategies that postcolonial thought has developed to engage with the impact of sometimes centuries of Western political and cultural domination.
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2 out of 5 stars
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many ignorant mistakes and biases
- De Kindle-klant en 08-07-22
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Human Evolution, 2nd Edition
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Bernard Wood
- Narrado por: Mike Cooper
- Duración: 3 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11
The study of human evolution is advancing rapidly. Newly discovered fossil evidence is adding ever more pieces to the puzzle of our past, while revolutionary technological advances in the study of ancient DNA are completely reshaping theories of early human populations and migrations. In this Very Short Introduction, Bernard Wood traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the 18th century to the very latest fossil finds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Human Evolution: a quick review
- De Kindle Customer en 03-09-23
De: Bernard Wood
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The Brain
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Michael O’Shea
- Narrado por: Dennis Holland
- Duración: 4 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 10
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 9
How does the brain work? How different is a human brain from other creatures' brains? Is the human brain still evolving? In this fascinating book, Michael O'Shea provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research, and gives a sense of how neuroscience addresses questions about the relationship between the brain and the mind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent clarity, perfect level of technical
- De Harlan Findley en 11-03-23
De: Michael O’Shea
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