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Enjoy learning something new with iMinds Generalist Volume 8. A compilation of diverse topics across our twelve categories, in Generalist Volume 8 you will learn about:
The story behind Guy Fawkes day, the history of Thanksgiving celebrations, the concept of Trade, the development of In Vitro Fertilization, the science of Astronomy, the use of Forensics in solving crimes, the story behind the character of Sherlock Holmes, the history of cricket's greatest trophy The Ashes, the story of infamous Rogue Traders, the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle, the history of Prohibition and the development of Burlesque performance.
Perfect to listen to while commuting, exercising, shopping or cleaning the house.. iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind.
iMinds offers 12 main categories, become a Generalist by increasing your knowledge of Business, Politics, People, History, Pop Culture, Mystery, Crime, Culture, Religion, Concepts, Science and Sport.. Clean and concise, crisp and engaging, discover what you never knew you were missing. Make your MP3 smarter with iMinds MindTracks, intersperse with music and enjoy learning a little about a lot.. knowledge of your own choice and in your own time.
©2009 iMinds Pty Ltd (P)2009 iMinds Pty LtdLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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Sapiens
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56,686
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Starry Messenger
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General5 out of 5 stars 3,924
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,460
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Demon-Haunted World
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,464
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fantasyland
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,862
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bland Title For An Amazing Book!
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Made in America
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- Duración: 18 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,552
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,283
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,281
In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land, explaining how a dusty hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americans say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', how Americans were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up, as well as exposing the true origins of the G-string, the original $64,000 question, and Dr Kellogg of cornflakes fame.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bryson Not Reading Makes For a Rare Fail
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Smarty, Volume 1
- De: iMinds
- Narrado por: Leah Vandenberg
- Duración: 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pronunciation is off
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Sapiens
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- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 15 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56,686
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 48,454
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48,133
Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Should be required reading
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Starry Messenger
- Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
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- Narrado por: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Duración: 7 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 3,924
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,460
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,434
In a time when our political and cultural views feel more polarized than ever, Tyson provides a much-needed antidote to so much of what divides us, while making a passionate case for the twin chariots of enlightenment—a cosmic perspective and the rationality of science. After thinking deeply about how science sees the world and about Earth as a planet, the human brain has the capacity to reset and recalibrates life’s priorities, shaping the actions we might take in response. No outlook on culture, society, or civilization remains untouched.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Optimistic
- De Anonymous en 09-23-22
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The Demon-Haunted World
- Science as a Candle in the Dark
- De: Carl Sagan
- Narrado por: Cary Elwes, Seth MacFarlane
- Duración: 17 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,464
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,797
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,766
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Pulitzer Prize-winning author and distinguished astronomer Carl Sagan argues that scientific thinking is critical not only to the pursuit of truth but to the very well-being of our democratic institutions.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Some good points, but not a great book
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Fantasyland
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,862
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,521
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,499
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,552
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,283
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,281
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Nikola Tesla: A Captivating Guide to the Life of a Genius Inventor
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Duke Holm
- Duración: 1 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Obsessive, brilliant, and tortured, Nikola Tesla was lauded for his invention of the alternating current (AC) and other significant contributions to science. His claim that “harnessing the forces of nature was the only worthwhile scientific endeavor" both impressed and enraged the scientific community. Eventually his peers could no longer dismiss his eccentricities and began to view him as a crackpot - a potentially dangerous one.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Greatest Inventor
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The Square and the Tower
- Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
- De: Niall Ferguson
- Narrado por: Elliot Hill
- Duración: 17 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,028
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 880
Most history is hierarchical: it's about emperors, presidents, prime ministers, and field marshals. It's about states, armies, and corporations. It's about orders from on high. Even history "from below" is often about trade unions and workers' parties. But what if that's simply because hierarchical institutions create the archives that historians rely on? What if we are missing the informal, less well documented social networks that are the true sources of power and drivers of change?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not his best by a long chalk: Read Steven Pinker.
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De: Niall Ferguson
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P.T. Barnum: A Captivating Guide to the American Showman Who Founded What Became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Duke Holm
- Duración: 1 h y 55 m
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 15
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 15
He wasn’t always the Great Showman. In fact, Phineas Taylor Barnum grew up in relative poverty with only his wits to help him along. When his father died, the 15-year-old boy entered the working world as a shopkeeper’s assistant. In leaps and bounds, he worked his way from assistant to shop owner, lottery office owner, and, eventually, entertainment promoter. The bulk of his career was focused on his beloved American Museum, where thousands of ticket holders flocked every day to look at the human oddities, stuffed animals, live whale, and American memorabilia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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greatest. show
- De Amazon Customer nutbutter en 09-23-18
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The Evolution of Everything
- How New Ideas Emerge
- De: Matt Ridley
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 13 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 761
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 662
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 658
The Evolution of Everything is about bottom-up order and its enemy, the top-down twitch - the endless fascination human beings have with design rather than evolution, with direction rather than emergence. Drawing on anecdotes from science, economics, history, politics, and philosophy, Matt Ridley's wide-ranging, highly opinionated opus demolishes conventional assumptions that major scientific and social imperatives are dictated by those on high.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant!
- De Winfield en 12-16-15
De: Matt Ridley
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The Illuminati
- The Secret Society That Hijacked the World
- De: Jim Marrs
- Narrado por: Terrence Bayes
- Duración: 19 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 586
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 516
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 511
Chilling initiations. Big banks and money manipulations. Possible links to the Rockefellers, Rothschilds, Adamses, and Bushes. Reviewing the evidence, documents, and connections, The Illuminati: The Secret Society That Hijacked the World by award-winning journalist and author Jim Marrs shines a light on the history, workings, continuing influence, and pernicious and hidden power of this secret order. Surveying experts, Marrs cuts through the wild speculation and the attempts to silence critical thinkers to tell the true story of this secret cabal.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Repetitive but Very Interesting
- De Adam en 09-02-18
De: Jim Marrs
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The Santa Muerte
- The Origins, History, and Secrets of the Mexican Folk Saint
- De: Gustavo Vazquez-Lozano, Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Colin Fluxman
- Duración: 1 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 62
This is the story of Santa Muerte, the so-called cult of crisis, a red-hot combo of a kermesse (Mexican carnival), Catholicism and New Age; a hedonist practice but involving bodily sacrifice too. It is an expression of economic, psychological and social forces, bigger than perhaps any of her acolytes suspect. This book looks at the folk saint and the manner in which her cult grew. You will learn about Santa Muerte like never before.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The dude doesn't do his research
- De Trent Kulik en 06-03-24
De: Gustavo Vazquez-Lozano, y otros
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Tobacco
- A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization
- De: Iain Gately
- Narrado por: Christopher Grove
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 267
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 230
Tobacco was first cultivated and enjoyed by the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas, who used it for medicinal, religious, and social purposes long before the arrival of Columbus. But when Europeans began to colonize the American continents, it became something else entirely - a cultural touchstone of pleasure and success and a coveted commodity that would transform the world economy forever.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting until a pro-smoking ending
- De Kelli en 12-25-20
De: Iain Gately
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The Most Productive People in History: 18 Extraordinarily Prolific Inventors, Artists, and Entrepreneurs, from Archimedes to Elon Musk
- De: Michael Rank
- Narrado por: Kevin Meyer
- Duración: 5 h y 58 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 101
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 81
They never knew how he did it. Few composers write more than one or two symphonies in their lifetimes. Beethoven spent a year on his shorter symphonies but more than six years on his 9th Symphony. The prodigy Mozart finished his last three symphonies (39, 40, and 41) in the span of a few weeks. His 25th Symphony took only two days.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extremely good. It can save you from burnout.
- De Peter en 02-14-21
De: Michael Rank
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The Invention of Air
- De: Steven Johnson
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins
- Duración: 6 h y 6 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 304
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 170
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 172
Best-selling author Steven Johnson recounts - in dazzling, multidisciplinary fashion - the story of the brilliant man who embodied the relationship between science, religion, and politics for America's Founding Fathers. The Invention of Air is a title of world-changing ideas wrapped around a compelling narrative, a story of genius and violence and friendship in the midst of sweeping historical change that provokes us to recast our understanding of the Founding Fathers.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good scientific history
- De Roger en 05-03-10
De: Steven Johnson
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The Gravity's Rainbow Handbook
- A Key to the Thomas Pynchon Novel
- De: Robert Crayola
- Narrado por: Stephen Paul Aulridge Jr.
- Duración: 1 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 44
Thomas Pynchon has a reputation as a "difficult" author - but he doesn't have to be! With this new guide, Gravity's Rainbow can be understood by the average listener. Included are: a chapter-by-chapter summary and commentary on the story, a thorough description of all major characters, a biography of Pynchon, suggestions for essay topics, and much more. This guide is guaranteed to help you finish and make sense of Gravity's Rainbow - all in a concise and easy format.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Solid Summary
- De Anonymous User en 01-19-18
De: Robert Crayola
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Our Occulted History
- Do the Global Elite Conceal Ancient Aliens?
- De: Jim Marrs
- Narrado por: Dave Courvoisier
- Duración: 11 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 876
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 776
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 776
Best-selling author and legendary conspiracy researcher Jim Marrs, who has investigated the recent financial crisis, the JFK assassination, and the national socialist takeover of America, now takes on his biggest subject: the history of mankind. Offering mind-blowing information that will radically alter the way we think about the world and our place in it, Marrs goes beyond the revelations of his classic Alien Agenda, interweaving science and authentic archaeological finds with provocative speculation to show how human civilization may have originated with nonhumans who visited earth eons ago.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Embarrassing performace
- De Stephen Snead en 03-06-14
De: Jim Marrs
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Amsterdam
- A History of the World's Most Liberal City
- De: Russell Shorto
- Narrado por: Russell Shorto
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 606
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 544
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 541
In this effortlessly erudite account, Russell Shorto traces the idiosyncratic evolution of Amsterdam, showing how such disparate elements as herring anatomy, naked Anabaptists parading through the streets, and an intimate gathering in a 16th-century wine-tasting room had a profound effect on Dutch - and world - history. Weaving in his own experiences of his adopted home, Shorto provides an ever-surprising, intellectually engaging story of Amsterdam from its golden age to the present.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth Reading - Highly Recommended
- De Whit B en 05-12-14
De: Russell Shorto
Reseñas editoriales
An intriguing grab bag of brief guides to a variety of subjects across science, culture, politics, and history. With crisp and well-enunciated narration from actress Ellouise Rothwell set alongside thematically appropriate music, these are accessible introductions to subject as diverse as Guy Fawkes Day, astronomy, and the Bermuda Triangle. Listeners are likely to find a good mix between subjects they're more familiar with and stories that are new, and families trapped on long car rides together will appreciate the diverse appeal across generations.
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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Historia5 out of 5 stars
- Michael T Schreiber
- 03-31-13
Excellent Compilation
The individual eight minute segments are wonderful, but these compilations are awesome. I hope they keep putting together these hour plus long segments, much easier to collect them all and to listen to.
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