The Penguin Book of the Undead
Fifteen Hundred Years of Supernatural Encounters
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Scott G. Bruce
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The dead live again in this haunting compendium of ghostly visitations through the ages, exploring the history of our fascination with zombies and other restless souls.
Since ancient times, accounts of supernatural activity have mystified us. Ghost stories as we know them did not develop until the late 19th century, but the restless dead haunted the premodern imagination in many forms, as recorded in historical narratives, theological texts, and personal letters.
The Penguin Book of the Undead teems with roving hordes of dead warriors, corpses trailed by packs of barking dogs, moaning phantoms haunting deserted ruins, evil spirits emerging from burning carcasses in the form of crows, and zombies with pestilential breath. Spanning from the Hebrew scriptures to the Roman Empire, the Scandinavian sagas to medieval Europe, the Protestant Reformation to the Renaissance, this beguiling array of accounts charts our relationship with spirits and apparitions, wraiths and demons over 1,500 years, showing the evolution in our thinking about the ability of dead souls to return to the realm of the living - and to warn us about what awaits us in the afterlife.
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- Narrado por: Dennis Logan
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 6
Levitation. Feats of superhuman strength. Speaking in tongues. A hateful, glowing stare. The signs of spirit possession have been documented for thousands of years and across religions and cultures, even into our time: In 2019 the Vatican convened 250 priests from 50 countries for a weeklong seminar on exorcism. The Penguin Book of Exorcisms brings together the most astonishing accounts. Fifty-seven percent of Americans profess to believe in demonic possession; after listening to this book, you may too.
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5 out of 5 stars
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awesome
- De ora price en 02-07-21
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Empire of the Black Sea
- The Rise and Fall of the Mithridatic World
- De: Duane W. Roller
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
What is commonly called the kingdom of Pontos flourished for over 200 years in the coastal regions of the Black Sea. At its peak in the early first century BC, it included much of the southern, eastern, and northern littoral, becoming one of the most important Hellenistic dynasties not founded by a successor of Alexander the Great. Previous histories of Pontos have focused almost exclusively on the career of its last ruler. Setting that famous reign in its wide historical context, Empire of the Black Sea is an engaging account of a powerful yet little-known ancient dynasty.
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3 out of 5 stars
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More of an academic journal than a book.
- De Amazon Customer en 07-05-23
De: Duane W. Roller
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Haunted Castles
- The Complete Gothic Stories
- De: Ray Russell, Guillermo del Toro - foreword
- Narrado por: Matt Godfrey
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
Haunted Castles is the definitive, complete collection of Ray Russell's masterful Gothic horror stories, including the famously terrifying novella trio of "Sardonicus", "Sanguinarius", and "Sagittarius", The characters that sprawl through Haunted Castles are frightful to the core: the heartless monster holding two lovers in limbo; the beautiful dame journeying down a damned road toward depravity (with the help of an evil gypsy); the man who must wear his fatal crimes on his face in the form of an awful smile.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent suggestion!
- De GJ en 01-26-22
De: Ray Russell, y otros
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The Penguin Book of Demons
- De: Scott G. Bruce - editor
- Narrado por: Vas Eli
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1
For millennia, societies have told tales of their fears incarnate—otherworldly couriers of plague, death, temptation, and moral decline. The Penguin Book of Demons summons these supernatural creatures—and the humans who have hunted and been haunted by them—across cultures and continents.
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The Penguin Book of Witches
- De: Katherine Howe - editor
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 7 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 19
From a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to court documents from the Salem witch trials of 1692, to newspaper coverage of a woman stoned to death on the streets of Philadelphia while the Continental Congress met, The Penguin Book of Witches is a treasury of historical accounts of accused witches that sheds light on the reality behind the legends. This volume provides a unique tour through the darkest history of English and North American witchcraft.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Soooo boring
- De PJz en 10-14-20
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Kingdoms of Faith
- A New History of Islamic Spain
- De: Brian A. Catlos
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 14 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 42
Award-winning historian Brian A. Catlos rewrites the history of Islamic Spain from the ground up, evoking the cultural splendor of al-Andalus, while offering an authoritative new interpretation of the forces that shaped it. Prior accounts have portrayed Islamic Spain as a paradise of enlightened tolerance or the site where civilizations clashed. Catlos taps a wide array of primary sources to paint a more complex portrait, describing how Muslims, Christians, and Jews together built a sophisticated civilization that transformed the Western world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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well structured, easy to follow timeline
- De Debra en 12-28-23
De: Brian A. Catlos
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The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome
- The History of a Dangerous Idea
- De: Edward J. Watts
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 11 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20
The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome tells the stories of the people who built their political and literary careers around promises of Roman renewal as well as those of the victims they blamed for causing Rome's decline. The story begins during the Roman Republic just after 200 BC. It proceeds through the empire of Augustus and his successors, traces the Roman loss of much of western Europe in the fifth century AD, and follows Roman history until its fall in 1453.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional
- De Ep en 12-17-24
De: Edward J. Watts
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Lancaster and York
- The Wars of the Roses
- De: Alison Weir
- Narrado por: Maggie Mash
- Duración: 22 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 511
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 440
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 440
Lancater and York is a riveting account of the Wars of the Roses, from beloved historian Alison Weir. The war between the houses of Lancaster and York was characterised by treachery, deceit, and bloody battles. Alison Weir's lucid and gripping account focuses on the human side of history. At the centre of the book stands Henry VI, the pious king whose mental instability led to political chaos, and his wife Margaret of Anjou, who took up her arms in her husband's cause and battled in a violent man's world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dense, fascinating history...questionable delivery
- De kbreezy en 10-04-17
De: Alison Weir
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Justinian's Flea
- Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
- De: William Rosen
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
- Duración: 11 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 446
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 244
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 244
The emperor Justinian reunified Rome's fractured empire by defeating the Goths and Vandals. At his capital in Constantinople, he built the world's most beautiful building, married the most powerful empress, and wrote the empire's most enduring legal code, seemingly restoring Rome's fortunes for the next five hundred years. Then, in the summer of 542, he encountered a flea. The ensuing outbreak of bubonic plague killed 5,000 people a day in Constantinople and nearly killed Justinian himself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More history than Disease
- De joan en 06-25-07
De: William Rosen
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Greece Against Rome
- The Fall of the Hellenistic Kingdoms 250-31 BC
- De: Philip Matyszak
- Narrado por: Gareth Richards
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Towards the middle of the third century BC, the Hellenistic kingdoms were near their peak. In terms of population, economy, and military power, each was vastly superior to Rome, not to mention in fields such as medicine, architecture, science, philosophy, and literature. But over the next two and a half centuries, Rome would eventually conquer these kingdoms while adopting so much of Hellenistic culture that the resultant hybrid is known as "Graeco-Roman." In Greece Against Rome, Philip Matyszak relates this epic tale from the Hellenistic perspective.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really enjoyed the book and snark
- De Chris Smith en 05-27-23
De: Philip Matyszak
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By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean
- The Birth of Eurasia
- De: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 18 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 47
By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean is nothing less than the story of how humans first started building the globalized world we know today. Set on a huge continental stage, from Europe to China, it is a tale covering more than 10,000 years, from the origins of farming around 9000 BC to the expansion of the Mongols in the 13th century AD.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Remarkable research!
- De B. Dillon en 07-21-22
De: Barry Cunliffe
Long story short, if you're looking for a creepy satisfying diversion this is a hard no go.
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