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Heroes and Legends
- The Most Influential Characters of Literature
- De: Thomas A. Shippey, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Thomas A. Shippey
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,480
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,315
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,299
Odysseus. Robinson Crusoe. Harry Potter. What do these memorable characters have in common? Why do we turn to certain stories again and again? And what impact have they made on world history? These 24 eye-opening lectures give fresh insight into some of the greatest heroes in world literature, from warriors such as Beowulf and Odysseus to unexpected heroes such as Uncle Tom and Sancho Panza. Professor Shippey gives you an inside glimpse into the writer's process.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining Look at Western Literary Characters
- De Teri-K en 10-11-14
- Heroes and Legends
- The Most Influential Characters of Literature
- De: Thomas A. Shippey, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Thomas A. Shippey
Interesting at first.
Revisado: 06-07-14
What did you love best about Heroes and Legends?
Loved this book with some of its insightful discussions of the greater political work vs. individual struggles.
Any additional comments?
The author was awful in his descriptions of American westerns. What happened to "Shane", "The Virginian","The Searchers", Luis Lamour, Matt Braun and Zane Grey? He totally missed the mark on this.
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The Last Day of JFK
- De: BBC
- Narrado por: Alistair Cooke
- Duración: 1 h y 10 m
- Grabación Original
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General4 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 5
Two BBC Radio programmes exploring President John F. Kennedy's shocking assassination on 22 November 1963. In Something Is Terribly Wrong, first broadcast in 2003, Alan Thompson charts the confusion and disbelief after the assassination. He returns to key sites in Dallas, and talks to eyewitnesses including Nellie Connally (ex-First Lady of Texas), Jim Leavelle (ex-Dallas detective), Jim Ewell (ex-Dallas Morning News correspondent), Aubry Rike (ambulance driver/witness).
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1 out of 5 stars
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We wonder why the world doesn't understand America
- De griffinwhippet en 10-27-13
- The Last Day of JFK
- De: BBC
- Narrado por: Alistair Cooke
We wonder why the world doesn't understand America
Revisado: 10-27-13
Would you try another book from BBC and/or Alistair Cooke?
No
What do you think your next listen will be?
Don't know
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Alistair Cooke?
Don't know
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Anger and frustration
Any additional comments?
The book was filled from start to finish with bad facts, bad chronology, bad information and bad conclusions. No one should even waste their time and money on this book.
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The History of the United States, 2nd Edition
- De: The Great Courses, Allen C. Guelzo, Gary W. Gallagher, y otros
- Narrado por: Allen C. Guelzo, Gary W. Gallagher, Patrick N. Allitt
- Duración: 43 h y 23 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,717
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,165
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,134
This comprehensive series of 84 lectures features three award-winning historians sharing their insights into this nation's past-from the European settlement and the Revolutionary War through the Civil War, 19th-century industrialization, two world wars, and the present day. These lectures give you the opportunity to grasp the different aspects of our past that combine to make us distinctly American, and to gain the knowledge so essential to recognizing not only what makes this country such a noteworthy part of world history, but the varying degrees to which it has lived up to its ideals.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Had its Ups and Downs
- De Tommy D'Angelo en 10-01-16
Didn't like Patrick Alitt
Revisado: 07-28-13
What did you love best about The History of the United States, 2nd Edition?
I learned a lot that I didn't know -- particularly about Reconstruction.
Any additional comments?
I would like someone else to do the last segments. Not only were there errors, the instructor seemed biased.
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The Cheater
- De: Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 11 h
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 20
Special Agent Mary Stevens works in the Investigative Support Unit at the FBI, a unit that handles the crimes of serial killers. Someone is murdering unfaithful men and dismembering their bodies, playing a cat-and-mouse game with the FBI and with Mary in particular. One of the many tools the killer is using is an "alibi service," a company that provides alibis to people so that they can have an affair. Can Mary stop the Alibi Murderer when she doesn't even know whether it's a man or a woman?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved It!
- De denise woods en 02-21-22
- The Cheater
- De: Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
Huh?
Revisado: 09-16-10
What is all this religious stuff about? This book has the potential to be a modestly good thriller, but there is just too much junk in the story. Did someone edit this? Did someone rewrite this?
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Star Trek, Voyager: Pathways (Adapted)
- De: Jeri Taylor
- Narrado por: Robert Picardo
- Duración: 5 h y 5 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 286
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 196
Here is the previously untold story of Captain Janeway's crew. They began as individuals, following very different pathways, but together, under the leadership of one remarkable woman, they have become one of the finest teams in the known universe - the crew of the Voyager. Read by Robert Picardo!
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3 out of 5 stars
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Character backgrounds are great!
- De griffinwhippet en 04-06-09
- Star Trek, Voyager: Pathways (Adapted)
- De: Jeri Taylor
- Narrado por: Robert Picardo
Character backgrounds are great!
Revisado: 04-06-09
I love getting backstory for characters even if they are not "canonical". However Jeri Taylor contradicts the story of the show from time to time and she simply cannot get the idea of a Janeway/Chakotay romance out of her mind. Every book she has written throws them together and the "canonical" storyline doesn't. Give it up Jeri!
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