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The Invention of Yesterday
- A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection
- By: Tamim Ansary
- Narrated by: Tamim Ansary
- Length: 17 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 456
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 392
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Story5 out of 5 stars 389
Traveling across millennia, weaving the experiences and world views of cultures both extinct and extant, The Invention of Yesterday shows that the engine of history is not so much heroic (battles won), geographic (farmers thrive), or anthropogenic (humans change the planet) as it is narrative. Many thousands of years ago, when we existed only as countless small autonomous bands of hunter-gatherers widely distributed through the wilderness, we began inventing stories - to organize for survival, to find purpose and meaning, to explain the unfathomable.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Relaxed but packed with insight
- By Tad Davis on 02-14-20
- The Invention of Yesterday
- A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection
- By: Tamim Ansary
- Narrated by: Tamim Ansary
Narratives interconnections
Reviewed: 07-06-25
I’ve read plenty of world history books but this is enlightening and stands out because of the focus on the ripple effects (and the interconnection) of culture through geography
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Madness and Civilization
- A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
- By: Michel Foucault
- Narrated by: Dave Gillies
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 156
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Story4 out of 5 stars 132
In this classic account of madness, Michel Foucault shows once and for all why he is one of the most distinguished European philosophers since the end of World War II. Madness and Civilization, Foucault's first book and his finest accomplishment, will change the way in which you think about society. Evoking shock, pity, and fascination, it might also make you question the way you think about yourself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Classic study; distracting narrator
- By Melissa S. Williams on 09-25-16
- Madness and Civilization
- A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
- By: Michel Foucault
- Narrated by: Dave Gillies
wrong interpreter
Reviewed: 10-27-24
This was one of the worst experiences ever! A high level philosopher and one of his most important books: read by the wrong person, imagine that! I cant judge nor criticize the interpretation nor the reader which probably meant only good but this is one of my favorite authors and all along this book I could not actually listen to anything because too distracted by the strong accent and the weird interpretation of the reader who seems to be reading a hot gossipy small-town romance, a style that totally crashes with the scientific austerity of Foucault. so sad and really hope they will be able to upload a real version of this book . It is unlistenable.
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Plateforme
- By: Michel Houellebecq
- Narrated by: Manuel Blanc
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Après la mort de son père, Michel, fonctionnaire quadragénaire et blasé, décide de partir en Thaïlande pour goûter aux plaisirs exotiques. Il y rencontre Valérie, cadre dans une grande société de voyages, à qui il soufflera sa théorie sur les vraies motivations des Européens en quête de sensations fortes. Embarqué dans la lutte pour le profit à tout prix, où le corps est plus que jamais une marchandise, Michel jette un regard cynique sur la société occidentale.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Phenomenal book
- By giacomo dalmonte on 04-06-23
- Plateforme
- By: Michel Houellebecq
- Narrated by: Manuel Blanc
Phenomenal book
Reviewed: 04-06-23
This book sounds like a cynical manifesto about a simple life that looks at the world in a very intellectual and deep way understanding that there is very little one can do . in its simplicity it is one of the most philosophical books I have read…. Really funny at moments in its own dark way, and very entertaining with a lot of spicy sexual descriptions.
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