Dave Wilson
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Remaking the World
- How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West
- By: Andrew Wilson
- Narrated by: Andrew Wilson
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 89
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 85
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Story5 out of 5 stars 85
With dizzying social transformations in everything from gender to social justice, it may seem like there's never been a more tumultuous period in history. But a single year in the late 18th century saw a number of influential transformations—or even revolutions—that changed the social trajectory of the Western world. By understanding how those events influenced today's cultural landscape, Christians can more effectively bear witness to God's truth in a post-Christian age.
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5 out of 5 stars
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EXTRAORDINARY
- By Wade on 09-26-23
- Remaking the World
- How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West
- By: Andrew Wilson
- Narrated by: Andrew Wilson
One of the best books ever written
Reviewed: 09-09-24
Andrew Wilson’s style and intellectual breadth makes this book one of the most entertaining and informative books I have ever read. I finished it on Audible but now I have to get the hardback copy.
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Getting Things Done
- The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
- By: David Allen
- Narrated by: David Allen
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,352
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,213
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,122
David Allen reads an all-new edition of his popular self-help classic for managing work-life balance in the 21st century - now updated for the new challenges facing individuals and organizations in today's rapidly changing world. Since it was first published more than 15 years ago, David Allen's Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era and the ultimate book on personal organization.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ignore Reviews Claiming "No New Material"
- By Megan Rutter on 08-26-16
- Getting Things Done
- The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
- By: David Allen
- Narrated by: David Allen
Tough Read But Excellent Material
Reviewed: 07-12-24
I’ve both read and listened through this book. It’s a great guide for getting your life in order, especially your work life. I highly recommend it.
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Recruitment
- The Resistance Trilogy, Book 1
- By: K. A. Riley
- Narrated by: Janelle Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4 out of 5 stars 29
In a secret facility called the Processor, Kress and her fellow Recruits are subjected to endless weapons training, violent puzzles, dangerous war games, deadly escape rooms, and impossible Virtual Reality simulations. In the end, they’ll get answers to questions they’ll wish they never asked.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I just love kress personality
- By Lisa Murray on 03-28-25
- Recruitment
- The Resistance Trilogy, Book 1
- By: K. A. Riley
- Narrated by: Janelle Bennett
Felt like a rough start - deceptively though
Reviewed: 07-09-24
The start of this trilogy was deceptively shallow. Keep with it. At the end, you’ll be grateful that you did. My only judgment is that it feels like the book starts in both chapter one and chapter eight. But it kept me plugged in enough that I already bought book two! Clever is the word I’m looking for. I promise you it is worth sticking with it.
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Musashi
- By: Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry - translator
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 53 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,034
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,523
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,515
The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and by whom he has been touched. Inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Historical Novel
- By The Walking Dude on 08-11-19
- Musashi
- By: Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry - translator
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
Fantastic
Reviewed: 02-29-24
Such a long story but I never grew tired of it. One of the best journeys I have ever taken.
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Exploring Metaphysics
- By: David K. Johnson, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: David K. Johnson
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,314
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,154
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,140
This mind-bending tour of metaphysics applies philosophy to the forefront of today's knowledge. Over the course of 24 fascinating lectures, Professor Johnson thinks through the big questions about humans and the universe: The relationship between the mind and the brain, how consciousness emerges from neurochemical processes, the existence of God, human free will, the possibility of time travel, and whether we live in a multiverse or even a computer simulation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Skeptics Guide to Not Exploring Metaphysics
- By Diana on 06-05-14
- Exploring Metaphysics
- By: David K. Johnson, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: David K. Johnson
Pretty Good
Reviewed: 06-29-19
I have enjoyed this course (as I have always enjoyed Johnson’s papers outside of it), but I do feel like the arguments for the existence of the future before we arrive there were weak. But as a survey of views, everything else was well balanced. I would highly recommend it to the philosophically interested individual without formal philosophical training.
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The Aeneid
- By: Virgil
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 988
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 784
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 776
The publication of a new translation by Fagles is a literary event. His translations of both the Iliad and Odyssey have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and have become the standard translations of our era. Now, with this stunning modern verse translation, Fagles has reintroduced Virgil's Aeneid to a whole new generation, and completed the classical triptych at the heart of Western civilization.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good but the chapters aren't IN ORDER
- By Maggie on 10-18-17
- The Aeneid
- By: Virgil
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
An Excellent Performance!
Reviewed: 03-19-19
I have read other reviews regarding this performance of The Aeneid, but I disagree with those who did not find this narration wonderful. It is quite possibly the best I have heard in the last year or two now, not that others have not been good.
Additionally, this is the first book in my Graduate studies that has wowed me. I don’t know if I should give credit to Virgil, the translator, Callow, or all three, but I have found a gem in this book. I hope others will come away with the same impression.
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Aristotle's Poetics
- By: Aristotle
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 91
Aristotle's Poetics is best known for its definitions and analyses of tragedy and comedy, but it also applies to truth and beauty as they are manifested in the other arts. In our age, when the natural and social sciences have dominated the quest for truth, it is helpful to consider why Aristotle claimed poetry is more philosophical and more significant than history. Like so many other works by Aristotle, the Poetics has dominated the way we have thought about all forms of dramatic performance in Europe and America ever since.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Skips a few sections
- By Dave Wilson on 03-16-19
- Aristotle's Poetics
- By: Aristotle
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
Skips a few sections
Reviewed: 03-16-19
While I understand why a few of the sections are skipped, it made it difficult to notate in my paperback edition where I needed to place notes. Skipped sections have little to do with tragedy or go off on a tangent on the Greek language, particularly in Book 25. Good narrator voice and pace. Just be aware of these few,m and short skipped sections.
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Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic
- Atheists in American Public Life
- By: R. Laurence Moore, Isaac Kramnick
- Narrated by: Matthew Boston
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
From colonial times into the 20th century, our laws and court cases ignored atheism, assuming that all good Americans were religious. Only in the 20th century, with the passage of laws allowing for conscientious objection to war, did nonbelief enter debates about religious liberty. Still, today every one of the 20 states has God written into its constitution. God is everywhere in American public life. R. Laurence Moore and Isaac Kramnick explore both God's omnipresence and the dramatic rise in nonbelievers that has led to an "atheist awakening" intent on holding the country to its secular principles.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Joseph on 02-20-23
- Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic
- Atheists in American Public Life
- By: R. Laurence Moore, Isaac Kramnick
- Narrated by: Matthew Boston
Dry At Times, But Quite Insightful - A Well Formed Case
Reviewed: 03-04-19
This book is very thorough and fair in its treatment of theists and non-theists views. I applaud the effort and will likely reference this book in papers. However, being very detailed has the downside of being dry. The authors combat this the best they can by dramatizing the stories (without any intentional fictionalizing) and carefully organizing the work.
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Consilience
- The Unity of Knowledge
- By: Edward O. Wilson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 214
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 184
In Consilience (a word that originally meant "jumping together"), Edward O. Wilson renews the Enlightenment's search for a unified theory of knowledge in disciplines that range from physics to biology, the social sciences and the humanities. Using the natural sciences as his model, Wilson forges dramatic links between fields. Presenting the latest findings in prose of wonderful clarity and oratorical eloquence, and synthesizing it into a dazzling whole, Consilience is science in the path-clearing traditions of Newton, Einstein, and Richard Feynman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Singular Achievement!
- By The Saint on 02-25-19
- Consilience
- The Unity of Knowledge
- By: Edward O. Wilson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan
A Call For Unity
Reviewed: 09-13-18
This book still has the potential to reconcile every area of human knowledge. A source for numerous strands of intellect conversations, it may still do the same for you.
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Rational Ritual
- Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge
- By: Michael Suk-Young Chwe
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 26
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Story3 out of 5 stars 25
Why do Internet, financial service, and beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising? How do political ceremonies establish authority? Why does repetition characterize anthems and ritual speech? Why were circular forms favored for public festivals during the French Revolution? This book answers these questions using a single concept: common knowledge.
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3 out of 5 stars
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VISUALS?
- By KT on 10-11-17
- Rational Ritual
- Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge
- By: Michael Suk-Young Chwe
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
Too Fast
Reviewed: 02-04-18
The performance is too fast and sounds unnatural at 75% speed. The start of the book is a little dry too, but gets better as you stick with it.
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