W. O'Mara
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The Gay Science (The Joyful Wisdom)
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Michael Lunts
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 164
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 140
The Gay Science (The Joyful Wisdom) is one of Nietzsche's greatest books. His wonderfully fertile mind roams over mankind, his thoughts, his emotions, his behaviour and his weaknesses with remarkable clarity, with insight - but also with humour!In this work are 383 separate paragraphs, some short, some long, but all singular observations - the epitome of his famous aphoristic style. 'Morality is the herd instinct in the individual.'
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5 out of 5 stars
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I am now a full-fledged fan of Nietzsche
- By RS on 02-24-18
- The Gay Science (The Joyful Wisdom)
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Michael Lunts
A flawed edition
Reviewed: 02-21-24
This version has skips and missing passages, and js based on the awful Thomas Common translation. It should not be read or heard by anyone who isn't studying the history of Nietzsche's reception as it gets a lot of things badly wrong.
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The Middle Sea
- A History of the Mediterranean
- By: John Julius Norwich
- Narrated by: Alpha Trivette
- Length: 29 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4 out of 5 stars 39
A colorful account of the civilizations that rose and fell on the lands bordering the Mediterranean, The Middle Sea represents the culmination of a great historian’s unparalleled art and scholarship. John Julius Norwich provides brilliant portraits of the Phoenicians, the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Arabs, the French, the Venetians, the Popes, and the pirates of the Gulf. Above all, he deftly traces the intermingling of ancient conflicts and modern sensibilities that shapes life today on the shores of the Middle Sea.
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1 out of 5 stars
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REALLY BAD NARRATOR
- By The Louligan on 08-12-15
- The Middle Sea
- A History of the Mediterranean
- By: John Julius Norwich
- Narrated by: Alpha Trivette
not awful but filled with errors
Reviewed: 11-23-22
This text jumps around with little regard for the coherence of the subject matter itself or the interrelationships and origins of the peoples mentioned. Worse, it includes a lot of basic errors in fact that should have been caught well before it reached both paperback and audiobook, like the offhand claim that Darius I killed Cambyses II. It's worth a read/listen, but be cautious about repeating things it says without verifying the facts.
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