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Shakespeare: The Rome Quartet
- Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Prunella Scales, Patrick Wymark, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 2
Power, tragedy and hubris are played out in this quartet, all of which are set in the febrile political atmosphere of ancient Rome. Performed by an incredible array of the 20th century’s greatest actors, Marlowe alumni including Ian McKellen, Prunella Scales, Patrick Wymark and William Devlin can be heard in these recordings.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not so Great
- By Abbas on 08-15-23
- Shakespeare: The Rome Quartet
- Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Prunella Scales, Patrick Wymark, Anthony White, William Devlin, full cast
Not so Great
Reviewed: 08-15-23
The storytelling is horrific. Most of the time I can't tell what's going on or who is talking.
This is not accurate history, it is a fictional story based on historical events.
The audiobook sounded like it was the audio recording of a play, which is can explain why you rarely hear the characters say who is whom or what setting is the events transpiring at.
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Julius Caesar
- A Fully-Dramatized Audio Production From Folger Theatre
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 455
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 376
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 374
The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, brings Julius Caesar to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.
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4 out of 5 stars
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good play, difficult to distinguish characters
- By Christian R. Unger on 05-17-18
- Julius Caesar
- A Fully-Dramatized Audio Production From Folger Theatre
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: full cast
Nice
Reviewed: 05-17-23
This was my first listening to Shakespeare's work, honestly, not impressed
This does not serve as a good history listen for the events are not clearly stated. It, however, is a good presentation of what the lifes of and characters of the people living in that era looked like
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Kissinger
- A Biography
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 34 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 969
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 830
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 831
By the time Henry Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had become, according to a Gallup poll, the most admired person in America and one of the most unlikely celebrities ever to capture the world’s imagination. Yet Kissinger was also reviled by large segments of the American public, ranging from liberal intellectuals to conservative activists. Kissinger explores the relationship between this complex man's personality and the foreign policy he pursued.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A dissapointment
- By Mike From Mesa on 12-16-13
- Kissinger
- A Biography
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
Another brilliant writing of Isaacson
Reviewed: 04-05-23
Kissinger is an interesting character, and Walter Isaacson's method of showing his life makes it better
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Lucid Dreaming Made Easy
- A Beginner's Guide to Waking Up in Your Dreams
- By: Charlie Morley
- Narrated by: Charlie Morley
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 97
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Story5 out of 5 stars 96
In this introductory guide, Charlie explains how lucid dreaming is a powerful gateway into the subconscious mind and how it can help the listener transform, improve, and heal all areas of his or her life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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half n half
- By Bradley McDowell on 01-03-19
- Lucid Dreaming Made Easy
- A Beginner's Guide to Waking Up in Your Dreams
- By: Charlie Morley
- Narrated by: Charlie Morley
Nice topic and a terrible presentation
Reviewed: 03-23-21
This was a nice introduction to Lucid Dreaming. It explained what it is, how can it help and how to go into Lucid Dreaming.
I learned that one of the best methods to sell bullshit is to mix it with some facts. Unfortunately, this book has done this numerous times. Referencing studies that were conducted on Lucid Dreaming was good but to reference studies that were done on other aspects of sleep and attribute Lucid Dreaming to them, this was crossing the line. At the end of the book the author showed his true colours. Talking about nonsensical spiritual things like talking to the dead, collective consciousness, and healing pathological ailments using Lucid Dreaming only. The book was nice as an introduction to Lucid Dreaming and it was a good introduction because after a small research on other books on the matter it looks like Lucid Dreaming does has some solid science behind it but unfortunately there is a lot of bullshit attributed to it.
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Thinking in Bets
- Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
- By: Annie Duke
- Narrated by: Annie Duke
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,215
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,245
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,205
In Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made one of the most controversial calls in football history: With 26 seconds remaining, and trailing by four at the Patriots' one-yard line, he called for a pass instead of a handing off to his star running back. The pass was intercepted, and the Seahawks lost. Critics called it the dumbest play in history. But was the call really that bad? Or did Carroll actually make a great move that was ruined by bad luck? Even the best decision doesn't yield the best outcome every time.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Wasn't For Me
- By ❤️One.Crazy&Cool.Family❤️ on 09-04-18
- Thinking in Bets
- Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
- By: Annie Duke
- Narrated by: Annie Duke
Nothing is certain
Reviewed: 11-19-19
If one thing is to come out of from this book is that nothing is 100% certain. This book shows how can you think and plan for the possible futures and why should you do that. It's a big help at realising what you need to be done before you make big, and small, decisions.
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The Righteous Mind
- Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
- By: Jonathan Haidt
- Narrated by: Jonathan Haidt
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,747
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,025
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,885
In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding. His starting point is moral intuition - the nearly instantaneous perceptions we all have about other people and the things they do. These intuitions feel like self-evident truths, making us righteously certain that those who see things differently are wrong. Haidt shows us how these intuitions differ across cultures, including the cultures of the political left and right.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Why Good People Are Divided - Good for whom?
- By K. Cunningham on 09-21-12
- The Righteous Mind
- Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
- By: Jonathan Haidt
- Narrated by: Jonathan Haidt
A righteous listen
Reviewed: 10-25-19
Great book. Analysed people's intuition and moral compasses spectacularly. It could've given more live and historical examples.
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The Spy and the Traitor
- The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10,794
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,610
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9,576
If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal and philistine. He took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and eventually became the Soviet Union's top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6.
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5 out of 5 stars
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John Lee is GREAT!
- By David on 09-21-18
- The Spy and the Traitor
- The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: John Lee
Great Story
Reviewed: 09-19-19
This is quite a revelation on the nature of the KGP and MI6 during the last century. This was quite the enlightenment and a good story.
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Where Do We Go from Here
- Chaos or Community?
- By: Coretta Scott King - foreword, Vincent Harding - introduction, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 653
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 539
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Story5 out of 5 stars 532
In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself from the demands of the civil rights movement, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone, and labored over his final manuscript. In this prophetic work, which was unavailable for more than 10 years, he lays out his thoughts, plans, and dreams for America's future, including the need for better jobs, higher wages, decent housing, and quality education. With a universal message of hope that continues to resonate, King demanded an end to global suffering.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dr. King Could Have Written this Book Today!
- By Fylynne on 05-25-19
- Where Do We Go from Here
- Chaos or Community?
- By: Coretta Scott King - foreword, Vincent Harding - introduction, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
Amazing
Reviewed: 08-10-19
King did it again. He articulated crucial ideas for the betterment of human society in marvelous manners. His arguments are sound and clear, simple and logical. If only more people in the world would see things as King did our lives would have much less suffering.
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How to Think
- A Survival Guide for a World at Odds
- By: Alan Jacobs
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 638
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 549
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 541
As a celebrated cultural critic and a writer for national publications like The Atlantic and Harper's, Alan Jacobs has spent his adult life belonging to communities that often clash in America's culture wars. And in his years of confronting the big issues that divide us - political, social, religious - Jacobs has learned that many of our fiercest disputes occur not because we're doomed to be divided, but because the people involved simply aren't thinking.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Misleading
- By David Larson on 11-06-17
- How to Think
- A Survival Guide for a World at Odds
- By: Alan Jacobs
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
Short but Gold
Reviewed: 07-25-19
This book discussed important topics and did it well. I found that the author analysed my thinking method accurately and showed me its flaws and where should I improve. Good things will happen if more people appreciate what this book preaches.
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Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars)
- By: Cavan Scott
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Marc Thompson, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,053
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,939
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,919
Darth Tyranus. Count of Serenno. Leader of the Separatists. A red saber, unsheathed in the dark. But who was he before he became the right hand of the Sith? As Dooku courts a new apprentice, the hidden truth of the Sith Lord’s past begins to come to light.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good but missed potential.
- By Anonymous User on 05-01-19
Strong is the Dark side
Reviewed: 07-16-19
This is not just an audiobook. This is a piece of artwork. The moment it started I hear the hissy sound from the Clone Wars of Asajj Ventress talking I felt a cold sensation in my heart. Many characters are voiced by many voice actors in this piece. I wish for this to be the beginning of a series of audioworks for Star Wars in addition to the videos online.
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