Derek Dahlstrom
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The Innocents Abroad
- Or, The New Pilgrim’s Progress
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,497
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,331
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,330
In June 1867, Mark Twain set out for Europe and the Holy Land on the paddle steamer Quaker City. His enduring, no-nonsense guide for the first-time traveler also served as an antidote to the insufferably romantic travel books of the period.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Twain's Hidden Gem
- By Cynthia Franks on 05-08-12
- The Innocents Abroad
- Or, The New Pilgrim’s Progress
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Magnificent
Reviewed: 02-21-23
Twains observations from 150 years ago are clever, interesting and inspiring. He pokes fun at everyone especially his own ignorance and unsophisticated demeanor with good natured fun. I’ll listen to this again, maybe when I take a “pleasure cruise” to the holy land myself
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The Symphonies of Beethoven
- By: Robert Greenberg, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert Greenberg
- Length: 24 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 527
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 471
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Story5 out of 5 stars 466
Ludwig van Beethoven is justifiably acclaimed as one of the most revered composers in the history of Western music-a genius once characterized as a "Titan, wrestling with the gods." There is no better way for you to understand the full impact of that description than to not only listen to all nine of his magnificent symphonies, but to do so with a full understanding of what this great composer was saying and the circumstances that drove him up to and beyond what had once been considered the limits of musical expression.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Great Course with a Great Caveat
- By Eloquent on 01-13-14
- The Symphonies of Beethoven
- By: Robert Greenberg, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert Greenberg
Terrific
Reviewed: 01-20-23
Robert Greenberg provides even the non musical with an appreciation of Beethoven’s tumultuous life and musical genius.
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