Thomas Goldsmith
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Homo Sapiens Rediscovered
- The Scientific Revolution Rewriting Our Origins
- By: Paul Pettitt
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Who are we? How do scientists define Homo sapiens, and how does our species differ from the extinct hominins that came before us? In this accessible account palaeoarchaeologist Paul Pettitt shows how the latest scientific advances, especially in genetics, are revolutionizing our understanding of human evolution. Pettitt reveals the extraordinary story of how our ancestors adapted to unforgiving and relentlessly changing climates, leading to remarkable innovations in art, technology, and society that we are only now beginning to comprehend.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Current and Relevant
- By Amazon Customer on 11-16-23
- Homo Sapiens Rediscovered
- The Scientific Revolution Rewriting Our Origins
- By: Paul Pettitt
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
Outstanding
Reviewed: 01-12-25
Finally, a dense, factual, scientific overview of the humanoid story. Extremely listenable, well written and well read.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,376
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,352
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,349
In A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson takes his ultimate journey - into the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer. It's a dazzling quest, as this insatiably curious writer attempts to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization.
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3 out of 5 stars
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This audio edition is abridged!
- By Brent Cochran on 08-04-03
- A Short History of Nearly Everything
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
Stellar
Reviewed: 09-04-23
A book everyone and anyone would enjoy. Whoever you think you are you will be enlightened. Bryson’s mellifluous voice would elevate any narrative. But this is a tour de force.
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Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
- A New History of the Ancient Near East
- By: Amanda H. Podany
- Narrated by: Amanda H. Podany
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 161
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Story5 out of 5 stars 161
In this sweeping history of the ancient Near East, Amanda Podany takes listeners on a gripping journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquests of Alexander the Great. The book is built around the life stories of many ancient men and women, from kings, priestesses, and merchants to brickmakers, musicians, and weavers. Their habits of daily life, beliefs, triumphs, and crises, and the changes that people faced over time are explored through their own written words and the buildings, cities, and empires in which they lived.
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3 out of 5 stars
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word of advice
- By Jim Davis on 08-04-23
- Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
- A New History of the Ancient Near East
- By: Amanda H. Podany
- Narrated by: Amanda H. Podany
Tour de force
Reviewed: 08-05-23
A real gem for amateur historians/sociologists. The prose never falters and is nothing less than entrancing. For myself the greatest literary work can be ruined by the narrator. For this she endlessly charming.
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Summer of Blood
- England's First Revolution
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 87
In the summer of 1381, ravaged by poverty and oppressed by taxes, the people of England rose up and demanded that their voices be heard. A ragtag army, led by the mysterious Wat Tyler and the visionary preacher John Ball, rose up against the 14-year-old Richard II and his most powerful lords and knights, who risked their property and their lives in a desperate battle to save the English crown. Dan Jones brings this incendiary moment to life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Cheated out of SUMMER OF BLOOD
- By Thomas Goldsmith on 11-05-21
- Summer of Blood
- England's First Revolution
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
Cheated out of SUMMER OF BLOOD
Reviewed: 11-05-21
I prepurchased this book in anticipation. I thoroughly enjoy Dan Brown’s genius for turning the most dusty stories into fascinating prose. However, the reader selected here is an unmitigated disaster. He is under the impression that he is reading bedtime stories to 5 year olds. 100% inappropriate choice. I cannot finish the book. And I feel ripped off. I had heard from two podcast sources that he would again be narrating his own work. Maybe there is another version. Just not the one automatically downloaded to my library.
This is appalling.
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A Distant Mirror
- The Calamitous Fourteenth Century
- By: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 28 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,384
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,715
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,728
The 14th century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and the exquisitely decorated Books of Hours; and on the other, a time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world of chaos and the plague.
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5 out of 5 stars
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And you thought the twentieth century was rough...
- By Rob on 03-23-06
- A Distant Mirror
- The Calamitous Fourteenth Century
- By: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Superb from beginning to end
Reviewed: 08-28-21
As read here, this is one of my favourite books
of all time. I do not know how many times I have run through it, but always hearing something new
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