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Well narrated, gripping story

Revisado: 09-20-16

Top notch production with great story- not just the last gasp of the Republic under Octavian but the 200 years before- transforming Rome from Republic to Empire one ego at a time.

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It was ok- proto Seinfeld

Revisado: 06-13-16

Mildly amusing British comedy. The anti-hero is deplorable as are the other characters. Like Seinfeld, but not as funny.
Good performance and voices.
Catch22 and Confederacy of Dunces are so much better.

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These Great Courses, they're... great.

Revisado: 04-20-16

If you could sum up The Story of Human Language in three words, what would they be?

Engaging, fast-paced, thought-provoking

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Story of Human Language?

Listening to how words change- consonants weaken, endings are dropped, then hearing example after example of that in English and other languages.

Any additional comments?

Well produced. Good material. Fast-paced. This was a real pleasure. I am sick of the trumpet fanfare and canned applause, however, at the beginning of every "lecture".

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Tough robotic voice

Revisado: 04-18-16

Great material. Robotic reading. No dynamism from the author. This was pretty average. I am struggling to finish. In fact...

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Indefatigable genius

Revisado: 03-29-16

If you could sum up Napoleon in three words, what would they be?

From middle class scholarship student to emperor, on four hours of sleep a day

Who was your favorite character and why?

Wellington... ha ha. Napoleon II, the King of Rome.

What does John Lee bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Excellent pace and enunciation. Very well read. Good sound quality, and I'd bog down with the French names if I had to read it from a book.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I wonder if Napoleon is the first head of state, in all human history, to be the product of (sort of) public education (a scholarship program for the sons of impoverished nobility, actually, but pretty close).

Any additional comments?

You can go 60 and 4 in battles, but if the last three are losses at Moscow, Leipzig and Waterloo, get your second home on St. Helena ready.

This is a fascinating book. Napoleon was a military and political genius- flawed only, perhaps, by over reliance on his relatives, and choosing England as an enemy.

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First person history brought to riveting life

Revisado: 06-11-15

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

This is as good as it gets. Amazing content from a man in and behind the scenes of the biggest tragedy in human history.

What other book might you compare The Second World War to and why?

Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, but this is better.

Which scene was your favorite?

Ribbentrop delaying Chamberlain from his job the eve the Nazis invaded Czeckoslovakia? Hitler testing France and Britain again and again and them not seeing the growing danger?

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Why couldn't Britain see it coming?

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The only way to avoid a repeat of history

Revisado: 02-05-14

What made the experience of listening to The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich the most enjoyable?

The narrator is superb, and the content chilling. As German democracy, then Austria, then Czechoslovakia and then Poland fell, I wanted to scream "Can't you see what's happening?"

Hitler was insane. That would be a three word summary of a 57 hour book.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Claus von Stauffenberg- a hero. When someone finally stands up and says, enough: "This must stop even if it costs my life." That's a hero. This part of the book read like fiction.

Which character – as performed by Grover Gardner – was your favorite?

Molotov is pretty good. A calculator in the line of great Soviet chess players, many moves ahead of his competition.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The jewish revolt in Krakow moved me to tears.

Any additional comments?

Give it a listen, you won't regret it. Only criticisim is Shirer's homo prejudices. Maybe a sign of the times, but he ably shows the Nazis to be thugs, criminals and psychopaths. Didn't need to call them perverts, too (without mentioning the "perverts" on the Allied side).

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Best first person war autobiography I've ever read

Revisado: 12-18-13

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. The details and horror and numbness and waste of war made clear by the author.

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

I liked one narrator, but not the other. I was really unsure why it kept skipping back and forth. This is my only major criticism of the book.

Any additional comments?

Sledge does appear to be without flaw in this telling. After awhile, I wondered "What noble thing will he do now?" but it was a great book overall.

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Funny author who loves his subject

Revisado: 12-18-13

What made the experience of listening to The History of Ancient Egypt the most enjoyable?

Brier gets you to grasp the vast amount of time Egypt covers. An "interim" lasts longer than the U.S. has been around. And he does it with humor and pleasure.

What did you like best about this story?

The mummies!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

His story of Cleopatra made her human to me. Unbelievable detail.

Any additional comments?

Great listen.

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More like an autobiography with some physics

Revisado: 12-18-13

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Not really. There are better books out there that don't meander about random topics in physics and autobiographical details.

What could Walter Lewin and Warren Goldstein have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Write about physics, or write about your life, but don't randomly cover both. I don't really care about why you had to pay two guilders for coffee in 1960 or whatever.

Which character – as performed by Kent Cassella – was your favorite?

The leprechaun at the end of the rainbow... It doesn't exist!

Was For the Love of Physics worth the listening time?

No.

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