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useless

Revisado: 08-02-24

The preview should contain some of the book's content, not just the introduction. impossible to know that it was a complete waste of time by the sample audio.

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Great book, poor narration

Revisado: 11-04-23

I really enjoyed the premise of the book, and the facts that Mr. Woods provided, along with quotes. However, the narration left so much to be desired that I had to fast forward through many quotes. This is intended to be a narration of a book not a one-man play. Listening to fake French and German accents completely distracted me from the actual words. I’m planning to go buy a hard copy of this book now so that I can pick up all the parts I missed. Maybe that was their plan all along.

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Great Brief Catholic history

Revisado: 07-02-23

The content was concise and interesting. Narration could be improved by learning the correct pronunciation of words and names before recording but overall a good audible listen.

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Some heresy here

Revisado: 12-10-21

I liked the book and was really interested in everything the author had to say, until I got to the chapter about Jesus’ house in Nazareth. The author stated Joseph raised his family, including Jesus his oldest son and all his other children here. As a Catholic, I know that Mary had no other children, Jesus had no biological brothers and sisters of Mary and Joseph. If he states this as a known fact, I have to wonder what other facts he’s assuming as true which are most definitely not. Very disappointed.

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Essential Marxist History

Revisado: 04-01-21

I have read a number of Paul Kengor's books, and consider him an authority on communism and it's Marxist roots; therefore, I found the personal history of Marx and his demons enlightening.
The narration would have been fine if the narrator had stuck to reading the text, not attempting to dramatize it with various accents and voices. I found the attempts at mimicry distracting and, frankky, a little cringeworthy. I ended up buying the hard cover book and reading it instead. Overall, very informative. I hope this book opens the eyes of so many people who think socialism is a good thing. This should be required reading in American schools.

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Lost interest

Revisado: 08-20-20

I am really interested in the subject matter of this book, and was very eager to listen. I got through the introduction and a few minutes into the first chapter when I completely zoned out. The narration does not lend itself to the material. I could not pay attention to what he was saying, and had to rewind several times just to catch the gist of it.I’m going to have to buy the hardcopy. I don’t know why they choose narrators who put you to sleep.

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Not The poirot I knew

Revisado: 03-01-18

Awful interpretation of Christie’s master detective. I hate when current mores and manners are applied to characters in the past. I had a hard time continuing to listen after the first few such examples, such as the waitress berating Poirot for drinking coffee, which was bad for his health. Please! And this was a possibly 60 minute story dragged out mercilessly into 6 hours of drivel. The narrator wasn’t the worst I’ve heard, but there were times when he spoke so low that I couldn’t make out was he was saying, even at full volume. Sorry, I can’t give this more than 1 star, and that’s only because 0 is not an option.

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Voices fluctuate and sound echoes

Revisado: 11-10-16

I liked the idea of the Spanish conversations and the opportunity to listen slowly and repeat; however the female voice in particular was very hard to understand at some points and sounded as though it was recorded in an echo chamber. I understand these are supposed to be actual conversations in the native language, but when the words are slurred over so that the listener can't understand, it's very hard to learn the vocabulary. I would like a more clear pronunciation of the Spanish at least when the conversation is slowed down.

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