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Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) is the most famous female Classicist in history, the author of books that revolutionized our understanding of Greek culture and religion. A star in the British academic world, she became the quintessential Cambridge woman—as Virginia Woolf suggested when, in A Room of One's Own, she claims to have glimpsed Harrison's ghost in the college gardens.
This lively and innovative portrayal of a fascinating woman raises the question of who wins (and how) in the competition for academic fame. Mary Beard captures Harrison's ability to create her own image. And she contrasts her story with that of Eugenie Sellers Strong, a younger contemporary and onetime intimate, the author of major work on Roman art, and once a glittering figure at the British School in Rome—but who lost the race for renown. The setting for the story of Harrison's career is Classical scholarship in this period—its internal arguments and allegiances and especially the influence of the anthropological strain most strikingly exemplified by Sir James Frazer. Questioning the common criteria for identifying intellectual "influence" and "movements," Beard exposes the mythology that is embedded in the history of Classics. At the same time she provides a vivid picture of a sparkling intellectual scene. The Invention of Jane Harrison offers shrewd history and undiluted fun.
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- Duración: 11 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56,099
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 50,535
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50,279
Superstar comedian and Hollywood box-office star Kevin Hart turns his immense talent to the written word by writing some words. Some of those words include: the, a, for, above, and even even. Put them together and you have the funniest, most heartfelt, and most inspirational memoir on survival, success, and the importance of believing in yourself since Old Yeller.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Audiobook I Ever Listened To
- De Sam Clear en 07-13-17
De: Neil Strauss - contributor, y otros
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- De: Jack Weatherford
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Duración: 14 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 20,038
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16,573
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16,569
The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Golden Horde/Platinum Listen
- De Cynthia en 12-11-13
De: Jack Weatherford
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My Mom's Murder
- De: AYR Media
- Narrado por: Lauren Malloy
- Duración: 6 h y 35 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,721
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,689
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,689
When a mysterious stranger unveils a long-hidden truth, Lauren Malloy’s life is thrown into chaos. For years, Lauren believed her mother, Lori, died of natural causes, but the shocking reality is that her loving mother was brutally murdered when Lauren was just an infant. Now, 30 years later, Lauren is on a relentless quest for justice. Over the past four years, she’s embarked on an emotional journey filled with unexpected twists, recording hundreds of hours of interviews with law enforcement, family, friends, and even potential suspects.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The raw interviews.
- De knapper en 11-12-24
De: AYR Media
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The Story of Grunge
- De: Michael Stewart Foley, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Michael Stewart Foley
- Duración: 3 h
- Grabación Original
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General4 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 22
You can’t truly understand the last decade of the 20th century without a look at the muddy, electrifying rock music that would come to define it: grunge. For such a short-lived genre—at least in the mainstream—grunge had a lasting impact on American music and culture. It also provides a unique lens through which to examine the post-Reagan, pre-internet America of the 1990s. In the six lectures of The Story of Grunge, you’ll explore the rise and evolution of the genre, tracing it from Seattle subculture to MTV and the Billboard charts, all the way to its decline and evolution into new forms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Scholarly Study of Grunge
- De Mark en 03-07-25
De: Michael Stewart Foley, y otros
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- De: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrado por: Laurence Fishburne
- Duración: 16 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 12,682
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11,290
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 11,231
Experience a bold take on this classic autobiography as it’s performed by Oscar-nominated Laurence Fishburne. In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American dream and the inherent racism in a society that denies its non-White citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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it's Nearly perfect
- De Kerry en 09-16-20
De: Malcolm X, y otros
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The Demon Next Door
- De: Bryan Burrough
- Narrado por: Steve White
- Duración: 2 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 31,190
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 27,967
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 27,859
Best-selling author Bryan Burrough recently made a shocking discovery: The small town of Temple, Texas, where he had grown up, had harbored a dark secret. One of his high school classmates, Danny Corwin, was a vicious serial killer. In this chilling tale, Burrough raises important questions of whether serial killers can be recognized before they kill or rehabilitated after they do. It is also a story of Texas politics and power that led the good citizens of the town of Temple to enable a demon who was their worst nightmare.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Odd narration choice
- De Amanda Fredericks en 03-08-19
De: Bryan Burrough
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The Wonder of Stevie
- De: Wesley Morris
- Narrado por: Wesley Morris, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, y otros
- Duración: 6 h y 10 m
- Grabación Original
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,007
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 932
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 932
The year 1972 saw the beginning of a five-year span in which Stevie Wonder released five groundbreaking, critically acclaimed albums, garnering him more than half a dozen Grammys and more than 10 million albums sold, securing his place as one of the most important American musicians and songwriters in history. For the first time, uncover the untold story of an extraordinary artistic journey that shaped the greatest creative era in popular music history.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good but not great
- De Anonymous User en 09-14-24
De: Wesley Morris
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Elvis and Me
- De: Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
- Narrado por: Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
- Duración: 7 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,266
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,948
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,941
The inspiration for the major motion picture Priscilla directed by Sofia Coppola, this New York Times best seller reveals the intimate story of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, told by the woman who lived it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a story!
- De Pen Name en 08-28-22
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Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon
- Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops, and the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream
- De: David McGowan
- Narrado por: Bill Fike
- Duración: 14 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 874
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 734
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 738
The very strange but nevertheless true story of the dark underbelly of a 1960s hippie utopia. Laurel Canyon in the 1960s and early 1970s was a magical place where a dizzying array of musical artists congregated to create much of the music that provided the soundtrack to those turbulent times. But there was a dark side to that scene as well. Many didn't make it out alive, and many of those deaths remain shrouded in mystery to this day.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My first review. This book changed me.
- De Robert en 06-30-19
De: David McGowan
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Evil Has a Name
- The Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation
- De: Paul Holes, Jim Clemente, Peter McDonnell
- Narrado por: Paul Holes, Jim Clemente
- Duración: 6 h y 13 m
- Grabación Original
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General5 out of 5 stars 21,441
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 19,275
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 19,178
For his victims, for their families and for the investigators tasked with finding him, the senselessness and brutality of the Golden State Killer's acts were matched only by the powerlessness they felt at failing to uncover his identity. Then, on April 24, 2018, authorities arrested 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo at his home in Citrus Heights, Calif., based on DNA evidence linked to the crimes. Amazingly, it seemed, evil finally had a name. Please note: This work contains descriptions of violent crime and sexual assault and may not be suitable for all listeners.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Audible Raises The Bar On True Crime Genre
- De R. Squyres en 11-16-18
De: Paul Holes, y otros
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Helter Skelter
- The True Story of the Manson Murders
- De: Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 26 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 10,031
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,867
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,852
Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the 20th century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of his followers. What motivated Manson in his seemingly mindless selection of victims, and what was his hold over the young women who obeyed his orders? Now available for the first time in unabridged audio, the gripping story of this famous and haunting crime is brought to life by acclaimed narrator Scott Brick.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Everything I remembered about the case was wrong..
- De karen en 06-22-12
De: Vincent Bugliosi, y otros
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The Fires of Vesuvius
- Pompeii Lost and Found
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Phyllida Nash
- Duración: 12 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 371
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 308
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 305
Destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence we have of life in the Roman Empire. But the eruptions are only part of the story. In The Fires of Vesuvius, acclaimed historian Mary Beard makes sense of the remains. She explores what kind of town it was - more like Calcutta or the Costa del Sol? - and what it can tell us about "ordinary" life there. From sex to politics, food to religion, slavery to literacy, Beard offers us the big picture even as she takes us close enough to the past to smell the bad breath....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful Description of Life in Ancient Pompeii
- De Emily en 08-27-19
De: Mary Beard
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How Do We Look
- The Body, the Divine, and the Question of Civilization
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Mary Beard
- Duración: 2 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
From prehistoric Mexico to modern Istanbul, Mary Beard looks beyond the familiar canon of Western imagery to explore the history of art, religion, and humanity. Conceived as an accompaniment to How Do We Look and The Eye of Faith, the famed Civilizations shows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on how we have looked at art.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Really needs a PDF
- De Britt Elin Gihleengen en 12-06-18
De: Mary Beard
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The Roman Triumph
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Lucy Rayner
- Duración: 13 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 6
It followed every major military victory in ancient Rome: the successful general drove through the streets to the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill; behind him streamed his raucous soldiers; in front were his prisoners, as well as the booty he'd captured, from enemy ships and precious statues to plants and animals from the conquered territory. Occasionally there was so much on display that the show lasted two or three days. A radical reexamination of this most extraordinary of ancient ceremonies, this book explores the magnificence of the Roman triumph, but also its darker side.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Did Mary Beard really write this book?
- De daryl en 03-03-23
De: Mary Beard
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Emperor of Rome
- Ruling the Ancient World
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Mary Beard
- Duración: 14 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 309
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 276
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 276
In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE). Emperor of Rome is not your usual chronological account of Roman rulers, one after another: the mad Caligula, the monster Nero, the philosopher Marcus Aurelius.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wasn't sure but won me over
- De John S. en 01-26-24
De: Mary Beard
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Laughter in Ancient Rome
- On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 11 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 3
What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear-a world of wit, irony, and knowing smiles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena?
De: Mary Beard
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Women & Power
- A Manifesto
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Mary Beard
- Duración: 1 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 181
At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly attack and demean women the world over, including, very often, Mary herself. In Women & Power, she traces the origins of this misogyny to its ancient roots, examining the pitfalls of gender and the ways that history has mistreated strong women since time immemorial.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Short and fabulous
- De André C. en 03-13-20
De: Mary Beard
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The Fires of Vesuvius
- Pompeii Lost and Found
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Phyllida Nash
- Duración: 12 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 371
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 308
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 305
Destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence we have of life in the Roman Empire. But the eruptions are only part of the story. In The Fires of Vesuvius, acclaimed historian Mary Beard makes sense of the remains. She explores what kind of town it was - more like Calcutta or the Costa del Sol? - and what it can tell us about "ordinary" life there. From sex to politics, food to religion, slavery to literacy, Beard offers us the big picture even as she takes us close enough to the past to smell the bad breath....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful Description of Life in Ancient Pompeii
- De Emily en 08-27-19
De: Mary Beard
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How Do We Look
- The Body, the Divine, and the Question of Civilization
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Mary Beard
- Duración: 2 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
From prehistoric Mexico to modern Istanbul, Mary Beard looks beyond the familiar canon of Western imagery to explore the history of art, religion, and humanity. Conceived as an accompaniment to How Do We Look and The Eye of Faith, the famed Civilizations shows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on how we have looked at art.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Really needs a PDF
- De Britt Elin Gihleengen en 12-06-18
De: Mary Beard
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The Roman Triumph
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Lucy Rayner
- Duración: 13 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 6
It followed every major military victory in ancient Rome: the successful general drove through the streets to the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill; behind him streamed his raucous soldiers; in front were his prisoners, as well as the booty he'd captured, from enemy ships and precious statues to plants and animals from the conquered territory. Occasionally there was so much on display that the show lasted two or three days. A radical reexamination of this most extraordinary of ancient ceremonies, this book explores the magnificence of the Roman triumph, but also its darker side.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Did Mary Beard really write this book?
- De daryl en 03-03-23
De: Mary Beard
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Emperor of Rome
- Ruling the Ancient World
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Mary Beard
- Duración: 14 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 309
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 276
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 276
In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE). Emperor of Rome is not your usual chronological account of Roman rulers, one after another: the mad Caligula, the monster Nero, the philosopher Marcus Aurelius.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wasn't sure but won me over
- De John S. en 01-26-24
De: Mary Beard
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Laughter in Ancient Rome
- On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 11 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 3
What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear-a world of wit, irony, and knowing smiles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena?
De: Mary Beard
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Women & Power
- A Manifesto
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Mary Beard
- Duración: 1 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 181
At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly attack and demean women the world over, including, very often, Mary herself. In Women & Power, she traces the origins of this misogyny to its ancient roots, examining the pitfalls of gender and the ways that history has mistreated strong women since time immemorial.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Short and fabulous
- De André C. en 03-13-20
De: Mary Beard
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The Parthenon
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Joan Walker
- Duración: 5 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 35
Twenty-five hundred years after it first rose above Athens, the Parthenon remains one of the wonders of the world, its beginnings and strange turns of fortune over millennia a perpetual source of curiosity, controversy, and intrigue. At once an entrancing cultural history and a congenial guide for tourists, armchair travelers, and amateur archaeologists alike, this audiobook conducts listeners through the storied past and towering presence of the most famous building in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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She made a scholarly subject so comprehensible for lay-people.
- De Amazing en 08-21-24
De: Mary Beard
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Confronting the Classics
- Traditions, Adventures and Innovations
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Lynne Jenson
- Duración: 12 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 78
One of the world's leading historians provides a revolutionary tour of the Ancient World, dusting off the classics for the twenty-first century. Mary Beard, drawing on thirty years of teaching and writing about Greek and Roman history, provides a panoramic portrait of the classical world, a book in which we encounter not only Cleopatra and Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Hannibal, but also the common people - the millions of inhabitants of the Roman Empire, the slaves, soldiers, and women.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Annoying narrator
- De Chris E en 02-27-15
De: Mary Beard
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Twelve Caesars
- Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern (Bollingen Series)
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Mary Beard
- Duración: 10 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 73
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 57
What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book - against a background of today’s “sculpture wars” - Mary Beard tells the story of how for more than two millennia portraits of the rich, powerful, and famous in the Western world have been shaped by the image of Roman emperors, especially the “Twelve Caesars”, from the ruthless Julius Caesar to the fly-torturing Domitian.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This foray into art history is a disappointment.
- De Stephen J Chiulli en 11-10-21
De: Mary Beard
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Antony & Cleopatra
- De: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 17 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 291
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 257
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 257
In this remarkable dual biography of the two great lovers of the ancient world, Adrian Goldsworthy goes beyond myth and romance to create a nuanced and historically acute portrayal of his subjects, set against the political backdrop of their time. A history of lives lived intensely at a time when the world was changing profoundly, this audiobook takes listeners on a journey that crosses cultures and boundaries, from ancient Greece and ancient Egypt to the Roman Empire.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very good
- De Kdmd en 02-23-16
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Classics
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Mary Beard, John Henderson
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan
- Duración: 4 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16
We are all classicists - we come into touch with the classics on a daily basis: in our culture, politics, medicine, architecture, language, and literature. What are the true roots of these influences, however, and how do our interpretations of these aspects of the classics differ from their original reality?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Beard guides the reader through the Classics
- De Darwin8u en 10-29-24
De: Mary Beard, y otros
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SPQR
- A History of Ancient Rome
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Phyllida Nash
- Duración: 18 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,971
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,367
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,332
In SPQR, world-renowned classicist Mary Beard narrates the unprecedented rise of a civilization that even 2,000 years later still shapes many of our most fundamental assumptions about power, citizenship, responsibility, political violence, empire, luxury, and beauty.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Shallow and unsatisfying
- De Joe en 02-19-17
De: Mary Beard
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Invention of Jane Harrison
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- ibn rushd
- 07-16-23
Not your usual biography
but a lesson in writing. This is a one year course in archival research and it’s application to truth. It is also an essay on the nature of truth. While thus instructing it describes Victorian academic life and tells novelistic tales of fascinating people.
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- Warthog
- 10-08-23
Disappointing
I was hoping to learn more about the life of an interesting scholar. Instead I found a gossipy explanation of the difficulties in writing a biography, with little or no insight into the character of Ms. Harrison. None of this was helped by the reading, punctuated with often suggestive, but usually inexplicable pauses.
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