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Brilliant at war, a master of politics, and a charismatic lover, Alcibiades was Athens’ favorite son and the city’s greatest general.
A prodigal follower of Socrates, he embodied both the best and the worst of the Golden Age of Greece. A commander on both land and sea, he led his armies to victory after victory.
But like the heroes in a great Greek tragedy, he was a victim of his own pride, arrogance, excess, and ambition. Accused of crimes against the state, he was banished from his beloved Athens, only to take up arms in the service of his former enemies.
For nearly three decades, Greece burned with war and Alcibiades helped bring victories to both sides - and ended up trusted by neither.
Narrated from death row by Alcibiades’ bodyguard and assassin, a man whose own love and loathing for his former commander mirrors the mixed emotions felt by all Athens, Tides of War tells an epic saga of an extraordinary century, a war that changed history, and a complex leader who seduced a nation.
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Beric, a boy chief of a British tribe, takes a prominent part in the insurrection against Rome under Queen Boadicea. These efforts are useless against the mighty Roman army. For a short time, Beric and his companions continue the fight but are ultimately defeated and taken as prisoners to Rome. Through the eyes of Beric, the listener learns of life in AD 61 Rome, the gladiatorial schools, the great fire, and life in Nero's court.
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A lot of interesting historical information
- De justkeepswimming en 06-12-19
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Joan of Arc
- De: Hilaire Belloc
- Narrado por: Saethon Williams
- Duración: 1 h y 53 m
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One of the most artful narratives ever written concerning the life of "The Maid". Hilaire Belloc writes with a familiarity only possessed by those with an intimate knowledge of the facts. A Catholic, of both French and English descent; Belloc clearly had an emotional affinity for this episode in the long struggle between the two nations.
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TERRIBLE NARRATION!!!
- De Theomama en 08-07-15
De: Hilaire Belloc
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Conquistador
- Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
- De: Buddy Levy
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 12 h y 13 m
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It was a moment unique in human history: the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. In 1519, Hernán Cortés arrived on the shores of Mexico, determined not only to expand the Spanish empire but to convert the natives to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. That he saw nothing paradoxical in his intentions is one of the most remarkable and tragic aspects of this unforgettable story.
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A Great Book
- De Victor en 02-27-11
De: Buddy Levy
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The Age of Caesar
- Five Roman Lives
- De: Plutarch, James Romm - preface and notes, Pamela Mensch - translator
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 11 h y 44 m
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Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives still haunt us as examples of how the hunger for personal power can overwhelm collective politics, how the exaltation of the military can corrode civilian authority, and how the best intentions can lead to disastrous consequences. Plutarch renders these history-making lives as flesh-and-blood characters.
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Terrific
- De Michael en 06-13-23
De: Plutarch, y otros
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The Day Democracy Died
- De: Anselm Audley
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 2 h y 13 m
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How scapegoating and hysteria doomed the world's first democracy. From the chaos of a sea-battle to the fury of a lynch mob, from personal bravery to political machinations, The Day Democracy Died tells in vivid detail the tragic story of the Arginusae trials and the fall of Athens: a cautionary tale of democracy's demons which is as relevant in the age of instant news and mass media as in the volatile city-states of ancient Greece.
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Almost a Legal drama of Socrates as the judge
- De resol en 10-12-17
De: Anselm Audley
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The War That Killed Achilles
- The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
- De: Caroline Alexander
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
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Few warriors, in life or literature, have challenged their commanding officer and the rationale of the war they fought as fiercely as did Homer's hero Achilles. Today, the Iliad is celebrated as one of the greatest works in literature, the epic of all epics; many have forgotten that the subject of this ancient poem was war - not merely the poetical romance of the war at Troy, but War, in all its enduring devastation.
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Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed
- De Darwin8u en 07-29-15
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Bolivar
- American Liberator
- De: Marie Arana
- Narrado por: David Crommett
- Duración: 20 h y 11 m
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It is astonishing that Simón Bolívar, the great Liberator of South America, is not better known in the United States. He freed six countries from Spanish rule, traveled more than 75,000 miles on horseback to do so, and became the greatest figure in Latin American history. His life is epic, heroic, straight out of Hollywood: he fought battle after battle in punishing terrain, forged uncertain coalitions of competing forces and races, lost his beautiful wife soon after they married and died relatively young, uncertain whether his achievements would endure.
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There will be blood.
- De Joselo en 08-02-13
De: Marie Arana
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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
- De: Mark Twain
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 14 h
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Joan of Arc's life and her accomplishments, as seen through the eyes of her childhood friend, are described with irony and brilliant insight into human nature. This was Twain's last book and he considered it to be his best.
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Really excellent!
- De Susan en 11-12-16
De: Mark Twain
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Winning His Spurs
- A Tale of the Crusades
- De: George Alfred Henty
- Narrado por: Jim Hodges
- Duración: 9 h y 10 m
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Mr. Henty weaves a story of the life and times of King Richard the Lion-hearted that is yet to be equaled. Cuthbert de Lance, the hero of the story, is of Norman blood on his father's side and Saxon by his mother. By providing timely aid to the Earl of Evesham, Cuthbert is rewarded by being allowed to go to the Crusade as his page. He gains a reputation for valor and prowess due to gallant deeds, and his resourcefulness not only helps King Richard but aids Cuthbert in many a 'hairbreadth escape'.
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Fantastic adventure for all ages!
- De Stacie en 01-22-20
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The Legend of Ragnar Lodbrok
- Viking King and Warrior
- De: Christopher Van Dyke
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 4 h y 11 m
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Millions love the hit television show Vikings - but how many fans know that its main character, Ragnar, is based on an actual Viking king whose ambitious and terrifying exploits have been legend since the ninth century? The Legend of Ragnar Lothbrok presents fascinating new translations of ninth, 12th, and 13th-century writings - including sagas, poems, and historical accounts - that describe, in vivid detail, the adventures of Ragnar, his sons, and his formidable wives.
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Sages of Ragnar
- De Kristina M McDaniel en 02-17-17
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Quillifer
- Quillifer, Book 1
- De: Walter Jon Williams
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 18 h y 53 m
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Quillifer is young, serially in love, studying law, and living each day keenly aware that his beloved homeport of Ethlebight risks closure due to silting of the harbor. His concerns for the future become much more immediate when he returns from a summery assignation to find his city attacked by Aekoi pirates, leading to brigands in the streets and his family and friends in chains.
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The opposite of George R R Martin (in a good way)
- De A reader en 10-30-17
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The Virtues of War
- A Novel of Alexander the Great
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
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I have always been a soldier. I have known no other life. So begins Alexander’s extraordinary confession on the eve of his greatest crisis of leadership. By turns heroic and calculating, compassionate and utterly merciless, Alexander recounts with a warrior’s unflinching eye for detail the blood, the terror, and the tactics of his greatest battlefield victories.
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Pressfield the Prodigy
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A Man at Arms
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Jerusalem and the Sinai desert, AD 55. In the turbulent aftermath of the crucifixion of Jesus, agents of the Roman Empire receive information about a pilgrim bearing an incendiary letter from a religious fanatic calling himself Paul the Apostle to insurrectionists in Corinth. What's in the letter could bring down an empire. The Romans hire a former legionary, a solitary man-at-arms named Telamon to intercept the letter and destroy the courier. But once he meets the courier, Telamon experiences an extraordinary conversion.
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Christian Perspective
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The Profession
- A Thriller
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: Toby Leonard Moore
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In The Profession, Pressfield taps his considerable well of military knowledge to craft a piece of speculative fiction set in 2032. With corporate and private powers wielding their own military forces, an exiled American general plans to return to the U.S. and claim the presidency for his own. Only his closest confidant stands any chance of defeating him.
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Disappointing
- De Steve Crane en 10-14-11
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The Afghan Campaign
- A Novel
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: James Langton
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In words that might have been ripped from today's combat dispatches, Steven Pressfield, the best-selling novelist of ancient warfare, returns with a riveting historical novel that re-creates Alexander the Great's invasion of the Afghan kingdoms in 330 B.C., a campaign that eerily foreshadows the tactics, terrors, and frustrations of contemporary conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The Afghan Campaign
- De Some Guy en 03-10-10
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Gates of Fire
- An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 14 h y 55 m
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Gates of Fire puts you at the side of valiant Spartan warriors in 480 BC for the bloody, climactic battle at Thermopylae. There, a few hundred of Sparta’s finest sacrificed their lives to hold back the invading Persian millions. The time they bought enabled the Greeks to rally - saving, according to ancient historian Herodotus, “Western democracy and freedom from perishing in the cradle.” How did the Spartans accomplish this superhuman feat? This is what the King of Persia hopes to learn from the sole Spartan survivor.
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Hard to read
- De Mike From Mesa en 01-28-13
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Killing Rommel
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: Alfred Molina
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
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Autumn 1942. Hitler's legions have swept across Europe; France has fallen; Churchill and the English stand isolated on their island. In North Africa, Rommel and his Panzers have routed the British Eighth Army and stand poised to overrun Egypt, Suez, and the oil fields of the Middle East.
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Humble Hero
- De Mark Patterson en 11-19-08
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The Virtues of War
- A Novel of Alexander the Great
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
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I have always been a soldier. I have known no other life. So begins Alexander’s extraordinary confession on the eve of his greatest crisis of leadership. By turns heroic and calculating, compassionate and utterly merciless, Alexander recounts with a warrior’s unflinching eye for detail the blood, the terror, and the tactics of his greatest battlefield victories.
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Pressfield the Prodigy
- De Michael en 10-07-08
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A Man at Arms
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 9 h y 10 m
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Jerusalem and the Sinai desert, AD 55. In the turbulent aftermath of the crucifixion of Jesus, agents of the Roman Empire receive information about a pilgrim bearing an incendiary letter from a religious fanatic calling himself Paul the Apostle to insurrectionists in Corinth. What's in the letter could bring down an empire. The Romans hire a former legionary, a solitary man-at-arms named Telamon to intercept the letter and destroy the courier. But once he meets the courier, Telamon experiences an extraordinary conversion.
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Christian Perspective
- De Scott Sengbush en 04-16-21
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The Profession
- A Thriller
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: Toby Leonard Moore
- Duración: 10 h y 20 m
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In The Profession, Pressfield taps his considerable well of military knowledge to craft a piece of speculative fiction set in 2032. With corporate and private powers wielding their own military forces, an exiled American general plans to return to the U.S. and claim the presidency for his own. Only his closest confidant stands any chance of defeating him.
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Disappointing
- De Steve Crane en 10-14-11
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The Afghan Campaign
- A Novel
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 6 h y 23 m
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In words that might have been ripped from today's combat dispatches, Steven Pressfield, the best-selling novelist of ancient warfare, returns with a riveting historical novel that re-creates Alexander the Great's invasion of the Afghan kingdoms in 330 B.C., a campaign that eerily foreshadows the tactics, terrors, and frustrations of contemporary conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The Afghan Campaign
- De Some Guy en 03-10-10
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Gates of Fire
- An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 14 h y 55 m
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Gates of Fire puts you at the side of valiant Spartan warriors in 480 BC for the bloody, climactic battle at Thermopylae. There, a few hundred of Sparta’s finest sacrificed their lives to hold back the invading Persian millions. The time they bought enabled the Greeks to rally - saving, according to ancient historian Herodotus, “Western democracy and freedom from perishing in the cradle.” How did the Spartans accomplish this superhuman feat? This is what the King of Persia hopes to learn from the sole Spartan survivor.
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Hard to read
- De Mike From Mesa en 01-28-13
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Killing Rommel
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: Alfred Molina
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
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Autumn 1942. Hitler's legions have swept across Europe; France has fallen; Churchill and the English stand isolated on their island. In North Africa, Rommel and his Panzers have routed the British Eighth Army and stand poised to overrun Egypt, Suez, and the oil fields of the Middle East.
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Humble Hero
- De Mark Patterson en 11-19-08
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The Lion's Gate
- On the Front Lines of the Six Day War
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 14 h y 1 m
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June 5, 1967: The fearsome, Soviet-equipped Egyptian Army and its 1000 tanks are massed on Israel's southern border. Meanwhile, the Syrian Army is shelling the much smaller nation from the north. And to the east, Jordan and Iraq are moving brigades and fighter squadrons into position to attack. Egypt's President Nasser has declared that the Arab world's goal is no less than "the destruction of Israel."
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As close to being there as you can get
- De Andy from FL en 07-13-14
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Last of the Amazons
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: Christine McMurdo Wallis, Alyssa Brensnahan, George Guidall
- Duración: 14 h y 27 m
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Steven Pressfield is the internationally best-selling author of Gates of Fire and Tides of War. An epic of love and war, Last of the Amazons is a gripping, imaginative novel of the ancient world filled with Pressfield’s trademark extraordinary attention to detail. In the time before Homer, the legendary Theseus, king of Athens, journeys to the nation of proud female warriors whom the Greeks called Amazons.
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Truly spellbinding
- De Lea D. Rumbolo en 09-21-15
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The Warrior Ethos
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: Steven Pressfield
- Duración: 1 h y 21 m
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We are all warriors. The Warrior Ethos is intended not only for men and women in uniform, but artists, entrepreneurs, and other warriors in other walks of life. The audiobook examines the evolution of the warrior code of honor and "mental toughness".
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Not my thing, but still enjoyed it
- De Book Monster en 06-13-19
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36 Righteous Men
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: Mia Barron
- Duración: 7 h y 30 m
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When detectives James Manning and Covina "Dewey" Duwai are called in to investigate a series of bizarre murders, they make a shocking discovery: the legend of the hidden righteous ones, the 36 who preserve the world from destruction, is no legend at all. They are real, and they are being murdered. As the bodies pile up and the world tilts into chaos, Manning and Dewey must protect the righteous ones from a ruthless killer able to beguile his victims and command them against their will.
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meh... its devil vs God fairytale
- De Kindle Customer en 04-01-21
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The Legend of Bagger Vance
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
- Duración: 7 h y 33 m
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In Steven Pressfield's richly imagined, vividly detailed story, golf legends Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen are joined by a local unsung opponent, the troubled war hero Rannulph Junah. Played above raging Atlantic surf and under gathering storm clouds, their match is thrilling competition. But the key to the outcome lies with Bagger Vance, a caddie who carries the secret of the Authentic Swing. His mysterious powers guide the play and leave a lasting imprint on the lives he touches that day and in years to come.
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enjoyable start to finish
- De Timothy J. Ireland VMD en 03-29-15
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Gates of Fire
- An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: Derek Jacobi
- Duración: 6 h y 15 m
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At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army.
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Excellent, but very sad it's abridged
- De Quotes&More en 04-07-07
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Govt Cheese
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: Steven Pressfield
- Duración: 6 h y 56 m
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People who have read my books, particularly “The War of Art” and its cousins, have a vague idea of the odyssey of a particular solitary guy, wracked with guilt and riven by self-doubt, as he struggles toward his destiny as a writer. But they have only the scantiest conception of the particulars of that journey. These particulars I’m hoping may be of use to others as they wrestle with their own version of that same odyssey. So let me try to strip it down. Let me tell the parts I normally leave out.
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Another Great Work by a great storyteller
- De Vales Tales en 12-11-22
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Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t
- And Other Tough-Love Truths to Make You a Better Writer
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: Steven Pressfield
- Duración: 3 h y 15 m
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There's a mantra real writers know but wannabe writers don’t. And the secret phrase is this: "Nobody wants to read your shit." Recognizing this painful truth is the first step in the writer's transformation from amateur to professional.
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How to get over the mediocre part of yourself
- De RICHARD en 11-24-18
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Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: Steven Pressfield
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Are you losing your "war of art"? Are you being defeated by a tendency to procrastination, self-doubt, fear, distraction, and perfectionism? Are you self-sabotaging your loftiest artistic entrepreneurial dreams? The antidote is in nine words: Put your ass where your heart wants to be. Can you shift your artistic identity—your "ass"—from the shallow, fearful, superficial ego to the wise, loving, fearless self? Can you commit to your dream for the long haul and for keeps? Steven Pressfield delivers the tough-love inspiration to help you make this life-altering transformation.
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Motivational speech?
- De Monty en 01-30-23
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Killer of Men
- The Long War, Book 1
- De: Christian Cameron
- Narrado por: Peter Noble
- Duración: 19 h y 18 m
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Arimnestos is a farm boy when war breaks out between the citizens of his native Plataea and their overbearing neighbours, Thebes. Standing in the battle line for the first time, alongside his father and brother, he shares in a famous and unlikely victory. But after being knocked unconscious in the melee, he awakes not a hero but a slave. Betrayed by his jealous and cowardly cousin, the freedom he fought for has now vanished, and he becomes the property of a rich citizen.
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Absolutely fantastic
- De William K en 07-17-19
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The Artist's Journey
- The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: Steven Pressfield
- Duración: 2 h y 34 m
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On our artist's journey, we move past resistance and past self-sabotage. We discover our true selves and our authentic calling, and we produce the works we were born to create. You are an artist too - whether you realize it or not, whether you like it or not - and you have an artist's journey. Will you live it out? Will you follow your muse and do the work you were born to do?
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It will give you strength
- De Amazon Customer en 07-30-18
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The Peloponnesian War
- De: Donald Kagan
- Narrado por: Bill Wallace
- Duración: 19 h y 1 m
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For almost three decades at the end of the fifth century BC the ancient world was torn apart in a conflict that was, within its historical context, as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the great world wars of the 20th century. The Peloponnesian War pitted Greek against Greek: the Athenians, with their glorious empire, rich legacy of democracy and political rights, and extraordinary cultural achievement, against the militaristic, oligarchic Spartan state.
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Just The Facts And You Will Need Maps
- De Nikoli Gogol en 01-22-12
De: Donald Kagan
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- Eric Hoglund
- 11-24-22
Fantastic Journey
I recommend this to all who seek adventure and want to be immersed in what was, Greece.
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- Ellis D Vener
- 10-08-23
An interesting tale
Great, lively writing and a terrific performance. Pressfield and Jacoby bring to life what must have been like to be a citizen/soldier of Athens during the Peloponnesian war.
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- Lance
- 10-20-20
Amazing book except that it’s ABRIDGED
I recommend you buy the book in print instead of audio. This is one of my favorite books, and Derek Jacobi does an incredible job as the narrator.
Sadly, its heavily abridged to the point that many crucial parts of the story and character development have been cut. Despite incredible narration, this was a big disappointment. I’ve read the print edition a few times and the story is much worse off without the missing parts.
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- Robert
- 03-27-03
A master storyteller
Steven Pressfield is better known for another great story, The Legend of Bagger Vance. In Tides of War, Pressfield also shows that he is a masterful storyteller, with history, characters, plots and sub-plots all entertwined but all progressing throughout the story.
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- 06-20-19
high-quality fiction
Pressfield brings Alexander to life in bright detail. Perhaps his Alexander is more perfect than the real specimen - but if so, it is only justifiable in service to Alexander's daimon.
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- Jfizzle
- 02-07-20
Excellent story, wonderful language
The writing was just as good as Robert Graves. My only criticism is that it was abridged.
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- Thomas Allen
- 08-03-08
Different Themes than Gates of Fire
Another excellent book by Steven Pressfield. But this time instead of dealing with the the themes of might and valor, Tides of War deals with betrayal, redemption, and forgiveness, and not just of others, but of one's self.
As the narration bounces from sources at the beginning, the story is a little hard to follow. But this only lasts for a short period of time. Then the story takes off.
The cascading effects of the wrongs people do against one another is at the forefront of this whole story. It's a vicious cycle that no one can stop.
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- Joe
- 01-04-18
A bit hard to follow.
I love Steven Pressfield and this story, but I found it kind of hard to follow. Giving the author the benefit of the doubt, I wasn't paying extremely close attention, but still the story seemed to bounce between a few characters and scenes. I have a general idea of what happened, but often had no idea what was going on.
I probably need to become a mature reader though.
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- Gerard C. Klug
- 09-30-16
Great novel of an epic time
The structure of this book is a bit odd. Characters telling the stories of other characters. Listening to it, it got confusing at times. When Pressfield's other book, The Last of the Amazons, was recorded they smartly used multiple voices when he used a similar technique. Be that as it may, the book was still wonderful. It might work better reading it. I wish it wasn't abridged.
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- Matthew
- 02-06-06
Good, but doesn't sparkle.
Pressfield writes well and researches professionally. "Gates of Fire", the book before this one (though not necessary to read first) cracked with an energy that "Tides of War" never quite achieves. This book is interesting in its exploration of the wide canvas that was the Peleponisian (sp?) War, and of the character of Alcibiades, who, thorough cunning and generalship, fought for all three sides in the 30-year conflict, making each love him and despise him. However, the narrative device of telling the story through the remove of not one but two recollections tends to make the story less urgent and more "historical" feeling, rather than "immediate drama". While I loved the setting and the details of the story, I found it was easy to hit the "pause" button whenever something else called my attention. If you liked "Gates of War" this book might indeed be for you, although I wonder if it isn't better read than listened to. Those who like military themes, historical narratives and anything having to do with Ancient Greece will enjoy this book.
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