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Land of Hope
- An Invitation to the Great American Story
- De: Wilfred M. McClay
- Narrado por: Pete Cross
- Duración: 20 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 302
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 268
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 267
We have a glut of text and trade books on American history. But what we don’t have is a compact, inexpensive, and authoritative book that will offer to American citizens a clear, informative, and inspiring narrative account of their own country. Such an account can shape and deepen their sense of the land they inhabit and, by making them understand that land’s roots, and share in its memories, equip them for the privileges and responsibilities of citizenship in American society.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An apt word in discouraging times
- De Erin Frye en 08-05-20
- Land of Hope
- An Invitation to the Great American Story
- De: Wilfred M. McClay
- Narrado por: Pete Cross
Great and Balanced History text
Revisado: 12-17-24
Loved it! The detail level was just right, and it wove in relevant themes and trends.
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Material World
- The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
- De: Ed Conway
- Narrado por: Ed Conway
- Duración: 15 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 180
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and greed for thousands of years. Without them, our modern world would not exist, and the battle to control them will determine our future. In Material World, Ed Conway embarks on an epic journey across continents, cultures, and epochs to reveal the underpinnings of modern life on Earth—traveling from the sweltering depths of the deepest mine in Europe to spotless silicon chip factories in Taiwan to the eerie green pools where lithium originates.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Insightful
- De Sam en 01-17-24
- Material World
- The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
- De: Ed Conway
- Narrado por: Ed Conway
Excellent, but PC Preaching increases towards an eventual crescendo
Revisado: 09-08-24
Excellent job of explaining the origin and use of materials, with just the right amount of chemistry and physics (well, maybe a little more detail, for instance on the structure of Polyhalide, would have been good). But whining about indigenous rights, the evils of colonialism, and global warming slowly begin to take over the book, as does a full throated embrace of globalization and endless lectures of the wonders of the People’s Republic of China and the evils of the west. The author seems incapable of understanding why the western democracies WOULDN’T want the largest and most powerful dictatorship in history (this is you PRC) to have a stranglehold on its most vital industrial processes. He also repeatedly overemphasizes the need for and existence of global contributions (as opposed to Western and First World ones) to the scientific and engineering processes that gave us the clean energy we need to run our world and the green revolution that feeds our massive world population. Anyway, the book repeatedly slides into silly glorification of the Positions Of The Day before going back to real discussions (which are great) regarding the materials on which we have built our world. Overall, definitely worth reading- but brace yourself for the lecturing.
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Pathogenesis
- A History of the World in Eight Plagues
- De: Jonathan Kennedy
- Narrado por: Jonathan Kennedy
- Duración: 9 h y 23 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 122
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 122
According to the accepted narrative of progress, humans have thrived thanks to their brains and brawn, collectively bending the arc of history. But in this revelatory book, Professor Jonathan Kennedy argues that the myth of human exceptionalism overstates the role that we play in social and political change. Instead, it is the humble microbe that wins wars and topples empires.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Devolves into political advocacy
- De Mark Fackler en 04-29-23
- Pathogenesis
- A History of the World in Eight Plagues
- De: Jonathan Kennedy
- Narrado por: Jonathan Kennedy
First half great; but gets worse and worse after that.
Revisado: 09-03-23
Author is excellent at dealing with historical issues and pathogens, and on these issues sticks to arguing/supporting his thesis (pathogens were a major factor in the direction of history). But as we get within the last one hundred years or so, he gets increasingly strident, shifting from Pathogens to his own political views. He is also endlessly in love with the totalitarian communist model of China, and his gullibility in believing everything they say (including that basically no one died there from COVID) is so extreme that it defies credulity. By the last chapter or so, I could barely push through the book. The author, sadly, may be a stark example of why people are suspicious of public health professionals. Too bad.
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