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excellent readimg at beginung and the wms

Reviewed: 10-10-24

**warning, includes some spoiler**

the reward ng of this novel. left me with mixed feelings. the climax of the story as rail and the Persian are about to be drowned I. the Phantoms torture chamber, is about the point when the narrator's voice does NOT become droning, monontonus. after this point is when the action livens up and griping narration.

would advise read the text of the novel first, and then listen to this recording.

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narrator has a painful rising intonnation

Reviewed: 09-19-24

no dis respect to the narrator intended. discovered on first listen that on the last syllables of longer words, the voice can have a painful resonance on the ear at any volume setting. it's probably a technological problem, may be atmospheric. just wanted to give everyone interested a friendly warning to adjust their volumes accordingly.

that said the reading is masterful and I highly recommend this narrator, it's almost as if this recording was actually recorded synchronous with the events of the congressmen of the 18th century.

a must for any student of the early American Republic period.

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ackyroyd has a powerful voice

Reviewed: 08-27-24

I truly new nothing about the origins of the blues brothers, or of Dan ackyroyd's pre-1984 claim to fame.
ant student of music history should listen to this biography and how the blues brothers supported black musicians in a "screw the white racist establishment " manner!

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the pied Piper of hamlin

Reviewed: 02-02-24

if you grew up with either the mother goosed rhyme story, or the Sesame street News Flash skit, where Kermit the Frog interviews the rad, Bohemian pied Piper(whose pipe fails to influence the rats)... this poem by Browning is definitely not intended for children. that is to say, you can't blame Jim Henson for adapting the poem for preschoolers and small children.

and the burghers of Hamlin absolutely has it coming (although I can't condone mass kidnapping of children

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peaceful

Reviewed: 12-04-23

Brannagh reads eloquence! this book includes exceeo
pts from Mid , Ado., AW. the at one may not realize is a sonnet of he Bard, or to be hound in any corpus of The Sonnets. ec CC ellent to listen to for both academic study and calm times.

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calming

Reviewed: 04-18-23

if you are like me, and were told of J.S. Mill (in conjunction with Jeremy Bentham) and the philosophical discipline of utilitarianism, but otherwise did not know if it intimately, then this particular recording is an excellent introduction to Mill's philosophy and on one of his two magnum opus.

also for newbies, recommend listening more than once to catch everything;

otherwise, just listening to this narrator and how Mill felt about civil, religious and personal liberties with respect to the State (and vice versa) of the early 19th century is peaceful and makes you reflect on the same of the late 20th century forward.

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better than the TV series

Reviewed: 09-20-22

of course watch the original 1978/9 series,. perhaps after listening to this audiobook recording but in tandem, this recording includes commentaries on each episode by nine other than John Cleese himself!

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Rise of Augustus to Death of Constantine the Great

Reviewed: 07-14-22

typical biographies of these great emperors and their reigns. several dynasties are surveyed and grouped together but about the latter lectures of the 20s, the professor returns and gives a topical comparisons of the relationships between the Emperors and the City of Rome, the hierarchies of social state, the provinces, the army.

excellent survey course on Ancient Rome.

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Shakespeare Musical

Reviewed: 06-30-22

maybe the most musical of the Shakespeare canonical 37. absolute joy. you may want to follow along with the text if the play to maximize enjoyment of the song portions of text particularly the closing lines of this performance.

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jeff woodman was not trying as hard

Reviewed: 04-11-22

the overall action was all but seat grabbing, if not predictable. but jeff woodman's narration towards the end was almost the opposite of a cliff hanger ending, plus there wasn't any outro music and that I found most disaffective.

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