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Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal
- By: Kyler Shumway, Daniel Wendler, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Kyler Shumway, Daniel Wendler
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
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In six lectures, Dr. Shumway and Dr. Wendler will help you understand the nature of neurodiversity, a growing school of thought that seeks to embrace the range of differences in individual brain function and behaviors rather than “correct” them, with a focus on empathy, acceptance, and accommodation.
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Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal
- Narrated by: Kyler Shumway, Daniel Wendler
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 14-03-24
- Language: English
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The History of Ancient Egypt
- By: Bob Brier, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Bob Brier
- Length: 24 hrs and 25 mins
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Ancient Egyptian civilization is so grand our minds sometimes have difficulty adjusting to it. It lasted 3,000 years, longer than any other on the planet. Its Great Pyramid of Cheops was the tallest building in the world until well into the 19th century and remains the only Ancient Wonder still standing. And it was the most technologically advanced of the ancient civilizations, with the medical knowledge that made Egyptian physicians the most famous in the world.
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Compelling, Fascinating, Educational
- By Jonathan on 01-10-14
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The History of Ancient Egypt
- Narrated by: Bob Brier
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient History
- Length: 24 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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How Music and Mathematics Relate
- By: David Kung, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: David Kung
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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Great minds have long sought to understand the relationship between music and mathematics. Both involve patterns, structures, and relationships. Both generate ideas of great beauty and elegance. Music is a fertile testing ground for mathematical principles, while mathematics explains the sounds instruments make and how composers put those sounds together. Understanding the connections between music and mathematics helps you appreciate both, even if you have no special ability in either field....
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Impossible to follow even with the pdf
- By Eddy on 18-01-20
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How Music and Mathematics Relate
- Narrated by: David Kung
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 06-03-19
- Language: English
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Classical Archaeology of Ancient Greece and Rome
- By: John R. Hale, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John R. Hale
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
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Over the years, Classical archaeology has evolved from a pastime of collectors and antiquarians to a mature science. Today, the field is a multidisciplinary effort that involves not only traditional diggers, but also geologists, geographers, anthropologists, and linguists.These 36 lectures introduce you to this fascinating field of study. Professor Hale guides you through dozens of ancient sites with the skill of a born storyteller.
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Perfect!
- By JH on 09-03-16
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Classical Archaeology of Ancient Greece and Rome
- Narrated by: John R. Hale
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient History
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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Plato, Socrates, and the Dialogues
- By: Michael Sugrue, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Michael Sugrue
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
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These 16 lectures bring the Socratic quest for truth alive and explore ideas that are as vital today as they were 25 centuries ago. Ideas about truth, justice, love, beauty, courage, and wisdom that can change lives and reveal the world in new ways. Here, you'll delve into the inner structure, action, and meaning of 17 of Plato's greatest dialogues, making these lectures an indispensable companion for anyone interested in philosophy in general or Platonic thought in particular.
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Fabulous course
- By Dog in a Flat Cap on 12-03-15
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Plato, Socrates, and the Dialogues
- Narrated by: Michael Sugrue
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient Philosophy
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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The American Civil War
- By: Gary W. Gallagher, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Gary W. Gallagher
- Length: 24 hrs and 37 mins
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Between 1861 and 1865, the clash of the greatest armies the Western hemisphere had ever seen turned small towns, little-known streams, and obscure meadows in the American countryside into names we will always remember. In those great battles, those streams ran red with blood-and the United States was truly born.
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Spectacularly great history.
- By Johnny M on 19-06-14
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The American Civil War
- Narrated by: Gary W. Gallagher
- Series: The Great Courses: Modern History
- Length: 24 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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The History of the United States, 2nd Edition
- By: The Great Courses, Allen C. Guelzo, Gary W. Gallagher, and others
- Narrated by: Allen C. Guelzo, Gary W. Gallagher, Patrick N. Allitt
- Length: 43 hrs and 23 mins
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This comprehensive series of 84 lectures features three award-winning historians sharing their insights into this nation's past-from the European settlement and the Revolutionary War through the Civil War, 19th-century industrialization, two world wars, and the present day. These lectures give you the opportunity to grasp the different aspects of our past that combine to make us distinctly American, and to gain the knowledge so essential to recognizing not only what makes this country such a noteworthy part of world history, but the varying degrees to which it has lived up to its ideals.
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Excellent overview
- By Richard Batty on 28-09-14
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The History of the United States, 2nd Edition
- Narrated by: Allen C. Guelzo, Gary W. Gallagher, Patrick N. Allitt
- Series: The Great Courses: Modern History
- Length: 43 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd Edition
- By: Robert Greenberg, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert Greenberg
- Length: 36 hrs and 34 mins
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Great music is a language unto its own, a means of communication of unmatched beauty and genius. And it has an undeniable power to move us in ways that enrich our lives-provided it is understood.If you have ever longed to appreciate great concert music, to learn its glorious language and share in its sublime pleasures, the way is now open to you, through this series of 48 wonderful lectures designed to make music accessible to everyone who yearns to know it, regardless of prior training or knowledge.
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A treat for ears and heart
- By S. Mercer on 13-12-13
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How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd Edition
- Narrated by: Robert Greenberg
- Series: The Great Courses: Fine Arts & Music
- Length: 36 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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How to Achieve Financial Independence and Retire Early
- By: JD Roth, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: JD Roth
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
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In this audiobook, Roth takes you inside the trending world of financial independence and early retirement, giving you the tools both to achieve financial independence and to improve the quality of your everyday life. You'll explore the ins and outs of the "FIRE movement", a collection of ideas and habits that allow people to manage their money so they can quit working while they're young. You'll consider the shockingly simple math behind financial freedom.
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US focused
- By jen on 05-09-21
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How to Achieve Financial Independence and Retire Early
- Narrated by: JD Roth
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 16-02-21
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
- By: Patrick N. Allitt, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Patrick N. Allitt
- Length: 18 hrs and 9 mins
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What were the forces that thrust the British Empire to its extraordinary position of greatness and then just as powerfully drove it into decline? And why is nearly every nation on earth, in one way or another, the consequence of the British Empire?In these 36 lectures, Professor Allitt leads you through four centuries of British power, innovation, influence, and, ultimately, diminishment-four profound centuries that literally remade the world and bequeathed the complex global legacy that continues to shape your everyday life.
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Vitally important narrative
- By Raleigh Chiwuta on 07-05-15
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The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
- Narrated by: Patrick N. Allitt
- Series: The Great Courses: Modern History
- Length: 18 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World
- By: Robert Garland, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert Garland
- Length: 24 hrs and 28 mins
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Look beyond the abstract dates and figures, kings and queens, and battles and wars that make up so many historical accounts. Over the course of 48 richly detailed lectures, Professor Garland covers the breadth and depth of human history from the perspective of the so-called ordinary people, from its earliest beginnings through the Middle Ages.
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Nearest thing to time travel available
- By JL on 09-10-13
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The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World
- Narrated by: Robert Garland
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient History
- Length: 24 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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The Story of Human Language
- By: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
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Language defines us as a species, placing humans head and shoulders above even the most proficient animal communicators. But it also beguiles us with its endless mysteries, allowing us to ponder why different languages emerged, why there isn't simply a single language, how languages change over time and whether that's good or bad, and how languages die out and become extinct.
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Groans from Taiwan
- By Jake Harrison on 18-04-20
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The Story of Human Language
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Series: The Great Courses: Linguistics
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective
- By: Gregory S. Aldrete, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Gregory S. Aldrete
- Length: 24 hrs and 24 mins
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The ancient world has cast a long shadow, influencing our customs and religious beliefs, our laws, and the form of our governments. It has taught us when and how we make war or pursue peace. It has shaped the buildings we live and work in and the art we hang on our walls. It has given us the calendar that organizes our year and has left its mark on the games we play.
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Not a global perspective
- By R. Bradley on 05-05-16
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History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective
- Narrated by: Gregory S. Aldrete
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient History
- Length: 24 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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The Great Questions of Philosophy and Physics
- By: Steven Gimbel, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Steven Gimbel
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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Philosophers have long puzzled over the nature of space, time, and matter. These inquiries led to the flowering of physics with the Scientific Revolution in the 17th century. Since then, the spectacular success of modern physics might appear to have made philosophy irrelevant. But new theories have created a new range of philosophical concerns: What is the shape of space? Is time travel possible? Is there a grand unified theory that unites all of physics?
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excellent and witty reading.
- By steve on 12-02-21
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The Great Questions of Philosophy and Physics
- Narrated by: Steven Gimbel
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 24-04-20
- Language: English
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Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World
- By: Robert Bucholz, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert Bucholz
- Length: 24 hrs and 35 mins
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Beginning with the Renaissance, the culture of the West exploded. Over the next 600 years, rapid innovations in philosophy, technology, economics, military affairs, and politics allowed what had once been a cultural backwater left by the collapse of the Roman Empire to dominate the world. This comprehensive series of 48 lectures by an award-winning teacher and captivating lecturer will show you how - and why - this extraordinary transformation took place.
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Near impossible task - decent try - bit personal
- By First Impressions on 22-10-16
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Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World
- Narrated by: Robert Bucholz
- Series: The Great Courses: Civilization & Culture
- Length: 24 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior
- By: Mark Leary, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Mark Leary
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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Every day of your life is spent surrounded by mysteries that involve what appear to be rather ordinary human behaviors. What makes you happy? Where did your personality come from? Why do you have trouble controlling certain behaviors? Why do you behave differently as an adult than you did as an adolescent?Since the start of recorded history, and probably even before, people have been interested in answering questions about why we behave the way we do.
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Some useful lectures
- By Sina Madani on 27-03-18
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Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior
- Narrated by: Mark Leary
- Series: The Great Courses: Psychology
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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Think like a Stoic
- Ancient Wisdom for Today’s World
- By: Massimo Pigliucci, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Professor Massimo Pigliucci
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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Distilled to its essence, the ancient Greco-Roman philosophy known as Stoicism is a philosophy of personal betterment. Professor Pigliucci, who knows firsthand just how transformative a Stoic approach to life can be, has designed these 25 lessons as an enlightening introduction to the basics of Stoic philosophy and ways to incorporate its lessons into your own life.
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My favourite audiobook
- By Daniel O'Connor on 16-01-22
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Think like a Stoic
- Ancient Wisdom for Today’s World
- Narrated by: Professor Massimo Pigliucci
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 26-03-21
- Language: English
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The Old Testament
- By: Amy-Jill Levine, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Amy-Jill Levine
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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The Old Testament - written in ancient Israel by many different authors over the course of a thousand years - has had more meaning to more people than any other book the world has known. In a series of 24 lively lectures, Professor Levine explores selected passages from the texts known as the Old Testament, the Hebrew Bible, and the Tanakh, revealing how fresh research and findings from scholars of archaeology, cross-cultural studies, and comparative religion can deepen your understanding.
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Engaging and Interesting but Drags in Places
- By Jonathan on 29-10-14
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The Old Testament
- Narrated by: Amy-Jill Levine
- Series: The Great Courses: Christianity
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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The Joy of Science
- By: Robert M. Hazen, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert M. Hazen
- Length: 30 hrs and 29 mins
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Science is humanity's greatest achievement. It ranges from the study of the universe itself to the smallest particles of matter contained within it - and everything in between. If you want to better understand our physical world, as most of us do, gaining a basic understanding of science itself is profoundly important - yet many are intimidated by the breathtaking scope of such an endeavor. Now an award-winning science teacher has taken out the intimidation, harnessing that breathtaking scope into a series of 60 exciting, comprehensive, and accessible lectures.
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Fantastic Fundamentals
- By JSara on 30-04-15
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The Joy of Science
- Narrated by: Robert M. Hazen
- Series: The Great Courses: Physics
- Length: 30 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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Effective Communication Skills
- By: Dalton Kehoe, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Dalton Kehoe
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
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From asking a waiter for an unusual substitution to urging a service manager to get your car finished sooner to swaying your significant other toward a particular film or show, many of the decisions you make are decided by talking. And no matter why you engage in face-to-face talk, there's no way to insulate yourself from the dangers of miscommunication. These 24 mind-opening lectures are your chance to learn more about how you communicate verbally, the common problems you can encounter in doing so, and how you can improve your own effectiveness.
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Tedious, monotonous and unhelpful
- By swheelie on 08-02-15
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Effective Communication Skills
- Narrated by: Dalton Kehoe
- Series: The Great Courses: Professional
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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