29 Best General, Literary Criticism Books
General, Literary Criticism is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top General, Literary Criticism audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 29 General, Literary Criticism audiobooks below.
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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn’s Tightrope
- By: Start Publishing Notes
- Narrator: Michael Gilboe
- Length: 33 minutes
- Publisher: Start Media
- Publish date: March 31, 2020
- Language: English
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5(3 ratings)
5(3 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDPLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book.In Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, Pulitzer Prize winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn take a personal and harrowing look at thePLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book.In Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, Pulitzer Prize winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn take a personal and harrowing look at the pervasive problems of poverty, drug abuse, and rising death rate in America through the stories of the people in America’s forgotten towns. What they discover is a problem that goes far beyond unemployment or personal choice: they discover America’s great social depression.What Does this Start Publishing Notes’ Summary, Analysis, and Review Include?Summary of the original bookEasily digestible takeaways distilling the main ideasA wealth of statistics on poverty, homelessness, incarceration, and their underlying causesA thought-provoking analysis on how we got here and how we can truly make America great againIn-depth Editorial Review & AnalysisBackground on Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunnAbout the Original Book:Tightrope is an unflinching, personal, statistical, and political account of the problems that have plagued America over the last half-century and how the authors believe we can solve them. Ranging from mass incarceration to homelessness, the opioid crisis and rampant poverty, husband and wife team Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn use intensely personal stories of people they spent time with, and some Nicholas grew up with, to paint a vivid picture of the faces that stand behind the facts.DISCLAIMER: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, Tightrope Start Publishing Notes is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way.
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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Martha MacCallum’s Unknown Valor
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- Narrator: Michael Gilboe
- Length: 39 minutes
- Publisher: Start Media
- Publish date: April 30, 2020
- Language: English
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5(1 ratings)
5(1 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDPLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book. Unknown Valor is the moving story of some of the most critical battles in the Pacific Theater of World War II as told through the personal experiences of thePLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book.
Unknown Valor is the moving story of some of the most critical battles in the Pacific Theater of World War II as told through the personal experiences of the brave young men who fought–and died–in them.
What Does this Start Publishing Notes’ Summary, Analysis, and Review Include?
Summary of the original book
Easily digestible takeaways distilling the main ideas
An overview of the key players and events in the successive battles that culminated in Japan’s defeat
How the war changed the young men who took part in it and what remains
Editorial Review & Analysis
Background on Martha MacCallum and Ronald J. DrezAbout the Original Book:
Martha MacCallum’s Unknown Valor is both a personal exploration of war and heroism as well as a detailed recounting of several of the most strategic successes in the American campaign against Japanese imperialist expansion during the Second World War. MacCallum relays the grueling details of such critical battles as Tarawa and Saipan, and the narrative culminates in the harrowing story of the months spent fighting for Iwo Jima. Whether you are well versed in World War II history or you’re a casual reader curious about the lives of those who fought for our freedom, you will find Unknown Valor a moving tale of heroism that is expertly told.DISCLAIMER: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, Unknown Valor. Start Publishing Notes is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way.
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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Ariana Neumann’s When Time Stopped
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- Narrator: Michael Gilboe
- Length: 34 minutes
- Publisher: Start Media
- Publish date: April 28, 2020
- Language: English
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5(3 ratings)
5(3 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDPLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book. In this riveting Memoir, Ariana Neumann digs through her family’s past to uncover a Holocaust story that is as thrilling as it is heart-wrenching.PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book.
In this riveting Memoir, Ariana Neumann digs through her family’s past to uncover a Holocaust story that is as thrilling as it is heart-wrenching.
What Does this Start Publishing Notes’ Summary, Analysis, and Review Include?
Summary of the original book
Easily digestible takeaways distilling the main ideas
How the Neumann family weathered five years of persistent persecution by the Nazi regime
How the war changed the pepole who survived it
Editorial Review & Analysis
Background on Ariana NeumannAbout the Original Book:
When Time Stopped is a moving account of the Neumann family’s life before, during, and after the Holocaust. In it, Ariana Neumann describes growing up in privilege in Caracas, Venezuela, and stumbling on clues that hinted at her father’s dark, secretive past. The clues eventually led her to a decade-long, worldwide search for the missing pieces of a family history that key players were unwilling to talk about. What follows is a spell-binding account of a family caught up in what is perhaps the worst evil of the last century, the lucky breaks and unfortunate endings it encountered, the scars that remained, and the attempts it made to heal and cope with the trauma.DISCLAIMER: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, When Time Stopped. Start Publishing Notes is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way.
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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Craig Groeschel’s Dangerous Prayers
- By: Start Publishing Notes
- Narrator: Michael Gilboe
- Length: 31 minutes
- Publisher: Start Media
- Publish date: May 12, 2020
- Language: English
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4.67(3 ratings)
4.67(3 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDPLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book. In Dangerous Prayers, bestselling author and Life.Church founder Craig Groeschel reveals the prayers that can help Christians develop a more intimatePLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book.
In Dangerous Prayers, bestselling author and Life.Church founder Craig Groeschel reveals the prayers that can help Christians develop a more intimate relationship with God, strengthen their faith, and fully embrace God’s plan for their lives.
What Does this Start Publishing Notes’ Summary, Analysis, and Review Include?
Summary of the original book
Easily digestible takeaways distilling the main ideas
The difference between safe and dangerous prayers and why the latter work better
Specific prayers to pray to change your life and transform the world around you
Editorial Review & Analysis
Background on Craig GroeschelAbout the Original Book:
Groeschel’s Dangerous Prayers is a sobering reminder that safe, comfortable prayers don’t honor or move God. Christ calls his followers to a life of faith and courage, so prayers–if they are to have any impact at all–have to be personal and bold. They have to come from an open and vulnerable place, and they have to ask God for more than his blessings, guidance, and peace. Anyone wondering why their prayers go unanswered and anyone who wants their prayers to transform their life and the world will find this book in invaluable guide.DISCLAIMER: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, Dangerous Prayers. Start Publishing Notes is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way.
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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Dan Heath’s Upstream
- By: Start Publishing Notes
- Narrator: Michael Gilboe
- Length: 32 minutes
- Publisher: Start Media
- Publish date: April 28, 2020
- Language: English
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4.5(2 ratings)
4.5(2 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDPLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book. Dan Heath’s Upstream explores how individuals and organizations can shift from a reactive to a preventive problem-solving approach to achieve betterPLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book.
Dan Heath’s Upstream explores how individuals and organizations can shift from a reactive to a preventive problem-solving approach to achieve better personal, business, social, and political outcomes.
What Does this Start Publishing Notes’ Summary, Analysis, and Review Include?
Summary of the original book
Easily digestible takeaways distilling the main ideas
Psychological obstacles to upstream thinking and how to get over them
How systems thinking is the key to sustainable preventive interventions
Editorial Review & Analysis
Background on Dan HeathAbout the Original Book:
Drawing from the stories of dozens of upstream thinkers who have achieved remarkable success in solving such problems as customer churn and domestic violence, Heath demonstrates how anyone can confront seemingly insoluble problems and design interventions that prevent them from occurring in the first place. Heath, who is a Senior Fellow at Duke University, builds on the latest in psychology and systems thinking to propose, in easily digestible prose, how ordinary people can achieve the change in mindset that creates extraordinary change. Upstream ought to be required reading for parents, teachers, doctors, entrepreneurs, government officials, and problem solvers of all kinds.DISCLAIMER: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, Upstream. Start Publishing Notes is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way.
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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Daniel Levitin’s Successful Aging
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- Narrator: Michael Gilboe
- Length: 39 minutes
- Publisher: Start Media
- Publish date: March 06, 2020
- Language: English
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4.33(3 ratings)
4.33(3 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDPLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book. Daniel Levitin’s Successful Aging is a relatable and expertly written guide to the scientific, social, and emotional process of aging, buoyed by thePLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book.
Daniel Levitin’s Successful Aging is a relatable and expertly written guide to the scientific, social, and emotional process of aging, buoyed by the latest research into what we can do to increase not just our lifespan, but our active, healthy years.
What Does this Start Publishing Notes’ Summary, Analysis, and Review Include?
Summary of the original book
Easily digestible takeaways distilling the main ideas
A detailed look at the process of aging and what it does to our brains
Helpful, actionable advice to help you delay the aging process and stay healthy as long as possible
Editorial Review & Analysis
Background on Daniel LevitinAbout the Original Book:
Daniel Levitin’s Successful Aging is an incredibly detailed, highly-technical look at the process of aging from a neurological standpoint, including everything we know about the causes of aging and potential “cures.” The book doesn’t just provide helpful tips on how to best counteract the aging process, but rather guides the reader through the underlying causes for a more comprehensive understanding of the myriad factors at play. Whether you’re interested in learning about the intricate neurological processes behind how we develop and age, or you’re looking for evidence-based solutions to help slow or reverse the process, Levitin’s book is a wealth of accessible knowledge.DISCLAIMER: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, Successful Aging. Start Publishing Notes is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way.
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Building Bridges
- By: Stephen King
- Narrator: Stephen King
- Length: 29 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2004
- Language: English
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4.3(130 ratings)
4.3(130 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.95 USDBUILDING BRIDGES Stephen King Live at the National Book Awards Each Autumn, in conjunction with the conferring of The National Book Awards in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature, the Board of Directors of the FoundationBUILDING BRIDGES
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Stephen King Live at the National Book Awards
Each Autumn, in conjunction with the conferring of The National Book Awards in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature, the Board of Directors of the Foundation presents a Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. The recipient is a person who has enriched our literary heritage over a life of service, or a corpus of work. The 2003 recipient of this distinguished award was presented to one of the great voices of American literature — Stephen King.
King accepts the award with grace and wit. His acceptance speech is filled with loving thanks to his wife Tabitha and with a passionate appreciation of his craft. King reflects on bridging the gap between literary and popular writers as well as staying true to his work and to himself over the many years. He concludes his speech by saluting all the nominees and with his sincerest hope that “you’ll find something to read that will fill you up as this evening has filled me up.”
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The Children’s Book of Virtues
- By: William J. Bennett
- Narrator: William J. Bennett
- Length: 1 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 1997
- Language: English
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4.26(34 ratings)
4.26(34 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.95 USDFrom the #1 national bestseller comes the definitive audio treasury of great moral takes for young children and their parents, including ten postcard-sized reproductions of Michael Hague’s beautiful illustrations and featuring performances by:From the #1 national bestseller comes the definitive audio treasury of great moral takes for young children and their parents, including ten postcard-sized reproductions of Michael Hague’s beautiful illustrations and featuring performances by:
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The Bennett Family
(William, Elayne, John and Joseph)
Barbara Bush
Dorian Harewood
Charlton Heston
Dava Ivey
Andrea Martin
Howard McGillin
Kate Nelligan
Faith Prince
Tom Selleck
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Dirty Pictures
- By: Brian Doherty
- Narrator: Liam DiCosimo
- Length: 15 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.24(38 ratings)
4.24(38 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDA complete narrative history of the weird and wonderful world of underground comix In the 1950s, comics meant POW! BAM! superheroes, family-friendly gags, and Sunday funnies, but in the 1960s, inspired by these strips and the satire of MAD magazine,A complete narrative history of the weird and wonderful world of underground comix
In the 1950s, comics meant POW! BAM! superheroes, family-friendly gags, and Sunday funnies, but in the 1960s, inspired by these strips and the satire of MAD magazine, a new generation of creators set out to subvert the medium, and with it, American culture.
Their “comix”–spelled that way to distinguish the work from their dime-store contemporaries–presented tales of taboo sex, casual drug use, and a transgressive view of society. Embraced by hippies and legions of future creatives, this subgenre of comic books and strips was printed on out-of-date machinery, published in zines and underground newspapers, and distributed in head shops, in porno stores, and on street corners. Comix often ran afoul of the law, but that would not stop them from casting cultural ripples for decades to come, eventually moving the entire comics form out of the gutter and into fine-art galleries.
Author Brian Doherty weaves together the stories of R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Trina Robbins, Spain Rodriguez, Harvey Pekar, and Howard Cruse among many others, detailing the complete narrative history of this movement that came to define “cool.” Via dozens of new interviews and archival research, Doherty chronicles the scenes that sprang up around the country in the 1960s and ’70s and the rivalries, ideological battles, and conflicts that flourished. Dirty Pictures is the essential exploration of a truly American art form that re-contextualized the way people thought about war, race, sex, gender, and expression.
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The Dab of Dickens, The Touch of Twain, and The Shade of Shakespeare
- By: Elliot Engel
- Narrator: Elliot Engel
- Length: 6 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2011
- Language: English
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4.21(51 ratings)
4.21(51 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.95 USDThey are icons of the literary world whose soaring works have been discussed and analyzed in countless classrooms, homes, and pubs. Yet for most readers, the living, breathing human beings behind the classics have remained unknown—until now.They are icons of the literary world whose soaring works have been discussed and analyzed in countless classrooms, homes, and pubs. Yet for most readers, the living, breathing human beings behind the classics have remained unknown—until now. In this utterly captivating book, Dr. Elliot Engel, a leading authority on the lives of great authors, illuminates the fascinating and flawed members of literature’s elite. In lieu of stuffy biographical sketches, Engel provides fascinating anecdotes.
You’ll never look at these literary giants the same way again.
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The Moral Compass
- By: William J. Bennett
- Narrator: William J. Bennett
- Length: 5 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 1995
- Language: English
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4.14(53 ratings)
4.14(53 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.95 USDThe Moral Compass is the inspiring and instructive companion volume to William J. Bennett’s bestselling work, The Book of Virtues, offering many more examples of good and bad, right and wrong, in great works from literature and in exemplaryThe Moral Compass is the inspiring and instructive companion volume to William J. Bennett’s bestselling work, The Book of Virtues, offering many more examples of good and bad, right and wrong, in great works from literature and in exemplary stories from history.
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Organized by the stages along life’s journey, these stories and poems serve as reference points on a moral compass, guiding the reader through the ethical and spiritual challenges along the pathway of life: leaving home, entering into marriage, easing the burdens of others, nurturing one’s children, and fulfilling the obligations of citizenship and leadership.
Drawn from familiar Western history and mythology as well as a wide selection of tales and folklore from Asia, Africa, and Latin America, the stories in The Moral Compass are literary and evocative, designed to inspire as well as instruct. Complete with informative introductions and notes, The Moral Compass is an indispensable guide that will help family members meet the challenges of life at any age. -
Jack
- By: George Sayer
- Narrator: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 13 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
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4.09(2513 ratings)
4.09(2513 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDNumerous biographies have been written about this great theologian, literary critic, and novelist, but we have found this to be the best. Sayer describes Lewis’ early years, hinting at childhood evidence of the brilliance and eccentricity thatNumerous biographies have been written about this great theologian, literary critic, and novelist, but we have found this to be the best.
Sayer describes Lewis’ early years, hinting at childhood evidence of the brilliance and eccentricity that would later become Lewis’ hallmarks. He discusses Lewis’ academic career, his life-transforming conversion to Christianity, and the role of religion in his life. With honesty and compassion, he covers Lewis’ controversial relationship with Mrs. Moore and his passionate marriage to Joy Davidman.
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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Suze Orman’s The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+
- By: Start Publishing Notes
- Narrator: Michael Gilboe
- Length: 31 minutes
- Publisher: Start Media
- Publish date: May 12, 2020
- Language: English
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4(4 ratings)
4(4 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDPLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book. In The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+, personal finance guru and bestselling author Suze Orman lays out the steps that people in their 50s, 60s, and beyondPLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book. In The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+, personal finance guru and bestselling author Suze Orman lays out the steps that people in their 50s, 60s, and beyond need to take to enjoy financial and emotional security in their retirement. What Does this Start Publishing Notes’ Summary, Analysis, and Review Include? Summary of the original book Easily digestible takeaways distilling the main ideas Practical tips to downsize, save, and invest more for retirement How to create guaranteed sources of income to last you through retirement Editorial Review & Analysis Background on Suze Orman About the Original Book: Retiring today is a lot harder than it was a few decades ago. With the right planning, however, retirement can still be another exciting phase of life to look forward to. Leveraging decades of experience as a world-renowned financial advisor, Suze Orman offers detailed advice for cutting expenses, saving more in the right accounts, investing in low-cost funds, paying off debt, getting insurance, and setting up the right end-of life documents. Anyone approaching retirement will find this book an invaluable guide. DISCLAIMER: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+. Start Publishing Notes is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way.
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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Brian Greene’s Until the End of Time
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- Narrator: Michael Gilboe
- Length: 34 minutes
- Publisher: Start Media
- Publish date: April 30, 2020
- Language: English
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4(2 ratings)
4(2 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDPLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book. In Until the End of Time, physicist and mathematician Brian Greene offers a detailed analysis of the origins and ultimate destruction of our universe. HePLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book.
In Until the End of Time, physicist and mathematician Brian Greene offers a detailed analysis of the origins and ultimate destruction of our universe. He explains how and why everything in our universe will ultimately cease to exist, and in so doing forces us to rethink the meaning and purpose of our lives.
What Does this Start Publishing Notes’ Summary, Analysis, and Review Include?
Summary of the original book
Easily digestible takeaways distilling the main ideas
An overview of the evolution of life and consciousness
What the future holds, and how life as we know it will end
Editorial Review & Analysis
Background on Brian GreeneAbout the Original Book:
We get up every day and make all kinds of choices, often believing that we are doing what’s best for our future. But what does the future truly hold for humanity and the greater universe? Brian Greene’s latest book, Until the End of Time, is an insightful scientific exploration of the inevitability of death and decay. He presents proof that everything that lives in the universe will ultimately be destroyed, whether through natural death or spectacular cataclysm. We know that our lives are fleeting, and our daily endeavors are but vain attempts at achieving a measure of immortality. Therefore, if all life will end, the only thing that makes sense is to find meaning within ourselves and in the present moment.DISCLAIMER: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, Until the End of Time. Start Publishing Notes is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way.
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Summary, Analysis, and Review of BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits
- By: Start Publishing Notes
- Narrator: Michael Gilboe
- Length: 32 minutes
- Publisher: Start Media
- Publish date: April 30, 2020
- Language: English
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4(2 ratings)
4(2 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDPLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book. In Tiny Habits, behavior scientist BJ Fogg explains the drivers of human behavior and outlines the steps anyone can take to create and sustain positivePLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book.
In Tiny Habits, behavior scientist BJ Fogg explains the drivers of human behavior and outlines the steps anyone can take to create and sustain positive change.
What Does this Start Publishing Notes’ Summary, Analysis, and Review Include?
Summary of the original book
Easily digestible takeaways distilling the main ideas
A description of the elements of human behavior and how to leverage them to create sustainable change
Tips to scale tiny behaviors and break bad habits
Editorial Review & Analysis
Background on BJ FoggAbout the Original Book:
BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits is a concise and practical guide to creating long-term change. Drawing from his research at Stanford University and his experiences coaching thousands of people, Fogg explains why change is difficult, why it doesn’t have to be, and how anyone can work with the three elements of human behavior to create habits that stick. Anyone looking to lose weight, be a better parent, become more productive at work, or effect any other positive change at home, work, or in the community will find this book an invaluable resource.DISCLAIMER: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, Tiny Habits. Start Publishing Notes is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way.
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8 Books That Changed the World
- By: Joseph Luzzi
- Narrator: Joseph Luzzi
- Length: 1 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: March 09, 2021
- Language: English
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4(12 ratings)
4(12 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDOne Day University presents a series of audio lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds ofOne Day University presents a series of audio lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice. Professor Joseph Luzzi uncovers the mysteries of 8 books that, in one way or another, changed our world. He explores the creative processes behind these masterpieces, traces their impact, and helps reveal their remarkable riches: The Bible, The Odyssey by Homer, The Divine Comedy by Dante, Hamlet by Shakespeare, To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. Joseph Luzzi is a literature and Italian Professor at Bard College, and was previously a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received the Scaglione Prize for his teaching. He is also the author of the audio course, “The Art of Reading.” Professor Luzzi previously taught at Yale University, where he was awarded a Yale College Teaching Prize. This audio lecture includes a supplemental PDF.
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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
- By: Susan Sontag
- Narrator: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 4 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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3.99(4087 ratings)
3.99(4087 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USDIn 1978 Susan Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor, a classic work described by Newsweek as “one of the most liberating books of its time.” A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Sontag shows how the metaphors and mythsIn 1978 Susan Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor, a classic work described by Newsweek as “one of the most liberating books of its time.” A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Sontag shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the fantasies surrounding cancer, Sontag shows cancer for what it is–just a disease. Cancer, she argues, is not a curse, not a punishment, certainly not an embarrassment, and it is highly curable, if good treatment is followed.
Almost a decade later, with the outbreak of a new, stigmatized disease replete with mystifications and punitive metaphors, Sontag wrote a sequel to Illness as Metaphor, extending the argument of the earlier book to the AIDS pandemic.
These two essays now published together, Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors, have been translated into many languages and continue to have an enormous influence on the thinking of medical professionals and, above all, on the lives of many thousands of patients and caregivers.
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And Yet…
- By: Christopher Hitchens
- Narrator: Steve West
- Length: 11 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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3.97(1165 ratings)
3.97(1165 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDThe seminal, uncollected essays–lauded as “dazzling” (The New York Times Book Review)–by the late Christopher Hitchens, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller God Is Not Great, showcase the notorious contrarian’sThe seminal, uncollected essays–lauded as “dazzling” (The New York Times Book Review)–by the late Christopher Hitchens, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller God Is Not Great, showcase the notorious contrarian’s genius for rhetoric and his sharp rebukes to tyrants and the ill-informed everywhere.
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For more than forty years, Christopher Hitchens delivered essays to numerous publications on both sides of the Atlantic that were astonishingly wide-ranging and provocative. His death in December 2011 from esophageal cancer prematurely silenced a voice that was among the most admired of contemporary voices–writers, readers, pundits and critics the world over mourned his loss.
At the time of his death, Hitchens left nearly 250,000 words of essays not yet published in book form. “Another great book of essays from a writer who we wish were still alive to produce more copy” (National Review), And Yet… ranges from the literary to the political and is a banquet of entertaining and instructive delights, including essays on Orwell, Lermontov, Chesterton, Fleming, Naipaul, Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk, and Dickens, among others, as well as his laugh-out-loud self-mocking “makeover.” The range and quality of Hitchens’s essays transcend the particular occasions for which they were originally written, yielding “a bounty of famous scalps, thunder-blasted targets, and a few love letters from the notorious provocateur-in-chief’s erudite and scathing assessments of American culture” (Vanity Fair). Often prescient, always pugnacious, formidably learned, Hitchens was a polemicist for the ages. With this posthumous volume, he remains, “America’s foremost rhetorical pugilist” (The Village Voice). -
The Renaissance
- By: Walter Pater
- Narrator: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 6 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
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3.94(1216 ratings)
3.94(1216 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDPublished to great acclaim in 1873, Walter Pater’s compendium of idiosyncratic, impressionistic essays on the Renaissance gained him a reputation as a daring modern philosopher. Oscar Wilde called it the “holy writ of beauty.” ItPublished to great acclaim in 1873, Walter Pater’s compendium of idiosyncratic, impressionistic essays on the Renaissance gained him a reputation as a daring modern philosopher. Oscar Wilde called it the “holy writ of beauty.” It was Pater’s cry of “art for art’s sake” that became the manifesto for the aesthetic movement. He believed that art should be sensual and that beauty should rank as the highest ideal. Marked by elegant fluency, Pater’s essays discuss Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and other artists who, for him, embodied the spirit of the Renaissance. Pater’s work survives to this day as one of the best pieces of cultural criticism to emerge from the nineteenth century.
This collection is criticism as beautiful as the art it considers.
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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler’s The Future Is Faster Than You Think
- By: Start Publishing Notes
- Narrator: Michael Gilboe
- Length: 37 minutes
- Publisher: Start Media
- Publish date: April 28, 2020
- Language: English
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3.88(8 ratings)
3.88(8 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDPLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book. In The Future Is Faster Than You Think, authors Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler explore how the convergence of different technologies will revolutionizePLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book.
In The Future Is Faster Than You Think, authors Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler explore how the convergence of different technologies will revolutionize the way we eat, work, play, and live.
What Does this Start Publishing Notes’ Summary, Analysis, and Review Include?
Summary of the original book
Easily digestible takeaways distilling the main ideas
The key forces that are merging to amplify and accelerate the advancement of tech
The ways technologies are converging to revolutionize business and life
Editorial Review & Analysis
Background on Peter Diamandis and Steven KotlerAbout the Original Book:
We know that technology is advancing faster every day. But what we don’t realize is the amazing opportunities that open up when two or more technologies are combined. This is the underlying argument that Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler make in their latest book, The Future is Faster Than You Think. The two tech entrepreneurs paint a clear picture of what the world will look like when AI, quantum computing, 3-D printing, Virtual Reality, and even biotechnology converge and support each another. There is no field of humanity that won’t be untouched, whether its food production, education, real estate, health care, and even advertising. Anyone who wants to know what the next decade will look like will find this book an invaluable resource.DISCLAIMER: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, The Future Is Faster Than You Think. Start Publishing Notes is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way.
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The Wisdom of the Shire
- By: Noble Smith
- Narrator: Simon Vance
- Length: 4 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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3.86(638 ratings)
3.86(638 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.95 USDIn The Wisdom of the Shire, Noble Smith sheds light on the life-changing ideas tucked away inside the classic works of J. R. R. Tolkien and his most beloved creation–the stouthearted Hobbits. Drawing on The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, andIn The Wisdom of the Shire, Noble Smith sheds light on the life-changing ideas tucked away inside the classic works of J. R. R. Tolkien and his most beloved creation–the stouthearted Hobbits.
Drawing on The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and other tales of Middle-earth, Smith shows how a snug hobbit-hole is actually just a state of mind and how even the smallest person can have the valor of a Rider of Rohan. He explores subjects dear to a halfling’s heart, such as beer, food, and friendship, as well as more serious concerns, such as courage, living in harmony with nature, and good versus evil.
How can simple pleasures such as gardening, taking long walks, and eating delicious meals with friends make you significantly happier? Why is the act of giving presents on your birthday instead of getting them such a revolutionary idea? And how can we carry the burden of our own “Ring of Power” without becoming devoured by it? The Wisdom of the Shire holds the answers to these and more of life’s essential questions.
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Doris Lessing
- By: Carole Klein
- Narrator: Anna Fields
- Length: 10 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2008
- Language: English
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3.86(42 ratings)
3.86(42 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0020.95 USDBoth in her personal life and in her literature, Doris Lessing broke the rules. Born in Persia and raised in Rhodesia by a hypercritical mother and a father who was shell-shocked during the First World War, she was forever in search of her essentialBoth in her personal life and in her literature, Doris Lessing broke the rules. Born in Persia and raised in Rhodesia by a hypercritical mother and a father who was shell-shocked during the First World War, she was forever in search of her essential identity. Twice married and divorced before the age of thirty, she moved to Britain with one of her children and little more than an unpublished manuscript in her suitcase. Ardently embracing communism, then feminism, she would discard them both long before their attractions faded for others. As a writer, she consistently charted new territory, most famously with the series of science fiction novels she submitted under a pseudonym. Based on numerous interviews and sources, this is a fascinating portrait of a celebrated literary rebel who continually reinvented herself and the world in her prodigious work.
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Odyssey of the West II
- By: Timothy B. Shutt
- Narrator: Timothy B. Shutt
- Length: 8 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: January 16, 2009
- Language: English
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3.85(67 ratings)
3.85(67 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDThis course is an interdisciplinary series of connected lectures delivered by eminent scholars from several colleges and universi- ties. Each professor addresses an area of personal expertise and focuses not only on the matter at hand, but on theThis course is an interdisciplinary series of connected lectures delivered by eminent scholars from several colleges and universi- ties. Each professor addresses an area of personal expertise and focuses not only on the matter at hand, but on the larger story-on the links between the works and the figures dis- cussed. The lectures address a series of major works that have shaped the ongoing development of Western thought. In addition to the series editor, Professor Timothy B. Shutt, other eminent scholars featured in this course are Professor Kim J. Hartswick from the City University of New York, Professor Joel F. Richeimer of Kenyon College, and Professor Lawrence H. Schiffman from New York University.
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Mark Twain’s Helpful Hints for Good Living
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrator: Grover Gardner
- Length: 4 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
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3.85(604 ratings)
3.85(604 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.95 USDIrreverent, charming, and eminently quotable, this handbook—an eccentric etiquette guide for the human race—contains sixty-nine aphorisms, anecdotes, whimsical suggestions, maxims, and cautionary tales from Mark Twain’s private andIrreverent, charming, and eminently quotable, this handbook—an eccentric etiquette guide for the human race—contains sixty-nine aphorisms, anecdotes, whimsical suggestions, maxims, and cautionary tales from Mark Twain’s private and published writings. It dispenses advice and reflections on family life and public manners; opinions on topics such as dress, health, food, and childrearing and safety; and more specialized tips, such as those for dealing with annoying salesmen and burglars. Culled from Twain’s personal letters, autobiographical writings, speeches, novels, and sketches, these pieces are delightfully fresh, witty, startlingly relevant, and bursting with Twain’s characteristic ebullience for life. They also remind us exactly how Mark Twain came to be the most distinctive and well-known American literary voice in the world. These texts, some of them new or out of print for decades, have been selected and meticulously prepared by the editors at the Mark Twain Project.
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Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin
- By: Marion Meade
- Narrator: Lorna Raver
- Length: 11 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2005
- Language: English
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3.81(1261 ratings)
3.81(1261 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0020.95 USDThis is an exuberant group portrait of four extraordinary writers–Zelda Fitzgerald, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker, and Edna Ferber–whose loves, lives, and literary endeavors captured the spirit of the 1920s. Marion MeadeThis is an exuberant group portrait of four extraordinary writers–Zelda Fitzgerald, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker, and Edna Ferber–whose loves, lives, and literary endeavors captured the spirit of the 1920s.
Marion Meade re-creates the aura of excitement, romance, and promise of the 1920s, when these literary heroines did what they wanted, said what they thought, and kicked open the door for twentieth-century women, setting a new model for every woman trying to juggle the serious issues of economic independence, political power, and sexual freedom.
But Meade also brings to light the anxiety and despair that lurked beneath the nonstop partying and outrageous behavior. She describes the men who influenced them, loved them, and sometimes betrayed them. And while she describes their social and literary triumphs, she also writes movingly of the penances they paid.
A vibrant mixture of literary scholarship, social history, and scandal, Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin is a rich evocation of an era that will forever intrigue and captivate us.
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Montaigne in Barn Boots
- By: Michael Perry
- Narrator: Michael Perry
- Length: 5 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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3.8(466 ratings)
3.8(466 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThe beloved memoirist and bestselling author of Population: 485 reflects on the lessons he’s learned from his unlikely alter ego, French Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne “The journey began on a gurney,” writes MichaelThe beloved memoirist and bestselling author of Population: 485 reflects on the lessons he’s learned from his unlikely alter ego, French Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne
“The journey began on a gurney,” writes Michael Perry, describing the debilitating kidney stone that led him to discover the essays of Michel de Montaigne. Reading the philosopher in a manner he equates to chickens pecking at scraps–including those eye-blinking moments when the bird gobbles something too big to swallow–Perry attempts to learn what he can (good and bad) about himself as compared to a long-dead French nobleman who began speaking Latin at the age of two, went to college instead of kindergarten, worked for kings, and once had an audience with the pope. Perry “matriculated as a barn-booted bumpkin who still marks a second-place finish in the sixth-grade spelling bee as an intellectual pinnacle … and once said hello to Merle Haggard on a golf cart.”
Written in a spirit of exploration rather than declaration, Montaigne in Barn Boots is a down-to-earth (how do you pronounce that last name?) look into the ideas of a philosopher “ensconced in a castle tower overlooking his vineyard,” channeled by a Midwestern American writing “in a room above the garage overlooking a defunct pig pen.” Whether grabbing an electrified fence, fighting fires, failing to fix a truck, or feeding chickens, Perry draws on each experience to explore subjects as diverse as faith, race, sex, aromatherapy, and Prince. But he also champions academics and aesthetics, in a book that ultimately emerges as a sincere, unflinching look at the vital need to be a better person and citizen.
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Dear Fahrenheit 451
- By: Annie Spence
- Narrator: Stephanie Spicer
- Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: October 10, 2017
- Language: English
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3.78(7927 ratings)
3.78(7927 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDLibrarians spend their lives weeding-not weeds, but books-books that have reached the end of their shelf life both literally and figuratively. They remove books that patrons no longer check out, and they put back books they treasure. Annie Spence,Librarians spend their lives weeding-not weeds, but books-books that have reached the end of their shelf life both literally and figuratively. They remove books that patrons no longer check out, and they put back books they treasure. Annie Spence, who has a decade of experience as a Midwestern librarian, does this not only at her Michigan library but also at home, for her neighbors, at cocktail parties-everywhere. In Dear Fahrenheit 451, she addresses those books directly. We read her love letters to The Goldfinch and Matilda as well as her snarky break-ups with Fifty Shades of Grey and Dear John. Her notes to The Virgin Suicides and The Time Traveler’s Wife feel like classics that are sure to strike a powerful chord. Through the lens of the books in her life, Annie comments on feminism, culture, health, poverty, childhood aspirations, and more. Hilarious, compassionate, and wise, Dear Fahrenheit 451 is the consummate book-lover’s birthday present, stocking stuffer, holiday gift, and all-purpose humor book.
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Walt Whitman and the Birth of Modern American Poetry
- By: Karen Karbiener
- Narrator: Karen Karbiener
- Length: 8 hours 19 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: September 18, 2009
- Language: English
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3.75(48 ratings)
3.75(48 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDIn this course, Walt Whitman and the Birth of Modern American Poetry, we’ll explore how Walt Whitman broke with the tyranny of European literary forms to establish a broad, new voice for American poetry. By throwing aside the stolidIn this course, Walt Whitman and the Birth of Modern American Poetry, we’ll explore how Walt Whitman broke with the tyranny of European literary forms to establish a broad, new voice for American poetry. By throwing aside the stolid conventions and clichEd meters of old Europe, Walt Whitman produced a vital, compelling form of verse, one expressive of the nature of his new world and its undiscovered countries, both physical and spiritual, intimate and gloriously public. Passionate democracy is what Whitman called his invention, and like the inventions of Edison, it would transform not only the practices of its field but also the larger dimensions of American life. Whitman named what it was to be American, he catalogued and indexed and sang and scribed it, and his influence on his contemporaries and his descendants transcends the boundaries of poetry and becomes, in many ways, the story of young America. By teaching people what Whitman’s poetry means we’ll teach them what makes America America. More than just a history of one poet or a study of his work, this course will provide a framework to investigate the cultural formation of the United States-the birth of its spiritual identity.
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The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time
- By: Will Durant
- Narrator: John Little
- Length: 3 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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3.75(2202 ratings)
3.75(2202 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USDA wise and witty compendium of the greatest thoughts, greatest minds, and greatest books of all time–listed in accessible and succinct form–by one of the world’s greatest scholars. From the “Hundred Best Books” to theA wise and witty compendium of the greatest thoughts, greatest minds, and greatest books of all time–listed in accessible and succinct form–by one of the world’s greatest scholars.
From the “Hundred Best Books” to the “Ten Greatest Thinkers” to the “Ten Greatest Poets,” here is a concise collection of the world’s most significant knowledge. For the better part of a century, Will Durant dwelled upon–and wrote about–the most significant eras, individuals, and achievements of human history. His selections have finally been brought together in a single, compact volume. Durant eloquently defends his choices of the greatest minds and ideas, but he also stimulates readers into forming their own opinions, encouraging them to shed their surroundings and biases and enter “The Country of the Mind,” a timeless realm where the heroes of our species dwell.
From a thinker who always chose to exalt the positive in the human species, The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time stays true to Durant’s optimism. This is a book containing the absolute best of our heritage, passed on for the benefit of future generations. Filled with Durant’s renowned wit, knowledge, and unique ability to explain events and ideas in simple and exciting terms, this is a pocket-size liberal arts and humanist curriculum in one volume.
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