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    The Modern Scholar: Odyssey of the West IV: A Classic Education through the Great Books: Towards Enlightenment , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 490min
    The Odyssey of the West series addresses in chronological sequence the works that have shaped the ongoing development of Western thought both in its own right and in cultural dialogue with other traditions. Part four provides a close look at the period from the Renaissance to the Scientific Revolution and into the early Enlightenment. These lectures take in the immense variety and singular achievements that have helped mold our present societies. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Prof. Timothy Shutt, Prof. Fred E. Baumann, Prof. Thomas F. Madden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/002514/bk_reco_002514_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Modern Scholar: Odyssey of the West III: A Classic Education through the Great Books: The Medieval World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 526min
    Odyssey of the West I and II explored timeless works from the ancient world that shaped, and continue to shape, the culture and philosophies of life today. Part three is a richly detailed look at St. Augustine, Beowulf, St. Thomas Aquinas, Authurian legends, Dante, Gothic art, and other highlights of the period. Through the course of these lectures, it becomes apparent that the "dark" ages were in fact a time of immense achievement, and a time that richly rewards those who study its art and philosophies. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Prof. Timothy Shutt, Prof. Thomas F. Madden, Prof. Monica Brzezinski Potkay. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/002517/bk_reco_002517_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Modern Scholar: Hebrews, Greeks and Romans: Foundations of Western Civilization , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 471min
    Our purpose in this course will be to examine the foundations of Western civilization in antiquity. We will look at the culture of the ancient Hebrews, of the ancient Greeks, and of the Romans, and we will likewise look at how these cultures interacted with each other, sometimes happily, sometimes not.In the process, we will focus on how the questions they addressed and the answers they found live among us and continue to shape our lives to this very day. For in a very real sense we are all of us, as participants in Western culture, Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans still. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Timothy Shutt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/003505/bk_reco_003505_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Modern Scholar: Dickens and Twain: Capturing 19th Century Britain and America, Hörbuch, Digital, 279min
    Few writers are more often read, and better loved, than Charles Dickens and Samuel Langhorne Clemens - Mark Twain. Many of the characters populating their novels have become household words, cultural landmarks in their own right - Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, David Copperfield and Oliver Twist. It is as if we have known them life-long. In this course we take a look at the lives and works of both authors, comparing and celebrating them in their use of use language, in their humor - and both, of course, are master humorists - in their evocation of character, and in their evocation and evaluation of the social world in which they find themselves. Language: English. Narrator: Professor Timothy B. Shutt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/007214/bk_reco_007214_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Maud (BBC Radio 4: Classic Serial), Hörbuch, Digital, 56min
    Joseph Millson reads Alfred Lord Tennyson's 1855 dark and lyrical poem 'Maud' in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the poet's birth in 2009. Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the 'Classic Serial' slot on 26 July 2009 and repeated on 1 August 2009. A disturbed young man roams the windswept hills, haunted by his father's suicide and his mother's early death. He blames his father's old friend, the lord of the Hall, for his ruin. The young man was betrothed to Maud, the lord's daughter, when they were children, but she and her family left the area after the suicide. But now there are workmen up at the Hall - Maud has come home. Read by Joseph Millson, with Kathryn Nutbeem. 'Maud' features sound design by Christopher Shutt, and was directed Abigail le Fleming. Language: English. Narrator: Joseph Millson, Katheryn Nutbeem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/bbcw/004567/rt_bbcw_004567_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Modern Scholar: Wars That Made the Western World: The Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 482min
    This course addresses three wars fought in antiquity, each of which had - even 2,000 years and more later - a decisive effect in shaping our communal sense of who we are, not only in Europe, but throughout the European cultural diaspora, in the Americas, in Oceania, and to some degree, at least, in Asia and Africa as well - wherever, in short, Western values hold. The three wars to be investigated here are (1) the Persian Wars, between a coalition of Greek city-states or "poleis", most notably Athens and Sparta, and the Achaemenid Persian empire, the central and decisive portion of which took place between 490 and 479 B.C.E.; (2) the later Peloponnesian War between Athens and her allies and Sparta and hers, 431-404 B.C.E.; and finally (3) the three Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage, which stretched, on and off, for well more than a century, from 264 to 146 B.C.E. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Timothy Shutt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/003372/bk_reco_003372_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Modern Scholar: Masterpieces of Medieval Literature , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 499min
    It is during the Middle Ages that modern Europe, indeed, modern Western culture as we know it, comes to be. Classical Mediterranean culture drew from the ancient Middle East, and more directly, from the Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans. The Middle Ages add the Northlands, Celts, and Germans, and ultimately, Slavs as well, to the mix. And the Middle Ages saw the birth of the immediate predecessors of our own ideas about love and marriage as important concerns in their own right, utterly central to a happy and fulfilling personal life.Beyond that, the Middle Ages saw the composition of some of the greatest and most rewarding literary works ever written, the works of Chaucer and Dante no doubt preeminent among them, but by no means are they alone in their surpassing merits.In this course, we will look at some of those other splendid works - Beowulf, the little-known, but utterly splendid Njal's Saga, and Sir Gawain the Green Knight among them. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Prof. Timothy Shutt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/003375/bk_reco_003375_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Monsters, Gods, and Heroes: Approaching the Epic in Literature , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 463min
    From the very outset in the West - from the time of Homer himself in about 750 BCE - the epic has been the most highly regarded of literary genres. It is rivaled only by tragedy, which arose a bit more than two centuries later, as the most respected, the most influential, and, from a slightly different vantage point, the most prestigious mode of addressing the human condition in literary terms. The major epics are the big boys, the works that, from the very outset, everyone had heard of and everyone knew, at least by reputation. They are the works that had the most profound and most enduring cultural influence. And they are very much with us still, some more than others, but all - or all the most successful ones - are more or less firmly enshrined in cultural memory. They are still read. They are still taught. They still gain imitators and admirers. The stories they tell still shape our imagination and aspirations. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Timothy Shutt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/002529/bk_reco_002529_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Mossad: The Untold Stories of Israel's Most Effective Secret Service , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 88min
    Depending on whom you ask, the Mossad can be seen as a legion of heroes or a group of villains. Officially, the Mossad is an intelligence agency responsible for intelligence collection, covert operations, counterterrorism, bringing Jews to Israel, and protecting Jewish communities. But one thing is clear: they're endorsed by the State of Israel, meaning they're endorsed to kill. Now, in this book, you'll discover many of the Mossad's covert operations - including the ones not often talked about...the ones that shame...and those that are best left forgotten. Secrets of this highly tactical organization will be revealed, including information not available to the public With this information in hand you'll have myriad perspectives on the Mossad. You'll know whether you deem them saints - or if they are the epitome of a killing machine. Or you may be neutral to their actions, understanding that the Mossad does what it has to at times. In any case, this books aims to give details on the Mossad's covert missions in fairly objective terms. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen Shutt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/074446/bk_acx0_074446_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Study Guide: The Flivver King by Upton Sinclair (SuperSummary) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 241min
    SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for The Flivver King by Upton Sinclair includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the capitalist system benefiting the few at the expense of the many. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.Sinclair’s modern historical novel, Flivver King, tells two intertwined stories: that of industrialist Henry Ford (1863-1947) and that of a fictional Ford Motor Company employee, Abner Shutt, and his family. Along the way, the initially idealistic Ford grows increasingly hardened and callous. Once happy to speak to his workers individually, he increasingly regards them only as human capital, not as human beings.This audio study guide presents the same expert content - written by experienced teachers, professors, and literary scholars - in an easy-to-access audio format. SuperSummary study guides demonstrate an authoritative voice, present expert analysis, offer big picture ideas, and help listeners understand a work’s underlying meanings and conclusions. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michelle Morgan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/234706/bk_acx0_234706_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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