Paul Strathern
The Other Renaissance
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The Medici
- Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Against the background of an age that saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning, Paul Strathern explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A brilliant take on such a wonderful time in history.
- By Amazon Customer on 2024-06-11
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The Medici
- Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2016-03-15
- Language: English
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Death in Florence
- The Medici, Savonarola, and the Battle for the Soul of the Renaissance City
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story5 out of 5 stars 23
Death in Florence illuminates one of the defining moments in Western history - the bloody and dramatic story of the battle for the soul of Renaissance Florence....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story, superbly written
- By Laverdm on 2023-12-31
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Death in Florence
- The Medici, Savonarola, and the Battle for the Soul of the Renaissance City
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 2015-08-05
- Language: English
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Nietzsche in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4 out of 5 stars 39
With Friedrich Nietzsche, philosophy was dangerous not only for philosophers but for everyone....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Seems the Author does not like or respect Nietzsch
- By D.J.Wheelz on 2023-03-01
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Nietzsche in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 2004-04-13
- Language: English
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The Venetians
- A New History: From Marco Polo to Casanova
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
The Republic of Venice was the first great economic, cultural, and naval power of the modern Western world....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Comprehensive
- By Roberta W on 2024-02-25
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The Venetians
- A New History: From Marco Polo to Casanova
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2014-01-29
- Language: English
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Spinoza in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Spinoza's system and conclusions have compelling beauty unequaled in the history of philosophy....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Es muy corto y general.
- By Isra Linares on 2023-07-16
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Spinoza in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Release date: 2005-09-19
- Language: English
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The Borgias
- Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
The Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice, and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. And yet, paradoxically, this family lived when the Renaissance was coming into its full flowering in Italy....
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The Borgias
- Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2019-08-06
- Language: English
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Sócrates en 90 minutos [Socrates in 90 Minutes]
- En 90 minutos 15 [In 90 Minutes, Book 15]
- Written by: Paul Strathern, José A. Padilla Villate - translator
- Narrated by: Gonzalo Durán
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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En Sócrates en 90 minutos, Paul Strathern presenta un recuento conciso y experto de la vida e ideas de Sócrates, y explica su influencia en la lucha del hombre por comprender su existencia en el mundo.
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Sócrates en 90 minutos [Socrates in 90 Minutes]
- En 90 minutos 15 [In 90 Minutes, Book 15]
- Narrated by: Gonzalo Durán
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Release date: 2024-11-20
- Language: Spanish
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Kant en 90 minutos [Kant in 90 Minutes]
- En 90 minutos 8 [In 90 Minutes, Book 8]
- Written by: Paul Strathern, José A. Padilla Villate - translator
- Narrated by: Roger Vidal
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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En Kant en 90 minutos, Paul Strathern expone de manera clara y concisa la vida e ideas del autor de la Crítica de la razón pura.
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Kant en 90 minutos [Kant in 90 Minutes]
- En 90 minutos 8 [In 90 Minutes, Book 8]
- Narrated by: Roger Vidal
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Release date: 2024-11-20
- Language: Spanish
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Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16
Kierkegaard wasn't really a philosopher in the academic sense....
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Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Release date: 2004-04-13
- Language: English
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Dostoevsky in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
After narrowly avoiding a firing squad when he was just twenty-eight years old, Dostoevsky never took things lightly....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Read it to understand Dostoyevsky
- By Marc Schelpe on 2022-06-13
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Dostoevsky in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2005-09-14
- Language: English
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Kafka in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
A handsome recluse, plagued by indecision and hypochondria, Kafka nonetheless exhibited an extraordinary strength....
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Kafka in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2005-09-14
- Language: English
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Thomas Aquinas in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4 out of 5 stars 21
We see our age as the greatest in human history, filled with seemingly unending originality. Yet such dynamism is not a necessary characteristic of great eras....
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5 out of 5 stars
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great reader, some humour, no info
- By Skoot on 2023-11-08
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Thomas Aquinas in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Release date: 2005-09-16
- Language: English
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Sartre in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4 out of 5 stars 18
During his lifetime, Jean-Paul Sartre enjoyed unprecedented popularity for a philosopher, due partly to his role as a spokesman for existentialism at the opportune moment....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Poor analysis
- By Anonymous User on 2022-03-17
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Sartre in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Release date: 2007-07-05
- Language: English
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Hume in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
David Hume reduced philosophy to ruins: he denied the existence of everything, except our actual perceptions themselves....
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Hume in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Release date: 2005-09-14
- Language: English
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Confucius in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Confucius knew all about life and told us how to behave, but we can't find out precisely what he was up to....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good Listen
- By AmazonShopper416 on 2023-08-28
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Confucius in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 2005-07-08
- Language: English
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Socrates in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Just a century after it had begun, philosophy entered its greatest age with the appearance of Socrates....
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1 out of 5 stars
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90 mins of dismissing Socrates.
- By Anonymous User on 2024-02-18
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Socrates in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Release date: 2005-07-08
- Language: English
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Schopenhauer in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Schopenhauer, the "philosopher of pessimism", makes it very plain that he regards the world and our life in it as a bad joke....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Joyously irreverent and penetrating
- By Tim LAW on 2023-01-07
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Schopenhauer in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Release date: 2005-09-19
- Language: English
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The Other Renaissance
- From Copernicus to Shakespeare: How the Renaissance in Northern Europe Transformed the World
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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An original, illuminating history of the northern European Renaissance in art, science, and philosophy, which often rivaled its Italian counterpart.
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The Other Renaissance
- From Copernicus to Shakespeare: How the Renaissance in Northern Europe Transformed the World
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2024-10-29
- Language: English
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Kant in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Immanuel Kant taught and wrote prolifically about physical geography yet never traveled further than forty miles from his home in Kvnigsberg....
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Kant in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 2004-04-13
- Language: English
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Hegel in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 18
With Hegel, philosophy became very difficult indeed. His dialectical method produced the most grandiose metaphysical system known to man....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-10-02
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Hegel in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 2005-07-08
- Language: English
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