English Language History

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    • A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
    • Auteur(s): Francis S. Collins
    • Narrateur(s): Francis S. Collins
    • Durée: 7 h et 12 min
    • Date de publication: 2006-07-17
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 40 évaluations
    • Dr. Francis Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, is one of the world's leading scientists, yet he is also a man of unshakable faith in God and scripture....

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    • Reading Scripture Like the Book of Mormon's Visionary Men
    • Auteur(s): D. John Butler
    • Narrateur(s): David Butler
    • Durée: 10 h et 13 min
    • Date de publication: 2024-06-17
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Nephi puts us on notice in his very first sentence that The Book of Mormon was written by temple worshippers and for temple worshippers.

    Prix courant: 31,27$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Language as a Window into Human Nature
    • Auteur(s): Steven Pinker
    • Narrateur(s): Dean Olsher
    • Durée: 9 h et 36 min
    • Date de publication: 2007-08-08
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 12 évaluations
    • In The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker marries two of the subjects he knows best: language and human nature. The result is a fascinating look at how our words explain our nature....

    Prix courant: 23,31$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Siege of Dien Bien Phu
    • Auteur(s): Kevin Boylan, Luc Olivier
    • Narrateur(s): Joe Barrett
    • Durée: 11 h et 27 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-02-12
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Struggling to reassert control over their Indochinese colonies after WW II, the French established a huge air-land base in Dien Bien Phu. But when the opposing VPA began massing its forces against the base in 1953, French commanders seized the chance to draw their enemy into a battle....

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    • Bill W.'s Grapevine Writings
    • Auteur(s): Bill W.
    • Narrateur(s): AA Grapevine
    • Durée: 17 h et 40 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-06-24
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Listeners will find Bill’s initial inspirations for what became the Twelve Traditions, his battles with chronic depression and spiritual pride, memories of an all-night drinking spree, and a vivid description of how he came to organize the Twelve Steps....

    Prix courant: 10,52$ ou 1 crédit

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    • English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
    • Auteur(s): John McWhorter
    • Narrateur(s): John McWhorter
    • Durée: 6 h et 52 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-05-04
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 25 évaluations
    • Language evolves with time, and so does what we consider profane or unspeakable. Nine Nasty Words is a rollicking examination of profanity, explored from every angle: historical, sociological, political, linguistic....

    Prix courant: 20,40$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Douglas R. Hofstadter
    • Narrateur(s): Greg Baglia
    • Durée: 16 h et 47 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-09-24
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 39 évaluations
    • One of our greatest philosophers and scientists of the mind asks where the self comes from - and how our selves can exist in the minds of others....

    Prix courant: 39,38$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The True Adventures of Henry Opukahaia, the Hawaiian Boy Who Changed History
    • Auteur(s): Susan C. Riford
    • Narrateur(s): Suzanne Ford
    • Durée: 7 h et 31 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-03-09
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • High on a cliff in Hawaii in 1807, an irrepressibly curious native boy dives into the sea and swims to an American merchant ship anchored offshore, embarking on an extraordinary adventure that will change history....

    Prix courant: 17,41$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Day in the Life of the English Language
    • Auteur(s): Simon Horobin
    • Narrateur(s): Shaun Grindell
    • Durée: 7 h et 1 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-04-14
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Simon Horobin takes the listener on a journey through a typical day, showing how the words we use to describe routine activities - getting up, going to work, eating meals - have surprisingly fascinating histories....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention
    • Auteur(s): Daniel L. Everett
    • Narrateur(s): Jonathan Yen
    • Durée: 13 h et 10 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-03-20
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • Mankind has a distinct advantage over other terrestrial species: we talk to one another. But how did we acquire the most advanced form of communication on Earth? Find out more....

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    • Daily Life in Old English
    • Auteur(s): Hana Videen
    • Narrateur(s): Sara Powell
    • Durée: 8 h et 23 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-05-10
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English—the language of Beowulf—defies comprehension by untrained modern audiences. Hana Videen gathers a trove of these gems and uses them to illuminate the lives of the earliest English speakers....

    Prix courant: 20,15$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World
    • Auteur(s): David Robert Grimes
    • Narrateur(s): David Robert Grimes
    • Durée: 15 h et 26 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-08-17
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 évaluations
    • Good Thinking is our best defense against anti-vaccine paranoia, climate denial, and other dire threats of today....

    Prix courant: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): David Crystal
    • Narrateur(s): Derek Perkins
    • Série: Little Histories Series
    • Durée: 7 h et 22 min
    • Date de publication: 2012-08-09
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant....

    Prix courant: 23,18$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods
    • Auteur(s): Michael Wex
    • Narrateur(s): Michael Wex
    • Durée: 10 h et 22 min
    • Date de publication: 2006-03-15
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • Michael Wex gives us a moving and inspiring portrait of a people, and a language, in exile....

    Prix courant: 29,13$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Arrian
    • Narrateur(s): Charlton Griffin
    • Durée: 11 h et 56 min
    • Date de publication: 2004-01-29
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 évaluations
    • This is the incredible story of the world's greatest conqueror, a man who single handedly changed the course of history....

    Prix courant: 31,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Real Words for How You Feel, from Angst to Zwodder
    • Auteur(s): Susie Dent
    • Narrateur(s): Susie Dent
    • Durée: 10 h et 32 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-10-13
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • There are real words to pinpoint exactly how you feel and Susie Dent, Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner and lexicographer extraordinaire, is going to help you find them....

    Prix courant: 33,53$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Philosophy and War at Oxford, 1900-1960
    • Auteur(s): Nikhil Krishnan
    • Narrateur(s): Kieran Hodgson
    • Durée: 11 h et 48 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-07-04
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • These were among the questions that philosophers wrestled with in mid-twentieth-century Britain, a period shadowed by war and the rise of fascism....

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    • The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks
    • Auteur(s): Keith Houston
    • Narrateur(s): Elliot Fitzpatrick
    • Durée: 7 h et 9 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-11-14
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • A charming and indispensable tour of two thousand years of the written word, Shady Characters weaves a fascinating trail across the parallel histories of language and typography....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Succeeding from Anywhere
    • Auteur(s): Tsedal Neeley
    • Narrateur(s): Marisha Tapera
    • Durée: 5 h et 59 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-03-30
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 évaluations
    • A Harvard Business School professor and leading expert in virtual and global work provides remote workers and leaders with the best practices necessary to perform at the highest levels in their organizations....

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