• No Excuses: Existentialism and the Meaning of Life

• Autor: Robert C. Solomon, The Great Courses
• Sprecher: Robert C. Solomon
• Spieldauer: 12 Std. und 7 Min.
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• Geschichte

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What is life? What is my place in it? What choices do these questions obligate me to make? More than a half-century after it burst upon the intellectual scene - with roots that extend to the mid-19th century - Existentialism's quest to answer these most fundamental questions of individual responsibility, morality, and personal freedom, life has continued to exert a profound attraction.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Great Introduction to Existentialism

• Von Andreas S. Am hilfreichsten 30.07.2017

• Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills

• Autor: Steven Novella, The Great Courses
• Sprecher: Steven Novella
• Spieldauer: 12 Std. und 39 Min.
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• Sprecher

  5 out of 5 stars 55
• Geschichte

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No skill is more important in today's world than being able to think about, understand, and act on information in an effective and responsible way. What's more, at no point in human history have we had access to so much information, with such relative ease, as we do in the 21st century. But because misinformation out there has increased as well, critical thinking is more important than ever. These 24 rewarding lectures equip you with the knowledge and techniques you need to become a savvier, sharper critical thinker in your professional and personal life.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• wow! very nice and interesting.

• Von Samuel Am hilfreichsten 14.10.2015

• Food: A Cultural Culinary History

• Autor: Ken Albala, The Great Courses
• Sprecher: Ken Albala
• Spieldauer: 18 Std. und 22 Min.
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Eating is an indispensable human activity. As a result, whether we realize it or not, the drive to obtain food has been a major catalyst across all of history, from prehistoric times to the present. Epicure Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin said it best: "Gastronomy governs the whole life of man."

• 5 out of 5 stars

• interesting....right?

• Von Dissidentdreamr Am hilfreichsten 14.05.2015

• The Great Ideas of Philosophy, 2nd Edition

• Autor: Daniel N. Robinson, The Great Courses
• Sprecher: Daniel N. Robinson
• Spieldauer: 30 Std. und 11 Min.
• Originalaufnahme

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  4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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• Geschichte

  4 out of 5 stars 16

Grasp the important ideas that have served as the backbone of philosophy across the ages with this extraordinary 60-lecture series. This is your opportunity to explore the enormous range of philosophical perspectives and ponder the most important and enduring of human questions-without spending your life poring over dense philosophical texts.

• 4 out of 5 stars

• Well read! best coverage of philosophers .

• Von Amazon Customer Am hilfreichsten 20.04.2018

• Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior

• Autor: Mark Leary, The Great Courses
• Sprecher: Mark Leary
• Spieldauer: 12 Std. und 11 Min.
• Originalaufnahme

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  4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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• Geschichte

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Every day of your life is spent surrounded by mysteries that involve what appear to be rather ordinary human behaviors. What makes you happy? Where did your personality come from? Why do you have trouble controlling certain behaviors? Why do you behave differently as an adult than you did as an adolescent?Since the start of recorded history, and probably even before, people have been interested in answering questions about why we behave the way we do.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Extremely interesting

• Von Niko Am hilfreichsten 15.10.2015

• A Day's Read

• Autor: The Great Courses, Emily Allen, Grant L. Voth, und andere
• Sprecher: Arnold Weinstein, Emily Allen, Grant L. Voth
• Spieldauer: 18 Std. und 25 Min.
• Originalaufnahme

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Join three literary scholars and award-winning professors as they introduce you to dozens of short masterpieces that you can finish-and engage with-in a day or less. Perfect for people with busy lives who still want to discover-or rediscover-just how transformative an act of reading can be, these 36 lectures range from short stories of fewer than 10 pages to novellas and novels of around 200 pages. Despite their short length, these works are powerful examinations of the same subjects and themes that longer "great books" discuss.

• The Story of Human Language

• Autor: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
• Sprecher: John McWhorter
• Spieldauer: 18 Std. und 15 Min.
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• Geschichte

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Language defines us as a species, placing humans head and shoulders above even the most proficient animal communicators. But it also beguiles us with its endless mysteries, allowing us to ponder why different languages emerged, why there isn't simply a single language, how languages change over time and whether that's good or bad, and how languages die out and become extinct.

• 3 out of 5 stars

• solid, but less scientific than hoped

• Von M. R. Am hilfreichsten 06.08.2017

• TED Talks

• The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking
• Autor: Chris Anderson
• Sprecher: Chris Anderson, Tom Rielly, Kelly Stoetzel
• Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 31 Min.
• Ungekürztes

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Since taking over TED in the early 2000s, Chris Anderson has shown how carefully crafted short talks can be the key to unlocking empathy, stirring excitement, spreading knowledge, and promoting a shared dream. Done right, a talk can electrify a room and transform an audience's worldview. Done right, a talk is more powerful than anything in written form.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• 10/10 would listen again.

• Von L. Fast Am hilfreichsten 07.12.2017

• The Ethics of Aristotle

• Autor: The Great Courses, Father Joseph Koterski S.J.
• Sprecher: Father Joseph Koterski S.J.
• Spieldauer: 6 Std. und 9 Min.
• Originalaufnahme

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In this 12-lecture meditation on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, you'll uncover the clarity and ethical wisdom of one of humanity's greatest minds. Father Koterski shows how and why this great philosopher can help you deepen and improve your own thinking on questions of morality and leading the best life. The aim of these lectures is to provide you with a clear and thoughtful introduction to Aristotle as a moral philosopher.

• Writing Creative Nonfiction

• Autor: Tilar J J. Mazzeo, The Great Courses
• Sprecher: Tilar J J. Mazzeo
• Spieldauer: 12 Std. und 16 Min.
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Bringing together the imaginative strategies of fiction storytelling and new ways of narrating true, real-life events, creative nonfiction is the fastest-growing part of the creative writing world. It's a cutting-edge genre that's reshaping how we write (and read) everything from biographies and memoirs to blogs and public speaking scripts to personal essays and magazine articles.

• So Good They Can't Ignore You

• Autor: Cal Newport
• Sprecher: Dave Mallow
• Spieldauer: 6 Std. und 28 Min.
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Cal Newport's clearly written manifesto flies in the face of conventional wisdom by suggesting that it should be a person's talent and skill - and not necessarily their passion - that determines their career path. Newport, who graduated from Dartmouth College (Phi Beta Kappa) and earned a PhD from MIT, contends that trying to find what drives us, instead of focusing on areas in which we naturally excel, is ultimately harmful and frustrating to job seekers.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• It was the most important book I have read so far

• Von Warum_so_wenig_Aktion_gegen_Klimawandel Am hilfreichsten 23.01.2017

• Elements of Jazz: From Cakewalks to Fusion

• Autor: Bill Messenger, The Great Courses
• Sprecher: Bill Messenger
• Spieldauer: 5 Std. und 59 Min.
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Jazz is a uniquely American art form, one of America's great contributions to not only musical culture, but world culture, with each generation of musicians applying new levels of creativity that take the music in unexpected directions that defy definition, category, and stagnation.

Now you can learn the basics and history of this intoxicating genre in an eight-lecture series that is as free-flowing and original as the art form itself.

• Never Split the Difference

• Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
• Autor: Chris Voss
• Sprecher: Michael Kramer
• Spieldauer: 8 Std. und 7 Min.
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• Geschichte

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After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator brought him face-to-face with a range of criminals, including bank robbers and terrorists. Reaching the pinnacle of his profession, he became the FBI's lead international kidnapping negotiator. Never Split the Difference takes you inside the world of high-stakes negotiations and into Voss' head.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• The book will rescue your life

• Von Dwtr50 Am hilfreichsten 26.10.2017

• History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach

• Autor: The Great Courses, Gregory S. Aldrete
• Sprecher: Gregory S. Aldrete
• Spieldauer: 12 Std. und 12 Min.
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Military history often highlights successes and suggests a sense of inevitability about victory, but there is so much that can be gleaned from considering failures. Study these crucibles of history to gain a better understanding of why a civilization took - or didn't take - a particular path.

• 2 out of 5 stars

• Sicherlich kein Universitäts-Niveau

• Von Kurt Schulte Herbrüggen Am hilfreichsten 12.11.2017

• The Foundations of Western Civilization

• Autor: Thomas F. X. Noble, The Great Courses
• Sprecher: Thomas F. X. Noble
• Spieldauer: 24 Std. und 51 Min.
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What is Western Civilization? According to Professor Noble, it is "much more than human and political geography," encompassing myriad forms of political and institutional structures - from monarchies to participatory republics - and its own traditions of political discourse. It involves choices about who gets to participate in any given society and the ways in which societies have resolved the tension between individual self-interest and the common good.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• very interesting overview

• Von Martin Pfemeter Am hilfreichsten 07.12.2017