Have you listened to any of the Great Courses Audible has? There are a couple of history ones that look interesting, specifically the tagged book, but I've never listened to any of them. Thoughts? 🎧
JenReadsAlot @MayginReads gave me some suggestions today! 6y
MayginReads I was really excited about The Other Side of History, but it was tedious. The instructor is great and he definitely made the material interesting; it was too much detail for me though. I'd suggest reading the lecture titles and seeing if you're interested in that many lectures on a given civilizations common people. If you're still interested in listening to it after, go for it! It's well done! I'd recommend History of the Ancient World. Continued![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach 6y
History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They TeachMayginReads But I don't see it on Litsy so I tagged another one of Aldrete's courses. I haven't listened to the tagged one, but his one on ancient history was phenomenal. I'd highly recommend anything by him. If you're interested in food history, Food a Cultural Culinary History by the tagged author is incredible but it's also available free as a podcast. I've also listened to The Foundations of Western Civilization, Human Prehistory & the First CivilizationsEating Right in the Renaissance 6y
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MayginReads and The Origins of Civilizations. Human Prehistory is outdated as new human remains that are older have now been found. The Foundations of Western Civilization was really interesting for the first half or so and then kind of dragged. The instructor was good but not great. The Origins of Great Ancient Civilizations was fine but short. I recommend The Origin of Civilization by Scott MacEachern, though he talks too slow but it's not part of the saleThe Foundations of Western Civilization: Course Guidebook. Parts 1-4 6y
The Foundations of Western Civilization: Course Guidebook. Parts 1-4MayginReads Though for The Origin of Civilization, I do agree with other reviewers who said the first 3 lectures were not great. It does take a bit, but once he gets into the material, it's fascinating. It added a lot of depth. I listened to it after all the rest and I learned a lot from it, but some reviewers thought it wasn't great for people without much background, so do a bit of research. Definitely Gregory Aldrete is who I recommend the most. 6y
Traci1 @MayginReads Thank you so much. I homeschool my 16 year old daughter, and I'm going to show her your suggestions and let her pick a couple for us to listen to together this summer. I discovered that Hoopla has loads of them available to borrow. Unfortunately they lend them out in 30 minute blocks. With only 8 loans per month it'd take us forever to listen to one class. But we could at least test one before buying. 6y
MayginReads Hoopla frustrates me in that regard. My library only gets 6 loans a month and it has taken me many months to get through them. I have found some at the library, but those are on CD. I tend to get them there. The list I gave on here isn't exhaustive. Feel free to find me on Goodreads (same username) or email me (this username at Gmail) and I'll be happy to cover all that I've listened to including ones not on sale. 6y
Traci1 @MayginReads I will look you up on Goodreads. Thanks again. 😊 6y
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