summerreading Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Looking to spend my Audible credit on something educational for myself. What has been your favorite Great Courses lecture on Audible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Bob Brier's classes on ancient Egypt are my all-time favorites. Rufus Fears is also a favorite (classical history, literature). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momee Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Economics: Money and Banking or History of the US Economy in the 20th century or Money Management Skills or China, India and the United States Future of Economic Supremacy would be my choices if I were gifted a course today. Only because that's my interest right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 anything by Elizabeth Vandiver Robert Greenberg's How to listen to and understand great music Philipp Daileader Middle Ages 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momee Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Robert Greenberg's How to listen to and understand great music Not musically gifted in any way nor did I have knowledge of classical music, but that just might have been the reason I appreciated it so much. I listened to it with my whole multi-gen family on way back from Tenessee (90 to 4). They endured it, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Also, I'm listening to Vandiver Iliad now, so helpful while we're reading it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Neil de Grasse Tyson's the Inexplicable Universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I'm not sure if this in on Audible---History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective (Gregory Aldrete) is a fascinating 48 part survey that covers more than just the usual ancient history regions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Foundations of Western Civilization, part 2 (I haven't listened to part 1) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom25girls Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 I second the Elizabeth Vandiver lectures. My favorite is the Iliad (perhaps only because that's the one currently playing on my iPhone!). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Rufus Fears did Famous Greeks and Famous Romans. Both are excellent. He's a wonderful speaker. I can still hear him saying, "Outrageous arrogance!" Not sure if it's on Audible but one TC course I love and have listened to multiple times is Big History by David Christian. For one thing, I love his accent, it's very pleasant to listen to. but the concept of Big History really changed my thinking about history as a discipline and helped me to see better the direction of humanity. Loved this course so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 I really liked The Art of Reading. Loving these suggestions... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 I checked out a Great Course from the library on CS Lewis and really enjoyed doing the reading and listening to it. I don't know if Audible has it or not, but it was very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbi in Texas Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Library instead of Audible, but I really enjoyed Greek Tragedies and I think it was Elizabeth Vandiver 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 I really enjoyed this one about Mozart: http://www.audible.com/pd/Arts-Entertainment/Great-Masters-Mozart-His-Life-and-Music-Audiobook/B00DCY41GU 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momee Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Not Great Courses but History of the Ancient World and History of the Medieval World are on there :)))))) Just went back through mine and found a couple that aren't exactly what you asked for but... others might appreciate Sophie's World Discipline of Grace - Jerry Bridges People's History of the United States - Zinn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrittanyM Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 DH and I have really enjoyed Decisive Battles of World History! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 I really liked The Art of Reading. Loving these suggestions... We have that one on DVD and absolutely loved it - we totally fangirl Professor Spurgin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Jessica* Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 The boys and I highly enjoy everything we've watched or listened to by Dorsey Armstrong. http://www.audible.com/search/ref=a_hp_tseft?advsearchKeywords=dorsey+armstrong&filterby=field-keywords&sprefixRefmarker=nb_sb_ss_i_1_6&sprefix=Dorsey https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/professors/dorsey-armstrong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msk Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 I really liked John McWhorter's The Story of Human Language. I also enjoyed the Robert Greenberg course others mentioned. Two more that are not Great Courses: I really enjoyed and learned a lot from Lawrence in Arabia (Scott Anderson and Malcolm Hillgartner) and Jerusalem: the Biography (Simon Sebag Montefiore), both of which came via Audible and felt like a great "course" and a great read-aloud at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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