Books That Have Made History: Books That Can Change Your Life

7 best books like Books That Have Made History: Books That Can Change Your Life (J. Rufus Fears): The History of Ancient Rome, How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, The Vikings, The Addictive Brain, Writing Great Fiction: Storytelling Tips and Techniques, Classical Mythology, Folsom Untold: The Strange True Story of Johnny Cash's Greatest Album

The History of Ancient Rome

Author

Garrett G. Fagan

Course Lecture Titles 1. Introduction 2. The Sources 3. Pre-Roman Italy and the Etruscans 4. The Foundation of Rome 5. The Kings of Rome 6. Regal Society 7. The Beginnings of the Republic 8. The Struggle of the Orders 9. Roman Expansion in Italy 10. The Roman Confederation in Italy 11. The International...

How to Listen to and Understand Great Music

Author	Robert Greenberg
ISBN	1565853717

Great music is a language unto its own, a means of communication of unmatched beauty and genius. And it has an undeniable power to move us in ways that enrich our lives - provided it is understood.
If you have ever longed to appreciate great concert music, to learn its glorious language and share in...

The Vikings

Author	Kenneth W. Harl
ISBN	1598030671

I love Audible's The Great Courses collection of books. They're informative, educational and, sometimes, even exciting.

I chose to listen to this lecture because I love Viking fiction and thought it'd be fun to get the real scoop on these sexy men. Well... so they aren't all as sexy as my...

The Addictive Brain

Author

Thad A. Polk

Addiction touches us all. Whether it’s a friend who can’t quit smoking, a colleague afflicted with alcoholism, or a relative abusing prescription drugs, we all know someone who suffers from some form of addiction—we may even have an addiction ourselves. By some estimates, roughly one in four...

Writing Great Fiction: Storytelling Tips and Techniques

Author

James Hynes

Whether you're huddled around the campfire, composing an email to a friend, or sitting down to write a novel, storytelling is fundamental to human nature. But as any writer can tell you, the blank page can be daunting. It's tough to know where to get started, what details to include in each scene, and how...

Classical Mythology

Author

Elizabeth Vandiver

These 24 lectures are a vibrant introduction to the primary characters and most important stories of classical Greek and Roman mythology. Among those you'll investigate are the accounts of the creation of the world in Hesiod's Theogony and Ovid's Metamorphoses; the gods Zeus, Apollo, Demeter, Persephone,...

Folsom Untold: The Strange True Story of Johnny Cash's Greatest Album

Author

Danny Robins

This is the story of one of the greatest records ever made - Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison - and its shocking and tragic aftermath. Join award-winning journalist Danny Robins on the 50th anniversary of the album as he takes you on a road trip back to 1968, a pivotal year in US history, to investigate the dramatic...