Walls: A History Of Civilization In Blood And Brick

  • Autor: David Frye
  • Narrador: Arthur Morey
  • Editora: Simon & Schuster
  • Duração: 9:04:54
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Sinopse

“A lively popular history of an oft-overlooked element in the development of human society” (Library Journal)—walls—and a haunting and eye-opening saga that reveals a startling link between what we build and how we live.

With esteemed historian David Frye as our raconteur-guide in Walls, which Publishers Weekly praises as “informative, relevant, and thought-provoking,” we journey back to a time before barriers of brick and stone even existed—to an era in which nomadic tribes vied for scarce resources, and each man was bred to a life of struggle. Ultimately, those same men would create edifices of mud, brick, and stone, and with them effectively divide humanity: on one side were those the walls protected; on the other, those the walls kept out.

The stars of this narrative are the walls themselves—rising up in places as ancient and exotic as Mesopotamia, Babylon, Greece, China, Rome, Mongolia, Afghanistan, the lower Mississippi, and even Central America. As we journey across time and place, we discover a hidden, thousand-mile-long wall in Asia's steppes; learn of bizarre Spartan rituals; watch Mongol chieftains lead their miles-long hordes; witness the epic siege of Constantinople; chill at the fate of French explorers; marvel at the folly of the Maginot Line; tense at the gathering crisis in Cold War Berlin; gape at Hollywood’s gated royalty; and contemplate the wall mania of our own era.

Hailed by Kirkus Reviews as “provocative, well-written, and—with walls rising everywhere on the planet—timely,” Walls gradually reveals the startling ways that barriers have affected our psyches. The questions this book summons are both intriguing and profound: Did walls make civilization possible? And can we live without them? Find out in this masterpiece of historical recovery and preeminent storytelling.

Capítulos

  • 001 Walls Open

    Duração: 17s
  • 002 Walls Introduction

    Duração: 23min
  • 003 Walls Part1 Chapter1

    Duração: 40min
  • 004 Walls Chapter2

    Duração: 33min
  • 005 Walls Chapter3

    Duração: 32min
  • 006 Walls Chapter4

    Duração: 24min
  • 007 Walls Part2 Chapter5

    Duração: 09min
  • 008 Walls Chapter6

    Duração: 26min
  • 009 Walls Chapter7

    Duração: 20min
  • 010 Walls Chapter8

    Duração: 28min
  • 011 Walls Chapter9

    Duração: 38min
  • 012 Walls Chapter10

    Duração: 33min
  • 013 Walls Chapter11

    Duração: 36min
  • 014 Walls Part3 Chapter12

    Duração: 32min
  • 015 Walls Chapter13

    Duração: 23min
  • 016 Walls Chapter14

    Duração: 25min
  • 017 Walls Part4 Chapter15

    Duração: 29min
  • 018 Walls Chapter16

    Duração: 40min
  • 019 Walls Epilogue

    Duração: 44min
  • 020 Walls Close

    Duração: 30s