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Early American Sex Scandals
- By: Cassandra Good, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Cassandra Good
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
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From the founding of the United States to the aftermath of the Civil War, sex scandals made headlines and influenced politics across the country. In the six lectures of Early American Sex Scandals, Dr. Cassandra Good of Marymount University will take you on a revealing journey through some of the most influential and notorious scandals of America’s first century.
By: Cassandra Good, and others
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Peak Human
- What We Can Learn from History’s Greatest Civilizations
- By: Johan Norberg
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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All golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific exploration, technological achievement and economic growth; yet no two are the same. Their beliefs, societies and place in the wider world all vary. Despite this, all previous golden ages have ended, whether it be because of external pressures or internal fracturing; too much hubris or too little wariness.
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Norberg is back!
- By Dennis on 01-06-25
By: Johan Norberg
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Eagle Days
- Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain
- By: Victoria Taylor
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
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Eagle Days transforms the Luftwaffe’s historical role during the RAF’s ‘Finest Hour’ from a cartoonish antagonist to a multidimensional, flawed-yet-formidable opponent. The narrative contains not just the voices of the air crews who conducted the fighting, but uniquely never-before-translated primary source material of other contemporary eyewitnesses, (Luftwaffe’s paratroopers, anti-aircraft gunners and air signalmen). Eagle Days will offer all fans of this period a refreshing, comprehensive and exciting account of the Luftwaffe’s real experiences during the Battle of Britain.
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good story
- By M J May on 13-06-25
By: Victoria Taylor
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Perfect Victims
- And the Politics of Appeal
- By: Mohammed El-Kurd
- Narrated by: Mohammed El-Kurd
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
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Palestine is a microcosm of the world: on fire, stubborn, fragmented, dignified. While a settler colonial state continues to inflict devastating violence, fundamental truths are deliberately obscured—the perpetrators are coddled while the victims are blamed and placed on trial. How we see Palestine reveals how we see each other; how we see everything else. Masterfully combining candid testimony, history, and reportage, Perfect Victims presents a powerfully simple demand: dignity for the Palestinian.
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Excellent must read
- By Emma on 04-06-25
By: Mohammed El-Kurd
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When the Stones Speak
- The Remarkable Discovery of the City of David and What Israel's Enemies Don't Want You to Know
- By: Doron Spielman
- Narrated by: Doron Spielman
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
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As former vice president of the City of David Foundation, Doron Spielman has guided numerous visitors—including donors, diplomats, professors, celebrities, and American politicians—on a journey into the City of David’s tunnels. While often holding vastly different political views, these visitors agree on one thing: the story of the City of David must be told.
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The moving &fascinating story of our past history
- By Anonymous User on 05-06-25
By: Doron Spielman
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NEXUS 情報の人類史 上: 人間のネットワーク
- By: ユヴァル・ノア・ハラリ (著), 柴田 裕之 (翻訳)
- Narrated by: 山口 令悟
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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『サピエンス全史』を超える衝撃――巨人、6年ぶりの書き下ろし超大作「ネクサス」(NEXUS)とは?――「つながり」「結びつき」「絆」「中心」「中枢」などの意
By: ユヴァル・ノア・ハラリ (著), and others
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Early American Sex Scandals
- By: Cassandra Good, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Cassandra Good
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Original Recording
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From the founding of the United States to the aftermath of the Civil War, sex scandals made headlines and influenced politics across the country. In the six lectures of Early American Sex Scandals, Dr. Cassandra Good of Marymount University will take you on a revealing journey through some of the most influential and notorious scandals of America’s first century.
By: Cassandra Good, and others
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Peak Human
- What We Can Learn from History’s Greatest Civilizations
- By: Johan Norberg
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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All golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific exploration, technological achievement and economic growth; yet no two are the same. Their beliefs, societies and place in the wider world all vary. Despite this, all previous golden ages have ended, whether it be because of external pressures or internal fracturing; too much hubris or too little wariness.
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Norberg is back!
- By Dennis on 01-06-25
By: Johan Norberg
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Eagle Days
- Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain
- By: Victoria Taylor
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Eagle Days transforms the Luftwaffe’s historical role during the RAF’s ‘Finest Hour’ from a cartoonish antagonist to a multidimensional, flawed-yet-formidable opponent. The narrative contains not just the voices of the air crews who conducted the fighting, but uniquely never-before-translated primary source material of other contemporary eyewitnesses, (Luftwaffe’s paratroopers, anti-aircraft gunners and air signalmen). Eagle Days will offer all fans of this period a refreshing, comprehensive and exciting account of the Luftwaffe’s real experiences during the Battle of Britain.
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good story
- By M J May on 13-06-25
By: Victoria Taylor
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Perfect Victims
- And the Politics of Appeal
- By: Mohammed El-Kurd
- Narrated by: Mohammed El-Kurd
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
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Palestine is a microcosm of the world: on fire, stubborn, fragmented, dignified. While a settler colonial state continues to inflict devastating violence, fundamental truths are deliberately obscured—the perpetrators are coddled while the victims are blamed and placed on trial. How we see Palestine reveals how we see each other; how we see everything else. Masterfully combining candid testimony, history, and reportage, Perfect Victims presents a powerfully simple demand: dignity for the Palestinian.
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Excellent must read
- By Emma on 04-06-25
By: Mohammed El-Kurd
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When the Stones Speak
- The Remarkable Discovery of the City of David and What Israel's Enemies Don't Want You to Know
- By: Doron Spielman
- Narrated by: Doron Spielman
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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As former vice president of the City of David Foundation, Doron Spielman has guided numerous visitors—including donors, diplomats, professors, celebrities, and American politicians—on a journey into the City of David’s tunnels. While often holding vastly different political views, these visitors agree on one thing: the story of the City of David must be told.
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The moving &fascinating story of our past history
- By Anonymous User on 05-06-25
By: Doron Spielman
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NEXUS 情報の人類史 上: 人間のネットワーク
- By: ユヴァル・ノア・ハラリ (著), 柴田 裕之 (翻訳)
- Narrated by: 山口 令悟
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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『サピエンス全史』を超える衝撃――巨人、6年ぶりの書き下ろし超大作「ネクサス」(NEXUS)とは?――「つながり」「結びつき」「絆」「中心」「中枢」などの意
By: ユヴァル・ノア・ハラリ (著), and others
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Superveloce
- How Italian Cars Conquered the World
- By: Peter Grimsdale
- Narrated by: Peter Grimsdale
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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In 1950, at the first Formula One Grand Prix in Britain after World War II, 150,000 spectators, including the royal family, watch in dismay as Italy's Alfa Romeos take the first three places – ahead of seven more Italian Maseratis. In Paris, at the Salon d'Auto, Pininfarina's breathtakingly stylish Lancias, driven form Turin by the designer and his son, are denied entry. Parked outside, they nevertheless steal the show. How can it be that Italy, pummelled into submission by Allied bombs, is already setting new standards of speed and style that leave the rest of the world for dust?
By: Peter Grimsdale
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Putin's Sledgehammer
- The Wagner Group and Russia's Collapse into Mercenary Chaos
- By: Candace Rondeaux
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 17 hrs and 4 mins
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In June 2023, the Wagner Group assembled an armed convoy that included tanks and rocket launchers and set out on what seemed like a journey to take control of Moscow. The last person to attempt such a venture was Adolf Hitler. Wagner’s power began from patronage, then grew from international theft and extortion, until it was so great it exposed the weakness of Russia’s conventional military and became a threat to the Russian state, one that was not demonstrably eliminated until a private jet containing Wagner’s core commanders was blown up in midair.
By: Candace Rondeaux
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The Old Breed... The Complete Story Revealed
- A Father, a Son, and How WWII in the Pacific Shaped Their Lives
- By: W. Henry Sledge
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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The Old Breed... The Complete Story Revealed brings to life an abundance of new material from the original manuscript of Eugene Sledge's classic memoir With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa. By interspersing his own personal anecdotes throughout, Henry Sledge takes his father's work and gives it newfound context, sharing memories of conversations between father and son. The result is a flowing narrative that portrays an intimate look at a WWII veteran and his struggles to adapt to civilian life following the war.
By: W. Henry Sledge
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Mission Europe
- The Secret History of the Women of SOE
- By: Kate Vigurs
- Narrated by: Kate Vigurs
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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In the wake of the Nazi invasion of Europe, the tentative sparks of resistance in occupied countries were fanned by Britain's Special Operations Executive. Across the continent, SOE recruited women to "set Europe ablaze." Working as secret agents and saboteurs, these individuals bolstered resistance from within and provided much needed support and weapons. F Section's actions in France are renowned, and today some operatives have become household names.
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Amazing stories from an amazing author
- By Dr. Mike Reddy on 05-06-25
By: Kate Vigurs
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Strangers and Intimates
- The Rise and Fall of Private Life
- By: Tiffany Jenkins
- Narrated by: Tiffany Jenkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
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Tiffany Jenkins’s groundbreaking book traces the emergence of private sanctuaries from authority and public opinion to show that private life is a very recent – and hard-won – achievement. Strangers and Intimates is animated by dramatic human confrontations: from the political struggles in the seventeenth century that led to Edmund Coke’s rallying cry that ‘an Englishman’s home is his castle’; to the first modern privacy panic in 1844, when the British government opened private letters sent to the exiled Italian republican Giuseppe Mazzini; and more.
By: Tiffany Jenkins
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India
- 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent
- By: Audrey Truschke
- Narrated by: Audrey Truschke
- Length: 24 hrs and 4 mins
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Much of world history is Indian history. Home today to one in four people, the subcontinent has long been densely populated and deeply connected to Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas through migration and trade. In this magisterial history, Audrey Truschke tells the fascinating story of the region historically known as India--which includes today's India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and parts of Afghanistan—and the people who have lived there.
By: Audrey Truschke
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Mountain Commandos in the Falklands
- The Royal Marines Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre in Action during the 1982 Conflict
- By: Rod Boswell
- Narrated by: Rod Boswell
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
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Sunset, 8 June 1982, East Falkland. Eight specially trained Royal Marines infiltrate Goat Ridge, a long rocky hilltop between Mount Harriet and Two Sisters which are occupied by a battalion of 600 Argentine infantry. Their daring mission was to hide out in hostile territory, reconnoiter the Argentine position and then report back. From their hiding place just metres away from the enemy, they note and sketch the Argentine positions, then withdraw as stealthily as they had come.
By: Rod Boswell
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Epic of the Earth
- Reading Homer's "Iliad" in the Fight for a Dying World
- By: Edith Hall
- Narrated by: Edith Hall
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
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The roots of today's environmental catastrophe run deep into humanity's past. Through this unprecedented reading of Homer's Iliad, the award-winning classicist Edith Hall examines how this foundational text both documents the environmental practices of the ancient Greeks and betrays an awareness of the dangers posed by the destruction of the natural landscape. Underlying Homer's account of brutal military operations, alliances, and cataclysmic struggle is a palpable understanding that the direction in which humanity was headed could create a world that was uninhabitable.
By: Edith Hall
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To Die with Such Men
- Frontline Stories from Ukraine's International Legion
- By: Shannon Monaghan
- Narrated by: Danielle Rayne
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
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Shannon Monaghan follows a core group of Western volunteers in Ukraine, fighting together from the early battle for Kyiv through to the last stands at Severodonetsk and Bakhmut. They arrived alone, but became a family—back when nobody bothered to learn names, because they all expected to die. These men knew they'd be fighting without the NATO support they were used to. They knew the danger they faced, and how they might be criticized for fighting someone else's war. But they also knew it was the right thing to do. This is their story.
By: Shannon Monaghan
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Iran's Grand Strategy
- A Political History
- By: Vali Nasr
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Iran presents one of the most significant foreign policy challenges for America and the West, yet very little is known about what the country's goals really are. Vali Nasr examines Iran's political history in new ways to explain its actions and ambitions on the world stage, showing how, behind the veneer of theocracy and Islamic ideology, today's Iran is pursuing a grand strategy aimed at securing the country internally and asserting its place in the region and the world.
By: Vali Nasr
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All Roads Lead to Rome
- Why We Think of the Roman Empire Daily
- By: Rhiannon Garth Jones
- Narrated by: Sarah Durham
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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Rhiannon Garth-Jones explores Rome's enduring legacy through three core themes: religion, empire, and culture. Each chapter examines how Rome’s history, governance, and mythology have been reimagined throughout centuries, and how these interpretations continue to shape our modern world.
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History as it should be
- By Anonymous User on 23-05-25
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Lionessheart
- The Life and Times of Joanna Plantagenet
- By: Catherine Hanley
- Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
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Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine are two of the most recognisable figures of the Middle Ages, and almost certainly the best-known couple. The lives of their sons have been examined in detail many times, but their daughters are barely known despite the influence they exerted on the world around them. Joanna, the youngest daughter, led an extraordinary life full of travel, adventure, danger, and controversy. Her story is told here in full for the first time.
By: Catherine Hanley
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Ransom War
- How Cyber Crime Became a Threat to National Security
- By: Max Smeets
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
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This timely book explores the alarming rise of ransomware: malicious software blocking users from their systems or data until they've paid money to regain access or to prevent the release of sensitive information. High-profile British examples of the twenty-first century have targeted national libraries and healthcare organizations; in the US, hackers of Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley Health Network held patient data hostage—when their demands went unmet, they published topless photographs of women with breast cancer.
By: Max Smeets
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Opening the Gates of Hell
- Operation Barbarossa, June–July 1941
- By: Richard Hargreaves
- Narrated by: Philip Pope
- Length: 23 hrs and 41 mins
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Opening the Gates of Hell is based on over a decade’s research in archives and sites across Europe. It is a ground-breaking examination of the start of the Nazi–Soviet conflict, a narrative history not just of the fighting, but also the impact on civilians, the atrocities committed by both sides and ethnic cleansing carried out by the inhabitants of the regions invaded. This fascinating history tells the stories of bravery, cowardice, misery and horror through the eyes of those who were there including ordinary soldiers, generals, leaders, politicians and civilians on both sides.
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Nothing but Courage
- The 82nd Airborne's Daring D-Day Mission—and Their Heroic Charge Across the La Fière Bridge
- By: James Donovan
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
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In June 1944, German and American forces converged on an insignificant bridge a few miles inland from the invasion beaches. If taken by the Nazis, the bridge might have gone down in history as the reason the Allies failed on D-Day. The narrow road over it was each side’s conduit to victory. Continued Nazi control over the bridge near an old manoir known as La Fière—one of only two bridges in the region capable of supporting tanks and other heavy armor—would allow the Germans to reinforce their defenses at Utah Beach, one of the five landing areas chosen for Operation Overlord.
By: James Donovan
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Zero Sum
- The Arc of International Business in Russia
- By: Charles Hecker
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
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Zero Sum brings to life the complex, vivid color of one of the greatest experiments in the history of global commerce. What have businesses learnt—or failed to learn—from this adventure, both about Russia and about dynamics between countries and companies in the face of relentless change?
By: Charles Hecker
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The Milk Tea Alliance
- Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing
- By: Jeffrey Wasserstrom
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
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Why are activists in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Burma willing to court danger to help one another?
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Korea
- War Without End
- By: Richard Dannatt, Robert Lyman
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
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Korea: War Without End examines the stand-off between East and West in Korea that ultimately defined the second half of the 20th century. It provides a critical analysis of the lack of preparation by the West for war; the results of the North Korean invasion in June 1950; the counter-stroke by MacArthur in September and then the strategic overreach which led to communist China’s involvement on the North Korean side, and the rapid escalation to consideration of the use of nuclear weapons.
By: Richard Dannatt, and others
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Trump’s Triumph
- America's Greatest Comeback
- By: Newt Gingrich
- Narrated by: Charles Constant, Newt Gingrich
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Newt Gingrich takes listeners inside the most significant political comeback in American history and explains where the Trump movement goes from here.
By: Newt Gingrich
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The Cuckoo's Lea
- The Forgotten History of Birds and Place
- By: Michael J. Warren
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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Hidden in the names of English towns and villages, in copses, fields, lanes and hills, are the ghostly traces of birds conjuring powerful identities for people in ancient landscapes. What are their stories and secrets? How did people encounter birds over a thousand years ago? In The Cuckoo’s Lea, Michael J. Warren sets out on the trail of these ghosts. Captivated and guided by the secrets of place names, he finds their stories entangled with his own explorations of places through birds all across England.
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Die Macht der Geografie
- Wie sich Weltpolitik anhand von 10 Karten erklären lässt
- By: Tim Marshall, Birgit Brandau - Übersetzer, Lutz-W. Wolff - Übersetzer
- Narrated by: Julian Mehne
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
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Der Bestseller zum 10-jährigen Jubiläum komplett überarbeitet, aktualisiert und neu eingelesen. Alle Regierungen, alle Staatschefs unterliegen den Zwängen ...
By: Tim Marshall, and others
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Que sais-je : Les origines du conflit israélo-arabe
- By: Georges Bensoussan
- Narrated by: Nicolas Justamon
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
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La genèse du conflit israélo-arabe, dont l'actualité est surabondamment couverte par les médias, demeure paradoxalement mal connue. Si c'est au sortir de la Première Guerre mondiale que se cristallise ce qui n'est pas seulement le choc de deux nationalismes, mais un affrontement culturel recouvert par un conflit " religieux " et d'innombrables polémiques sur la nature du projet sioniste, c'est bien avant 1914 qu'il a pris forme dans le discours à la fois des élites arabes, de la vieille communauté juive séfarade et des sionistes d'Europe orientale.
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L'homme de personne 1890-1944
- De Gaulle, une vie, Tome 1
- By: Jean-Luc Barré
- Narrated by: Thibault de Montalembert
- Length: 38 hrs and 52 mins
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Jean-Luc Barré saisit toute la complexité de l’homme du 18 Juin. Il révèle un de Gaulle guidé précocement par une vision, des principes et des convictions profondes, bien loin du seul pragmatisme qu’on lui a prêté. Dès les années 30, il pressent la fin du système colonial, imagine les institutions de la Ve République en 1941 ; prend conscience des limites du nationalisme et, réputé de droite, est un contempteur souvent féroce des valeurs bourgeoises et du monde de l’argent.
By: Jean-Luc Barré
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The Arctic Convoys
- War in Europe
- By: World History
- Narrated by: Patrick Warner
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
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As World War II raged across the Russian steppes, in Africa and especially in the skies over Europe, elite German and Soviet forces fought a bitter battle in an isolated northern corner of Europe. Here, the battle was for control of the ice-free port of Murmansk, where the Soviet Union received convoy after convoy loaded with British and American tanks, guns, fuel, small arms, food and aircraft. Supplies from the Allied convoys kept the Soviet Union alive at a critical time during the early stages of the war, and Hitler therefore tried every means to stop the convoys.
By: World History