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Afghanistan
- A Cultural and Political History
- By: Thomas Barfield
- Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
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Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the 16th century to the Taliban resurgence today. Thomas Barfield introduces listeners to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, explaining what unites them as Afghans despite the regional, cultural, and political differences that divide them.
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Underplayed US funding of Islamists
- By Suneil on 08-06-20
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Afghanistan
- A Cultural and Political History
- Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 21-09-12
- Language: English
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Red Flags
- Why Xi's China Is in Jeopardy
- By: George Magnus
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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Over the past four decades, China's remarkable transformation has garnered admiration but also sparked concern. George Magnus draws on his intimate knowledge of this dynamic nation to uncover the origins of its ascent and show why the economic traps it faces at home and the political challenges it faces abroad pose a serious threat to its continued rise.
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Neo liberal globalist narrative
- By Nicholas P. on 04-05-19
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Red Flags
- Why Xi's China Is in Jeopardy
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 23-10-18
- Language: English
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Last Stand at Khe Sanh
- The US Marines’ Finest Hour in Vietnam
- By: Gregg Jones
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
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The vivid, fast-paced account of the siege of Khe Sanh told through the eyes of the men who lived it. For seventy-seven days in 1968, amid fears that America faced its own disastrous Dien Bien Phu, six thousand US Marines held off thirty thousand North Vietnamese Army regulars at the remote mountain stronghold called Khe Sanh. It was the biggest battle of the Vietnam War, with sharp ground engagements, devastating artillery duels, and massive US air strikes.
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Fantastic
- By JB on 26-09-21
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Last Stand at Khe Sanh
- The US Marines’ Finest Hour in Vietnam
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 01-04-14
- Language: English
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The Path
- A New Way to Think About Everything
- By: Professor Michael Puett, Christine Gross-Loh
- Narrated by: Professor Michael Puett
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
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In the first book of its kind, The Path draws on the work of six of the great - but largely unknown - Chinese philosophers to offer a fresh and revolutionary guide to human flourishing. By examining the teachings of Chinese thinkers and explaining what they reveal about our daily lives - from greeting others to raising children - The Path challenges some of our deepest held assumptions.
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Unlistenable
- By Rannoch Donald on 29-06-16
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The Path
- A New Way to Think About Everything
- Narrated by: Professor Michael Puett
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 07-04-16
- Language: English
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The Avoidable War
- The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
- By: Kevin Rudd
- Narrated by: Kevin Rudd, Rafe Beckley
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
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The relationship between the US and China, the world’s two superpowers, is peculiarly volatile. Their militaries play a dangerous game of chicken, corporations steal intellectual property, intelligence satellites peer, and AI technicians plot. The capacity for either country to cross a fatal line grows daily. Kevin Rudd, a former Australian prime minister who has studied, lived in, and worked with China for more than forty years, is one of the very few people who can offer real insight into the mindsets of the leadership whose judgment will determine if a war will be fought.
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No impartiality
- By Anonymous User on 10-03-23
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The Avoidable War
- The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
- Narrated by: Kevin Rudd, Rafe Beckley
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 22-03-22
- Language: English
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The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club
- Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War
- By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
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The 'Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club' was the tongue-in-cheek nickname of the US Seventh Fleet that was stationed off the coast of Vietnam and this book tells the full story of the US Naval air campaign in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1975.
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Highly recommended
- By Kyp on 29-01-23
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The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club
- Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 14-10-21
- Language: English
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Japanese Mythology Collection 2
- Myths and Legends of Japan, Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan and Kwaidan
- By: Lafcadio Hearn, F. Hadland Davis, Richard Gordon Smith
- Narrated by: James Francis Markert
- Length: 24 hrs and 13 mins
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Together, these three volumes form an essential collection for anyone fascinated by mythology, folklore, and the cultural heritage of Japan. Each story in this anthology is not just a tale. It's a window into the ancient soul of Japan, its people, and its enduring legacy.
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Enjoyable Tales for quiet time
- By Caroline Hannam on 08-04-24
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Japanese Mythology Collection 2
- Myths and Legends of Japan, Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan and Kwaidan
- Narrated by: James Francis Markert
- Length: 24 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 04-03-24
- Language: English
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The Korean War
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins
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On 25 June, 1950, the invasion of South Korea by the Communist North launched one of the bloodiest conflicts of the last century. The seemingly limitless power of the Chinese-backed North was thrown against the ferocious firepower of the UN-backed South in a war that can be seen today as the stark prelude to Vietnam.
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MASH It Isn't
- By S. Morris on 07-03-18
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The Korean War
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 05-06-14
- Language: English
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Shockwave
- Countdown to Hiroshima
- By: Stephen Walker
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
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At 8:15 a.m. on 6th August 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. In an instant, the temperature at its core rose to millions of degrees. Sixty-thousand buildings were obliterated. A third of the city’s population died, by heat, by the blast and by a terrible new weapon in the history of warfare: radiation.
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what an amazing book.
- By Matthew B. on 30-07-21
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Shockwave
- Countdown to Hiroshima
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 05-11-20
- Language: English
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Embracing Defeat
- By: John W. Dower
- Narrated by: Edward Lewis
- Length: 21 hrs and 38 mins
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This illuminating study explores the ways in which the shattering defeat of the Japanese in World War II, followed by over six years of American military occupation, affected every level of Japanese society. The author describes the countless ways in which the Japanese met the challenge of "starting over", from top-level manipulations concerning the fate of Emperor Hirohito to the hopes, fears, and activities of ordinary men and women in every walk of life.
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Narrator spoils interesting history
- By MR on 09-07-15
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Embracing Defeat
- Narrated by: Edward Lewis
- Length: 21 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 03-05-07
- Language: English
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History of Bali
- A Captivating Guide to Balinese History and the Impact This Island Has Had on the History of Indonesia and Southeast Asia
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
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Discover the magic of the Indonesian island of Bali in this captivating book on its history, from the origins of Bali’s geological formation until modern times. Bali is known as “the Island of the Gods”, with its tens of thousands of temples and shrines dating back more than a millennium to the exotic Indianized empires of Java that influenced Bali greatly. Although it bore witness to the ancient Maritime Silk Road of Southeast Asia, Bali mysteriously avoided complete domination by ocean traders and European colonizers until as late as the 20th century.
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Recent history.
- By David McGregor on 03-04-24
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History of Bali
- A Captivating Guide to Balinese History and the Impact This Island Has Had on the History of Indonesia and Southeast Asia
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 10-06-21
- Language: English
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Melting Sun
- The History of Nuclear Power in Japan and the Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi
- By: Andrew Leatherbarrow
- Narrated by: Nick Gallagher
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
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Almost 24 hours to the minute since the tsunami hit Fukushima Daiichi, Unit 1 exploded. The building wrenched apart, sending shards of irradiated concrete and metal knifing through the air in all directions. The reactor’s massive heavy-duty gantry crane bent like a twig and collapsed onto the refueling floor control room, crushing everything that wasn’t expelled in the blast. Outside, chunks of debris rained down on the fire crew, injuring five and shredding the hoses they had just laid.
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very interesting and challenging history
- By Scott Sibbald on 30-11-22
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Melting Sun
- The History of Nuclear Power in Japan and the Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi
- Narrated by: Nick Gallagher
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 14-02-22
- Language: English
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Iran
- A Modern History
- By: Abbas Amanat
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 41 hrs and 53 mins
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This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years. The book covers the complex history of the diverse societies and economies of Iran against the background of dynastic changes, revolutions, civil wars, foreign occupation, and the rise of the Islamic Republic.
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An excellent scholarly work
- By Parissa on 22-10-18
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Iran
- A Modern History
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 41 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 07-08-18
- Language: English
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Central Asia
- A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present
- By: Adeeb Khalid
- Narrated by: Aaqil Ahmed
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
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Central Asia is often seen as a remote and inaccessible land on the peripheries of modern history. Encompassing Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and the Xinjiang province of China, it in fact stands at the crossroads of world events. Adeeb Khalid provides the first comprehensive history of Central Asia from the mid-18th century to today, shedding light on the historical forces that have shaped the region under imperial and Communist rule.
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Central Asia
- A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present
- Narrated by: Aaqil Ahmed
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 01-06-21
- Language: English
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The War that Never Was
- The True Story of the Men who Fought Britain's Most Secret Battle
- By: Duff Hart-Davis
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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For the very first time, The War That Never Was tells the fascinating story of a secret war fought by British mercenaries in the Yemen in the early 1960s. In a covert operation organised over whisky and sodas in the clubs of Chelsea and Mayfair, a group of former SAS officers.
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The War that Never Was
- The True Story of the Men who Fought Britain's Most Secret Battle
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 26-08-11
- Language: English
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
- Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
- By: Katherine Boo
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees "a fortune beyond counting" in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Asha, a woman of formidable wit and deep scars from a childhood in rural poverty, has identified an alternate route to the middle class: political corruption.
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Vibrant tale of life in a Mumbai shanty slum
- By T on 21-10-14
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
- Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 01-08-13
- Language: English
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The Corporation That Changed the World
- How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational
- By: Nick Robins
- Narrated by: Simon Barber
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing Asian luxuries such as spices, textiles, and teas. But it also conquered much of India with its private army and broke open China's markets with opium. The Company's practices shocked its contemporaries and still reverberate today.
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Fascinating
- By Jim on 06-06-17
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The Corporation That Changed the World
- How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational
- Narrated by: Simon Barber
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 17-05-17
- Language: English
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Pure Invention
- How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World
- By: Matt Alt
- Narrated by: Matt Alt
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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Today we take it for granted that Japan is a forge of the world's fantasies: the birthplace of Transformers and Pokémon, of food trends like ramen and artisanal whisky and cutting-edge manga and anime. But it wasn't always this way. The first Japanese products that trickled into the global marketplace after the Second World War inspired derision, not admiration. The three words Made in Japan were a punchline, a synonym for cheap trinkets from a defeated nation.
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This is so well researched.
- By k a h on 30-08-24
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Pure Invention
- How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World
- Narrated by: Matt Alt
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 23-06-20
- Language: English
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Blood and Silk
- Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia
- By: Michael Vatikiotis
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
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Thought-provoking and eye-opening, Blood and Silk is an accessible, personal look at modern Southeast Asia, written by one of the region's most experienced outside observers. This is a first-hand account of what it's like to sit at the table with deadly Thai Muslim insurgents, mediate between warring clans in the Southern Philippines and console the victims of political violence in Indonesia - all in an effort to negotiate peace and understand the reasons behind endemic violence.
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Very good read on the region
- By Manuel on 13-07-24
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Blood and Silk
- Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 08-09-17
- Language: English
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The Lion and the Dragon
- Britain and China: A History of Conflict
- By: Lawrence James
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
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The Lion and The Dragon reveals the part that Britain played in the awakening of China, then covers relations between the two countries during the period when an aroused China did indeed shake the world. Lawrence James also follows the parallel trajectories of four competitive empires - the British, the Chinese, the Russian and the Japanese - during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and then the fortunes of a fifth imperial power, the United States.
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The Lion and the Dragon
- Britain and China: A History of Conflict
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 03-08-23
- Language: English
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