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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Written by: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall192
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Performance163
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Story163
The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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Good but with typical western historian biases
- By Pragmatic Indian Cricket Fan on 14-05-22
Written by: Jack Weatherford
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- Written by: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 57 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall140
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Performance126
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Story125
Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1961, this worldwide bestselling classic chronicles the most infamous era of our times.
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Almost an Anthropological Account of an Aeon!
- By Girish B Hukkeri on 07-03-20
Written by: William L. Shirer
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Return of a King
- The Battle for Afghanistan
- Written by: William Dalrymple
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall62
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Performance57
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Story57
Using a range of forgotten Afghan and Indian sources, William Dalrymple's masterful retelling of Britain's greatest imperial disaster is a powerful parable of colonial ambition and cultural collision, folly and hubris. Return of a King is history at its most urgent and important....
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Must Listen
- By anup on 05-10-21
Written by: William Dalrymple
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The Foundations of Western Civilization
- Written by: Thomas F. X. Noble, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Thomas F. X. Noble
- Length: 24 hrs and 51 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall7
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Performance6
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Story6
This broad and panoramic series, ripe with the telling detail on which history can turn, will help you pull an enormous sweep of history together into one coherent framework....
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Overwrought, rambling
- By Kaushik Saha on 26-09-25
Written by: Thomas F. X. Noble,
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The History of the Ancient World
- From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
- Written by: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance7
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Story8
A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own....
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Absolute blunder
- By Nero on 13-04-19
Written by: Susan Wise Bauer
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Leonardo da Vinci - De biografie
- Written by: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Jeroen Tjepkema
- Length: 17 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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De geheimen van de grootste genie uit de geschiedenis. Leonardo da Vinci wordt gezien als het meest creatieve genie ooit. Naast zijn wereldberoemde...
Written by: Walter Isaacson
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Written by: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall192
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Performance163
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Story163
The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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Good but with typical western historian biases
- By Pragmatic Indian Cricket Fan on 14-05-22
Written by: Jack Weatherford
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- Written by: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 57 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall140
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Performance126
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Story125
Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1961, this worldwide bestselling classic chronicles the most infamous era of our times.
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Almost an Anthropological Account of an Aeon!
- By Girish B Hukkeri on 07-03-20
Written by: William L. Shirer
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Return of a King
- The Battle for Afghanistan
- Written by: William Dalrymple
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall62
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Performance57
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Story57
Using a range of forgotten Afghan and Indian sources, William Dalrymple's masterful retelling of Britain's greatest imperial disaster is a powerful parable of colonial ambition and cultural collision, folly and hubris. Return of a King is history at its most urgent and important....
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Must Listen
- By anup on 05-10-21
Written by: William Dalrymple
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The Foundations of Western Civilization
- Written by: Thomas F. X. Noble, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Thomas F. X. Noble
- Length: 24 hrs and 51 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall7
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Performance6
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Story6
This broad and panoramic series, ripe with the telling detail on which history can turn, will help you pull an enormous sweep of history together into one coherent framework....
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Overwrought, rambling
- By Kaushik Saha on 26-09-25
Written by: Thomas F. X. Noble,
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The History of the Ancient World
- From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
- Written by: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance7
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Story8
A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own....
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Absolute blunder
- By Nero on 13-04-19
Written by: Susan Wise Bauer
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Leonardo da Vinci - De biografie
- Written by: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Jeroen Tjepkema
- Length: 17 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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De geheimen van de grootste genie uit de geschiedenis. Leonardo da Vinci wordt gezien als het meest creatieve genie ooit. Naast zijn wereldberoemde...
Written by: Walter Isaacson
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The Wages of Destruction
- The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
- Written by: Adam Tooze
- Narrated by: Adam Tooze, Simon Vance
- Length: 30 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
"Masterful . . . [A] painstakingly researched, astonishingly erudite study…Tooze has added his name to the roll call of top-class scholars of Nazism." —Financial Times An extraordinary mythology has grown up around the Third Reich that hovers over political and moral debate even today. Adam...
Written by: Adam Tooze
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The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
- Written by: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Story6
American journalist and author William L. Shirer was a war correspondent for six years in Nazi Germany, having a front-row seat to Hitler’s rise in influence and power....
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An eye opener !
- By Sharat Vishwanatha on 23-08-21
Written by: William L. Shirer
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The Secret History
- Written by: Procopius
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Procopius appeared to be a loyal part of the Byzantine establishment, his official writing glorifying the deeds of the Emperor Justinian (d. AD 565). However, he also produced a work that he knew could never be published within the Emperor’s lifetime: The Secret History....
Written by: Procopius
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The Renaissance
- A History of Civilization in Italy from 1304 - 1576 AD, The Story of Civilization, Volume 5
- Written by: Will Durant
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 37 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Story6
The Renaissance chronicles the history of Italy from1304 to 1576. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter the poets Petrarch and Boccaccio, the fathers of the Renaissance....
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Golden Age of Art
- By Anonymous User on 07-04-24
Written by: Will Durant
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The Age of Napoleon
- A History of European Civilization from 1789 to 1815: The Story of Civilization, Book 11
- Written by: Will Durant, Ariel Durant
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 44 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance3
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The Age of Napoleon, the 11th and final volume of the Story of Civilization, surveys the amazing chain of events that wrenched Europe out of the Enlightenment and into the age of democracy....
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A Beautiful Culmination of 11 Volumes of European History
- By Anonymous User on 09-09-24
Written by: Will Durant,
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The Age of Faith, Volume 4
- Written by: Will Durant
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 61 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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Story8
The fourth volume in Will Durant's Pulitzer Prize-winning series, The Age of Faith surveys the medieval achievements and modern significance of Christian, Islamic, and Judaic life and culture....
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From Darkness to The Threshold of Light
- By Anonymous User on 09-03-24
Written by: Will Durant
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The Age of Reason Begins
- A History of European Civilization in the Period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes: 1558 - 1648: The Story of Civilization, Book 7
- Written by: Will Durant, Ariel Durant
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 34 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Story6
This seventh volume of Will and Ariel Durant's renowned Story of Civilization chronicles the history of European civilization from 1558 to 1648....
Written by: Will Durant,
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The Reformation
- A History of European Civilization from Wycliffe to Calvin, 1300 - 1564 (The Story of Civilization, Book 6)
- Written by: Will Durant
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 50 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance4
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Story4
The sixth volume of Durant's acclaimed Story of Civilization, The Reformation chronicles the history of European civilization from 1300 to 1564....
Written by: Will Durant
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Viceroys
- Written by: Christopher Lee
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Viceroys is the story of the British aristocracy sent to govern India during the reigns of five British monarchs. It is also the story of how the modern British identity was established....
Written by: Christopher Lee
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The Economic Consequences of the Peace
- Written by: John Maynard Keynes
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance1
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The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) was one of the most important documents to come out of World War I - specifically the period of the Armistice and the subsequent settlement negotiations. And, a century on, it remains of particular relevance to our times....
Written by: John Maynard Keynes
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Mythology
- Written by: Edith Hamilton
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance7
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Story7
Dive into the timeless tales of gods and heroes in this bestselling A-to-Z encyclopedia detailing classic myths and legends—perfect for curious readers and academics alike. Edith Hamilton's mythology succeeds like no other book in bringing to life for the modern reader the Greek, Roman and...
Written by: Edith Hamilton
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The Age of Voltaire
- A History of Civlization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with Special Emphasis on the Conflict between Religion and Philosophy
- Written by: Will Durant, Ariel Durant
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 42 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance4
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Story4
The Age of Voltaire, the ninth volume of The Story of Civilization, is an in-depth examination of France and England in the first half of the 18th century....
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Profound Discussion of Religion vs Reason
- By Anonymous User on 13-07-24
Written by: Will Durant,
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A World Undone
- The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
- Written by: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 27 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Drawing on exhaustive research, this “masterful narrative history” (Booklist) details how World War I reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of our modern world. “Thundering, magnificent...
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Great one-volume primer on the war. Read slowly.
- By A K. on 03-05-23
Written by: G. J. Meyer
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Saladin
- The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire
- Written by: John Man
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders in the twelfth century, he is the Islamic world's preeminent hero.
Written by: John Man
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The Age of Louis XIV
- The Story of Civilization, Book 8
- Written by: Will Durant, Ariel Durant
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 36 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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The Age of Louis XIV is the biography of a period (1648 - 1715) that Spengler considered the apex of modern European civilization....
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beautifully written
- By Anonymous User on 03-06-23
Written by: Will Durant,
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On Democracies and Death Cults
- Israel and the Future of Civilization
- Written by: Douglas Murray
- Narrated by: Douglas Murray
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In his travels through Israel and Gaza, #1 International Bestselling author Douglas Murray has seen the best and the worst humanity has to offer, and he has no trouble choosing a side. Murray is not Jewish and before October 7, he had never lived in Israel...
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Eye Opening, Chilling and Real.
- By Anoop Singh on 22-10-25
Written by: Douglas Murray
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Rousseau and Revolution
- The Story of Civilization, Book 10
- Written by: Will Durant, Ariel Durant
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 57 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Rousseau and Revolution, the tenth volume of the Story of Civilization, ranges over a Europe in ferment, but centers on the passionate rebel-philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau....
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Revolutionary Times Encapsulated By A Revolutionary Historian
- By Anonymous User on 09-08-24
Written by: Will Durant,
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Histories
- Written by: Herodotus
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus describes the growth of the Persian Empire with force, authority, and style....
Written by: Herodotus
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The Bill Bryson BBC Radio Collection
- Divided by a Common Language, Journeys in English and More
- Written by: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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An anthology of BBC Radio documentaries featuring the bestselling author Bill Bryson is the world's funniest travel writer, and a master of comic observation. His hugely popular books, spanning topics from linguistics to Shakespeare to the human body, have sold over 16 million copies and been...
Written by: Bill Bryson
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The Years
- Written by: Annie Ernaux
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance8
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The Years is a personal narrative of the period of 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory....
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Description of various phases of life
- By S P Singh on 01-11-22
Written by: Annie Ernaux
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Churchill's Secret War
- The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II
- Written by: Madhusree Mukarjee
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance13
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In the tradition of The Rape of Nanking and A Problem from Hell, this account will change the way we think of Churchill and World War II....
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Brilliant book but performed irresponsibly
- By NJ on 13-07-25
Written by: Madhusree Mukarjee
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Rubicon
- The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic
- Written by: Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Tom Holland
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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'The book that really held me, in fact, obsessed me, was Rubicon . . . This is narrative history at its best. Bloody and labyrinthine political intrigue and struggle, brilliant oratory, amazing feats of conquest and cruelty' Ian McEwan, Books of the Year, Guardian 'Re-evaluating Rome for a new...
Written by: Tom Holland
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The Last Days of Socrates
- Written by: Plato, Christopher Rowe, Christopher Rowe - introduction,
- Narrated by: Justin Avoth, Laurence Dobiesz
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Justin Avoth and Laurence Dobiesz. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Christopher Rowe read by Justin Avoth. 'Consider just this, and give your minds to this alone: whether or not what I say is just' Plato's...
Written by: Plato,
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Bronze Age Mindset
- Written by: Bronze Age Pervert
- Narrated by: Adam Smith
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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Bronze Age Pervert explains that ancient man had something you have lost: confidence in his instincts and strength, knowledge in his blood. BAP shows how the Bronze Age mind-set can set you free and help you embark on the path of power....
Written by: Bronze Age Pervert
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The French Revolution in San Domingo
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Written by: Dietmar Pieper
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Margaret Bondfield
- The Life and Times of Britain’s First Female Cabinet Minister
- Written by: Nan Sloane
- Narrated by: Harriet Dunlop
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Rising from modest semi-rural, semi-industrial origins in the West Country, and years of apprenticeship in shops in Brighton, Bondfield became the first woman to chair the TUC, one of the first female Labour MPs, the first woman to hold government office (1924) and in 1929, the first female Cabinet Minister. Most of her life was lived in the public eye, but what lay behind her public achievements? In this remarkable book, historian Nan Sloane looks beyond the public façade to reveal Bondfield's hidden personal story.
Written by: Nan Sloane
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The Celts
- A Very Short Introduction
- Written by: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Savage and bloodthirsty, or civilized and peaceable? The Celts have long been a subject of enormous fascination, speculation, and misunderstanding. From the ancient Romans to the present day, their real nature has been obscured by a tangled web of preconceived ideas and stereotypes.
Written by: Barry Cunliffe
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The Art Isles
- A 15,000-Year Story of Art in Britain and Ireland
- Written by: Charlotte Mullins
- Narrated by: Rachael Beresford
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The British Isles hold a unique position in the history of art, a place where local traditions fuse with international ideas. At once isolated by coastal boundaries, yet also part of larger networks of diverse peoples, these islands have always benefited from a dual perspective.
Written by: Charlotte Mullins
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Mistress
- A History of Women and Their Country Houses
- Written by: Anthony Fletcher, Ruth Larsen
- Narrated by: Rachael Beresford
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Grand houses can be found across the countryside of England and Wales. From the Stuart and Georgian periods to the Edwardian and Victorian, these buildings were once home to the aristocratic families of the nation. But what was life like for the mistresses of these great houses? How much power and influence did they really have?
Written by: Anthony Fletcher,
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After the Blitz
- The Luftwaffe Bombing of Britain, 1941-1943
- Written by: Stephen Moore
- Narrated by: Martyn Swain
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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From May 1941 to the end of night raids in 1943, Luftwaffe bombers attacked provincial cities across England, Scotland, and Wales. However, these air raids are not considered part of the Blitz—at least, not according to the British Official History. The official historiography maintains that the Blitz on the United Kingdom ended when aircraft were redeployed to support the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, after the final major raid against London that May.
Written by: Stephen Moore
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The Fabric of Civilization
- How Textiles Made the World
- Written by: Virginia Postrel
- Narrated by: Caroline Turner Cole
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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“A journey as epic, and varying, as the Silk Road itself...[The Fabric of Civilization is] like a swatch of a Florentine Renaissance brocade: carefully woven, the technique precise, the colors a mix of shade and shine and an accurate representation of the whole cloth” (The New York Times)...
Written by: Virginia Postrel
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Tony Stark, Odysseus, and the Myths Behind Marvel
- Ancient Heroes in the Modern World
- Written by: Peter Meineck
- Narrated by: Peter Meineck
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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"By connecting our modern heroes to the archetypes of ancient myth, Peter Meineck's marvelous book bestows thrilling contemporary resonance upon those bygone legends." —Christopher Markus, coscreenwriter of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame What connects Dionysus, the ancient Greek...
Written by: Peter Meineck
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A su Sombra Viviremos
- Historia de la Inquisición en la Nueva España
- Written by: Luis Huitrón
- Narrated by: Luis Huitrón, Joaquín Chable
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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"La Inquisición [ya] solo existe en los libros de historia y en los museos; sus huellas institucionales quedan como evidencia en las ruinas de los antiguos espacios que utilizó; sus quemaderos ya no están y las diferentes realidades culturales, sexuales e ideológicas se mantienen vivas en medio de una lucha universal por el reconocimiento de su valía.
Written by: Luis Huitrón
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Sentieri Partigiani
- Written by: Paolo Malaguti
- Narrated by: Fabrizio Rocchi
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Cosa significa ricordare la Resistenza? Paolo Malaguti prende le mosse da una salita in bicicletta sul Monte Grappa per avviare un viaggio intimo e lucido nei luoghi, nelle tracce, nei silenzi della memoria resistenziale italiana. Ma ben presto il racconto si allarga, intrecciando la riflessione sulla storia con quella, attualissima, sulla memoria e sulla scuola: perché la Resistenza non è (solo) un capitolo da manuale, ma un laboratorio civile e pedagogico in cui misurare il valore della democrazia, della parola, del dissenso.
Written by: Paolo Malaguti
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Goebbels and 'Total War'
- The Sports Palace Speech of 1943
- Written by: Peter Longerich, Lesley Sharpe - translator, Jeremy Noakes - translator
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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On the 18th of February 1943 Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels made a speech in the Berlin Sports Palace that is regarded as one of the most chilling, and at the same time most effective, rhetorical performances of the twentieth century. In this definitive English translation, renowned historian Peter Longerich delves into the historical buildup to Goebbels's most notorious speech, the speech itself, and its lasting effect.
Written by: Peter Longerich,
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La última reina goda
- Written by: David Yagüe
- Narrated by: Voz Virtual
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Año 711, las huestes musulmanas han tomado Hispania por la fuerza de la espada y avanzan imparables. El reino visigodo de Toledo se desmorona y los nuevos amos toman su botín. Entre los cientos de cautivos se encuentra Egilo, la altiva y orgullosa viuda de Rodrigo. Una mujer destinada a adentrarse en la anónima niebla del pasado que, sin embargo, se convertirá en pieza clave de un momento histórico convulso. La última reina goda es una novela de pequeños y grandes personajes que asistieron al amanecer de un nuevo mundo, donde el peligro y las amenazas eran constantes.
Written by: David Yagüe
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L'Italia dei Libri
- Written by: Tommaso Munari
- Narrated by: Gaetano Lizzio
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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La storia dell'editoria è la storia dell'emancipazione di un mestiere da un altro. Questo volume delinea tale parabola, ponendo in rilievo la relazione che intercorre fra libri e società, industria editoriale e storia nazionale. Ripercorrendo le vicende di alcune case editrici - fra cui Zanichelli, Treves, Bemporad, Hoepli, Laterza, Mondadori, Einaudi, Feltrinelli, Adelphi, Sellerio - e concentrando l'attenzione su alcune questioni trasversali alla loro attività, traccia un quadro non solo dell'editoria italiana, ma anche dell'Italia dei libri dall'età liberale a quella repubblicana.
Written by: Tommaso Munari