- Civilisation (212)
Best Sellers
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Sapiens
- Written by: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
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Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us....
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A must red for those who love books and those who do not....
- By suresh kumar on 03-12-18
Written by: Yuval Noah Harari
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Autobiography of a Yogi
- Written by: Paramahansa Yogananda
- Narrated by: Ben Kingsley
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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When Autobiography of a Yogi first appeared in 1946, it was acclaimed as a landmark work in its field....
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Bens pronouncisations of Indian names is horrible
- By RAVI PRAKASH on 07-07-20
Written by: Paramahansa Yogananda
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
- Written by: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present....
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great experience
- By Gaurav Sarup on 28-11-18
Written by: Yuval Noah Harari
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- Written by: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
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A Radio 4 Book Club Selection.
A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's fascinating and humorous quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization....
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Not the 'history' in conventional sense
- By Raunak on 26-01-19
Written by: Bill Bryson
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The Beginning of Infinity
- Explanations That Transform the World
- Written by: David Deutsch
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 20 hrs
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A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers....
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This book will change everything.
- By Akhil Siddharth on 12-04-21
Written by: David Deutsch
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Great Mythologies of the World
- Written by: The Great Courses, Grant L. Voth, Julius H. Bailey,
- Narrated by: Grant L. Voth, Julius H. Bailey, Kathryn McClymond,
- Length: 31 hrs and 36 mins
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The deep-seated origins and wide-reaching lessons of ancient myths built the foundation for our modern legacies....
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Good Mythology Course
- By Sandra Maria Duarte on 03-06-20
Written by: The Great Courses,
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Sapiens
- Written by: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
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Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us....
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A must red for those who love books and those who do not....
- By suresh kumar on 03-12-18
Written by: Yuval Noah Harari
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Autobiography of a Yogi
- Written by: Paramahansa Yogananda
- Narrated by: Ben Kingsley
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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When Autobiography of a Yogi first appeared in 1946, it was acclaimed as a landmark work in its field....
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Bens pronouncisations of Indian names is horrible
- By RAVI PRAKASH on 07-07-20
Written by: Paramahansa Yogananda
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
- Written by: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present....
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great experience
- By Gaurav Sarup on 28-11-18
Written by: Yuval Noah Harari
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- Written by: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A Radio 4 Book Club Selection.
A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's fascinating and humorous quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization....
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Not the 'history' in conventional sense
- By Raunak on 26-01-19
Written by: Bill Bryson
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The Beginning of Infinity
- Explanations That Transform the World
- Written by: David Deutsch
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 20 hrs
- Unabridged
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A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers....
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This book will change everything.
- By Akhil Siddharth on 12-04-21
Written by: David Deutsch
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Great Mythologies of the World
- Written by: The Great Courses, Grant L. Voth, Julius H. Bailey,
- Narrated by: Grant L. Voth, Julius H. Bailey, Kathryn McClymond,
- Length: 31 hrs and 36 mins
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The deep-seated origins and wide-reaching lessons of ancient myths built the foundation for our modern legacies....
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Good Mythology Course
- By Sandra Maria Duarte on 03-06-20
Written by: The Great Courses,
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Guns, Germs and Steel
- The Fate of Human Societies
- Written by: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Doug Ordunio
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history....
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should be read rather than heard
- By Anonymous User on 24-11-21
Written by: Jared Diamond
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Autobiography of a Yogi - Original Edition
- Written by: Paramahansa Yogananda
- Narrated by: Clay Lomakayu
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
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Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a profound introduction to the ancient science of yoga and its time-honored tradition of meditation....
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The rating is for the narration
- By aravind on 23-08-21
Written by: Paramahansa Yogananda
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Indian Summer
- The Secret History of the End of an Empire
- Written by: Alex von Tunzelmann
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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At midnight on 15 August, 1947, India left the British Empire....
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Read with fist full of salt
- By Kalindi on 20-08-21
Written by: Alex von Tunzelmann
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Land of Seven Rivers
- Written by: Sanjeev Sanyal
- Narrated by: Vikrant Chaturvedi
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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Did ancient India witness the Great Flood? Why did the Buddha give his first sermon at Sarnath? How did the Europeans map India? Combining scholarship with sparkling wit, Sanjeev Sanyal sets out to explore how India's history was shaped by its geography....
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Should be Course book
- By Amazon Customer on 07-09-20
Written by: Sanjeev Sanyal
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A Little History of Religion
- Written by: Richard Holloway
- Narrated by: James Bryce
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote....
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amazing
- By somya on 09-11-21
Written by: Richard Holloway
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How the World Really Works
- How Science Can Set Us Straight on Our Past, Present and Future
- Written by: Vaclav Smil
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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We have never had so much information at our fingertips, and yet most of us simply don't understand how our world really works. Professor Vaclav Smil is not a pessimist or an optimist, he is a scientist, and this book is a much-needed reality check on a wide range of topics....
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A good read
- By Allen on 11-01-23
Written by: Vaclav Smil
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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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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 Ocean of Churn
- Written by: Sanjeev Sanyal
- Narrated by: Abhishek Sharma
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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In this ambitious audiobook, best-selling author Sanjeev Sanyal chronicles the grand sweep of history from East Africa to Australia, conjuring the great cities of Angkor and Vijayanagar, medieval Arab empires, and Chinese "treasure fleets" in rich, vivid detail....
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Logical and smooth
- By Udayan Pendse on 17-03-19
Written by: Sanjeev Sanyal
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The Man Who Saved India
- Written by: Hindol Sengupta
- Narrated by: B. Andrew
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
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There is perhaps no political figure in modern history who did more to secure and protect the Indian nation than Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel....
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Average book but nice narration
- By Kindle Customer on 27-06-21
Written by: Hindol Sengupta
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The Earth Transformed
- An Untold History
- Written by: Peter Frankopan
- Narrated by: Peter Frankopan
- Length: 29 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Earth Transformed, ground-breaking historian Peter Frankopan shows that engagement with the natural world and with climatic change and their effects on us are not new....
Written by: Peter Frankopan
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The Dawn of Everything
- A New History of Humanity
- Written by: David Graeber, David Wengrow
- Narrated by: Mark Williams
- Length: 24 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilisation, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts....
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Informative
- By Subodh on 28-05-22
Written by: David Graeber,
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Our Oriental Heritage
- The Story of Civilization, Volume 1
- Written by: Will Durant
- Narrated by: Robin Field
- Length: 50 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Our Oriental Heritage: The Story of Civilization, Volume I chronicles the early history of Egypt, the Middle East, and Asia....
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A balanced view of the orient
- By Amit Mittal on 11-03-20
Written by: Will Durant
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Walking
- Written by: Henry David Thoreau
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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Walking is a good place to start exploring Henry David Thoreau's writing....
Written by: Henry David Thoreau
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The Silk Roads
- A New History of the World
- Written by: Peter Frankopan
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 25 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west—in the New World of the Americas. Today, it is the east which calls out to those in search of adventure and riches....
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Educative
- By Amazon Customer on 04-02-23
Written by: Peter Frankopan
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Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth
- Written by: Audrey Trushcke
- Narrated by: Dilshad Khurana
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Aurangzeb Alamgir (r. 1658-1707), the sixth Mughal emperor, is widely reviled in India today. Hindu hater, murderer, and religious zealot are just a handful of the modern caricatures of this maligned ruler. Many continue to accept this storyline peddled by colonial-era thinkers....
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if you know him already, skip
- By Amazon Customer on 10-10-22
Written by: Audrey Trushcke
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Don't Know Much About Geography: Revised and Updated Edition
- Everything You Need to Know About the World But Never Learned, Revised and Updated
- Written by: Kenneth C. Davis
- Narrated by: Kenneth C. Davis, Joe Ochman, Mark Bramhall,
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
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From bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes a treasure trove of answers to questions about our world.
Written by: Kenneth C. Davis
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The Ravine
- A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed
- Written by: Wendy Lower
- Narrated by: Jan Goodman
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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A strikingly original book about a terrible photograph – an exceptionally rare image documenting the horrific final moment of the murder of a family in Ukraine....
Written by: Wendy Lower
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The History of Ancient Egypt
- Written by: Bob Brier, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Bob Brier
- Length: 24 hrs and 25 mins
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Even after deciphering its hieroglyphs, and marveling at its scarabs, mummies, obelisks, and sphinxes, Egyptian civilization remains one of history's most mysterious....
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One of the best Audible series
- By Sangeeta on 21-02-23
Written by: Bob Brier,
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The Buddha and the Sahibs
- The men who discovered India's lost religion
- Written by: Charles Allen
- Narrated by: Sam Dastor
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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For nearly 1,000 years, from the destruction of temples and monasteries by Muslims, followed by Hinduism’s increasing power, Buddhism vanished from the country...
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Interesting book
- By Muthu Prakash on 10-12-18
Written by: Charles Allen
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An Economic History of the World since 1400
- Written by: Donald J. Harreld, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Donald J. Harreld
- Length: 24 hrs and 25 mins
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Most of us have a limited understanding of the powerful role economics has played in shaping human civilization. This makes economic history a vital lens through which to think....
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History of English world, Not the world
- By Pragya Singhal on 23-06-22
Written by: Donald J. Harreld,
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Political Order and Political Decay
- From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
- Written by: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 24 hrs and 1 min
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Taking up the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, Fukuyama follows the story from the French Revolution to the so-called Arab Spring....
Written by: Francis Fukuyama
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Emergency Chronicles
- Indira Gandhi and Democracy's Turning Point
- Written by: Gyan Prakash
- Narrated by: Rajiv Dadia
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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As the world once again confronts an eruption of authoritarianism, Gyan Prakash's Emergency Chronicles takes us back to the moment of India's independence to offer a comprehensive historical account of Indira Gandhi's Emergency of 1975-77....
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Overall, a good book
- By Abhijit Ghosh Dastidar on 09-04-22
Written by: Gyan Prakash
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Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- Written by: Alfred Lansing
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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For five months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world....
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Heroic story of survival and human will
- By Rishi on 14-03-20
Written by: Alfred Lansing
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Getting Away with Murder
- Benazir Bhutto's Assassination and the Politics of Pakistan
- Written by: Heraldo Muñoz
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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By the lead commissioner of the UN investigation, an authoritative account of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination....
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interesting when Benazir was assassinated it was
- By Ishika on 24-05-21
Written by: Heraldo Muñoz
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Los hijos del cielo
- Written by: Cristina Martín Jiménez
- Narrated by: Angi Sansón
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Relevante ensayo de la autora e investigadora Cristina Martín Jiménez en el que se demuestra sin espacio para la duda que las mujeren tuvieron el poder social y político en épocas pasadas, pero que fueron apartadas poco a poco por el patriarcado. Un texto esencial para entender de dónde venimos y quiénes somos en realidad.
Written by: Cristina Martín Jiménez
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The Lionkeeper of Algiers
- How an American Captive Rose to Power in Barbary and Saved His Homeland from War
- Written by: Des Ekin
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1785, a young American named James Leander Cathcart is kidnapped at sea and carried as prisoner to the maverick North African statelet of Algiers. The piratical corsairs of Algiers have decided to exploit the vulnerability of the United States by seizing its mariners and holding them for ransom. Today, the name of James Leander Cathcart has been all but forgotten.
Written by: Des Ekin
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China's Law of the Sea
- The New Rules of Maritime Order
- Written by: Isaac B. Kardon
- Narrated by: Chris Monteiro
- Length: 12 hrs
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Conflicts over specific rules lie at the heart of the disputes, which are about much more than sovereignty over islands and rocks in the South and East China Seas. Instead, the main contests concern the strategic maritime space associated with those islands. To consolidate control over this vital maritime space, China's leaders have begun to implement "China's law of the sea": building domestic legal institutions, bureaucratic organizations, and a naval and maritime law enforcement apparatus to establish China's preferred maritime rules on the water and in the diplomatic arena.
Written by: Isaac B. Kardon
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Historia menor de Grecia
- Una mirada humanista sobre la agitada historia de los griegos
- Written by: Pedro Olalla
- Narrated by: Pedro Olalla
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Historia menor de Grecia toma directamente las fuentes históricas para plasmar de forma literaria una reveladora colección de gestos humanos: decisiones, testimonios, ejemplos de conducta, personajes y hechos de la "segunda fila" de la historia, que ilustran de manera esclarecedora y emotiva la conformación y la supervivencia del espíritu humanista desde la Antigüedad hasta nuestros días.
Written by: Pedro Olalla
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Ideological Fixation
- From the Stone Age to Today's Culture Wars
- Written by: Azar Gat
- Narrated by: Shawn K. Jain
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
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Ideology consists of normative prescriptions regarding how society should be shaped, together with an interpretive roadmap indicating how this normative vision can be implemented in reality. Ideological Fixation is the result of tensions and conflicts between these two elements. The book focuses on ideologies' factual claims about the world, typically subordinate to, and often distorted by, their normative commitment. In exploring this phenomenon, the book combines insights from evolutionary psychology regarding the nature of some of our deepest proclivities.
Written by: Azar Gat
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Christopher Columbus
- Across the Ocean Sea
- Written by: Geoff Benge, Janet Benge
- Narrated by: Tim Gregory
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Buoyant and determined, and having at last won the support of the king and queen of Spain, Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe with three ships, confident he would reach the Indies by this new route and find the gold-laden civilization to the great Khan. After four risky expeditions in which he explored the Caribbean and landed on South America, Columbus died without acclaim, never knowing he had reached what would soon be known as the New World.
Written by: Geoff Benge,
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Los hijos del cielo
- Written by: Cristina Martín Jiménez
- Narrated by: Angi Sansón
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Relevante ensayo de la autora e investigadora Cristina Martín Jiménez en el que se demuestra sin espacio para la duda que las mujeren tuvieron el poder social y político en épocas pasadas, pero que fueron apartadas poco a poco por el patriarcado. Un texto esencial para entender de dónde venimos y quiénes somos en realidad.
Written by: Cristina Martín Jiménez
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The Lionkeeper of Algiers
- How an American Captive Rose to Power in Barbary and Saved His Homeland from War
- Written by: Des Ekin
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1785, a young American named James Leander Cathcart is kidnapped at sea and carried as prisoner to the maverick North African statelet of Algiers. The piratical corsairs of Algiers have decided to exploit the vulnerability of the United States by seizing its mariners and holding them for ransom. Today, the name of James Leander Cathcart has been all but forgotten.
Written by: Des Ekin
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China's Law of the Sea
- The New Rules of Maritime Order
- Written by: Isaac B. Kardon
- Narrated by: Chris Monteiro
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Conflicts over specific rules lie at the heart of the disputes, which are about much more than sovereignty over islands and rocks in the South and East China Seas. Instead, the main contests concern the strategic maritime space associated with those islands. To consolidate control over this vital maritime space, China's leaders have begun to implement "China's law of the sea": building domestic legal institutions, bureaucratic organizations, and a naval and maritime law enforcement apparatus to establish China's preferred maritime rules on the water and in the diplomatic arena.
Written by: Isaac B. Kardon
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Historia menor de Grecia
- Una mirada humanista sobre la agitada historia de los griegos
- Written by: Pedro Olalla
- Narrated by: Pedro Olalla
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Historia menor de Grecia toma directamente las fuentes históricas para plasmar de forma literaria una reveladora colección de gestos humanos: decisiones, testimonios, ejemplos de conducta, personajes y hechos de la "segunda fila" de la historia, que ilustran de manera esclarecedora y emotiva la conformación y la supervivencia del espíritu humanista desde la Antigüedad hasta nuestros días.
Written by: Pedro Olalla
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Ideological Fixation
- From the Stone Age to Today's Culture Wars
- Written by: Azar Gat
- Narrated by: Shawn K. Jain
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Ideology consists of normative prescriptions regarding how society should be shaped, together with an interpretive roadmap indicating how this normative vision can be implemented in reality. Ideological Fixation is the result of tensions and conflicts between these two elements. The book focuses on ideologies' factual claims about the world, typically subordinate to, and often distorted by, their normative commitment. In exploring this phenomenon, the book combines insights from evolutionary psychology regarding the nature of some of our deepest proclivities.
Written by: Azar Gat
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Christopher Columbus
- Across the Ocean Sea
- Written by: Geoff Benge, Janet Benge
- Narrated by: Tim Gregory
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Buoyant and determined, and having at last won the support of the king and queen of Spain, Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe with three ships, confident he would reach the Indies by this new route and find the gold-laden civilization to the great Khan. After four risky expeditions in which he explored the Caribbean and landed on South America, Columbus died without acclaim, never knowing he had reached what would soon be known as the New World.
Written by: Geoff Benge,
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人種主義の歴史
- Written by: 平野 千果子
- Narrated by: 篠田 有香
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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Written by: 平野 千果子
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Rainbow History Class
- Your Guide Through Queer and Trans History
- Written by: Hannah McElhinney
- Narrated by: Rudy Jean Rigg
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
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Rainbow History Class is your entry into LGBTQ+ history, sharing queer and trans stories from Ancient civilisations all the way up to the internet. So much of queer and trans history and culture has been erased, but Hannah McElhinney, writer and creator of Rainbow History Class (as seen on TikTok), is here to help us all with this crash course.
Written by: Hannah McElhinney
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The Earth Transformed
- An Untold History
- Written by: Peter Frankopan
- Narrated by: Peter Frankopan
- Length: 29 hrs and 11 mins
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In The Earth Transformed, ground-breaking historian Peter Frankopan shows that engagement with the natural world and with climatic change and their effects on us are not new: exploring, for instance, the development of religion and language and their relationships with the environment; tracing how growing demands for harvests resulted in the increased shipment of enslaved peoples; scrutinising how the desire to centralise agricultural surplus formed the origins of the bureaucratic state; and seeing how efforts to understand and manipulate the weather have a long history.
Written by: Peter Frankopan
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Urban Jungle
- Wilding the City
- Written by: Ben Wilson
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
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Our modern-day cities might seem to represent our separation from the natural world. In fact, as Ben Wilson reveals in this captivating re-examination of urban landscapes around the world, nature has always been at the heart of the city. Wilson explores the wild side of cities, past, present and future: the middens, abandoned sites and strips of land alongside railway lines.
Written by: Ben Wilson
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Da Foz do São Francisco a Ilhéus - Trechos Selecionados de "Tratado Descritivo do Brasil", de Gabriel Soares de Sousa
- MiniPops
- Written by: Gabriel Soares de Sousa
- Narrated by: Guga Almeida
- Length: 45 mins
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Como o título bem diz, essa seleção de textos do livro "Tratado descritivo do Brasil" de Gabriel Soares de Sousa, descreve de forma pitoresca parcela da costa norte do Brasil ao final do século XVI. Curioso demais encontrar aqui, entre outras singularidades, a referência às Amazonas que atacaram Francisco de Orellana e deram nome ao rio maior.
Written by: Gabriel Soares de Sousa
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Do Rio dos Ilhéus à Foz do Rio Doce - Trechos Selecionados de "Tratado Descritivo do Brasil", de Gabriel Soares de Sousa
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- Written by: Gabriel Soares de Sousa
- Narrated by: Guga Almeida
- Length: 37 mins
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O leitor de hoje, vendo a descrição da força e da riqueza do hoje maltratado rio Doce que aqui se faz, há de se emocionar! Esta seleção de textos do livro "Tratado descritivo do Brasil" de Gabriel Soares de Sousa, conta ainda como eram no século XVIm entre outros, Porto Seguro, Arraia da Ajuda e a "Ponta da Corurumbabo".
Written by: Gabriel Soares de Sousa
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Da Povoação da Paraíba à Descrição dos Caetés
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- Written by: Gabriel Soares de Sousa
- Narrated by: Douglas Monteiro
- Length: 34 mins
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Muitos leitores já passearam pelas lindas paisagens descritas nesta seleção de textos do livro "Tratado descritivo do Brasil" de Gabriel Soares de Sousa: Porto de Galinhas, Itamaracá, Cabo de Santo Agostinho... Neste descritivo, no entanto, poderão enxergar como era este cenário há quase 500 anos, quando Olinda, por exemplo, tinha apenas 700 habitantes!
Written by: Gabriel Soares de Sousa
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Da Foz do Amazonas à Baía da Traição
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- Written by: Gabriel Soares de Sousa
- Narrated by: Douglas Monteiro
- Length: 42 mins
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Como o título bem diz, essa seleção de textos do livro "Tratado descritivo do Brasil" de Gabriel Soares de Sousa, descreve de forma pitoresca parcela da costa Norte do Brasil ao final do século XVI. Curioso demais encontrar aqui, entre outras singularidades, a referência às Amazonas que atacaram Francisco de Orellana e deram nome ao rio maior.
Written by: Gabriel Soares de Sousa
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Pelas Minas do Ouro
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- Written by: André João Antonil
- Narrated by: Mauro Schames
- Length: 37 mins
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Ler a obra de Antonil tem muito de ler um jornal ou guia – mas as notícias e os cenários são do início do século XVIII. Neste excerto, destacam-se as minas de ouro e todo seu entorno: a qualidade do metal, as gentes, a corrupção e a política do quinto. Pitoresco demais, o texto fala da mineração em Curitiba e no Pico do Jaraguá, de uma pepita do tamanho de uma língua de boi e da travessia da Serra da "Amantiqueira".
Written by: André João Antonil
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古代ギリシャのリアル
- Written by: 藤村 シシン
- Narrated by: 久保田 ひかり
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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赤紫の海・極彩色の神殿の 真実の古代ギリシャへ!! 青い海、青い空、白亜の神殿、ロマンチックな神話といった、私たちが日ごろイメージする古代ギリシャとはちょっと違う、「古代ギリシャのリアル」がわかる一
Written by: 藤村 シシン
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Medieval Horizons
- Why the Middle Ages Matter
- Written by: Ian Mortimer
- Narrated by: Ian Mortimer
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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We tend to think about the Middle Ages as a dark and backward time, characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. We believe that life was unchanging over the period, so if a peasant fell asleep in in the year 1000 and woke up six hundred years later, he would return to a world that was instantly recognisable. We hold that change is facilitated by science and technological innovation, and that it was the inventions of recent centuries, from the steam engine to the Internet, that created the modern world. We couldn't be more wrong.
Written by: Ian Mortimer
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A Short History of the World in 50 Lies
- Written by: Natasha Tidd
- Narrated by: Harrie Dobby
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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Taking listeners on a global journey through human history, historian Natasha Tidd examines how lies can change the world around us, from Julius Caesar's deceptive PR machine to the cover ups that caused Chernobyl.
Written by: Natasha Tidd