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Here in a single volume is the entire, unabridged recording of Gibbon's masterpiece. Beginning in the second century A.D. at the apex of the Pax Romana, Gibbon traces the arc of decline and complete destruction through the centuries across Europe and the Mediterranean. It is a thrilling and cautionary tale of splendor and ruin, of faith and hubris, and of civilization and barbarism. Follow along as Christianity overcomes paganism... before itself coming under intense pressure from Islam.

The Decline of the West - Volume 1 published in 1917, Volume 2 in 1922 - has exercised and challenged opinion ever since. It was a huge undertaking by Oswald Spengler (1880-1936), formerly an unpublished historian and philosopher who set out to radically reconsider history - the rise and fall of world civilisations and their cultures. His primary view was to reject the established Eurocentric paradigm (ancient/classical, Medieval - and, following the Renaissance - modern) and to take a totally new perspective.

Some 250 years after its first publication, Gibbon's Decline and Fall is still regarded as one of the greatest histories in Western literature. He reports on more than 1,000 years of an empire which extended from the most northern and western parts of Europe to deep into Asia and Africa and covers not only events but also the cultural and religious developments that effected change during that time.

"Land Mine Casualties Jump 75 Percent as Funding for Their Removal Declines" is from the November 22, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rick Gladstone and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"For Whites Sensing Decline, Trump Unleashes Words of Resistance" is from the July 13, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Nicholas Confessore and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Cruz Declines to Support Trump, and Muses about Re-Entering Race" is from the May 10, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Matt Flegenheimer and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Heights Decline in Many Countries, Study Says" is from the July 25, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Donald G. McNeil Jr. and narrated by Caroline Miller.