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Bestsellers
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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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Overall5 out of 5 stars 739
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 634
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Story5 out of 5 stars 631
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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5 out of 5 stars
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The most extensive book I have ever listened too!
- By Canadian Dad on 2019-04-26
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The Faithful Executioner
- Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
- Written by: Joel F. Harrington
- Narrated by: James Gillies
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40
In The Faithful Executioner, Harrington vividly re-creates a life filled with stark contrasts, from the young apprentice's rigorous training under his executioner father....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting and surprisingly touching book
- By Jon on 2018-10-28
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Bonhoeffer
- Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
- Written by: Eric Metaxas, Timothy Keller
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner, Eric Metaxas
- Length: 23 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 108
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Story5 out of 5 stars 108
In this New York Times bestselling biography, Eric Metaxas takes both strands of Bonhoeffer's life—the theologian and the spy—and draws them together to tell a searing story of incredible moral courage in the face of monstrous evil.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional, through and through.
- By Josh Ruberg on 2020-02-25
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Shadow Divers
- The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
- Written by: Robert Kurson
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story5 out of 5 stars 34
In 1991, acting on a tip from a local fisherman, two scuba divers discovered a sunken German U-boat, complete with its crew of 60 men, not too far off the New Jersey coast....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic
- By Michael C. on 2020-07-01
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Iron Kingdom
- The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947
- Written by: Christopher Clark
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 28 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4 out of 5 stars 49
In the aftermath of World War II, Prussia - a centuries-old state pivotal to Europe's development - ceased to exist....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Infuriating narrator can't say German names
- By Chris Shannon on 2018-12-12
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Freedom
- Memoirs 1954-2021
- Written by: Angela Merkel
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 27 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Former chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel looks back on her life in two German states—35 years in the GDR (German Democratic Republic), 35 years in reunified Germany and offers a unique insight into the inner workings of power.
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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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Overall5 out of 5 stars 739
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 634
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Story5 out of 5 stars 631
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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5 out of 5 stars
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The most extensive book I have ever listened too!
- By Canadian Dad on 2019-04-26
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The Faithful Executioner
- Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
- Written by: Joel F. Harrington
- Narrated by: James Gillies
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40
In The Faithful Executioner, Harrington vividly re-creates a life filled with stark contrasts, from the young apprentice's rigorous training under his executioner father....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting and surprisingly touching book
- By Jon on 2018-10-28
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Bonhoeffer
- Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
- Written by: Eric Metaxas, Timothy Keller
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner, Eric Metaxas
- Length: 23 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 108
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Story5 out of 5 stars 108
In this New York Times bestselling biography, Eric Metaxas takes both strands of Bonhoeffer's life—the theologian and the spy—and draws them together to tell a searing story of incredible moral courage in the face of monstrous evil.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional, through and through.
- By Josh Ruberg on 2020-02-25
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Shadow Divers
- The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
- Written by: Robert Kurson
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story5 out of 5 stars 34
In 1991, acting on a tip from a local fisherman, two scuba divers discovered a sunken German U-boat, complete with its crew of 60 men, not too far off the New Jersey coast....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic
- By Michael C. on 2020-07-01
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Iron Kingdom
- The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947
- Written by: Christopher Clark
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 28 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4 out of 5 stars 49
In the aftermath of World War II, Prussia - a centuries-old state pivotal to Europe's development - ceased to exist....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Infuriating narrator can't say German names
- By Chris Shannon on 2018-12-12
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Freedom
- Memoirs 1954-2021
- Written by: Angela Merkel
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 27 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Former chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel looks back on her life in two German states—35 years in the GDR (German Democratic Republic), 35 years in reunified Germany and offers a unique insight into the inner workings of power.
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Kaput
- The End of the German Miracle
- Written by: Wolfgang Münchau
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Until recently, Germany appeared to be a paragon of economic and political success. Angela Merkel was widely seen as the true 'leader of the free world', and Germany's export-driven economic model seemed to deliver prosperity.
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The Forgotten Soldier
- Written by: Guy Sajer
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 21 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 208
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 176
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Story5 out of 5 stars 175
When Guy Sajer joins the infantry full of ideals in the summer of 1942, the German army is enjoying unparalleled success in Russia....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I have PTSD after reading this
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-08-11
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Weimar Germany
- Promise and Tragedy, Weimar Centennial Edition
- Written by: Eric D. Weitz
- Narrated by: Robert G. Slade
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6
This audiobook narrated by Robert G. Slade paints a riveting portrait of the Weimar era....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Missing a lot
- By Anonymous User on 2024-06-14
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The Decline of the West
- Vol 1: Form and Actuality. Vol 2: Perspectives of World History
- Written by: Oswald Spengler
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 55 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
The Decline of the West - Volume 1 published in 1917, Volume 2 in 1922 - has exercised and challenged opinion ever since....
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The Weimar Years
- Rise and Fall 1918–1933
- Written by: Frank McDonough
- Narrated by: Paul McGann
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
The Weimar Years is a vivid narrative of a dramatic period in German history. Year by year, from 1918 to 1933, Frank McDonough covers the major events in both domestic and foreign policy and the personalities who shaped them, together with developments in music, art, theatre and literature....
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The Crusades
- The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
- Written by: Thomas Asbridge
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 25 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 266
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 221
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 219
The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Book
- By braden on 2018-11-18
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Ordinary Men
- Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
- Written by: Christopher R. Browning
- Narrated by: Kevin Gallagher
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 235
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 189
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 188
Now available in audio for the first time, Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews - now with a new afterword and additional photographs....
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4 out of 5 stars
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good book - hard to digest
- By Dallas J Hoday on 2021-03-17
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The Coming of the Third Reich
- Written by: Richard J. Evans
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 21 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
There is no story in 20th-century history more important to understand than Hitler’s rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany....
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Hitler
- Downfall: 1939-1945
- Written by: Volker Ullrich, Jefferson Chase - translator
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 29 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story5 out of 5 stars 11
From the author of Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939 comes a riveting account of the dictator's final years, when he got the war he wanted but his leadership led to catastrophe for his nation, the world, and himself....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Monster explained
- By Stix on 2021-10-09
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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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Overall5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story5 out of 5 stars 13
An extraordinary mythology has grown up around the Third Reich that hovers over political and moral debate even today. Adam Tooze's controversial book challenges the conventional economic interpretations of that period....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A re-telling of World War II
- By Chillyfinger on 2022-11-30
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Learning from the Germans
- Race and the Memory of Evil
- Written by: Susan Neiman
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 20 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
In the wake of white nationalist attacks, the ongoing debate over reparations, and the controversy surrounding Confederate monuments and the contested memories they evoke, Susan Neiman's Learning from the Germans delivers an urgently needed perspective....
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The Chancellor
- Written by: Kati Marton
- Narrated by: Alex Allwine, Kati Marton
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story5 out of 5 stars 41
The “captivating” (The New York Times), definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, detailing the extraordinary rise and political brilliance of the most powerful—and elusive—woman in the world....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Remarkable account of a remarkable woman
- By Matt Luloff on 2023-07-23
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The Third Reich in History and Memory
- Written by: Richard J. Evans
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
In the 70 years since the demise of the Third Reich, there has been a significant transformation in the ways in which the modern world understands Nazism. In this brilliant and eye-opening collection, Richard J. Evans offers a critical commentary on that transformation....
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Panzer Commander
- The Memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck
- Written by: Hans von Luck, Stephen E. Ambrose - introduction
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story5 out of 5 stars 33
A stunning look at World War II from the other side.... From the turret of a German tank, Colonel Hans von Luck commanded Rommel's 7th and then 21st Panzer Division....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Panzer Commander must read
- By Anonymous User on 2023-07-19
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Tunnel 29
- The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall
- Written by: Helena Merriman
- Narrated by: Helena Merriman
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story5 out of 5 stars 12
In the summer of 1962, a young student named Joachim Rudolph dug a tunnel under the Berlin Wall. Waiting on the other side in East Berlin were dozens of men, women, and children - all willing to risk everything to escape....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Roberta W on 2022-11-27
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An Underground Life
- Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin
- Written by: Frank Heibert
- Narrated by: John Feather
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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That a Jew living in Nazi Berlin survived the Holocaust at all is surprising. That he was a homosexual and a teenage leader in the resistance and yet survived is amazing....
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The Fall of Berlin 1945
- Written by: Antony Beevor
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story5 out of 5 stars 65
Antony Beevor has reconstructed the experiences of those millions caught up in the nightmare of the Third Reich's final collapse. The Fall of Berlin is a terrible story of pride, stupidity....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book! Definitely recommend
- By aaron on 2018-07-02
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Armor and Blood
- The Battle of Kursk: The Turning Point of World War II
- Written by: Dennis E. Showalter
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
While the Battle of Kursk has long captivated World War II aficionados, it has been unjustly overlooked by historians....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Very Dense hour by hour telling of Kursk
- By Daniel Jones on 2018-12-03
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Hitler
- Ascent 1889-1939
- Written by: Volker Ullrich
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 34 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
A major new biography - an extraordinary, penetrating study of the man who has become the personification of evil....
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The Habsburgs
- To Rule the World
- Written by: Martyn Rady
- Narrated by: Simon Boughey
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4 out of 5 stars 22
The definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries - from their rise to power to their eventual downfall....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent History
- By L. C. on 2020-10-05
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Achtung Panzer!
- Written by: Heinz Guderian
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
This is one of the most significant military books of the 20th century. By an outstanding soldier of independent mind, it pushed forward the evolution of land warfare and was directly responsible for German armoured supremacy in the early years of the Second World War....
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The Occult in National Socialism
- The Symbolic, Scientific, and Magical Influences on the Third Reich
- Written by: Stephen E. Flowers PhD
- Narrated by: Micah Hanks
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
In this comprehensive examination of Nazi occultism, Stephen E. Flowers, Ph.D., offers a critical history and analysis of the occult and esoteric streams of thought active in the Third Reich and the growth of occult Nazism at work in movements today....
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Churchill, Hitler, and 'The Unnecessary War'
- How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
- Written by: Patrick J. Buchanan
- Narrated by: Don Leslie
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story5 out of 5 stars 16
Patrick Buchanan makes the case that, if not for the blunders of British statesmen - Winston Churchill first among them - the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust might have been avoided....
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3 out of 5 stars
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But what would have happened then.
- By Kindle RBW on 2019-06-03
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Normandy '44
- D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France
- Written by: James Holland
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 24 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story5 out of 5 stars 29
D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the 76 days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west - the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Kindle Customer on 2023-08-12