Bestsellers
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The War on the West
- Written by: Douglas Murray
- Narrated by: Douglas Murray
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 615
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 545
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Story5 out of 5 stars 540
In The War on the West, Douglas Murray shows how many well-meaning people have been fooled by hypocritical and inconsistent anti-West rhetoric....
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best audiobooks I've ever purchased
- By Mark on 2022-05-13
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
- Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
- Written by: Douglas Brunt
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I now know
- By Charlie on 2024-05-12
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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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The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
- Written by: W. Y. Evans-Wentz
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
The mysticism and fairy folklore of Celtic England, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Brittany, and Wales is explored in this production, which focuses on interviews conducted with everyday citizens about their beliefs, sightings, and encounters in the early 20th century....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Interesting but bad narration
- By Patti on 2023-02-22
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Oathbreakers
- The War of Brothers That Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe
- Written by: Matthew Gabriele, David M. Perry
- Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 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
The authors of The Bright Ages return with a real-life Game of Thrones—the story of the Carolingian Civil War, a bloody, protracted battle pitting brother against brother, father against son, that would end an empire, upend a continent, and redefine the future of Europe.
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The Fabric of Civilization
- How Textiles Made the World
- Written by: Virginia I. Postrel
- Narrated by: Caroline Cole
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, explore the global history of textiles and the world they weave together in this enthralling and educational guide....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fabrics are everywhere!
- By Roberta W on 2023-10-01
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The War on the West
- Written by: Douglas Murray
- Narrated by: Douglas Murray
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 615
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 545
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Story5 out of 5 stars 540
In The War on the West, Douglas Murray shows how many well-meaning people have been fooled by hypocritical and inconsistent anti-West rhetoric....
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best audiobooks I've ever purchased
- By Mark on 2022-05-13
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
- Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
- Written by: Douglas Brunt
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I now know
- By Charlie on 2024-05-12
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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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The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
- Written by: W. Y. Evans-Wentz
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
The mysticism and fairy folklore of Celtic England, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Brittany, and Wales is explored in this production, which focuses on interviews conducted with everyday citizens about their beliefs, sightings, and encounters in the early 20th century....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Interesting but bad narration
- By Patti on 2023-02-22
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Oathbreakers
- The War of Brothers That Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe
- Written by: Matthew Gabriele, David M. Perry
- Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 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
The authors of The Bright Ages return with a real-life Game of Thrones—the story of the Carolingian Civil War, a bloody, protracted battle pitting brother against brother, father against son, that would end an empire, upend a continent, and redefine the future of Europe.
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The Fabric of Civilization
- How Textiles Made the World
- Written by: Virginia I. Postrel
- Narrated by: Caroline Cole
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, explore the global history of textiles and the world they weave together in this enthralling and educational guide....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fabrics are everywhere!
- By Roberta W on 2023-10-01
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A Distant Mirror
- The Calamitous Fourteenth Century
- Written by: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 28 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
The 14th century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry; and on the other, a time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world of chaos and the plague....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good but missed the mark
- By Alexandre Lariviere on 2021-07-14
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume II: Alone, 1932-1940: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume II: Alone, 1932-1940
- Written by: William Manchester
- Narrated by: Richard Brown
- Length: 36 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 26
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Story5 out of 5 stars 26
This second volume in William Manchester's three-volume biography of Winston Churchill challenges the assumption that Churchill's finest hour was as a wartime leader....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good Book (mostly), Bad Audio
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-10-17
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Dunkirk
- Written by: Joshua Levine
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Leighton Pugh
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
The Battle of Dunkirk, in May/June 1940, is remembered as a stunning defeat yet a major victory as well....
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Napoleon
- A Life
- Written by: Adam Zamoyski
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 27 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 75
The story of Napoleon has been written many times. In some versions, he is a military genius, in others a war-obsessed tyrant. Historian Adam Zamoyski cuts through the mythology and explains Napoleon against the background of the European Enlightenment and what he was seeking to achieve....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great narration. Historically biased writing.
- By Quadratic on 2019-06-10
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume VI
- Written by: Edward Gibbon
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 28 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 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
Gibbon ends his masterful history by charting the rise of the Turkish nation and the birth of the Ottoman Empire....
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Big Week
- The Biggest Air Battle of World War II
- Written by: James Holland
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
In Big Week, acclaimed World War II historian James Holland chronicles the massive air battle through the experiences of those who lived and died during it. Prior to Big Week, the air forces on both sides were in crisis....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Grover Gardner Steals the Show
- By John Devlin on 2020-12-28
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The Liberator
- One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
- Written by: Alex Kershaw
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story5 out of 5 stars 20
The true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfectly Splendid
- By Trevor on 2022-03-04
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Ten Caesars
- Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine
- Written by: Barry Strauss
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
Best-selling classical historian Barry Strauss tells the story of three-and-a-half centuries of the Roman Empire through the lives of 10 of the most important emperors, from Augustus to Constantine....
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The Anglo-Saxon World
- Written by: Nicholas J. Higham, Martin J. Ryan
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
N. J. Higham and M. J. Ryan reexamine Anglo-Saxon England in the light of new research in disciplines as wide ranging as historical genetics, paleobotany, archaeology, literary studies, art history, and numismatics....
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5 out of 5 stars
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An in depth survey of Anglo-Saxon England
- By Curt Carbonell on 2023-06-01
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The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse
- The curious destinies of Queen Victoria's granddaughters
- Written by: Frances Welch
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing on hundreds of previously unseen letters from the sisters as well as from their grandmother Queen Victoria, The Princesses of Hesse takes us on a sweeping journey across the tumultuous landscape of the turn of the century.
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The Death of Caesar
- The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination
- Written by: Barry Strauss
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
William Shakespeare's gripping play showed Caesar's assassination to be an amateur and idealistic affair. The real killing, however, was a carefully planned paramilitary operation....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Highly recommend
- By Anonymous User on 2021-07-31
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The Shortest History of Europe
- Written by: John Hirst
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Celebrated historian John Hirst offers a fascinating exploration of the qualities that made Europe a world-changing civilization....
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The Diary Keepers
- World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It
- Written by: Nina Siegal
- Narrated by: Nina Siegal, Maggi-Meg Reed, Nan McNamara, and others
- Length: 17 hrs
- 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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A riveting look at the story of World War II and the Holocaust through the diaries of Dutch citizens, firsthand accounts of ordinary people living through extraordinary times....
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Aftermath
- Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955
- Written by: Harald Jähner, Shaun Whiteside - translator
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
How does a nation recover from fascism and turn toward a free society once more? This internationally acclaimed revelatory history of the transformational decade that followed World War II illustrates how Germany raised itself out of the ashes of defeat....
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume 3
- Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
- Written by: William Manchester, Paul Reid
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer, Paul Reid
- Length: 53 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
Spanning 1940 to 1965, this volume picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became prime minister - when Britain stood alone against the might of Nazi Germany....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story, but the Narration is poor.
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-08-18
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The Pity of War
- Explaining World War I
- Written by: Niall Ferguson
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 21 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
The Pity of War makes a simple and provocative argument: the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England's fault. According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German aims....
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N-4 Down
- The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia
- Written by: Mark Piesing
- Narrated by: Matt Jamie
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Triumphantly returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928, the world-famous exploring airship Italia — code-named N-4 — was struck by a terrible storm and crashed somewhere over the Arctic ice, triggering the largest polar rescue mission in history....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting and insightful
- By Roberta W on 2024-07-30
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The Pope and Mussolini
- The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
- Written by: David I. Kertzer
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
From National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer comes the gripping story of Pope Pius XI’s secret relations with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini....
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The True Story of the Christmas Truce
- British and German Eyewitness Accounts from World War I
- Written by: Anthony Richards, Hew Strachan - introduction
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 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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On Christmas Eve 1914, a group of German soldiers laid down their arms, lit lanterns, and started to sing Christmas carols. The British troops in nearby trenches responded by singing songs of their own....
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On to Victory
- The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23 - May 5, 1945
- Written by: Mark Zuehlke
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
It is remembered in the Netherlands as "the sweetest of springs," the one that saw the country's liberation from German occupation....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A story every Canadian should know.
- By jvoftweed on 2020-06-13
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Heretics and Heroes
- How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World
- Written by: Thomas Cahill
- Narrated by: Thomas Cahill
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4
From the inimitable bestselling author Thomas Cahill, another popular history - this one focusing on how the innovations of the Renaissance and the Reformation changed the Western world....
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George, Nicholas and Wilhelm
- Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I
- Written by: Miranda Carter
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 21 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Worthwhile
- By Shelly Creasy on 2023-11-07
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The Invention of Power
- Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West
- Written by: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Western exceptionalism - the idea that European civilizations are freer, wealthier, and less violent - is a widespread and powerful political idea. It has been a source of peace and prosperity in some societies, and of ethnic cleansing and havoc in others....
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The Verge
- Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years That Shook the World
- Written by: Patrick Wyman
- Narrated by: Patrick Wyman
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story5 out of 5 stars 59
The creator of the hit podcast series Tides of History and Fall of Rome explores the four explosive decades between 1490 and 1530, bringing to life the dramatic and deeply human story of how the West was reborn....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book
- By Justin Currie on 2021-07-28