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Bestsellers
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The Pursuit of Power
- Europe: 1815-1914
- Written by: Richard J. Evans
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 41 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Richard J. Evans's gripping narrative ranges across a century of social and national conflicts, from the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 to the unification of both Germany and Italy....
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5 out of 5 stars
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So good
- By MyPublicName on 2023-11-12
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Imperial Twilight
- The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
- Written by: Stephen R. Platt
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
As one of the most potent turning points in the country's modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today's China seeks to put behind it....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well written but not the story I was hoping for
- By Simon on 2022-02-03
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The Napoleonic Wars
- Written by: Alexander Mikaberidze
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 35 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
The Napoleonic Wars saw fighting on an unprecedented scale in Europe and the Americas. It took the wealth of the British Empire, combined with the might of the continental armies, almost two decades to bring down one of the world's greatest military leaders and the empire he had created....
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5 out of 5 stars
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informative and broad.
- By bill on 2021-03-11
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Like Wolves on the Fold
- The Defense of Rorke's Drift
- Written by: Lieutenant Colonel Mike Snook, Lieutenant Colonel Huw Lloyd-Jones - foreword
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 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
On January 22, 1879, the British Army in South Africa was swept aside by the seemingly unstoppable Zulu warriors at the Battle of Isandlwana....
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The Theory of the Leisure Class
- Written by: Thorstein Veblen
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 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
The controversial American economist and social critic Thorstein Veblen here appropriates Darwin's theory of evolution to analyze the modern industrial system....
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From Midnight to Dawn
- The Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad
- Written by: Jacqueline Tobin, Hettie Jones
- Narrated by: Richard Allen
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 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 Underground Railroad was the passage to freedom for many slaves, but it was rife with dangers....
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The Pursuit of Power
- Europe: 1815-1914
- Written by: Richard J. Evans
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 41 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Richard J. Evans's gripping narrative ranges across a century of social and national conflicts, from the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 to the unification of both Germany and Italy....
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5 out of 5 stars
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So good
- By MyPublicName on 2023-11-12
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Imperial Twilight
- The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
- Written by: Stephen R. Platt
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
As one of the most potent turning points in the country's modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today's China seeks to put behind it....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well written but not the story I was hoping for
- By Simon on 2022-02-03
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The Napoleonic Wars
- Written by: Alexander Mikaberidze
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 35 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
The Napoleonic Wars saw fighting on an unprecedented scale in Europe and the Americas. It took the wealth of the British Empire, combined with the might of the continental armies, almost two decades to bring down one of the world's greatest military leaders and the empire he had created....
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5 out of 5 stars
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informative and broad.
- By bill on 2021-03-11
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Like Wolves on the Fold
- The Defense of Rorke's Drift
- Written by: Lieutenant Colonel Mike Snook, Lieutenant Colonel Huw Lloyd-Jones - foreword
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 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
On January 22, 1879, the British Army in South Africa was swept aside by the seemingly unstoppable Zulu warriors at the Battle of Isandlwana....
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The Theory of the Leisure Class
- Written by: Thorstein Veblen
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 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
The controversial American economist and social critic Thorstein Veblen here appropriates Darwin's theory of evolution to analyze the modern industrial system....
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From Midnight to Dawn
- The Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad
- Written by: Jacqueline Tobin, Hettie Jones
- Narrated by: Richard Allen
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 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 Underground Railroad was the passage to freedom for many slaves, but it was rife with dangers....
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Skeletons on the Zahara
- A True Story of Survival
- Written by: Dean King
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of 12 American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Skeletons on the Zahara
- By Conrad Noble on 2022-06-14
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The Famine Plot
- England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy
- Written by: Tim Pat Coogan
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Unflinching in depicting the evidence, Coogan presents a vivid and horrifying picture of a catastrophe that shook the 19th century and finally calls to account those responsible....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating
- By Dude on 2020-10-25
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Island of the Lost
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- Written by: Joan Druett
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
In 1864, Captain Thomas Musgrave and his crew of four aboard the schooner Grafton wreck on the southern end of Auckland Island....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dueling Journals...
- By Meredith on 2021-07-30
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Ghost Ship
- The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew
- Written by: Brian Hicks
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 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 December 4th, 1872, a 100-foot brigantine was discovered drifting through the North Atlantic without a soul on board. Not a sign of struggle, not a shred of damage, no ransacked cargo-and not a trace of the captain, his wife and daughter, or the crew....
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Mark Twain
- Written by: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 48 hrs
- 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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Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of the writer long celebrated as the father of American literature, Mark Twain.
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The Man in the Red Coat
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending - a rich, witty, revelatory tour of Belle Epoque Paris, via the remarkable life story of the pioneering surgeon, Samuel Pozzi....
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5 out of 5 stars
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incompetent readee
- By Ronald de Sousa on 2020-03-16
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Massacre, Trial, and Aftermath: 1880-1916
- The Donnellys, Volume 2
- Written by: John Little
- Narrated by: Gareth Richards
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance1 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
In 1880, an organized mob of the Donnellys' enemies murders four family members and burns their house to the ground. Another sibling is shot to death in a house a short distance away. William Donnelly and a teenage boy are the only witnesses to the murders....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Worst narrator ever
- By DollakLaw on 2022-02-10
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La guerre de Sécession
- Written by: John Keegan
- Narrated by: François Cottrelle
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 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
Occultée par la vision littéraire antagoniste de La Case de l'oncle Tom et d'Autant en emporte le vent, la guerre de Sécession demeure méconnue...
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Bonaparte - Tome 1
- Written by: André Castelot
- Narrated by: Hervé Lavigne
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 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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D'Ajaccio à Sainte-Hélène, en passant par le Grand-Saint-Bernard, Austerlitz, Moscou, Waterloo, l'île d'Elbe, André Castelot a mis ses pas dans ceux de Napoléon Bonaparte...
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Jane Austen at Home
- A Biography (250th Birthday Edition)
- Written by: Lucy Worsley
- Narrated by: Lucy Worsley
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, Lucy Worsley has written an Introduction to her Sunday Times Bestselling biography - the book that leads us into the rooms from which our best-loved novelist quietly changed the world.
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Bismarck's War
- The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe
- Written by: Rachel Chrastil
- Narrated by: Sarah Borges
- Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 2
Historian Rachel Chrastil presents a definitive new history of the war that toppled the French Empire, unified Germany, and set Europe on the path to World War I....
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Louis Riel
- Written by: Dan Asfar, Tim Chodan
- Narrated by: Steve Jodoin
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
Champion of a people or traitorous rabble-rouser? Political visionary or religious lunatic? Louis Riel is one of the most ambiguous figures in Canadian history, a man who stood and fell for the Métis nation. Hear about the fascinating western icon in this well-paced biography....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Louis Riel Doesn’t Take Sides in Its Telling
- By Ringo Davil on 2023-07-09