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  • An African History of Africa cover art

    • An African History of Africa

    • From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
    • Written by: Zeinab Badawi
    • Narrated by: Zeinab Badawi
    • Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 2025-01-14
    • Language: English
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    • Already a major international bestseller, Zeinab Badawi’s sweeping and much-needed survey of African history traces the continent’s extraordinary legacy from prehistory to the present from the African perspective.

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    • Strongmen

    • Mussolini to the Present
    • Written by: Ruth Ben-Ghiat
    • Narrated by: Chloe Cannon
    • Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 2020-11-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 38 ratings

    • Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin. Here, she lays bare the blueprint these leaders have followed over the past 100 years, and empowers us to recognize, resist, and prevent their disastrous rule....

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    • The Habsburg Empire

    • A New History
    • Written by: Pieter M. Judson
    • Narrated by: Michael Page
    • Length: 18 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 2017-01-25
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • In a panoramic and pioneering reappraisal, Pieter M. Judson shows why the Habsburg Empire mattered so much, for so long, to millions of Central Europeans....

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    • Knowing What We Know

    • The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
    • Written by: Simon Winchester
    • Narrated by: Simon Winchester
    • Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 2023-04-25
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

    • From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes—this is Simon Winchester’s all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information, and how technology continues to change our lives and our minds....

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    • Spearhead

    • An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II
    • Written by: Adam Makos
    • Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
    • Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 2019-02-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 125 ratings

    • From the author of the international best seller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story of an American tank gunner’s journey into the heart of the Third Reich, where he will meet destiny in an iconic armor duel - and forge an enduring bond with his enemy....

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    • Liquid Rules

    • The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
    • Written by: Mark Miodownik
    • Narrated by: Michael Page
    • Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 2019-02-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

    • Sometimes explosive, often delicious, occasionally poisonous, but always interesting: The New York Times best-selling author of Stuff Matters reveal the secret lives of liquids: the shadow counterpart of our solid "stuff"....

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    • Heart of Europe

    • A History of the Holy Roman Empire
    • Written by: Peter H. Wilson
    • Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
    • Length: 34 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 2017-06-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • The Holy Roman Empire lasted 1,000 years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable dominion never inspired the awe of its predecessor....

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    • Energy

    • A Human History
    • Written by: Richard Rhodes
    • Narrated by: Jacques Roy
    • Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 2018-05-29
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 21 ratings

    • Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the fascinating history behind energy transitions over time - wood to coal to oil to electricity and beyond....

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    • How Democracies Die

    • Written by: Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt
    • Narrated by: Fred Sanders
    • Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 2018-01-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 90 ratings

    • Democracies can die with a coup d'état - or they can die slowly. This happens most deceptively when in piecemeal fashion, with the election of an authoritarian leader, the abuse of governmental power and the complete repression of opposition....

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  • Why the West Rules - for Now cover art

    • Why the West Rules - for Now

    • The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future
    • Written by: Ian Morris
    • Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
    • Length: 24 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 2011-02-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed....

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    • These Truths

    • A History of the United States
    • Written by: Jill Lepore
    • Narrated by: Jill Lepore
    • Length: 29 hrs
    • Release date: 2018-09-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 31 ratings

    • In riveting prose, These Truths tells the story of America, beginning in 1492, to ask whether the course of events has proven the nation's founding truths or belied them....

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    • Modern History

    • A Captivating Guide to the Key Events, Cultures, and Transformations Shaping Europe, America, Africa, and Asia in the Contemporary World
    • Written by: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Length: 23 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 2025-01-22
    • Language: English
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    • Whether you're a history enthusiast or just looking to expand your knowledge, this audiobook provides an accessible and engaging way to understand the forces that have molded our world.

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    • Patria 1

    • Written by: Paco Ignacio Taibo II
    • Narrated by: Pedro de Aguillón Jr.
    • Series: Patria, Book 1
    • Length: 15 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 2020-10-28
    • Language: Spanish
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    • Los protagonistas de la resistencia, de la república armada, fueron una generación de ciudadanos endiabladamente inteligentes, agudos, esforzados, laboriosos; personajes terriblemente celosos de su independencia y espíritu crítico, honestos hasta la absoluta pobreza....

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    • Iran

    • A Modern History
    • Written by: Abbas Amanat
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 41 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 2018-08-07
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 35 ratings

    • This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years....

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    • The Perfectionists

    • How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
    • Written by: Simon Winchester
    • Narrated by: Simon Winchester
    • Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 2018-05-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 60 ratings

    • The best-selling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement - precision - in a superb history....

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    • Case Closed

    • Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK
    • Written by: Gerald Posner
    • Narrated by: Scott Aiello
    • Length: 20 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 2015-03-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Gerald Posner examines all of the available evidence and reaches the only possible conclusion: Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone....

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    • The Biggest Prison on Earth

    • A History of the Occupied Territories
    • Written by: Ilan Pappe
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 2019-06-11
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

    • Published on the 15th anniversary of the Six-Day War that culminated in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Pappe offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the world's most prolonged and tragic conflicts....

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    • 1493

    • Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
    • Written by: Charles C. Mann
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 17 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 2011-08-09
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 44 ratings

    • More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically different suites of plants and animals....

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    • The Square and the Tower

    • Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
    • Written by: Niall Ferguson
    • Narrated by: Elliot Hill
    • Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 2018-01-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 73 ratings
    • A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networks....

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    • Sweetness and Power

    • The Place of Sugar in Modern History
    • Written by: Sidney W. Mintz
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 2017-06-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In this eye-opening study, Sidney W. Mintz shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life....

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