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Alexander the Great
- The Hunt for a New Past
- Written by: Paul Cartledge
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Paul Cartledge, one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Greece, illuminates the brief but iconic life of Alexander (356-323 B.C.), king of Macedon, conqueror of the Persian Empire, and founder of a new world order. Alexander's legacy has had a major impact on military tacticians, scholars, statesmen, adventurers, authors, and filmmakers.
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Alexander the Great
- The Hunt for a New Past
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 2009-08-12
- Language: English
- Paul Cartledge, one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Greece, illuminates the brief but iconic life of Alexander (356-323 B.C.), king of Macedon, conqueror of the Persian Empire....
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Plutarch’s Lives, Volume 1
- Written by: Plutarch, John Dryden - translator
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 42 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Plutarch’s Lives remains one of the world’s most profoundly influential literary works. Written at the beginning of the second century, it forms a brilliant social history of the ancient world. His “parallel lives” were originally presented in a series of books that gave an account of one Greek and one Roman life, followed by a comparison of the two. Volume 1 compares Theseus and Romulus, Alcibiades and Coriolanus, and Aristides and Marcus Cato, among others.
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Plutarch’s Lives, Volume 1
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 42 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2011-04-28
- Language: English
- Plutarch’s Lives remains one of the world’s most profoundly influential literary works. Written at the beginning of the second century, it forms a brilliant social history of the ancient world....
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The Savior Generals
- How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq
- Written by: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Prominent military historian Victor Davis Hanson explores the nature of leadership with his usual depth and vivid prose in The Savior Generals, a set of brilliantly executed pocket biographies of five generals (Themistocles, Belisarius, William Tecumseh Sherman, Matthew Ridgway, and David Petraeus) who single-handedly saved their nations from defeat in war. War is rarely a predictable enterprise - it is a mess of luck, chance, and incalculable variables. Today's sure winner can easily become tomorrow's doomed loser.
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The Savior Generals
- How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2019-09-24
- Language: English
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Prominent military historian Victor Davis Hanson explores the nature of leadership with his usual depth and vivid prose in The Savior Generals, a set of brilliantly executed pocket biographies of five generals....
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The War of the Three Gods
- Romans, Persians, and the Rise of Islam
- Written by: Peter Crawford
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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The War of the Three Gods is a military history of the Near and Middle East in the seventh century - with its chief focus on the reign of the Eastern Roman Emperor Heraclius (AD 610-641) - a pivotal and dramatic time in world history. The Eastern Roman Empire was brought to the very brink of extinction by the Sassanid Persians before Heraclius managed to inflict a crushing defeat on the Sassanids with a desperate, final gambit.
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Excellent
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The War of the Three Gods
- Romans, Persians, and the Rise of Islam
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2014-10-07
- Language: English
- The War of the Three Gods is a military history of the Near and Middle East in the seventh century....
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The Persian Expedition
- Written by: Xenophon
- Narrated by: Pat Bottino
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Xenophon, after being exiled from Athens, spent the last years of his life hunting, writing, and recalling in his books the great days of the Persian expedition. This record of one of the most famous marches in history contains an account of the day-to-day life of ordinary men and soldiers. Translated by Rex Warner.
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The Persian Expedition
- Narrated by: Pat Bottino
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2008-04-07
- Language: English
- Xenophon, after being exiled from Athens, spent the last years of his life hunting, writing, and recalling in his books the great days of the Persian expedition....
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Alexander the Great
- Written by: Philip Freeman
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Alexander was born into the royal family of Macedonia, the kingdom that would soon rule over Greece. Tutored as a boy by Aristotle, Alexander had an inquisitive mind that would serve him well when he faced formidable obstacles during his military campaigns. Shortly after taking command of the army, he launched an invasion of the Persian Empire, and continued his conquests as far south as the deserts of Egypt and as far east as the mountains of present-day Pakistan and the plains of India.
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Edifying
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Alexander the Great
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2017-03-21
- Language: English
- Alexander was born into the royal family of Macedonia, the kingdom that would soon rule over Greece. Tutored as a boy by Aristotle, Alexander had an inquisitive mind....
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Soldier, Priest, and God
- A Life of Alexander the Great
- Written by: F. S. Naiden
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Whatever we may think of Alexander - whether Great or only lucky, a civilizer or a sociopath - most people do not regard him as a religious leader. And yet religion permeated all aspects of his career. When he used religion astutely, he and his army prospered. In Egypt, he performed the ceremonies needed to be pharaoh, and thus became a god as well as a priest. Babylon surrendered to him partly because he agreed to become a sacred king. When Alexander disregarded religion, he and his army suffered. In Iran, for instance, where he refused to be crowned and even destroyed a shrine, resistance against him mounted.
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Soldier, Priest, and God
- A Life of Alexander the Great
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 2018-12-25
- Language: English
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Whatever we may think of Alexander - whether Great or only lucky, a civilizer or a sociopath - most people do not regard him as a religious leader. And yet religion permeated all aspects of his career....
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Philip and Alexander
- Kings and Conquerors
- Written by: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Neil Dickson
- Length: 20 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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This definitive biography of one of history's most influential father-son duos tells the story of two rulers who gripped the world - and their rise and fall from power.
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excellent read
- By jeff olasz on 2021-06-06
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Philip and Alexander
- Kings and Conquerors
- Narrated by: Neil Dickson
- Length: 20 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2020-10-13
- Language: English
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This definitive biography of one of history's most influential father-son duos tells the story of two rulers who gripped the world - and their rise and fall from power....
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Alexander the Great
- Written by: Arrian
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the incredible story of the world's greatest conqueror, a man who single handedly changed the course of history...and who was worshipped as a god. There have been many attempts in the 2,300 years since Alexander's death to tell the epic story of this enigmatic soldier. His deeds read like the stuff of legends. Of all the chroniclers of Alexander, and there have been many famous ones, including Plutarch and Ptolemy, none have given us a clearer and truer account than the one by Arrian.
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Alexander the Great
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2004-01-29
- Language: English
- This is the incredible story of the world's greatest conqueror, a man who single handedly changed the course of history....
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Natural Born Heroes
- How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
- Written by: Christopher McDougall
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The best-selling author of Born to Run now travels to the Mediterranean, where he discovers that the secrets of ancient Greek heroes are still alive and well on the island of Crete, and ready to be unleashed in the muscles and minds of casual athletes and aspiring heroes everywhere.
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Well read and highly entertaining!
- By Dylan on 2018-09-13
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Natural Born Heroes
- How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2015-04-14
- Language: English
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The best-selling author of Born to Run now travels to the Mediterranean, where he discovers that the secrets of ancient Greek heroes are still alive and well on the island of Crete, and ready to be unleashed in the muscles and minds of casual athletes and aspiring heroes everywhere....
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Adults in the Room
- My Battle with the European and American Deep Establishment
- Written by: Yanis Varoufakis
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 20 hrs and 14 mins
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What happens when you take on the establishment? In Adults in the Room, renowned economist and former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis gives the full, blistering account of his momentous clash with the mightiest economic and political forces on earth.
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Absolutely brilliant! A must read for all students of political economy
- By Amish Chadha on 2019-09-13
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Adults in the Room
- My Battle with the European and American Deep Establishment
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 20 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2017-10-03
- Language: English
- Renowned economist and former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis gives the full account of his momentous clash with the mightiest economic and political forces on earth....
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Helen of Troy
- Written by: Bettany Hughes
- Narrated by: Bettany Hughes
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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For nearly three thousand years, Helen of Troy has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that it can wield. Held responsible for both the Trojan War and enduring the enmity between East and West, for millennia she has been viewed as an exquisite agent of extermination. But who was she really? Focusing on the 'real' Helen, bestselling historian Bettany Hughes reconstructs the true life for this elusive Green Bronze age princess and places her alongside the heroes and heroines of myth and history.
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Helen of Troy
- Narrated by: Bettany Hughes
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 2022-12-15
- Language: English
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Helen of Troy is one of the most evocative names in ancient history. For nearly three thousand years she has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that it can wield....
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Venus and Aphrodite
- A Biography of Desire
- Written by: Bettany Hughes
- Narrated by: Bettany Hughes
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
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Venus and Aphrodite brings together ancient art, mythology, and archaeological revelations to tell the story of human desire. From Mesopotamia to modern-day London, from Botticelli to Beyoncé, Hughes explains why this immortal goddess continues to entrance us today - and how we trivialize her power at our peril.
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Venus and Aphrodite
- A Biography of Desire
- Narrated by: Bettany Hughes
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 2020-09-22
- Language: English
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A cultural history of the goddess of love, from a New York Times best-selling and award-winning historian....
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Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
- Written by: Diogenes Laertius, Pamela Mensch - translator, James Miller - editor
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 28 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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This anthology is a miscellany of maxims and anecdotes that generations of Western readers have consulted for edification as well as entertainment ever since Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, first compiled in the AD third century, came to prominence in Renaissance Italy. To this day, it remains a crucial source for much of what we know about the origins and practice of philosophy in ancient Greece.
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Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 28 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2018-12-04
- Language: English
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This anthology is a miscellany of maxims and anecdotes that generations of Western readers have consulted for edification as well as entertainment ever since Lives of the Eminent Philosophers came to prominence in Renaissance Italy....
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The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic
- Written by: Jean-Manuel Roubineau, Malcolm DeBevoise - translator, Phillip Mitsis - editor
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Beyond the rehashed clichés, this book inspires us to rediscover Diogenes' philosophical legacy—whether it be the challenge to the established order, the detachment from materialism, the choice of a return to nature, or the formulation of a cosmopolitan ideal strongly rooted in the belief that virtue is better revealed in action than in theory.
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The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 2024-07-16
- Language: English
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Roubineau sifts through the many legends and apocryphal stories that surround the life of Diogenes. Roubineau retraces the known facts of Diogenes' existence....
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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 of 2
- Written by: Plutarch, John Dryden - translator
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 37 hrs and 25 mins
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This epic chronicle by Plutarch (A.D. 46-120) continues with the lives of great Grecians and Romans. These biographies of the men who created the ancient world are brought to life in this new, high-quality recording. Legends such as Caesar, Alexander, Cicero, Demosthenes, and many others come alive as their politics, economy, and their individual stories play out in the time of the ancients. This translation is by John Dryden and is considered by scholars to be the quintessential translation.
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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 of 2
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 37 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 2014-10-27
- Language: English
- This epic chronicle by Plutarch (A.D. 46-120) continues with the lives of great Grecians and Romans....
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Alexander the Great
- His Life and His Mysterious Death
- Written by: Anthony Everitt
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In Alexander the Great, Anthony Everitt judges Alexander’s life against the criteria of his own age and considers all his contradictions. We meet the Macedonian prince who was naturally inquisitive and fascinated by science and exploration, as well as the man who enjoyed the arts and used Homer’s great epic, the Iliad, as a bible. As his empire grew, Alexander exhibited respect for the traditions of his new subjects and careful judgment in administering rule over his vast territory. But his career also had a dark side.
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Alexander the Great
- His Life and His Mysterious Death
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2019-08-27
- Language: English
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What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world’s greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial revisionist portrait....
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Socrates
- A Man for Our Times
- Written by: Paul Johnson
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
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Acclaimed historian and best-selling author Paul Johnson’s books have been translated into dozens of languages. In Socrates: A Man for Our Times, Johnson draws from little-known resources to construct a fascinating account of one of history’s greatest thinkers. Socrates transcended class limitations in Athens during the fifth century B.C. to develop ideas that still shape the way we think about the human body and soul, including the workings of the human mind.
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Socrates
- A Man for Our Times
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 2011-10-13
- Language: English
- In Socrates: A Man for Our Times, Johnson draws from little-known resources to construct a fascinating account of one of history’s greatest thinkers....
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The Life of Alcibiades
- Written by: Cornelius Nepos
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 21 mins
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Alcibiades was brilliant beyond his time and ambitious beyond his own safety. Was he traitor or true patriot? Even his own historian was not sure.
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Annoying 'lispy' accent
- By Jonathan on 2019-11-19
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The Life of Alcibiades
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 21 mins
- Release date: 2018-11-19
- Language: English
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Alcibiades was brilliant beyond his time and ambitious beyond his own safety. Was he traitor or true patriot? Even his own historian was not sure....
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The Greek Connection
- The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos and the Untold Story of Watergate
- Written by: James H. Barron
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 19 hrs and 18 mins
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He was one of the most fascinating figures in 20th-century political history. Yet today, Elias Demetracopoulos is strangely overlooked - even though his life reads like an epic adventure story....
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The Greek Connection
- The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos and the Untold Story of Watergate
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 19 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2020-07-28
- Language: English
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He was one of the most fascinating figures in 20th-century political history. Yet today, Elias Demetracopoulos is strangely overlooked - even though his life reads like an epic adventure story....
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