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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Written by: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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Good but with typical western historian biases
- By Pragmatic Indian Cricket Fan on 14-05-22
Written by: Jack Weatherford
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Music
- A Subversive History
- Written by: Ted Gioia
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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"A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched" (Los Angeles Times) global history of music that reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions....
Written by: Ted Gioia
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Partition Voices
- Untold British Stories
- Written by: Kavita Puri
- Narrated by: Kavita Puri
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
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Dotted across homes in Britain are people who were witnesses to one of the most tumultuous events of the 20th century. Yet their memory of India’s partition has been shrouded in silence....
Written by: Kavita Puri
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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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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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Almost an Anthropological Account of an Aeon!
- By Girish B Hukkeri on 07-03-20
Written by: William L. Shirer
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Return of a King
- The Battle for Afghanistan
- Written by: William Dalrymple
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Using a range of forgotten Afghan and Indian sources, William Dalrymple's masterful retelling of Britain's greatest imperial disaster is a powerful parable of colonial ambition and cultural collision, folly and hubris. Return of a King is history at its most urgent and important....
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Must Listen
- By anup on 05-10-21
Written by: William Dalrymple
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Striking Back
- The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response
- Written by: Aaron J. Klein
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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1972. The Munich Olympics. Palestinian members of the Black September group murder 11 Israeli athletes....
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Gripping
- By C Hembrom on 20-04-20
Written by: Aaron J. Klein
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Written by: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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Good but with typical western historian biases
- By Pragmatic Indian Cricket Fan on 14-05-22
Written by: Jack Weatherford
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Music
- A Subversive History
- Written by: Ted Gioia
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
"A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched" (Los Angeles Times) global history of music that reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions....
Written by: Ted Gioia
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Partition Voices
- Untold British Stories
- Written by: Kavita Puri
- Narrated by: Kavita Puri
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Dotted across homes in Britain are people who were witnesses to one of the most tumultuous events of the 20th century. Yet their memory of India’s partition has been shrouded in silence....
Written by: Kavita Puri
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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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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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Almost an Anthropological Account of an Aeon!
- By Girish B Hukkeri on 07-03-20
Written by: William L. Shirer
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Return of a King
- The Battle for Afghanistan
- Written by: William Dalrymple
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Using a range of forgotten Afghan and Indian sources, William Dalrymple's masterful retelling of Britain's greatest imperial disaster is a powerful parable of colonial ambition and cultural collision, folly and hubris. Return of a King is history at its most urgent and important....
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Must Listen
- By anup on 05-10-21
Written by: William Dalrymple
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Striking Back
- The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response
- Written by: Aaron J. Klein
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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1972. The Munich Olympics. Palestinian members of the Black September group murder 11 Israeli athletes....
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Gripping
- By C Hembrom on 20-04-20
Written by: Aaron J. Klein
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Churchill's Secret War
- The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II
- Written by: Madhusree Mukarjee
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
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In the tradition of The Rape of Nanking and A Problem from Hell, this account will change the way we think of Churchill and World War II....
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Very good
- By Silvester Pandiaraj on 09-03-23
Written by: Madhusree Mukarjee
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The Age of Reason Begins
- A History of European Civilization in the Period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes: 1558 - 1648: The Story of Civilization, Book 7
- Written by: Will Durant, Ariel Durant
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 34 hrs and 51 mins
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This seventh volume of Will and Ariel Durant's renowned Story of Civilization chronicles the history of European civilization from 1558 to 1648....
Written by: Will Durant,
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The Iliad
- Written by: Homer, Richmond Lattimore - translator
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
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The great legacy of The Iliad is its shattering revelation of what it means to be human in the face of life's uncertainty and fleeting mortality....
Written by: Homer,
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Railways and the Raj
- How the Age of Steam Transformed India
- Written by: Christian Wolmar
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
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India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. There were vast riches to be exploited and vast numbers of people to be subjugated....
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50% was boring to me
- By Bobby Cycle Bathinda on 13-11-22
Written by: Christian Wolmar
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The Foundations of Western Civilization
- Written by: Thomas F. X. Noble, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Thomas F. X. Noble
- Length: 24 hrs and 51 mins
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This broad and panoramic series, ripe with the telling detail on which history can turn, will help you pull an enormous sweep of history together into one coherent framework....
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completeness of the subject matter
- By pranab kumar mishra on 23-06-22
Written by: Thomas F. X. Noble,
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The Invention of Air
- Written by: Steven Johnson
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
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Steven Johnson recounts the story of the brilliant man who embodied the relationship between science, religion, and politics for America's Founding Fathers....
Written by: Steven Johnson
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Viceroys
- Written by: Christopher Lee
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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Viceroys is the story of the British aristocracy sent to govern India during the reigns of five British monarchs. It is also the story of how the modern British identity was established....
Written by: Christopher Lee
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Eye of the Storm
- Twenty-Five Years in Action with the SAS
- Written by: Peter Ratcliffe, Noel Botham, Brian Hitchen
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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Peter Ratcliffe served in the SAS for 25 years. Blooded in Oman in the 1970s, he also saw action in Northern Ireland, in the Falklands War, and in the Gulf campaign....
Written by: Peter Ratcliffe,
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The Renaissance
- A History of Civilization in Italy from 1304 - 1576 AD, The Story of Civilization, Volume 5
- Written by: Will Durant
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 37 hrs and 9 mins
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The Renaissance chronicles the history of Italy from1304 to 1576. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter the poets Petrarch and Boccaccio, the fathers of the Renaissance....
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Golden Age of Art
- By Anonymous User on 07-04-24
Written by: Will Durant
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The Age of Voltaire
- A History of Civlization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with Special Emphasis on the Conflict between Religion and Philosophy
- Written by: Will Durant, Ariel Durant
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 42 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The Age of Voltaire, the ninth volume of The Story of Civilization, is an in-depth examination of France and England in the first half of the 18th century....
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Profound Discussion of Religion vs Reason
- By Anonymous User on 13-07-24
Written by: Will Durant,
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Rousseau and Revolution
- The Story of Civilization, Book 10
- Written by: Will Durant, Ariel Durant
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 57 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Rousseau and Revolution, the tenth volume of the Story of Civilization, ranges over a Europe in ferment, but centers on the passionate rebel-philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau....
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Revolutionary Times Encapsulated By A Revolutionary Historian
- By Anonymous User on 09-08-24
Written by: Will Durant,
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Redeeming 'The Prince'
- The Meaning of Machiavelli's Masterpiece
- Written by: Maurizio Viroli
- Narrated by: Chris Kayser
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
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Overturning popular misconceptions and challenging scholarly consensus, Maurizio Viroli provides a fresh introduction to Machiavelli's The Prince....
Written by: Maurizio Viroli
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Iron, Fire and Ice
- The Real History That Inspired Game of Thrones
- Written by: Ed West
- Narrated by: Rory Barnett
- Length: 20 hrs and 15 mins
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A young pretender raises an army to take the throne. Learning of his father’s death, the adolescent, dashing and charismatic and descended from the old kings of the North, vows to avenge him....
Written by: Ed West
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The Rise of Western Christendom (10th Anniversary Revised Edition)
- Triumph and Diversity, A.D. 200-1000
- Written by: Peter Brown
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 26 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity's first thousand years of history features a new preface and an updated bibliography....
Written by: Peter Brown
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Putin's Wars and NATO's Flaws
- Why Russia Invaded Ukraine
- Written by: Paul Moorcraft
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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This book explores why there is a major war again in Europe. Putin's actions need to be understood if not forgiven. With the Ukraine conflict seen as a proxy war of NATO versus Russia, how likely is the fighting to spread?
Written by: Paul Moorcraft
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Ibn Khaldun
- An Intellectual Biography
- Written by: Robert Irwin
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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In this groundbreaking intellectual biography, Robert Irwin provides the definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab genius who wrote the Muqaddima....
Written by: Robert Irwin
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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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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....
Written by: Adam Tooze
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The Peloponnesian War
- Written by: Thucydides
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 26 hrs and 17 mins
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Historians universally agree that Thucydides was the greatest historian who has ever lived, and that his story of the Peloponnesian conflict is a marvel of forensic science and fine literature....
Written by: Thucydides
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
- A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
- Written by: Peter Heather
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
- Length: 21 hrs and 43 mins
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Peter Heather convincingly argues that the Roman Empire was not on the brink of social or moral collapse. What brought it to an end were the barbarians....
Written by: Peter Heather
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The Age of Faith, Volume 4
- Written by: Will Durant
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 61 hrs and 23 mins
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The fourth volume in Will Durant's Pulitzer Prize-winning series, The Age of Faith surveys the medieval achievements and modern significance of Christian, Islamic, and Judaic life and culture....
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From Darkness to The Threshold of Light
- By Anonymous User on 09-03-24
Written by: Will Durant
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Leonardo da Vinci - De biografie
- Written by: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Jeroen Tjepkema
- Length: 17 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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De geheimen van de grootste genie uit de geschiedenis. Leonardo da Vinci wordt gezien als het meest creatieve genie ooit. Naast zijn wereldberoemde...
Written by: Walter Isaacson
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The Bill Bryson BBC Radio Collection
- Divided by a Common Language, Journeys in English and More
- Written by: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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Bill Bryson is the world's funniest travel writer, and a master of comic observation....
Written by: Bill Bryson
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Histories
- Written by: Herodotus
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
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In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus describes the growth of the Persian Empire with force, authority, and style....
Written by: Herodotus
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The Age of the Vikings
- Written by: Anders Winroth
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Drawing on a wealth of written, visual, and archaeological evidence, The Age of the Vikings sheds new light on the complex society and culture of these legendary seafarers....
Written by: Anders Winroth
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Dope Girls
- The Birth of the British Drug Underground
- Written by: Marek Kohn
- Narrated by: Jaimi Barbakoff
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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This is a discussion of the transformation of drug use (especially morphine and cocaine, which was once commonly available in any chemist's shop) into a national menace. It revolves around the death of Billie Carleton, a West End musical actress, in 1918. Its cast of characters includes Brilliant Chang, a Chinese restaurant proprietor and Edgar Manning, a jazz drummer from Jamaica. They were eventually identified as the villains of the affair and invested with a highly charged sexual menace.
Written by: Marek Kohn
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Freiheitsschock
- Eine andere Geschichte Ostdeutschlands von 1989 bis heute
- Written by: Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk
- Narrated by: Alexander Gamnitzer
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Der Kampf um Freiheit in Ostdeutschland – Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuks kompromisslose Analyse. 1989/90 erlitt Ostdeutschland einen "Freiheitsschock", das ist die Grundthese dieses Hörbuches. Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk erzählt die Geschichte Ostdeutschlands seit 1990 als Kampf um die Freiheit – ein Kampf, dessen Ausgang richtungsweisend ist für die Zukunft ganz Deutschlands. Er will aufrütteln: zu mehr aktiver Eigenverantwortung, zu einer Abkehr von der eigenen Opferrolle und zu einem Blick auf die Geschichte, bei dem die DDR nicht immer schöner wird, je länger sie her ist.
Written by: Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk
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التجربة الالمانية.. دراسة في عوامل النجاح السياسي [The German Experience...A Study of the Factors of Political Success]
- Written by: محمد صادق إسماعيل
- Narrated by: رهام الزين
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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تعدّ التجربة الألمانية تجربةً ناجحة اقتصادية في الأساس ويعدو ذلك إلى النظام الذي وضعه المستشار بيسمارك في القرن التاسع عشر والذي كان سببًا في منحه لقب المستشار الحديدي حيث وضع نظام التقاعد والضمان الاجتماعي والصحي والتي لا زالت قائمة حتى وقتنا الحالي..
Written by: محمد صادق إسماعيل
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Charles III
- New King. New Court. The Inside Story.
- Written by: Robert Hardman
- Narrated by: Robert Hardman
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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By the acclaimed royal biographer and commentator Robert Hardman, Charles III is a brilliant and intimate portrait of the new monarch that draws on unrivalled access to the Royal Family, their close friends and staff, plus previously unseen papers from the Royal Archives.
Written by: Robert Hardman
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V13
- Chronicle of a Trial
- Written by: Emmanuel Carrère
- Narrated by: Rory Alexander
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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On 13 November 2015, nine attackers wearing suicide bombs killed 130 people and left hundreds wounded at sites in and around Paris in the deadliest attack on French soil since the Second World War. V13 was the code name for the much-awaited trial of these attacks. In V13, Emmanuel Carrère follows this landmark trial from its first day to its last, taking us behind the scenes to the lawyers, survivors, family members and the defendants. He assembles, in painstaking and subtle detail, a human portrait of the crime – a study of good and evil, and the philosophical journey through the borderlands.
Written by: Emmanuel Carrère
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Letters on England
- Written by: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
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One of France's greatest writers, Voltaire was frequently persecuted for his ideas and as a result, spent time in the famed Bastille. He fled his native land for England in 1726, at which time he witnessed the differences between the two countries. His celebrated Letters on England was first published in that nation in 1733 and contained 24 succinct letters on subjects ranging from religion and politics, to trade, the arts, philosophy, and science.
Written by: Voltaire
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Dope Girls
- The Birth of the British Drug Underground
- Written by: Marek Kohn
- Narrated by: Jaimi Barbakoff
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a discussion of the transformation of drug use (especially morphine and cocaine, which was once commonly available in any chemist's shop) into a national menace. It revolves around the death of Billie Carleton, a West End musical actress, in 1918. Its cast of characters includes Brilliant Chang, a Chinese restaurant proprietor and Edgar Manning, a jazz drummer from Jamaica. They were eventually identified as the villains of the affair and invested with a highly charged sexual menace.
Written by: Marek Kohn
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Freiheitsschock
- Eine andere Geschichte Ostdeutschlands von 1989 bis heute
- Written by: Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk
- Narrated by: Alexander Gamnitzer
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Der Kampf um Freiheit in Ostdeutschland – Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuks kompromisslose Analyse. 1989/90 erlitt Ostdeutschland einen "Freiheitsschock", das ist die Grundthese dieses Hörbuches. Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk erzählt die Geschichte Ostdeutschlands seit 1990 als Kampf um die Freiheit – ein Kampf, dessen Ausgang richtungsweisend ist für die Zukunft ganz Deutschlands. Er will aufrütteln: zu mehr aktiver Eigenverantwortung, zu einer Abkehr von der eigenen Opferrolle und zu einem Blick auf die Geschichte, bei dem die DDR nicht immer schöner wird, je länger sie her ist.
Written by: Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk
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التجربة الالمانية.. دراسة في عوامل النجاح السياسي [The German Experience...A Study of the Factors of Political Success]
- Written by: محمد صادق إسماعيل
- Narrated by: رهام الزين
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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تعدّ التجربة الألمانية تجربةً ناجحة اقتصادية في الأساس ويعدو ذلك إلى النظام الذي وضعه المستشار بيسمارك في القرن التاسع عشر والذي كان سببًا في منحه لقب المستشار الحديدي حيث وضع نظام التقاعد والضمان الاجتماعي والصحي والتي لا زالت قائمة حتى وقتنا الحالي..
Written by: محمد صادق إسماعيل
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Charles III
- New King. New Court. The Inside Story.
- Written by: Robert Hardman
- Narrated by: Robert Hardman
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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By the acclaimed royal biographer and commentator Robert Hardman, Charles III is a brilliant and intimate portrait of the new monarch that draws on unrivalled access to the Royal Family, their close friends and staff, plus previously unseen papers from the Royal Archives.
Written by: Robert Hardman
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V13
- Chronicle of a Trial
- Written by: Emmanuel Carrère
- Narrated by: Rory Alexander
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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On 13 November 2015, nine attackers wearing suicide bombs killed 130 people and left hundreds wounded at sites in and around Paris in the deadliest attack on French soil since the Second World War. V13 was the code name for the much-awaited trial of these attacks. In V13, Emmanuel Carrère follows this landmark trial from its first day to its last, taking us behind the scenes to the lawyers, survivors, family members and the defendants. He assembles, in painstaking and subtle detail, a human portrait of the crime – a study of good and evil, and the philosophical journey through the borderlands.
Written by: Emmanuel Carrère
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Letters on England
- Written by: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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One of France's greatest writers, Voltaire was frequently persecuted for his ideas and as a result, spent time in the famed Bastille. He fled his native land for England in 1726, at which time he witnessed the differences between the two countries. His celebrated Letters on England was first published in that nation in 1733 and contained 24 succinct letters on subjects ranging from religion and politics, to trade, the arts, philosophy, and science.
Written by: Voltaire
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Il ministero della paranoia
- Storia della Stasi
- Written by: Gianluca Falanga
- Narrated by: Alessandro Budroni
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
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Il suo peggior nemico: il libero pensiero. La sua arma più terribile: l'"Auschwitz delle coscienze", l'annientamento della persona con la violenza psicologica e l'isolamento in carcere. Esercito invisibile al servizio di un regime in guerra col proprio popolo, la Stasi è passata alla storia per l'efficienza operativa e l'ansia paranoica di controllo totale della vita di milioni di cittadini inermi. L'apertura degli archivi riservati permette oggi di guardare oltre il mito e ricostruire l'anatomia di uno dei più impenetrabili protagonisti della Guerra fredda.
Written by: Gianluca Falanga
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The Embarrassment of Riches
- An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
- Written by: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 20 hrs and 46 mins
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Simon Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama recreates in precise detail a nation's mental state. He tells of bloody uprisings and beached whales, of the cult of hygiene and the plague of tobacco, of thrifty housewives and profligate tulip-speculators.
Written by: Simon Schama
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Storia dell'immigrazione straniera in Italia
- Dal 1945 ai giorni nostri
- Written by: Michele Colucci
- Narrated by: Jerry Mastrodomenico
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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Per la prima volta si propone una ricostruzione storica dell'immigrazione straniera in Italia, a partire dal 1945. Ingressi, flussi, leggi, generazioni, lavori, conflitti e speranze si intrecciano con un ritmo sempre più incalzante fino ad arrivare ai nostri giorni. Il volume traccia la dimensione quantitativa del fenomeno nel corso del tempo e la sua evoluzione, il radicamento sul territorio, le politiche adottate per governarlo, le polemiche che ne sono scaturite, l'impatto che ha avuto sulla società.
Written by: Michele Colucci
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Inventario medievale
- Percorsi, storie e protagonisti dell’età di mezzo
- Written by: Glauco Maria Cantarella
- Narrated by: Alberto Lori
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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Il Medioevo è un tempo ancora poco definito e uno spazio dai confini labili, una dimensione storica scarsamente conosciuta che continua a essere lo specchio deformante del nostro presente: “cose da Medioevo” si dice, come se non appartenessero ai giorni nostri. Per orientarsi in un Medioevo spesso invisibile a occhio nudo, ma che sottende tutta la nostra storia, bisogna quindi immergersi nel passato con un inventario d'autore e seguirne i percorsi, fatti di storie, personaggi, luoghi e intersezioni, cercando di dipanare una fitta trama di false credenze.
Written by: Glauco Maria Cantarella
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So You Think You Can Be Prime Minister
- Written by: Ian Martin
- Narrated by: Justin Edwards
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
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Most of us know our limitations, especially when it comes to a career choice. We watch documentaries about A&E departments and the heroes who work there, and we think no. Oh no, thanks very much. We wouldn't have the nerve, or the stamina, or the resilience to do THAT. But who amongst us hasn’t looked at the woeful performance of a prime minister and thought: ‘Really, is that all there is to it? Even I could do that’. Now is your opportunity to familiarise yourself with what the job of prime minister actually is.
Written by: Ian Martin
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Every Valley
- The Story of Handel’s Messiah
- Written by: Charles King
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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Evoking a pivotal moment at the birth of modernity, a time of fear, conspiracy and uprising, and featuring some of the most unusual and brilliant personalities of the eighteenth century, Every Valley tells the story behind the creation of Handel’s Messiah: a cinematic and moving drama of hope in the darkness and the entangled lives that shaped a masterpiece.
Written by: Charles King
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La corona maldita [The Cursed Crown]
- Written by: Mari Pau Dominguez
- Narrated by: Mercè Montalà
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
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El retrato de uno de los personajes más apasionantes de la historia española, Felipe V, el primer Borbón de la dinastía y su segunda mujer, Isabel de Farnesio.
Written by: Mari Pau Dominguez
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Steel Lobsters
- Crown, Commonwealth, and the Last Knights in England
- Written by: Myke Cole
- Narrated by: Oliver Hembrough
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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The 17th-century battlefield ushered in a new era, with formed musketeers and pistol-wielding cavalry gradually taking over from the knights and men-at-arms that had dominated the European battlefield. Based on a detailed study of the primary sources, Steel Lobsters tells the story of this transition through the history of the last fully armoured knights in England.
Written by: Myke Cole
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The Dead of Winter
- The Demons, Witches and Ghosts of Christmas
- Written by: Sarah Clegg
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
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As winter comes and the hours of darkness overtake the light, we seek out warmth, good food, and good company. But beneath the jollity and bright enchantment of the festive season, there lurks a darker mood - one that has found expression over the centuries in a host of strange and unsettling traditions and lore. Here, Sarah Clegg takes us on a journey through midwinter to explore the lesser-known Christmas traditions.
Written by: Sarah Clegg
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A Very British Cult
- Rogue Priests and the Abode of Love
- Written by: Stuart Flinders
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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This is the almost-forgotten story of Victorian Britain's strangest religious sect and its wealthy, mostly female, followers who believed they could ascend directly to heaven. Henry James Prince was a rogue Anglican Priest with a flare for the dramatic, and the founder of the Agapemone, or 'Abode of Love'. He also claimed to be the immortal conduit of The Holy Spirit and purportedly engaged in free love and ceremonial sex with his mostly female followers. But Prince's eventual death didn't mark the end of this strange set... he was promptly replaced by another.
Written by: Stuart Flinders
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24 Hours in the Viking World: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
- 24 Hours in Ancient History, Book 5
- Written by: Kirsten Wolf
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
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Between the infamous Lindisfarne raid in 793 CE and the Norman conquest of 1066, the peoples we know now as the Vikings became one of the most far-ranging and influential civilizations in history. The Vikings are frequently portrayed as raiders, marauding across medieval Europe and Britain, but the culture and society of the medieval Nordic peoples was so much more diverse, multifaceted and influential than it is often depicted.
Written by: Kirsten Wolf
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Meetings with Remarkable Animals
- Written by: Martin Clunes
- Narrated by: Martin Clunes
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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Together with his own life-changing encounters with animals around the world, Martin has celebrated the intelligence, loyalty, and companionship of some truly extraordinary creatures whose lives have been entwined with our own. By turns heart-warming, inspiring and always fascinating, Meetings With Remarkable Animals gives us a chance to meet them too.
Written by: Martin Clunes