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Mapping the Great Game
- Explorers, Spies, and Maps in 19th-Century Asia
- By: Riaz Dean
- Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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In the 19th century, the British and Russian empires were engaged in bitter rivalry for the acquisition of Southern Asian. Although India was the ultimate prize, most of the intrigue and action took place along its northern frontier in Afghanistan, Turkestan, and Tibet. Mapping the region and gaining knowledge of the enemy were crucial to the interests of both sides.
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Mapping the Great Game
- Explorers, Spies, and Maps in 19th-Century Asia
- Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 28-06-22
- Language: English
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Exodus from the Alamo
- The Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth
- By: Phillip Thomas Tucker
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Contrary to movie and legend, we now know that the defenders of the Alamo in the war for Texan independence—including Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William B. Travis—did not die under brilliant sunlight, defending their positions against hordes of Mexican infantry. Instead, the Mexicans launched a predawn attack, surmounting the walls in darkness. In this book, Dr. Tucker informs us that the traditional myth of the Alamo is even more off-base: most of the Alamo’s defenders died in breakouts from the fort, cut down by Santa Anna’s cavalry, positioned to intercept the escapees.
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Exodus from the Alamo
- The Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 15-09-22
- Language: English
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The Domestic Revolution
- How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything
- By: Ruth Goodman
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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No single invention epitomizes the Victorian era more than the black cast-iron range. Aware that the 21st-century has reduced it to a quaint relic, Ruth Goodman was determined to prove that the hot coal stove provided so much more than morning tea: It might even have kick-started the Industrial Revolution. Wielding the wit and passion seen in How to Be a Victorian, Goodman traces the tectonic shift from wood to coal in the mid-16th century - from sooty trials and errors during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the totally smog-clouded reign of Queen Victoria.
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Thoroughly enjoyable
- By Amazon Customer on 10-01-23
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The Domestic Revolution
- How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 24-11-20
- Language: English
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Colonialism
- A Global History
- By: Lorenzo Veracini
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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Colonialism: A Global History interprets colonialism as an unequal relationship characterized by displacement and domination and reveals the ways in which this relationship has been constitutive of global modernity.
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Colonialism
- A Global History
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 08-08-23
- Language: English
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Battle of Gettysburg: A History From Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Bridger Conklin
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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The bloodiest battle of the Civil War was also its turning point. From this point onwards, the Confederate forces would never gain a hold in the North again. Heroes would be born from places such as Little Roundtop and among the soldiers of Picketts Charge. And later, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, martyrs were created in the aftermath of the conflict, giving reason to a war that no one quite believed in fully until this point.
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Battle of Gettysburg: A History From Beginning to End
- Narrated by: Bridger Conklin
- Series: American Civil War, Book 2
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 09-01-18
- Language: English
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Florence Nightingale
- The Life and Legacy of the Most Famous Nurse in History
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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Today, nursing is one of the most ubiquitous professions in the world, and images of war immediately call to mind nursing the wounded, but it was not long ago that such ideas were relatively primitive. Indeed, schoolchildren are still taught about the revolutionary exploits of Florence Nightingale, the war nurse who is often credited as the founder of modern nursing.
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Informative, Well Written and Well Read.
- By Tim on 29-10-20
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Florence Nightingale
- The Life and Legacy of the Most Famous Nurse in History
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Release date: 23-03-17
- Language: English
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History's Greatest Artists: The Life and Legacy of Claude Monet
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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To get a sense of the kind of prestige that Claude Monet's reputation has within the art world, one need only learn that his Le Bassin Aux Nympheás (1919) - from his series of paintings featuring water lilies - sold for the equivalent of more than $70 million. This is an incredibly staggering price, especially considering that early in his life, Monet had been so poor and debt-ridden that some of his paintings were taken from him by creditors.
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History's Greatest Artists: The Life and Legacy of Claude Monet
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Release date: 20-01-17
- Language: English
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Tambora
- The Eruption That Changed the World
- By: Gillen D'Arcy Wood
- Narrated by: Tom Pile
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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When Indonesia's Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, it unleashed the most destructive wave of extreme weather the world has witnessed in thousands of years. The volcano's massive sulfate dust cloud enveloped the Earth, cooling temperatures and disrupting major weather systems for more than three years. Amid devastating storms, drought, and floods, communities worldwide endured famine, disease, and civil unrest on a catastrophic scale.
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The Greater Journey
- Americans in Paris
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 16 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The #1 bestseller that tells the remarkable story of the generations of American artists, writers, and doctors who traveled to Paris, fell in love with the city and its people, and changed America through what they learned, told by America’s master historian, David McCullough. Not all pioneers...
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Very interesting
- By Anonymous on 29-03-23
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The Greater Journey
- Americans in Paris
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 16 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 24-05-11
- Language: English
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La Grande Famine Irlandaise
- By: History Nerds
- Narrated by: Joel Choucas
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
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« La Grande Famine irlandaise » est une exploration captivante de l'une des crises humanitaires les plus dévastatrices de l'histoire. Entre 1845 et 1852, l'Irlande a été ravagée par une famine catastrophique qui a coûté la vie à plus d'un million de personnes et forcé des millions d'autres à fuir leur patrie. Pourtant, il s'agissait bien plus que d'une tragédie due à des récoltes défaillantes ; c'était un creuset de résilience, façonné par la convergence d'une catastrophe naturelle, d'une négligence politique et des inégalités systémiques du régime colonial.
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La Grande Famine Irlandaise
- Narrated by: Joel Choucas
- Series: Histoire Irlandaise [French Edition], Book 3
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 03-10-25
- Language: French
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Letters of Fyodor Michailovitch Dostoyevsky to His Family and Friends
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrated by: James Geagan
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881) is considered one of the greatest Russian novelists of all time. He was a unique and brilliant man, whose life and energy comes through in his letters which he wrote to his close friends and family. These letters have become a classic and, along with his novels, have been translated into 170 languages.
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Outstanding
- By Pulse on 30-05-23
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Letters of Fyodor Michailovitch Dostoyevsky to His Family and Friends
- Narrated by: James Geagan
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 28-01-21
- Language: English
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J.S. Mill: Philosophy in an Hour
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonthan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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Philosophy for busy people. Listen to a succinct account of the philosophy of J.S. Mill in just one hour. John Stuart Mill is remembered today as the leading exponent of Utilitarianism, arguing that our aim in life must be the attainment of pleasure and the minimizing of pain for the majority of...
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J.S. Mill: Philosophy in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonthan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Release date: 30-05-13
- Language: English
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L'empereur des rois
- Napoléon 3
- By: Max Gallo
- Narrated by: Jean-Marc Galéra
- Length: 15 hrs and 34 mins
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Il est Napoléon le Grand : après Austerlitz, qui peut arrêter l'Empereur des Français ? Il bouscule les Rois, à Iéna, à Friedland, à Wagram. Il conquiert les femmes. Marie Walewska, la Polonaise, et Marie-Louise, l'Autrichienne, la petite-nièce de Marie-Antoinette ! Son fils, le Roi de Rome, descend donc de l'Empereur d'Autriche. Quel parcours ! Napoléon, que nous suivons pas à pas, s'humanise. Amant impérieux de Marie Walewska et mari attentionné de Marie-Louise, il voudrait retenir l'histoire, ne pas avoir à engager le fer contre le Tsar. Mais il est emporté : "Et ainsi la guerre aura lieu malgré moi, malgré lui", confie-t-il.
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L'empereur des rois
- Napoléon 3
- Narrated by: Jean-Marc Galéra
- Series: Napoléon, Book 3
- Length: 15 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 03-06-16
- Language: French
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The Warrior and the Prophet
- The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation
- By: Peter Cozzens
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
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Shawnee chief Tecumseh was a man destined for greatness - the son of a prominent war leader, he was supposedly born under a lucky shooting star. Charismatic, intelligent, handsome, he was both a fierce warrior and a savvy politician. In the first biography of Tecumseh in more than 20 years, Peter Cozzens thoroughly revises our understanding of this great leader and his movement, arguing that his overlooked younger brother Tenskwatwa, the 'Shawnee Prophet', was a crucial partner in Tecumseh's success.
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The Warrior and the Prophet
- The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 17-06-21
- Language: English
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With Musket and Tomahawk Vol I
- The Saratoga Campaign and the Wilderness War of 1777
- By: Michael Logusz
- Narrated by: Dennis Johnson
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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With Musket and Tomahawk is a vivid account of the American and British struggles in the sprawling wilderness region of the northeast during the Revolutionary War. Combining strategic, tactical, and personal detail, this book describes how the patriots of the recently organized Northern Army defeated England's massive onslaught of 1777, thereby all but ensuring America's independence.
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Absolutely fabulous listen
- By Paul A. on 16-12-24
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With Musket and Tomahawk Vol I
- The Saratoga Campaign and the Wilderness War of 1777
- Narrated by: Dennis Johnson
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 01-04-13
- Language: English
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Endless Novelties of Extraordinary Interest
- The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger and the Birth of Modern Oceanography
- By: Doug Macdougall
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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From late 1872 to 1876, H.M.S. Challenger explored the world's oceans. Conducting deep sea soundings, dredging the ocean floor, recording temperatures, observing weather, and collecting biological samples, the expedition laid the foundations for modern oceanography. Following the ship's naturalists and their discoveries, earth scientist Doug Macdougall engagingly tells a story of Victorian-era adventure and ties these early explorations to the growth of modern scientific fields.
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An excellent read
- By Martin Oetiker on 03-11-23
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Endless Novelties of Extraordinary Interest
- The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger and the Birth of Modern Oceanography
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 20-08-19
- Language: English
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Tesla vs Edison
- A Captivating Guide to the War of the Currents and the Life of Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Duke Holm
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
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Human history has seen many surprising and profound turning points. The ways that humans learned to use raw materials to create activity and resources set the stage for the most compelling and life-altering phase of the modern era, the Industrial Revolution. Born during this time on different continents but connected by similar interests, two men indelibly marked their generation and those that followed with their genius and foresight. This audiobook covers the war of currents and the individual lives of Tesla and Edison.
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Tesla vs Edison
- A Captivating Guide to the War of the Currents and the Life of Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison
- Narrated by: Duke Holm
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 16-04-18
- Language: English
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The Shrigley Abduction
- A Tale of Anguish, Deceit and Violation of the Domestic Hearth
- By: Abby Ashby, Audrey Jones
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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The Shrigley Abduction is a compelling narrative, a story of deception and the lure of 'high society', with a strong Byronic character at its heart. Wakefield was sentenced to three years in Newgate, an experience which profoundly affected him. Upon his release he founded the New Zealand Company and became principally responsible for the colonisation of that country, where he is now a prominent figure. Ellen, on the other hand, died in childbirth at the age of 19.
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The Shrigley Abduction
- A Tale of Anguish, Deceit and Violation of the Domestic Hearth
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 25-07-19
- Language: English
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The Apprentice of Split Crow Lane
- The Story of the Carr's Hill Murder
- By: Jane Housham
- Narrated by: Jim Barclay, Anna Bentinck
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
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Gateshead, April 1866. The Apprentice of Split Crow Lane takes the forgotten case of a child murder in 1866 as a springboard to delve deeply into the pysche of the Victorians. What Jane Housham finds in this exploration of guilt, sexual deviance and madness is a diagnosis that is still ripe for the challenging and a sentence that provokes even our liberal modern judgment.
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Awful in my opinion
- By RubyShoes on 14-04-17
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The Apprentice of Split Crow Lane
- The Story of the Carr's Hill Murder
- Narrated by: Jim Barclay, Anna Bentinck
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 03-11-16
- Language: English
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Burke and Wills
- The triumph and tragedy of Australia's most famous explorers
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 23 hrs and 43 mins
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'They have left here today!' he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the ashes of the fire, it is to find it still hot. There is even a tiny flame flickering from the end of one log. They must have left just hours ago. MELBOURNE, 20 AUGUST 1860. In an ambitious quest to be the...
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Very political!
- By Amazon Customer on 20-06-19
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Burke and Wills
- The triumph and tragedy of Australia's most famous explorers
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 23 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 31-10-17
- Language: English
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