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A History of the World
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr, David Timson
- Length: 26 hrs and 28 mins
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From the earliest civilizations to the 21st century: a global journey through human history, published alongside a landmark BBC One television series....
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Awsome, educational and epic work
- By Adisha on 30-10-12
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A History of the World
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr, David Timson
- Length: 26 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 01-10-12
- Language: English
- From the earliest civilizations to the 21st century: a global journey through human history, published alongside a landmark BBC One television series....
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the British Empire
- By: H. W. Crocker III
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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Strap on your pith helmet for a rollicking ride through some of history’s most colorful events....
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Not what I thought it'd be
- By Anonymous User on 03-12-11
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the British Empire
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 25-10-11
- Language: English
- Strap on your pith helmet for a rollicking ride through some of history’s most colorful events....
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The House of War
- The Struggle between Christendom and the Caliphate
- By: Sir Simon Mayall
- Narrated by: Sir Simon Mayall
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
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From the taking of Jerusalem in the 7th century AD by Caliph Umar, to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire following the end of World War I, Christian popes, emperors and kings, and Muslim caliphs and sultans were locked in a 1300-year battle for political, military, economic and religious supremacy.
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The House of War
- The Struggle between Christendom and the Caliphate
- Narrated by: Sir Simon Mayall
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 12-09-24
- Language: English
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From the taking of Jerusalem in the 7th century AD by Caliph Umar, to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire following the end of World War I, Christian popes, emperors and kings, and Muslim caliphs and sultans were locked in a 1300-year battle for political, military, economic and religious supremacy.
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GCHQ
- Centenary Edition
- By: Richard Aldrich
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 25 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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GCHQ is the largest and most secretive intelligence organisation in the UK, and has existed for 100 years - but we still know next to nothing about it....
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Sober and detailed history
- By Philip on 15-10-19
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GCHQ
- Centenary Edition
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 25 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 11-07-19
- Language: English
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GCHQ is the largest and most secretive intelligence organisation in the UK, and has existed for 100 years - but we still know next to nothing about it....
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The Making of Modern Britain
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
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Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace....
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Wonderful and informative
- By A. Curtis on 18-09-17
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The Making of Modern Britain
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 06-10-16
- Language: English
- Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace....
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The First World War
- A Complete History
- By: Martin Gilbert
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 33 hrs and 34 mins
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It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would officially end nearly five years later. Unofficially, however, it has never ended...
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Awful narrator
- By Pimco PC on 19-05-20
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The First World War
- A Complete History
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 33 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 12-05-20
- Language: English
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It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would officially end nearly five years later. Unofficially, however, it has never ended...
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Lost Islamic History
- Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past
- By: Firas Alkhateeb
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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Islam has been one of the most powerful religious, social, and political forces in history. Yet many of the contributions of Muslim thinkers, scientists, and theologians have been occluded. This book rescues from oblivion some of these personalities and institutions....
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A great dive into the forgotten history of Islam!
- By Amazon Customer on 27-05-21
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Lost Islamic History
- Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 29-09-20
- Language: English
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Islam has been one of the most powerful religious, social, and political forces in history. Yet many of the contributions of Muslim thinkers, scientists, and theologians have been occluded. This book rescues from oblivion some of these personalities and institutions....
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Colonialism
- A Moral Reckoning
- By: Nigel Biggar
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’—that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever.....
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A robust rebuttal of anti-colonialism
- By J. D. Fitzpatrick on 14-02-23
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Colonialism
- A Moral Reckoning
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 02-02-23
- Language: English
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In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’—that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever.....
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The Napoleonic Wars
- By: Alexander Mikaberidze
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 35 hrs and 10 mins
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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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Not bad
- By Dylan Baynham on 21-01-22
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The Napoleonic Wars
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 35 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 17-12-20
- Language: English
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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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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
- By: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 22 hrs and 34 mins
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Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state....
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Best explanation of pre-modern Humanity
- By Alex on 14-12-16
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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Series: Political Order, Book 1
- Length: 22 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 27-12-11
- Language: English
- Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state....
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- 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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Finished - what do I do now?
- By Colin on 18-02-11
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 57 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 16-07-10
- Language: English
- 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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48 Laws of Power
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 23 hrs and 6 mins
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Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws....
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Too little nuance
- By Santiago on 17-10-16
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48 Laws of Power
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 23 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 01-05-15
- Language: English
- Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws....
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English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable
- By: Lacey Baldwin Smith
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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Here at last is a history of England that is designed to entertain as well as inform and that will delight the armchair traveler, the tourist, or just about anyone interested in history....
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Inaccurate
- By Omar Dawod on 22-10-21
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English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 21-02-17
- Language: English
- Here at last is a history of England that is designed to entertain as well as inform and that will delight the armchair traveler, the tourist, or just about anyone interested in history....
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The History of the Renaissance World
- From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople
- By: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 21 hrs and 11 mins
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A lively and fascinating narrative history about the birth of the modern world....
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Enjoyable exploration of high middle ages
- By Abigail WD on 08-05-20
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The History of the Renaissance World
- From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Series: The Story of the World
- Length: 21 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 08-10-13
- Language: English
- A lively and fascinating narrative history about the birth of the modern world....
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Franklin and Winston
- An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
- By: Jon Meacham
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of “the Greatest Generation.” In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores the fascinating relationship between the two men who piloted the free world to victory in World War II.
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Franklin and Winston
- An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 31-10-03
- Language: English
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Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of “the Greatest Generation.” In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores the fascinating relationship between the two men who piloted the free world to victory in World War II.
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- 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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An enjoyable hagiography(?)
- By Nik Jewell on 16-05-18
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 16-02-10
- Language: English
- 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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Adolf Hitler
- By: John Toland
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 44 hrs and 42 mins
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Based on previously unpublished documents, diaries, notes, photographs, and dramatic interviews with Hitler's colleagues and associates....
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good but...
- By MR H. on 05-06-19
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Adolf Hitler
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 44 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 21-05-14
- Language: English
- Based on previously unpublished documents, diaries, notes, photographs, and dramatic interviews with Hitler's colleagues and associates....
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Empire of Things
- How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First
- By: Frank Trentmann
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 33 hrs and 6 mins
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What we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending, we are treated more as consumers than workers....
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Reflections on what we own and how it owns us.
- By Wras on 07-03-16
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Empire of Things
- How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 33 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 28-01-16
- Language: English
- What we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending, we are treated more as consumers than workers....
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A History of Modern Britain
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 29 hrs and 59 mins
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A History of Modern Britain confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics....
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Great Storytelling with few minor problems
- By Mads on 16-05-18
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A History of Modern Britain
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 29 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 07-10-16
- Language: English
- A History of Modern Britain confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics....
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The Spies Who Never Were
- The True Story of the Nazi Spies Who Were Actually Allied Double Agents
- By: Hervie Haufler
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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After the fall of France in the mid-1940s, Adolf Hitler faced a British Empire that refused to negotiate for peace. With total war looming, he ordered Germany's defense and intelligence organization to carry out Operation Lena - a program to place spies within Britain....
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exam notes
- By "tpurcell9" on 22-04-24
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The Spies Who Never Were
- The True Story of the Nazi Spies Who Were Actually Allied Double Agents
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 24-03-20
- Language: English
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After the fall of France in the mid-1940s, Adolf Hitler faced a British Empire that refused to negotiate for peace. With total war looming, he ordered Germany's defense and intelligence organization to carry out Operation Lena - a program to place spies within Britain....
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