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Athelstan: The Making of England
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Superb introduction to the foundation of England
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Compelling story of a complex man
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Shackleton
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In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endurance, became trapped in ice....
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A truly epic story!!
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The Spy and the Traitor
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Gentleman Jack
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Philip and Alexander
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Athelstan: The Making of England
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- By: Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
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The formation of England happened against the odds - the division of the country into rival kingdoms, the assaults of the Vikings, the precarious position of the island on the edge of the known world....
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Superb introduction to the foundation of England
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The Path to Power
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Churchill
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There have been over a thousand previous biographies of Churchill. Andrew Roberts now draws on over 40 new sources, including the private diaries of King George VI, used in no previous Churchill biography, to depict him more intimately and persuasively than any of its predecessors....
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GLORIOUS! ROBERT'S SPECTACULAR LIFE OF CHURCHILL
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Elizabeth of York would have ruled England, but for the fact that she was a woman....
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Annoying narrator and could have been edited a lot
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Diary of a Young Girl
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One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime comes from the diary of a 13-year-old Jewish girl, Anne Frank....
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So glad I decided to buy this book.
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Gentleman Jack
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The extraordinary life of history's first modern lesbian who inspired the television series Gentleman Jack....
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An extraordinary life
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Stalin
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Ooo ‘e was a bugger
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Adolf Hitler
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At Victoria station the R.T.O. gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked 'This is your enemy'. I searched every compartment, but he wasn't on the train....
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Gorgeous
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
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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(?)
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Our Story
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A journey through London's criminal underworld with the infamous Kray twins....
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The Man in the Red Coat
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The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending takes us on a rich, witty tour of Belle Epoque Paris, via the life story of the pioneering surgeon Samuel Pozzi....
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A bit of common sense when choosing a narrator!
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Marie Antoinette
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Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions....
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Spectacular.
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Double Crossed
- A Code of Honour, a Complete Betrayal
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- Narrated by: Simon Darwen, Brian Wood
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Double Crossed by Brian Wood....
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Shocking treatment of a soldier. A must read.
- By Simon on 13-06-19
By: Brian Wood
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The Ticket Collector from Belarus
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- Narrated by: Luke Thompson
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The UK's only ever war crimes trial took place in 1999 and had its origins in the horrors of the Holocaust in Belarus in 1942, but it's only now in The Ticket Collector from Belarus that the full story can be told....
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Astounding.
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Long Walk to Freedom
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Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time....
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Long Walk to Freedom
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The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time....
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Lacking warmth and depth of narration
- By Reb on 24-08-13
By: Nelson Mandela
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Leonardo Da Vinci
- By: Walter Isaacson
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Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science....
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An art history course in a book
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By: Walter Isaacson
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Hitler
- A Biography
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From his illegitimate birth in a small Austrian village to his fiery death in a bunker under the Reich chancellery in Berlin, Adolf Hitler left a murky trail....
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Engrossing
- By Buzzzb on 15-09-16
By: Ian Kershaw
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1)
- 1918-38
- By: Chips Channon
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Born in Chicago in 1897, 'Chips' Channon settled in England after the Great War, married into the immensely wealthy Guinness family, and served as Conservative MP for Southend-on-Sea from 1935 until his death in 1958....
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Wholly inappropriate choice of reader
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By: Chips Channon
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The definitive history of the North of England, Northerners is told through the lives of its inhabitants....
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George V
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The lasting reputation of George V is for dullness. He was a crack shot and an outstanding stamp collector, but that's about it....
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Tough going..
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Lancaster and York
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Lancater and York is a riveting account of the Wars of the Roses, from the beloved and best-selling historian Alison Weir....
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Incredible Events - Oddly Dull in Presentation
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By: Alison Weir
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An Unsung Hero
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- By: Michael Smith
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Tom Crean was the farmer’s son from Kerry who sailed on three major expeditions to the unknown Antarctic over a century ago. He served with both Captain Robert Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton, spent longer on the ice than either and outlived them both....
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what a life, what a story!
- By Moshe Cohen on 04-01-22
By: Michael Smith
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Napoleon the Great
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Napoleon Bonaparte lived one of the most extraordinary of all human lives....
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Comprehensive and engaging book
- By Garym213 on 27-12-16
By: Andrew Roberts
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Mary Boleyn
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Mary Boleyn was the mistress of two kings, Francois I of France and Henry VIII of England, and sister to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife....
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Scholarly biography
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The Only Plane in the Sky
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The first comprehensive oral history of 9/11, deftly woven and told in the voices of ordinary people grappling with extraordinary events....
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A Powerful and Important Work of Nonfiction
- By Vivienne on 15-09-19
By: Garrett M. Graff
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This authoritative new history of place and people lays out the dramatic events that created the North—waves of migration, invasions and battles, and transformative changes wrought on European culture and the global economy. In a sweeping narrative that takes us from the earliest times to the present day, the book shows that the people of the North have shaped Britain and the world in unexpected ways.
By: Brian Groom
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The Young Alexander
- The Making of Alexander the Great
- By: Alex Rowson
- Narrated by: Gavin Osborn
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Alexander the Great’s story often reads like fiction: son to a snake-loving mother and a battle-scarred father, tutored by Aristotle, a youth from the periphery of the Greek world who took part in his first campaign aged 16, becoming king of Macedon at 20 and king of Asia by 25, leading his armies into battle like a Homeric figure. Each generation has peered through the glass of history and come to their own conclusion about Alexander, be it enlightened ruler, military genius, megalomaniac, drunkard or despot. Yet the first two decades of his life have until now been a mystery.
By: Alex Rowson
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Mary (Maryam AS): The Mother of Jesus & Lady Asiyah: The Wife of Pharaoh
- The Most Honoured Lady Series, Book 1
- By: Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Shams
- Narrated by: Michael Stuhre
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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One of these is the honorable Lady Mary, mother of Jesus (peace be upon him). She is the only woman mentioned in the Holy Quran by name. This audiobook sheds light on the miraculous birth, upbringing, and chaste life of Mary. It tells us how she became the most revered, loved, and fascinated woman in the world. The other lady is Lady Asiyah, wife of Pharaoh during the time of Moses. She is only the second woman ever mentioned in the Holy Quran. She became the symbol of resistance against tyranny and oppression as she stood against the most powerful emperor of that time.
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Defiant Brides
- The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married
- By: Nancy Rubin Stuart
- Narrated by: Ann M. Richardson
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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The story of two Revolutionary-era teenagers who defy their Loyalist families to marry radical patriots, Henry Knox and Benedict Arnold, and are forever changed
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Hazrat Ayesha Siddiqa
- The Mother of the Believers’ (The Most Honoured Lady Series, Book 2)
- By: Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Shams
- Narrated by: Omar Inshanally
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
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History has recorded the names of many outstanding women of different ages and countries. Some gained fame for their remarkable beauty or occupation of a throne. The book Hazrat Ayesha Siddiqa is written by Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Shams, who portrays the life of Ayesha before and after the death of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). She represented greatness in all its aspects. Ayesha performed glorious deeds in religious, social, political, educational, and literary fields, righteousness, excellence of character, and strict observance of religious obligations.
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Daughters of the North
- Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of Scots
- By: Jennifer Morag Henderson
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
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Mary, Queen of Scots’ marriage to the Earl of Bothwell is notorious. Less known is Bothwell’s first wife, Jean Gordon, who extricated herself from their marriage and survived the intrigue of the queen’s court. Daughters of the North reframes this turbulent period in history by focusing on Jean, who became Countess of Sutherland, following her from her birth as the daughter of the ‘King of the North’ to her disastrous union with the notorious Earl of Bothwell—and her lasting legacy to the Earldom of Sutherland.
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I nodded off
- By JuliaBalbilla on 03-05-22
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The Miracles of Prophet Abraham (PBUH)
- By: Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Shams
- Narrated by: Michael Stuhre
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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It is clear that all the miracles were extraordinary and God gifted to Ibrahim (Abraham) and Yousuf (Joseph). It was the special integrity that they succeeded by such tremendous miracles. If we think for a while, it was not easy for Abraham to jump into the fire, but it needs tremendous devotion. God examines Abraham and Joseph in numerous ways. They became successful every moment. The Lord said to Abraham, “I will make you the leader of the people.”
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Bruce Lee - The Man, the Myth, the Legend
- The Life of the Most Influential Martial Artist of All Time and a Pop Culture Icon of the 20th Century
- By: Mike Tisty
- Narrated by: Paul Lenny
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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The life of the most influential martial artist of all time and a pop culture icon of the 20th Century. Over the centuries there have been people able to influence the course of events to the point of changing history. Sometimes bulky personalities who have directed the course of events, changed economies, evolving entire generations, or great statesmen able to bring politics to a level of world power...in short, in this audiobook, we will analyze some figures who, each in their own sphere, have changed the future, and their name will echo over the centuries.
By: Mike Tisty