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- How Brexit Got Done and the Tories Were Undone
- By: Tim Shipman
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 42 hrs and 54 mins
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How did Boris Johnson supersede Theresa May to become Britain's Prime Minister? How did he pursue his promise to Get Brexit Done amidst multiple Brexit secretaries, repeated coup attempts and reshuffles, and an extraordinarily terse relationship with Brussels? What really happened in Downing Street – from the political choices to the party place settings – as the pandemic took the world in its grip? Out follows from May's resignation through to the tussles over the final Brexit deal, the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and our shortest serving PM ever.
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Fascinating story
- By Gaynor on 26-11-24
By: Tim Shipman
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Bring on United
- Ferguson’s Golden Generation in their Own Words
- By: Andy Mitten, Ruud van Nistelrooy
- Narrated by: Matthew McNulty
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
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This is the story of one of the greatest eras in the history of England's greatest club through the eyes of the players who made it happen. Not just the big wins, the cup finals and the trophy parades, but the half-time rows, the mad pranks, the boozy nights out and the training ground bust-ups. Andy Mitten has tracked down eleven of the stars from those Premier League and Champions League winning teams to open the door to both the dressing room and boardroom at Old Trafford as the club emerged as the dominant force in English football.
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MUFC
- By Mr M Wade on 01-12-24
By: Andy Mitten, and others
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Meetings with Remarkable Animals
- 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.
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Listening with a tear in my eyes
- By Anonymous User on 27-11-24
By: Martin Clunes
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The Real Life of a Roman Gladiator
- By: Alexander Mariotti, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Alexander Mariotti
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
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The Roman gladiator has long been a figure of fascination. Portrayed frequently in fine art and popular culture alike, the gladiator is both a real part of history and a legend of a romanticized past. We know that these men entertained Roman audiences by fighting in dangerous and often deadly games. But who were the gladiators? What were their lives like? And why do they continue to have such a strong hold on our imagination, centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire?
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Fantastic Lecture Series
- By Mr L Barden on 22-11-24
By: Alexander Mariotti, and others
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Great Courses: Mitos e mistérios da Idade Média [Medieval Myths & Mysteries]
- By: Dorsey Armstrong
- Narrated by: Angela Sassine
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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O rei Arthur foi uma pessoa que existiu de verdade? E quanto a Robin Hood? O Santo Graal é um cálice ou algo bem diferente? Os europeus de fato queimaram milhões de pessoas na fogueira por bruxaria? Essas são apenas algumas das questões que você vai explorar com a ajuda da medievalista Dorsey Armstrong, que vai revelar a verdade sobre as histórias que ouvimos até hoje sobre a época medieval. Algumas têm um quê de verdade, enquanto outras são completamente inventadas, mas todas nos revelam alguma coisa sobre o passado.
By: Dorsey Armstrong
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Forged in War
- A military history of Russia from its beginnings to today
- By: Mark Galeotti
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
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The national identity has been forged in the furnace of war. From the medieval kingdom of Rus battling against a Scandinavian princes and Mongol emperors, to its own empire-building conflicts in 19th-century Asia, to the formative wars of the 20th century which saw Russia pitch from Tsarist empire to communist state and defender against Nazism, all these conflicts stained the lands of Russia red with blood. A weak post-Cold War Russia then turned to Putin, who created a new mood for martial triumphalism which led directly to the Ukrainian war.
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Excellent book badly let down by narrator
- By David Bailey on 18-11-24
By: Mark Galeotti
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- How Brexit Got Done and the Tories Were Undone
- By: Tim Shipman
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 42 hrs and 54 mins
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How did Boris Johnson supersede Theresa May to become Britain's Prime Minister? How did he pursue his promise to Get Brexit Done amidst multiple Brexit secretaries, repeated coup attempts and reshuffles, and an extraordinarily terse relationship with Brussels? What really happened in Downing Street – from the political choices to the party place settings – as the pandemic took the world in its grip? Out follows from May's resignation through to the tussles over the final Brexit deal, the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and our shortest serving PM ever.
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Fascinating story
- By Gaynor on 26-11-24
By: Tim Shipman
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Bring on United
- Ferguson’s Golden Generation in their Own Words
- By: Andy Mitten, Ruud van Nistelrooy
- Narrated by: Matthew McNulty
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the story of one of the greatest eras in the history of England's greatest club through the eyes of the players who made it happen. Not just the big wins, the cup finals and the trophy parades, but the half-time rows, the mad pranks, the boozy nights out and the training ground bust-ups. Andy Mitten has tracked down eleven of the stars from those Premier League and Champions League winning teams to open the door to both the dressing room and boardroom at Old Trafford as the club emerged as the dominant force in English football.
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MUFC
- By Mr M Wade on 01-12-24
By: Andy Mitten, and others
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Meetings with Remarkable Animals
- 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.
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Listening with a tear in my eyes
- By Anonymous User on 27-11-24
By: Martin Clunes
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The Real Life of a Roman Gladiator
- By: Alexander Mariotti, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Alexander Mariotti
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
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The Roman gladiator has long been a figure of fascination. Portrayed frequently in fine art and popular culture alike, the gladiator is both a real part of history and a legend of a romanticized past. We know that these men entertained Roman audiences by fighting in dangerous and often deadly games. But who were the gladiators? What were their lives like? And why do they continue to have such a strong hold on our imagination, centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire?
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Fantastic Lecture Series
- By Mr L Barden on 22-11-24
By: Alexander Mariotti, and others
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Great Courses: Mitos e mistérios da Idade Média [Medieval Myths & Mysteries]
- By: Dorsey Armstrong
- Narrated by: Angela Sassine
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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O rei Arthur foi uma pessoa que existiu de verdade? E quanto a Robin Hood? O Santo Graal é um cálice ou algo bem diferente? Os europeus de fato queimaram milhões de pessoas na fogueira por bruxaria? Essas são apenas algumas das questões que você vai explorar com a ajuda da medievalista Dorsey Armstrong, que vai revelar a verdade sobre as histórias que ouvimos até hoje sobre a época medieval. Algumas têm um quê de verdade, enquanto outras são completamente inventadas, mas todas nos revelam alguma coisa sobre o passado.
By: Dorsey Armstrong
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Forged in War
- A military history of Russia from its beginnings to today
- By: Mark Galeotti
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
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The national identity has been forged in the furnace of war. From the medieval kingdom of Rus battling against a Scandinavian princes and Mongol emperors, to its own empire-building conflicts in 19th-century Asia, to the formative wars of the 20th century which saw Russia pitch from Tsarist empire to communist state and defender against Nazism, all these conflicts stained the lands of Russia red with blood. A weak post-Cold War Russia then turned to Putin, who created a new mood for martial triumphalism which led directly to the Ukrainian war.
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Excellent book badly let down by narrator
- By David Bailey on 18-11-24
By: Mark Galeotti
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Flannery O'Connor and the Scandal of Faith
- By: Jessica Hooten Wilson, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jessica Hooten Wilson
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
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Across six revealing lectures, Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson will introduce you to one of the 20th century’s most fascinating and divisive writers in Flannery O’Connor and the Scandal of Faith. Beginning with an overview of her brief but remarkable life, Professor Wilson will then take you through an exploration of themes in O’Connor’s work and the hallmarks of her literary style. You’ll get a clearer picture of O’Connor’s historical and geographical context while digging into how her stories can transcend time and place.
By: Jessica Hooten Wilson, and others
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Chumbo e Soul [Lead and Soul]
- By: André Emídio, Flávia Vieira, Flora Thomson-DeVeaux, and others
- Narrated by: Gilberto Porcidonio
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
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Essa é a história de como o Rio de Janeiro pegou fogo. De como centenas de milhares de jovens se levantaram nos anos 70 e 80, e como o Exército brasileiro olhou para aquilo e tremeu na base. Essa é a história da ditadura brasileira como você nunca ouviu. E essa também é a história de uma família preta no Brasil do século XX, tentando sobreviver e ser feliz.
By: André Emídio, and others
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The Last Days of Cabrini-Green
- By: Ben Austen, Harrison David Rivers
- Narrated by: Ben Austen, Patina Miller, Harry Lennix, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
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In 1992, the deadliest year in Chicago’s history, seven-year-old Dantrell Davis was shot and killed in front of his elementary school inside the public housing complex Cabrini-Green. What happened to Dantrell led to a truce among Chicago’s gangs, but it also ignited a national panic about poverty and violence in America’s cities. Dantrell’s name would soon be used to demolish all of Chicago’s high-rise public housing, displacing tens of thousands of low-income families.
By: Ben Austen, and others
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The Memory Palace
- True Short Stories of the Past
- By: Nate DiMeo
- Narrated by: Nate DiMeo, Jad Abumrad, Daniel Alarcón, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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The Memory Palace is a collection of tiny, crystalline historical tales that come across like luminous short fiction, and, like Nate DiMeo’s acclaimed podcast of the same name, conjure lost moments and forgotten figures who are calling out across time to be remembered. For fifteen years, Nate DiMeo has turned to the past to make sense of the way we live today, finding beauty and meaning in history’s dustier corners, holding things up to the light and weaving facts, keen insight, wit, and poignant observation into unforgettable tales.
By: Nate DiMeo
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Santa Fe: A Local's Enchanting Journey Through the City Different
- By: Kimberly Burk Cordova
- Narrated by: Bruce Cannon
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
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Written by Kimberly Cordova, a longtime resident who has fallen deeply in love with Santa Fe, this comprehensive travel guide offers an authentic and immersive experience. Blending personal anecdotes, insider tips, and a deep appreciation for the city's history and traditions, the book transports you beyond the ordinary tourist trail.
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A window into the soul of Santa Fe
- By Ben Clardy on 24-11-24
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The Last Kilo
- Willy Falcon and the Cocaine Empire That Seduced America
- By: T. J. English
- Narrated by: Christian Barillas
- Length: 22 hrs and 7 mins
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Despite what Scarface might lead one to believe, violence was not the dominant characteristic of the cocaine business. It was corruption: the dirty cops, agents, lawyers, judges, and politicians who made the drug world go round. And no one managed that carousel of dangerous players better than Willy Falcon.
By: T. J. English
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
- By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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Unflinchingly honest about the brutality of this nation’s founding and its legacy of settler-colonialism and genocide, the impact of Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s 2014 book is profound. This classic is revisited with new material that takes an incisive look at the post-Obama era from the war in Afghanistan to Charlottesville’s white supremacy-fueled rallies, and from the onset of the pandemic to the election of President Biden.
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Boom
- Bubbles and the End of Stagnation
- By: Byrne Hobart, Tobias Huber
- Narrated by: Rob Grannis
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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A timely investigation of the causes of technological and scientific stagnation, and a radical blueprint for accelerating innovation. From the Moon landing to the dawning of the atomic age, the decades prior to the 1970s were characterized by the routine invention of transformative technologies at breakneck speed. By comparison, ours is an age of stagnation. Median wage growth has slowed, inequality and income concentration are on the rise, and scientific research has become increasingly expensive and incremental.
By: Byrne Hobart, and others
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Stakeknife
- Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland
- By: Greg Harkin, Martin Ingram
- Narrated by: Phillip Sacramento
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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The stories of two undercover agents: the man known as Stakeknife, Force Research Unit (FRU) agent and deputy head of the IRA’s infamous ‘Nutting Squad’, the internal security force which tortured and killed suspected informers; and Brian Nelson, who worked for the FRU, aiding loyalist terrorists and murderers in their bloody work. The inside story on: – How the British Secret Service uses informers – The recruitment, briefing and handling of spies – Murders and set-ups in Northern Ireland.
By: Greg Harkin, and others
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The Complete Stoicism Collection: A Modern Translation of Their Philosophy
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Letters from a Stoic by Seneca, the Discourses by Epictetus, and All Other Stoic Works
- By: Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus
- Narrated by: Ken Grezin
- Length: 36 hrs and 53 mins
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This is your gateway to self-mastery, resilience, and inner peace through the works of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus. For over two thousand years, their words have shaped leaders, thinkers, and everyday people searching for meaning. The Complete Stoicism Collection brings their most powerful ideas directly to you, translated and adapted for the contemporary listener. Whether you seek practical advice on how to face life’s challenges or wish to deepen your understanding of Stoic philosophy, this collection has everything you need.
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Philosophy Meets Everyday Life
- By Ophelia Dora mile on 03-12-24
By: Marcus Aurelius, and others
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The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse
- The curious destinies of Queen Victoria's granddaughters
- By: Frances Welch
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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Drawing on hundreds of previously unseen letters from the sisters as well as from their grandmother Queen Victoria, The Princesses of Hesse takes us on a sweeping journey across the tumultuous landscape of the turn of the century - from the dramas of the Russian Court to the Russian Revolution, and through both World Wars in which they often found themselves on opposing sides.
By: Frances Welch
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Twelve Days on the Somme
- A Memoir of the Trenches, 1916
- By: Sidney Rogerson
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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A joint operation between Britain and France, the 1916 Battle of the Somme was an attempt to gain territory and dent Germany's military strength. By the end of the action, the Allied Forces had made just twelve kilometres. For this slight gain, more than a million lives were lost. In this classic military memoir, Staff Sergeant Sidney Rogerson vividly captures the last spell of frontline duty performed by the 2nd Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment.
By: Sidney Rogerson
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The Game Changers
- How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too
- By: Tim Clare
- Narrated by: Tim Clare
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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In this fascinating and entertaining look at games throughout history, Tim Clare explores the legal highs of a good dice roll, the thrills of a predatory race game, and the tactile pleasures of the games that age with us through our lives. Drawing on Roman anti-cheating devices, organised crime card games, and dice contests that link Chaucer to Warren G, The Game Changers will show you why games are more popular now than ever, and how playing them helps us win more often, become better losers and stay one step ahead - on and off the board. Through play, we become fully ourselves.
By: Tim Clare
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Intent to Destroy
- Russia's Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine
- By: Eugene Finkel
- Narrated by: Phillipe Bosher
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine brought large-scale warfare to Europe, reshaped relations between key global players, and redefined existing alliances and international organizations, such as NATO and the European Union. It has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions, revived the threat of a nuclear war between Russia and the West and might unleash a global famine. Political scientist and historian of genocide Eugene Finkel zooms in on the intersection of one of the most important geopolitical events in recent decades and the most odious type of violence.
By: Eugene Finkel
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A Concise History of the Middle East, 13th Edition
- By: Arthur Goldschmidt, Ibrahim Al-Marashi
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 21 hrs and 56 mins
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A Concise History of the Middle East provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of this region. Spanning from the pre-Islamic era to the present, it explores the evolution of Middle Eastern institutions and culture, the influence of European colonialism and Western imperialism, regional modernization efforts, the struggle of various peoples for political independence, the Arab–Israel conflict, the reassertion of Islamist values and power, the issues surrounding the Palestinian Question, and more.
By: Arthur Goldschmidt, and others
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Fortress Britain 1940
- Britain’s Unsung and Secret Defences on Land, Sea and in the Air
- By: Andrew Chatterton
- Narrated by: Gareth Richards
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Alone, unprepared, and weak. These are generally the words used to describe Britain's position in 1940, part of a narrative that has been built up ever since the end of World War II. However, the reality is very different. On land, sea, and in the air, Britain was prepared. It had the most powerful navy in the world; the RAF was relatively strong, but more importantly, was operating as part of a plan and a joined-up group system that was in reality never in any real danger of being defeated; even the post-Dunkirk British Army was better armed than the post-war narrative tells us.
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Ghosts of Panama
- A Strongman Out of Control, A Murdered Marine, and the Special Agents Caught in the Middle of an Invasion
- By: Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll
- Narrated by: Mark Harmon
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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Using a blend of research and interviews with the NIS agents who were directly involved, Ghosts of Panama reveals the untold, clandestine story of counterintelligence professionals placed in a pressure cooker assignment of historic proportions.
By: Mark Harmon, and others
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One Fine Day
- A Journey Through English Time
- By: Ian Marchant
- Narrated by: Ian Marchant
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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One day Ian Marchant decided, as all men of a certain age must, to have a dig around his family history. Surprisingly quickly, a web search informed him that his seven-times-great great-grandfather, Thomas Marchant, had left a detailed diary from 1714 to 1728. Diarist Thom – who liked a drink and a game of cards – feels recognisably Marchant to Ian. With immersive detail we learn about Thom’s family farm and fishponds; about dung, horses and mud; about beer, the wife’s nights out, his own job troubles and their shared worries for their children.
By: Ian Marchant
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The War Memoirs
- By: Charles de Gaulle
- Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
- Length: 41 hrs and 58 mins
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“Faced with the political disaster, I had to become France.” This was how Charles de Gaulle answered the call of history. One of the few French battlefield leaders to have distinguished himself in May 1940, he had become the undersecretary of state for national defense. But when the government rejected his calls to fight on and prepared to capitulate to Hitler, he escaped to London. There he instigated a resistance calling on “all the French who want to remain free to listen to me and follow me” in the legendary radio address of June 22.
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Outlaw Bikers in Australia
- The Men, The Myths, The Mayhem
- By: Duncan McNab
- Narrated by: Peter Houghton
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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Australia has a unique place in the history of outlaw motorcycle gangs. From the clubs' beginnings in the swinging '60s, their entry into the amphetamine market in the 1970s, through to the 1984 Milperra Massacre that made world headlines, to the Sydney airport brawl between the Hell's Angels and Comancheros and the brutal murder of Anthony Zervas, Outlaw Bikers in Australia tells how these 'one per cent deviants' grew to dominate the recreational drug market and became major players in the international outlaw biker scene.
By: Duncan McNab
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To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause
- The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement
- By: Benjamin Nathans
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 23 hrs and 55 mins
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Beginning in the 1960s, the Soviet Union was unexpectedly confronted by a dissident movement that captured the world’s imagination. Demanding that the Kremlin obey its own laws, an improbable band of Soviet citizens held unauthorized public gatherings, petitioned in support of arrested intellectuals, and circulated banned samizdat texts. Against all odds, the dissident movement undermined the Soviet system and unexpectedly hastened its collapse. To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause is a definitive history of a remarkable group of people who helped change the twentieth century.
By: Benjamin Nathans
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The War for Ukraine
- Strategy and Adaptation Under Fire
- By: Mick Ryan
- Narrated by: Grant Cartwright
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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The Russo-Ukraine War is a vital learning opportunity for military strategists across the globe. The first and clearest lesson to be gleaned from it is this: the soundness of a military's strategy and the nimbleness with which it can adapt to unforeseen circumstances are the two most important factors in deciding victory or defeat. The War for Ukraine analyzes the war through these twin lenses of strategy and adaptation, detailing how each army has succeeded or failed to plan for and adapt to this twenty-first century war.
By: Mick Ryan
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The Age of Reason Begins
- The Faiths Fight for Power
- By: Will Durant PhD, Richard Smoley - foreword
- Narrated by: Cory Herndon
- Length: 18 hrs and 3 mins
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The early modern era in Europe set the mold for the Western world today. It was a complex, tragic, yet pivotal time. It marked the transition between the dominance of the Catholic church throughout Western Europe and the present age of science, reason, and skepticism. The path through this transition was an exciting yet bloody and sorrowful one. The wars between Catholics and Protestants in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries rivaled those of the present in cruelty and atrocity. Durant takes us through the religious wars between Catholics and Protestants in France.
By: Will Durant PhD, and others
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The Lost Chapel of Westminster
- How a Royal Chapel Became the House of Commons
- By: John Cooper
- Narrated by: Jeremy Clyde
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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Begun in 1292, the royal chapel of St Stephen was the crowning glory of the old palace of Westminster – a place of worship for kings and a showcase of the finest architecture, ritual and music the Plantagenets could muster. But in 1548, as the Protestant Reformation reached its height, St Stephen's was given a new purpose as the House of Commons. Burned out in the great palace fire of 1834, the Commons chamber was then recreated on a remarkably similar medieval design, perpetuating a way of doing politics that is recognisable to this day.
By: John Cooper