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A Promised Land
- By: Barack Obama
- Narrated by: Barack Obama
- Length: 29 hrs and 10 mins
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In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency - a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.
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Dropping a classic
- By jesse on 17-11-20
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A Promised Land
- Narrated by: Barack Obama
- Length: 29 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 17-11-20
- Language: English
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SPQR
- A History of Ancient Rome
- By: Mary Beard
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 18 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. And its debates about citizenship, security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today. SPQR is a new look at Roman history from one of the world's foremost classicists.
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Narration not for me
- By andslau on 31-08-18
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SPQR
- A History of Ancient Rome
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 18 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 19-10-15
- Language: English
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Stephen Fry's Victorian Secrets
- By: Stephen Fry, John Woolf, Nick Baker
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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On the surface, the Victorian age is one of propriety, industry, prudishness and piety. But scratch the surface and you’ll find scandal, sadism, sex, madness, malice and murder. Presented by Stephen Fry, this series delves deep into a period of time we think we know, to discover an altogether darker reality. The stories we’re told offer a different perspective on an era which underwent massive social change. As education, trade, technology and culture blossomed, why was there an undercurrent of the ‘forbidden’ festering beneath Victorian society?
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Please remove the piano background
- By Maz on 12-03-19
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Stephen Fry's Victorian Secrets
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 19-10-18
- Language: English
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Sapiens
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
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Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have lived. What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us sapiens? In this bold and provocative audiobook, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here, and where we're going.
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Simplistic nonsense
- By RTx on 14-07-19
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Sapiens
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Series: Sapiens
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 30-04-15
- Language: English
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The Cold War
- A World History
- By: Odd Arne Westad
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 25 hrs and 47 mins
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As Germany and then Japan surrendered in 1945, there was a tremendous hope that a new and much better world could be created from the moral and physical ruins of the conflict. Instead, the combination of the huge power of the USA and USSR and the near-total collapse of most of their rivals created a unique, grim new environment: the Cold War. For over 40 years the demands of the Cold War shaped the life of almost all of us. There was no part of the world where East and West did not ultimately demand a blind and absolute allegiance.
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One of the best books I've ever read
- By Anonymous User on 01-11-18
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The Cold War
- A World History
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 25 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 20-03-18
- Language: English
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A Short History of England
- By: Simon Jenkins
- Narrated by: Simon Jenkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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Which battle was fought 'For England, Harry and St George'? Who demanded to be painted 'warts and all'? What - and when - was the Battle of the Bulge? In A Short History of England, bestselling author Simon Jenkins answers all these questions - and many more - as he tells the tumultuous story of a fascinating nation. From the invaders of the Dark Ages to today's coalition, via the Tudors, the Stuarts and two world wars, Jenkins weaves together a gripping narrative with all the most important and interesting dates in his own inimitable style.
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First Class
- By Dikidido on 21-12-15
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A Short History of England
- Narrated by: Simon Jenkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 01-05-13
- Language: English
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The History of the Ancient World
- From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
- By: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
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This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight to the characteristics of each country. Susan Wise Bauer provides both sweeping scope and vivid attention to the individual lives that give flesh to abstract assertions about human history. This narrative history employs the methods of "history from beneath" - literature, epic traditions, private letters, and accounts - to connect kings and leaders with the lives of those they ruled.
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tedious list of kings
- By Jason M Eshelby on 28-12-14
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The History of the Ancient World
- From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 13-08-13
- Language: English
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Troy
- The Siege of Troy Retold
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
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The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for 10 whole and very bloody years. It is Zeus, the king of the gods, who triggers the war when he asks the Trojan prince Paris to judge the fairest goddess of them all. Aphrodite bribes Paris with the heart of Helen, wife of King Menelaus of the Greeks, and naturally, nature takes its course.
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Chapters?
- By Jason on 03-11-20
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Troy
- The Siege of Troy Retold
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Series: The Mythos Volumes, Book 3
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 29-10-20
- Language: English
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A History of Britain in 21 Women
- By: Jenni Murray
- Narrated by: Jenni Murray
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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Britain has been defined by its conflicts, its conquests, its men and its monarchs. To say that it's high time it was defined by its women is a severe understatement. Jenni Murray draws together the lives of 21 women to shed light upon a variety of social, political, religious and cultural aspects of British history. In lively prose Murray reinvigorates the stories behind the names we all know and reveals the fascinating tales behind those less familiar.
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Very enjoyable and interesting
- By Mrs C.J D'Elia on 12-10-16
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A History of Britain in 21 Women
- Narrated by: Jenni Murray
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 06-10-16
- Language: English
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The Hitler Years - Disaster 1940-1945
- The Hitler Years, Book 2
- By: Frank McDonough
- Narrated by: Paul McGann
- Length: 22 hrs and 40 mins
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At the beginning of 1940 Germany was at the pinnacle of its power. By May 1945 Hitler was dead and Germany had suffered a disastrous defeat. Hitler had failed to achieve his aim of making Germany a super power and had left its people to cope with the endless shame of the Holocaust. In The Hitler Years - Disaster 1940-1945, Professor Frank McDonough charts the dramatic change of fortune for the Third Reich and challenges long-held accounts of the Holocaust and Germany's ultimate defeat.
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Superb if you are of fan of WW2
- By Mr. Richard Norton on 22-02-21
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The Hitler Years - Disaster 1940-1945
- The Hitler Years, Book 2
- Narrated by: Paul McGann
- Series: The Hitler Years, Book 2
- Length: 22 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 10-12-20
- Language: English
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Zero Negativity
- The Power of Positive Thinking
- By: Ant Middleton
- Narrated by: Ant Middleton
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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There are times when life feels like it has you cornered: financial difficulties, relationship issues, work problems, all of the above. Every one of us, at one time or another, will have to face up to the challenges that come our way. And there are two ways of meeting them: negatively, where blame is the answer, where other people are at fault, where you haven’t been treated fairly. Or positively, where you own the situation, learn and grow from it and become a better person at the end of it.
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that good I listened to it twice 🙂
- By Gary b. on 24-12-20
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Zero Negativity
- The Power of Positive Thinking
- Narrated by: Ant Middleton
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 22-10-20
- Language: English
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Wake Up
- Why the World Has Gone Nuts
- By: Piers Morgan
- Narrated by: Piers Morgan
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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In 2020, the world faced its biggest crisis in a generation: a global pandemic. In the UK, it exposed deep divisions within society and laid bare a toxic culture war that had been raging beneath the surface. From the outset, Piers Morgan urged the nation to come to its senses, once and for all, and held the government to often ferocious account over its handling of the crisis. COVID-19 shed shocking light on the problems that plague our country. Stockpilers and lockdown-cheats revealed our grotesque levels of self-interest.
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I can't admit to listening to this book...
- By Cathy Lewis on 22-10-20
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Wake Up
- Why the World Has Gone Nuts
- Narrated by: Piers Morgan
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 12-10-20
- Language: English
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The New Silk Roads
- The Present and Future of the World
- By: Peter Frankopan
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
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'All roads used to lead to Rome. Today, they lead to Beijing.' When The Silk Roads was published in 2015, it became an instant classic. A major reassessment of world history, it compelled us to look at the past from a different perspective. The New Silk Roads brings this story up to date, addressing the present and future of a world that is changing dramatically. Following the Silk Roads eastwards, from Europe through to China, by way of Russia and the Middle East, The New Silk Roads provides a timely reminder that we live in a world that is profoundly interconnected.
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Fascinating. I learned something in every chapter
- By J.F.Penn on 19-01-19
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The New Silk Roads
- The Present and Future of the World
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 15-11-18
- Language: English
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SAS Great Escapes
- Seven Great Escapes Made by Real Second World War Heroes
- By: Damien Lewis
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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The finest fighting force in the world. Escape. Evade. Survive. Repeat. Seven gripping tales of overcoming the impossible. Arguably the finest special forces troops of the Second World War, the SAS was the jewel in the British military crown. But the near-impossible nature of their heroic missions sometimes left them trapped behind enemy lines, the enemy closing and forced to endure the unendurable. But the unendurable is all in a day’s work for these magnificent seven. Incredible odds. Outstanding bravery. Real adventure.
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A Remarkable Narrative - well performed
- By Killian iPad on 28-05-20
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SAS Great Escapes
- Seven Great Escapes Made by Real Second World War Heroes
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 28-05-20
- Language: English
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century
- By: Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldhammer - translator
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 24 hrs and 58 mins
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What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories. In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from 20 countries, ranging as far back as the 18th century, to uncover key economic and social patterns.
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Great book - pity about the editing of the reading
- By Jeannie on 16-08-15
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 24 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 22-05-14
- Language: English
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Barbarossa
- Hitler’s Fatal Gamble
- By: Jonathan Dimbleby
- Narrated by: Jonathan Dimbleby
- Length: 22 hrs and 39 mins
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Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of Russia in June 1941, was the largest military operation in history; its aim nothing less than 'a war of extermination' to annihilate Soviet communism, liquidate the Jews and create lebensraum for the so-called German master race. But it led to the destruction of the Third Reich and it was entirely cataclysmic: in six months of warfare no less than six million were killed, wounded or registered as missing in action, and soldiers on both sides committed heinous crimes behind the lines on a scale without parallel in the history of warfare.
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Barbarossa
- Hitler’s Fatal Gamble
- Narrated by: Jonathan Dimbleby
- Length: 22 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 15-04-21
- Language: English
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The English and Their History
- By: Robert Tombs
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 45 hrs and 32 mins
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In The English and their History, the first full-length account to appear in one volume for many decades, Robert Tombs gives us the history of the English people and of how the stories they have told about themselves have shaped them, from the prehistoric 'dreamtime' through to the present day.
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Unbalanced and Biased
- By Michael Gleeson on 17-07-19
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The English and Their History
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 45 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 23-06-16
- Language: English
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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 that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on to create governments that were accountable to their constituents. We take these institutions for granted, but they are absent or are unable to perform in many of today’s developing countries—with often disastrous consequences for the rest of the world.
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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
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
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A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's fascinating and humorous quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. He takes subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry, and particle physics, and aims to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be interested in science. In the company of some extraordinary scientists, Bill Bryson reveals the world in a way most of us have never seen it before.
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Long listen, needs concentration!
- By Helen on 16-11-07
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 26-12-04
- Language: English
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The Korean War
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins
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On 25 June, 1950, the invasion of South Korea by the Communist North launched one of the bloodiest conflicts of the last century. The seemingly limitless power of the Chinese-backed North was thrown against the ferocious firepower of the UN-backed South in a war that can be seen today as the stark prelude to Vietnam.
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A missing piece of history
- By Mark P on 14-12-14
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The Korean War
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 05-06-14
- Language: English
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