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The Poison King
- The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy
- By: Adrienne Mayor
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall59
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Performance40
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A National Book Award finalist for this epic work, Adrienne Mayor delivers a gripping account of Mithradates, the ruthless visionary who began to challenge Rome’s power in 120 B.C. Machiavelli praised his military genius. Kings coveted his secret elixir against poison. Poets celebrated his victories, intrigues, and panache. But until now, no one has told the full story of his incredible life.
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really interesting
- By mr on 18-03-14
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The Poison King
- The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 28-01-11
- Language: English
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The First Tycoon
- The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- By: T.J. Stiles
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 28 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism. Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, creator of an impossibly vast fortune, Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt is an American icon. Humbly born on Staten...
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Just ok.
- By A. Samtoy on 09-04-23
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The First Tycoon
- The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 28 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 21-04-09
- Language: English
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Jesse James
- Last Rebel of the Civil War
- By: T. J. Stiles
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance17
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Story17
In this brilliant biography T. J. Stiles offers a new understanding of the legendary outlaw Jesse James. Although he has often been portrayed as a Robin Hood of the old west, in this ground-breaking work Stiles places James within the context of the bloody conflicts of the Civil War to reveal a much more complicated and significant figure.
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How the writer seems to hate billy
- By Nigel on 17-01-26
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Jesse James
- Last Rebel of the Civil War
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 01-10-19
- Language: English
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Queens of the Age of Chivalry
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance16
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Medieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies, yet many of the Plantagenet queens of the High Middle Ages dramatically broke away from the restrictions imposed on their sex, as Alison Weir shows in this gripping group biography of England's fourteenth-century consorts. Using personal letters and wonderfully vivid sources, Alison Weir evokes the lives of five remarkable queens: Marguerite of France, Isabella of France, Philippa of Hainault, Anne of Bohemia and Isabella of Valois.
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anyone else finding the sound/recording quality poor and inconsistent?
- By kaykay on 19-01-26
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Queens of the Age of Chivalry
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Series: England's Medieval Queens, Book 3
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 22-02-23
- Language: English
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American Ulysses
- A Life of Ulysses S. Grant
- By: Ronald C. White
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 27 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall97
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Performance86
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Story88
A major new biography of the Civil War general and American president, by the author of the New York Times bestseller A. Lincoln. The dramatic story of one of America's greatest and most misunderstood military leaders and presidents, this is a major new interpretation of Ulysses S. Grant. Based on seven years of research with primary documents, some of them never tapped before, this is destined to become the Grant biography of our times.
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Full and fair biography
- By Mister Peridot on 10-07-17
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American Ulysses
- A Life of Ulysses S. Grant
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 27 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 04-10-16
- Language: English
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Alan Bennett: Untold Stories
- Read by Alan Bennett
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 10 hrs
- Original Recording
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Overall34
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Performance28
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Story28
Over the course of his distinguished entertainment career, Alan Bennett has received multiple awards and honours, including two BAFTAs, four Laurence Olivier Awards, two Tony Awards, an Academy Award nomination for his film The Madness of King George, and a British Book Award for Author of the Year in 2006. In this four-part collection of his remarkable Untold Stories, the acclaimed writer considers his childhood, career, and the current state of the world with his customary blend of wit and poignancy.
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Liked
- By Janie on 18-02-23
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Alan Bennett: Untold Stories
- Read by Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 08-12-22
- Language: English
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From Holocaust to Harvard
- A Story of Escape, Forgiveness, and Freedom
- By: John G. Stoessinger
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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When John Stoessinger was ten years old, Adolf Hitler annexed his homeland of Austria, ripping the boy from his home and his friends in Vienna. His grandparents encouraged his mother and stepfather to take young John somewhere safe. "You must have a future," his grandfather told him before he and his parents boarded the train and waved goodbye. As they trekked across the country, from Vienna to Prague and then finally settling in Shanghai, there was never a single moment Stoessinger was not afraid.
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A Clever and interesting person But a failure in relationships
- By DC on 04-06-24
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From Holocaust to Harvard
- A Story of Escape, Forgiveness, and Freedom
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 30-09-14
- Language: English
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Mozart in Italy
- Coming of Age in the Land of Opera
- By: Jane Glover
- Narrated by: Jane Glover
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance8
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Story8
Read by the author, acclaimed conductor Jane Glover. 'You don’t have to be able to hum Mozart to find this book utterly engrossing . . . I couldn’t put it down' - Joanna Lumley An expertly researched and vividly written account of Mozart’s formative trips to Italy. At thirteen years old...
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Excellent Audio Book
- By JB on 08-10-23
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Mozart in Italy
- Coming of Age in the Land of Opera
- Narrated by: Jane Glover
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 05-10-23
- Language: English
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Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter
- A Biography of Princess Louise
- By: Lucinda Hawksley
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall120
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Performance112
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Story112
The secrets of Queen Victoria's sixth child, Princess Louise, may be destined to remain hidden forever. What was so dangerous about this artistic, tempestuous royal that her life has been documented more by rumor and gossip than hard facts? When Lucinda Hawksley started to investigate, often thwarted by inexplicable secrecy, she discovered a fascinating woman, modern before her time, whose story has been shielded for years from public view.
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The Princess Diana of her time
- By Bryan James on 09-07-18
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Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter
- A Biography of Princess Louise
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 12-06-18
- Language: English
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume 3
- Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
- By: William Manchester, Paul Reid
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer, Paul Reid
- Length: 53 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance29
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Spanning 1940 to 1965, this volume picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became prime minister - when Britain stood alone against the might of Nazi Germany. The Churchill described here is a man of courage, intellect, and an irresistible will to action.
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FIRST AND SECOND EPISODE NOT AVAILABLE ON UK SITE
- By Broken iPod owner on 30-09-14
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume 3
- Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer, Paul Reid
- Series: Last Lion, Book 3
- Length: 53 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 06-11-12
- Language: English
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Enemy Coast Ahead
- The Memoir of Dambuster Guy Gibson
- By: Guy Gibson
- Narrated by: Nigel Gair
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall111
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Performance104
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Story104
A definitive new edition of a classic memoir, published in association with the RAF Museum. Guy Gibson was the leader of the famous Dambusters raid and Enemy Coast Ahead is a vivid, honest account, widely regarded as one of the best books on World War II. It is also an insider's account that sets down in clear, honest detail the challenges that the RAF faced in the war against Germany's Luftwaffe.
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Terrible Narrator
- By rascallybear on 21-10-20
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Enemy Coast Ahead
- The Memoir of Dambuster Guy Gibson
- Narrated by: Nigel Gair
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 29-07-20
- Language: English
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Mussolini: History in an Hour
- By: Rupert Colley
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall87
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Performance77
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Story77
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. ‘Il Duce’, Benito Mussolini, was one of the key figures in the creation of fascism. Famed for his dictatorial style, his political cunning and admired – initially – by Hitler, Mussolini led the National Fascist Party and ruled Italy...
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Excellent introduction to Mussolini
- By Mr B L T on 21-05-23
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Mussolini: History in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Release date: 24-04-14
- Language: English
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Circle of Treason
- CIA Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed
- By: Sandra V. Grimes, Jeanne Vertefeuille
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance21
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Circle of Treason is the first account written by CIA agents who were key members of the CIA team that conducted the intense "Ames Mole Hunt." Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille were two of the five principals of the CIA team tasked with hunting one of their own and were directly responsible for identifying Ames as the mole, leading to his arrest and conviction.
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A little disappointing.
- By R A E Charlton on 21-04-19
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Circle of Treason
- CIA Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 26-11-13
- Language: English
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Winter King
- The Dawn of Tudor England
- By: Thomas Penn
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall302
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Performance237
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Story235
A fresh look at the endlessly fascinating Tudors - the dramatic and overlooked story of Henry VII and his founding of the Tudor Dynasty - filled with spies, plots, counter-plots, and an uneasy royal succession to Henry VIII. Near the turn of the sixteenth century, England had been ravaged for decades by conspiracy and civil war. Henry Tudor clambered to the top of the heap, a fugitive with a flimsy claim to England’s crown who managed to win the throne and stay on it for 24 years.
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A Lesser-Known But Fascinating King
- By Olivier on 23-09-12
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Winter King
- The Dawn of Tudor England
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 06-03-12
- Language: English
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
- Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
- By: Douglas Brunt
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance17
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This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I. September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between...
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Historical information
- By Mrs.L on 03-01-25
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
- Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 19-09-23
- Language: English
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The Tudors
- The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
- By: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 24 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall66
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Performance53
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Story54
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For the first time in decades comes a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. “A thoroughly readable and often compelling narrative . . . Five centuries have not diminished the appetite for...
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One of the best on Tudor history
- By Deborah Wyman on 21-10-14
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The Tudors
- The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 24 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 23-02-10
- Language: English
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Martín Lutero
- By: Santiago Machain
- Narrated by: Santiago Machain
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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En el convulso siglo XVI, Martín Lutero pasó de ser un monje atormentado por la culpa a convertirse en la voz que rompió la unidad religiosa de Europa. Este libro recorre su vida desde sus años de formación y su “descubrimiento” teológico hasta las disputas imperiales, la traducción bíblica que transformó la lengua alemana y la construcción de nuevas instituciones que cambiaron la vida cotidiana.
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Martín Lutero
- Narrated by: Santiago Machain
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 27-01-26
- Language: Spanish
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Nicolás Maquiavelo
- By: Santiago Machain
- Narrated by: Santiago Machain
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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En la Florencia del siglo XV y el turbulento siglo XVI, Nicolás Maquiavelo aprendió que la política no se parece a los sermones, sino a la vida real: ambición, miedo, alianzas que cambian y decisiones que cuestan. Este libro recorre su trayectoria desde la ciudad feroz que lo formó hasta los pasillos del poder, las misiones diplomáticas, la caída, el exilio interior y la escritura como forma de volver a existir.
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Nicolás Maquiavelo
- Narrated by: Santiago Machain
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 27-01-26
- Language: Spanish
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Napoleón Bonaparte (Spanish Edition)
- By: Santiago Machain
- Narrated by: Santiago Machain
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Este libro recorre la vida de Napoleón Bonaparte desde sus orígenes periféricos hasta su caída definitiva, siguiendo no solo los grandes hechos militares y políticos, sino también al hombre detrás del mito. Esta primera entrega muestra cómo un joven oficial sin linaje se convirtió en emperador, cómo reformó Francia y transformó Europa, y cómo sus decisiones, brillantes y fatales, construyeron un poder tan moderno como frágil.
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Napoleón Bonaparte (Spanish Edition)
- Narrated by: Santiago Machain
- Length: 5 hrs
- Release date: 27-01-26
- Language: Spanish
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The Eternal Dividend
- Benjamin Franklin and the Origins of Financial Independence
- By: Daniel Fox
- Narrated by: Nathan Walter
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Eternal Dividend, Daniel Fox reveals how Franklin’s life offers a blueprint for freedom, purpose, and prosperity in any century. Drawing from Poor Richard’s Almanack, Franklin’s letters, and today’s FIRE strategies, this book blends biography, philosophy, and practical guidance to show how money can serve a life of virtue and creativity.
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The Eternal Dividend
- Benjamin Franklin and the Origins of Financial Independence
- Narrated by: Nathan Walter
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 27-01-26
- Language: English
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