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The War on the West
- How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason
- By: Douglas Murray
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,757
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Performance2,424
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Story2,404
SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ‘The most important book of the year’ Daily Mail The brilliant and provocative new book from one of the world’s foremost political writers ‘The anti-Western revisionists have been out in force in recent years. It is high time that we revise them in...
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In the land of the blind …
- By theantlion on 01-05-22
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The War on the West
- How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 28-04-22
- Language: English
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The Eagle and the Lion
- Rome, Persia and an Unwinnable Conflict
- By: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall37
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Performance32
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Story32
The Roman empire shaped the culture of the Western world against which all other great powers are compared. Stretching from the north of Britain to the Sahara, and from the Atlantic coast to the Euphrates, it imposed peace and prosperity on an unprecedented scale. However, the exception lay in the east, where the Parthian and then Persian empires ruled over great cities and the trade routes to mysterious lands beyond. This was the place Alexander the Great had swept through, creating a dream of glory and conquest which tantalized Greeks and Romans alike.
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Another brilliant book by Adrian Goldsworthy
- By Well That Aged Well on 18-12-23
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The Eagle and the Lion
- Rome, Persia and an Unwinnable Conflict
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 06-07-23
- Language: English
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Mudlarking
- By: Lara Maiklem
- Narrated by: Lara Maiklem
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,066
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Performance956
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Story953
Lara Maiklem has scoured the banks of the Thames for over 15 years, in pursuit of the objects that the river unearths: from Neolithic flints to Roman hair pins, medieval buckles to Tudor buttons, Georgian clay pipes to Victorian toys. These objects tell her about London and its lost ways of life. Moving from the river's tidal origins in the west of the city to the point where it meets the sea in the east, Mudlarking is a search for urban solitude and history on the River Thames, what Lara calls 'the longest archaeological site in the world'.
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Unexpectedly fascinating insight into lost London
- By oorkris on 25-08-19
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Mudlarking
- Narrated by: Lara Maiklem
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 18-08-19
- Language: English
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Dynasty
- The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
- By: Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Tom Holland
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall86
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Performance70
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Story70
Tom Holland gives a dazzling portrait of Rome's first imperial dynasty. Dynasty traces the full astonishing story of its rule of the world: both the brilliance of its allure, and the blood-steeped shadows cast by its crimes. Ranging from the great capital rebuilt in marble by Augustus to the dank and barbarian-haunted forests of Germany, it is populated by a spectacular cast: murderers and metrosexuals, adulterers and druids, scheming grandmothers and reluctant gladiators.
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Disappointed
- By S. T. Scott on 29-06-24
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Dynasty
- The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
- Narrated by: Tom Holland
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 06-06-24
- Language: English
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Revolting
- The riotously funny new history book for adults from the bestselling author of Horrible Histories and A History of Britain in Ten Enemies
- By: Terry Deary
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Brought to you by Penguin. This is history through the eyes of Mr and Mrs Peasant (and their good friend Monsieur Guillotine...). A globetrotting, laugh-out-loud funny history from the multi-million copy bestselling author of A History of Britain in Ten Enemies and Horrible Histories. Remember...
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History 101
- By Anonymous on 05-12-25
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Revolting
- The riotously funny new history book for adults from the bestselling author of Horrible Histories and A History of Britain in Ten Enemies
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 25-09-25
- Language: English
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The Silk Roads
- A New History of the World
- By: Peter Frankopan
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 25 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall291
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Performance263
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Story264
Bloomsbury presents The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan, read by Mike Grady. The No. 1 Sunday Times and international bestseller – a major reassessment of world history in light of the economic and political renaissance in the re-emerging east For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in...
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Not very novel, but quite entertaining
- By Nyota on 04-03-23
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The Silk Roads
- A New History of the World
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 25 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 28-08-22
- Language: English
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The Classical World
- An Epic History of Greece and Rome
- By: Robin Lane Fox
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 28 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall61
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Performance48
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Story47
Brought to you by Penguin. Robin Lane Fox's The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome is a comprehensive and enthralling introduction to Ancient civilization. The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome dominated the world for centuries and continue to intrigue and enlighten us...
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Classical life - described & explained
- By Sian M. on 16-06-21
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The Classical World
- An Epic History of Greece and Rome
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 28 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 25-03-21
- Language: English
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An African History of Africa
- Instant Sunday Times bestseller and shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards
- By: Zeinab Badawi
- Narrated by: Zeinab Badawi
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall174
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Performance165
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Story165
Brought to you by Penguin. Everyone is originally from Africa, and this book is therefore for everyone. For too long, Africa's history has been neglected. Dominated by western narratives of slavery and colonialism, its past has been fragmented, overlooked and denied its rightful place in our...
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Well researched but very predictable
- By Inge on 20-04-24
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An African History of Africa
- Instant Sunday Times bestseller and shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards
- Narrated by: Zeinab Badawi
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 18-04-24
- Language: English
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The World
- By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Narrated by: Ajjaz Awad, Ako Mitchell, Anna Cordell, and others
- Length: 68 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall100
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Performance93
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Story94
THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one thing all humans have in common: family...
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Fascinating book ruined by poor narration
- By Mark on 29-10-22
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The World
- Narrated by: Ajjaz Awad, Ako Mitchell, Anna Cordell, Ayesha Dharker, Damian Lynch, Gunnar Cauthery, Jonathan Aris, Kevin Shen, Lara Sawalha, Leighton Pugh, Lucian Msamati, Nabiha Akkari, Nneka Okoye, Rachel Handshaw, Raj Ghatak
- Length: 68 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 27-10-22
- Language: English
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The Dawn of Everything
- A New History of Humanity
- By: David Graeber, David Wengrow
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 24 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall546
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Performance460
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Story457
Brought to you by Penguin. For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts...
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not the great revolution I was expecting
- By Olly Buxton on 11-11-21
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The Dawn of Everything
- A New History of Humanity
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 24 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 19-10-21
- Language: English
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
- 'Truly mind-expanding... Ultra-topical' Guardian
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7,245
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Performance6,159
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Story6,121
Brought to you by Penguin. The audiobook edition of 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, read by Derek Perkins. **THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER** In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment. How can we protect...
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Grow your mind
- By Paul Murphy on 07-09-18
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
- 'Truly mind-expanding... Ultra-topical' Guardian
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 30-08-18
- Language: English
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Peak Human
- What We Can Learn from History’s Greatest Civilizations
- By: Johan Norberg
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall44
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Performance41
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Story41
All golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific exploration, technological achievement and economic growth; yet no two are the same. Their beliefs, societies and place in the wider world all vary. Despite this, all previous golden ages have ended, whether it be because of external pressures or internal fracturing; too much hubris or too little wariness.
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Norberg is back!
- By Dennis on 01-06-25
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Peak Human
- What We Can Learn from History’s Greatest Civilizations
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 29-05-25
- Language: English
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Babylon
- Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
- By: Paul Kriwaczek
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall165
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Performance146
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Story146
Civilization was born 8,000 years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, when migrants from the surrounding mountains and deserts began to create increasingly sophisticated urban societies. In the cities that they built, half of human history took place. In Babylon, Paul Kriwaczek tells the story of Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements seven thousand years ago to the eclipse of Babylon in the sixth century BCE. Bringing the people of this land to life in vibrant detail, the author chronicles the rise and fall of power during this period.
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Obscene modern political propaganda
- By Amazon Customer on 02-11-22
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Babylon
- Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 27-08-19
- Language: English
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- By: Edward Gibbon
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 126 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall169
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Performance140
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Story141
Here in a single volume is the entire, unabridged recording of Gibbon's masterpiece. Beginning in the second century A.D. at the apex of the Pax Romana, Gibbon traces the arc of decline and complete destruction through the centuries across Europe and the Mediterranean. It is a thrilling and cautionary tale of splendor and ruin, of faith and hubris, and of civilization and barbarism. Follow along as Christianity overcomes paganism... before itself coming under intense pressure from Islam.
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Immense book & audiobook
- By El on 12-12-15
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 126 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 21-04-15
- Language: English
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The Enlightenment
- The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790
- By: Ritchie Robertson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 40 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall52
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Performance46
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Brought to you by Penguin. The Enlightenment is one of the formative periods of Western history, yet more than 300 years after it began, it remains controversial. It is often seen as the fountainhead of modern values such as human rights, religious toleration, freedom of thought, scientific...
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Superb Overview
- By S. Moorcroft on 05-01-21
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The Enlightenment
- The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 40 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 05-11-20
- Language: English
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The Library of Ancient Wisdom
- Mesopotamia and the Making of History
- By: Selena Wisnom
- Narrated by: Catherine Bailey
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance12
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Brought to you by Penguin. The story of the ancient world’s most spectacular library, and the civilization that created it When a team of Victorian archaeologists dug into a grassy hill in Iraq, they chanced upon one of the oldest and greatest stores of knowledge ever seen: the library of the...
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A window into the beginning of history
- By Rod Duncan on 02-04-25
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The Library of Ancient Wisdom
- Mesopotamia and the Making of History
- Narrated by: Catherine Bailey
- Length: 12 hrs
- Release date: 13-03-25
- Language: English
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The Light Ages
- A Medieval Journey of Discovery
- By: Seb Falk
- Narrated by: Seb Falk
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance33
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Brought to you by Penguin. The Middle Ages were a time of wonder. They gave us the first universities, the first eyeglasses and the first mechanical clocks as medieval thinkers sought to understand the world around them, from the passing of the seasons to the stars in the sky. In this book, we...
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Medieval Science
- By Elke on 23-07-25
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The Light Ages
- A Medieval Journey of Discovery
- Narrated by: Seb Falk
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 24-09-20
- Language: English
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24 Hours in Ancient China
- By: Yijie Zhuyang
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall86
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Performance77
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Travel back to AD 17, during the fourth year of the reign of Wang Mang of the Han dynasty, a vibrant and innovative era full of conflicts and contradictions. But as different as the Han culture might have been to other great ancient civilisations, the inhabitants of ancient China faced the same problems as people have for time immemorial: earning enough money, coping with workplace dramas and keeping your home in order.
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Superb!
- By AL on 05-07-22
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24 Hours in Ancient China
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 25-06-20
- Language: English
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By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean
- The Birth of Eurasia
- By: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 18 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance16
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By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean is nothing less than the story of how humans first started building the globalized world we know today. Set on a huge continental stage, from Europe to China, it is a tale covering more than 10,000 years, from the origins of farming around 9000 BC to the expansion of the Mongols in the 13th century AD.
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Poor narration
- By Robert on 01-01-22
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By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean
- The Birth of Eurasia
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 18 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 24-08-21
- Language: English
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Land
- How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
- By: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall42
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Performance38
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From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back. In 1889, thousands of hopeful people raced southward from the Kansas state line and westward from the Arkansas boundary to...
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The two types of hunger
- By Alistair Kelman on 07-02-21
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Land
- How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 19-01-21
- Language: English
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