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The Cold War: History in an Hour
- By: Rupert Colley
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. From the end of World War Two to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 the world lived within the shadow of the Cold War. Russia and America eyed each other with suspicion and hostility. World War Two was too recent to be forgotten and a...
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Disgusting amount of bias
- By Amazon Customer on 18-06-16
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The Cold War: History in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Release date: 02-02-12
- Language: English
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Endgame 1944
- How Stalin Won The War. The Sunday Times bestselling WW2 book about the year that sealed the Nazis' fate
- By: Jonathan Dimbleby
- Narrated by: Jonathan Dimbleby
- Length: 20 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. A Sunday Times Bestseller A gripping and authoritative account of the year that sealed the fate of the Nazis, from the bestselling historian June 1944: In Operation Bagration, more than two million Red Army soldiers, facing 500,000 German soldiers, finally avenged...
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Needs an attached pdf
- By Michael Grunwell on 04-06-24
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Endgame 1944
- How Stalin Won The War. The Sunday Times bestselling WW2 book about the year that sealed the Nazis' fate
- Narrated by: Jonathan Dimbleby
- Length: 20 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 23-05-24
- Language: English
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First Class Comrades
- The Stasi in the Cold War, 1945-1961
- By: J. Boulter
- Narrated by: Graham Mack
- Length: 36 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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No country in history has been more deeply penetrated by spies than divided Germany after the Second World War. Fighting for the eastern corner were the 'first class comrades' of the Stasi—the East German Ministry for State Security. Rising from the ruins of a defeated country, and guided by its KGB masters, the early Cold War saw the Stasi establish itself as one of the world's most notorious spy and secret police agencies.
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First Class Comrades
- The Stasi in the Cold War, 1945-1961
- Narrated by: Graham Mack
- Length: 36 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 08-04-25
- Language: English
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Operation Biting
- The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler’s Radar
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance105
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THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER A Times Best History Book of the Year; A Waterstones Best Book of the Year 'Reads like a thriller… I couldn't put Max Hastings's new book down' DAILY MAIL 'Hastings is a master of drama, a writer intimately familiar with the mind of the soldier' THE TIMES...
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Good
- By mike on 29-10-24
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Operation Biting
- The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler’s Radar
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 23-05-24
- Language: English
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The War of Nerves
- Inside the Cold War Mind
- By: Martin Sixsmith
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 26 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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More than any other conflict, the Cold War was fought on the battlefield of the human mind. And, nearly thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, its legacy still endures - not only in our politics, but in our own thoughts, and fears. Drawing on a vast array of untapped archives and...
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good but a little bit repetitive
- By ahala on 13-10-22
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The War of Nerves
- Inside the Cold War Mind
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 26 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 25-11-21
- Language: English
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Crucible of Hell
- Okinawa: The Last Great Battle of the Second World War
- By: Saul David
- Narrated by: William Roberts, Saul David - introduction
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance90
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‘Excellent’ Antony Beevor ‘Saul David is a brilliant historian … In shocking and jaw-dropping detail, he brings a battle that deserves far greater prominence and understanding vividly back to life’ James Holland From award-winning historian Saul David, an action-packed and powerful new...
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Download the book in parts
- By Matt on 06-04-20
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Crucible of Hell
- Okinawa: The Last Great Battle of the Second World War
- Narrated by: William Roberts, Saul David - introduction
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 02-04-20
- Language: English
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Operazione massacro
- By: Rodolfo Walsh
- Narrated by: Pietro Sermonti
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Il 9 giugno 1956 i generali Tanco e Valle si ribellano alla giunta militare che aveva deposto il presidente Perón. La loro rivolta viene brutalmente e illegalmente repressa e, in una discarica alla periferia della capitale, un gruppo di civili viene fucilato ancor prima che venga dichiarata la legge marziale. Insieme alla collega Enriqueta Muñiz, Walsh comincia a seguire piste, scova i sopravvissuti, ma anche vedove, orfani, rifugiati politici, fuggitivi, presunti informatori ed eroi anonimi, per scoprire cosa è successo davvero quella notte.
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Operazione massacro
- Narrated by: Pietro Sermonti
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 12-06-26
- Language: Italian
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The Vietnam War: History in an Hour
- By: Neil Smith
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall128
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Performance111
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. ‘War, what is it good for?’ THE VIETNAM WAR: HISTORY IN AN HOUR gives a gripping account of the most important Cold War-era conflict, fought between the United States and the Viet Cong, the Vietnam People’s Army and their Communist...
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reasonable introduction to the vietnam war
- By Customer on 11-09-16
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The Vietnam War: History in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Release date: 02-08-12
- Language: English
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At the Edge of Empire
- A Family's Reckoning with China
- By: Edward Wong
- Narrated by: Edward Wong, Will Dao
- Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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When New York Times correspondent Edward Wong arrived in Beijing in 2008, he had a hopeful view of a coming Chinese century. Nearly sixty years earlier, his father held a similarly optimistic vision - and joined the People's Liberation Army to further Mao's revolution. But both men were forced to confront the hard realities of Communist Party rule. Drawing on family interviews and his reporting, Edward Wong unveils the continuous inner history of China under Xi Jinping and Mao. But the parallel journeys of father and son also illustrate startling shifts over the decades.
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An enjoyable personal history of China
- By Blueski on 20-05-25
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At the Edge of Empire
- A Family's Reckoning with China
- Narrated by: Edward Wong, Will Dao
- Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 27-06-24
- Language: English
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Gulag
- A History
- By: Anne Applebaum
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 27 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall260
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Performance223
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Story224
The Gulag - a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners - was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost.
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Worthy but not riveting
- By Anonymous on 10-04-13
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Gulag
- A History
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 27 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 15-03-12
- Language: English
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Rescued from the Ashes
- The Diary of Leokadia Schmidt, Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto
- By: Leokadia Schmidt, Oscar E. Swan - translator
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The diary of a young Jewish housewife who, together with her husband and five-month-old baby, fled the Warsaw ghetto at the last possible moment, and survived the Holocaust hidden on the "Aryan" side of town in the loft of a run-down tinsmith's shed. Rescued from the Ashes documents the incredible life story of Leokadia Schmidt and her small family and their daily struggle to survive the Warsaw Ghetto.
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...you wish it was fiction...
- By Jackie on 12-08-24
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Rescued from the Ashes
- The Diary of Leokadia Schmidt, Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 15-11-22
- Language: English
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Rogues and Scholars
- Boom and Bust in the London Art Market, 1945–2000
- By: James Stourton
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Bloomsbury presents Rogues and Scholars: Boom and Bust in the London Art Market, 1945–2000 by James Stourton, read by Charles Armstrong. The modern art market was born on a single night. On 15 October 1958 Sotheby’s of Bond Street staged an ‘event sale’ of Impressionist paintings from...
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Excellent research
- By Ludovic on 28-08-25
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Rogues and Scholars
- Boom and Bust in the London Art Market, 1945–2000
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 12-09-24
- Language: English
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Stranger Than We Can Imagine
- Making Sense of the Twentieth Century
- By: John Higgs
- Narrated by: John Higgs
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall488
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Performance440
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Story440
The 20th century should make sense. It's the period of history that we know the most about, an epic geopolitical narrative that runs through World War One, the Great Depression, World War Two, the American century and the fall of the Berlin Wall. But somehow that story doesn't quite lead into the world we find ourselves in now, this bewildering 21st century, adrift in a network of constant surveillance, unsustainable competition, tsunamis of trivia and extraordinary opportunity.
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A wild ride through the twentieth century - hop on board
- By J. Drew on 25-03-20
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Stranger Than We Can Imagine
- Making Sense of the Twentieth Century
- Narrated by: John Higgs
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 27-08-15
- Language: English
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Embracing Defeat
- By: John W. Dower
- Narrated by: Edward Lewis
- Length: 21 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall27
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Performance23
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This illuminating study explores the ways in which the shattering defeat of the Japanese in World War II, followed by over six years of American military occupation, affected every level of Japanese society. The author describes the countless ways in which the Japanese met the challenge of "starting over", from top-level manipulations concerning the fate of Emperor Hirohito to the hopes, fears, and activities of ordinary men and women in every walk of life.
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Narrator spoils interesting history
- By MR on 09-07-15
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Embracing Defeat
- Narrated by: Edward Lewis
- Length: 21 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 03-05-07
- Language: English
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The Making of Modern Britain
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Abridged
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Performance145
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In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation...
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History Retold
- By Wil on 24-05-10
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The Making of Modern Britain
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 15-10-09
- Language: English
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Jet Man
- The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution
- By: Duncan Campbell-Smith
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall70
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Performance66
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In 1929, a 22-year-old maverick named Frank Whittle - a self-taught aeronautical obsessive and risk-takingly brilliant RAF pilot - presented a blueprint for a revolutionary, jet-powered aircraft engine to the Air Ministry. His idea had the potential to change the course of history, but it was summarily rejected. In this meticulously researched biography, Duncan Campbell-Smith charts Whittle's stoic efforts to build his jet engine in the interwar years.
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Fascinating despite issues
- By Nick Anderson on 19-07-21
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Jet Man
- The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 25-03-21
- Language: English
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Das Reich
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Nigel Carrington
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Within days of the D-Day landings, the 'Das Reich' 2nd SS Panzer Division marched north through France to reinforce the front-line defenders of Hitler's Fortress Europe. Veterans of the bloodiest fighting of the Russian Front, 15,000 men with their tanks and artillery, they were hounded for every mile of their march by saboteurs of the Resistance and agents of the Allied Special Forces. Along their route they took reprisals so savage they will live forever in the chronicles of the most appalling atrocities of war.
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Gripping, balanced, multifaceted
- By Jim on 04-08-14
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Das Reich
- Narrated by: Nigel Carrington
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 03-06-14
- Language: English
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Hunting Eichmann
- Chasing Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi
- By: Neal Bascomb
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall178
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Performance159
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Best-selling author Neal Bascomb has garnered critical acclaim for such riveting nonfiction as Higher and Red Mutiny. Based on extensive interviews and previously classified details, Hunting Eichmann is a compelling account of the relentless hunt for the nefarious Adolf Eichmann.
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Fantastic narration of an amazing story
- By NL on 29-10-18
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Hunting Eichmann
- Chasing Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 27-02-09
- Language: English
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Fighter
- Penguin Modern Classics
- By: Len Deighton
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance78
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Brought to you by Penguin History is swamped by patriotic myths about the aerial combat fought between the RAF and the Luftwaffe over the summer of 1940. In his gripping history of the Battle of Britain, Len Deighton drew on a decade of research and his own wartime experiences to puncture these...
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Really interesting
- By Ian Smith on 11-03-22
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Fighter
- Penguin Modern Classics
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 29-07-21
- Language: English
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Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution
- By: Ian Kershaw
- Narrated by: Nick Sandys
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance37
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This book is the culmination of more than three decades of meticulous historiographic research on Nazi Germany by one of the period’s most distinguished historians. The volume brings together the most important and influential aspects of Ian Kershaw’s research on the Holocaust for the first time. The writings are arranged in three sections - Hitler and the Final Solution, popular opinion and the Jews in Nazi Germany, and the Final Solution in historiography - and Kershaw provides an introduction and a closing section on the uniqueness of Nazism.
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Serious study
- By Aux on 29-01-25
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Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution
- Narrated by: Nick Sandys
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 22-01-19
- Language: English
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