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The Russian Revolution of 1917
- The History of the Russian Empire’s Collapse and the Establishment of the Soviet Union
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
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The 17th century was marked by multiple pro-democratic revolutions exploding in both hemispheres. In Europe and its neighbors to the east, border-changing wars were fought incessantly. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the underlying premises of political, governmental and social structures within several European and Asian states were shaken to the core after centuries of royalty and one-family rule. By the onset of World War I, royal families began to experience a long, slow decline, with some quietly fading into the status of national symbols and others experiencing political overthrow. Some were horrified by the suddenness of a changing public, while others barely noticed.
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The Russian Revolution of 1917
- The History of the Russian Empire’s Collapse and the Establishment of the Soviet Union
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Release date: 04-01-18
- Language: English
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The Portuguese Empire and Africa
- The History and Legacy of Portugal's Exploration and Colonization of the West African Coast
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
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By the mid-15th century, the Byzantine Empire had collapsed and the various Crusades that had taken place in the region had largely disrupted the overland routes of the Silk Road and trade. Compounding the difficulties of trade was the rise of the Ottoman Empire in place of the Byzantines and the outbreak of the Black Death in Europe. This audiobook chronicles the early efforts by the Portuguese that helped initiate the Age of Exploration, and the ramifications the colonization had across the world.
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Portuguese and Afrikaans pronunciation!?
- By MISS N HELENA on 03-12-21
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The Portuguese Empire and Africa
- The History and Legacy of Portugal's Exploration and Colonization of the West African Coast
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
- Release date: 25-03-19
- Language: English
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Biafra
- The History and Legacy of the Secessionist Republic of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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Nigeria was an unpopular destination for European settlement, thanks to its punishing climate and proliferation of tropical disease, so it saw very little direct European influence. Europeans were posted to Nigeria or sought employment purely to satisfy the needs of administration, and, of course, the various Christian missionary organizations were led largely by whites. Christian missions, incidentally, succeeded spectacularly in the spreading of Christianity across the animist south, but they made absolutely no inroads in the Muslim north.
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Insightful!
- By Anonymous User on 21-03-18
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Madame de Pompadour: The Life and Legacy of French King Louis XV’s Chief Mistress
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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Jean Antoinette Poussin, the woman who would become known as Madame de Pompadour, was a middle-class girl of uncertain parenthood who became one of many in a long line of King Louis XV’s mistresses before she died at the age of 42. While none of that stands out on its own when it comes to French history and royalty, historians have labeled her “no ordinary king’s mistress.... She made and unmade ministers, she selected ambassadors, she appointed generals, [and] she conferred pensions and places."
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Madame de Pompadour: The Life and Legacy of French King Louis XV’s Chief Mistress
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 26-06-19
- Language: English
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The Ancient Agora of Classical Athens
- The History and Legacy of the Athenian City Center and Assembly Gathering Space
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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The center of political and commercial interaction in the Ancient Greek polis was the agora. The word essentially means a gathering place or an open space, and in all Greek city states, the agora was central to all aspects of daily life and commerce. As the agora developed as a civic space, particularly from the sixth century BCE onward in Athens, the architectural splendor of the buildings associated with it became an ever more obvious demonstration of the power and glory of Athenian democracy.
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The Ancient Agora of Classical Athens
- The History and Legacy of the Athenian City Center and Assembly Gathering Space
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Release date: 26-07-17
- Language: English
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Great Zimbabwe
- The History and Legacy of the Medieval Kingdom of Zimbabwe's Capital
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered the continent during a particularly hubristic and dynamic phase of European history. In 1884, Prince Otto von Bismark, the German chancellor, brought the plenipotentiaries of all major powers of Europe together, to deal with Africa's colonization in such a manner as to avoid provocation of war.
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A good starting point
- By Tfd on 22-02-19
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Great Zimbabwe
- The History and Legacy of the Medieval Kingdom of Zimbabwe's Capital
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Release date: 17-07-17
- Language: English
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The Popol Vuh
- The History and Legacy of the Maya's Creation Myth and Epic Legends
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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Many ancient civilizations have influenced and inspired people in the 21st century. The Greeks and Romans continue to fascinate the West today. But of all the world's civilizations, none have intrigued people more than the Mayans, whose culture, astronomy, language, and mysterious disappearance all continue to captivate people. In 2012 especially, there was a renewed focus on the Mayans, whose advanced calendar led many to speculate the world would end on the same date the Mayan calendar ends.
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The Popol Vuh
- The History and Legacy of the Maya's Creation Myth and Epic Legends
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Release date: 08-08-17
- Language: English
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The Yom Kippur War
- The History and Legacy of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and Its Impact on the Middle East Peace Process
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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Welcome to the Middle East conflict, a conflict that is technically 63 years old and counting but has its roots in over 2,000 years of history. With so much time and history, the peace process has become laden with unique, politically sensitive concepts, like the right of return, contiguous borders, secure borders, demilitarized zones, and security requirements, with players like the Quartet, Palestinian Authority, Fatah, Hamas, the Arab League, and Israel. Over time, it has become exceedingly difficult for even sophisticated political pundits and followers to keep track of it all.
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The Yom Kippur War
- The History and Legacy of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and Its Impact on the Middle East Peace Process
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Release date: 10-08-17
- Language: English
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The Voynich Manuscript
- The History of the Mysterious Renaissance Codex That Has Never Been Deciphered
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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For as long as language and communication have existed, humans have invented ways to mask their messages from prying eyes. One could be forgiven for assuming there are no ciphers left unsolved. On the contrary, a diverse array of both ancient and modern cryptographic challenges, which have stumped even the most seasoned code crackers of today, exist, and may exist for generations to come. Among the most famous of these memorandums is a 600-year-old document that continues to mystify: the Voynich Manuscript.
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The Voynich Manuscript
- The History of the Mysterious Renaissance Codex That Has Never Been Deciphered
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Release date: 15-09-17
- Language: English
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Submarine Warfare in World War I: The History and Legacy of the German U-boats and Allied Efforts to Counter Them
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
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Submarine warfare began tentatively during the American Civil War. Robert Whitehead's invention of the torpedo introduced the weapon later used most frequently by submarines. World War I proved the value of submarines, ensuring their widespread employment in the next conflict. Submarine Warfare in World War I: The History and Legacy of the German U-boats and Allied Efforts to Counter Them analyzes the underwater fighting. You will learn about submarine warfare in World War I like never before.
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Far Too Short
- By S. Morris on 10-07-21
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Submarine Warfare in World War I: The History and Legacy of the German U-boats and Allied Efforts to Counter Them
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Release date: 15-03-18
- Language: English
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The War of the Spanish Succession
- The History of the Conflict Between the Bourbons and Habsburgs That Engulfed Europe
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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The War of the Spanish Succession, fought at the beginning of the 18th century, was the last major war engaged in by French King Louis XIV, the legendary Sun King, and it was also the most famous of all military conflicts during his reign. While the length and the scope of the conflict are the primary reasons why people have given so much attention to it, another reason for its historical popularity is, no doubt, the fact that its outcome humbled the French king, to the delight of his many critics. He was, after all, the one who had given himself the lofty nickname of “the Sun King".
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The War of the Spanish Succession
- The History of the Conflict Between the Bourbons and Habsburgs That Engulfed Europe
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Release date: 29-10-19
- Language: English
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The Voyage of the St. Louis
- The History and Legacy of the Fateful Attempt to Resettle Jewish Refugees Before World War II and the Holocaust
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
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In the years preceding the height of the European Holocaust’s worst atrocities, Adolf Hitler, the new Chancellor of Germany, confronted the world with a moral test. His early experiment of allowing Jews to seek homelands elsewhere came to define his future course of action toward the Jewish population of the continent. The acidic hatred he bore for the Jewish presence in European society was clear enough, but the leader of the Nazi Party could not precisely gauge the international community’s likely response to a campaign of extreme abuse directed against his own citizens.
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The Voyage of the St. Louis
- The History and Legacy of the Fateful Attempt to Resettle Jewish Refugees Before World War II and the Holocaust
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Release date: 17-11-17
- Language: English
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The Six Day War
- The History and Legacy of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and Its Impact on the Middle East
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
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In early June 1967, the Israelis captured Jordanian intelligence that indicated an invasion was imminent, and at 08h10 on June 5, 1967, the Israel Broadcasting Authority aired an Israeli Defense Force communique. "Since the early hours of this morning", it read, "heavy fighting has been taking place on the southern front between Egyptian armored and aerial forces, which moved against Israel, and our forces, which went into action to check them."
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The Six Day War
- The History and Legacy of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and Its Impact on the Middle East
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Release date: 19-12-17
- Language: English
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The Roma
- The History of the Romani People and the Controversial Persecutions of Them Across Europe
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
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Otherwise known as the “Roma” or by their popular misnomer “the gypsies”, the members of this highly undervalued and grossly misrepresented community have long been considered outcasts. More often than not, the Romani are branded by even those who fancy themselves liberals as “pikeys”, “gyppos”, and “gips”. There's also a regrettably common term “gypped” meaning “to cheat, or swindle” which perpetuates the damaging stereotype that the Roma are dishonest nuisances and societal pests.
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Interesting but superficial
- By Jeremija on 30-11-21
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The FBI and J. Edgar Hoover: The History and Legacy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Under Its First Director
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
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The FBI and J. Edgar Hoover: The History and Legacy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Under Its First Director examines the events that led to the formation of the FBI, the most important cases it was involved in, and the controversies surrounding Hoover’s methods. You will learn about the FBI under Hoover like never before.
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The FBI and J. Edgar Hoover: The History and Legacy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Under Its First Director
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 09-01-20
- Language: English
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The Great Siege of Malta
- The History of the Battle for the Mediterranean Island Between the Ottoman Empire and Knights Hospitaller
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
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For centuries, Christians and Muslims were embroiled in one of the most infamous territorial disputes of all time, viciously and relentlessly battling one another for the Holy Land. In the heart of Jerusalem sat one of the shining jewels of the Christian faith - the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Legend has it that this was where their Savior had been buried before his fabled resurrection. What was more, it was said to house the very cross Jesus Christ had died upon.
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The Great Siege of Malta
- The History of the Battle for the Mediterranean Island Between the Ottoman Empire and Knights Hospitaller
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 02-04-20
- Language: English
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Charles Ponzi and the Ponzi Scheme
- The History and Legacy of 20th Century America's Most Famous Con Artist
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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Charles Ponzi’s name is almost instantly recognizable thanks to the famous financial scandal named after him. This is somewhat ironic because, while his last name has become synonymous with financial scandal and many recognize how a Ponzi scheme works, some have argued that Ponzi really did not know what he was doing while it was taking place. Charles Ponzi and the Ponzi Scheme: The History and Legacy of 20th Century America’s Most Famous Con Artist looks at the elaborate fraud designed by one of America’s most notorious criminals.
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A Guide to Western Economies Post 1945
- By John Buckoke on 18-10-21
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Charles Ponzi and the Ponzi Scheme
- The History and Legacy of 20th Century America's Most Famous Con Artist
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Release date: 18-09-19
- Language: English
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The Battle of Red Cliffs
- The History and Legacy of the Decisive Battle Fought Near the Start of Ancient China's Three Kingdoms Period
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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The Battle of Red Cliffs changed Chinese history. It marked the end of the Han Dynasty, one of the greatest in China’s history, and pushed China into the era of the Three Kingdoms, an era of perpetual warfare and chaos. Furthermore, the battle also had a dramatic effect on Chinese culture, media, and literature, and the battle and its major participants remain legendary in China.
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The Battle of Red Cliffs
- The History and Legacy of the Decisive Battle Fought Near the Start of Ancient China's Three Kingdoms Period
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 19-12-19
- Language: English
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The History of Iraq, 1900-2012
- By: Charles River Editors, M. Clement Hall
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
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For much of the past 30 years, Iraq has been one of the world’s greatest hot spots. The 1980s saw Ba’athist strongman Saddam Hussein go to war with Iran as well as the Kurds, who maintained an autonomous region of their own in Northern Iraq. Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait touched off a Gulf War that was followed by biting sanctions. And the 2003 American-led invasion against Hussein’s regime provided the uninformed an all-too-brutal crash course on Iraq’s ethnic and religious divisions and the Middle East’s as a whole.
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The History of Iraq, 1900-2012
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 13-08-18
- Language: English
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Wahabbism
- The History of the Conservative Islamic Religious Movement in Saudi Arabia
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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Wahhabism is the most common form of politicized fundamentalist Islam, now most associated with the Islamic State and Al Qaeda and the official religion of Saudi Arabia and Qatar. It is widespread throughout the Islamic world, especially in Pakistan and Afghanistan (where it was the official religion of the Taliban). Together, the Saudi and al-Wahhab families formed a potent alliance, with the Saudis gaining an ideological backing for their small state and the Wahhabis gaining a powerful and increasingly wealthy patron.
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