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Best Sellers
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The Crusades
- The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
- Written by: Thomas Asbridge
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 25 hrs and 32 mins
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The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages....
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Fantastic Book
- By braden on 2018-11-18
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The End
- The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945
- Written by: Ian Kershaw
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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From the preeminent Hitler biographer, a fascinating and original exploration of how the Third Reich was willing and able to fight to the bitter end of World War II....
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An indept review of the last year of Nazi Germany.
- By Comm on 2023-07-25
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The Lighthouse of Stalingrad
- The Epic Siege at the Heart of the Greatest Battle of World War II
- Written by: Iain MacGregor
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A thrilling, vivid, and highly detailed account of the epic siege during one of World War II’s most important battles, told by the brilliant British editor-turned-historian and author of Checkpoint Charlie, Iain MacGregor....
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Well researched on a less covered side of Stalingrad
- By Amazon Apologist on 2023-11-26
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Night of the Assassins
- The Untold Story of Hitler's Plot to Kill FDR, Churchill, and Stalin
- Written by: Howard Blum
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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The year is 1943, and the three Allied leaders - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin - are meeting for the first time at a top-secret conference in Tehran. But the Nazis have learned about the meeting, and Hitler sees it as his last chance to turn the tide....
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Fantastic read
- By Ben on 2023-03-02
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Explaining Hitler
- The Search for the Origins of His Evil
- Written by: Ron Rosenbaum
- Narrated by: Steve Quinn
- Length: 22 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In Explaining Hitler, Ron Rosenbaum investigates the meanings and motivations people have attached to Hitler and his crimes against humanity....
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Ordinary Men
- Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
- Written by: Christopher R. Browning
- Narrated by: Kevin Gallagher
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Now available in audio for the first time, Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews - now with a new afterword and additional photographs....
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good book - hard to digest
- By Dallas J Hoday on 2021-03-17
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The Crusades
- The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
- Written by: Thomas Asbridge
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 25 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages....
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Fantastic Book
- By braden on 2018-11-18
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The End
- The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945
- Written by: Ian Kershaw
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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From the preeminent Hitler biographer, a fascinating and original exploration of how the Third Reich was willing and able to fight to the bitter end of World War II....
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An indept review of the last year of Nazi Germany.
- By Comm on 2023-07-25
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The Lighthouse of Stalingrad
- The Epic Siege at the Heart of the Greatest Battle of World War II
- Written by: Iain MacGregor
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A thrilling, vivid, and highly detailed account of the epic siege during one of World War II’s most important battles, told by the brilliant British editor-turned-historian and author of Checkpoint Charlie, Iain MacGregor....
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Well researched on a less covered side of Stalingrad
- By Amazon Apologist on 2023-11-26
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Night of the Assassins
- The Untold Story of Hitler's Plot to Kill FDR, Churchill, and Stalin
- Written by: Howard Blum
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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The year is 1943, and the three Allied leaders - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin - are meeting for the first time at a top-secret conference in Tehran. But the Nazis have learned about the meeting, and Hitler sees it as his last chance to turn the tide....
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Fantastic read
- By Ben on 2023-03-02
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Explaining Hitler
- The Search for the Origins of His Evil
- Written by: Ron Rosenbaum
- Narrated by: Steve Quinn
- Length: 22 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In Explaining Hitler, Ron Rosenbaum investigates the meanings and motivations people have attached to Hitler and his crimes against humanity....
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Ordinary Men
- Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
- Written by: Christopher R. Browning
- Narrated by: Kevin Gallagher
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Now available in audio for the first time, Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews - now with a new afterword and additional photographs....
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good book - hard to digest
- By Dallas J Hoday on 2021-03-17
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The Habsburgs
- To Rule the World
- Written by: Martyn Rady
- Narrated by: Simon Boughey
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries - from their rise to power to their eventual downfall....
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Excellent History
- By L. C. on 2020-10-05
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The Decline of the West
- Vol 1: Form and Actuality. Vol 2: Perspectives of World History
- Written by: Oswald Spengler
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 55 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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The Decline of the West - Volume 1 published in 1917, Volume 2 in 1922 - has exercised and challenged opinion ever since....
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The Forgotten Soldier
- Written by: Guy Sajer
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 21 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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When Guy Sajer joins the infantry full of ideals in the summer of 1942, the German army is enjoying unparalleled success in Russia....
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I have PTSD after reading this
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-08-11
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Beyond the Wall
- A History of East Germany
- Written by: Katja Hoyer
- Narrated by: Sam Peter Jackson
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Acclaimed historian Katja Hoyer sets aside the usual Cold War caricatures of the GDR to offer the definitive new history of East Germany—from the ashes of the Second World War to the fall of the Berlin Wall....
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Churchill, Hitler, and 'The Unnecessary War'
- How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
- Written by: Patrick J. Buchanan
- Narrated by: Don Leslie
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Patrick Buchanan makes the case that, if not for the blunders of British statesmen - Winston Churchill first among them - the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust might have been avoided....
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But what would have happened then.
- By Kindle RBW on 2019-06-03
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The Man with the Poison Gun
- A Cold War Spy Story
- Written by: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In the fall of 1961, KGB assassin Bogdan Stashinsky defected to West Germany. After spilling his secrets to the CIA, Stashinsky was put on trial....
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Where Divers Dare
- The Hunt for the Last U-Boat
- Written by: Randall Peffer
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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On April 16, 1944, the tanker SS Pan Pennsylvania was torpedoed and sunk by the U-550. In return the sub was sent to the bottom by three destroyer escorts that were guarding the convoy....
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Great story. great narration
- By Amazon Customer on 2019-10-07
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The Third Reich in Power
- Written by: Richard J. Evans
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 31 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive account of Germany's malign transformation under Hitler's total rule and the implacable march to war....
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The Chancellor
- Written by: Kati Marton
- Narrated by: Alex Allwine, Kati Marton
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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The “captivating” (The New York Times), definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, detailing the extraordinary rise and political brilliance of the most powerful—and elusive—woman in the world....
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Remarkable account of a remarkable woman
- By Matt Luloff on 2023-07-23
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The Third Reich at War
- Written by: Richard J. Evans
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 35 hrs and 10 mins
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The final volume in Richard J. Evans’s masterly trilogy on the history of Nazi Germany....
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Grim
- By RushFanForLife on 2021-06-18
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Normandy '44
- D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France
- Written by: James Holland
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 24 hrs and 20 mins
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D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the 76 days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west - the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries....
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Excellent
- By Kindle Customer on 2023-08-12
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Blitzed
- Drugs in Nazi Germany
- Written by: Norman Ohler, Shaun Whiteside - translator
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler's gripping best seller reveals, the entire Third Reich was permeated with drugs....
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A wile ride
- By Garrry on 2019-09-15
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Hitler
- Ascent 1889-1939
- Written by: Volker Ullrich
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 34 hrs and 46 mins
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A major new biography - an extraordinary, penetrating study of the man who has become the personification of evil....
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Iron and Blood
- A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples Since 1500
- Written by: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrated by: Rory Alexander
- Length: 34 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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German military history is typically viewed as an inexorable march to the rise of Prussia and the two world wars, the road paved by militarism and the result a specifically German way of war. Peter Wilson challenges this narrative....
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The Colditz Story
- Written by: P.R. Reid
- Narrated by: Tim Woodward
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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Colditz - the dreaded POW camp was supposed to be impregnable....
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a must read for history of WWII buffs, well worth
- By Anonymous User on 2022-11-29
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The Rise of Germany, 1939-1941
- The War in The West, Volume 1
- Written by: James Holland
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 27 hrs and 44 mins
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The Rise of Germany is a masterful history of the war on land, in the air, and at sea, destined to generate significant scholarly debate and listener interest....
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Heart of Europe
- A History of the Holy Roman Empire
- Written by: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 34 hrs and 3 mins
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The Holy Roman Empire lasted 1,000 years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable dominion never inspired the awe of its predecessor....
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Difficult to Digest, but a Worthwhile Pickup
- By 099880897979 on 2022-12-15
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The Coming of the Third Reich
- Written by: Richard J. Evans
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 21 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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There is no story in 20th-century history more important to understand than Hitler’s rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany....
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Bismarck
- The Man and the Statesman
- Written by: A.J.P. Taylor
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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In this compelling biography, historian A. J. P. Taylor reevaluates Bismarck's motives and methods, focusing on the chancellor's rise to power in the 1860s....
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Soldier of Rome
- The Legionary Book One of the Artorian Chronicles
- Written by: James Mace
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The entire Roman Empire held its collective breath as Germanicus and Arminius faced each other in what would become the most brutal and savage campaign....
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The Fall of Berlin 1945
- Written by: Antony Beevor
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Antony Beevor has reconstructed the experiences of those millions caught up in the nightmare of the Third Reich's final collapse. The Fall of Berlin is a terrible story of pride, stupidity....
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Great book! Definitely recommend
- By aaron on 2018-07-02
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The Weimar Years
- Rise and Fall 1918–1933
- Written by: Frank McDonough
- Narrated by: Paul McGann
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The Weimar Years is a vivid narrative of a dramatic period in German history. Year by year, from 1918 to 1933, Frank McDonough covers the major events in both domestic and foreign policy and the personalities who shaped them, together with developments in music, art, theatre and literature....
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When Titans Clashed
- How the Red Army Stopped Hitler
- Written by: David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House
- Narrated by: James Romick
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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This new edition maintains the 1995 original's distinction as a crucial volume in the history of World War II and of the Soviet Union and the most informed and compelling perspective on one of the greatest military confrontations of all time....
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No Simple Victory
- World War II in Europe, 1939-1945
- Written by: Norman Davies
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 20 hrs and 35 mins
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If history really belongs to the victor, what happens when there's more than one side declaring victory? That's the conundrum Norman Davies unravels....
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A Great Work
- By John McElwain on 2019-08-05
New Releases
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Explaining Hitler
- The Search for the Origins of His Evil
- Written by: Ron Rosenbaum
- Narrated by: Steve Quinn
- Length: 22 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In Explaining Hitler, Ron Rosenbaum investigates the meanings and motivations people have attached to Hitler and his crimes against humanity. What does Hitler tell us about the nature of evil? In often dramatic encounters, Rosenbaum confronts historians, scholars, filmmakers, and deniers as he skeptically analyzes the key strains of Hitler interpretation.
Written by: Ron Rosenbaum
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The Weimar Years
- Rise and Fall 1918–1933
- Written by: Frank McDonough
- Narrated by: Paul McGann
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Established in 1918–19, in the wake of Germany’s catastrophic defeat in the First World War and the revolution that followed swiftly on its heels, the Weimar Republic ushered in widespread social reform, a radical cultural flowering and the most democratic conditions the German people had ever known. The Weimar Years is a vivid narrative of a dramatic period in German history. Year by year, from 1918 to 1933, Frank McDonough covers the major events in both domestic and foreign policy and the personalities who shaped them, together with developments in music, art, theatre and literature.
Written by: Frank McDonough
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Luck, Courage, & Miracles
- Surviving the Jewish Ghettos of Poland and Escaping the Nazi Death Camps
- Written by: Sigmund Weiss
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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A chronicle of the experiences of Sigmund Weiss as a teenager trying to survive during the turbulence of Hitler’s mad aggression towards Poland and the Jews. A story about an escape that was near impossible and totally unlikely without luck, courage, and miracles all happening together.
Written by: Sigmund Weiss
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Germany in the World
- A Global History, 1500-2000
- Written by: David Blackbourn
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 36 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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With Germany in the World, award-winning historian David Blackbourn radically revises conventional narratives of German history, demonstrating the existence of a distinctly German presence in the world centuries before its unification—and revealing a national identity far more complicated than previously imagined.
Written by: David Blackbourn
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The Monster Within
- A True Story of Bloodthirst, Brutality and Barbaric Evil (True Crime)
- Written by: Ryan Green
- Narrated by: Steve White
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Prostitutes and animals could no longer satisfy Peter Kürten’s sexual deviancy. During a burglary of a local tavern, he stumbled upon a nine-year-old girl asleep in her bed. He strangled her, slashed her throat with a pocket knife, and orgasmed upon hearing her blood drip to the floor. His crimes were halted by World War I and an eight-year prison sentence but he unleashed his urges with a spate of brutal murders in 1929 earning him the nickname "The Düsseldorf Monster."
Written by: Ryan Green
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Germany, 1923
- Hyperinflation, Hitler's Pusch and Democracy in Crisis
- Written by: Volker Ullrich, Jefferson Chase - translator
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig confided in his autobiography: “I have a pretty thorough knowledge of history, but never, to my recollection, has it produced such madness in such gigantic proportions.” He was referring to Germany in 1923, a “year of lunacy,” defined by hyperinflation, violence, a political system on the verge of collapse, the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, and separatist movements threatening to rip apart the German nation. Bestselling author Volker Ullrich presents a riveting chronicle of one of the most difficult years any modern democracy has ever faced.
Written by: Volker Ullrich, and others
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Explaining Hitler
- The Search for the Origins of His Evil
- Written by: Ron Rosenbaum
- Narrated by: Steve Quinn
- Length: 22 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In Explaining Hitler, Ron Rosenbaum investigates the meanings and motivations people have attached to Hitler and his crimes against humanity. What does Hitler tell us about the nature of evil? In often dramatic encounters, Rosenbaum confronts historians, scholars, filmmakers, and deniers as he skeptically analyzes the key strains of Hitler interpretation.
Written by: Ron Rosenbaum
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The Weimar Years
- Rise and Fall 1918–1933
- Written by: Frank McDonough
- Narrated by: Paul McGann
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Established in 1918–19, in the wake of Germany’s catastrophic defeat in the First World War and the revolution that followed swiftly on its heels, the Weimar Republic ushered in widespread social reform, a radical cultural flowering and the most democratic conditions the German people had ever known. The Weimar Years is a vivid narrative of a dramatic period in German history. Year by year, from 1918 to 1933, Frank McDonough covers the major events in both domestic and foreign policy and the personalities who shaped them, together with developments in music, art, theatre and literature.
Written by: Frank McDonough
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Luck, Courage, & Miracles
- Surviving the Jewish Ghettos of Poland and Escaping the Nazi Death Camps
- Written by: Sigmund Weiss
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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A chronicle of the experiences of Sigmund Weiss as a teenager trying to survive during the turbulence of Hitler’s mad aggression towards Poland and the Jews. A story about an escape that was near impossible and totally unlikely without luck, courage, and miracles all happening together.
Written by: Sigmund Weiss
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Germany in the World
- A Global History, 1500-2000
- Written by: David Blackbourn
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 36 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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With Germany in the World, award-winning historian David Blackbourn radically revises conventional narratives of German history, demonstrating the existence of a distinctly German presence in the world centuries before its unification—and revealing a national identity far more complicated than previously imagined.
Written by: David Blackbourn
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The Monster Within
- A True Story of Bloodthirst, Brutality and Barbaric Evil (True Crime)
- Written by: Ryan Green
- Narrated by: Steve White
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Prostitutes and animals could no longer satisfy Peter Kürten’s sexual deviancy. During a burglary of a local tavern, he stumbled upon a nine-year-old girl asleep in her bed. He strangled her, slashed her throat with a pocket knife, and orgasmed upon hearing her blood drip to the floor. His crimes were halted by World War I and an eight-year prison sentence but he unleashed his urges with a spate of brutal murders in 1929 earning him the nickname "The Düsseldorf Monster."
Written by: Ryan Green
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Germany, 1923
- Hyperinflation, Hitler's Pusch and Democracy in Crisis
- Written by: Volker Ullrich, Jefferson Chase - translator
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig confided in his autobiography: “I have a pretty thorough knowledge of history, but never, to my recollection, has it produced such madness in such gigantic proportions.” He was referring to Germany in 1923, a “year of lunacy,” defined by hyperinflation, violence, a political system on the verge of collapse, the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, and separatist movements threatening to rip apart the German nation. Bestselling author Volker Ullrich presents a riveting chronicle of one of the most difficult years any modern democracy has ever faced.
Written by: Volker Ullrich, and others