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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Auteur(s): Jack Weatherford
- Narrateur(s): Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Durée: 14 h et 20 min
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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Great story, annoying music
- Écrit par Rob Smith le 2020-07-18
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Orientalism
- Auteur(s): Edward Said
- Narrateur(s): Peter Ganim
- Durée: 19 h et 2 min
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This landmark book, first published in 1978, remains one of the most influential books in the Social Sciences, particularly Ethnic Studies and Postcolonialism....
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Writing too academic, difficult to listen to
- Écrit par Galadriel le 2021-04-24
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Ghosts of Hiroshima
- Auteur(s): Charles Pellegrino
- Narrateur(s): Martin Sheen
- Durée: 8 h et 58 min
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From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Her Name and Titanic, this masterpiece of nonfiction arrives in time to honor the eightieth anniversary of the bomb dropping on Hiroshima.
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Eat the Buddha
- Life and Death in a Tibetan Town
- Auteur(s): Barbara Demick
- Narrateur(s): Cassandra Campbell
- Durée: 11 h et 18 min
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A gripping portrait of modern Tibet told through the lives of its people, from the best-selling author of Nothing to Envy....
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Dog Man
- An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain
- Auteur(s): Martha Sherrill
- Narrateur(s): Laural Merlington
- Durée: 6 h et 18 min
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Martha Sherrill brings us to a world that Americans know very little about---the snow country of Japan during World War II....
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Stranger in the Shogun's City
- A Japanese Woman and Her World
- Auteur(s): Amy Stanley
- Narrateur(s): Joy Osmanski
- Durée: 10 h et 1 min
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A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo - the city that would become Tokyo - and a portrait of a great city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West....
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A pindrop of history
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2024-02-20
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Auteur(s): Jack Weatherford
- Narrateur(s): Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Durée: 14 h et 20 min
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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Great story, annoying music
- Écrit par Rob Smith le 2020-07-18
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Orientalism
- Auteur(s): Edward Said
- Narrateur(s): Peter Ganim
- Durée: 19 h et 2 min
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This landmark book, first published in 1978, remains one of the most influential books in the Social Sciences, particularly Ethnic Studies and Postcolonialism....
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Writing too academic, difficult to listen to
- Écrit par Galadriel le 2021-04-24
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Ghosts of Hiroshima
- Auteur(s): Charles Pellegrino
- Narrateur(s): Martin Sheen
- Durée: 8 h et 58 min
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From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Her Name and Titanic, this masterpiece of nonfiction arrives in time to honor the eightieth anniversary of the bomb dropping on Hiroshima.
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Eat the Buddha
- Life and Death in a Tibetan Town
- Auteur(s): Barbara Demick
- Narrateur(s): Cassandra Campbell
- Durée: 11 h et 18 min
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A gripping portrait of modern Tibet told through the lives of its people, from the best-selling author of Nothing to Envy....
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Dog Man
- An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain
- Auteur(s): Martha Sherrill
- Narrateur(s): Laural Merlington
- Durée: 6 h et 18 min
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Martha Sherrill brings us to a world that Americans know very little about---the snow country of Japan during World War II....
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Stranger in the Shogun's City
- A Japanese Woman and Her World
- Auteur(s): Amy Stanley
- Narrateur(s): Joy Osmanski
- Durée: 10 h et 1 min
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A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo - the city that would become Tokyo - and a portrait of a great city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West....
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A pindrop of history
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2024-02-20
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The Rape of Nanking
- Auteur(s): Iris Chang
- Narrateur(s): Anna Fields
- Durée: 8 h et 3 min
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In December 1937, in the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred.
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Eye opening
- Écrit par Kooky Canuck le 2019-08-02
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In Order to Live
- A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
- Auteur(s): Yeonmi Park
- Narrateur(s): Eji Kim
- Durée: 9 h et 37 min
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In In Order to Live, Yeonmi Park shines a light not just into the darkest corners of life in North Korea, describing the deprivation and deception she endured and which millions of North Korean people continue to endure to this day....
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An Amazing Story of Survival and Resilience
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2021-07-24
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The Odyssey of Echo Company
- The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War
- Auteur(s): Doug Stanton
- Narrateur(s): CJ Wilson
- Durée: 8 h et 50 min
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A powerful work of literary military history from the New York Times best-selling author of In Harm's Way and Horse Soldiers....
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The Jakarta Method
- Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World
- Auteur(s): Vincent Bevins
- Narrateur(s): Tim Paige
- Durée: 9 h et 58 min
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In 1965, the US government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the 20th century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the USSR and inspiring copycat terror programs....
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unconscious vs conscious bias
- Écrit par Wells Cushnie le 2021-09-11
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The Shortest History of China
- From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower: A Retelling for Our Times
- Auteur(s): Linda Jaivin
- Narrateur(s): Nancy Wu
- Durée: 7 h et 13 min
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From kung-fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk, China has influenced cuisine, commerce, military strategy, aesthetics, and philosophy across the world for thousands of years....
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The Storm on Our Shores
- One Island, Two Soldiers, and the Forgotten Battle of World War II
- Auteur(s): Mark Obmascik
- Narrateur(s): John Bedford Lloyd
- Durée: 9 h et 2 min
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The heart-wrenching but redemptive story of two World War II soldiers - a Japanese surgeon and an American sergeant - during a brutal Alaskan battle in which the sergeant discovers the medic's revelatory and fascinating diary that changed our war-torn society’s perceptions of Japan....
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India
- 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent
- Auteur(s): Audrey Truschke
- Narrateur(s): Audrey Truschke
- Durée: 24 h et 4 min
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India provides a dazzling new history of the Indian subcontinent and its diverse peoples in global context—from antiquity to today.
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The Snakehead
- An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
- Auteur(s): Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrateur(s): Feodor Chin
- Durée: 12 h et 58 min
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A mesmerizing narrative about the rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss....
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Inlightening
- Écrit par Robert Hoskins le 2022-05-07
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Hue 1968
- A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
- Auteur(s): Mark Bowden
- Narrateur(s): Joe Barrett
- Durée: 18 h et 45 min
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Huế 1968 is the story of the centerpiece of the Tet Offensive and a turning point in the American War in Vietnam....
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Bowden is a great storyteller and this is story worth telling
- Écrit par James le 2023-08-07
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River Kings
- A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
- Auteur(s): Cat Jarman
- Narrateur(s): Christine Rendel
- Durée: 11 h et 17 min
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Three years ago, a Carnelian bead came into Catrine Jarman's temporary possession. River Kings sees her trace the path of this ancient piece of jewelry back to eighth-century Baghdad and India, discovering along the way that the Vikings' route was more varied than we might think....
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The Anarchy
- The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
- Auteur(s): William Dalrymple
- Narrateur(s): Sid Sagar
- Durée: 15 h et 43 min
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The Anarchy tells the remarkable story of how one of the world’s most magnificent empires disintegrated and came to be replaced by a dangerously unregulated private company....
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Very Good. Not for Me
- Écrit par Langer MD le 2020-06-27
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The Vietnam War
- An Intimate History
- Auteur(s): Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
- Narrateur(s): Fred Sanders, Ken Burns, Brian Corrigan
- Durée: 31 h et 15 min
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A vivid, uniquely powerful history of the conflict that tore America apart....
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STUNNING
- Écrit par Rob le 2017-11-29
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A Book of Five Rings
- The Strategy of Musashi
- Auteur(s): Miyamoto Musashi
- Narrateur(s): Alec Sand
- Durée: 1 h et 39 min
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Legendary 17th century swordsman Miyamoto Musashi’s exposition of sword fighting, strategy and zen philosophy....
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Interesting
- Écrit par Em le 2020-12-21
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My Journey
- Transforming Dreams into Actions
- Auteur(s): A. P. J. Kalam
- Narrateur(s): Surjan Singh
- Durée: 3 h et 25 min
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The life story of India's 11th President, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, who started off as an insignificant little boy Rameswaram, but ended up becoming the president....
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20 Years of Can Asians Think? (Commemorative Edition)
- Auteur(s): Kishore Mahbubani
- Narrateur(s): Remesh Panicker
- Durée: 8 h et 16 min
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It has been 20 years since Kishore Mahbubani first took the bold step of asking the politically incorrect question, "Can Asians think?"
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The Rising Sun
- The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
- Auteur(s): John Toland
- Narrateur(s): Tom Weiner
- Durée: 41 h et 9 min
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This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire....
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A compelling, very informative book
- Écrit par Armstrong le 2023-05-07
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Labyrinth of Dreams
- She has a dream. He has a plan. But an unexpected secret child could destroy everything.
- Auteur(s): Nadee Fernando-O’Driscoll
- Narrateur(s): Devin Miller
- Durée: 4 h et 22 min
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Sometimes the biggest story of your life happens before you’re even born… and sometimes, you get to discover it. One email is all it takes to turn Mala’s life upside down… an email from a stranger 10,000 miles away.
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Living the Asian Century
- An Undiplomatic Memoir
- Auteur(s): KIshore Mahbubani
- Narrateur(s): Remesh Panicker
- Durée: 9 h et 47 min
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In this stirring memoir, a preeminent politician and diplomat traces the transformation of the Republic of Singapore from a poor colony into an Asian powerhouse.
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Wild Swans
- Three Daughters of China
- Auteur(s): Jung Chang
- Narrateur(s): Joy Osmanski
- Durée: 22 h et 52 min
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Few books have had such an impact: a popular best seller, a critically acclaimed history of China, a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty, and an uplifting story of bravery and survival....
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fascinating!!!
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2021-09-15
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Mao
- The Unknown Story
- Auteur(s): Jung Chang, Jon Halliday
- Narrateur(s): Robertson Dean
- Durée: 29 h et 50 min
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The most authoritative biography of Mao ever written....
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Excellent
- Écrit par Thor le 2019-02-24
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A Brief History of the Samurai
- Brief Histories
- Auteur(s): Jonathan Clements
- Narrateur(s): Jonathan Keeble
- Durée: 12 h et 1 min
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From a leading expert in Japanese history, this is one of the first full histories of the art and culture of the Samurai warrior....
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Lee Kuan Yew
- The Grand Master’s Insights on China, United States, and the World
- Auteur(s): Graham Allison, Robert D. Blackwill, Ali Wyne
- Narrateur(s): Michael McConnohie, Francis Chau
- Durée: 4 h et 41 min
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Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990, has honed his wisdom during more than fifty years on the world stage....
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interesting perspective
- Écrit par Michel Khawam le 2024-10-11
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The Great Game
- The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
- Auteur(s): Peter Hopkirk
- Narrateur(s): Alex Wyndham
- Durée: 17 h et 56 min
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The Great Game between Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia was fought across desolate terrain from the Caucasus to China, over the lonely passes of the Parmirs and Karakorams....
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Excellent Eastern history!!
- Écrit par Robert le 2024-10-18
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
- Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
- Auteur(s): Katherine Boo
- Narrateur(s): Sunil Malhotra
- Durée: 8 h et 16 min
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In this breathtaking book by Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human through the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels....
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beautiful
- Écrit par Grace le 2021-01-17