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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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Histoire497
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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The Finest Hotel in Kabul
- A People's History of Afghanistan
- Auteur(s): Lyse Doucet
- Narrateur(s): Lyse Doucet
- Durée: 13 h et 52 min
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A NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE The story of a hotel. The story of a nation. When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world. More than fifty years on...
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Immersive experience for the ages
- Écrit par andrew le 2025-12-10
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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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Au global330
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Performance278
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Histoire277
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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Performance424
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Histoire424
“I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.” —Yeonmi Park “One of the most harrowing stories I have ever heard—and one of the most inspiring.” —The Bookseller In In Order to Live, Yeonmi Park shines a light not just into...
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An Amazing Story of Survival and Resilience
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2021-07-24
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Under Assault
- Interference and Espionage in China's Secret War Against Canada
- Auteur(s): Dennis Molinaro
- Narrateur(s): Taylor Price
- Durée: 8 h et 12 min
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A Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Book in 2025 FOREWORD BY CHERIE WONG National security expert Dennis Molinaro reveals the shocking details of Beijing’s five-decades-long effort to influence and interfere in Canadian political life. From cultivating future political leaders at the end of the...
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Orientalism
- Auteur(s): Edward Said
- Narrateur(s): Peter Ganim
- Durée: 19 h et 2 min
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Au global32
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Performance25
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Histoire25
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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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
- Version intégrale
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Au global604
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Performance500
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Histoire497
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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The Finest Hotel in Kabul
- A People's History of Afghanistan
- Auteur(s): Lyse Doucet
- Narrateur(s): Lyse Doucet
- Durée: 13 h et 52 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global3
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Performance2
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Histoire2
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE The story of a hotel. The story of a nation. When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world. More than fifty years on...
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Immersive experience for the ages
- Écrit par andrew le 2025-12-10
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The Rape of Nanking
- Auteur(s): Iris Chang
- Narrateur(s): Anna Fields
- Durée: 8 h et 3 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global330
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Performance278
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Histoire277
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
- Version intégrale
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Au global484
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Performance424
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Histoire424
“I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.” —Yeonmi Park “One of the most harrowing stories I have ever heard—and one of the most inspiring.” —The Bookseller In In Order to Live, Yeonmi Park shines a light not just into...
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An Amazing Story of Survival and Resilience
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2021-07-24
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Under Assault
- Interference and Espionage in China's Secret War Against Canada
- Auteur(s): Dennis Molinaro
- Narrateur(s): Taylor Price
- Durée: 8 h et 12 min
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A Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Book in 2025 FOREWORD BY CHERIE WONG National security expert Dennis Molinaro reveals the shocking details of Beijing’s five-decades-long effort to influence and interfere in Canadian political life. From cultivating future political leaders at the end of the...
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Orientalism
- Auteur(s): Edward Said
- Narrateur(s): Peter Ganim
- Durée: 19 h et 2 min
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Au global32
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Performance25
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Histoire25
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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Hiroshima
- Auteur(s): John Hersey
- Narrateur(s): George Guidall
- Durée: 5 h et 23 min
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author John Hersey's seminal work of narrative nonfiction which has defined the way we think about nuclear warfare. “One of the great classics of the war" (The New Republic) that tells what happened in Hiroshima during World War II through...
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The Conquering Tide
- War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944
- Auteur(s): Ian W. Toll
- Narrateur(s): P. J. Ochlan
- Durée: 27 h et 22 min
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Performance33
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Histoire33
The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challenge: rolling back the vast Japanese Pacific empire island by island....
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Good book, brutal narration
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2020-10-14
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Destiny Disrupted
- A History of the World through Islamic Eyes
- Auteur(s): Tamim Ansary
- Narrateur(s): Tamim Ansary
- Durée: 17 h et 29 min
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“A must read for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the Islamic world” (San Francisco Chronicle) In Destiny Disrupted, Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world history as it looks from a new perspective: with the evolution of the Muslim community at the center. His story...
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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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Performance46
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“Ever since the spectacular success of Chang’s Wild Swans we have waited impatiently for her to complete with her husband this monumental study of China’s most notorious modern leader. The expectation has been that she would rewrite modern Chinese history. The wait has been worthwhile and...
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Excellent
- Écrit par Thor le 2019-02-24
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Ghost Wars
- The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
- Auteur(s): Steve Coll
- Narrateur(s): Malcolm Hillgartner
- Durée: 26 h et 48 min
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The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan With the publication of Ghost Wars, Steve Coll became not only a Pulitzer Prize winner, but also the expert on the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of Bin Laden, and the secret efforts by CIA officers and their agents...
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Honest and informative
- Écrit par william gary irwin le 2020-10-25
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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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Performance48
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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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A Brief History of Japan
- Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun
- Auteur(s): Jonathan Clements
- Narrateur(s): Julian Elfer
- Durée: 8 h et 41 min
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Au global80
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Performance65
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Histoire65
This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion....
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History need not be dry.
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2020-04-03
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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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Nothing to Envy
- Ordinary Lives in North Korea
- Auteur(s): Barbara Demick
- Narrateur(s): Karen White
- Durée: 12 h et 29 min
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Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years - a chaotic period that saw the unchallenged rise to power of Kim Jong-il....
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Horrible narration
- Écrit par Bob le 2024-10-15
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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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Performance91
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ “A radical new history of the United States abroad” (Wall Street Journal) which uncovers U.S. complicity in the mass-killings of left-wing activists in Indonesia, Latin America and around the world In 1965, the US...
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unconscious vs conscious bias
- Écrit par Wells Cushnie le 2021-09-11
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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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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE PAST...
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beautiful
- Écrit par Grace le 2021-01-17
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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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Burma '44
- The Battle That Turned World War II in the East
- Auteur(s): James Holland
- Narrateur(s): Al Murray
- Durée: 9 h et 58 min
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Celebrated historian of World War II James Holland chronicles the astonishing Allied victory at the Battle of the Admin Box in Burma (now Myanmar), a turning point of the war in the Far East.
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Amazing book
- Écrit par Paul Normore le 2025-06-11
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War in Japan
- 1467-1615
- Auteur(s): Stephen Turnbull
- Narrateur(s): Malk Williams
- Durée: 3 h et 13 min
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With updates from the author, this is a concise overview of Japan’s turbulent Age of Warring States....
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The Great Heist
- China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets
- Auteur(s): David R. Shedd, Andrew Badger
- Narrateur(s): Fred Sanders
- Durée: 11 h et 36 min
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A definitive, headline-making exposé of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has carried out the largest-scale theft of intellectual property, technology, and data in history—reshaping the global balance of power and redrawing the geopolitical map for decades to come The Great Heist exposes...
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No Surrender
- My Thirty-Year War
- Auteur(s): Hiroo Onoda
- Narrateur(s): Lane Nishikawa
- Durée: 6 h et 42 min
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In the Spring of 1974, 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year ordeal....
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Quite Good
- Écrit par Joel le 2021-04-22
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Nam-Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne
- Auteur(s): Arthur Wiknik Jr.
- Narrateur(s): Todd McLaren
- Durée: 11 h et 53 min
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An honest tour of the Vietnam War from the soldier's eye view... Nam-Sense is the brilliantly written story of a combat squad leader in the 101st Airborne Division. Arthur Wiknik was a 19-year-old kid from New England when he was drafted into the US Army in 1968....
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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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The Story of China
- The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream
- Auteur(s): Michael Wood
- Narrateur(s): Liam Gerrard
- Durée: 20 h et 18 min
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Michael Wood has travelled the length and breadth of China, the world's oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity, and deep humanity that stretches back thousands of years.
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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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Shattered Sword
- The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
- Auteur(s): Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully
- Narrateur(s): Tom Perkins
- Durée: 24 h et 44 min
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Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history....
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Excellent book
- Écrit par Eric Reynard le 2023-02-02
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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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The Book of Ninja: The Bansenshukai
- Japan's Premier Ninja Manual
- Auteur(s): Antony Cummins, Yoshie Minami
- Narrateur(s): John Chancer
- Durée: 9 h et 17 min
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In 1676, a ninja named Fujibayashi collected and combined information from the ninja clans of Iga—regarded to be the homeland of the ninja—and compiled it into an authoritative book....
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Japanese Destroyer Captain
- Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles Seen Through Japanese Eyes
- Auteur(s): Captain Tameichi Hara
- Narrateur(s): Brian Nishii
- Durée: 15 h et 20 min
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This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for its military insights....
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Great book
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2023-10-17