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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Histoire
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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Hiroshima
- Auteur(s): John Hersey
- Narrateur(s): George Guidall
- Durée: 5 h et 23 min
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On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic....
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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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More than fifty years on, the Inter-Continental is still standing. It has endured Soviet occupation, multiple coups, a grievous civil war, a US invasion and the rise, fall and rise of the Taliban.
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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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Empires of the Steppes
- Auteur(s): Kenneth Harl
- Narrateur(s): Corey M. Snow
- Durée: 17 h et 13 min
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A narrative history of how Attila, Genghis Khan and the so-called barbarians of the steppes shaped world civilization....
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Good story, too much disturbing things
- Écrit par Danley le 2025-08-22
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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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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 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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Japan's Infamous Unit 731
- Firsthand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program
- Auteur(s): Hal Gold, Yuma Totani - foreword
- Narrateur(s): Joe Barrett
- Durée: 6 h et 29 min
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Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far from front lines and prying eyes, Japanese doctors and their assistants subjected human guinea pigs to gruesome medical experiments....
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Reads like documentary
- Écrit par Vjaceslavs Rogozins le 2024-09-17
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La Guerre du Pacifique - Tome 2 - 1943/1945
- Auteur(s): Nicolas Bernard
- Narrateur(s): André Nerman
- Durée: 14 h et 46 min
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1943. Deux ans après Pearl Harbor, le " Grand Japon " est aux abois. Ses armées se sont implantées au cœur de la Chine, contrôlent l’Asie du Sud-Est...
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Three Tigers, One Mountain
- A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan
- Auteur(s): Michael Booth
- Narrateur(s): Julian Elfer
- Durée: 10 h et 44 min
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There is an ancient Chinese proverb that states, "Two tigers cannot share the same mountain." However, in East Asia, there are three tigers on that mountain: China, Japan, and Korea, and they have a long history of turmoil and tension with each other....
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Emperor of the Seas
- Kublai Khan and the Making of China
- Auteur(s): Jack Weatherford
- Narrateur(s): Mark Elstob
- Durée: 11 h et 22 min
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Genghis Khan built a formidable land empire, but he never crossed the sea. Yet by the time his grandson Kublai Khan had defeated the last vestiges of the Song empire and established the Yuan dynasty in 1279, the Mongols controlled the most powerful navy in the world.