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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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Imperial Twilight
- The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
- Auteur(s): Stephen R. Platt
- Narrateur(s): Mark Deakins
- Durée: 17 h et 50 min
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As one of the most potent turning points in the country's modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today's China seeks to put behind it....
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Well written but not the story I was hoping for
- Écrit par Simon le 2022-02-03
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The World Beneath Their Feet
- Mountaineering, Madness, and the Deadly Race to Summit the Himalayas
- Auteur(s): Scott Ellsworth
- Narrateur(s): Scott Ellsworth
- Durée: 13 h et 33 min
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A saga of survival, technological innovation, and breathtaking human physical achievement - all set against the backdrop of a world headed toward war - that became one of the most compelling international dramas of the 20th century....
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Excellent account of the race to conquer Everest!
- Écrit par Carlos Delaney le 2022-07-14
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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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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 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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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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Imperial Twilight
- The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
- Auteur(s): Stephen R. Platt
- Narrateur(s): Mark Deakins
- Durée: 17 h et 50 min
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As one of the most potent turning points in the country's modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today's China seeks to put behind it....
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Well written but not the story I was hoping for
- Écrit par Simon le 2022-02-03
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The World Beneath Their Feet
- Mountaineering, Madness, and the Deadly Race to Summit the Himalayas
- Auteur(s): Scott Ellsworth
- Narrateur(s): Scott Ellsworth
- Durée: 13 h et 33 min
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A saga of survival, technological innovation, and breathtaking human physical achievement - all set against the backdrop of a world headed toward war - that became one of the most compelling international dramas of the 20th century....
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Excellent account of the race to conquer Everest!
- Écrit par Carlos Delaney le 2022-07-14
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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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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 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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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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The Best Critique of Orientalism
- Écrit par Islam Elshazly le 2022-12-12
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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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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 historical narrative.
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2024-01-02
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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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On China
- Auteur(s): Henry Kissinger
- Narrateur(s): Nicholas Hormann
- Durée: 20 h et 10 min
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In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book length to a country he has known intimately for decades and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape....
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A really good listen
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2023-05-11
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The Disappearing Act
- The Impossible Case of MH370
- Auteur(s): Florence de Changy
- Narrateur(s): Laurence Bouvard
- Durée: 17 h et 41 min
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A remarkable piece of investigative journalism into one of the most pervasive and troubling mysteries of recent memory....
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Amazing book, gets you immersed in its story
- Écrit par Zeeshan A. Zakaria le 2021-11-10
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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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Destiny Disrupted
- A History of the World through Islamic Eyes
- Auteur(s): Tamim Ansary
- Narrateur(s): Tamim Ansary
- Durée: 17 h et 28 min
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Until about 1800, the West and the Islamic realm were like two adjacent, parallel universes, each assuming itself to be the center of the world while ignoring the other....
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Masterpiece
- Écrit par Ahmad Hamdi Alkhatib le 2020-06-08
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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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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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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....
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Honest and informative
- Écrit par william gary irwin le 2020-10-25
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The Tragedy of Liberation
- A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957
- Auteur(s): Frank Dikotter
- Narrateur(s): Bruce Mann
- Durée: 14 h et 29 min
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Following the defeat of Chiang Kai-shek in 1949, after a bloody civil war, Mao hoisted the red flag over Beijing's Forbidden City, and the world watched as the Communist revolution began to wash away the old order....
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Red Roulette
- An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China
- Auteur(s): Desmond Shum
- Narrateur(s): Tim Chiou
- Durée: 9 h et 21 min
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This bestseller is narrated by a man who, with his wife, Whitney Duan, rose to the top levels of power and wealth—and then fell out of favor. Whitney had been disappeared four years before, but this book led to her dramatic reemergence....
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Incredible insights on the inner workings in communist China
- Écrit par Mathieu le 2023-08-22
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Krakatoa
- The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883
- Auteur(s): Simon Winchester
- Narrateur(s): Simon Winchester
- Durée: 12 h et 1 min
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The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa - the name has since become a byword for a cataclysmic disaster - was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly 40,000 people....
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A compelling story, well narrated
- Écrit par G A Strong le 2023-02-25
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The Cage
- The Fight for Sri Lanka and the Last Days of the Tamil Tigers
- Auteur(s): Gordon Weiss
- Narrateur(s): James Adams
- Durée: 13 h et 11 min
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In the closing days of the 30-year Sri Lankan civil war, tens of thousands of civilians were killed, according to UN estimates, as government forces hemmed in the last remaining Tamil Tiger rebels....
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Wow, this was a very good book
- Écrit par Citoyen le 2023-07-21
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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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Meetings with Remarkable Men
- Auteur(s): G. I. Gurdjieff
- Narrateur(s): Jim Wentland
- Durée: 14 h et 10 min
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Exactly a month has elapsed since I finished the first series of my writings—just that period of the flow of time which I intended to devote exclusively to resting the parts of my common presence subordinate to my pure reason....
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Amazing life
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2024-01-29
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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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Hindu Mythology
- A Captivating Guide to Hindu Myths, Hindu Gods, and Hindu Goddesses
- Auteur(s): Matt Clayton
- Narrateur(s): Randy Whitlow
- Durée: 2 h et 4 min
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The stories in Hindu myth stem from traditions within Hinduism, drawing on stories from ancient texts, like the Ramayana and the Mahabharata....
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Easy listen
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2019-05-07
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China's World View
- Demystifying China to Prevent Global Conflict
- Auteur(s): David Daokui Li
- Narrateur(s): David Shih
- Durée: 8 h et 51 min
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Writing in response to the growing anti-Chinese sentiment and alarmed by the threat of war, Dr. David Daokui Li pulls from his wealth of firsthand experience to demystify contemporary Chinese society and advocate for understanding between China and the West.
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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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Part good info, but mostly filler. Dissatisfied
- Écrit par Matthew le 2023-03-04
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The Aceh War
- The History of the Bloody Conflict that Imposed Dutch Rule Over Indonesia
- Auteur(s): Charles River Editors
- Narrateur(s): KC Wayman
- Durée: 1 h et 23 min
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During the 17th century, the Netherlands, despite having only 1.5 million people in 1600, became a global maritime and trading power. Nevertheless, Amsterdam became one of the most important urban centers in the world....
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140 Days to Hiroshima
- The Story of Japan’s Last Chance to Avert Armageddon
- Auteur(s): David Dean Barrett
- Narrateur(s): Stephen Graybill
- Durée: 13 h et 7 min
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On the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki comes this heart-pounding account of the war-room drama inside the cabinets of the United States and Japan that led to Armageddon on August 6, 1945....
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The British Raj
- A Captivating Guide to the British in India, Starting from the Indian Rebellion of 1857 to the Indian Independence Act of 1947
- Auteur(s): Captivating History
- Narrateur(s): Jason Zenobia
- Durée: 3 h et 44 min
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The British presence in India lasted for nearly 350 years, but only the last 90 were under the direct rule of the British government. To some, 90 years might seem a short period to write a history book about....