Bestsellers
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Spare
- Written by: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Narrated by: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6,598
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Performance5,998
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Story5,991
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling....
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Insightful, detailed, honest, beautifully written
- By Diana on 2023-01-10
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- Written by: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 57 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall751
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Performance643
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Story640
Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1961, this worldwide bestselling classic chronicles the most infamous era of our times.
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The most extensive book I have ever listened too!
- By Canadian Dad on 2019-04-26
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Odyssey
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- Written by: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall27
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Performance23
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Story23
The legendary Stephen Fry retells the adventures of Odysseus for the fourth and final installment in his internationally bestselling Greek Myths series. Odysseus’s journey from the battlefields of Troy to his home in Ithaca is one of the greatest stories ever told. From the lotus-eaters to the...
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Mr Fry never disappoints
- By Sylvie Gagne on 2025-11-01
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Say Nothing
- A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
- Written by: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Matthew Blaney
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall479
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Performance410
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Story412
Jean McConville's abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible....
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Best book I’ve read in years
- By MadameX on 2019-10-26
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A Military History of Britain, 1914-1945
- Written by: Liem Gerard
- Narrated by: Liem Gerard
- Length: 26 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
A groundbreaking new account of Britain’s military strategy from 1914 to 1945—spanning both World Wars and the turbulent interwar years—this book offers a comprehensive analysis of how Britain navigated one of the most intense and consequential periods in modern history.
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Mythos
- Written by: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,706
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Performance1,410
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Story1,407
Mythos is a modern collection of Greek myths, stylishly retold by legendary writer, actor, and comedian Stephen Fry. Fry transforms the adventures of Zeus and the Olympians into emotionally resonant and deeply funny stories, without losing any of their original wonder. This stunning book...
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Amazing
- By Kindle Customer on 2019-10-04
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Spare
- Written by: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Narrated by: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6,598
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Performance5,998
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Story5,991
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling....
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Insightful, detailed, honest, beautifully written
- By Diana on 2023-01-10
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- Written by: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 57 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall751
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Performance643
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Story640
Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1961, this worldwide bestselling classic chronicles the most infamous era of our times.
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The most extensive book I have ever listened too!
- By Canadian Dad on 2019-04-26
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Odyssey
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- Written by: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall27
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Performance23
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Story23
The legendary Stephen Fry retells the adventures of Odysseus for the fourth and final installment in his internationally bestselling Greek Myths series. Odysseus’s journey from the battlefields of Troy to his home in Ithaca is one of the greatest stories ever told. From the lotus-eaters to the...
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Mr Fry never disappoints
- By Sylvie Gagne on 2025-11-01
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Say Nothing
- A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
- Written by: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Matthew Blaney
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall479
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Performance410
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Story412
Jean McConville's abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible....
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Best book I’ve read in years
- By MadameX on 2019-10-26
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A Military History of Britain, 1914-1945
- Written by: Liem Gerard
- Narrated by: Liem Gerard
- Length: 26 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
A groundbreaking new account of Britain’s military strategy from 1914 to 1945—spanning both World Wars and the turbulent interwar years—this book offers a comprehensive analysis of how Britain navigated one of the most intense and consequential periods in modern history.
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Mythos
- Written by: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,706
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Performance1,410
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Story1,407
Mythos is a modern collection of Greek myths, stylishly retold by legendary writer, actor, and comedian Stephen Fry. Fry transforms the adventures of Zeus and the Olympians into emotionally resonant and deeply funny stories, without losing any of their original wonder. This stunning book...
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Amazing
- By Kindle Customer on 2019-10-04
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Troy
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- Written by: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall364
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Performance308
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Story306
In this brilliant conclusion to his bestselling Mythos trilogy, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War. Full of tragic heroes, intoxicating love stories, and the unstoppable force of fate, there is no conflict more iconic than the Trojan War. Troy is the story...
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Thank you with all of my heart Stephen!
- By Ogopogo on 2021-11-24
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The Wager
- A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
- Written by: David Grann
- Narrated by: Dion Graham, David Grann
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall129
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Performance104
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Story105
On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell....
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Worst narration I’ve heard on Audible
- By Murray Campbell on 2023-12-10
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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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Overall270
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Performance224
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Story222
The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages. Thomas Asbridge—a renowned historian who writes with “maximum vividness” (Joan Acocella, The New Yorker)—covers the years 1095 to 1291 in this big, ambitious...
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Fantastic Book
- By braden on 2018-11-18
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Dominion
- How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
- Written by: Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Tom Holland
- Length: 23 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance0
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Story0
A “marvelous” (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginable, a punishment reserved for slaves. How astonishing it was, then, that people should have come to believe that one particular...
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The Holocaust
- A New History
- Written by: Laurence Rees
- Narrated by: Eric Vale
- Length: 19 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance13
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Story14
Laurence Rees has spent 25 years meeting the survivors and perpetrators of the Third Reich and the Holocaust. In this sweeping history, he combines this testimony with the latest academic research to investigate how history's greatest crime was possible....
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Detailed eyewitness account
- By Amazon Customer on 2025-01-05
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Heroes
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- Written by: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall704
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Performance595
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Story593
In this sequel to the bestselling Mythos, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry moves from the exploits of the Olympian gods to the deeds of mortal heroes. Perseus. Jason. Atalanta. Theseus. Heracles. Rediscover the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the Greek myths. Whether recounting a...
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Great stories wonderfully told
- By Valerie on 2020-11-22
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Written by: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall603
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Performance499
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Story496
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
- By Rob Smith on 2020-07-18
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A Captivating Guide to Danish History
- Written by: Jeson Zanobia
- Narrated by: Jeson Zanobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
Forget the image of Denmark as just a land of Vikings! While their legendary adventures capture our imagination today, this small Nordic nation boasts a far richer and more influential history–one where it consistently "punched above its weight."
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Traitor King
- The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
- Written by: Andrew Lownie
- Narrated by: Andrew Lownie
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance6
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Story6
December 11, 1936. The King of England, Edward VIII, has given up his crown, foregoing his duty for the love of Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee. Their courtship has been dogged by controversy and scandal, but with Edward's abdication, they can live happily ever after....
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Good story
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-12-03
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Rogue Heroes
- The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
- Written by: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall166
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Performance145
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Story142
The incredible untold story of WWII's greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern master of wartime intrigue....
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Absolutely phenomenal
- By Chris H on 2019-04-05
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The History of the Ancient World
- From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
- Written by: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall192
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Performance157
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Story157
A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own....
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Iffy narration, abrupt ending
- By Micah Clark on 2020-09-07
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The Wide Wide Sea
- Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
- Written by: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance29
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Story29
A “thrilling and superbly crafted” (The Wall Street Journal) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day.
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The detail of Cook’s encounters with storms, and natives of new lands.
- By Anonymous on 2025-08-06
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Unruly
- The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
- Written by: David Mitchell
- Narrated by: David Mitchell
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall73
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Performance54
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Story54
In Unruly, David Mitchell explores how early England’s monarchs, while acting as feared rulers firmly guiding their subjects’ destinies, were in reality a bunch of lucky bastards who were mostly as silly and weird in real life as they appear today in their portraits....
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How I was unaware of 1066.
- By Amazon Customer on 2025-09-29
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Conquistadores
- A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest
- Written by: Fernando Cervantes
- Narrated by: Luis Soto
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propelled a small European kingdom to become one of the formidable empires in the world.
"The depth of research in this book is...
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Excellent overview of the conquistadors
- By James Burns on 2023-04-12
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The Splendid and the Vile
- A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
- Written by: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: John Lee, Erik Larson
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall362
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Performance309
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Story309
On Winston Churchill’s first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away....
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I never write reviews.....
- By Lisa Slater on 2020-05-08
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The Pity of War
- Explaining World War I
- Written by: Niall Ferguson
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 21 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance4
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Story4
From a bestselling historian, a daringly revisionist history of World War I The Pity of War makes a simple and provocative argument: the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England's fault. According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German...
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Inventing the Middle Ages
- Written by: Davidson Cantor
- Narrated by: Davidson Cantor
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
Our image of the Middle Ages—filled with scenes of chivalric tournaments, epic battles, devastating plagues, revered saints, powerful kings, noble knights, and courtly ladies—was not uncovered through objective historical research. Rather, it was largely shaped and even invented in the 20th century.
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The Palace Papers
- Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
- Written by: Tina Brown
- Narrated by: Tina Brown
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall212
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Performance183
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Story179
Picking up where Tina Brown’s masterful The Diana Chronicles left off, The Palace Papers reveals how the royal family reinvented itself after the traumatic years when Diana’s blazing celebrity ripped through the House of Windsor like a comet....
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Palace Papers
- By Trish on 2022-06-04
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Children of Ash and Elm
- A History of the Vikings
- Written by: Neil Price
- Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
- Length: 17 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall67
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Performance59
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Story58
The Viking Age - from 750 to 1050 saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe....
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An engaging written history of the Vikings...
- By Anonymous on 2021-01-10
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SPQR
- A History of Ancient Rome
- Written by: Mary Beard
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 18 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall117
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Performance94
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Story95
Mary Beard narrates the unprecedented rise of a civilization that even 2,000 years later still shapes many of our most fundamental assumptions about power....
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watch her on tv
- By Mackenzie on 2019-07-12
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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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Overall240
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Performance191
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Story190
“A remarkable—and singularly chilling—glimpse of human behavior. . .This meticulously researched book...represents a major contribution to the literature of the Holocaust.""—Newsweek Now available in audio for the first time, Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit...
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good book - hard to digest
- By Dallas J Hoday on 2021-03-17
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Clanlands
- Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
- Written by: Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, Diana Gabaldon - foreword
- Narrated by: Diana Gabaldon - foreword, Graham McTavish, Sam Heughan
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall497
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Performance436
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Story429
A road trip book with a difference. Stars of Outlander - Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish - explore Scotland, a land of raw beauty, poetry, feuding, music, history and warfare....
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Medicinal
- By Anonymous on 2021-07-29
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Alexander the Great
- Written by: Philip Freeman
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall190
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Performance157
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Story156
Alexander was born into the royal family of Macedonia, the kingdom that would soon rule over Greece. Tutored as a boy by Aristotle, Alexander had an inquisitive mind....
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Edifying
- By Langer MD on 2021-08-03
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Sword and Scimitar
- Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West
- Written by: Raymond Ibrahim, Victor Davis Hanson - foreword
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance19
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Story19
This sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West sheds a revealing light on current hostilities....
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Amazing!!!!
- By I.P. on 2025-10-25
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Sex Scandals of Ancient Greece and Rome
- Written by: Monica Silveira Cyrino, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Monica Silveira Cyrino
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
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The world has utterly transformed over the course of the last 2,000 years. Many of the norms, rules, and expectations of the ancient world can feel strange to our 21st century sensibilities. But certain things remain constant, and one of those is the complexity of human relationships—especially romantic and sexual relationships.
Written by: Monica Silveira Cyrino, and others
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The Stolen Crown
- Written by: Tracy Borman
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“Compelling and brilliant—don’t miss it!” —Alison Weir From the acclaimed royal historian, the dramatic and untold story of the lie about the controversial succession that ended the Tudor era and changed the course of British history. In the long and dramatic annals of British history...
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Das keltische Erbe Irlands
- Irische Geschichte, Buch 1
- Written by: History Nerds, Andrew McDermott - translator
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Die Kelten wurden seit jeher als ein Volk gesehen, das zwischen der Welt der Lebenden und einer anderen, von Magie, Leidenschaft und Fantasie durchdrungenen Sphäre wandelt. Wer sich in diesen Kaninchenbau vorwagen möchte, darf die Geschichtsnerds auf einem Spaziergang durch die Vergangenheit der keltischen Nationen begleiten – beginnend mit den kämpferischen, leidenschaftlichen und geheimnisvollen Iren.
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Amazing Grace
- William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
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This biography of England’s heroic abolitionist commemorates the 200th anniversary of the ending of slavery in the United Kingdom William Wilberforce (1759–1833) has been hailed as a one of society’s great reformers. His great goal was the abolition of the slave trade and of slavery in...
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Rise of the Villans
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Featuring exclusive interviews with Unai Emery, Monchi, Morgan Rogers and more, this is the behind-the-scenes account of Unai Emery's Aston Villa revolution, from the award-winning bestseller Guillem Balagué. In October 2022, Unai Emery was appointed manager of Aston Villa. Despite being one of...
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The Colonialist
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Cecil John Rhodes became one of the most influential people in the history of the British Empire. He made a fortune in South Africa by leading the world's most important diamond mining company, De Beers. While he was a busy entrepreneur, he was also a member of the Cape Colony's legislature and served as prime minister from 1890 to 1896, a key period for the development of racial discrimination.
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Sex Scandals of Ancient Greece and Rome
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Wolfpack
- Inside Hitler's U-Boat War
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From a top scholar of World War II, the “fascinating” (John C. McManus) definitive history of Germany’s U-boat campaign that challenged British naval supremacy and brought international trade to its knees Winston Churchill once remarked that the only threat to truly frighten him was...
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The Zorg
- A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
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"The Zorg remains a book of great importance and one that will likely become a classic. It takes a respected place within a growing historical literature about the slave ship in generaL…a potent exposé of the ancient clash between humanity and property.”—The New York Times Book Review...
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The Walls of Constantinople
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It was Constantine the Great who first decided that Rome, exposed and vulnerable near the gathering masses of barbarians moving into Germania and Gaul in the early 4th century, was a strategically unsafe base for the empire, and thus expanded the city of New Rome on the Dardanelles straits, creating what eventually became Constantinople.
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During an age of mass manufacturing, fast fashion, synthetic materials and the unsustainable practice of companies valuing quantity over quality, a return to tradition, connection, and simplicity is essential. Art historian and award-winning broadcaster Dr. James Fox explores the rapidly fading crafts and artisanal traditions of the world—such as coopering, basket-weaving, wheelwrighting, metalwork, and blacksmithing—that have shaped so much of our history through their alchemy of the hand-made human touch and generational wisdom.
Written by: James Fox
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The Library of Lost Maps
- Written by: James Cheshire
- Narrated by: Elliot Chapman
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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Tucked just beyond offices and a lecture hall in the heart of London lies a turquoise door. Intrigued, James Cheshire stepped through and was astonished by what he found inside: thousands of maps and atlases, spilling out of wooden drawers. It was a map library. Here, Jams transports us to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, when the library’s maps were wielded for war and negotiated during peace; when its charts traced, for the first time, the icy peaks of the Himalayas.
Written by: James Cheshire
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A Short History of England
- Written by: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Spirited and unpretentious, Chesterton's romp through English history recounts the thrilling story of a somewhat complicated nation, told through the soul of its people. From the Roman roads to the Magna Carta, the Reformation and the rise of democracy, Chesterton compellingly traces England's journey through history, often noting the persistent struggle between ordinary folk and overreaching elites.
Written by: G. K. Chesterton
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For and Against a United Ireland
- Written by: Fintan O'Toole, Sam McBride
- Narrated by: Fintan O'Toole, Sam McBride
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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The prospect of Irish unification is now stronger than at any point since partition in 1921. Voters on both sides of the Irish border may soon have to confront for themselves what the answer to a referendum question would mean - for themselves, for their neighbours, and for their society. O'Toole and McBride each argue the case for and against unity, questioning received wisdom and bringing fresh thinking to one of Ireland's most intractable questions.
Written by: Fintan O'Toole, and others
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Sword Beach
- D-Day Baptism by Fire
- Written by: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Between 1941 and 1944, the British army contributed relatively little to World War II. On the unremittingly bloody Eastern Front, no Russian or German soldier had experienced the luxury of having four years to prepare and train for a resumption of the European continental campaign. But on D-Day—June 6, 1944—the lives of British soldiers changed. Thirty-five thousand infantrymen, airmen, and special service operatives were sent headfirst into the whitest heat of war, almost overnight.
Written by: Max Hastings
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Eso tampoco estaba en mi libro de Historia de España
- Written by: Francisco García del Junco
- Narrated by: Xavier Fernández
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Las islas desconocidas de España; Pedro Serrano, el náufrago que inspiró a Daniel Defoe su célebre Robinson Crusoe; el descubrimiento real de la Antártida y otros hechos de la historia de España escasamente pregonados, o cuyo desarrollo no acaeció en modo alguno como nos lo habían contado. Tras el enorme éxito de Eso no estaba en mi libro de Historia de España, una obra que ha conquistado a miles de lectores, Francisco García del Junco vuelve a sorprendernos con once nuevos capítulos con los que disfrutaremos y aprenderemos sobre los aspectos menos divulgados de nuestra historia.
Written by: Francisco García del Junco
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How the West Became Antisemitic
- Jews and the Formation of Europe, 800-1500
- Written by: Ivan G. Marcus
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In medieval Europe, Jews were not passive victims of the Christian community, as is often assumed, but rather were startlingly assertive, forming a Jewish civilization within Latin Christian society. Both Jews and Christians considered themselves to be God's chosen people. These dueling claims fueled the rise of both cultures as they became rivals for supremacy. In How the West Became Antisemitic, Ivan Marcus shows how Christian and Jewish competition in medieval Europe laid the foundation for modern antisemitism.
Written by: Ivan G. Marcus
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The Impossible Bomb
- The Hidden History of British Scientists and the Race to Create an Atomic Weapon
- Written by: Gareth Williams
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Atomic weaponry is widely understood as a story of American scientific achievement—but scientists working in Britain played a vital role in its development. Including Nobel Prize winners and Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, these scientists have long since been forgotten. But without their expertise, Robert Oppenheimer's research at Los Alamos would never have succeeded. Gareth Williams unearths the true story of the top-secret British atomic program, codenamed "Tube Alloys," established in 1940.
Written by: Gareth Williams
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Utah Beach
- The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-Day, June 6, 1944
- Written by: Joseph Balkoski
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Added to the invasion plan largely at the insistence of British General Bernard Montgomery, the attack at Utah Beach aimed to secure the Cotentin Peninsula and ultimately seize the port of Cherbourg. Although the assault on Utah Beach became one of the most successful American military operations of World War II, it was fraught with risk from the beginning: Not only was Utah the most isolated of the five D-Day beaches, but the airborne operation was of unprecedented size and scope.
Written by: Joseph Balkoski
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The Knight's Pledge
- Will Bowman, Book 2
- Written by: Scott Mariani
- Narrated by: David Blair
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Will Bowman, now fully entangled in Richard Lionheart's crusade, has reached the Holy Land. However, just as he and his crew are about to touch down in Acre, they are drawn into an intense battle at sea, where they are faced with the dreaded Byzantine weapon: Greek Fire. Barely escaping with his life, Will gains the trust of Richard Lionheart, moving into his service. But as the siege of Acre continues, and Richard's campaign grows ever more brutal and barbaric, Will begins to wonder just how safe his new position is.
Written by: Scott Mariani
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Cassandre (French Edition)
- Written by: Clémence Marais
- Narrated by: Élodie Ducarroir
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Une réécriture de mythe féministe tragique et intense, lu par Élodie Ducarroir. « J'ai prédit leur mort. J'ai prédit la chute de notre cité. J'ai vu les flammes et les Grecs, Bien avant qu'ils ne tuent, pillent et violent. Ils me croyaient folle, tous. Je suis Cassandre, princesse de Troie. »
Written by: Clémence Marais
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La guerra civil
- Una historia total
- Written by: Fernando Calvo González-Regueral
- Narrated by: David Huertas
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Al igual que otros países, España ha vivido a lo largo de su historia luchas fratricidas, pero solo la que comenzó el 18 de julio de 1936 es recordada como la Guerra Civil por antonomasia. Ese conflicto fue total pues movilizó todo tipo de recursos como quizá nunca hasta entonces: desde los económicos, sociales y políticos, hasta los ideológicos, culturales y diplomáticos, y, por supuesto, los militares. La Guerra Civil.
Written by: Fernando Calvo González-Regueral
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América hispánica
- La obra de España en el Nuevo Mundo
- Written by: Borja Cardelús y Muñoz-Seca
- Narrated by: Rosalía Díaz
- Length: 39 hrs and 5 mins
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El legado de España en América es colosal, una simbiosis trascendental de la que emergen una historia, una raza, unas tradiciones y una filosofía vital híbridas que conforman una de las grandes culturas del mundo occidental: la civilización hispánica. La obra de España en el Nuevo Mundo es aún muy desconocida, pese a que el sorprendente descubrimiento de un continente hasta entonces ignoto revolucionó la realidad geográfica y el orden vigente del mundo medieval.
Written by: Borja Cardelús y Muñoz-Seca
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La inquisición desconocida
- El Imperio español y el Santo Oficio
- Written by: Mercedes Temboury Redondo
- Narrated by: Pilar Pintre
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
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La Inquisición española fue una mezcla de agencia de espionaje, unidad de asuntos internos y fuerza de orden público que, aunque tuviera como objetivo prioritario la persecución de delitos religiosos, acabó convirtiéndose –y esta es una de las sorpresas mayúsculas de este libro– en un brazo «político» de la monarquía hispánica, realizando una labor de vigilancia global, con intervenciones quirúrgicas.
Written by: Mercedes Temboury Redondo
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The Surgeon, the Midwife, the Quack
- How to Stay Alive in Renaissance England
- Written by: Alanna Skuse
- Narrated by: Danielle Cohen
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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When we imagine Renaissance medicine, the cliché is dreadful–unsterile instruments, a total lack of anaesthetics and shocking levels of infant and maternal mortality. And that’s before you get into astrology, bloodletting and a litany of bizarre ‘treatments’, more likely to kill than cure… As ever, the true picture is somewhat different. Here, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, modern medicine began to take shape.
Written by: Alanna Skuse
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Broken Supremacy
- The Rise and Fall of the Wehrmacht in Russia
- Written by: Davis Truman
- Narrated by: Steffan Rudiger
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
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A searing chronicle of ambition, brutality, and collapse, Broken Supremacy: The Rise and Fall of the Wehrmacht in Russia reveals the untold dimensions of the most catastrophic military campaign in modern history.
Written by: Davis Truman
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Historia desconocida del Imperio español
- Written by: Pedro María Fernández Barbadillo
- Narrated by: Benjamín Figueres
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Este libro no solo relata batallas y conquistas, sino que también explora las sutiles maniobras de diplomacia y espionaje que aseguraron el dominio español en territorios remotos y cortes extranjeras. Descubre cómo la lengua y la cultura españolas se entrelazaron con destinos globales, moldeando el futuro de continentes enteros.
Written by: Pedro María Fernández Barbadillo
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Wunderland
- Die Gründerzeit der Bundesrepublik 1955–1967
- Written by: Harald Jähner
- Narrated by: Alexander Gamnitzer
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Kaum sind die Trümmer weggeräumt, setzt in Deutschland ein Wirtschaftsaufschwung ohnegleichen ein, auch ein nimmersatter Kaufrausch: Möbel, Autos, Reisen, Elektrogeräte. Mit dem Rock 'n' Roll erfasst die Jugend ein neues Lebensgefühl. 1957 eröffnet der erste Supermarkt, der Siegeszug der Discounter beginnt. Der Fernseher gruppiert die Wohnzimmer um. – Und plötzlich stellen sich neue Fragen: Wie soll man leben? Verlieren wir unsere kulturelle Identität an Amerika? Wie viel Freiheit braucht ein Kind, eine Ehe, ein Arbeitnehmer?
Written by: Harald Jähner
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Der stille Krieg
- Wie Autokraten Deutschland angreifen
- Written by: Reinhard Bingener, Markus Wehner
- Narrated by: Heiko Grauel
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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China und Russland, Iran oder auch die Türkei – Autokraten nutzen im Kampf der Systeme eine Vielzahl von Strategien, um westliche Demokratien systematisch auszuhöhlen. Ihre neue Form eines stillen und verdeckten, aber effektiven Hybridkriegs hat längst die Bundesrepublik erreicht. Nach ihrem SPIEGEL-Bestseller Die Moskau-Connection zeichnen die beiden FAZ-Journalisten Reinhard Bingener und Markus Wehner in ihrem neuen Werk nach, wie die bedrohliche Achse autokratischer Staaten Deutschland angreift und welche Gefahren davon für unsere Gesellschaft und Institutionen ausgehen.
Written by: Reinhard Bingener, and others
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Defenders of the Reich
- The Luftwaffe’s War Against America’s Bombers
- Written by: Robert Forsyth
- Narrated by: Laurence Dobiesz
- Length: 23 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The Reichsverteidigung (Defence of the Reich) was a do or die campaign that saw the very best fighter pilots in the Luftwaffe attempt to defend German skies from increasingly large formations of RAF and USAAF medium and heavy bombers. Flying both piston-engined and, eventually, the first jet-engined fighters to see operational service, the Jagdflieger employed a wide range of weapons and tactics in an effort to blunt the Allied air offensive across Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe.
Written by: Robert Forsyth
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The Great Train Robbery: The Crime of the Century (1855)
- Masterminds and Misdeeds: True Tales of Infamous Heists, Book 1
- Written by: James G. Edwards II
- Narrated by: Tom Merrill
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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In an era before modern forensics and digital surveillance, a group of clever criminals orchestrated a railway heist so precise, it baffled Victorian law enforcement and captivated the public. On a summer night in 1855, as a train carried war funds from London to Folkestone, thieves swapped the shipment’s gold bars with lead and escaped undetected.
Written by: James G. Edwards II