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Persians
- The Age of the Great Kings
- Auteur(s): Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Narrateur(s): Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Durée: 18 h et 42 min
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A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius...
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Depth and breath of content is immense.
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2024-08-23
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All the Shah's Men
- An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
- Auteur(s): Stephen Kinzer
- Narrateur(s): Michael Prichard, Jonathan Yen
- Durée: 11 h et 7 min
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Half a century ago, the United States overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, whose "crime" was nationalizing the country's oil industry....
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Great Book, Narration Terrible
- Écrit par Kayla le 2024-06-27
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
- A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917--2017
- Auteur(s): Rashid Khalidi
- Narrateur(s): Fajer Al-Kaisi, Rashid Khalidi - introduction
- Durée: 10 h et 30 min
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This program includes an introduction read by the author. A landmark history of 100 years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history. In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the...
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Setting the record straight
- Écrit par Chillyfinger le 2023-10-26
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Iran
- A Modern History
- Auteur(s): Abbas Amanat
- Narrateur(s): Derek Perkins
- Durée: 41 h et 53 min
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This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years....
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Excellent history of Iran from Safavid era to near present.
- Écrit par Jason Gacek le 2020-04-19
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The Achilles Trap
- Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
- Auteur(s): Steve Coll
- Narrateur(s): Malcolm Hillgartner
- Durée: 17 h et 58 min
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A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker Nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction Finalist for the PEN America Literary Award “Excellent . . . A more intimate picture of the dictator’s thinking about...
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King of Kings
- The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation
- Auteur(s): Scott Anderson
- Narrateur(s): Malcolm Hillgartner, Scott Anderson
- Durée: 17 h et 45 min
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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER From the author of the landmark bestseller Lawrence in Arabia comes a stunningly revelatory narrative history of the Iranian Revolution...
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Iran is a Mess.
- Écrit par Jake L.S. le 2025-12-03
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Persians
- The Age of the Great Kings
- Auteur(s): Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Narrateur(s): Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Durée: 18 h et 42 min
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Histoire8
A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius...
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Depth and breath of content is immense.
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2024-08-23
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All the Shah's Men
- An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
- Auteur(s): Stephen Kinzer
- Narrateur(s): Michael Prichard, Jonathan Yen
- Durée: 11 h et 7 min
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Au global47
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Performance43
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Histoire43
Half a century ago, the United States overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, whose "crime" was nationalizing the country's oil industry....
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Great Book, Narration Terrible
- Écrit par Kayla le 2024-06-27
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
- A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917--2017
- Auteur(s): Rashid Khalidi
- Narrateur(s): Fajer Al-Kaisi, Rashid Khalidi - introduction
- Durée: 10 h et 30 min
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Au global87
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Performance71
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Histoire71
This program includes an introduction read by the author. A landmark history of 100 years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history. In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the...
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Setting the record straight
- Écrit par Chillyfinger le 2023-10-26
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Iran
- A Modern History
- Auteur(s): Abbas Amanat
- Narrateur(s): Derek Perkins
- Durée: 41 h et 53 min
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Au global37
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Performance31
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Histoire30
This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years....
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Excellent history of Iran from Safavid era to near present.
- Écrit par Jason Gacek le 2020-04-19
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The Achilles Trap
- Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
- Auteur(s): Steve Coll
- Narrateur(s): Malcolm Hillgartner
- Durée: 17 h et 58 min
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Performance9
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Histoire9
A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker Nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction Finalist for the PEN America Literary Award “Excellent . . . A more intimate picture of the dictator’s thinking about...
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King of Kings
- The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation
- Auteur(s): Scott Anderson
- Narrateur(s): Malcolm Hillgartner, Scott Anderson
- Durée: 17 h et 45 min
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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER From the author of the landmark bestseller Lawrence in Arabia comes a stunningly revelatory narrative history of the Iranian Revolution...
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Iran is a Mess.
- Écrit par Jake L.S. le 2025-12-03
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Iran's Grand Strategy
- A Political History
- Auteur(s): Vali Nasr
- Narrateur(s): Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Durée: 11 h et 9 min
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This audiobook narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi overturns simplistic portrayals of Iran as a theocratic pariah state, revealing how its strategic moves on the world stage are driven by two pervasive threats—external aggression and internal dissolution.
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America and Iran
- A History, 1720 to the Present
- Auteur(s): John Ghazvinian
- Narrateur(s): Fred Sanders
- Durée: 27 h et 11 min
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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A hugely ambitious, “delightfully readable, genuinely informative” portrait (The New York Times) of the two-centuries-long entwined histories of Iran and America—two powers who were once allies and now adversaries—by an admired historian and...
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The best modern history on Iran I've yet to read
- Écrit par Kevin le 2022-09-20
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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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Sword and Scimitar
- Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West
- Auteur(s): Raymond Ibrahim, Victor Davis Hanson - foreword
- Narrateur(s): John McLain
- Durée: 14 h et 2 min
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This sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West sheds a revealing light on current hostilities....
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Important History
- Écrit par Daniel le 2026-01-20
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Tomorrow Is Yesterday
- Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine
- Auteur(s): Hussein Agha, Robert Malley
- Narrateur(s): Imani Jade Powers
- Durée: 10 h et 59 min
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Two insiders explain why the Israeli–Palestinian peace process failed, and anticipate what lies ahead. On October 7, 2023, Hamas fighters killed more than eleven hundred Israelis and took more than two hundred hostages, prompting an Israeli response that has in turn taken tens of thousands of...
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Best book I’ve Read This Year
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2025-11-04
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Cleopatra
- A Life
- Auteur(s): Stacy Schiff
- Narrateur(s): Robin Miles
- Durée: 14 h et 16 min
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Named a “Best Book of the 21st Century” by Kirkus Reviews, this biography from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author brings to life the most intriguing woman in history: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and...
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The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
- Auteur(s): Toby Wilkinson
- Narrateur(s): Michael Page
- Durée: 18 h et 53 min
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In this landmark work, one of the world's most renowned Egyptologists tells the epic story of this great civilization, from its birth as the first nation-state to its final absorption....
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Really Enoyable
- Écrit par Liri le 2018-12-15
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Destiny Disrupted
- A History of the World through Islamic Eyes
- Auteur(s): Tamim Ansary
- Narrateur(s): Tamim Ansary
- Durée: 18 h et 19 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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Excellent story about history
- Écrit par From Calgary le 2026-03-08
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For the Sun After Long Nights
- The Story of Iran's Women-Led Uprising
- Auteur(s): Fatemeh Jamalpour, Nilo Tabrizy
- Narrateur(s): Fatemeh Jamalpour, Nilo Tabrizy
- Durée: 10 h et 35 min
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LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD A moving exploration of the 2022 women-led protests in Iran, as told through the interwoven stories of two Iranian journalists “Unlike anything I’ve read . . . A searing, courageous, and ultimately beautiful book filled with the spirit of the...
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Egypt, Greece, and Rome
- Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean
- Auteur(s): Charles Freeman
- Narrateur(s): Jim Meskimen
- Durée: 32 h et 2 min
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Long sources of mystery, imagination, and inspiration, the myths and history of the ancient Mediterranean have given rise to artistic, religious, cultural, and intellectual traditions....
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Dinner with King Tut
- How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations
- Auteur(s): Sam Kean
- Narrateur(s): Derek Shetterly
- Durée: 15 h et 53 min
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From “one of America’s smartest and most charming writers” (NPR), an archaeological romp through the entire history of humankind—and through all five senses—from tropical Polynesian islands to forbidding arctic ice floes, and everywhere in between. Whether it’s the mighty pyramids of...
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A History of Iran
- Empire of the Mind
- Auteur(s): Michael Axworthy
- Narrateur(s): Darius Joseph
- Durée: 13 h et 21 min
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The definitive history of Iran, from the ancient Persian empires to today. “Michael Axworthy’s deft untangling of the country’s history, from the advent of Zoroastrianism to the 1979 revolution, is a stunning achievement.” ―Guardian Iran is a land of contradictions. It is an Islamic...
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The Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean
- Auteur(s): M. Doreal
- Narrateur(s): John Marino
- Durée: 2 h et 33 min
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The history of the tablets translated in the following book is strange and beyond the belief of modern scientists. Their antiquity is stupendous, dating back some 36,000 years.
The writer is....
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Fascinating recounting of our ancient beginnings!
- Écrit par Avaline le 2018-09-19
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Rise and Kill First
- The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
- Auteur(s): Ronen Bergman
- Narrateur(s): Rob Shapiro
- Durée: 25 h et 58 min
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The first definitive history of Israel’s targeted killing programs, which have shaped the Israeli nation, the Middle East, and the larger world—from the man hailed by David Remnick as “arguably [Israel’s] best investigative reporter.” “An exceptional...
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Great
- Écrit par Kindle Customer le 2019-01-02
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Black Flags
- The Rise of ISIS
- Auteur(s): Joby Warrick
- Narrateur(s): Sunil Malhotra
- Durée: 13 h et 33 min
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WINNER OF THE 2016 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NONFICTION “A Best Book of 2015”—The New York Times, The Washington Post, People Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Kansas City Star, and Kirkus Reviews In a thrilling dramatic narrative, awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction...
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Selective Narratives and Hidden Biases
- Écrit par Amir le 2024-09-23
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Lawrence in Arabia
- War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
- Auteur(s): Scott Anderson
- Narrateur(s): Malcolm Hillgartner
- Durée: 23 h et 45 min
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY New York Times Christian Science Monitor NPR Seattle Times St. Louis Dispatch National Book Critics Circle Finalist -- American Library Association Notable Book A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and...
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Great story and well narrated
- Écrit par William le 2022-11-04
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The Israel Decree
- The Past, Present, and Future of the World’s Most Controversial Strip of Land
- Auteur(s): Amir Tsarfati
- Narrateur(s): Amir Tsarfati
- Durée: 3 h et 58 min
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For centuries, questions have lingered both within and outside the church: Is modern Israel connected to the Israel of the Old Testament? Do God’s past promises to Israel still apply now? And what does this mean for all Christians today?
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Compelling explanation for Israel in history
- Écrit par D. herrewynen le 2025-05-09
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Babylon
- Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
- Auteur(s): Paul Kriwaczek
- Narrateur(s): Derek Perkins
- Durée: 12 h et 1 min
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Civilization was born 8,000 years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, when migrants from the surrounding mountains and deserts began to create increasingly sophisticated urban societies. In the cities that they built, half of human history took place....
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A good introduction to the history of Mesopotamia
- Écrit par Mauro le 2019-09-19
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A History of the Muslim World
- From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity
- Auteur(s): Michael A. Cook
- Narrateur(s): Ric Jerrom
- Durée: 52 h
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This audiobook narrated by Ric Jerrom traces the panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muḥammad to the the dawn of the modern era
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The Oil Kings
- How the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East
- Auteur(s): Andrew Scott Cooper
- Narrateur(s): Rob Shapiro
- Durée: 19 h et 46 min
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struggling with a recession . . . European nations at risk of defaulting on their loans . . . A possible global financial crisis. It happened before, in the 1970s. Oil Kings is the story of how oil came to dominate U.S. domestic and international affairs. As Richard Nixon fought off Watergate...
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Insightful and gripping
- Écrit par Andrew Lomonte le 2025-07-28
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Mossad
- The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service
- Auteur(s): Michael Bar-Zohar, Nissim Mishal
- Narrateur(s): Benjamin Isaac
- Durée: 14 h et 34 min
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Authors MichaelBar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots-on-the-ground accounts of the most dangerous, most crucial missions....
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Spectacular true stories
- Écrit par Said Sabet le 2025-04-27
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Israel
- A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
- Auteur(s): Noa Tishby
- Narrateur(s): Noa Tishby
- Durée: 9 h et 39 min
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AUDIO EXCLUSIVE: INCLUDES THE SONG “ELATION STATION” BY INFECTED MUSHROOM! A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A “fascinating and very moving” (Aaron Sorkin, award-winning screenwriter of The West Wing and The Social Network) chronological timeline spanning from Biblical times to today that...
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Entertaining but a little dismissive of Palestinian arguments
- Écrit par Jackson D. le 2022-05-14
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The World After Gaza
- A History
- Auteur(s): Pankaj Mishra
- Narrateur(s): Mikhail Sen
- Durée: 6 h et 56 min
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"Courageous and bracing, learned and ethical, rigorous and mind-expanding.” —Naomi Klein “This profoundly important and urgent book finds Mishra, one of our most intellectually astute and courageous writers, at the peak of his powers.” —Hisham Matar “A triumphant work of empathy in a...
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Black Wave
- Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry that Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
- Auteur(s): Kim Ghattas
- Narrateur(s): Kim Ghattas, Nan McNamara
- Durée: 16 h et 33 min
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Kim Ghattas delivers a gripping account of the largely unexplored story of the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, born from the sparks of the 1979 Iranian revolution and fueled by American policy....
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Great background info on the Middle East
- Écrit par V le 2023-10-22