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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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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....
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Setting the record straight
- Écrit par Chillyfinger le 2023-10-26
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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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Alarming perspective
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2025-03-22
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Assyria
- The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
- Auteur(s): Eckart Frahm
- Narrateur(s): Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Durée: 15 h et 4 min
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At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen. Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria and its formative role in global history....
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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.
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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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The Talmud says: “If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.” This instinct to take every measure, even the most aggressive, to defend the Jewish people is hardwired into Israel’s DNA....
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Great
- Écrit par Kindle Customer le 2019-01-02
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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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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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Histoire
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....
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Setting the record straight
- Écrit par Chillyfinger le 2023-10-26
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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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Histoire
This sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West sheds a revealing light on current hostilities....
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Alarming perspective
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2025-03-22
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Assyria
- The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
- Auteur(s): Eckart Frahm
- Narrateur(s): Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Durée: 15 h et 4 min
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Histoire
At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen. Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria and its formative role in global history....
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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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Histoire
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.
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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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Histoire
The Talmud says: “If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.” This instinct to take every measure, even the most aggressive, to defend the Jewish people is hardwired into Israel’s DNA....
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Great
- Écrit par Kindle Customer le 2019-01-02
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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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Histoire
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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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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The Question of Palestine
- Auteur(s): Edward W. Said, Saree Makdisi
- Narrateur(s): Peter Ganim
- Durée: 13 h
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This original and deeply provocative book was the first to make Palestine the subject of a serious debate--one that remains as critical as ever.
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Heartbreaking
- Écrit par L. Antoine le 2025-03-21
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On Palestine
- Auteur(s): Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe
- Narrateur(s): George Newbern
- Durée: 5 h et 45 min
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Operation Protective Edge, Israel's 2014 assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dead and cleared the way for another Israeli land grab. The need to stand in solidarity with Palestinians has never been greater....
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Must read/ listen
- Écrit par L. Antoine le 2025-03-18
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Origins of the Sphinx
- Celestial Guardian of Pre-Pharaonic Civilization
- Auteur(s): Robert M. Schoch PhD, Robert Bauval
- Narrateur(s): Micah Hanks
- Durée: 11 h et 35 min
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No other monument in the world evokes mystery like the Great Sphinx of Giza. It has survived the harsh climate of Egypt for thousands of years and will remain long after our own civilization is gone. According to orthodox Egyptology, the Sphinx was built around 2500 BCE....
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Important topic, great book, annoying narration.
- Écrit par Nick le 2020-09-13
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Operation Thunderbolt
- Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History
- Auteur(s): Saul David
- Narrateur(s): Peter Ganim
- Durée: 14 h et 49 min
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The definitive account of one of the greatest Special Forces missions ever, the Raid of Entebbe, by acclaimed military historian Saul David....
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Muhammad
- His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
- Auteur(s): Martin Lings
- Narrateur(s): Sean Barrett
- Durée: 6 h et 3 min
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This excellent audiobook is the first of its kind and has been selected by a number of organisations as a worthy introduction to the life of Prophet Muhammad....
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hoping for a newer version with simple English instead of thou and thine…
- Écrit par Yas Ab le 2024-11-09
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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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Bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll tells the definitive story of the decades-long relationship between the United States and Saddam Hussein, and a news-breaking investigation into one of the costliest geopolitical conflicts of our time.
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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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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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Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic
- Auteur(s): Ilan Pappe
- Narrateur(s): Jonathan Todd Ross
- Durée: 21 h et 48 min
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In 1896, a Jewish state was a pipe dream. Today the overwhelming majority of Jews identify as Zionists. How did this happen?
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From Beirut to Jerusalem
- Auteur(s): Thomas L. Friedman
- Narrateur(s): Robert Petkoff
- Durée: 25 h et 41 min
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Rich with anecdote, history, analysis, and autobiography, From Beirut to Jerusalem will continue to shape how we see the Middle East for many years to come.
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Jerusalem
- The Biography
- Auteur(s): Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Narrateur(s): John Lee
- Durée: 25 h et 21 min
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Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today’s clash of civilizations....
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Comprehensive content but disappointing narration
- Écrit par T Zakon Punhani le 2021-05-17
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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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From one of our foremost public intellectuals, an essential reckoning with the war in Gaza that reframes our understanding of the ongoing conflict, its historical roots, and the fractured global response.
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Perfect Victims
- And the Politics of Appeal
- Auteur(s): Mohammed El-Kurd
- Narrateur(s): Mohammed El-Kurd
- Durée: 4 h et 48 min
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Palestine is a microcosm of the world: on fire, stubborn, fragmented, dignified. While a settler colonial state continues to inflict devastating violence, fundamental truths are deliberately obscured—the perpetrators are coddled while the victims are blamed and placed on trial.
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essential read
- Écrit par Shabina le 2025-05-22
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The First Muslim
- The Story of Muhammad
- Auteur(s): Lesley Hazleton
- Narrateur(s): Deepti Gupta
- Durée: 11 h et 7 min
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Muhammad's was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance, yet the intensely dramatic story of the prophet of Islam is not well known....
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Mis representation
- Écrit par Asif Imtiaz Ahmed le 2024-03-28
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Blood and Oil
- Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
- Auteur(s): Bradley Hope, Justin Scheck
- Narrateur(s): Peter Ganim
- Durée: 12 h et 37 min
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From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters comes a revelatory look at the inner workings of the world's most powerful royal family, and how the struggle for succession produced Saudi Arabia's charismatic but ruthless Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, aka MBS....
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That was good
- Écrit par Ihab le 2023-10-10
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The Ottomans
- Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs
- Auteur(s): Marc David Baer
- Narrateur(s): Jamie Parker
- Durée: 17 h et 31 min
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This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West....
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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: 8 h et 45 min
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Two insiders explain why the Israeli-Palestinian peace process failed, and anticipate what lies ahead.
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Istanbul
- City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World
- Auteur(s): Thomas F. Madden
- Narrateur(s): Edoardo Ballerini
- Durée: 14 h et 26 min
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For more than two millennia, Istanbul has stood at the crossroads of the world, perched at the very tip of Europe, gazing across the shores of Asia....
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O Jerusalem
- Day by Day and Minute by Minute the Historic Struggle for Jerusalem and the Birth of Israel
- Auteur(s): Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre
- Narrateur(s): Theodore Bikel
- Durée: 23 h et 48 min
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O Jerusalem! is the epic drama of 1948, when Arabs and Jews fought for control of the city of Jerusalem...
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a comprehensive read - just what I needed!
- Écrit par Kourtnie le 2018-02-17
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A History of the Arab Peoples
- Auteur(s): Albert Hourani
- Narrateur(s): Nadia May
- Durée: 21 h et 3 min
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Despite the turmoil of Arab nationalism and fundamentalism, Middle Eastern wars, and oil crises...
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Papyrus
- The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
- Auteur(s): Irene Vallejo, Charlotte Whittle - translator
- Narrateur(s): Sophie Roberts
- Durée: 17 h et 30 min
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Long before books were mass-produced, hand-copied scrolls made from Nile River reeds were the treasures of the ancient world. Emperors and pharaohs, determined to possess them, dispatched emissaries to the edges of the known world to bring them back.
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informative and interesting
- Écrit par A le 2024-11-12
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My Father's Paradise
- A Son's Search For His Family's Past
- Auteur(s): Ariel Sabar
- Narrateur(s): Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Durée: 12 h et 6 min
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In a remote corner of the world, forgotten for nearly 3,000 years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Mostly illiterate, they were self-made mystics and gifted storytellers....
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The Templars
- The History and the Myth: From Solomon's Temple to the Freemasons
- Auteur(s): Michael Haag
- Narrateur(s): Guy Bethell
- Durée: 11 h et 6 min
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Arguably one of the most provocative, puzzling, and misunderstood organizations of medieval times, the legendary Knights Templar have always been shrouded in a veil of mystery....
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An okay overview. Narrator voice slurry at times.
- Écrit par Lisa le 2024-05-11