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Ordinary Men
- Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
- Auteur(s): Christopher R. Browning
- Narrateur(s): Kevin Gallagher
- Durée: 10 h
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Now available in audio for the first time, Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews - now with a new afterword and additional photographs....
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good book - hard to digest
- Écrit par Dallas J Hoday le 2021-03-17
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The Spy and the Traitor
- The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
- Auteur(s): Ben Macintyre
- Narrateur(s): John Lee
- Durée: 13 h et 20 min
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If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky....
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Captivating
- Écrit par sd le 2019-08-09
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A Spy Among Friends
- Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
- Auteur(s): Ben Macintyre
- Narrateur(s): John Lee
- Durée: 11 h
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Who was Kim Philby? Those closest to him—like his fellow MI6 officer and best friend since childhood, Nicholas Elliot, and the CIA’s head of counterintelligence, James Jesus Angleton—knew him as a loyal confidant and an unshakeable patriot....
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Great read, fascinating story
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2023-08-16
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Midnight in Chernobyl
- Auteur(s): Adam Higginbotham
- Narrateur(s): Jacques Roy
- Durée: 13 h et 55 min
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This is the definitive story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. Through two decades of reporting, new archival information, and firsthand interviews with witnesses, Adam Higginbotham tells the full dramatic story....
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Hair raising
- Écrit par Dmitry le 2019-05-15
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Israel
- A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
- Auteur(s): Daniel Gordis
- Narrateur(s): Fred Sanders
- Durée: 16 h et 19 min
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Israel is a tiny state, and yet it has captured the world's attention, aroused its imagination, and, lately, been the object of its opprobrium....
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recommended
- Écrit par jacob le 2019-07-22
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Einstein
- His Life and Universe
- Auteur(s): Walter Isaacson
- Narrateur(s): Edward Herrmann
- Durée: 21 h et 30 min
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Based on the newly released personal letters of Albert Einstein, Walter Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos....
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enlightening
- Écrit par Jacques Huot le 2018-08-15
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Ordinary Men
- Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
- Auteur(s): Christopher R. Browning
- Narrateur(s): Kevin Gallagher
- Durée: 10 h
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Now available in audio for the first time, Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews - now with a new afterword and additional photographs....
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good book - hard to digest
- Écrit par Dallas J Hoday le 2021-03-17
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The Spy and the Traitor
- The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
- Auteur(s): Ben Macintyre
- Narrateur(s): John Lee
- Durée: 13 h et 20 min
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If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky....
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Captivating
- Écrit par sd le 2019-08-09
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A Spy Among Friends
- Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
- Auteur(s): Ben Macintyre
- Narrateur(s): John Lee
- Durée: 11 h
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Who was Kim Philby? Those closest to him—like his fellow MI6 officer and best friend since childhood, Nicholas Elliot, and the CIA’s head of counterintelligence, James Jesus Angleton—knew him as a loyal confidant and an unshakeable patriot....
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Great read, fascinating story
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2023-08-16
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Midnight in Chernobyl
- Auteur(s): Adam Higginbotham
- Narrateur(s): Jacques Roy
- Durée: 13 h et 55 min
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This is the definitive story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. Through two decades of reporting, new archival information, and firsthand interviews with witnesses, Adam Higginbotham tells the full dramatic story....
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Hair raising
- Écrit par Dmitry le 2019-05-15
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Israel
- A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
- Auteur(s): Daniel Gordis
- Narrateur(s): Fred Sanders
- Durée: 16 h et 19 min
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Israel is a tiny state, and yet it has captured the world's attention, aroused its imagination, and, lately, been the object of its opprobrium....
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recommended
- Écrit par jacob le 2019-07-22
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Einstein
- His Life and Universe
- Auteur(s): Walter Isaacson
- Narrateur(s): Edward Herrmann
- Durée: 21 h et 30 min
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Based on the newly released personal letters of Albert Einstein, Walter Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos....
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enlightening
- Écrit par Jacques Huot le 2018-08-15
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The Happiest Man on Earth
- The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor
- Auteur(s): Eddie Jaku
- Narrateur(s): Raphael Corkhill
- Durée: 3 h et 47 min
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In this uplifting memoir in the vein of The Last Lecture and Man’s Search for Meaning, a Holocaust survivor pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story, sharing his wisdom, and living his best possible life....
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Wish this was a mandatory read in Canadian schools
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2024-03-27
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The Choice
- Escaping the Past and Embracing the Possible
- Auteur(s): Dr. Edith Eva Eger
- Narrateur(s): Tovah Feldshuh
- Durée: 12 h et 26 min
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A powerful, moving memoir - and a practical guide to healing - written by Dr. Edith Eva Eger, an eminent psychologist whose own experiences as a Holocaust survivor help her treat patients....
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Breathtakingly beautiful!
- Écrit par Celia A le 2021-03-13
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The Escape Artist
- The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
- Auteur(s): Jonathan Freedland
- Narrateur(s): Jonathan Freedland
- Durée: 11 h et 47 min
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Award-winning journalist and bestselling novelist Jonathan Freedland tells the astonishing true story of Rudolf Vrba, the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world of a truth too few were willing to hear....
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Great book
- Écrit par Travis le 2023-08-10
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The Second World War
- Auteur(s): Antony Beevor
- Narrateur(s): Sean Barrett
- Durée: 39 h et 18 min
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Beevor's grand and provocative account is destined to become the definitive work on this complex, tragic, and endlessly fascinating period in world history....
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Weak coverage of certain battles, unless American.
- Écrit par Jordan le 2019-02-26
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Bonhoeffer
- Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
- Auteur(s): Eric Metaxas, Timothy Keller
- Narrateur(s): Malcolm Hillgartner, Eric Metaxas
- Durée: 23 h et 23 min
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In the first major biography of Bonhoeffer in 40 years, New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas takes both strands of Bonhoeffer's life - the theologian and the spy - to tell a searing story of incredible moral courage in the face of monstrous evil....
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Exceptional, through and through.
- Écrit par Josh Ruberg le 2020-02-25
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Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
- Auteur(s): Tony Judt
- Narrateur(s): Ralph Cosham
- Durée: 43 h et 1 min
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Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world’s most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement.....
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Good content; terrible narrator
- Écrit par Daly Close le 2020-01-30
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Yes to Life
- In Spite of Everything
- Auteur(s): Viktor E. Frankl, Daniel Goleman - introduction
- Narrateur(s): Joelle Young, David Rintoul
- Durée: 3 h et 4 min
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Eleven months after he was liberated from the Nazi concentration camps, Viktor E. Frankl held a series of public lectures in Vienna. The psychiatrist, who would soon become world famous, explained his central thoughts on meaning, resilience, and the importance of embracing life....
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Relevant still today
- Écrit par Laurie K le 2023-12-05
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The Sisters of Auschwitz
- The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters’ Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory
- Auteur(s): Roxane van Iperen
- Narrateur(s): Susan Hoffman
- Durée: 12 h et 37 min
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The unforgettable story of two unsung heroes of World War II: sisters Janny and Lien Brilleslijper who joined the Dutch Resistance, helped save dozen of lives, were captured by the Nazis, and ultimately survived the Holocaust....
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To Hell and Back
- Europe 1914-1949
- Auteur(s): Ian Kershaw
- Narrateur(s): John Curless
- Durée: 26 h et 43 min
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The Penguin History of Europe series reaches the 20th century with acclaimed scholar Ian Kershaw's long-anticipated analysis of the pivotal years of World War I and World War II....
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The School That Escaped the Nazis
- The True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied Hitler
- Auteur(s): Deborah Cadbury
- Narrateur(s): Julie Teal
- Durée: 12 h et 28 min
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By 1931, Anna Essinger had read Mein Kampf and knew that Hitler’s world view was violent, utterly destructive, and that many of her pupils in her small progressive school in Herrlingen, Germany were in terrible danger....
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So Happy I Discovered this Book!
- Écrit par Suzie Larochelle le 2022-11-08
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Thirteen Days
- A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Auteur(s): Robert F. Kennedy
- Narrateur(s): Kurt Elftmann
- Durée: 4 h et 24 min
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In October 1962, when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy....
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On Tyranny (Expanded Audio Edition)
- Updated with Twenty New Lessons from Russia's War on Ukraine
- Auteur(s): Timothy Snyder
- Narrateur(s): Timothy Snyder
- Durée: 9 h et 45 min
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The #1 New York Times bestseller, now in an expanded audiobook edition that includes detailed historical context for the democracy-threatening Ukrainian conflict and a call to action for modern times....
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Trump Derangement Syndrome as academic essay.
- Écrit par R. Ward le 2022-11-06
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Red Famine
- Stalin's War on Ukraine
- Auteur(s): Anne Applebaum
- Narrateur(s): Suzanne Toren
- Durée: 17 h et 46 min
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A revelatory history of one of Stalin's greatest crimes - the consequences of which still resonate today....
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A must read
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2018-04-09
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Empress of the Nile
- The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
- Auteur(s): Lynne Olson
- Narrateur(s): Lisa Flanagan
- Durée: 13 h et 42 min
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In the 1960s, the world’s attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time: the international campaign to save a dozen ancient Egyptian temples from drowning in the floodwaters of the gigantic new Aswan High Dam....
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In the Garden of Beasts
- Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
- Auteur(s): Erik Larson
- Narrateur(s): Stephen Hoye
- Durée: 12 h et 52 min
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Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power....
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Loved it
- Écrit par Tracey L. le 2023-05-15
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Thunderstruck
- Auteur(s): Erik Larson
- Narrateur(s): Bob Balaban
- Durée: 11 h et 56 min
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Thunderstruck tells the stories of two men: Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication....
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Larson's weakest, made weaker by poor narration
- Écrit par Heather le 2022-05-30
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Fascism
- A Warning
- Auteur(s): Madeleine Albright
- Narrateur(s): Madeleine Albright
- Durée: 9 h et 53 min
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From one of the most admired international leaders comes a timely, considered, and personal look at the history and current resurgence of fascism today and the virulent threat it poses....
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super monotone reading.
- Écrit par AR le 2018-07-09
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Nazi Billionaires
- The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties
- Auteur(s): David de Jong
- Narrateur(s): Michael David Axtell
- Durée: 11 h et 55 min
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A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II—and how America allowed them to get away with it....
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About Face
- Auteur(s): Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., Julie Sherman
- Narrateur(s): John Pruden
- Durée: 40 h et 38 min
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From age 15 to 40, David Hackworth devoted himself to the US Army and fast became a living legend. In 1971, however, he appeared on television to decry the doomed war effort in Vietnam....
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awesome
- Écrit par The bestest friends le 2021-07-12
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Agent Sonya
- Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy
- Auteur(s): Ben Macintyre
- Narrateur(s): Ben Macintyre
- Durée: 14 h et 14 min
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In 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small cottage with her three children and her husband, who worked as a machinist nearby. Ursula Burton was friendly but reserved, and spoke English with a slight foreign accent....
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Work-life balance gone awry
- Écrit par andrew le 2020-10-21
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A Certain Idea of France
- The Life of Charles de Gaulle
- Auteur(s): Julian Jackson
- Narrateur(s): John Banks
- Durée: 35 h et 19 min
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In six weeks in 1940, France was overrun by German troops and surrendered. One junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England....
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Excellent
- Écrit par Theo Kolivakis le 2022-02-10
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The Last Million
- Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War
- Auteur(s): David Nasaw
- Narrateur(s): Malcolm Hillgartner
- Durée: 19 h et 29 min
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In May of 1945, German forces surrendered to the Allied powers, effectively ending World War II in Europe. But millions of lost and homeless POWs, slave laborers, political prisoners, and concentration camp survivors overwhelmed Germany, a country in complete disarray....
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Hitler's Furies
- German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields
- Auteur(s): Wendy Lower
- Narrateur(s): Suzanne Toren
- Durée: 8 h et 23 min
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Wendy Lower’s stunning account of the role of German women on the World War II Nazi eastern front powerfully revises history, proving that we have ignored the reality of women’s participation in the Holocaust, including as brutal killers....
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Tower of Basel
- The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank that Runs the World
- Auteur(s): Adam LeBor
- Narrateur(s): John Mawson
- Durée: 10 h et 11 min
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Tower of Basel is the first investigative history of the world’s most secretive global financial institution....
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Informative, but slow
- Écrit par David LaPointe le 2023-04-09