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Fly, Wild Swans
- My Mother, Myself and China
- Written by: Jung Chang
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The magnificent follow-up to Wild Swans, the multimillion copy, internationally bestselling sensation that traces the history of modern China through the true stories of three generations of courageous women in one family. “AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN MY GRANDMOTHER became the concubine of a warlord...
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Fly, Wild Swans
- My Mother, Myself and China
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2026-01-13
- Language: English
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Against the Grain
- A Deep History of the Earliest States
- Written by: James C. Scott
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains and governed by precursors of today's states? Most people believe that plant and animal domestication allowed humans, finally, to settle down and form agricultural villages, towns, and states, which made possible civilization, law, public order, and a presumably secure way of living. But archaeological and historical evidence challenges this narrative.
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A provocative and compelling examination of how and why early states formed, and the path to how and why civilization developed.
- By J. Bird on 2025-11-10
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Against the Grain
- A Deep History of the Earliest States
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 2018-02-21
- Language: English
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Tokyo Vice
- An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
- Written by: Jake Adelstein
- Narrated by: Jake Adelstein
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up. At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life...
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A Look Into Life, and Lessons, in Japan
- By Alexander Jackson on 2022-01-02
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Tokyo Vice
- An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
- Narrated by: Jake Adelstein
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 2009-10-20
- Language: English
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Red Roulette
- An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China
- Written by: Desmond Shum
- Narrated by: Tim Chiou
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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“THE BOOK CHINA DOESN’T WANT YOU TO READ.” —CNN SELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by THE ECONOMIST and FINANCIAL TIMES This “powerful and disturbing” (Bill Browder, author of Red Notice) New York Times bestseller is narrated by a man who, with his wife, Whitney Duan, rose to the...
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Incredible insights on the inner workings in communist China
- By Mathieu on 2023-08-22
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Red Roulette
- An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China
- Narrated by: Tim Chiou
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2021-09-07
- Language: English
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Japan's Infamous Unit 731
- Firsthand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program
- Written by: Hal Gold, Yuma Totani - foreword
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far from front lines and prying eyes, Japanese doctors and their assistants subjected human guinea pigs to gruesome medical experiments in the name of science and Japan's wartime chemical and biological warfare research. Author Hal Gold draws upon a wealth of sources to construct a portrait of the Imperial Japanese Army's most notorious medical unit, giving an overview of its history and detailing its most shocking activities.
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Reads like documentary
- By Vjaceslavs Rogozins on 2024-09-17
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Japan's Infamous Unit 731
- Firsthand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2020-08-18
- Language: English
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India: A Wounded Civilization
- Written by: V. S. Naipaul
- Narrated by: Sam Dastor
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1975, at the height of Indira Gandhi’s “Emergency”, V. S. Naipaul returned to India, the country his ancestors had left 100 years earlier. Out of that journey he produced this concise masterpiece: a vibrant, defiantly unsentimental portrait of a society traumatized by centuries of foreign conquest and immured in a mythic vision of its past.
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India: A Wounded Civilization
- Narrated by: Sam Dastor
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 2021-06-29
- Language: English
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Tower of Skulls
- A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942)
- Written by: Richard B. Frank
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 26 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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This story casts penetrating light on how struggles in Europe and Asia merged into a tightly entwined global war. It features not just battles, but also the sweeping political, economic, and social effects of the war, and are graced with a rich tapestry of individual characters from top-tier political and military figures down to ordinary servicemen, as well as the accounts of civilians of all races and ages.
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Tower of Skulls
- A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942)
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 26 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2020-03-03
- Language: English
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The Cultural Revolution
- A People's History, 1962—1976
- Written by: Frank Dikötter
- Narrated by: Daniel York Loh
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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After the economic disaster of the Great Leap Forward that claimed tens of millions of lives between 1958 and 1962, an ageing Mao launched an ambitious scheme to shore up his reputation and eliminate those he viewed as a threat to his legacy. The stated goal of the Cultural Revolution was to purge the country of bourgeois, capitalist elements he claimed were threatening genuine communist ideology. But the Chairman also used the Cultural Revolution to turn on his colleagues, some of them longstanding comrades-in-arms, subjecting them to public humiliation, imprisonment and torture.
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The Cultural Revolution
- A People's History, 1962—1976
- Narrated by: Daniel York Loh
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2023-11-09
- Language: English
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
- Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
- Written by: Katherine Boo
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE PAST...
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beautiful
- By Grace on 2021-01-17
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
- Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 2012-02-07
- Language: English
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The Knights of Bushido
- A History of Japanese War Crimes During World War II
- Written by: Lord Russell of Liverpool
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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The war crimes trials at Nuremberg and Tokyo meted out the Allies' official justice; Lord Russell of Liverpool's sensational bestselling books on the Axis' war crimes decided the public's opinion. The Knights of Bushido, Russell's shocking account of Japanese brutality in the Pacific in World War II, describes how the noble founding principles of the Empire of Japan were perverted by the military into a systematic campaign of torture, murder, starvation, rape, and destruction. Notorious incidents like the Nanking Massacre and the Bataan Death March emerge as merely part of a pattern of human rights abuses. Undoubtedly formidable soldiers, the Japanese were terrible conquerors. Their conduct in the Pacific is a harrowing example of the doctrine of mutual destruction carried to the extreme, and begs the question of what is acceptable—and unacceptable—in total war.
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Abandoned
- By J Brandon. on 2024-01-03
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The Knights of Bushido
- A History of Japanese War Crimes During World War II
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 2013-02-13
- Language: English
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Dog Man
- An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain
- Written by: Martha Sherrill
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In the snow country of Japan during World War II, we meet Morie Sawataishi, a fierce individualist who has chosen to break the law by keeping an Akita dog hidden in a shed on his property. By the time of the Japanese surrender in 1945, there are only sixteen Akitas left in the country. The survival of the breed becomes Morie's passion and life. Devoted to the dogs, Morie is forever changed.
In beautiful prose that is a joy to read, Sherrill opens up the world of the Dog Man and his wife, providing a profound look at what it is to be an individualist in a culture that reveres conformity, and what it means to live.
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Dog Man
- An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2008-05-23
- Language: English
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A History of Japan
- Revised Edition
- Written by: R. H. P. Mason, J. G. Caiger
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
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A classic of Japanese history, this audiobook is the preeminent work on the history of Japan. Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume complete history of the nation of Japan. Starting in ancient Japan during its early pre-history period, A History of Japan covers every important aspect of history and culture through feudal Japan to the post-Cold War period and collapse of the bubble economy in the early 1990s. Recent findings shed additional light on the origins of Japanese civilization and the birth of Japanese culture.
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Good but Dry
- By Adam on 2020-11-30
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A History of Japan
- Revised Edition
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2018-11-27
- Language: English
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Indestructible
- One Man's Rescue Mission That Changed the Course of WWII
- Written by: John R Bruning
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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In this remarkable WWII story by New York Times bestselling author John R. Bruning, a renegade American pilot fights against all odds to rescue his family -- imprisoned by the Japanese--and revolutionizes modern warfare along the way. From the knife fights and smuggling runs of his youth to his...
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Indestructible
- One Man's Rescue Mission That Changed the Course of WWII
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 2016-10-11
- Language: English
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The Snakehead
- An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
- Written by: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
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Performance21
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In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people...
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Inlightening
- By Robert Hoskins on 2022-05-07
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The Snakehead
- An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2009-07-24
- Language: English
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The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes
- The Ancient World Economy and the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia and Han China
- Written by: Raoul McLaughlin
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
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The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes investigates the trade routes between Rome and the powerful empires of inner Asia, including the Parthian regime which ruled ancient Persia (Iran). It explores Roman dealings with the Kushan Empire which seized power in Bactria (Afghanistan) and laid claim to the Indus Kingdoms. Further chapters examine the development of Palmyra as a leading caravan city on the edge of Roman Syria and consider trade ventures through the Tarim territories that led Roman merchants to Han China.
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The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes
- The Ancient World Economy and the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia and Han China
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2019-09-18
- Language: English
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The Pillow Book
- Written by: Sei Shōnagon
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the closing years of the 10th century. Written by a lady of the court at the height of Heian culture, this book enthrals with its lively gossip, witty observations and subtle impressions. Lady Shōnagon was an erstwhile rival of Lady Murasaki, whose novel, The Tale of Genji, fictionalized the elite world Lady Shōnagon so eloquently relates.
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The Pillow Book
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2022-03-19
- Language: English
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Destined for War
- Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
- Written by: Graham Allison
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance37
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War with China is much more likely than anyone thinks. When Athens went to war with Sparta some 2,500 years ago, the Greek historian Thucydides identified one simple cause: A rising power threatened to displace a ruling one. As the eminent Harvard scholar Graham Allison explains, in the past 500 years, great powers have found themselves in "Thucydides's Trap" 16 times. In 12 of the 16, the results have been catastrophic.
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Good book, odd narration
- By Amazon Customer on 2025-03-08
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Destined for War
- Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 2017-05-30
- Language: English
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Krakatoa
- The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
- Written by: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa. The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the...
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A compelling story, well narrated
- By Armstrong on 2023-02-25
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Krakatoa
- The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 2004-01-14
- Language: English
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Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism
- A Study of 'Brainwashing' in China
- Written by: Robert Jay Lifton
- Narrated by: Bobby Brill
- Length: 19 hrs and 23 mins
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Informed by Erik Erikson's concept of the formation of ego identity, this book, which first appeared in 1961, is an analysis of the experiences of 15 Chinese citizens and 25 Westerners who underwent "brainwashing" by the Communist Chinese government. Robert Lifton constructs these case histories through personal interviews and outlines a thematic pattern of death and rebirth, accompanied by feelings of guilt, that characterizes the process of "thought reform."
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Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism
- A Study of 'Brainwashing' in China
- Narrated by: Bobby Brill
- Length: 19 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2022-10-26
- Language: English
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Central Asia
- A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present
- Written by: Adeeb Khalid
- Narrated by: Aaqil Ahmed
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
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Central Asia is often seen as a remote and inaccessible land on the peripheries of modern history. Encompassing Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and the Xinjiang province of China, it in fact stands at the crossroads of world events. Adeeb Khalid provides the first comprehensive history of Central Asia from the mid-18th century to today, shedding light on the historical forces that have shaped the region under imperial and Communist rule.
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Central Asia
- A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present
- Narrated by: Aaqil Ahmed
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 2021-06-01
- Language: English
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