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In the Wake of the Plague
- The Black Death and the World It Made
- Written by: Norman F. Cantor
- Narrated by: Bill Wallace
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
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Much of what we know about the greatest medical disaster ever, the Black Plague of the fourteenth century, is wrong. The details of the Plague etched in the minds of terrified schoolchildren the hideous black welts, the high fever, and the final, awful end by respiratory failure are more or less accurate. But what the Plague really was, and how it made history, remain shrouded in a haze of myths.
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In the Wake of the Plague
- The Black Death and the World It Made
- Narrated by: Bill Wallace
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2003-09-05
- Language: English
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Transcendence
- How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time
- Written by: Gaia Vince
- Narrated by: Gaia Vince
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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How four tools enabled humanity to control its destiny What enabled us to go from simple stone tools to smartphones? How did bands of hunter-gatherers evolve into multinational empires? Listeners of Sapiens will say a cognitive revolution - a dramatic evolutionary change that altered our brains, turning primitive humans into modern ones - caused a cultural explosion. In Transcendence, Gaia Vince argues instead that modern humans are the product of a nuanced coevolution of our genes, environment, and culture that goes back into deep time.
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Transcendence
- How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time
- Narrated by: Gaia Vince
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2020-01-21
- Language: English
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The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
- Written by: Nelson Mandela
- Narrated by: Atandwa Kani
- Length: 20 hrs and 12 mins
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Arrested in 1962 as South Africa's apartheid regime intensified its brutal campaign against political opponents, 44-year-old lawyer and African National Congress activist Nelson Mandela had no idea that he would spend the next 27 years in jail. During his 10,052 days of incarceration, Mandela wrote hundreds of letters to unyielding prison authorities, fellow activists, government officials, and, most memorably, his courageous wife, Winnie, and his five children. Now, 255 of these letters, a majority of which were previously unpublished, provide the most intimate portrait of Mandela since Long Walk to Freedom.
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The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
- Narrated by: Atandwa Kani
- Length: 20 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2018-07-10
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar: Upon This Rock: A History of the Papacy from Peter to John Paul II
- Written by: Thomas F. Madden
- Narrated by: Thomas F. Madden
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
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In this compelling series of lectures, widely esteemed author and professor Thomas F. Madden illustrates how the papacy, the world's oldest institution, gave birth to the West. Since Jesus Christ instructed the foremost of his Apostles, Peter, that he would be the rock upon which Christ would build his church, the papacy has survived the rise and fall of empires while continuing to assert an undeniable influence on world events.
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Fantastic Crash-Course on the Papacy
- By Laura on 2023-01-16
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The Modern Scholar: Upon This Rock: A History of the Papacy from Peter to John Paul II
- Narrated by: Thomas F. Madden
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2009-09-22
- Language: English
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Prehistory
- Making of the Human Mind
- Written by: Colin Renfrew
- Narrated by: Robert Ian MacKenzie
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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A giant of archaeology, Colin Renfrew has immeasurably improved our understanding of human history. In this passionately argued work, he offers a concise summary of prehistory - human existence that predates the development of written records - while challenging the very definition of prehistory itself.
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Prehistory
- Making of the Human Mind
- Narrated by: Robert Ian MacKenzie
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 2009-02-27
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar: The Norsemen - Understanding Vikings and Their Culture
- Written by: Professor Professor Michael D.C. Drout
- Narrated by: Professor Michael D.C. Drout
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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Professor Michael D.C. Drout of Wheaton College immerses listeners in the extraordinary legacy of Viking civilization, which developed in what is now Scandinavia during the early Middle Ages. During the course of these lectures, Professor Drout explores how these peoples conquered all of Northern Europe, traveled as far as Byzantium in the East and North America in the West, and left a literary legacy that includes numerous works studied and enjoyed to this day.
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The Modern Scholar: The Norsemen - Understanding Vikings and Their Culture
- Narrated by: Professor Michael D.C. Drout
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 2012-12-12
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar: The Lost Warriors of God
- The True History of the Knights Templar
- Written by: Professor Thomas F. Madden
- Narrated by: Professor Thomas F. Madden
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
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Professor Thomas F. Madden is a widely published author and the director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University. In The Lost Warriors of God, Madden examines one of the most fascinating organizations in world history: the Knights Templar, whose members gave up home, family, and worldly possessions to defend the Holy Land and the Christian pilgrims who journeyed there.
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The Modern Scholar: The Lost Warriors of God
- The True History of the Knights Templar
- Narrated by: Professor Thomas F. Madden
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 2014-03-11
- Language: English
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Plagues, Pandemics and Viruses
- From the Plague of Athens to COVID-19
- Written by: Heather E. Quinlan
- Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
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It can come in waves - like tidal waves. It changes societies. It disrupts life. It ends lives. As far back as 3000 B.C.E. (the Bronze Age), plagues have stricken mankind. COVID-19 is just the latest example, but history shows that life continues. It shows that knowledge and social cooperation can save lives. Viruses are neither alive nor dead and are the closest thing we have to zombies. Their only known function is to replicate themselves, which can have devastating consequences on their hosts.
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Plagues, Pandemics and Viruses
- From the Plague of Athens to COVID-19
- Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-01
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar
- A Way With Words, Part II: Approaches to Literature
- Written by: Professor Michael D.C. Drout
- Narrated by: Professor Michael D.C. Drout
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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In A Way with Words II: Approaches to Literature, Michael D.C. Drout leads a series of lectures that focus on the big questions of literature. Throughout, he introduces the major schools of literary and critical thought and employs illuminating examples from the world's most important literary works. This course proves a wonderful exploration of one of humankind's most cherished pursuits.
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The Modern Scholar
- A Way With Words, Part II: Approaches to Literature
- Narrated by: Professor Michael D.C. Drout
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2008-08-14
- Language: English
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Meet Me in Atlantis
- My Quest to Find the 2,000-Year-Old Sunken City
- Written by: Mark Adams
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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A few years ago, Mark Adams made a strange discovery: Everything we know about the lost city of Atlantis comes from the work of one man, the Greek philosopher Plato. Then he made a second, stranger discovery: Amateur explorers are still actively searching for this sunken city all around the world, based entirely on the clues Plato left behind.
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Meet Me in Atlantis
- My Quest to Find the 2,000-Year-Old Sunken City
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2015-03-10
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar
- Ideas that Shaped Mankind
- Written by: Professor Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
- Narrated by: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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Ideas That Shaped Mankind flows from internationally respected historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto's views on the notion that man's capacity to produce ideas in itself brings about sweeping changes in the world. This ability, seen most profoundly in individual, startling moments of genius - or equally startling moments of chance - is what separates humans from the animals and allows humans to re-imagine the world in ever more complex designs.
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The Modern Scholar
- Ideas that Shaped Mankind
- Narrated by: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2008-09-24
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar: Odyssey of the West IV: A Classic Education through the Great Books: Towards Enlightenment
- Written by: Prof. Timothy Shutt, Prof. Fred E. Baumann, Prof. Thomas F. Madden
- Narrated by: Prof. Timothy Shutt, Prof. Fred E. Baumann, Prof. Thomas F. Madden
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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The Odyssey of the West series addresses in chronological sequence the works that have shaped the ongoing development of Western thought both in its own right and in cultural dialogue with other traditions. Part four provides a close look at the period from the Renaissance to the Scientific Revolution and into the early Enlightenment. These lectures take in the immense variety and singular achievements that have helped mold our present societies.
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The Modern Scholar: Odyssey of the West IV: A Classic Education through the Great Books: Towards Enlightenment
- Narrated by: Prof. Timothy Shutt, Prof. Fred E. Baumann, Prof. Thomas F. Madden
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 2008-10-27
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar: Odyssey of the West III: A Classic Education through the Great Books: The Medieval World
- Written by: Prof. Timothy Shutt, Prof. Thomas F. Madden, Prof. Monica Brzezinski Potkay
- Narrated by: Prof. Timothy Shutt, Prof. Thomas F. Madden, Prof. Monica Brzezinski Potkay
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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Odyssey of the West I and II explored timeless works from the ancient world that shaped, and continue to shape, the culture and philosophies of life today. Part three is a richly detailed look at St. Augustine, Beowulf, St. Thomas Aquinas, Authurian legends, Dante, Gothic art, and other highlights of the period. Through the course of these lectures, it becomes apparent that the "dark" ages were in fact a time of immense achievement, and a time that richly rewards those who study its art and philosophies.
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The Modern Scholar: Odyssey of the West III: A Classic Education through the Great Books: The Medieval World
- Narrated by: Prof. Timothy Shutt, Prof. Thomas F. Madden, Prof. Monica Brzezinski Potkay
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 2008-10-27
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar
- The History of Ancient Israel: From the Patriarchs Through the Romans
- Written by: Professor Eric H. Cline
- Narrated by: Eric H. Cline
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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Israel conjures up myriad associations for peoples of all cultures and religious backgrounds. Inextricably associated with the world's three most prominent religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), Israel is steeped in history and conflict, much of which is known through the tales of biblical figures such as Moses, David, Solomon, and, of course, Jesus Christ.But how much of the Bible can be relied upon as accurate history? And how much of the biblical record can be verified through archaeology?
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The Modern Scholar
- The History of Ancient Israel: From the Patriarchs Through the Romans
- Narrated by: Eric H. Cline
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2008-10-27
- Language: English
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The Jews
- Story of a People
- Written by: Howard Fast
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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“There is no human being on the face of this earth exempt from the Jewish influence. For as long as there has been history, the Jew has wandered through it, shaping it at times, riding the current silently at other times, but always leaving his mark. History without the Jew? It is inconceivable.”—Howard Fast. His popular history brings the history of the Jewish people into focus, from Genesis to contemporary times.
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The Jews
- Story of a People
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2011-07-19
- Language: English
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The Boer War
- Written by: Martin Bossenbroek
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
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In The Boer War, winner of the Netherland's 2013 Libris History Prize and shortlisted for the 2013 AKO Literature Prize, the author brings a completely new perspective to this chapter of South African history, critically examining the involvement of the Netherlands in the war. Furthermore, unlike other accounts, Martin Bossenbroek explores the war primarily through the experiences of three men uniquely active during the bloody conflict.
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Truly a different time.
- By Anonymous User on 2021-06-21
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The Boer War
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2018-01-09
- Language: English
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Wicked River
- The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild
- Written by: Lee Sandlin Jeff
- Narrated by: Jeff McCarthy
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
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Acclaimed journalist and author Lee Sandlin delivers a riveting glimpse of a dangerous and colorful place in America’s historical landscape - the Mississippi River of the 19th century. Long before it was dredged into a shipping channel or romanticized into myth, the untamed Mississippi - the lifeblood of communities that rose and fell along its banks - spawned a motley array of pirates and dignitaries, visionaries, and thieves.
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Wicked River
- The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild
- Narrated by: Jeff McCarthy
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2010-11-09
- Language: English
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Whose Bible Is It?
- A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages
- Written by: Jaroslav Pelikan
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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Winner of the John W. Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Human Sciences, Jaroslav Pelikan is Professor Emeritus of history at Yale University and past president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This examination of the history of the Bible reflects half a century of study and research by the author. In Whose Bible Is It?, Pelikan traces the transformation of the Bible from its earliest oral traditions to its modern forms.
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Whose Bible Is It?
- A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2010-10-19
- Language: English
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About Time
- A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
- Written by: David Rooney
- Narrated by: David Rooney
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Through the stories of 12 clocks, About Time brings pivotal moments from the past vividly to life. Historian and lifelong clock enthusiast David Rooney takes us from the unveiling of al-Jazari’s castle clock in 1206, in present-day Turkey; to the Cape of Good Hope observatory at the southern tip of Africa, where 19th-century British government astronomers moved the gears of empire with a time ball and a gun; to the burial of a plutonium clock now sealed beneath a public park in Osaka, where it will keep time for 5,000 years.
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VERY interesting!
- By Roberta W on 2022-05-26
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About Time
- A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
- Narrated by: David Rooney
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 2021-10-19
- Language: English
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The Fracture Zone
- A Return to the Balkans
- Written by: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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Award-winning journalist and author Simon Winchester takes readers on a personal tour of the Balkans. Combining history and interviews with the people who live there, Winchester offers a fascinating glimpse into the complex issues at work in this chaotic region. Unrest in the Balkans has gone on for centuries. A seasoned reporter, Winchester visited the region twenty years ago. When Kosovo reached crisis level in 1997, Winchester thought a return visit to the beleaguered area would help to make sense out of the awful violence.
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The Fracture Zone
- A Return to the Balkans
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2011-12-29
- Language: English
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