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The Most Powerful Idea in the World
- A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention
- Written by: William Rosen
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
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Award-winning author William Rosen tells the story of the men responsible for the Industrial Revolution and the machine that drove it: the steam engine.
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The Most Powerful Idea in the World
- A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 2010-06-01
- Language: English
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The West
- A History of an Idea
- Written by: Georgios Varouxakis
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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How did "the West" come to be used as a collective self-designation signaling political and cultural commonality? Was the idea handed down from the ancient Greeks, or coined by nineteenth-century imperialists? Neither, writes Georgios Varouxakis in The West, his ambitious and fascinating genealogy of the idea. "The West" was not used by Plato, Cicero, Locke, Mill, or other canonized figures of what we today call the Western tradition. It was not first wielded by empire-builders.
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The West
- A History of an Idea
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2025-07-08
- Language: English
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Twilight of the Belle Epoque
- The Paris of Picasso, Stravinsky, Proust, Renault, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, and Their Friends Through the Great War
- Written by: Mary McAuliffe
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
- Length: 16 hrs and 43 mins
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Mary McAuliffe's Dawn of the Belle Epoque took the listener from the multiple disasters of 1870-1871 through the extraordinary re-emergence of Paris as the cultural center of the Western world. Now, in Twilight of the Belle Epoque, McAuliffe portrays Paris in full flower at the turn of the 20th century, where creative dynamos such as Picasso, Matisse, Stravinsky, Debussy, Ravel, Proust, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, Jean Cocteau, and Isadora Duncan set their respective circles on fire with a barrage of revolutionary visions and discoveries.
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Excellent!
- By RW on 2025-11-14
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Twilight of the Belle Epoque
- The Paris of Picasso, Stravinsky, Proust, Renault, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, and Their Friends Through the Great War
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
- Length: 16 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 2021-08-24
- Language: English
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The River War
- Written by: Winston Churchill
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The northeastern quarter of the continent of Africa is drained and watered by the Nile. Among and about the headstreams and tributaries of this mighty river lie the wide and fertile provinces of the Egyptian Soudan. Situated in the very centre of the land, these remote regions are on every side divided from the seas by 500 miles of mountain, swamp, or desert. The great river is their only means of growth, their only channel of progress.
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The River War
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 2015-09-15
- Language: English
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City of Light, City of Shadows
- Paris in the Belle Époque
- Written by: Mike Rapport
- Narrated by: Paul Daintry
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
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A top historian offers a new history of Paris’s Belle Époque, the luminous age of the Eiffel Tower and the Sacré-Cœur Basilica, but also of social unrest and violent clashes over what it meant to be French From the wrought ironwork of the Eiffel Tower to the flourishing art nouveau movement...
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City of Light, City of Shadows
- Paris in the Belle Époque
- Narrated by: Paul Daintry
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2024-05-14
- Language: English
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Wellington's Rifles
- The Origins, Development, and Battles of the Rifle Regiments in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo
- Written by: Ray Cusick
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
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Until now there has not been a serious study of the rifle-armed regiments of the British Army that earned such renown in the Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns. Compiled by a former rifleman, Ray Cusick, who has written extensively on the subject, Wellington's Rifles examines the new rifle regiments, how they came about, their development and their actions.
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Wellington's Rifles
- The Origins, Development, and Battles of the Rifle Regiments in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2015-01-06
- Language: English
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A Savage War
- A Military History of the Civil War
- Written by: Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh, Williamson Murray
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 24 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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The Civil War represented a momentous change in the character of war. It combined the projection of military might across a continent on a scale never before seen with an unprecedented mass mobilization of peoples. Yet despite the revolutionizing aspects of the Civil War, its leaders faced the same uncertainties that have vexed combatants since the days of Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War.
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A Savage War
- A Military History of the Civil War
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 24 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 2017-09-26
- Language: English
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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands
- Penguin Classics
- Written by: Mary Seacole
- Narrated by: Yasmin Mwanza
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Yasmin Mwanza. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Sarah Salih. Written in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's during the Crimean War. Seacole's offer to...
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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Yasmin Mwanza
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2020-05-12
- Language: English
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Pakistan or the Partition of India
- Written by: B. R. Ambedkar
- Narrated by: Derek Denzil
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Delve into the profound insights of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in Pakistan or the Partition of India. This seminal work offers an in-depth analysis of the factors leading to the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan. Ambedkar's scholarly approach and compelling arguments shed light on the political, social, and religious dynamics that shaped one of the most significant events in South Asian history. A must-listen for anyone seeking to understand the historical context and enduring impact of partition.
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Pakistan or the Partition of India
- Narrated by: Derek Denzil
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2024-11-15
- Language: English
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London Labour and the London Poor
- Written by: Henry Mayhew
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 14 mins
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London Labour and the London Poor is a rare and fascinating insight into the lives and struggles of the 19th-century poor. Written by journalist and reformer Henry Mayhew, a founder and editor of the satirical magazine Punch, it collects hundreds of testimonials from the lower strata of Victorian society. We encounter street entertainers, 'pure finders', cabinetmakers, gingerbread sellers, 'screeve-fakers', swindlers, and burglars. We hear accounts from toshers finding items in sewers, people attempting to train pigs to dance, and witness the sale of everything from gilt watches and chickweed to needles, dog collars, and eel soup.
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London Labour and the London Poor
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2018-08-30
- Language: English
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Napoléon - Tome 1
- Written by: André Castelot
- Narrated by: Hervé Lavigne
- Length: 16 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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D'Ajaccio à Sainte-Hélène, en passant par le Grand-Saint-Bernard, Austerlitz, Moscou, Waterloo, l'île d'Elbe, André Castelot a mis ses pas dans ceux de Napoléon Bonaparte pour respirer et restituer le décor de son prodigieux destin. Exploitant et mettant en valeur, avec son art célèbre du récit qui visualise les événements, les lieux et les personnages, une immense masse d'archives, de mémoires et de correspondance parfois inédits ou oubliés, il a écrit cette monumentale biographie si vivante, si colorée, si passionnante que depuis trente ans, son public se renouvelle sans cesse.
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Napoléon - Tome 1
- Narrated by: Hervé Lavigne
- Length: 16 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 2023-07-12
- Language: French
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Napoléon III et Victor Hugo, le duel
- Written by: Frédéric Mitterrand
- Narrated by: François Montagut
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
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Avec "Le Duel", Frédéric Mitterrand nous fait vivre le terrible affrontement qui opposa deux géants de l'histoire : Napoléon III et Victor Hugo. Un récit écrit à hauteur d'homme, vivant, tendu, marqué par la passion et la violence, sur les convulsions de la haine en politique et le rapport de fascination entre hommes de pouvoir et écrivains. Le 2 décembre 1851, le président de la République Louis Napoléon Bonaparte viole la Constitution et s'empare de tous les pouvoirs avant de se faire proclamer empereur.
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Napoléon III et Victor Hugo, le duel
- Narrated by: François Montagut
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-12
- Language: French
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The Invention of China
- Written by: Bill Hayton
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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A provocative account showing that "China" - and its 5,000 years of unified history - is a national myth, created only a century ago with a political agenda that persists to this day. China's current leadership lays claim to a 5,000-year-old civilization, but "China" as a unified country and people, Bill Hayton argues, was created far more recently by a small group of intellectuals.
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biased, but still worth reading
- By Anonymous on 2025-06-27
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The Invention of China
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-10
- Language: English
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Crime Control and Everyday Life in the Victorian City
- The Police and the Public
- Written by: David Churchill
- Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
- Length: 12 hrs
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This audiobook presents a fundamental reinterpretation of changes to crime control in the age of the new police. It breaks new ground by providing a highly detailed, empirical analysis of everyday crime control in Victorian provincial cities - revealing the tremendous activity that ordinary people displayed in responding to crime - alongside a rich survey of police organization and policing in practice.
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Crime Control and Everyday Life in the Victorian City
- The Police and the Public
- Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
- Length: 12 hrs
- Release date: 2018-10-30
- Language: English
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The Year Without Summer
- 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History
- Written by: William K. Klingaman, Nicholas P. Klingaman
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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1816 was a remarkable year - mostly for the fact that there was no summer. As a result of a volcanic eruption at Mount Tambora in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost, and snowfall through much of the Northeastern US and Europe in the summer of 1816.
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The Year Without Summer
- 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2019-09-18
- Language: English
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Breve historia de las guerras carlistas
- Written by: Josep Carles Clemente
- Narrated by: Roger Vidal
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
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"Breve historia de las Guerras Carlistas" presenta cómo se originó este capítulo de la historia contemporánea de España y que estalló con el inicio de la llamada "cuestión sucesoria" al final del reinado de Fernando VII que, sin sucesor masculino directo o más cercano, que era el Infante don Carlos María Isidro de Borbón y Borbón, hermano mayor del monarca y que inició la llamada Dinastía Carlista, bajo la denominación de Carlos V.
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Breve historia de las guerras carlistas
- Narrated by: Roger Vidal
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 2022-04-11
- Language: Spanish
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The Great Nadar
- The Man Behind the Camera
- Written by: Adam Begley
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
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A recent French biography begins, "Who doesn't know Nadar?" In France, that's a rhetorical question. Of all of the legendary figures who thrived in mid-19th-century Paris - a cohort that includes Victor Hugo, Baudelaire, Gustave Courbet, and Alexandre Dumas - Nadar was perhaps the most innovative, the most restless, the most modern. The first great portrait photographer, a pioneering balloonist, the first person to take an aerial photograph, and the prime mover behind the first airmail service, Nadar was one of the original celebrity artist-entrepreneurs.
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The Great Nadar
- The Man Behind the Camera
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2018-02-06
- Language: English
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American Civil Wars
- A Continental History, 1850-1873
- Written by: Alan Taylor
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 17 hrs and 8 mins
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The American Civil War stands at the center of the story, its military history and the drama of emancipation the highlights. Taylor relies on vivid characters to carry the story, from Joseph Hooker, whose timidity in crisis was exploited by Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the Union defeat at Chancellorsville, to Martin Delany and Mary Ann Shadd Cary, Black abolitionists whose critical work in Canada and the United States advanced emancipation and the enrollment of Black soldiers in Union armies.
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American Civil Wars
- A Continental History, 1850-1873
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 17 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2024-05-21
- Language: English
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Habsburgs on the Rio Grande
- The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire
- Written by: Raymond Jonas
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
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Based on research in five languages and in archives across the globe, Habsburgs on the Rio Grande fundamentally revises narratives of global history. Far more than a footnote, the Second Mexican Empire was at the center of world-historic great-power struggles—a point of inflection in a contest for supremacy that set the terms of twentieth-century rivalry.
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Habsburgs on the Rio Grande
- The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2025-01-14
- Language: English
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London in the Nineteenth Century
- Written by: Jerry White
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 21 hrs and 7 mins
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Jerry White's London in the Nineteenth Century is the richest and most absorbing account of the city's greatest century by its leading expert. London in the nineteenth century was the greatest city mankind had ever seen. Its growth was stupendous. Its wealth was dazzling. Its horrors shocked the world. This was the London of Blake, Thackeray and Mayhew, of Nash, Faraday and Disraeli. Most of all it was the London of Dickens. As William Blake put it, London was 'a Human awful wonder of God'.
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London in the Nineteenth Century
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 21 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2018-12-20
- Language: English
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