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Haile Selassie: The Life and Legacy of the Ethiopian Emperor Revered as the Messiah by Rastafarians
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
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The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered the continent during a particularly hubristic and dynamic phase of European history. In 1884, Prince Otto von Bismarck, the German chancellor, brought the plenipotentiaries of all major powers of Europe together, to deal with Africa's colonization in such a manner as to avoid provocation of war. This event - known as the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 - galvanized a phenomenon that came to be known as the Scramble for Africa.
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Haile Selassie: The Life and Legacy of the Ethiopian Emperor Revered as the Messiah by Rastafarians
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Release date: 2019-06-19
- Language: English
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Marcus Garvey: The Life and Legacy of the Jamaican Political Leader Who Championed Pan-Africanism
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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The most improbable approach toward American civil rights for Black citizens blended the beliefs of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois, and it was spearheaded by global activist Marcus Aurelius Garvey. The Jamaican began his career as an activist with a devotion to Washington’s path, but he subsequently leaned to the alternative and beyond. Beyond the worldview of both colleagues, Marcus Garvey’s bigger-than-life scheme was to establish a Black-owned and managed shipping line to transport much of America’s Black population back to Africa.
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This book was A LOT shorter than expected.
- By Lorenzo RS on 2019-09-03
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Marcus Garvey: The Life and Legacy of the Jamaican Political Leader Who Championed Pan-Africanism
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Release date: 2018-11-19
- Language: English
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Bob Marley: The Life and Legacy of Reggae's Global Icon
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Russell Stamets
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
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In terms of raw popularity, Bob Marley sold over 20 million albums in a brief career that took him around the globe as, "[T]he first international superstar from the so-called third world." Beginning with the more lighthearted ska style, Marley drew fellow Jamaicans as kindred spirits by adding social commentary to the lyrics. His exaltation of the reggae form, couched in the Rastafari, became an instrument of order and a haven for otherwise directionless youth in Kingston and other communities of Jamaica.
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Bob Marley: The Life and Legacy of Reggae's Global Icon
- Narrated by: Russell Stamets
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-27
- Language: English
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Edith Stein: The Life and Legacy of the Jewish Philosopher Who Became a Catholic Saint
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
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To say Edith Stein lived a remarkable life would be a dramatic understatement. Born in Breslau (then part of Germany) at the end of the 19th century, Edith was raised as an observant jew, only to turn her back on religion right around the time World War I devastated the continent. In the wake of the war, during which she earned a doctorate and began working as an assistant at the University of Freiburg, she began reading the works of the legendary St. Teresa of Ávila, one of the most influential Catholic saints in history.
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Edith Stein: The Life and Legacy of the Jewish Philosopher Who Became a Catholic Saint
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Release date: 2019-10-24
- Language: English
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Meyer Lansky: The Infamous Life and Legacy of the Mob’s Accountant
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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Meyer Lansky: The Infamous Life and Legacy of the Mob’s Accountant profiles the controversial life of one of organized crime’s most notorious figures. You will learn about Meyer Lansky like never before.
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Meyer Lansky: The Infamous Life and Legacy of the Mob’s Accountant
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Release date: 2018-09-20
- Language: English
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Nicolae Ceaușescu: The Life and Legacy of Romania’s Notorious Dictator During the Cold War
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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Nicolae Ceaușescu, one of the 20th century’s most notorious dictators, was both typical and unusual. Outwardly, he resembled a standard leader of a communist country in Eastern Europe during the Cold War, yet he was even more repressive and opulent than his contemporaries. Nicolae Ceaușescu: The Life and Legacy of Romania’s Notorious Dictator During the Cold War examines the rise and reign of the Romanian leader.
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Nicolae Ceaușescu: The Life and Legacy of Romania’s Notorious Dictator During the Cold War
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Release date: 2019-01-08
- Language: English
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Baba Vanga
- The Controversial Life and Legacy of the Influential Bulgarian Mystic
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
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People’s timeless captivation with those supposedly endowed with supernatural powers - these gifted individuals oftentimes regarded as gods walking among everyone else - is a fascinating phenomenon in itself. Soothsayers and clairvoyants were particularly revered in past centuries, even by royals, nobles, and other influential figures, who placed oracles, mediums, and mystics in their retinues and sought counsel from them on a regular basis.
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Baba Vanga
- The Controversial Life and Legacy of the Influential Bulgarian Mystic
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
- Release date: 2021-03-12
- Language: English
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Hans-Ulrich Rudel
- The Life and Legacy of the Luftwaffe’s Deadliest Stuka Pilot
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Steve Knupp
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
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The Third Reich's Luftwaffe began World War II with significant advantages over other European air forces, playing a critical role in the German war machine's swift, powerful advance. By war's end, however, the Luftwaffe had been decimated by combat losses and crippled by poor decisions at the highest levels of military decision-making, and it proved unable to challenge Allied air superiority despite a last-minute upsurge in German aircraft production.
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Hans-Ulrich Rudel
- The Life and Legacy of the Luftwaffe’s Deadliest Stuka Pilot
- Narrated by: Steve Knupp
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
- Release date: 2023-09-25
- Language: English
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Fred Rogers: The Life and Legacy of the Legend Behind Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim D Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
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In an age where even the motives of Gandhi and Mother Teresa are questioned by the cynical and they are at times vilified as “frauds,” one would be hard-pressed to find a rational argument against the untouchable character of Mister Rogers. When one does happen upon such an abnormality, the public is quick to defend the gentle soul. “It takes a special kind of scum to hate Mister Rogers,” reads the top comment on the aforementioned video, posted by user Sergei Ivanovich Mosin. The video has been picked apart by multiple journalists from the likes of Huffington Post.
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Fred Rogers: The Life and Legacy of the Legend Behind Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
- Narrated by: Jim D Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Release date: 2018-05-03
- Language: English
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Maimonides and St. Thomas Aquinas
- The Lives and Works of the Middle Ages’ Most Influential Religious Philosophers
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
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Moses Ben Maimon, frequently called Maimonides, was a medieval philosopher who revolutionized thinking about ethics, reason, and the Jewish Torah through his emphasis on reason and evidence. His works were broadly accepted by the Sephardi Jewish community and spread across the medieval world. St. Thomas Aquinas is known as one of the most important medieval philosophers and in many respects a harbinger of the Renaissance that began to flourish across Europe in the centuries that followed his life.
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Maimonides and St. Thomas Aquinas
- The Lives and Works of the Middle Ages’ Most Influential Religious Philosophers
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 2019-06-03
- Language: English
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Republic of Turkey
- The History of the Ottoman Empire’s Collapse and the Establishment of a New State
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Tim Planiden
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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The long agony of the “sick man of Europe”, an expression used by the tsar of Russia to depict the falling Ottoman Empire, could almost blind people to its incredible power and history. Preserving its mixed heritage - coming from both its geographic position, rising above the ashes of the Byzantine Empire, and the tradition inherited from the Muslim conquests - the Ottoman Empire lasted more than six centuries.
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Republic of Turkey
- The History of the Ottoman Empire’s Collapse and the Establishment of a New State
- Narrated by: Tim Planiden
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 2020-05-08
- Language: English
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Latin American Revolutionaries: The Life and Legacy of Che Guevara
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, known to the world as Che, has led two lives. In the first of these lives, the Argentine-born revolutionary was a remarkable and flawed doctor-turned-guerilla who left behind a highly controversial political legacy. In the second, he was - and is - first and foremost an image. Specifically, he is one particular image in which he appears as a wavy-haired, bearded young man with a beret and an intense gaze.
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Latin American Revolutionaries: The Life and Legacy of Che Guevara
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-05
- Language: English
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Queen Elizabeth II: The Life and Legacy of Britain's Second Longest Reigning Monarch
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Lavina Jadhwani
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
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Until the implementation of new legislation on March 26, 2015, men were given preference to women in the British royal line. This system of male primogeniture meant that women seldom inherited the throne, and even when they did, they were often dominated by male councilors. Those women who married British kings gained the title of queen, but they were queen consorts, holding the title with no power. This makes Elizabeth II one of a select few queens regnant - queens ruling in their own right.
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Queen Elizabeth II: The Life and Legacy of Britain's Second Longest Reigning Monarch
- Narrated by: Lavina Jadhwani
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Release date: 2015-06-18
- Language: English
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Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat
- The Presidents Who Shaped Modern Egypt
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Robin McKay
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
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Gamal Abdel Nasser has been called many things. The father of modern-day Egypt. The founder of Arab nationalism. The leader of the Egyptian Revolution. The second president of the Egyptian Republic. The creator of his own brand of political and social governance - Nasserism. Anthony Eden, the former British prime minister, called him the "Mussolini of the Nile".
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Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat
- The Presidents Who Shaped Modern Egypt
- Narrated by: Robin McKay
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 2015-07-01
- Language: English
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Captain James Cook
- The Life and Legacy of the Legendary British Explorer Who Discovered Hawaii
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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"To boldly go where no man has gone before" was a phrase made popular by Gene Rodenberry in a science fiction setting, but it was certainly the creed of countless explorers during the Age of Discovery and afterwards. In fact, as recently as the mid-18th century, a young sailor named James Cook determined to go "farther than any man has been before me, but as far as I think it is possible for a man to go." And unlike so many others who tried, he did just that.
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Captain James Cook
- The Life and Legacy of the Legendary British Explorer Who Discovered Hawaii
- Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Release date: 2017-05-09
- Language: English
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Marshal Josip Broz Tito: The Life and Legacy of Yugoslavia's First President
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
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The World War II era produced many leaders of titanic determination, men whose strengths and weaknesses left an extraordinary imprint on historical affairs. Josip Broz Tito, better known to history as Marshal Tito, was undoubtedly one of these figures. Originally a machinist, Tito leveraged his success in the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPY) and a number of extraordinary strokes of luck into dictatorial rule over Yugoslavia for a span of 35 years. World War II proved the watershed that enabled him to secure control of the country.
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Marshal Josip Broz Tito: The Life and Legacy of Yugoslavia's First President
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Release date: 2017-03-29
- Language: English
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Sacagawea and the Lewis & Clark Expedition
- America's Most Famous Explorers
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Stacy Hinkle
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
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It is the most fabled and storied journey in American history. From 1804-1806, the first expedition across the North American continent was commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson, who had recently bought a vast swath of territory from France.
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Sacagawea and the Lewis & Clark Expedition
- America's Most Famous Explorers
- Narrated by: Stacy Hinkle
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 2015-04-22
- Language: English
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Anwar Sadat: The Life and Legacy of the Egyptian President
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- Narrated by: Robin McKay
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
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On a beautiful sunny day in March 1979, as thousands of Egyptians awaited in anticipation, a plane landed in Cairo. Moments later, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat stepped out, welcomed by thunderous cheers from an overjoyed crowd. He had just returned to his country from Washington D.C., where five days earlier he had signed a historic treaty with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and U.S. President Jimmy Carter, bringing an end to three decades of war and hostilities between Israelis and Egyptians.
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Anwar Sadat: The Life and Legacy of the Egyptian President
- Narrated by: Robin McKay
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Release date: 2015-06-10
- Language: English
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British Legends: The Life and Legacy of Aldous Huxley
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors’ British Legends series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of Great Britain’s most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. In 19th century England, few families were as accomplished as the Huxley family, which included prominent figures in the arts, sciences, and literature, but the most famous of them all would come of age in the early 20th century. Aldous Huxley was one of the most unique intellectuals of his age, but he was also one of the greatest. While he was controversial for dabbling with mysticism, a belief in parapsychology and the supernatural, and for advocating the use of psychedelic drugs, nobody could deny his abilities. Having grown up among the Huxley family, Aldous was well-versed in everything from botany to zoology, which helped him write one of the seminal futuristic science fiction novels, Brave New World, which he claimed sprang forth from him because of his experience in "an ordered universe in a world of planless incoherence".
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British Legends: The Life and Legacy of Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Release date: 2017-11-27
- Language: English
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The Yakuza and the Triads
- The History of Asia’s Most Notorious Transnational Criminal Organizations
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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A pack of men in sharp, tailored suits and dark sunglasses strut down the street. Their eyes are shielded, but the icy scowl on their faces is a clear sign to stay out of their paths. A few of their collars hang open, showing off a glimpse of the vibrant and intricate ink work on their chests, and presumably, their entire bodies. Tattoos are the norm these days, but then, one suddenly spots a man with a peculiarly pint-sized pinkie.
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The Yakuza and the Triads
- The History of Asia’s Most Notorious Transnational Criminal Organizations
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 2020-05-01
- Language: English
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