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The Battle of Shanghai
- The History and Legacy of the Battle That Started the Second Sino-Japanese War
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
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The Imperial Japanese Military had invaded Shanghai on August 13, 1937, rapidly reducing the once-prosperous city to a pile of burning rubble after three months of brutal urban combat. Countless blazing fires raged throughout the city, some of which had been caused by the fighting, but most had been set by the retreating Chinese Army in a futile effort to stall the Japanese invaders.
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The Battle of Shanghai
- The History and Legacy of the Battle That Started the Second Sino-Japanese War
- Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Release date: 2019-10-31
- Language: English
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The Black Hand
- The History of the Secret Serbian Nationalist Group Whose Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Sparked World War I
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
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Although a couple of wars were fought on the European continent during the 19th century, an uneasy peace was mostly maintained across the continent for most of the 19th century after Napoleon. Despite this ostensible peace, the Europeans were steadily conducting arms races against each other. With Europe anticipating a potential war, all that was missing was a conflagration. That would start in 1908, when Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia-Herzegovina in the Balkan Peninsula, drawing it into dispute with Russia. Moreover, this upset neighboring Serbia.
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The Black Hand
- The History of the Secret Serbian Nationalist Group Whose Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Sparked World War I
- Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2017-09-27
- Language: English
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The Liberian Civil Wars
- The History and Legacy of the Deadly Conflicts and Liberia’s Transition to Democracy in the 21st Century
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 56 mins
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The Liberian Civil Wars examines the incredibly deadly conflicts in the West African region, and how they changed the nation. You will learn about the the wars and Liberia's transition like never before....
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The Liberian Civil Wars
- The History and Legacy of the Deadly Conflicts and Liberia’s Transition to Democracy in the 21st Century
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 56 mins
- Release date: 2018-09-19
- Language: English
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Augusto Pinochet
- The Life and Legacy of Chile's Controversial Dictator
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Kenneth Ray
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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For much of the 20th century, South American governments in large part lived under a system of military junta governments. The mixture of indigenous peoples, foreign settlers and European colonial superpowers produced cultural and social imbalances into which military forces intervened as a stabilizing influence. The proactive personalities of military heads and the rigid structures of such a hierarchy guaranteed the "strong man" commanding officer an abiding presence in the form of executive dictator.
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Augusto Pinochet
- The Life and Legacy of Chile's Controversial Dictator
- Narrated by: Kenneth Ray
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Release date: 2017-03-23
- Language: English
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The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster: The History and Legacy of NASA's Most Notorious Tragedy
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
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In the decades after the Apollo program, American space shuttles flew over 130 missions and successfully completed over 98 percent of them, but unfortunately, the two most famous missions were the ones that ended tragically aboard the Challenger and Columbia. The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster: The History and Legacy of NASA’s Most Notorious Tragedy chronicles the disaster from the origins of the Challenger mission to what went so terribly wrong.
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The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster: The History and Legacy of NASA's Most Notorious Tragedy
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2017-05-04
- Language: English
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The Pioneer Program
- The History and Legacy of NASA's Unmanned Space Missions to the Outer Solar System
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
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Today the Space Race is widely viewed poignantly and fondly as a race to the Moon that culminated with Apollo 11 “winning” the Race for the United States. In fact, it encompassed a much broader range of competition between the Soviet Union and the United States that affected everything from military technology to successfully launching satellites that could land on Mars or orbit other planets in the Solar System. The notion that America “won” the Space Race at the end of the 1960s overlooks just how competitive the Space Race actually was in launching people into orbit.
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The Pioneer Program
- The History and Legacy of NASA's Unmanned Space Missions to the Outer Solar System
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Release date: 2019-09-24
- Language: English
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Siberia and the Gulag: The History and Legacy of Russia’s Most Notorious Territory and Prison Camp System
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim Johnston
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
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Over the long course of Russian history, perhaps no aspect of the giant country has generated interest quite like Siberia, the easternmost part of Russia that lies in Asia. Generally speaking, all that is widely known about Siberia is that it is really big and really cold, which, to be fair, are good starting points for a deeper exploration of this fascinating region.
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Siberia and the Gulag: The History and Legacy of Russia’s Most Notorious Territory and Prison Camp System
- Narrated by: Jim Johnston
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2019-02-05
- Language: English
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Marshal Tito and Nicolae Ceaușescu: The Lives and Legacies of the Eastern Bloc’s Most Notorious Non-Soviet Leaders
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 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. The struggle between massively divergent ideologies, exacerbated by huge social changes affected by the world’s technological metamorphosis into the machine age, catapulted some individuals unexpectedly onto the world stage. This audiobook details the lives of two such men: Josip Broz Tito, better known to history as Marshal Tito, and Nicolae Ceaușescu, one of the 20th century’s most notorious dictators.
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Marshal Tito and Nicolae Ceaușescu: The Lives and Legacies of the Eastern Bloc’s Most Notorious Non-Soviet Leaders
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2019-01-09
- Language: English
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History's Greatest Artists: The Life and Legacy of Claude Monet
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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To get a sense of the kind of prestige that Claude Monet's reputation has within the art world, one need only learn that his Le Bassin Aux Nympheás (1919) - from his series of paintings featuring water lilies - sold for the equivalent of more than $70 million. This is an incredibly staggering price, especially considering that early in his life, Monet had been so poor and debt-ridden that some of his paintings were taken from him by creditors.
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History's Greatest Artists: The Life and Legacy of Claude Monet
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Release date: 2017-01-20
- Language: English
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Maximiliano de Habsburgo: La Vida del Emperador Europeo de Mexico [Maximilian of Habsburg: The Life of the European Emperor of Mexico]
- Written by: Gustavo Vazquez Lozano, Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Nicolas Villanueva
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
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Había una vez, cuando la guerra civil amenazaba separar a Estados Unidos, una monarquía al sur del Río Bravo. El reino se llamaba México. Había un castillo, una princesa y un joven príncipe alto y barbado; era noble e idealista, tenía fuego en el corazón, pero también era débil y crédulo.
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Maximiliano de Habsburgo: La Vida del Emperador Europeo de Mexico [Maximilian of Habsburg: The Life of the European Emperor of Mexico]
- Narrated by: Nicolas Villanueva
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
- Release date: 2018-04-05
- Language: Spanish
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The Kurds: The History of the Middle Eastern Ethnic Group and Their Quest for Kurdistan
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
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The Kurds: The History of the Middle Eastern Ethnic Group and Their Quest for Kurdistan examines the group and the contentious issues surrounding them. By delving deeper into their ethnic, religious, and political history, it is possible to understand the larger issues of statelessness and the striving for independence. At the same time, the relationships between the Kurds and the ruling regimes of the day have changed and altered the political landscape in the Middle East.
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The Kurds: The History of the Middle Eastern Ethnic Group and Their Quest for Kurdistan
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Release date: 2018-02-15
- Language: English
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The Trench Warfare of World War I
- The History and Legacy of the Great War's Primary Method of Combat
- Written by: Sean McLachlan, Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: John Skinner
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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World War I, also known in its time as the "Great War" or the "War to End all Wars", was an unprecedented holocaust in terms of its sheer scale. Fought by men who hailed from all corners of the globe, it saw millions of soldiers do battle in brutal assaults of attrition which dragged on for months with little to no respite.
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The Trench Warfare of World War I
- The History and Legacy of the Great War's Primary Method of Combat
- Narrated by: John Skinner
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2015-04-27
- Language: English
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The Great Fire of London
- The History of the 1666 Fire that Destroyed England's Greatest City
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Pam Tierney
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
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In the 17th century, the people of London could boast that they had developed some of the most advanced firefighting technology and methods in the world, including the use of primitive fire engines. There were even vendors of such machines who advertised in papers of their machines' abilities to quench great fires.
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The Great Fire of London
- The History of the 1666 Fire that Destroyed England's Greatest City
- Narrated by: Pam Tierney
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Release date: 2015-03-27
- Language: English
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The KGB and the Stasi: The History of the Eastern Bloc’s Most Infamous Intelligence Agencies
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
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The KGB is one of the most famous abbreviations of the 20th century, and it has become synonymous with the shadowy and often violent actions of the Soviet Union’s secret police and internal security agencies. Aside from the KGB, the 20th century’s most notorious spy agency was the Stasi, which was instrumental in the history of East Germany. In an era of totalitarian countries dominated by repressive state agencies, the Stasi stood out for its size, and the sheer breadth and depth of its surveillance.
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The KGB and the Stasi: The History of the Eastern Bloc’s Most Infamous Intelligence Agencies
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2018-03-16
- Language: English
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The Suez Canal
- The History and Legacy of the World’s Most Famous Waterway
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
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The Suez Canal: The History and Legacy of the World’s Most Famous Waterway examines the various attempts to create the canal over thousands of years, and how the modern Suez Canal came to be. You will learn about the Suez Canal like never before.
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The Suez Canal
- The History and Legacy of the World’s Most Famous Waterway
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
- Release date: 2021-05-03
- Language: English
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The Six Day War
- The History and Legacy of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and Its Impact on the Middle East
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
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In early June 1967, the Israelis captured Jordanian intelligence that indicated an invasion was imminent, and at 08h10 on June 5, 1967, the Israel Broadcasting Authority aired an Israeli Defense Force communique. "Since the early hours of this morning", it read, "heavy fighting has been taking place on the southern front between Egyptian armored and aerial forces, which moved against Israel, and our forces, which went into action to check them."
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The Six Day War
- The History and Legacy of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and Its Impact on the Middle East
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Release date: 2017-12-19
- Language: English
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Flat Earth and Hollow Earth Theories
- A History of Strange Tales and Bizarre Beliefs About the Planet
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim Johnston
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
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The world is filled with mysteries, and even in the modern age, much of the planet remains unexplored. The depths of the oceans and the intricate and extensive cave systems that honeycomb some parts of the Earth are still largely unknown. Thus, it should come as no surprise that when it comes to this terra incognita, people have projected all sorts of ideas. Tales of sunken cities or lost civilizations are just some of the fanciful theories, and those could even be considered tame in comparison to the idea that Earth is flat and/or hollow.
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Flat Earth and Hollow Earth Theories
- A History of Strange Tales and Bizarre Beliefs About the Planet
- Narrated by: Jim Johnston
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 2019-05-08
- Language: English
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The Carlist Wars
- The History and Legacy of the Spanish Civil Wars in the 19th Century
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Steve Knupp
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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Thinking of Spain as a modern nation state today distorts the complicated reality that the Iberian Peninsula faced in the past. Spain was a nation in progress, consisting of regions united under the Spanish crown, but with strong regional identities based on different historical and cultural experiences. The largest entities were the kingdoms of León and Castile, but Spain also included the kingdoms of Navarre, Andalusia, Granada, Jaén, Aragon, and Valencia.
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The Carlist Wars
- The History and Legacy of the Spanish Civil Wars in the 19th Century
- Narrated by: Steve Knupp
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Release date: 2023-07-07
- Language: English
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Charles Babbage and Alan Turing
- The Lives and Careers of the English Mathematicians Who Revolutionized Modern Computer Science
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
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Today, the world is in the midst of the transformative and ever-developing digital age, otherwise referred to as the “age of Information.” It has been an unprecedented, remarkable, and explosive era marked by social media and computer-generated imagery (and with it, deep fakes), among other novel, previously unimaginable concepts.
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Charles Babbage and Alan Turing
- The Lives and Careers of the English Mathematicians Who Revolutionized Modern Computer Science
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2023-04-17
- Language: English
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The KGB
- The History and Legacy of the Soviet Union's Notorious Spy Agency
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
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The KGB is one of the most famous abbreviations of the 20th century, and it has become synonymous with the shadowy and often violent actions of the Soviet Union’s secret police. In fact, it is often used to refer to the Soviet state security agencies throughout its history. Whether it’s associated with the Russian Civil War’s excesses, Stalin’s purges, or even Vladimir Putin, the KGB has long been viewed as the West’s biggest bogeyman during the second half of the 20th century.
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The KGB
- The History and Legacy of the Soviet Union's Notorious Spy Agency
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Release date: 2017-12-07
- Language: English
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