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The Roma
- The History of the Romani People and the Controversial Persecutions of Them Across Europe
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
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Otherwise known as the “Roma” or by their popular misnomer “the gypsies”, the members of this highly undervalued and grossly misrepresented community have long been considered outcasts. More often than not, the Romani are branded by even those who fancy themselves liberals as “pikeys”, “gyppos”, and “gips”. There's also a regrettably common term “gypped” meaning “to cheat, or swindle” which perpetuates the damaging stereotype that the Roma are dishonest nuisances and societal pests.
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Delivers!
- By Carol Lewis on 2020-03-17
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Kosmos 954 and Operation Morning Light
- The History of Efforts to Contain Radioactive Debris Spread Across Canada by a Soviet Satellite
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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Kosmos 954 and Operation Morning Light: The History of Efforts to Contain Radioactive Debris Spread Across Canada by a Soviet Satellite examines how the satellite malfunctioned, the disastrous results, and efforts to clean up the radioactivity.
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An interesting piece of Canadian history
- By Roberta W on 2023-10-21
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Kosmos 954 and Operation Morning Light
- The History of Efforts to Contain Radioactive Debris Spread Across Canada by a Soviet Satellite
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Release date: 2019-10-22
- Language: English
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Harun al-Rashid: The Life and Legacy of the Abbasid Caliph During the Islamic Golden Age
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
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Like many historical figures, Harun al-Rashid’s biography has become part reality and part myth. A real individual and the fourth caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, Harun al-Rashid is best known to many individuals because of his role in famous literature like One Thousand and One Nights, not necessarily because of his policy decisions. This is unusual because Harun al-Rashid was perhaps the most influential of the Abbasid caliphs due to his role in bringing economic prosperity.
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Harun al-Rashid: The Life and Legacy of the Abbasid Caliph During the Islamic Golden Age
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
- Release date: 2019-05-02
- Language: English
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The East African Slave Trade
- The History and Legacy of the Arab Slave Trade and the Indian Ocean Slave Trade
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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The transatlantic slave trade was founded by the Portuguese in the 15th century for the specific purpose of supplying the New World colonies with African slave labor. It was soon joined by all the major trading powers of Europe, and it reached its peak in the 18th century with the founding and development of plantation economies that ran from the South American mainland through the Caribbean and into the southern states of the United States. The East African Slave Trade, on the other hand, was more complex, far older, and significantly more widespread.
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The East African Slave Trade
- The History and Legacy of the Arab Slave Trade and the Indian Ocean Slave Trade
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Release date: 2017-07-13
- Language: English
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History's Greatest Artists: The Life and Legacy of Jackson Pollock
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
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History's Greatest Artists: The Life and Legacy of Jackson Pollock looks at the personal background that led Pollock to become an artist and the cultural climate in which he rose to fame. Pollock's formal technique and artistic legacy are also analyzed, including his working methods and education. You will learn about Pollock like never before, in no time at all.
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History's Greatest Artists: The Life and Legacy of Jackson Pollock
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
- Release date: 2017-05-17
- Language: English
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Lorenzo de' Medici
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Christopher Hudspeth
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
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Most historians credit the city-state of Florence as the place that started and developed the Italian Renaissance, a process carried out through the patronage and commission of artists during the late 12th century. If Florence is receiving its due credit, much of it belongs to the Medicis, the family dynasty of Florence that ruled at the height of the Renaissance. The dynasty held such influence that some of its family members even became pope.
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Lorenzo de' Medici
- Narrated by: Christopher Hudspeth
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-11
- Language: English
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The Mother of Theosophy: The Life and Legacy of H. P. Blavatsky
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Doron Alon
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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Among the New Age Movement and modern spiritualists, one name stands above the rest: Helena Petrovna (H.P.) Blavatsky. Blavatsky is best known today for co-founding the Theosophical School, a religious school of thought that she labeled "the archaic Wisdom-Religion, the esoteric doctrine once known in every ancient country having claims to civilization", and nobody was more qualified than Blavatsky to forge such a creation.
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The Mother of Theosophy: The Life and Legacy of H. P. Blavatsky
- Narrated by: Doron Alon
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-14
- Language: English
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The Dieppe Raid: The History and Legacy of the Allies’ Failed Operation to Land on the French Coast during World War II
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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The invasion across the Channel came in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. That day, forever known as D-Day, the Allies commenced Operation Overlord by staging the largest and most complex amphibious invasion in human history. The complex operation would require tightly coordinated naval and air bombardment, paratroopers, and even inflatable tanks that would be able to fire on fortifications from the coastline, all while landing over 150,000 men across nearly 70 miles of French beaches.
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Good recap of this portion of the war
- By Carolyn vitale on 2018-08-21
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The Dieppe Raid: The History and Legacy of the Allies’ Failed Operation to Land on the French Coast during World War II
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 2018-06-11
- Language: English
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The Naval Warfare of World War II
- The History of the Ships, Tactics, and Battles That Shaped the Fighting in the Atlantic and Pacific
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Doug Lee
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
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Naval combat underwent a significant metamorphosis during World War II. Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan launched some of the most powerful battleships ever to sail the world's oceans, yet the conflict witnessed the emergence and triumph of the aircraft carrier as the 20th century's true monarch of the seas. Submarine warfare expanded and developed while aircraft technology and doctrine experienced several revolutionary changes due to the unforgiving demands of the new combat environment.
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The Naval Warfare of World War II
- The History of the Ships, Tactics, and Battles That Shaped the Fighting in the Atlantic and Pacific
- Narrated by: Doug Lee
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2015-08-04
- Language: English
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The Surveyor Program
- The History and Legacy of NASA’s First Successful Moon Landing Missions
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 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.
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The Surveyor Program
- The History and Legacy of NASA’s First Successful Moon Landing Missions
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2020-05-04
- Language: English
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The Spanish Inquisition
- The History and Legacy of the Catholic Church's Notorious Persecution of Heretics
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Kenneth Ray
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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The road to the modern age of cultural harmony and acceptance is one of the finest feats of human progress, but having said that, there was once a time when the mere doubt of a religious figure's existence was not only punishable by law, it could very well cost a man his life. This was the crime of heresy.
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The Spanish Inquisition
- The History and Legacy of the Catholic Church's Notorious Persecution of Heretics
- Narrated by: Kenneth Ray
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Release date: 2016-11-24
- Language: English
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The Donner Party
- The Tragic Story of the Wild West's Most Notorious Journey
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Neil Holmes
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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While people still romanticize the Wild West, many Americans are still all too familiar with the fate of the Donner Party, a group of 87-90 people that met with disaster in the Sierra Nevada mountain range during the winter of 1846-1847. The party knew the journey would take months, but early snowfalls in the mountains left dozens of people trapped in snow drifts that measured several feet, stranding them in a manner that made it virtually impossible for them to go any further for several weeks.
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The price that pioneers paid!
- By Barb P. on 2023-04-29
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The Donner Party
- The Tragic Story of the Wild West's Most Notorious Journey
- Narrated by: Neil Holmes
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 2015-04-24
- Language: English
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La evolución de la Navidad [The Evolution of Christmas]
- La historia de la festividad cristiana desde el nacimiento de Jesús hasta nuestros días [The History of the Christian Holiday from the Birth of Jesus to the Present Day]
- Written by: Charles River Editors, Gustavo Vazquez-Lozano
- Narrated by: Daniel I. Colon
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
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La Navidad es la fiesta más importante del calendario internacional. Después de los respectivos días que exaltan el orgullo nacional de los países —el Día de la Independencia en Estados Unidos, el Día de la Victoria en Rusia, el Día de la Bastilla en Francia— sin duda es el 25 de diciembre el que articula la vida familiar, el trabajo y la economía de prácticamente todo el orbe… incluyendo muchos países no cristianos.
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La evolución de la Navidad [The Evolution of Christmas]
- La historia de la festividad cristiana desde el nacimiento de Jesús hasta nuestros días [The History of the Christian Holiday from the Birth of Jesus to the Present Day]
- Narrated by: Daniel I. Colon
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2023-02-14
- Language: Spanish
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The Mughal Empire:
- The History of the Modern Dynasty That Ruled Much of India Before the British
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
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India has been the location of many different empires throughout its long history. The Indus Valley Civilization was home to one of the world’s first civilizations more than 5,000 years ago, which was followed by the Aryan-Vedic culture and then a host of other kingdoms that flourished across the subcontinent. India has also been the birthplace of many religions. The Vedic religion of the Aryans evolved into the Hindu religion, and Buddhism and Jainism were also born in India. By the Middle Ages, India was home to many different religions and ethnic groups.
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The Mughal Empire:
- The History of the Modern Dynasty That Ruled Much of India Before the British
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2022-11-16
- Language: English
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The Night of the Long Knives
- The History and Legacy of Adolf Hitler's Notorious Purge of the SA
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
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Germany's Nazi Party was remarkably implacable in the hostility it showed to the outside world, staunchly opposing both Communism and liberal democracy from the moment of its inception to that of its violent dissolution.
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The Night of the Long Knives
- The History and Legacy of Adolf Hitler's Notorious Purge of the SA
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Release date: 2015-04-06
- Language: English
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The History of Iraq, 1900-2012
- Written by: Charles River Editors, M. Clement Hall
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
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For much of the past 30 years, Iraq has been one of the world’s greatest hot spots. The 1980s saw Ba’athist strongman Saddam Hussein go to war with Iran as well as the Kurds, who maintained an autonomous region of their own in Northern Iraq. Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait touched off a Gulf War that was followed by biting sanctions. And the 2003 American-led invasion against Hussein’s regime provided the uninformed an all-too-brutal crash course on Iraq’s ethnic and religious divisions and the Middle East’s as a whole.
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The History of Iraq, 1900-2012
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2018-08-13
- Language: English
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Athena: The Origins and History of the Greek Goddess
- Written by: Charles River Editors, Jesse Harasta
- Narrated by: Edoardo Camponeschi
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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For the ancient Greeks, there were few divine beings more important, and more generous, to humanity than the goddess Athena. She was also called "Pallas", "Pallas Athena", and (to the Romans) "Minerva". The daughter of Zeus, Athena was famous as a virgin warrior woman who was born from her father's skull bearing a helmet, shield, and spear. Yet she was far more than simply a warrior goddess.
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Athena: The Origins and History of the Greek Goddess
- Narrated by: Edoardo Camponeschi
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-12
- Language: English
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Fighting the Third Crusade
- The Lives and Legacies of Richard the Lionheart and Saladin
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Christopher Hudspeth
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
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Saladin is widely considered one of the greatest generals in history and one of the most famous leaders of the Middle Ages, but he remains a paradox, both in personal and in historical terms. A military genius, he first served other generals and was overshadowed, late in life, by his greatest rival, Richard I of England. He was far more admired by his Christian enemies, who extolled his chivalry, than some of his Muslim rivals, who fought him for control of Egypt and Syria in the 12th century.
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Fighting the Third Crusade
- The Lives and Legacies of Richard the Lionheart and Saladin
- Narrated by: Christopher Hudspeth
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
- Release date: 2015-07-09
- Language: English
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The Edomites
- The History and Legacy of the Kingdom of Edom in the Ancient Near East
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Delaine Daniels
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
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The ancient Edomites were just one of the many cultures inhabiting the Levant during the Late Bronze Age and early Iron Age, but they remain known thousands of years later thanks to mentions in the Old Testament. The Bible indicates that the Edomites and their kingdom had a complex relationship first with the Hebrews and then with the Israelites. Ultimately, the Edomites flourished for several centuries only to suffer the same fate as the Israelites.
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The Edomites
- The History and Legacy of the Kingdom of Edom in the Ancient Near East
- Narrated by: Delaine Daniels
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 2019-12-05
- Language: English
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El Vaticano y la Santa Sede (The Vatican and the Holy See)
- La historia y el legado del gobierno de la Iglesia Católica Romana
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Nicolas Villanueva
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
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Cada año, millones de personas visitan un espectacular circuito compuesto por maravillosas agrupaciones de edificios interconectados y encantadoras casas coloreadas de beige, arena y demás matices terrosos. Al acercarse pueden ver el exterior renacentista de esas construcciones, y los exquisitos detalles capturados en las estatuas colocadas en el tope de palacios y catedrales. Cruzar las puertas de estos lugares históricos, es entrar en todo un mundo nuevo, incluso más cautivador que la vista de la ciudad bañada con el púrpura y el melocotón del crepúsculo. Ubicado en Roma, este fascinante destino no es otro que la Ciudad del Vaticano.
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El Vaticano y la Santa Sede (The Vatican and the Holy See)
- La historia y el legado del gobierno de la Iglesia Católica Romana
- Narrated by: Nicolas Villanueva
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Release date: 2018-01-09
- Language: Spanish
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