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Big Boys' Rules
- The SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA
- By: Mark Urban
- Narrated by: Mark Urban
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
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In 2007, after almost 40 years of operations, the SAS ceased operations in Northern Ireland and ended the longest operational commitment in the unit's history. Starting in 1969, Mark Urban reveals the extraordinary history of the special forces' operations in Northern Ireland and the unenviable dilemmas faced by intelligence chiefs engaged in a daily struggle against one of the world's most sophisticated terrorist organisations.
By: Mark Urban
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Ali in Me
- By: Mercury Studios, Treefort Media
- Narrated by: Lonnie Ali, John Ramsey
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
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Muhammad Ali, never afraid to express himself loudly and boldly, stays true to form in Ali in Me, an eight-part audio series that explores his life and legacy, guided by his own words through never-before-heard audio recordings. Hosted by Muhammad’s widow, Lonnie Ali, and his close friend, award-winning broadcaster John Ramsey, Ali in Me goes beyond the boxing ring to delve deeply into the extraordinary life and lasting contributions The Champ made to individuals around the world.
By: Mercury Studios, and others
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Ghosts of a Holy War
- The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- By: Yardena Schwartz
- Narrated by: Sharon Freedman
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
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Noted journalist Yardena Schwartz draws on her extensive research and wide-ranging interviews with both sides to tell a timely, eye-opening story. She expertly weaves the war between Israel and Hamas into a historical framework, demonstrating how the conflict today cannot be understood without the context of ground zero of this century-old war, which began long before the occupation, the settlements, or the state of Israel ever existed.
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Superficial research- don’t waste your time
- By miriam baidoun on 15-01-25
By: Yardena Schwartz
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The Sinners All Bow
- Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne
- By: Kate Winkler Dawson
- Narrated by: Kate Winkler Dawson
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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On a cold winter day in 1832, Sarah Maria Cornell was found dead in a quiet farmyard in a small New England town. When her troubled past and a secret correspondence with charismatic Methodist minister Reverend Ephraim Avery was uncovered, more questions emerged. Was Sarah’s death a suicide...or something much darker? Determined to uncover the real story, Victorian writer Catharine Read Arnold Williams threw herself into the investigation as the trial was unfolding and wrote what many claim to be the first American true-crime narrative, Fall River.
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Stop Screaming, I'm Scared Too
- By: Rod Henderson
- Narrated by: Nicholas Osmond
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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‘Stop screaming, I'm scared too!' is not what you'd expect to see on the back of a loadmaster's helmet in a Chinook helicopter flying over southern Afghanistan, but for Rod Henderson it sums up his 22 years of service as a soldier in the Australian Army. This is not the story of a general or a Special Forces hero. It is the extraordinary memoir of a regular Australian soldier. Like so many others who have served their country with honour and distinction, the little-known stories of ordinary soldiers deserve to be told.
By: Rod Henderson
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U-Boat Killer: Fighting the U-Boats in the Battle of the Atlantic
- Captain Macintyre's Naval History of WWII, Book 1
- By: Captain Donald Macintyre
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Donald Macintyre’s U-Boat Killer is a unique account of the Battle of the Atlantic from the perspective of a British destroyer captain who fought through this brutal campaign. Few other books transport the listener to the deck of a convoy escort in the cold, stormy seas of the Atlantic Ocean and bring to life the terrifying conflict between the Royal Navy and the U-boats.
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Big Boys' Rules
- The SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA
- By: Mark Urban
- Narrated by: Mark Urban
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
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In 2007, after almost 40 years of operations, the SAS ceased operations in Northern Ireland and ended the longest operational commitment in the unit's history. Starting in 1969, Mark Urban reveals the extraordinary history of the special forces' operations in Northern Ireland and the unenviable dilemmas faced by intelligence chiefs engaged in a daily struggle against one of the world's most sophisticated terrorist organisations.
By: Mark Urban
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Ali in Me
- By: Mercury Studios, Treefort Media
- Narrated by: Lonnie Ali, John Ramsey
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
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Muhammad Ali, never afraid to express himself loudly and boldly, stays true to form in Ali in Me, an eight-part audio series that explores his life and legacy, guided by his own words through never-before-heard audio recordings. Hosted by Muhammad’s widow, Lonnie Ali, and his close friend, award-winning broadcaster John Ramsey, Ali in Me goes beyond the boxing ring to delve deeply into the extraordinary life and lasting contributions The Champ made to individuals around the world.
By: Mercury Studios, and others
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Ghosts of a Holy War
- The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- By: Yardena Schwartz
- Narrated by: Sharon Freedman
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
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Noted journalist Yardena Schwartz draws on her extensive research and wide-ranging interviews with both sides to tell a timely, eye-opening story. She expertly weaves the war between Israel and Hamas into a historical framework, demonstrating how the conflict today cannot be understood without the context of ground zero of this century-old war, which began long before the occupation, the settlements, or the state of Israel ever existed.
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Superficial research- don’t waste your time
- By miriam baidoun on 15-01-25
By: Yardena Schwartz
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The Sinners All Bow
- Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne
- By: Kate Winkler Dawson
- Narrated by: Kate Winkler Dawson
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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On a cold winter day in 1832, Sarah Maria Cornell was found dead in a quiet farmyard in a small New England town. When her troubled past and a secret correspondence with charismatic Methodist minister Reverend Ephraim Avery was uncovered, more questions emerged. Was Sarah’s death a suicide...or something much darker? Determined to uncover the real story, Victorian writer Catharine Read Arnold Williams threw herself into the investigation as the trial was unfolding and wrote what many claim to be the first American true-crime narrative, Fall River.
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Stop Screaming, I'm Scared Too
- By: Rod Henderson
- Narrated by: Nicholas Osmond
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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‘Stop screaming, I'm scared too!' is not what you'd expect to see on the back of a loadmaster's helmet in a Chinook helicopter flying over southern Afghanistan, but for Rod Henderson it sums up his 22 years of service as a soldier in the Australian Army. This is not the story of a general or a Special Forces hero. It is the extraordinary memoir of a regular Australian soldier. Like so many others who have served their country with honour and distinction, the little-known stories of ordinary soldiers deserve to be told.
By: Rod Henderson
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U-Boat Killer: Fighting the U-Boats in the Battle of the Atlantic
- Captain Macintyre's Naval History of WWII, Book 1
- By: Captain Donald Macintyre
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Donald Macintyre’s U-Boat Killer is a unique account of the Battle of the Atlantic from the perspective of a British destroyer captain who fought through this brutal campaign. Few other books transport the listener to the deck of a convoy escort in the cold, stormy seas of the Atlantic Ocean and bring to life the terrifying conflict between the Royal Navy and the U-boats.
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Las 33 estrategias de la guerra [The 33 Strategies of War]
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Mariano Amante
- Length: 29 hrs and 53 mins
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En una realidad cada vez más competitiva y hostil, no basta con conocer las herramientas tradicionales de la cooperación, la comunicación y la civilidad. Como reza la paradójica sentencia, el que quiera paz deberá prepararse para la guerra. En la política, los negocios y buena parte de nuestras interacciones sociales, es el conflicto, interno y externo, el que rige la toma diaria de decisiones.
By: Robert Greene
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Meditations
- By: Marcus Aurelius
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
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Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy. Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in Koine Greek as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. It is possible that large portions of the work were written at Sirmium, where he spent much time planning military campaigns from 170 to 180.
By: Marcus Aurelius
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Journeys in Time
- The History of Reported Accounts of Time Travel
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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We take time for granted as it passes during every moment of our existence. Other things may change, but time remains constant and predictable. The past, the present, and the future exist within a harmonious, reliable, and never-changing system. Or at least that’s how it seems. It was Albert Einstein who, in 1905, first theorized that time might not be quite as straightforward as that. In one of the most influential papers on physics ever published[1], he proposed something called “time dilatation.”
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Globe-Trotting Interesting Facts for Curious Minds
- 2011 Random Yet Amazing Trivia Discoveries About History, Science, Sports and Beyond (Fun Facts for Kids, Teens and Adults)
- By: The Curiosity Co.
- Narrated by: Adam Morton
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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Ever heard of bathtub racing? Or a place where people live on floating islands made entirely of reeds? How about seeing the sun set twice in one day. It's possible, but where? Or that crows can actually bear grudges? All these fascinating fun facts and more are here to tickle your mind and keep you as well as the folks around you entertained: Packed nicely in this neat book Globe-Trotting Interesting Facts For Curious Minds, prepare to be amazed and have your trivia skills sharpened as you satisfy your thirst for knowledge.
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A Fascinating Journey Through Knowledge
- By James Harrison on 21-01-25
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Im Mittelalter [In the Middle Ages]
- Handbuch für Zeitreisende [Handbook for Time Travelers]
- By: Ian Mortimer, Karin Schuler - translator
- Narrated by: Michael A. Grimm
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
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Nicht berühmte Herrscher, grausame Kriege oder denkwürdige Ereignisse sind das Thema des Historikers Ian Mortimer, sondern der Alltag der Menschen im Mittelalter: Wie feierten sie? Worüber lachten sie? Wie liebten sie? Mortimer beschreibt, wie es in den engen Gassen roch, welche Mahlzeiten sich die Bewohner zubereiteten und wie man sich auch ohne Handy und SMS in Windeseile verständigte. Endlich ein Buch, das zeigt, dass Geschichte nicht nur studiert, sondern auf einer Zeitreise erlebt werden kann!
By: Ian Mortimer, and others
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The Storm of Steel
- By: Ernst Jünger
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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The Storm of Steel is a first-hand account of World War I trench combat lifted from the diaries of Ernst Junger, a German infantryman who would become one of Europe's most renowned writers. The book was first translated into English in 1929 by Basil Creighton, the acclaimed translator of many other classic works of German literature, and was widely hailed as a masterpiece. To many, The Storm of Steel remains the definitive account of World War I, following Junger through several major battles as he develops from an eager young soldier into a battle-hardened officer.
By: Ernst Jünger
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The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism
- A New History
- By: Yanni Kotsonis
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
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This panoramic book shows how the Greek Revolution was a demographic upheaval more consequential than the overthrow of a ruler. Drawing on Ottoman sources together with archival evidence from Greece, Britain, France, Russia, and Switzerland, the book reframes the birth of modern Greece within the imperial history of the global nineteenth century.
By: Yanni Kotsonis
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Black Psychedelic Revolution
- From Trauma to Liberation--How to Heal from Racial, Generational, and Systemic Trauma Through Reclaiming Black Psychedelic Culture
- By: Nicholas Powers, Monica Williams PhD - foreword
- Narrated by: Nicholas Powers
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
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In Black Psychedelic Revolution, Dr. Nicholas Powers charts how psychedelics can heal racial pain passed on through generations. He shows how this medicine unlocks a return to one’s self, facilitating an embodied experience of safety, peace, and being-here-now otherwise disrupted by whiteness—and he explores how psychedelics can catalyze individual wellness even as they transcend it. Drugs taken with therapy can heal. But drugs taken with a social movement can heal a nation.
By: Nicholas Powers, and others
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Crossroads of Civilization: A History of Central Asia
- By: Eren Tasar, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Eren Tasar
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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Though perhaps less well-known today than the great empires that surrounded them, the historic peoples of Central Asia—such as the Scythians, the Sogdians, the Xiongnu nomads of Mongolia, the Turkic peoples, and many others—produced cultures of major significance. In the 24 lectures of Crossroads of Civilization: A History of Central Asia, taught by Professor Eren Tasar, you will embark on a wide-ranging journey into the majestic landscapes, steppe and desert cultures, resplendent cities, and epic conquests that characterized this mysterious part of the world.
By: Eren Tasar, and others
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Save Our Souls
- The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder
- By: Matthew Pearl
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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On December 10, 1887, a shark fishing boat disappeared. On board the doomed vessel were the Walkers—the ship’s captain Frederick, his wife Elizabeth, their three teenage sons, and their dog—along with the ship’s crew. The family had spotted a promising fishing location when a terrible storm arose, splitting their vessel in two and leaving those onboard adrift on the perilous sea. When the castaways awoke the next morning, they discovered they had been washed ashore—on an island inhabited by a large but ragged and emaciated man who introduced himself as Hans.
By: Matthew Pearl
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Guerra nuclear [Nuclear War]
- Un escenario [A Scenario]
- By: Annie Jacobsen, Gemma Deza Guil - translator
- Narrated by: Francia Castañeda
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
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Solo hay un escenario, aparte del impacto de un asteroide, capaz de acabar con el mundo tal como lo conocemos en cuestión de horas: una guerra nuclear. Hasta ahora, nadie fuera de los círculos oficiales ha sabido con exactitud qué sucedería si un estado rebelde lanzara una cabeza nuclear contra el Pentágono. Segundo a segundo y minuto a minuto, estos son los acontecimientos, acciones y protocolos reales que coreografían el fin de la civilización.
By: Annie Jacobsen, and others
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Righteous Strife
- How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union
- By: Richard Carwardine
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
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How did slavery figure in God’s plan? Was it the providential role of government to abolish this sin and build a righteous nation? Or did such a mission amount to “religious tyranny” and “pulpit politics,” in an effort to strip the southern states of their God-given rights? In 1861, in an already fracturing nation, the tensions surrounding this moral quandary cracked the United States in half, and even formed rifts within the North itself, where antislavery religious nationalists butted heads with conservative religious nationalists over their visions for America’s future.
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Gestapo Hunter
- The Remarkable Wartime Career of Mosquito Navigator Ted Sismore
- By: Sean Feast
- Narrated by: Graham Mack
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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Gestapo Hunter explores the charmed life and exceptional career of Ted Sismore, widely considered one of the RAF's very best wartime navigators and leaders. A quiet, unassuming man who was nicknamed "Daisy" on account of his youthful complexion, Ted was one of only a handful of aircrew to complete a tour of operations in Blenheims in the summer of 1941.
By: Sean Feast
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El Cid
- The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary
- By: Nora Berend
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
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El Cid was perhaps the most famous warrior involved in the indiscriminate fighting—irrespective of religion—on the Iberian Peninsula during the eleventh century. In the centuries after his death, he was transformed into a perfect Christian knight. In modernity, he was seen as the incarnation of Spain’s special national character—Franco chose El Cid as the emblem of Nationalist Spain. Yet not only those on the political right, but many others, including academics and those on the political left, were in his thrall.
By: Nora Berend
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Israel-Palestine
- Federation or Apartheid?
- By: Shlomo Sand, Robin Mackay - translator
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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What kind of political structure might one day enable Israelis and Palestinians to overcome the seemingly interminable cycle of violence and live in peace with one another? For many years, politicians and citizens have called for a two-state solution—two independent states, Israel and Palestine, coexisting side by side. This was Shlomo Sand's view too, but as more settlements were built in the occupied West Bank and millions of Palestinians were forced to live in a situation of de facto apartheid.
By: Shlomo Sand, and others
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King John, Henry III and England’s Lost Civil War
- By: John Paul Davis
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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In 1204, the great Angevin Empire was fragmenting under King John's rule. Unable to withstand France's invasion of Normandy, John also faced difficult relations with the papacy, and rising dissent among his barons. By the time John died in 1216, the failed Magna Carta gave way to civil conflict, and more than half of the country had fallen to the dauphin of France. These troubles were then passed, along with the crown, to John's nine-year-old son, Henry III.
By: John Paul Davis
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Soldier of Rome
- Beyond the Frontier (The Artorian Dynasty, Book 6)
- By: James Mace
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
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For twelve years a disgraceful pall has hung over the Roman Empire. Trouble along the Germanic frontier forced an abrupt end to Emperor Domitian’s war against King Decebalus of Dacia. The terms were an embarrassment to Rome and a drain on the imperial coffers, with two million denarii paid to the Dacians every year. Now, a new Caesar is firmly ensconced upon the imperial throne. Emperor Trajan vows to subjugate the Dacians, humble their king, and restore honour to the Empire.
By: James Mace
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The Yamnaya Culture
- The History of the Steppe Nomads in the Bronze Age
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
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From about 3400-2600 BCE, the Yamnaya culture stretched from southeastern Europe into central Asia, greatly affecting other contemporary cultures in Europe and the Near East. The hallmarks of Yamnaya culture adopted by other cultures in the Near East and Europe include the use of metal tools and weapons.
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Le monde nazi
- 1919-1945
- By: Johann Chapoutot, Christian Ingrao, Nicolas Patin
- Narrated by: Stephane Ronchewski
- Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins
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Le 30 janvier 1933, Adolf Hitler est nommé chancelier du Reich. Les nazis avaient développé, depuis 1919 et le traumatisme de la Grande Guerre, une vision du monde qui n’avait d’original que sa cohérence raciste et son élan utopique. Ils surent exploiter le contexte d’une crise majeure, celle de 1929, pour subjuguer les consciences et accéder au pouvoir. Le pouvoir leur fut donné, avec une inconséquence sidérante, par les élites en place qui pensaient que Hitler ne tiendrait que quelques semaines et que ses partisans seraient "domestiqués".
By: Johann Chapoutot, and others
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リーダーは日本史に学べ 武将に学ぶマネジメントの本質34
- By: 増田 賢作
- Narrated by: 大谷 幸司
- Length: 7 hrs
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続々重版! 売れてます!!【頭のいい人は歴史に学ぶ!】●歴史人物26人の「成功と失敗」の教訓【人】【モノ】【お金】【情報】【目標】【健康】
By: 増田 賢作
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Battleground Ukraine
- From Independence to the War with Russia
- By: Adrian Karatnycky
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
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Ukraine expert Adrian Karatnycky provides an eyewitness account of the history of the modern Ukrainian state and of the nation through the tenures of the six presidents who have led Ukraine since the collapse of the USSR, including Volodymyr Zelensky. Karatnycky shows how—despite the influence of corrupt oligarchs, pressures from Russia, and the legacies of Soviet rule—an inclusive and united Ukrainian nation has emerged that inspires the world as it defends the principle that states and peoples have the right to their national sovereignty.
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Global Capitalism
- Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century, and Its Stumbles in the Twenty-First
- By: Jeffry A. Frieden
- Narrated by: Gary Noon
- Length: 22 hrs and 7 mins
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An authoritative, insightful, and highly engaging history of the twentieth-century global economy, updated with a new chapter on the early decades of the new century. Global Capitalism guides the listener from the globalization of the early twentieth century and its swift collapse in the crises of 1914–45, to the return to global integration at the end of the century, and the subsequent retreat in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008.
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Somewhere Toward Freedom
- By: Bennett Parten
- Narrated by: Jonathan Beville
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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Historian Bennett Parten provides a groundbreaking account of Sherman’s March to the Sea—the critical Civil War campaign that destroyed the Confederacy—told for the first time from the perspective of the tens of thousands of enslaved people who fled to the Union lines and transformed Sherman’s march into the biggest liberation event in American history.
By: Bennett Parten
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Habsburgs on the Rio Grande
- The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire
- 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.
By: Raymond Jonas