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Deutsche Geschichte. Ein Versuch Vol. 01

Von den Anfängen bis zum Wormser Konkordat

by Herbert Rosendorfer ...

Narrated by Gert Heidenreich ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Deutsche Geschichte - Ein Versuch
Abridged

5 hours 4 min

Rosendorfer erzählt Geschichte, die fasziniert. Vor allem, wenn sie ein großer Geschichtenerzähler mit so klarem Wissen und in so unterhaltsamer Form darbringt, dabei unversehens ganz neue Zusammenhänge aufdeckt und mit bestechender Sachkenntnis und feinsinniger Beobachtungsgabe die wahren Triebfedern der Geschichte entlarvt. Herbert Rosendorfers ungewöhnliche und doch umfassende Geschichte des ... Read more

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Rosendorfer erzählt Geschichte, die fasziniert. Vor allem, wenn sie ein großer Geschichtenerzähler mit so klarem Wissen und in so unterhaltsamer Form darbringt, dabei unversehens ganz neue Zusammenhänge aufdeckt und mit bestechender Sachkenntnis und feinsinniger Beobachtungsgabe die wahren Triebfedern der Geschichte entlarvt. Herbert Rosendorfers ungewöhnliche und doch umfassende Geschichte des
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Audiobook

How the World Made the West

A 4,000 Year History

by Josephine Quinn ...

Narrated by Alix Dunmore ...

Unabridged

15 hours 47 min

**An award-winning Cambridge history professor “makes a forceful argument and tells a story with great verve” (The Wall Street Journal)—that the West is, and always has been, truly global.“Those archaic ‘Western Civ’ classes so many of us took in college should be updated, argues Quinn, [who] invites us to . . . revel in a richer, more polyglot inheritance.”—The Boston Globe**AN ECONOMIST BEST ... Read more

$34.00 CAD

**An award-winning Cambridge history professor “makes a forceful argument and tells a story with great verve” (The Wall Street Journal)—that the West is, and always has been, truly global.“Those archaic ‘Western Civ’ classes so many of us took in college should be updated, argues Quinn, [who] invites us to . . . revel in a richer, more polyglot inheritance.”—The Boston Globe**AN ECONOMIST BEST
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Audiobook

Millennium

The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom

by Tom Holland ...

Narrated by Tom Holland, Mark Meadows ...

Unabridged

17 hours 32 min

Bestselling historian and broadcaster Tom Holland gives a thrilling panoramic account of the birth of the new Western Europe in the year 1000'An exhilarating sweep across European history either side of the year 1000; riveting' ALLAN MASSIE, SPECTATOR'I relished the blood and thunder narrative - the work of a great storyteller at his best' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, EVENING STANDARD'A splendid, highly ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Bestselling historian and broadcaster Tom Holland gives a thrilling panoramic account of the birth of the new Western Europe in the year 1000'An exhilarating sweep across European history either side of the year 1000; riveting' ALLAN MASSIE, SPECTATOR'I relished the blood and thunder narrative - the work of a great storyteller at his best' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, EVENING STANDARD'A splendid, highly
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Audiobook

A Less Boring History of the World

by Dave Rear ...

Narrated by Miles Jupp ...

Unabridged

4 hours 55 min

Refreshes the parts other history books can’t reach...A bit ropy on the Renaissance?In the dark about the Enlightenment?Or, in fact, do you need a revision course on the entire history of the world and want to read a witty, irreverent, definitely not boring romp through everything that has ever happened on planet earth – from 15 billion years BC to the present day?Good.A Less Boring History of the ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Refreshes the parts other history books can’t reach...A bit ropy on the Renaissance?In the dark about the Enlightenment?Or, in fact, do you need a revision course on the entire history of the world and want to read a witty, irreverent, definitely not boring romp through everything that has ever happened on planet earth – from 15 billion years BC to the present day?Good.A Less Boring History of the
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Audiobook

The Neverending Empire

The Infinite Impact of Ancient Rome

by Aldo Cazzullo ...

Narrated by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart ...

Unabridged

8 hours 15 min

From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire.“The only way to narrate over a thousand years of history is to understand what it has left us. To tell the reasons, the things and the stories, thanks to which Roman civilization is alive”.From its ... Read more

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From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire.“The only way to narrate over a thousand years of history is to understand what it has left us. To tell the reasons, the things and the stories, thanks to which Roman civilization is alive”.From its
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Audiobook

The Cheese and the Worms

The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller

by Carlo Ginzburg ...

Narrated by P.J. Ochlan ...

Unabridged

7 hours 57 min

The Cheese and the Worms is an incisive study of popular culture in the sixteenth century as seen through the eyes of one man, the miller known as Menocchio, who was accused of heresy during the Inquisition and sentenced to death. Carlo Ginzburg uses the trial records to illustrate the religious and social conflicts of the society Menocchio lived in.For a common miller, Menocchio was surprisingly ... Read more

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The Cheese and the Worms is an incisive study of popular culture in the sixteenth century as seen through the eyes of one man, the miller known as Menocchio, who was accused of heresy during the Inquisition and sentenced to death. Carlo Ginzburg uses the trial records to illustrate the religious and social conflicts of the society Menocchio lived in.For a common miller, Menocchio was surprisingly
... Read more
Audiobook

What Is History For?

by Robert Gildea ...

Narrated by Robbie Stevens ...

Series series What Is It For?
Unabridged

4 hours 17 min

“History”, suggests Robert Gildea, “is a battlefield.” Questions of power, rights, identity and nationhood always have an ancient and modern historical dimension and countries still go to war over their interpretation of history. Yet accounts of history are just as prone to fabrication as fake news, so how can we tell good history from bad? How can history be critical, learning from the past and ... Read more

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“History”, suggests Robert Gildea, “is a battlefield.” Questions of power, rights, identity and nationhood always have an ancient and modern historical dimension and countries still go to war over their interpretation of history. Yet accounts of history are just as prone to fabrication as fake news, so how can we tell good history from bad? How can history be critical, learning from the past and
... Read more
Audiobook

Chess Opening Names - Volume 2

by Nathan Rose ...

Narrated by Nathan Rose ...

Unabridged

5 hours 52 min

Even more of the people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their namesWhen we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You may know the names already: the Italian Game, the Cambridge Springs Defense, the Smith-Morra Gambit, the Max Lange Attack, the Colle System, the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, the Paulsen Variation, the Damiano Defense, and so on.But most chess players don't ... Read more

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Even more of the people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their namesWhen we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You may know the names already: the Italian Game, the Cambridge Springs Defense, the Smith-Morra Gambit, the Max Lange Attack, the Colle System, the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, the Paulsen Variation, the Damiano Defense, and so on.But most chess players don't
... Read more
Audiobook

Crown and Country

A History of England through the Monarchy

by David Starkey ...

Narrated by David Starkey, Tim Pigott-Smith, Jim Norton ...

Unabridged

15 hours 11 min

An exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day.The monarchy is one of Britain’s longest surviving institutions – as well as one of its most tumultuous and revered. In this masterful book, David Starkey looks at the monarchy as a whole, charting its history from Roman times, to the Wars of the Roses, the chaos of the Civil War, the fall of Charles I ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

An exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day.The monarchy is one of Britain’s longest surviving institutions – as well as one of its most tumultuous and revered. In this masterful book, David Starkey looks at the monarchy as a whole, charting its history from Roman times, to the Wars of the Roses, the chaos of the Civil War, the fall of Charles I
... Read more
Audiobook

Chess Opening Names - Volume 1

by Nathan Rose ...

Narrated by Nathan Rose ...

Unabridged

4 hours 53 min

The people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their namesWhen we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You probably know the names already: the Sicilian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, the French Defense, the Caro-Kann, the Benoni, the London System, the Scandinavian Defense and so on.But most chess players don't know WHY the openings are called what they are. The tales are ... Read more

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The people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their namesWhen we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You probably know the names already: the Sicilian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, the French Defense, the Caro-Kann, the Benoni, the London System, the Scandinavian Defense and so on.But most chess players don't know WHY the openings are called what they are. The tales are
... Read more
Audiobook

Pseudoscience

An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them

by Lydia Kang, MD, Nate Pedersen ...

Narrated by Hillary Huber ...

Unabridged

9 hours 51 min

From the authors of Quackery, a visual and narrative history of popular ideas, phenomena, and widely held beliefs disproven by science.From the easily disproved to the wildly speculative, to straight-up hucksterism, Pseudoscience is a romp through much more than bad science—it’s a light-hearted look into why we insist on believing in things such as Big Foot, astrology, and the existence of aliens. ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

From the authors of Quackery, a visual and narrative history of popular ideas, phenomena, and widely held beliefs disproven by science.From the easily disproved to the wildly speculative, to straight-up hucksterism, Pseudoscience is a romp through much more than bad science—it’s a light-hearted look into why we insist on believing in things such as Big Foot, astrology, and the existence of aliens.
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Audiobook

History of Australia: A Captivating Guide to Australian History, Starting from the Aborigines Through the Dutch East India Company, James Cook, and World War II to the Present

by Captivating History ...

Narrated by Jason Zenobia ...

Unabridged

4 hours 5 min

Did you know that Australia was once thought of as an undesirable place to live?Long before Australia started to be considered one of the best places in the world to live, it was thought to be completely unlivable. In the 15th century, the European race to claim land began. Despite the fact that Australia was a large landmass, no nation believed it was worth colonizing. The land was claimed by the ... Read more

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Did you know that Australia was once thought of as an undesirable place to live?Long before Australia started to be considered one of the best places in the world to live, it was thought to be completely unlivable. In the 15th century, the European race to claim land began. Despite the fact that Australia was a large landmass, no nation believed it was worth colonizing. The land was claimed by the
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Audiobook

Falsificar la historia

by Juan Miguel Zunzunegui ...

Narrated by Juan Miguel Zunzunegui ...

Unabridged

8 hours 1 min

Nos gustan las mentiras**.** Tenemos la facultad de mentir**, la** capacidad de construir mentiras y la maravillosa inclinación de creer en ellas**.**... ... Read more

$30.99 CAD

Nos gustan las mentiras**.** Tenemos la facultad de mentir**, la** capacidad de construir mentiras y la maravillosa inclinación de creer en ellas**.**...
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Audiobook

A Renegade History of the United States

by Thaddeus Russell ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

16 hours 3 min

Historian Howard Zinn demonstrated that there are compelling, alternative histories that are both scholarly and valuable. Now, Thaddeus Russell provides a challenging new way of reading history that will turn convention on its head and is sure to elicit as much controversy as it does support.Russell shows that drunkards, laggards, prostitutes, and pirates were the real heroes of the American ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

Historian Howard Zinn demonstrated that there are compelling, alternative histories that are both scholarly and valuable. Now, Thaddeus Russell provides a challenging new way of reading history that will turn convention on its head and is sure to elicit as much controversy as it does support.Russell shows that drunkards, laggards, prostitutes, and pirates were the real heroes of the American
... Read more
Audiobook

Meilensteine österreichischer Reitkunst

Eine europäische Kulturgeschichte

by Werner Poscharnigg ...

Narrated by Werner Poscharnigg ...

Unabridged

7 hours 56 min

Schätze zeitloser Weisheit für kultivierten Umgang mit Pferden Eine authentische, ungekürzte Autorenlesung auf der Spur durch 500 Jahre zwangloser, unangestrengter Eleganz von Ross und Reiter. Und einer Ausbildung , die bei aller Künstlichkeit dem Pferd seine Natur belässt, wobei der Mensch mit dieser Natur eins wird. Teilweise unveröffentlichte oder unbekannte, schwer zugängliche Dokumente zeigen ... Read more

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Schätze zeitloser Weisheit für kultivierten Umgang mit Pferden Eine authentische, ungekürzte Autorenlesung auf der Spur durch 500 Jahre zwangloser, unangestrengter Eleganz von Ross und Reiter. Und einer Ausbildung , die bei aller Künstlichkeit dem Pferd seine Natur belässt, wobei der Mensch mit dieser Natur eins wird. Teilweise unveröffentlichte oder unbekannte, schwer zugängliche Dokumente zeigen
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Audiobook

The Landscape of History

How Historians Map the Past

by John Lewis Gaddis ...

Narrated by Jack Chekijian ...

Unabridged

6 hours 16 min

What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft, as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft, as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness
... Read more
Audiobook

HowExpert Guide to 365+ Days in History

A Daily Journey Through History’s Most Pivotal Events, Fascinating Stories, and Timeless Lessons

by HowExpert ...

Narrated by HowExpert ...

Unabridged

6 hours 9 min

If you love history and want to explore the defining moments that shaped our world, HowExpert Guide to 365+ Days in History is your ultimate resource for uncovering a pivotal event for every day of the year. Whether you're a history enthusiast, student, educator, or simply curious about the past, this book offers a unique way to engage with history through daily insights into groundbreaking ... Read more

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If you love history and want to explore the defining moments that shaped our world, HowExpert Guide to 365+ Days in History is your ultimate resource for uncovering a pivotal event for every day of the year. Whether you're a history enthusiast, student, educator, or simply curious about the past, this book offers a unique way to engage with history through daily insights into groundbreaking
... Read more
Audiobook

Do Rio de Janeiro a São Vicente: Trechos selecionados de "Tratado descritivo do Brasil"

Documentos do Brasil

by Gabriel Soares de Sousa ...

Narrated by Mauro Schames ...

Series series MiniPops
Abridged

23 min

Nesta seleção de trechos do "Tratado descritivo do Brasil", Gabriel Soares de Sousa percorre a costa entre o Rio de Janeiro e São Vicente, revelando como eram essas terras no século XVI. Ao longo da viagem, surgem descrições de paisagens e localidades que hoje fazem parte dos litorais do Rio de Janeiro e de São Paulo, como Ilha Grande, Angra dos Reis e São Sebastião.À medida que avança pelo ... Read more

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Nesta seleção de trechos do "Tratado descritivo do Brasil", Gabriel Soares de Sousa percorre a costa entre o Rio de Janeiro e São Vicente, revelando como eram essas terras no século XVI. Ao longo da viagem, surgem descrições de paisagens e localidades que hoje fazem parte dos litorais do Rio de Janeiro e de São Paulo, como Ilha Grande, Angra dos Reis e São Sebastião.À medida que avança pelo
... Read more
Audiobook

Aquel eterno invierno

Ficción histórica, thriller político y de espionaje, basado en la vida de una espía de la CIA

by Mónica Gómez Pedreira ...

Narrated by Marta Moreno ...

Unabridged

8 hours 40 min

Edgar Allan Poe afirmó: La muerte de una mujer hermosa es, sin duda, el tema más poético del mundo. María Docampo podría hacer honor a ese pensamiento: para los que la quisieron, así fue. María y Milton Wolff tienen en común que son contemporáneos, de Brooklyn y agentes del servicio de inteligencia de Estados Unidos, además de compartir una íntegra moral ¿Se puede sobrevivir al sistema con valores ... Read more

$28.84 CAD

Edgar Allan Poe afirmó: La muerte de una mujer hermosa es, sin duda, el tema más poético del mundo. María Docampo podría hacer honor a ese pensamiento: para los que la quisieron, así fue. María y Milton Wolff tienen en común que son contemporáneos, de Brooklyn y agentes del servicio de inteligencia de Estados Unidos, además de compartir una íntegra moral ¿Se puede sobrevivir al sistema con valores
... Read more
Audiobook

Another Sojourner Looking for Truth

My Journey from Civil Rights to Black Power and Beyond

by Millicent E. Brown ...

Narrated by Millicent E. Brown ...

Unabridged

9 hours 39 min

Memories and insights of a lifetime fighting for Black freedom and social justiceMillicent E. Brown's family home at 270 Ashley Avenue in Charleston, South Carolina, was a center of civil rights activity. There Brown gained intimate knowledge of the struggle for racial justice, and those experiences set her on a life course dedicated to the civil rights struggle. Best known as the named plaintiff ... Read more

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Memories and insights of a lifetime fighting for Black freedom and social justiceMillicent E. Brown's family home at 270 Ashley Avenue in Charleston, South Carolina, was a center of civil rights activity. There Brown gained intimate knowledge of the struggle for racial justice, and those experiences set her on a life course dedicated to the civil rights struggle. Best known as the named plaintiff
... Read more
Audiobook

The Muse of History

The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present

by Oswyn Murray ...

Narrated by Justin Avoth ...

Unabridged

16 hours 53 min

The study of ancient Greece has been central to Western conceptions of history since the Renaissance. The Muse of History traces the shifting patterns of this preoccupation in the last three centuries, in which successive generations have reinterpreted the Greeks in the light of their contemporary worlds. Thus, in the eighteenth century, the conflict between Athens and Sparta became a touchstone ... Read more

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The study of ancient Greece has been central to Western conceptions of history since the Renaissance. The Muse of History traces the shifting patterns of this preoccupation in the last three centuries, in which successive generations have reinterpreted the Greeks in the light of their contemporary worlds. Thus, in the eighteenth century, the conflict between Athens and Sparta became a touchstone
... Read more
Audiobook

The Comey Memos

by James B. Comey ...

Narrated by D. S. Harvey ...

Unabridged

46 min

On May 9, 2017, James Comey, was in Los Angeles on official business when he learned from a television broadcast that U.S. President Donald J. Trump had sent a terse letter informing him of his termination in a manila envelope by courier to the FBI headquarters in Washington. That action was closely followed by the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the Russian meddling in the 2016 ... Read more

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On May 9, 2017, James Comey, was in Los Angeles on official business when he learned from a television broadcast that U.S. President Donald J. Trump had sent a terse letter informing him of his termination in a manila envelope by courier to the FBI headquarters in Washington. That action was closely followed by the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the Russian meddling in the 2016
... Read more
Audiobook

Goethe, Schiller und die Romantik

by Rudolf Eucken ...

Narrated by Various Artists ...

Series series Lebensanschauungen großer Denker
Abridged

1 hour 8 min

Der deutsche Humanismus bildet die Höhe der geistigen Bewegung, welche die zweite Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland erzeugte. Hier forderte die Zeit des Sturmes und Dranges mehr Unmittelbarkeit des Lebens und des Gefühles und hielt damit der Aufklärung mit ihrem Nützlichkeitsstreben sein Verlangen nach Schönheit und nach einem Selbstwert des Lebens siegesbewußt entgegen. Der deutsche ... Read more

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Der deutsche Humanismus bildet die Höhe der geistigen Bewegung, welche die zweite Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland erzeugte. Hier forderte die Zeit des Sturmes und Dranges mehr Unmittelbarkeit des Lebens und des Gefühles und hielt damit der Aufklärung mit ihrem Nützlichkeitsstreben sein Verlangen nach Schönheit und nach einem Selbstwert des Lebens siegesbewußt entgegen. Der deutsche
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Audiobook

When Do Fish Sleep and Other Imponderables

by David Feldman ...

Narrated by David Feldman ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Imponderables Series
Abridged

55 min

Ponder, if you will ...Why are tennis balls fuzzy?How come birds don't tip over when they sleep on telephone wires?What makes yawning contagious?Why, oh why, do roosters have to crow so early in the morning?Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in When Do Fish Sleep? -- the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most baffling questions. Part of the ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

Ponder, if you will ...Why are tennis balls fuzzy?How come birds don't tip over when they sleep on telephone wires?What makes yawning contagious?Why, oh why, do roosters have to crow so early in the morning?Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in When Do Fish Sleep? -- the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most baffling questions. Part of the
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