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America Before
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The concluding volume of the Fingerprints of the Gods trilogy. Could shattering secrets about the deep past of humanity await discovery in North America? Find out....
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
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A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization....
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Not what I expected but brilliant!
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The Silk Roads
- A New History of the World
- By: Peter Frankopan
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Not a history of Asia
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An Economic History of the World since 1400
- By: Donald J. Harreld, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Donald J. Harreld
- Length: 24 hrs and 25 mins
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Most of us have a limited understanding of the powerful role economics has played in shaping human civilization. This makes economic history a vital lens through which to think....
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4 out of 5 stars
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I have learnt a lot
- By Anonymous User on 19-06-2018
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America Before
- By: Graham Hancock
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- Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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The concluding volume of the Fingerprints of the Gods trilogy. Could shattering secrets about the deep past of humanity await discovery in North America? Find out....
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected but brilliant!
- By Michael on 27-11-2015
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The Silk Roads
- A New History of the World
- By: Peter Frankopan
- Narrated by: Laurence Kennedy
- Length: 24 hrs and 14 mins
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For centuries fame and fortune were to be found in the West - in the New World of the Americas. Today it is the East that calls out to those in search of adventure and riches....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not a history of Asia
- By Tim on 16-08-2016
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An Economic History of the World since 1400
- By: Donald J. Harreld, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Donald J. Harreld
- Length: 24 hrs and 25 mins
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Most of us have a limited understanding of the powerful role economics has played in shaping human civilization. This makes economic history a vital lens through which to think....
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4 out of 5 stars
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I have learnt a lot
- By Anonymous User on 19-06-2018
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Girt
- The Unauthorised History of Australia
- By: David Hunt
- Narrated by: David Hunt
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,714
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,601
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,593
Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia.... In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth of Australia's past....
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5 out of 5 stars
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True Blue History of Australia - Addicted
- By Nelson C on 25-05-2015
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The Gulag Archipelago
- By: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Narrated by: Jordan B. Peterson, Ignat Solzhenitsyn
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Unabridged
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A vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police, of informers and spies and interrogators but also of everyday heroism, The Gulag Archipelago is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's grand masterwork....
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The Story of Human Language
- By: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 90
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 79
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 77
Learn how a single tongue spoken 150,000 years ago evolved into the estimated 6,000 languages used around the world today....
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3 out of 5 stars
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This is from 2005
- By David on 26-07-2018
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Guns, Germs and Steel
- The Fate of Human Societies
- By: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Doug Ordunio
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history....
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3 out of 5 stars
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good research, too many words
- By Amazon Customer on 23-03-2017
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The Art of War
- By: Andrew R. Wilson, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Andrew R. Wilson
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
As war and business become more mental and less physical, human intellect plays an ever greater role in competition-making Sun Tzu's strategies highly relevant to the information age....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
- By Accidental Hero on 08-03-2018
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The History of Ancient Egypt
- By: Bob Brier, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Bob Brier
- Length: 24 hrs and 25 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 111
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 103
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Story5 out of 5 stars 102
Even after deciphering its hieroglyphs, and marveling at its scarabs, mummies, obelisks, and sphinxes, Egyptian civilization remains one of history's most mysterious....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- By Anonymous User on 05-08-2018
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The Catalpa Rescue
- The Gripping Story of the Most Dramatic and Successful Prison Break in Australian History
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in history....
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Burke and Wills
- The Triumph and Tragedy of Australia's Most Famous Explorers
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 23 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 191
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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The iconic Australian exploration story - brought to life by Peter FitzSimons, Australia's storyteller....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A remarkable Experience. Fantastic Performance.
- By Anonymous User on 05-04-2019
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The Afghan Wars: History in an Hour
- By: Rupert Colley
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4
Britain has invaded Afghanistan twice before in the nineteenth century....
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 118
A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson’s quest to find out everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization....
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5 out of 5 stars
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An aptly titled book.
- By Anonymous User on 23-12-2018
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Harry Potter: A History of Magic
- An Audio Documentary
- By: Pottermore Publishing, Ben Davies
- Narrated by: Natalie Dormer
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4 out of 5 stars 64
Harry Potter: A History of Magic reveals some of the hidden stories behind real-world magic and explores some of J.K. Rowling's magical inventions alongside their folkloric, cultural and historical forebears....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing for a HP fan
- By Toria Phillips on 17-10-2018
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The New Silk Roads
- The Present and Future of the World
- By: Peter Frankopan
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
When The Silk Roads was published in 2015, it became an instant classic. A major reassessment of world history, it compelled us to look at the past from a different perspective. The New Silk Roads brings this story up to date....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Weaving silk
- By Amazon Customer on 02-02-2019
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Eureka
- The Unfinished Revolution
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Robert Meldrum
- Length: 22 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 152
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 142
In 1854, Victorian miners fought a deadly battle under the flag of the Southern Cross at the Eureka Stockade....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Australian history which put me to sleep
- By Geoff Alford on 22-09-2018
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True Girt
- The Unauthorised History of Australia
- By: David Hunt
- Narrated by: David Hunt
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 459
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 426
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 426
David Hunt takes us to the Australian frontier. This was the Wild South, home to hardy pioneers, gun-slinging bushrangers, directionally challenged explorers, and sheep. Lots of sheep....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Such an interesting conversation with history
- By Courtney on 03-01-2017
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- By: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 220
The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Surprisingly good
- By Amazon Customer on 25-09-2017
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The Square and the Tower
- Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power
- By: Niall Ferguson
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
What if everything we thought we knew about history was wrong? Most history is hierarchical: it's about popes, presidents, and prime ministers....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting analysis, but quit with the accents already!
- By Pierz Newton-John on 12-11-2017
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Bravo Two Zero - 20th Anniversary Edition
- By: Andy McNab
- Narrated by: Paul Thornley
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 81
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Story5 out of 5 stars 80
January 1991. IRAQ. Eight members of the SAS regiment embark upon a top secret mission to infiltrate deep behind enemy lines....
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5 out of 5 stars
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a great story of heroism
- By Wayne Cunningham on 26-11-2017
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Atlantic
- Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
- By: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
From best-selling author Simon Winchester comes the immense and thrilling story of the world's most mysterious and breathtaking natural wonder: the Atlantic Ocean....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant
- By Kym Angrave on 11-04-2019
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The Black Death: The World's Most Devastating Plague
- By: Dorsey Armstrong, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Dorsey Armstrong
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66
Many of us know the Black Death as a catastrophic event of the medieval world. But the Black Death was arguably the most significant event in Western history....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating & gripping
- By Ballina Beach on 08-10-2016
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Auschwitz
- A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
- By: Richard Seaver (translator), Tibere Kremer (translator), Miklos Nyiszli
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story5 out of 5 stars 14
When the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944, they sent virtually the entire Jewish population to Auschwitz....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely Incredible Story
- By Laura Dixon on 10-02-2019
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Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
- By: Doris Pilkington
- Narrated by: Rachael Mazza
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23
The film Rabbit-Proof Fence is based on this true account of Doris Pilkington's mother, Molly, who as a young girl led her two sisters on an extraordinary 1,600 kilometre walk home....
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Five Chimneys
- A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz
- By: Olga Lengyel
- Narrated by: Jennifer Wydra
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Olga Lengyel tells, frankly and without compromise, one of the most horrifying stories of all time. This true, documented chronicle is the intimate, day-to-day record of a beautiful woman who survived the nightmare of Auschwitz and Birchenau....
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The Vietnam War: History in an Hour
- By: Neil Smith
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4 out of 5 stars 17
History for busy people. Listen to a concise history of the Vietnam War in just one hour....
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The Cold War: History in an Hour
- By: Rupert Colley
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
History for busy people....
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Kokoda (by Paul Ham)
- By: Paul Ham
- Narrated by: Peter Byrne
- Length: 21 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story5 out of 5 stars 25
Paul Ham recounts both the Australian and Japanese perspectives of the events on the hellish Papuan jungle trail....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Kokoda
- By Anonymous User on 17-04-2019
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
- By: Philip Gourevitch
- Narrated by: Philip Gourevitch
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1994, the Rwandan government orchestrated a campaign of extermination, in which everyone in the Hutu majority was called upon to murder everyone in the Tutsi minority....
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Iran
- A Modern History
- By: Abbas Amanat
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 41 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years....
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‘Young Man - You’ll Never Die’
- By: Merton Naydler
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4
Merton Naydler joined the RAF at the age of 19 and served for the next six years until May 1946. This extremely entertaining memoir portrays wartime life in the desert environment where sand and flies and life under canvas made living and flying a daunting experience....
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World War 1
- A Captivating Guide to the First World War, Including Battle Stories from the Eastern and Western Front and How the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 Impacted the Rise of Nazi Germany
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Desmond Manny
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
The first World War was one of the most devastating conflicts in our history. The tumult and chaos that remained in the wake of the first World War had far-reaching and devastating consequences, not just for Europe and the survivors of the war, but for the entire world....
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Figuring
- By: Maria Popova
- Narrated by: Natascha McElhone
- Length: 21 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries....
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Antifa
- The Anti-Fascist Handbook
- By: Mark Bray
- Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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As long as there has been fascism, there has been anti-fascism - also known as "antifa." Born out of resistance to Mussolini and Hitler in Europe during the 1920s and '30s....
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Appeasing Hitler
- Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War
- By: Tim Bouverie
- Narrated by: John Sessions
- Length: 22 hrs and 4 mins
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On a wet afternoon in September 1938, Neville Chamberlain stepped off an aeroplane and announced that his visit to Hitler had averted the greatest crisis in recent memory....
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The Catalpa Rescue
- The Gripping Story of the Most Dramatic and Successful Prison Break in Australian History
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in history. Boston, 1869. Members of the Clan na Gael - agitators for an Irish republic - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote gaol on earth, Fremantle Prison in Western Australia. Under the guise of a whale hunt, Captain Anthony sets sail on the Catalpa, risking his life to rescue the men from the prison, known among the inmates as 'a living tomb'.
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The First Voyage Round the World by Magellan
- By: Antonio Pigafetta
- Narrated by: Ginger Walton
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Pigafetta's book on Magellan’s travels is an engaging travel narrative honoring the legendary explorer. But it is much more: an accurate ethnographic and geographical account of the circumnavigation of the globe. Pifagetta describes the peoples, countries, goods, and even the languages that were spoken in every area.
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
- By: Philip Gourevitch
- Narrated by: Philip Gourevitch
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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In 1994, the Rwandan government orchestrated a campaign of extermination, in which everyone in the Hutu majority was called upon to murder everyone in the Tutsi minority. Close to a million people were slaughtered in a hundred days, and the rest of the world did nothing to stop it. A year later, Philip Gourevitch went to Rwanda to investigate the most unambiguous genocide since Hitler's war against the Jews.
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History of India
- A Captivating Guide to Ancient India, Medieval Indian History, and Modern India Including Stories of The Maurya Empire, the British Raj, Mahatma Gandhi, and More
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Randy Whitlow
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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India is a land of mystery, richness, and deep spiritual discovery. Every facet of this ancient land seems scented with the famous spices that lured European traders to its shores more than five centuries ago. Here, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, and Buddhists live shoulder to shoulder in a crowded world of multiple gods and juxtaposed pilgrimage routes, each one perfectly peaceful in their own beliefs and traditions.
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Mata Hari: A Life From Beginning to End
- Biographies of Women in History, Book 9
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The original international woman of mystery, Mata Hari is maligned as a spy and a traitor. Having seduced a number of the most powerful men in Europe, she was accused of spying for both Allied and Central Powers during the First World War. Mata Hari’s biography tells a different story. From her remarkable transformation from a captain’s wife and mother in the Dutch East Indies to the most celebrated stage presence in Europe, Mata Hari fought for what she believed in.
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Big Debt Crisis
- By: IntroBooks
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The world is interconnected through many links. One of the links is economic. The economies of the world are connected via trade and transactions...Thus the world is in itself an economy. History shows that there are many cases of such economic crisis that have happened across the globe. These crises act as an example and a lesson for future generations.
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The Catalpa Rescue
- The Gripping Story of the Most Dramatic and Successful Prison Break in Australian History
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in history. Boston, 1869. Members of the Clan na Gael - agitators for an Irish republic - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote gaol on earth, Fremantle Prison in Western Australia. Under the guise of a whale hunt, Captain Anthony sets sail on the Catalpa, risking his life to rescue the men from the prison, known among the inmates as 'a living tomb'.
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The First Voyage Round the World by Magellan
- By: Antonio Pigafetta
- Narrated by: Ginger Walton
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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Pigafetta's book on Magellan’s travels is an engaging travel narrative honoring the legendary explorer. But it is much more: an accurate ethnographic and geographical account of the circumnavigation of the globe. Pifagetta describes the peoples, countries, goods, and even the languages that were spoken in every area.
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
- By: Philip Gourevitch
- Narrated by: Philip Gourevitch
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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In 1994, the Rwandan government orchestrated a campaign of extermination, in which everyone in the Hutu majority was called upon to murder everyone in the Tutsi minority. Close to a million people were slaughtered in a hundred days, and the rest of the world did nothing to stop it. A year later, Philip Gourevitch went to Rwanda to investigate the most unambiguous genocide since Hitler's war against the Jews.
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History of India
- A Captivating Guide to Ancient India, Medieval Indian History, and Modern India Including Stories of The Maurya Empire, the British Raj, Mahatma Gandhi, and More
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Randy Whitlow
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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India is a land of mystery, richness, and deep spiritual discovery. Every facet of this ancient land seems scented with the famous spices that lured European traders to its shores more than five centuries ago. Here, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, and Buddhists live shoulder to shoulder in a crowded world of multiple gods and juxtaposed pilgrimage routes, each one perfectly peaceful in their own beliefs and traditions.
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Mata Hari: A Life From Beginning to End
- Biographies of Women in History, Book 9
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The original international woman of mystery, Mata Hari is maligned as a spy and a traitor. Having seduced a number of the most powerful men in Europe, she was accused of spying for both Allied and Central Powers during the First World War. Mata Hari’s biography tells a different story. From her remarkable transformation from a captain’s wife and mother in the Dutch East Indies to the most celebrated stage presence in Europe, Mata Hari fought for what she believed in.
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Big Debt Crisis
- By: IntroBooks
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The world is interconnected through many links. One of the links is economic. The economies of the world are connected via trade and transactions...Thus the world is in itself an economy. History shows that there are many cases of such economic crisis that have happened across the globe. These crises act as an example and a lesson for future generations.
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Freedom
- The Overthrow of the Slave Empires
- By: Professor James Walvin
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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In this timely and very listenable new work, Walvin focuses not on abolitionism or the brutality and suffering of slavery but on resistance, the resistance of the enslaved themselves - from sabotage and absconding to full-blown uprisings - and its impact in overthrowing slavery. He also looks that whole Atlantic world, including the Spanish Empire and Brazil.
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South Africa and the British Empire
- The History and Legacy of the Region Under Great Britain’s Control
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
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The Boer War was the defining conflict of South African history and one of the most important conflicts in the history of the British Empire. Naturally, complicated geopolitics underscored it, going back centuries. In fact, the European history of South Africa began with the 1652 arrival of a small Dutch flotilla in Table Bay, at the southern extremity of the African continent, which made landfall with a view to establishing a victualing station to service passing Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) ships.
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Questions and Answers for Christians of West African Descent
- By: Richard Chrispin
- Narrated by: Frank Block
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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Many people of West African descent were raised in Christian homes with images on their walls representing God, God's Son, angels, and saints. However, none of the people portrayed in the images looked like them. All the images were depicting people whom self identify as white. Questions and Answers for Christians of West African descent deal with the introduction of these images and the overall religion to them.
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The Adventures of Big-Foot Wallace: The Texas Ranger and Hunter
- By: John C. Duval
- Narrated by: Derek Robinson
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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At six-foot-two inches and two hundred and forty pounds, Big-Foot Wallace cut a formidable figure and certainly made a major impact on the early history of Texas... This riotous narrative of the adventures of one of the saltiest and most individualistic pioneer Indian fighters that the state ever produced is told in a leisurely, satirical fashion that reflects a way of life long since lost.
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Out of the Gobi
- My Story of China and America
- By: Weijian Shan, Janet Yellen - foreword
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
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Weijian Shan's Out of the Gobi is a powerful memoir and commentary that will be one of the most important books on China of our time, one with the potential to re-shape how Americans view China, and how the Chinese view life in America. Shan, a former hard laborer who is now one of Asia's best-known financiers, is thoughtful, observant, eloquent, and brutally honest, making him well-positioned to tell the story of a life that is a microcosm of modern China, and of how, improbably, that life became intertwined with America.
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You Daughters of Freedom
- The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World
- By: Clare Wright
- Narrated by: Clare Wright
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
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For the 10 years after 1902, when Australia’s suffrage campaigners won the vote for white women, the world looked to this trailblazing young democracy for inspiration. Clare Wright’s epic new history tells the story of that victory - and of Australia’s role at the forefront of the subsequent international struggle - through the eyes of five remarkable players: the redoubtable Vida Goldstein, flamboyant Nellie Martel, indomitable Dora Montefiore, daring Muriel Matters and self-effacing artist Dora Meeson Coates....
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Hagakure
- The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai
- By: Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Alexander Bennett - translator
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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The comprehensive and accurate edition of the Hagakure is a must-have for serious martial artists or fans of samurai and the Bushido code.
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Ungovernable
- The Victorian Parent's Guide to Raising Flawless Children
- By: Therese Oneill
- Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg, Betsy Foldes Meiman
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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Feminist historian Therese Oneill is back, to educate you on what to expect when you're expecting...a Victorian baby! In Ungovernable, Oneill conducts an unforgettable tour through the backward, pseudoscientific, downright bizarre parenting fashions of the Victorians.
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South Africa
- The History and Legacy of the Nation From European Colonization to the End of the Apartheid Era
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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The Boer War was the defining conflict of South African history and one of the most important conflicts in the history of the British Empire. Naturally, complicated geopolitics underscored it, going back centuries. In fact, the European history of South Africa began with the 1652 arrival of a small Dutch flotilla in Table Bay, at the southern extremity of the African continent, which made landfall with a view to establishing a victualing station to service passing Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) ships.
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Hitler, Weimar and the Failure of German Democracy 1918-1933
- By: Matthew Spencer
- Narrated by: Heath Douglass
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
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The failure of the Weimar Republic has always been a contentious issue due to the events that followed its demise. As in 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. The following will discuss the failure of The Weimar Republic and Hitler's role; in relation to political, economic, and social factors, divided into five sections based around the Treaty of Versailles and the establishment, the Weimar Constitution, the economic problems up until 1923, the role of political parties and individuals, and the Wall Street Crash coupled with the ensuing Great Depression.
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Apartheid in South Africa: The History and Legacy of the Notorious Segregationist Policies in the 20th Century
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
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Although apartheid is typically dated from the late 1940s until its dismantling decades later, segregationist policies had been the norm in South Africa from nearly the moment European explorers sailed to the region and began settling there. Whether it was displacing and fighting indigenous groups like the Khoi and San, or fighting other whites like the Boer, separation between ethnicities was the norm in South Africa for centuries before the election of Malan signaled the true rise of the Afrikaner far right.
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How History Gets Things Wrong
- The Neuroscience of Our Addiction to Stories
- By: Alex Rosenberg
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
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To understand something, you need to know its history. Right? Wrong, says Alex Rosenberg in How History Gets Things Wrong. Feeling especially well-informed after reading a book of popular history on the best-seller list? Don't. Narrative history is always, always wrong. It not just incomplete or inaccurate but deeply wrong, as wrong as Ptolemaic astronomy. We no longer believe that the earth is the center of the universe. Why do we still believe in historical narrative? Our attachment to history as a vehicle for understanding has a long Darwinian pedigree and a genetic basis.