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History's Greatest Mysteries: The Lost Colony of Roanoke
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Kadee Coppinger
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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Nearly 20 years before Jamestown was settled, the English established one of the earliest colonies in North America around the Chesapeake Bay region, until the colony had over 100 inhabitants. Like other early settlements, Roanoke struggled to survive in its infancy, to the extent that the colony's leader, John White, sailed back to England in 1587 in an effort to bring more supplies and help. However, the attempts to bring back supplies were thwarted by the Spanish in the midst of the Anglo-Spanish War going on at the time.
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History's Greatest Mysteries: The Lost Colony of Roanoke
- Narrated by: Kadee Coppinger
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Release date: 13-07-2015
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of Shirley MacLaine
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Karin Allers
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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Over the course of a career that spanned several decades and ranged from the stage to movies and television, Shirley MacLaine has been one of the most critically acclaimed actresses in America.
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American Legends: The Life of Shirley MacLaine
- Narrated by: Karin Allers
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Release date: 09-06-2015
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Boston Tea Party
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Martin Colvill
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
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On the night of December 16, 1773, a group of 30 to 130 men boarded the tea ship Dartmouth and two other ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor over the span of three hours in protest of the Tea Act of 1773. Agreement over what exactly happened ends there, but a number of legends have since popped up and become part of the common narrative. The urban legend that the people who boarded the ship dressed as Mohawks is not entirely true.
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American Legends: The Boston Tea Party
- Narrated by: Martin Colvill
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Release date: 05-05-2015
- Language: English
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Legends of Music: The Life and Legacy of Kurt Cobain
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Rhiannon Angell
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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A reaction to the likes of the previous decade's yuppies and acts like M.C. Hammer, grunge became a sound and culture for angst-ridden teens and the disaffected youth who were proud to be plain. Combining punk, metal, and hard rock, the grunge sound emanated out of Seattle from groups like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains, giving the young decade its trademark sound.
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Legends of Music: The Life and Legacy of Kurt Cobain
- Narrated by: Rhiannon Angell
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Release date: 29-04-2015
- Language: English
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The Wars of the Roses
- The History of the Conflicts That Brought the Tudors to Power in England
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Paul Bloede
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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Today, roses are a sign of love and luxury, but for over 30 years they provided the symbols for two houses at war for control of England. Thousands of people died and many more were injured fighting beneath the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster, and the noble families ruling England tore each other apart in a struggle that was as bitter as it was bloody.
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The Wars of the Roses
- The History of the Conflicts That Brought the Tudors to Power in England
- Narrated by: Paul Bloede
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Release date: 10-04-2015
- Language: English
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The British Royal Family: The Life of Charles, Prince of Wales
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Chris Marsden
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
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The British Royal Family is held in awe across Britain, and they have captured the interest of people around the globe. Queen Elizabeth II is respected for her stately demeanor, Prince William and his new wife, Kate Middleton, are deemed trendsetters and attract attention from media starved for gossip, and nobody has held as unique a place in pop culture as the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
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The British Royal Family: The Life of Charles, Prince of Wales
- Narrated by: Chris Marsden
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Release date: 08-12-2014
- Language: English
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The Kurds: The History of the Middle Eastern Ethnic Group and Their Quest for Kurdistan
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
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The Kurds: The History of the Middle Eastern Ethnic Group and Their Quest for Kurdistan examines the group and the contentious issues surrounding them. By delving deeper into their ethnic, religious, and political history, it is possible to understand the larger issues of statelessness and the striving for independence. At the same time, the relationships between the Kurds and the ruling regimes of the day have changed and altered the political landscape in the Middle East.
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The Kurds: The History of the Middle Eastern Ethnic Group and Their Quest for Kurdistan
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Release date: 15-02-2018
- Language: English
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Operation Balak
- The History of the Weapons Smuggling Operation That Helped Israel Win the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
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The conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians is technically over 70 years old and counting but has its roots in over 2,000 years of history. With so much time and history, the Middle East peace process has become laden with unique, politically sensitive concepts like the right of return, contiguous borders, secure borders, demilitarized zones, and security requirements, with players like the Quartet, Palestinian Authority, Fatah, Hamas, the Arab League and Israel.
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Operation Balak
- The History of the Weapons Smuggling Operation That Helped Israel Win the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Release date: 05-08-2022
- Language: English
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Arnold Rothstein and the 1919 Black Sox
- The History and Legacy of the Most Notorious Scandal in American Sports
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Sam Evanston
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
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In the early 20th century, one of the most integral members of the criminal underworld was Arnold Rothstein, the archetype of the old school mobster. He was intelligent, charming, well-spoken, grotesquely wealthy, and a sharp dresser, often pictured with a patterned bowtie and a flat-top fedora snugly fit over his receding hairline.
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Arnold Rothstein and the 1919 Black Sox
- The History and Legacy of the Most Notorious Scandal in American Sports
- Narrated by: Sam Evanston
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 13-04-2023
- Language: English
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The Belgrade Offensive
- The History and Legacy of the Campaign to Liberate Yugoslavia’s Capital from the Nazis During World War II
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
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The Belgrade Offensive of 1944, while not considered one of the greatest and most important battles of the Second World War, was definitively an important moment of the war in the Balkans and marked the final defeat of the Axis in Southeastern Europe.
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The Belgrade Offensive
- The History and Legacy of the Campaign to Liberate Yugoslavia’s Capital from the Nazis During World War II
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
- Release date: 19-07-2018
- Language: English
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Simón Bolívar
- The Life and Legacy of the Venezuelan Leader Who Liberated Much of Latin America from the Spanish Empire
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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Although he is unquestionably one of the most studied leaders of the 19th century, Simón Bolívar remains today as enigmatic as he was two centuries ago, when his vision and presence largely inspired the overthrow of the Spanish Empire in the New World.
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Simón Bolívar
- The Life and Legacy of the Venezuelan Leader Who Liberated Much of Latin America from the Spanish Empire
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Release date: 01-09-2020
- Language: English
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The Great Fire of London
- The History of the 1666 Fire that Destroyed England's Greatest City
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Pam Tierney
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
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In the 17th century, the people of London could boast that they had developed some of the most advanced firefighting technology and methods in the world, including the use of primitive fire engines. There were even vendors of such machines who advertised in papers of their machines' abilities to quench great fires.
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The Great Fire of London
- The History of the 1666 Fire that Destroyed England's Greatest City
- Narrated by: Pam Tierney
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Release date: 27-03-2015
- Language: English
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The Gran Sasso Raid
- The History of the Nazi Operation to Rescue Benito Mussolini from Captivity During World War II
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
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As Sicily fell and the Allies prepared to press on, Italy’s fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini, was actually arrested to prevent him from doing further damage. Il Duce still held considerable power in the eyes of many ground-level activists, and if left unchecked, the possibility of violence in the streets was genuine. He was jailed in Campo Imperatore on August 28, 1943, on one of the largest mountains in Central Italy, but when the new Italian government surrendered to the Allies, most of the Italian mainland was still controlled by the Germans.
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The Gran Sasso Raid
- The History of the Nazi Operation to Rescue Benito Mussolini from Captivity During World War II
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Release date: 21-07-2021
- Language: English
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The Anglo-Ashanti Wars
- The History and Legacy of the Conflicts Between the British and the Ashanti Empire in Africa
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
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By the mid-19th century, other European powers became interested not only in the exploration of Africa, but the exploitation of it, especially once the German Empire unified after the Franco-Prussian War. This began a rush, spearheaded mainly by European commercial interests in the form of chartered companies, to penetrate the African interior and woo its leadership with guns, trinkets, and alcohol, and having thus obtained their marks or seals upon spurious treaties, begin establishing boundaries of future European colonies.
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The Anglo-Ashanti Wars
- The History and Legacy of the Conflicts Between the British and the Ashanti Empire in Africa
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Release date: 01-09-2023
- Language: English
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The Avars
- The History and Legacy of the Eurasian Nomads in Central Europe During the Middle Ages
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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During the period after the collapse of the Roman Empire and the establishment of medieval Europe, which was once commonly referred to as the Dark Ages, many different tribes migrated across Europe, feeding on what was left of Rome and attempting to establish new kingdoms in the vacuum. Most of these tribes were Germanic in ethnicity and language and shared the same goals of either entering Roman territory to become Roman citizens or tearing down Rome completely.
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The Avars
- The History and Legacy of the Eurasian Nomads in Central Europe During the Middle Ages
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Release date: 11-03-2022
- Language: English
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The Battle of Jaffa: The History and Legacy of the Last Battle of the Third Crusade
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
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Given the personalities involved, the Third Crusade is among the most famous of the Crusades, and the Battle of Jaffa occurred on August 8, 1192 on the site of an ancient port that is now the oldest part of the city of Tel-Aviv, Israel. It was the encounter that brought the Third Crusade to a conclusion, and though it is not one of the better-known battles of the Crusades and certainly not the most spectacular in terms of battle numbers, it helped shape how the Middle East would look going forward.
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The Battle of Jaffa: The History and Legacy of the Last Battle of the Third Crusade
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 29-11-2021
- Language: English
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The Ottoman-Russian Wars of the 19th Century
- The History of the Conflicts Between Russia and the Ottoman Empire Leading up to World War I
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
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In terms of geopolitics, perhaps the most seminal event of the Middle Ages was the successful Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453. The city had been an imperial capital as far back as the fourth century, when Constantine the Great shifted the power center of the Roman Empire there, effectively establishing two almost equally powerful halves of antiquity’s greatest empire.
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The Ottoman-Russian Wars of the 19th Century
- The History of the Conflicts Between Russia and the Ottoman Empire Leading up to World War I
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 18-02-2021
- Language: English
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Fire in the Sky
- The History of the Hindenburg Disaster
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jairus Amar
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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Societies across the globe are incredibly thankful for all the modern devices and opportunities that have been developed over time, including the cars and planes that have allowed people to travel long distances in short times, but it is often easy to forget that all these advances came with a price.
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Fire in the Sky
- The History of the Hindenburg Disaster
- Narrated by: Jairus Amar
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Release date: 02-04-2015
- Language: English
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Italy's Most Powerful Mafias
- The History and Legacy of the Cosa Nostra, La Camorra, and 'Ndrangheta
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim Johnston
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
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The word “mafia,” Sicilian in origin, is synonymous with Italy, but Italy is home to several different mafias, with three being particularly notorious. While the Cosa Nostra of western Sicily is the most infamous, other powerful groups include the ferocious ‘Ndrangheta of Calabria and the Camorra, the third-largest mafia, which is active in Naples and the Campania region.
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Italy's Most Powerful Mafias
- The History and Legacy of the Cosa Nostra, La Camorra, and 'Ndrangheta
- Narrated by: Jim Johnston
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 19-11-2019
- Language: English
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The Sentinelese: The History of the Uncontacted People on North Sentinel Island
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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There is no record of Marco Polo ever visiting the Andaman Islands, so his brief description of the islanders must have been drawn from a secondary source. They were, he wrote, “a most brutish and savage race, having heads, eyes, and teeth like those of dogs. They are very cruel, and kill and eat every foreigner whom they can lay their hands upon.”
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The Sentinelese: The History of the Uncontacted People on North Sentinel Island
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Release date: 22-04-2019
- Language: English
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