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How Democracies Die

The International Bestseller: What History Reveals About Our Future

by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, read by Fred Sanders.Two Harvard professors explain the dangerous world we face todayDemocracies can die with a coup d'état - or they can die slowly. This happens most deceptively when in piecemeal fashion, with the election of an authoritarian leader, the abuse of governmental power and the ... Read more

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, read by Fred Sanders.Two Harvard professors explain the dangerous world we face todayDemocracies can die with a coup d'état - or they can die slowly. This happens most deceptively when in piecemeal fashion, with the election of an authoritarian leader, the abuse of governmental power and the
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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

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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

The Histories

by Herodotus ...

Narrated by Frank Laverty ...

Unabridged

27 hours 8 min

Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic of Tom Holland's 'stirring new translation' (Telegraph) of Herodotus' Histories, one of the great books in Western history, is narrated by Frank Laverty.The Histories of Herodotus, completed in the second half of the 5th century BC, is generally regarded as the first work of history and the first great masterpiece of non-fiction writing. Joined here ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic of Tom Holland's 'stirring new translation' (Telegraph) of Herodotus' Histories, one of the great books in Western history, is narrated by Frank Laverty.The Histories of Herodotus, completed in the second half of the 5th century BC, is generally regarded as the first work of history and the first great masterpiece of non-fiction writing. Joined here
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A Streetcar Named Desire

by Tennessee Williams ...

Narrated by Theater Lincoln Center ...

Abridged

2 hours 15 min

Caedmon is proud to release this archival full-cast recording of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire on cd for the first time!Blanche DuBois arrives at her sister Stella's New Orleans apartment seeking refuge from a troubled past—but her ethereal spirit irks Stella's husband, the loutish Stanley Kowalski. Crudely, relentlessly, he unmasks the lies and delusions that sustain Blanche, ... Read more

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Caedmon is proud to release this archival full-cast recording of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire on cd for the first time!Blanche DuBois arrives at her sister Stella's New Orleans apartment seeking refuge from a troubled past—but her ethereal spirit irks Stella's husband, the loutish Stanley Kowalski. Crudely, relentlessly, he unmasks the lies and delusions that sustain Blanche,
... Read more
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Medieval Horizons

Why the Middle Ages Matter

by Ian Mortimer ...

Narrated by Ian Mortimer ...

Unabridged

10 hours 23 min

Brought to you by Penguin.We tend to think about the Middle Ages as a dark and backward time, characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. We believe that life was unchanging over the period, so if a peasant fell asleep in in the year 1000 and woke up six hundred years later, he would return to a world that was instantly recognisable. We hold that change is facilitated by science and ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.We tend to think about the Middle Ages as a dark and backward time, characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. We believe that life was unchanging over the period, so if a peasant fell asleep in in the year 1000 and woke up six hundred years later, he would return to a world that was instantly recognisable. We hold that change is facilitated by science and
... Read more
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The Mighty Dead

Why Homer Matters

by Adam Nicolson ...

Narrated by Dugald Bruce Lockhart ...

Unabridged

9 hours 29 min

Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford)‘A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer … There’s something that hits the mark on every page’ Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New StatesmanWhere does Homer come from? And why does Homer matter? His epic poems of war and suffering can still speak to us of the role of destiny in life, of cruelty ... Read more

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Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford)‘A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer … There’s something that hits the mark on every page’ Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New StatesmanWhere does Homer come from? And why does Homer matter? His epic poems of war and suffering can still speak to us of the role of destiny in life, of cruelty
... Read more
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100 mitos de la historia de México 2

by Francisco Martín Moreno ...

Narrated by Adrián Ogazón ...

Unabridged

10 hours 52 min

¿Qué sucesos oculta nuestra historia oficial? ¿Conocemos realmente los hechos que dieron celebridad a nuestros caudillos?En esta obra apasionante, Francisco Martín Moreno se encarga de ofrecer el verdadero rostro de héroes y gobernantes que han conformado México. Su apasionada labor investigativa y su pluma ágil, polémica y filosa ... ... Read more

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¿Qué sucesos oculta nuestra historia oficial? ¿Conocemos realmente los hechos que dieron celebridad a nuestros caudillos?En esta obra apasionante, Francisco Martín Moreno se encarga de ofrecer el verdadero rostro de héroes y gobernantes que han conformado México. Su apasionada labor investigativa y su pluma ágil, polémica y filosa ...
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All Roads Led to Gettysburg

A New Look at the Civil War's Pivotal Campaign

by Troy D. Harman ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

8 hours 22 min

It has long been a trope of Civil War history that Gettysburg was an accidental battlefield. Troy D. Harman argues for a new interpretation: once Lee invaded Pennsylvania and the Union army pursued, a battle at Gettysburg was entirely predictable, perhaps inevitable.Most Civil War battles took place along major roads, railroads, and waterways. And yet this perspective hasn't been fully explored ... Read more

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It has long been a trope of Civil War history that Gettysburg was an accidental battlefield. Troy D. Harman argues for a new interpretation: once Lee invaded Pennsylvania and the Union army pursued, a battle at Gettysburg was entirely predictable, perhaps inevitable.Most Civil War battles took place along major roads, railroads, and waterways. And yet this perspective hasn't been fully explored
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Servants of Allah

African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas

by Sylviane A. Diouf ...

Narrated by Ja'Air Bush ...

Unabridged

12 hours 33 min

Servants of Allah presents a history of African Muslims, following them from West Africa to the Americas. Although many assume that what Muslim faith they brought with them to the Americas was quickly absorbed into the new Christian milieu, as Sylviane A. Diouf demonstrates in this meticulously researched, groundbreaking volume, Islam flourished during slavery on a large scale. She details how, ... Read more

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Servants of Allah presents a history of African Muslims, following them from West Africa to the Americas. Although many assume that what Muslim faith they brought with them to the Americas was quickly absorbed into the new Christian milieu, as Sylviane A. Diouf demonstrates in this meticulously researched, groundbreaking volume, Islam flourished during slavery on a large scale. She details how,
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Audiobook

Five Suns

A Fire History of Mexico

by Stephen J. Pyne ...

Narrated by Emmanuel Chumaceiro ...

Unabridged

14 hours 59 min

A climate defined by wet and dry seasons, a mostly mountainous terrain, a biota prone to disturbances, a human geography characterized by a diversity of peoples all of whom rely on burning in one form or another: Mexico has ideal circumstances for fire, and those fires provide a unique perspective on its complex history.Narrating Mexico's evolution of fire through five eras, historian Stephen J. ... Read more

$38.99 AUD

A climate defined by wet and dry seasons, a mostly mountainous terrain, a biota prone to disturbances, a human geography characterized by a diversity of peoples all of whom rely on burning in one form or another: Mexico has ideal circumstances for fire, and those fires provide a unique perspective on its complex history.Narrating Mexico's evolution of fire through five eras, historian Stephen J.
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Audiobook

الانهيار

by جارد دياموند, جارد دياموند ...

Narrated by إبراهيم الدامجة ...

Unabridged

30 hours 36 min

من لم يندهش عندما شاهد المعابد المهجورة في أنغكور وات أو مدن المايا التي تلفها الأدغال، ويتساءل: "هل يمكن أن نلقى المصير نفسه؟". في هذا الكتاب المثير للاهتمام، يتحرّى جارد دياموند ـــ الذي أحدث كتابه (أسلحة وجراثيم وفولاذ) ثورة في فهمنا للتاريخ ـــ كيف أن استعمال البشر واستغلالهم للبيئة يكشف حقيقة الانهيارات الكبيرة في العالم، من الأناسازي في أمريكا الشمالية، إلى الفايكنغ في غرينلاند، إلى مونتانا ... Read more

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من لم يندهش عندما شاهد المعابد المهجورة في أنغكور وات أو مدن المايا التي تلفها الأدغال، ويتساءل: "هل يمكن أن نلقى المصير نفسه؟". في هذا الكتاب المثير للاهتمام، يتحرّى جارد دياموند ـــ الذي أحدث كتابه (أسلحة وجراثيم وفولاذ) ثورة في فهمنا للتاريخ ـــ كيف أن استعمال البشر واستغلالهم للبيئة يكشف حقيقة الانهيارات الكبيرة في العالم، من الأناسازي في أمريكا الشمالية، إلى الفايكنغ في غرينلاند، إلى مونتانا
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Universālās vēstures apkopojums

by Valero Pujol ...

Narrated by Jordi Savall ...

Unabridged

16 hours 33 min

Uzņemieties aizraujošu ceļojumu cauri cilvēces vēstures tūkstošgadiem ar Valero Pujol “Universālās vēstures apkopojumu”. Ar dzīvu un saistošu stāstījuma stilu autors vada jūs no pirmo civilizāciju pirmsākumiem līdz lielajiem notikumiem, kas veidojuši moderno pasauli. Jūs sastapsiet varenas impērijas, vizionārus līderus, revolucionāras atklāsmes un izšķirošas kaujas, kas mainījušas vēstures gaitu. ... Read more

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Uzņemieties aizraujošu ceļojumu cauri cilvēces vēstures tūkstošgadiem ar Valero Pujol “Universālās vēstures apkopojumu”. Ar dzīvu un saistošu stāstījuma stilu autors vada jūs no pirmo civilizāciju pirmsākumiem līdz lielajiem notikumiem, kas veidojuši moderno pasauli. Jūs sastapsiet varenas impērijas, vizionārus līderus, revolucionāras atklāsmes un izšķirošas kaujas, kas mainījušas vēstures gaitu.
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White Pine

The Natural and Human History of a Foundational American Tree

by John Pastor ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Unabridged

6 hours 26 min

America was built on white pine. From the 1600s through the Civil War and beyond, it was used to build the nation's ships and houses, barns, and bridges. Yet this popularity came at a cost: by the end of the nineteenth century, clear cutting had decimated much of America's white pine forests. In White Pine, ecologist and writer John Pastor takes listeners on walk through history, connecting the ... Read more

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America was built on white pine. From the 1600s through the Civil War and beyond, it was used to build the nation's ships and houses, barns, and bridges. Yet this popularity came at a cost: by the end of the nineteenth century, clear cutting had decimated much of America's white pine forests. In White Pine, ecologist and writer John Pastor takes listeners on walk through history, connecting the
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Audiobook

The Light Between Apple Trees

Rediscovering the Wild Through a Beloved American Fruit

by Priyanka Kumar ...

Narrated by Priyanka Kumar ...

Unabridged

9 hours 16 min

As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar was entranced by forest-like orchards of diverse and luscious fruit—especially apples. These biodiverse orchards seemed worlds away from the cardboard apples that lined supermarket shelves. Yet on a small patch of woods near her home in Santa Fe, Kumar discovered a wild apple tree—and the seeds of an odyssey were planted. In The Light ... Read more

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As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar was entranced by forest-like orchards of diverse and luscious fruit—especially apples. These biodiverse orchards seemed worlds away from the cardboard apples that lined supermarket shelves. Yet on a small patch of woods near her home in Santa Fe, Kumar discovered a wild apple tree—and the seeds of an odyssey were planted. In The Light
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Trump and the Protestant Reaction to Make America Great Again

by Matthew Rowley ...

Narrated by Frank Block ...

Unabridged

4 hours 2 min

This book explores how polarized interpretations of America's past influence the present and vice versa. A focus on competing Protestant reactions to President Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan evidences a fundamental divide over how America should remember historical racism, sexism, and exploitation. Additionally, these Protestants disagree over how the past influences present injustice ... Read more

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This book explores how polarized interpretations of America's past influence the present and vice versa. A focus on competing Protestant reactions to President Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan evidences a fundamental divide over how America should remember historical racism, sexism, and exploitation. Additionally, these Protestants disagree over how the past influences present injustice
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Audiobook

Mind Is Mightier, The

Reflections on the Historic Rise of Cognition and Complexity

by Bar-Giora Goldberg ...

Narrated by Alex Robertson ...

Unabridged

15 hours 5 min

You are invited to join an intellectual adventure of the mind, a broad canvas review of the cognitive evolution of our civilization in politics, science, technology and the arts.Humanity is on a path of rising cognition and complexity, the world becomes increasingly our idea. After two horrific world wars, it seems that the great powers are rejecting the sword in favor of the pen.Technology is ... Read more

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You are invited to join an intellectual adventure of the mind, a broad canvas review of the cognitive evolution of our civilization in politics, science, technology and the arts.Humanity is on a path of rising cognition and complexity, the world becomes increasingly our idea. After two horrific world wars, it seems that the great powers are rejecting the sword in favor of the pen.Technology is
... Read more
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P.M. WISSEN zum HÖREN - Szenen, die Geschichte machten - Teil 5

In Kooperation mit CD Wissen

by P. J. Blumenthal ...

Narrated by Julia Fischer, Harry Täschner, Christian Schult ...

Series Audiobook 5 - P.M. WISSEN zum HÖREN
Unabridged

57 min

Der Mord an Präsident Kennedy ist das erste politische Ereignis der neuen Mediengesellschaft. Weltweit verfolgen die Menschen zuhause an ihren Fernsehgeräten die Ereignisse in den USA. Die Ergriffenheit kennt kaum Grenzen. Zweifellos ein bedeutendes Ereignis der Weltgeschichte. Doch auch die anderen acht Episoden die Geschichte machten. die aufgegriffen werden, wirken bis heute nach. Hören Sie, ... Read more

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Der Mord an Präsident Kennedy ist das erste politische Ereignis der neuen Mediengesellschaft. Weltweit verfolgen die Menschen zuhause an ihren Fernsehgeräten die Ereignisse in den USA. Die Ergriffenheit kennt kaum Grenzen. Zweifellos ein bedeutendes Ereignis der Weltgeschichte. Doch auch die anderen acht Episoden die Geschichte machten. die aufgegriffen werden, wirken bis heute nach. Hören Sie,
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Personality and Power

Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe

by Ian Kershaw ...

Narrated by Matt Bates ...

Unabridged

17 hours 25 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death. Whole societies were re-shaped and wars fought, often with a merciless contempt for the most basic norms. At the summit of these societies were leaders whose personalities had somehow given them the ability to do whatever they wished.Ian ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death. Whole societies were re-shaped and wars fought, often with a merciless contempt for the most basic norms. At the summit of these societies were leaders whose personalities had somehow given them the ability to do whatever they wished.Ian
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Kompendium univerzálních dějin

by Valero Pujol ...

Narrated by Jordi Savall ...

Unabridged

16 hours 50 min

Vydejte se na strhující cestu napříč tisíciletími lidských dějin s „Kompendiem univerzálních dějin“ od Valera Pujola. Autor vás s mistrovským vypravěčským umem provede od prvních civilizací a dávných říší až po klíčové okamžiky, které formovaly moderní svět. Poznáte vzestupy a pády impérií, osudy velkých vládců, přelomové vynálezy i rozhodující bitvy, které změnily chod historie. Nečeká vás suchý ... Read more

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Vydejte se na strhující cestu napříč tisíciletími lidských dějin s „Kompendiem univerzálních dějin“ od Valera Pujola. Autor vás s mistrovským vypravěčským umem provede od prvních civilizací a dávných říší až po klíčové okamžiky, které formovaly moderní svět. Poznáte vzestupy a pády impérií, osudy velkých vládců, přelomové vynálezy i rozhodující bitvy, které změnily chod historie. Nečeká vás suchý
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Simple Sabotage Field Manual

by United States. Office of Strategic Services ...

Unabridged

1 hour 2 min

Delve into the world of espionage and subversion with the intriguing Simple Sabotage Field Manual.Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services: Dive into the clandestine world of espionage and subversion with the Simple Sabotage Field Manual from the United States Office of Strategic Services. Unearth the secrets of unconventional warfare as this manual unveils ... Read more

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Delve into the world of espionage and subversion with the intriguing Simple Sabotage Field Manual.Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services: Dive into the clandestine world of espionage and subversion with the Simple Sabotage Field Manual from the United States Office of Strategic Services. Unearth the secrets of unconventional warfare as this manual unveils
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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
... Read more
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Universaalse ajaloo kokkuvõte

by Valero Pujol ...

Narrated by Jordi Savall ...

Unabridged

16 hours 15 min

Sukeldu põnevale ajarännakule läbi inimkonna ajaloo koos Valero Pujoli teosega "Universaalse ajaloo kokkuvõte". Elava ja kaasahaarava jutustamisstiiliga viib autor kuulaja esimestest tsivilisatsioonidest kuni suurte pöördehetkedeni, mis on kujundanud meie kaasaegset maailma. Teekonnal kohtad hiigelimperiume, vaimustavaid juhte, läbimurdelisi leiutisi ja otsustavaid lahinguid, mis on muutnud ajaloo ... Read more

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Sukeldu põnevale ajarännakule läbi inimkonna ajaloo koos Valero Pujoli teosega "Universaalse ajaloo kokkuvõte". Elava ja kaasahaarava jutustamisstiiliga viib autor kuulaja esimestest tsivilisatsioonidest kuni suurte pöördehetkedeni, mis on kujundanud meie kaasaegset maailma. Teekonnal kohtad hiigelimperiume, vaimustavaid juhte, läbimurdelisi leiutisi ja otsustavaid lahinguid, mis on muutnud ajaloo
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Canada: The Empire of the North (UNABRIDGED)

by Agnes C. LAUT ...

Narrated by Mallory Berkley ...

Unabridged

18 hours

Canada's past is more dramatic than any romance ever penned. . . . All that has been attempted here is such a story of the romance and adventure in Canada's nation building as will give the casual reader knowledge of the country's past, and how that past led along a trail of great heroism to the destiny of a Northern Empire. This volume is in no sense formal history. There will be found in it no ... Read more

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Canada's past is more dramatic than any romance ever penned. . . . All that has been attempted here is such a story of the romance and adventure in Canada's nation building as will give the casual reader knowledge of the country's past, and how that past led along a trail of great heroism to the destiny of a Northern Empire. This volume is in no sense formal history. There will be found in it no
... Read more
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Prisoners of History

What Monuments to the Second World War Tell Us About Our History and Ourselves

by Keith Lowe ...

Narrated by Keith Lowe ...

Unabridged

10 hours 5 min

A Spectator Book of the Year 2020A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020A Mail on Sunday Book of the Year 2020‘Inspired … Lowe’s sensitive, disturbing book should be compulsory reading for both statue builders and statue topplers’ MAX HASTINGS, SUNDAY TIMES What happens when our values change, but what we have set in stone does not?Humankind has always had the urge to memorialise, to mak... ... Read more

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A Spectator Book of the Year 2020A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020A Mail on Sunday Book of the Year 2020‘Inspired … Lowe’s sensitive, disturbing book should be compulsory reading for both statue builders and statue topplers’ MAX HASTINGS, SUNDAY TIMES What happens when our values change, but what we have set in stone does not?Humankind has always had the urge to memorialise, to mak...
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