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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

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

The Doctrine Of Fascism Benito Mussolini

by Benito Mussolini ...

Narrated by Geoffrey Giuliano & The Icon Players ...

Unabridged

47 min

“It’s better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.”"I am the most terrible animal that's ever existed."“We become strongest, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look for moral guidance." ”MUSSOLINIBenito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini born on July 29, 1883 who went by the nickname “Il Duce” (“the Leader”), was a deeply unbalanced tyrannical Italian dictator who ... Read more

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“It’s better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.”"I am the most terrible animal that's ever existed."“We become strongest, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look for moral guidance." ”MUSSOLINIBenito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini born on July 29, 1883 who went by the nickname “Il Duce” (“the Leader”), was a deeply unbalanced tyrannical Italian dictator who
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Audiobook

A People's History of the United States

by Howard Zinn ...

Narrated by Jeff Zinn ...

Unabridged

34 hours 10 min

THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER""A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future."" –Howard FastHistorian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official narrative taught in schools—with its ... Read more

$66.99 CAD

THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER""A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future."" –Howard FastHistorian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official narrative taught in schools—with its
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Audiobook

The World

A Family History of Humanity

by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...

Narrated by Simon Sebag Montefiore, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

68 hours 8 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common: families • From the author of The RomanovsA Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, Smithsonian****“Succession meets Game of Thrones.” —The Spectator • “The author brings his cast of dynastic titans, rogues and psychopaths to life...An epic that ... Read more

$73.00 CAD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common: families • From the author of The RomanovsA Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, Smithsonian****“Succession meets Game of Thrones.” —The Spectator • “The author brings his cast of dynastic titans, rogues and psychopaths to life...An epic that
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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

$34.99 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

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

$27.99 CAD

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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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
Audiobook

The Secret Language of Flowers

The Historical Symbolism and Spiritual Properties of Flowers Throughout Time

by DK ...

Narrated by Lesley Dessalles ...

Series series DK Secret Histories
Unabridged

3 hours 28 min

Discover the uses and symbolic meanings of flowers over the centuries and across the globe.Flowers have been depicted as objects of beauty and wonder in countless paintings and poems, exchanged as tokens of love and affection, and displayed as symbols of both celebration and remembrance - "saying it with flowers" is truly part of the human experience. But how does the significance of flowers vary ... Read more

$12.00 CAD

Discover the uses and symbolic meanings of flowers over the centuries and across the globe.Flowers have been depicted as objects of beauty and wonder in countless paintings and poems, exchanged as tokens of love and affection, and displayed as symbols of both celebration and remembrance - "saying it with flowers" is truly part of the human experience. But how does the significance of flowers vary
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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

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

Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me

Debunking the False Narratives Defining America’s School Curricula

by Wilfred Reilly ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

9 hours 28 min

A college professor debunks the myths that have infiltrated America's school curricula.In 1995, James W. Loewen penned the classic work of criticism Lies My Teacher Told Me, a left-leaning corrective that addressed much of what was sanitized and omitted from American history books.But in the decades that followed, false leftist narratives—as wrong as those they supplanted—have come to dominate ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

A college professor debunks the myths that have infiltrated America's school curricula.In 1995, James W. Loewen penned the classic work of criticism Lies My Teacher Told Me, a left-leaning corrective that addressed much of what was sanitized and omitted from American history books.But in the decades that followed, false leftist narratives—as wrong as those they supplanted—have come to dominate
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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

Little Blue Dot

How GPS Shaped the Modern World

by Katherine Dunn ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow ...

Unabridged

11 hours 39 min

Bloomsbury presents Little Blue Dot by Katherine Dunn, read by Laurel LefkowThe unexplored history of GPS, a military technology turned daily necessity that impacts all aspects of our lives.Gone are the days when we pulled off to the side of the road, twisted a map this way and that, and squinted in exasperation before saying, “We’re lost.” Now, a network of satellites that circles the earth ... Read more

$22.00 CAD

Bloomsbury presents Little Blue Dot by Katherine Dunn, read by Laurel LefkowThe unexplored history of GPS, a military technology turned daily necessity that impacts all aspects of our lives.Gone are the days when we pulled off to the side of the road, twisted a map this way and that, and squinted in exasperation before saying, “We’re lost.” Now, a network of satellites that circles the earth
... Read more
Audiobook

An Unpromised Land

by Leon Gettler ...

Narrated by Leon Gettler ...

Unabridged

4 hours 25 min

In the 1930s, in the wake of the Nazi ascendancy in Germany, a wave of vicious anti-Semitism swept Europe, as Jews became outcasts in their own lands. As they clamoured to escape persecution, the world turned a blind eye to their plight. One man, Isaac Steinberg, had a vision of leading his people from the holocaust to a new paradise on the other side of the world. His enthusiastic and resolute ... Read more

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In the 1930s, in the wake of the Nazi ascendancy in Germany, a wave of vicious anti-Semitism swept Europe, as Jews became outcasts in their own lands. As they clamoured to escape persecution, the world turned a blind eye to their plight. One man, Isaac Steinberg, had a vision of leading his people from the holocaust to a new paradise on the other side of the world. His enthusiastic and resolute
... Read more
Audiobook

Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Der Untergang der Hohenzollern

by Ulrich Offenberg ...

Narrated by Detlef Kügow, Marina Marosch ...

Abridged

3 hours 25 min

"Herrliche Zeiten" hatte der Herrscher aus dem Hause Hollenzollern dem deutschen Volke versprochen. Sein Reich sollte seinen Platz im Reigen der europäischen Großmächte mit Hilfe einer gewaltigen Schlachtflotte finden. Er selbst wusste Gott an seiner Seite. Doch hinter der strahlenden Fassade verbarg sich ein sprunghafter Mensch, tief verunsichert durch eine als Makel empfundene körperliche ... Read more

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"Herrliche Zeiten" hatte der Herrscher aus dem Hause Hollenzollern dem deutschen Volke versprochen. Sein Reich sollte seinen Platz im Reigen der europäischen Großmächte mit Hilfe einer gewaltigen Schlachtflotte finden. Er selbst wusste Gott an seiner Seite. Doch hinter der strahlenden Fassade verbarg sich ein sprunghafter Mensch, tief verunsichert durch eine als Makel empfundene körperliche
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Audiobook

Deutsche Geschichte. Ein Versuch Vol. 07

Von plänkelnden Fürsten und herannahenden Türken

by Herbert Rosendorfer ...

Narrated by Gert Heidenreich ...

Series Audiobook 7 - Deutsche Geschichte - Ein Versuch
Abridged

3 hours 54 min

Während sich im Reich die weltliche Herrschaft gefestigt hat und die Gesellschaft nach bürgerlichen Rechten und konfessioneller Freiheit strebt, bestimmen in Österreich die Türkenkriege das Leben. Außerdem betritt Prinz Eugen die Bühne, der später eine zentrale Rolle spielen wird. Auf unnachahmliche Weise verbindet Rosendorfer sein profundes historisches Wissen mit seiner phantasievollen Sprache ... Read more

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Während sich im Reich die weltliche Herrschaft gefestigt hat und die Gesellschaft nach bürgerlichen Rechten und konfessioneller Freiheit strebt, bestimmen in Österreich die Türkenkriege das Leben. Außerdem betritt Prinz Eugen die Bühne, der später eine zentrale Rolle spielen wird. Auf unnachahmliche Weise verbindet Rosendorfer sein profundes historisches Wissen mit seiner phantasievollen Sprache
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Audiobook

The Ever-Changing Past

Why All History is Revisionist History

by James M. Banner, Jr. ...

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

Unabridged

11 hours

History is not, and has never been, inert, certain, merely factual, and beyond reinterpretation. Taking listeners from Thucydides to the origin of the French Revolution to the Civil War and beyond, James M. Banner, Jr. explores what historians do and why they do it.Banner shows why historical knowledge is unlikely ever to be unchanging, why history as a branch of knowledge is always a search for ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

History is not, and has never been, inert, certain, merely factual, and beyond reinterpretation. Taking listeners from Thucydides to the origin of the French Revolution to the Civil War and beyond, James M. Banner, Jr. explores what historians do and why they do it.Banner shows why historical knowledge is unlikely ever to be unchanging, why history as a branch of knowledge is always a search for
... Read more
Audiobook

History's Greatest Speeches - Vol. II

by Abraham Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony, the Prophet Muhammad, Patrick Henry, WEB DuBois, Alexander the Great and King Charles I ...

Narrated by Kevin Theis, Amir Abdullah, Darren Stephens, Christopher M. Walsh, Siiri Scott, Rosney Mauger and Ronald Keaton ...

Unabridged

2 hours 19 min

This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production featuring digitally enhanced performances of some of history's greatest speeches - all presented as they might have originally been heard.The immersive audio experience presented here - complete with sound effects, music and atmospherics - allows the listener to feel as if they were in attendance when these speeches were first delivered. The orations are ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production featuring digitally enhanced performances of some of history's greatest speeches - all presented as they might have originally been heard.The immersive audio experience presented here - complete with sound effects, music and atmospherics - allows the listener to feel as if they were in attendance when these speeches were first delivered. The orations are
... Read more
Audiobook

Das verborgene Leben der Wikingerfrauen

Stärke, Überleben und die wahre Geschichte der Frauen des Nordens

by Sven Schwenkros ...

Narrated by AI ...

Unabridged

2 hours 2 min

Tauche tief ein in die verborgene Welt des Nordens und entdecke die faszinierende Wikinger Geschichte aus einer völlig neuen Perspektive. Das verborgene Leben der Wikingerfrauen ist nicht nur ein spannendes Wikinger Hörbuch, sondern eine emotionale Reise in die Vergangenheit. Vergiss die typischen Hollywood Mythen und lerne das echte Leben der Wikinger kennen.Dieses Hörbuch führt dich direkt in ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Tauche tief ein in die verborgene Welt des Nordens und entdecke die faszinierende Wikinger Geschichte aus einer völlig neuen Perspektive. Das verborgene Leben der Wikingerfrauen ist nicht nur ein spannendes Wikinger Hörbuch, sondern eine emotionale Reise in die Vergangenheit. Vergiss die typischen Hollywood Mythen und lerne das echte Leben der Wikinger kennen.Dieses Hörbuch führt dich direkt in
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Audiobook

Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest

by Matthew Restall ...

Narrated by James Cameron Stewart ...

Unabridged

8 hours 45 min

Here is an intriguing exploration of the ways in which the history of the Spanish Conquest has been misread and passed down to become popular knowledge of these events. The book offers a fresh account of the activities of the best-known conquistadors and explorers, including Columbus, Cortés, and Pizarro.Using a wide array of sources, historian Matthew Restall highlights seven key myths, ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

Here is an intriguing exploration of the ways in which the history of the Spanish Conquest has been misread and passed down to become popular knowledge of these events. The book offers a fresh account of the activities of the best-known conquistadors and explorers, including Columbus, Cortés, and Pizarro.Using a wide array of sources, historian Matthew Restall highlights seven key myths,
... Read more
Audiobook

O Mito da Caverna

Edição comentada por Clovis de Barros Filho

by Platão ...

Narrated by Mateus Prado ...

Unabridged

4 hours 54 min

A partir de uma história repleta de simbologias, Platão nos apresenta conceitos e situações que visam a busca pelo conhecimento em contraste com a ignorância e a manipulação.O enredo integra o livro VII de A República e destaca um diálogo entre Sócrates e Glauco. As personagens imaginam uma situação hipotética em que várias pessoas são mantidas acorrentadas no fundo de uma caverna escura ... Read more

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A partir de uma história repleta de simbologias, Platão nos apresenta conceitos e situações que visam a busca pelo conhecimento em contraste com a ignorância e a manipulação.O enredo integra o livro VII de A República e destaca um diálogo entre Sócrates e Glauco. As personagens imaginam uma situação hipotética em que várias pessoas são mantidas acorrentadas no fundo de uma caverna escura
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Audiobook

Alte Geschichte: Die Germanen

by Bruno Bleckmann ...

Narrated by Bruno Bleckmann ...

Series series uni auditorium
Abridged

51 min

Nach der Varusschlacht und einigen Folgekämpfen unterließen es die Römer, das Gebiet rechts des Rheines zur Provinz zu machen. Die Germanen blieben außerhalb des Reichsverbandes, was zu tiefgreifenden Folgen für die deutsche und die europäische Geschichte führte. Die Germanen sind zwar nicht die "alten Deutschen", aber doch wesentlicher Teil der deutschen Vorgeschichte. Die Vorlesung stellt ... Read more

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Nach der Varusschlacht und einigen Folgekämpfen unterließen es die Römer, das Gebiet rechts des Rheines zur Provinz zu machen. Die Germanen blieben außerhalb des Reichsverbandes, was zu tiefgreifenden Folgen für die deutsche und die europäische Geschichte führte. Die Germanen sind zwar nicht die "alten Deutschen", aber doch wesentlicher Teil der deutschen Vorgeschichte. Die Vorlesung stellt
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Audiobook

Sobre a utilidade e a desvantagem da história para a vida

by Friedrich Nietzsche ...

Narrated by Alberto Eloy ...

Abridged

4 hours 58 min

Obra fundamental para compreender a filosofia da história e a filosofia da cultura em Nietzsche, "Sobre a utilidade e a desvantagem da história para a vida", publicada em 1874, é a segunda das quatro considerações extemporâneas do autor, série de livros caracterizada pelo desejo de "intervir extemporaneamente — isto é, contra a época, sobre a época e a favor de uma época futura". Nesta ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

Obra fundamental para compreender a filosofia da história e a filosofia da cultura em Nietzsche, "Sobre a utilidade e a desvantagem da história para a vida", publicada em 1874, é a segunda das quatro considerações extemporâneas do autor, série de livros caracterizada pelo desejo de "intervir extemporaneamente — isto é, contra a época, sobre a época e a favor de uma época futura". Nesta
... Read more

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