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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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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
... Read more
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Great Short Books

A Year of Reading—Briefly

by Kenneth C. Davis ...

Narrated by Adenrele Ojo, Leon Nixon ...

Unabridged

11 hours 5 min

This entertaining guide to some of the best short novels of all time, from a bestselling historian, is the “perfect gift for busy bibliophiles” (BookPage).Experience the joys of literature with this this “exciting guide to all that the world of fiction has to offer” (The New York Times Book Review): a compulsively readable, deeply engaging discussion of great short novels. A journey into fiction ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

This entertaining guide to some of the best short novels of all time, from a bestselling historian, is the “perfect gift for busy bibliophiles” (BookPage).Experience the joys of literature with this this “exciting guide to all that the world of fiction has to offer” (The New York Times Book Review): a compulsively readable, deeply engaging discussion of great short novels. A journey into fiction
... Read more
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Illuminating History

A Retrospective of Seven Decades

by Bernard Bailyn ...

Narrated by Tom Parks ...

Unabridged

8 hours 2 min

Over a remarkable career Bernard Bailyn has reshaped our understanding of the early American past. Inscribing his superb scholarship with passion and imagination honed by a commitment to rigor, Bailyn captures the particularity of the past and its broad significance in precise, elegant prose. His transformative work has ranged from a new reckoning with the ideology that powered the opposition to ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Over a remarkable career Bernard Bailyn has reshaped our understanding of the early American past. Inscribing his superb scholarship with passion and imagination honed by a commitment to rigor, Bailyn captures the particularity of the past and its broad significance in precise, elegant prose. His transformative work has ranged from a new reckoning with the ideology that powered the opposition to
... Read more
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The Matter of Black Lives

Writing from The New Yorker

by Jelani Cobb, David Remnick ...

Narrated by JD Jackson, Adjoa Andoh, January LaVoy, Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Copland, Kaleo Griffith ...

Unabridged

30 hours 1 min

A collection of The New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in America—including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more—with a foreword by Jelani CobbThis anthology from the pages of theNew Yorker provides a bold and complex portrait of Black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision and ... Read more

$66.99 CAD

A collection of The New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in America—including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more—with a foreword by Jelani CobbThis anthology from the pages of theNew Yorker provides a bold and complex portrait of Black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision and
... Read more
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The People Speak

American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known

by Howard Zinn ...

Narrated by James Earl Jones ...

Unabridged

1 hour 41 min

To celebrate the millionth copy sold of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Zinn drew on the words of Americans -- some famous, some little known -- across the range of American history. These words were read by a remarkable cast at an event held at the 92nd Street Y in New York City that included James Earl Jones, Alice Walker, Kurt Vonnegut, Alfre Woodard, Marisa Tomei, Danny ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

To celebrate the millionth copy sold of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Zinn drew on the words of Americans -- some famous, some little known -- across the range of American history. These words were read by a remarkable cast at an event held at the 92nd Street Y in New York City that included James Earl Jones, Alice Walker, Kurt Vonnegut, Alfre Woodard, Marisa Tomei, Danny
... Read more
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Le Mystère du Sac à Main des Dieux

by Eric Giegelmann ...

Narrated by Voix Numérique Fabien G ...

Series Audiobook 37 - Sciences, philosophie et réflexion
Unabridged

4 hours 10 min

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Et si un objet oublié était la clef de notre histoire commune ?Dans les bas-reliefs de Sumer, sur les murs des temples égyptiens, dans les Andes, l’Inde, l’Amazonie ou les ruines mésoaméricaines, une énigme persiste : des figures mystérieuses, sac à la main, pouce tendu, figées dans une posture répétée à travers les siècles et les continents.Que ... Read more

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Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Et si un objet oublié était la clef de notre histoire commune ?Dans les bas-reliefs de Sumer, sur les murs des temples égyptiens, dans les Andes, l’Inde, l’Amazonie ou les ruines mésoaméricaines, une énigme persiste : des figures mystérieuses, sac à la main, pouce tendu, figées dans une posture répétée à travers les siècles et les continents.Que
... Read more
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Backpage Indictment

by Department of Justice ...

Narrated by Tony D. Ortega ...

Unabridged

1 hour 42 min

93-count indictment on sex trafficking charges revealed against Backpage founders. ... Read more

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93-count indictment on sex trafficking charges revealed against Backpage founders.
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License to Travel

A Cultural History of the Passport

by Patrick Bixby ...

Narrated by Tim Fannon ...

Unabridged

8 hours 27 min

Discover the surprising global history of how the passport has shaped art, thought, and human experience to define the modern world.License to Travel exposes the passport as both an instrument of personal freedom and a tool of government surveillance powerful enough to define our very humanity.Patrick Bixby examines the passports of artists and intellectuals, ancient messengers and modern migrants ... Read more

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Discover the surprising global history of how the passport has shaped art, thought, and human experience to define the modern world.License to Travel exposes the passport as both an instrument of personal freedom and a tool of government surveillance powerful enough to define our very humanity.Patrick Bixby examines the passports of artists and intellectuals, ancient messengers and modern migrants
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Freud and Beyond

A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought

by Stephen A. Mitchell, Margaret J. Black ...

Narrated by John Malone ...

Unabridged

12 hours 24 min

The definitive history of a century of psychoanalytic thought**“Absolutely crucial in reformulating the psychoanalytic project to meet the intellectual and emotional demands upon it a century after its birth.” —**The GuardianSigmund Freud's concepts have become a part of our psychological vocabulary: unconscious thoughts and feelings, the meaning of dreams, the sensuality of childhood. But ... Read more

$34.34 CAD

The definitive history of a century of psychoanalytic thought**“Absolutely crucial in reformulating the psychoanalytic project to meet the intellectual and emotional demands upon it a century after its birth.” —**The GuardianSigmund Freud's concepts have become a part of our psychological vocabulary: unconscious thoughts and feelings, the meaning of dreams, the sensuality of childhood. But
... Read more
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The Children's Book of America

by William J. Bennett ...

Narrated by William J. Bennett, Hinton Battle, Elayne Glover Bennett ...

Abridged

1 hour 32 min

From the author of the bestselling book The Educated Child comes a compelling and inspiring book that answers any question a young child may have about America.Where did America come from? What does it mean to be an American? What makes America great? No volume will provide more compelling and inspiring answers to our children's questions than William Bennett's marvelous new treasury, The Children ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

From the author of the bestselling book The Educated Child comes a compelling and inspiring book that answers any question a young child may have about America.Where did America come from? What does it mean to be an American? What makes America great? No volume will provide more compelling and inspiring answers to our children's questions than William Bennett's marvelous new treasury, The Children
... Read more
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Всеобщая история стран и народов мира. Избранное

by Оскар Егер ...

Narrated by Константин Корольков, Владимир Капитонов ...

Series series История Подарочная
Unabridged

25 hours 20 min

Выдающийся немецкий исследователь Оскар Егер в конце XIX века опубликовал фундаментальный труд по мировой истории, в котором проследил прошлое цивилизации от возникновения первых государств до главных событий позапрошлого столетия. Автор, обобщив колоссальный опыт научных достижений предшественников, создал самобытное красочное полотно событий, в которых прослеживались основные тенденции развития ... Read more

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Выдающийся немецкий исследователь Оскар Егер в конце XIX века опубликовал фундаментальный труд по мировой истории, в котором проследил прошлое цивилизации от возникновения первых государств до главных событий позапрошлого столетия. Автор, обобщив колоссальный опыт научных достижений предшественников, создал самобытное красочное полотно событий, в которых прослеживались основные тенденции развития
... Read more
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U Up?

An Intimate History of Online Dating

by Hanna Kozlowska ...

Unabridged

12 hours 30 min

Based on in-depth interviews with daters around the globe, a fun and whip-smart social history of online dating tracing the fascinating ways we try to find love in a world that has changed rapidly around us, from Victorian-era personal ads to Hinge prompts.For better or worse (these days you’re more likely to hear “worse”) online dating has, over the last few decades, become a fundamental part of ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

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Based on in-depth interviews with daters around the globe, a fun and whip-smart social history of online dating tracing the fascinating ways we try to find love in a world that has changed rapidly around us, from Victorian-era personal ads to Hinge prompts.For better or worse (these days you’re more likely to hear “worse”) online dating has, over the last few decades, become a fundamental part of
... Read more
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Maths on the Back of an Envelope

Clever ways to (roughly) calculate anything

by Rob Eastaway ...

Narrated by Rob Eastaway ...

Unabridged

3 hours 36 min

‘Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway’ SIMON SINGH‘A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers’ HANNAH FRYHow many cats are there in the world?What's the chance of winning the lottery twice?And just how long does it take to count to a million?Learn how to tackle tricky maths problems with nothing but the back of an envelope, a pencil and some good old-fashioned brain power.Join ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

‘Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway’ SIMON SINGH‘A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers’ HANNAH FRYHow many cats are there in the world?What's the chance of winning the lottery twice?And just how long does it take to count to a million?Learn how to tackle tricky maths problems with nothing but the back of an envelope, a pencil and some good old-fashioned brain power.Join
... Read more
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From Silk to Silicon

The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives

by Jeffrey E. Garten ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

11 hours 29 min

From Silk to Silicon tells the story of who these men and women were, what they did, how they did it, and how their achievements continue to shape our world today. They include:• Genghis Khan, who united east and west by conquest and by opening new trade routes built on groundbreaking transportation and management innovations.• Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who arose from oppression to establish the ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

From Silk to Silicon tells the story of who these men and women were, what they did, how they did it, and how their achievements continue to shape our world today. They include:• Genghis Khan, who united east and west by conquest and by opening new trade routes built on groundbreaking transportation and management innovations.• Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who arose from oppression to establish the
... Read more
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The World in Books

52 Works of Great Short Nonfiction

by Kenneth C. Davis ...

Narrated by Kenneth C. Davis, Adenrele Ojo, Leon Nixon ...

Series series Great Short Books
Unabridged

15 hours 50 min

A bestselling historian takes readers on an intellectual and cultural adventure, offering a carefully curated guide to great, short nonfiction works by some of the world’s most influential writers—from Plato to Toni Morrison, Ernest Hemingway to bell hooks, and Marcus Aurelius to Joan Didion. A delightful roadmap to a year’s worth of reading briefly, plus biographies, fascinating facts, and idea ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

A bestselling historian takes readers on an intellectual and cultural adventure, offering a carefully curated guide to great, short nonfiction works by some of the world’s most influential writers—from Plato to Toni Morrison, Ernest Hemingway to bell hooks, and Marcus Aurelius to Joan Didion. A delightful roadmap to a year’s worth of reading briefly, plus biographies, fascinating facts, and idea
... Read more
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The Book of Nanak

by Navtej Sarna ...

Narrated by Kulvin Suri ...

Unabridged

3 hours 13 min

Guru Nanak was deeply spiritual from an early age, having being born into a society caught in the throes of orthodoxy and ritualism. The ills of child marriage, infanticide and a rigid caste system had further crippled his people. The outpouring of Nanak’s faith evolved into the universal message of the omnipresence and existence of one God, of true love, equality and compassion, which appealed to ... Read more

$23.00 CAD

Guru Nanak was deeply spiritual from an early age, having being born into a society caught in the throes of orthodoxy and ritualism. The ills of child marriage, infanticide and a rigid caste system had further crippled his people. The outpouring of Nanak’s faith evolved into the universal message of the omnipresence and existence of one God, of true love, equality and compassion, which appealed to
... Read more
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Reconstruction Updated Edition

America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877

by Eric Foner ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Unabridged

31 hours 32 min

From the ""preeminent historian of Reconstruction"" (New York Times Book Review), the prize-winning classic work on the post-Civil War period that shaped modern America.Eric Foner's ""masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history"" (New Republic) redefined how the post-Civil War period was viewed.Reconstruction chronicles the way in which Americans—black and white ... Read more

$66.99 CAD

From the ""preeminent historian of Reconstruction"" (New York Times Book Review), the prize-winning classic work on the post-Civil War period that shaped modern America.Eric Foner's ""masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history"" (New Republic) redefined how the post-Civil War period was viewed.Reconstruction chronicles the way in which Americans—black and white
... Read more
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Mad about Shakespeare

From Classroom to Theatre to Emergency Room

by Jonathan Bate ...

Narrated by Jonathan Bate ...

Unabridged

9 hours

‘Enlightening, moving’ SIR IAN MCKELLENFrom the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespeare and how his themes can untangle comedy and tragedy, learning and loving in our modern lives.‘The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.’How does one survive the death of a loved one, the mess of war, the experience of being schooled, of ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

‘Enlightening, moving’ SIR IAN MCKELLENFrom the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespeare and how his themes can untangle comedy and tragedy, learning and loving in our modern lives.‘The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.’How does one survive the death of a loved one, the mess of war, the experience of being schooled, of
... Read more
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History of Mathematics

by Blake Carson ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook box set - History of
Unabridged

3 hours 25 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.How did numbers, equations, and patterns shape our understanding of the universe? The history of mathematics is a story of human curiosity and problem-solving. From ancient counting systems to modern-day algorithms, mathematics has driven scientific and technological advancements. The Egyptians and Babylonians developed early numerical methods, while ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.How did numbers, equations, and patterns shape our understanding of the universe? The history of mathematics is a story of human curiosity and problem-solving. From ancient counting systems to modern-day algorithms, mathematics has driven scientific and technological advancements. The Egyptians and Babylonians developed early numerical methods, while
... Read more
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The Sensational Past

How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses

by Carolyn Purnell ...

Narrated by Liz Thompson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 35 min

Sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch-as they were celebrated during the Enlightenment and as they are perceived today. Blindfolding children from birth? Playing a piano made of live cats? Using tobacco to cure drowning? Wearing "flea"-colored clothes? These actions may seem odd to us, but in the eighteenth century, they made perfect sense. As often as we use our senses, we rarely stop to think ... Read more

$28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch-as they were celebrated during the Enlightenment and as they are perceived today. Blindfolding children from birth? Playing a piano made of live cats? Using tobacco to cure drowning? Wearing "flea"-colored clothes? These actions may seem odd to us, but in the eighteenth century, they made perfect sense. As often as we use our senses, we rarely stop to think
... Read more
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Homeschool History: A Year of Story-Driven Lessons to Bring the Past to Life for Your Kids

by Thomas Redford ...

Narrated by Thomas Redford ...

Unabridged

1 hour 45 min

Ditch dry textbooks and transform home education into vivid, story-driven history adventures that captivate kids. Whether you are navigating your first year of alternative education or seeking fresh inspiration for your family curriculum, this empowering guide makes the past leap off the page. Teach complex eras with confidence, flexibility, and excitement, no matter your child's age or learning ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ditch dry textbooks and transform home education into vivid, story-driven history adventures that captivate kids. Whether you are navigating your first year of alternative education or seeking fresh inspiration for your family curriculum, this empowering guide makes the past leap off the page. Teach complex eras with confidence, flexibility, and excitement, no matter your child's age or learning
... Read more
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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

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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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

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