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    Die kosmologische Periode der griechischen Philosophie

    by August Messer ...
    Narrated by Jan Koester ...

    Abridged

    1 hour 15 min

    Die kosmologische Periode der griechischen Philosophie umfasst die Jahre zwischen 600 bis 400 v. Chr. Es ist die vorsokratische Zeit; der Beginn der abendländischen Philosophie. Die Vorsokratiker beschäftigten sich vor allem mit Naturphilosophie, Theogonie sowie Kosmogonie und formulierten die Grundfragen der Philosophie. In diesem Hörbuch werden die folgenden griechischen Philosophen vorgestellt: ... Read more

    €14.90 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    CD WISSEN - Widerstand im Dritten Reich

    Geschwister Scholl, Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, Oskar Schindler

    by Stephanie Mende, Volker Gerth ...
    Narrated by Axel Wostry ...
    Series series CD WISSEN

    Unabridged

    1 hour 8 min

    Wird über den dunkelsten Fleck in der deutschen Geschichte gesprochen, kommt immer wiederdie Frage auf, ob es der deutschen Bevölkerung nicht möglich gewesen wäre, Widerstand zu leisten.Doch wo beginnt Widerstand? Dieser Frage geht dieses Hörbuch nach exemplarisch an den Lebensgeschichten von den Geschwistern Scholl, Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg und Oskar Schindler. Einfühlsam wird dabei ... Read more

    €7.90 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas

    Discovering the History of Our Favorite Christmas Celebrations

    by Ace Collins ...
    Narrated by Paul Michael ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 25 min

    Enhance your holiday celebrations as you discover the real story behind some of your most beloved Christmas customs and how they all point to Christ.Ever wonder where some of our unique and meaningful Christmas traditions come from?Why are red and green popular colors of the season?Why is exchanging gifts a family tradition?The golden traditions of Christmas—gifts, wreaths, stockings, carols, ... Read more

    €20.99

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    Lest We Forget

    100 Stories of Love, Loss and Heroism

    by Tessa Dunlop ...
    Narrated by Tessa Dunlop ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 24 min

    A moving account of how war is remembered – and by whom'Impressive. A hundred individual histories, skillfully assembled, built into a poignant meditation on why they still matter' David Olusoga'Brilliant' Piers MorganShortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Year Award 2026Bestselling historian Tessa Dunlop travels the length and breadth of the United Kingdom on a quest to uncover ... Read more

    €22.99

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    How We Disappear

    A Personal History of Information

    by Thomas S. Mullaney ...
    Narrated by James D. Sasser ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 41 min

    A brilliant foray into the nature of information, of history, and of making meaning in the face of death and decay.Our lives are collections of information—from mundane official documents, poignant family photos, and random artifacts to the cues embodied in our genes. Never is this more evident than in the wake of a parent's death. Yet from all these elusive, even evanescent, data points, history ... Read more

    €17.67

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    The Princeton Guide to Historical Research

    by Zachary M. Schrag ...
    Narrated by Peter Lerman ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours

    The essential handbook for doing historical research in the twenty-first centuryThe Princeton Guide to Historical Research provides students, scholars, and professionals with the skills they need to practice the historian's craft in the digital age, while never losing sight of the fundamental values and techniques that have defined historical scholarship for centuries.Zachary Schrag begins by ... Read more

    €21.03

  • Audiobook

    Hörportrait: Nostradamus

    Prophet, Zeitreisender oder Scharlatan?

    by Diverse ...
    Narrated by Reiner Schöne ...
    Series series Hörportrait - Biographien berühmter Persönlichkeiten in unterhaltsamer Form

    Abridged

    59 min

    Die neueste Ausgabe der Biographien-Serie "Hörportrait" befasst sich mit einer der kontroversesten Figuren des Mittelalters: Nostradamus. Schon zu Lebzeiten erlangte er weltweite Berühmtheit, indem er den gewaltsamen Tod des Königs Heinrich II. vorhersagte. Seine Prophezeiungen, in denen er unter anderem die Herrschaften von Napoleon und Hitler vorhersagte, das Kennedy-Attentat sowie die Aids ... Read more

    €7.50

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    Hörportrait: Rainer Maria Rilke

    by Sven Görtz ...
    Narrated by Sven Görtz ...
    Series series Hörportrait - Biographien berühmter Persönlichkeiten in unterhaltsamer Form

    Abridged

    1 hour 17 min

    Wenn das eigene Leben Themen, Motive und Bilder für das schriftstellerische Werk vorgibt, dann kommt man an der Biographie von Rainer Maria Rilke, Lieblingslyriker der Deutschen, nicht vorbei: Die Kindheit in Mädchenkleidern, die jäh beendet wird durch den Besuch der Militärrealschule, seine - milde ausgedrückt - unkonventionellen Beziehungen zu Frauen wie Lou Andreas-Salomé, Paula Becker und ... Read more

    €7.50

  • Audiobook

    A SHROPSHIRE LAD (UNABRIDGED)

    by A. E. HOUSMAN ...
    Narrated by Melissa Herrington ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 6 min

    Composed while Housman was living in London, and mostly before he even visited the county of Shropshire, A Shropshire Lad is a cycle of 63 poems which describe an idyllic rural existence, but with the main theme being young mens' early deaths. This led its popularity during the Second Boer War, and then later during WWI. - Summary by clarinetcarrot ... Read more

    €4.22

  • Audiobook

    A verdade vencerá (3ª edição)

    O povo sabe por que me condenam

    by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ...
    Narrated by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Ivana Jinkings ...

    Abridged

    6 hours 9 min

    A verdade vencerá: o povo sabe por que me condenam foi lançado originalmente em 2018, semanas antes da prisão do ex-presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, que teve como cerne as três sessões presenciais de entrevistas com Lula, nas quais discorreu sobre sua vida, os governos do PT, o golpe parlamentar de 2016, sua prisão que parecia cada vez mais certa e o futuro do Brasil. A segunda edição foi ... Read more

    €7.49

  • Audiobook

    Alasachinthakal

    by Jenith Kachapilly ...
    Narrated by Cinol K John ...

    Unabridged

    19 min

    Narendran is a news reporter-writer who works in a leading daily. He has to travel most of the time for work. The experiences he has gained from all these years is a talent in observing people and finding the hidden stories of their life. On one of his journeys, he meets a middle-aged couple on a train. The story progresses around the intuitions and imaginations formed by Narendran about the life ... Read more

    €2.99

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    What If?

    A BBC Radio 4 alternative history

    by Christopher Andrew ...
    Narrated by Christopher Andrew ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 28 min

    Christopher Andrew and guests ask what would have happened if major historical moments had taken a different courseIn these 34 intriguing episodes, leading historian Christopher Andrew rewrites history, considering what might have transpired if pivotal events had turned out differently. By altering a single, plausible fact, he explores alternative futures where the Spanish Armada landed on English ... Read more

    €18.38

  • Audiobook

    Jembe Revolution

    The Birth of the Jembe in America

    by Kojo Bey ...
    Narrated by Obba Babatundé ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 52 min

    The jembe drum is one of the most popular percussion instruments in the world. This book will explore African drumming and dance before the jembe drum arrived in America. Drummers, dancers and enthusiasts who experienced the beginning of jembe music in America provided insight on how the jembe fueled a revolution. The energy of this book encouraged Jembefolas to reveal secret information they had ... Read more

    €21.04 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The United States Constitution

    by James Madison and Various Authors ...
    Narrated by AI Voice ...

    Unabridged

    33 min

    This program is read by an AI-based synthesized voice. ... Read more

    €4.20

  • Audiobook

    Fruer og vildmænd. Dansk middelalderhistorie. Bind 1

    by Niels Skyum-Nielsen ...
    Narrated by Maja Juhlin ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 40 min

    Indtil for relativt nyligt var verdenshistorien skrevet på en måde, som fik det til at se ud, som om kun stormænd, bisper, konger og militærmænd var værd at fortælle om – med særlig vægt lagt på ordet ’mænd’. Niels Skyum-Nielsens tobindsværk ”Fruer og vildmænd” gør op med den traditionelle patriarkalske historiefortælling, hvor mandlige historikere fortæller om mandlige historiske personer og ... Read more

    €10.59

  • Audiobook

    Los Medici

    Mi familia

    by Lorenzo De Medici ...
    Narrated by Mario (Voz de IA) ...
    Series series Ariel

    Unabridged

    10 hours 12 min

    Una crónica familiar y personal, contada por el último heredero.En el corazón del Renacimiento, los Medici forjaron un legado que transformó el arte, la ciencia y la política en Europa. Lorenzo de' Medici, su descendiente directo, nos abre las puertas a su historia, compartiendo secretos jamás contados y reflexiones sobre el peso de su herencia. Entre intrigas, alianzas y mecenazgo, este libro es ... Read more

    €9.99

  • Audiobook

    Deutschland und die Fußball WM 2026

    Die Geschichte der deutschen Nationalmannschaft

    by Michele Martin ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Fussball WM 2026 Die Geschichte der Champions

    Unabridged

    3 hours 35 min

    Deutschland und die Fußball WM 2026 – Die Geschichte der deutschen Nationalmannschaft Kaum eine Nation hat die Geschichte des Fußballs so nachhaltig geprägt wie Deutschland. Von den Anfängen des Spiels im ausgehenden neunzehnten Jahrhundert bis hin zur Nationalmannschaft auf dem Weg zur Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2026 erzählt dieses Hörbuch die faszinierende Geschichte einer Mannschaft, die ... Read more

    €24.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    History

    A Very Short Introduction

    by John H. Arnold ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 43 min

    There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end. John Arnold's addition to Oxford's popular Very Short Introductions series is a stimulating essay about how people study and understand history. The book begins by inviting us to think about various questions provoked by our ... Read more

    €10.93

  • Audiobook

    What Is History For?

    by Robert Gildea ...
    Narrated by Robbie Stevens ...
    Series series What Is It For?

    Unabridged

    4 hours 17 min

    “History”, suggests Robert Gildea, “is a battlefield.” Questions of power, rights, identity and nationhood always have an ancient and modern historical dimension and countries still go to war over their interpretation of history. Yet accounts of history are just as prone to fabrication as fake news, so how can we tell good history from bad? How can history be critical, learning from the past and ... Read more

    €12.58 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The History of College Nicknames, Mascots and School Colors

    by Gary Hudson ...
    Narrated by Joe Hernandez ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 48 min

    This book explains the history behind how colleges derived their nicknames, mascots, and school colors. Gary Hudson chose to focus the attention of his book on schools that have Division 1A Football programs, because all the athletic programs at those schools will also compete in Division 1A sports. Consequently, those schools tend to get more exposure in the media, thereby drawing more attention ... Read more

    €8.95 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Judas-Asvero: Trechos selecionados de "À margem da história"

    by Euclides da Cunha ...
    Narrated by Guga Almeida ...
    Series series MiniPops

    Abridged

    20 min

    Extraída do livro "À margem da história", a narrativa "Judas-Asvero" traz para o leitor relatos da vida cotidiana do seringal, ao tempo em que seu autor, Euclides da Cunha, o conheceu. As gigantescas dificuldades do trabalhador brasileiro diante das condições singulares da região permitem um paralelo de suas vidas com um Sábado de Aleluia constante. ... Read more

    €1.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    What Is History, Now?

    by Suzannah Lipscomb, Helen Carr ...
    Narrated by Suzannah Lipscomb, Helen Carr, Peter Kenny, Sara Powell ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 53 min

    This groundbreaking new collection addresses the burning issue of how we interpret history today. What stories are told, and by whom, who should be celebrated, and what rewritten, are questions that have been asked recently not just within the history world, but by all of us. Featuring a diverse mix of writers, both bestselling names and emerging voices, this is the history book we need NOW.WHAT ... Read more

    €23.56

  • Audiobook

    150 Great American Events

    Important Moments in History that Forged a Nation

    by William J. Bennett, John T.E. Cribb ...
    Narrated by Milton Bagby ...
    Series series Essence of American History

    Unabridged

    5 hours 43 min

    Be inspired by fascinating accounts of historical events that will make you proud to be an American.In 150 Great American Events, history vividly comes to life in brief overviews of some of the most important happenings from our nation’s past.For many of us, history can seem far removed from our day-to-day lives—it’s stuff we learned in school that has little impact on our modern world. However, ... Read more

    €20.99

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    Compendio di storia universale

    by Valero Pujol ...
    Narrated by Jordi Savall ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 36 min

    Intraprendete un viaggio affascinante attraverso i millenni della storia umana con il "Compendio di storia universale" di Valero Pujol. Con uno stile narrativo vivace e coinvolgente, l'autore vi conduce dalle origini delle prime civiltà fino ai grandi eventi che hanno plasmato il mondo moderno. Incontrerete imperi maestosi, leader visionari, scoperte rivoluzionarie e battaglie decisive che hanno ... Read more

    €13.46 or Free with Kobo Plus