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    Rosendorfer, Dt. Geschichte Vol. 1 bis 8

    by Herbert Rosendorfer ...
    Narrated by Gert Heidenreich ...
    Series series Deutsche Geschichte - Ein Versuch

    Abridged

    33 hours

    1850 Jahre Deutsche Geschichte erzählt mit bestechender Sachkenntnis und feinsinniger Beobachtungsgabe von einem der größten lebenden deutschsprachigen Literaten. Jetzt liegen erstmals alle 28 Einzel-CDs ungekürzt und gesammelt in einem einzigen repräsentativen Jubiläums-Download vor! Das sind im Einzelnen: 01: Von den Anfängen bis zum Wormser Konkordat 02: Von der Stauferzeit bis zu König Wenzel ... Read more

    $38.53 USD

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    Rosendorfer, Dt. Geschichte Vol. 1 bis 8

    by Herbert Rosendorfer ...
    Narrated by Gert Heidenreich ...
    Series series Deutsche Geschichte - Ein Versuch

    Abridged

    33 hours

    1850 Jahre Deutsche Geschichte erzählt mit bestechender Sachkenntnis und feinsinniger Beobachtungsgabe von einem der größten lebenden deutschsprachigen Literaten. Jetzt liegen erstmals alle 28 Einzel-CDs ungekürzt und gesammelt in einem einzigen repräsentativen Jubiläums-Download vor! Das sind im Einzelnen: 01: Von den Anfängen bis zum Wormser Konkordat 02: Von der Stauferzeit bis zu König Wenzel ... Read more

    $34.46 USD

  • Audiobook

    Medium Raw

    A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

    by Anthony Bourdain ...
    Narrated by Anthony Bourdain ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 59 min

    Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV’s Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, “A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook,” and he is at his entertaining best as he takes aim at some of the biggest names in the foodie world, ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The LGBTQ + History Book

    by DK ...
    Narrated by Willow Heath ...
    Series series DK Big Ideas

    Unabridged

    15 hours 57 min

    Discover the rich and complex history of LGBTQ+ people around the world - their struggles, triumphs, and cultural contributions.Exploring and explaining the most important ideas and events in LGBTQ+ history and culture, this book showcases the breadth of the LGBTQ+ experience. This diverse, global account explores the most important moments, movements, and phenomena, from the first known lesbian ... Read more

    $25.00 USD

  • Audiobook

    New Zealand: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Land of the Long White Cloud and Māori People

    by Captivating History ...
    Narrated by Jason Zenobia ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 27 min

    Two manuscripts in one audiobook:History of New Zealand: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Land of the Long White Cloud, from the Polynesians Through the Māori Musket Wars to the PresentMāori History: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Indigenous Polynesian People of New ZealandIn the first part of this audiobook, you will learn about:Extinct animals that used to call New Zealand ... Read more

    $19.95 USD

  • Audiobook

    Enough Is Enuf

    Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell

    by Gabe Henry ...
    Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 49 min

    A brief and humorous 500-year history of the Simplified Spelling Movement from advocates like Ben Franklin, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain to texts and Twitter.Why does the G in George sound different from the G in gorge? Why does C begin both case and cease? And why is it funny when a philologist faints, but not polight to laf about it? Anyone who has ever had the misfortune to write in English has, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • 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

    $21.61 USD

  • 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

    $55.00 USD

  • Audiobook

    A Less Boring History of the World

    by Dave Rear ...
    Narrated by Miles Jupp ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 55 min

    Refreshes the parts other history books can’t reach...A bit ropy on the Renaissance?In the dark about the Enlightenment?Or, in fact, do you need a revision course on the entire history of the world and want to read a witty, irreverent, definitely not boring romp through everything that has ever happened on planet earth – from 15 billion years BC to the present day?Good.A Less Boring History of the ... Read more

    $12.28 USD

  • Audiobook

    Archaeology from Space

    How the Future Shapes Our Past

    by Sarah Parcak ...
    Narrated by Sarah Parcak ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 39 min

    **This program is read by the author.National Geographic Explorer and TED Prize-winner Dr. Sarah Parcak welcomes you to the exciting new world of space archaeology, a growing field that is sparking extraordinary discoveries from ancient civilizations across the globe.**In Archaeology from Space, Sarah Parcak shows the evolution, major discoveries, and future potential of the young field of ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • 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

    $25.00 USD

  • Audiobook

    Winters in the World

    A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year

    by Eleanor Parker ...
    Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 18 min

    Interweaving literature, history, and religion, an exquisite meditation on the turning of the seasons in medieval England.Winters in the World is a beautifully observed journey through the cycle of the year in Anglo-Saxon England, exploring the festivals, customs, and traditions linked to the different seasons. Drawing on a wide variety of source material, including poetry, histories, and ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • 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

    $28.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    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

    $14.95 USD

  • Audiobook

    Daylight Robbery

    How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future

    by Dominic Frisby ...
    Narrated by Dominic Frisby ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 48 min

    'Fuel for the post-Christmas lunch argument' Financial TimesDeath and taxes are our inevitable fate. We've been told this since the beginning of civilisation. But what if we stopped to question our antiquated system? Is it fair? And is it capable of serving the needs of our rapidly-changing, modern society?In Daylight Robbery, Dominic Frisby traces the origins of taxation, from its roots in the ... Read more

    $17.74 USD

  • Audiobook

    Storia della Letteratura Italiana

    by Francesco De Sanctis ...
    Narrated by Silvia Cecchini ...

    Unabridged

    29 hours 22 min

    La Storia della letteratura italiana, completata nel 1871 è la principale opera di Francesco De Sanctis, il più grande critico letterario e saggista italiano dell'Ottocento: essa costituisce la prima grande sintesi organica di tutta la letteratura italiana. L'opera, che non deve essere considerata un manuale di consultazione ma una sintesi ardente di tutta l'intera storia della società italiana ... Read more

    $7.13 USD

  • Audiobook

    Voices of a People’s History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition

    by Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove ...
    Narrated by Robert Fass, Prentice Onayemi, Allyson Johnson, Vivienne Leheny, Jennifer Ikeda, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Raphael Corkhill, Vikas Adam, various narrators, Justin D. Torres ...

    Unabridged

    31 hours 15 min

    Selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—offered by the people who make history happen, but are often left out of history books: women, workers, nonwhites. Featuring introductions to the original texts by Howard Zinn.New voices featured in this 10th Anniversary Edition include Chelsea Manning, speaking after her thirty-five-year prison sentence; Naomi Klein, speaking ... Read more

    $29.95 USD

  • Audiobook

    Die Sprache bringt es an den Tag - kostenlose Hörprobe

    Es ist ein Glück, dass ich nicht geheiratet habe ...

    by Adolf Hitler, Axel Nitz ...
    Narrated by Stefan Hunstein ...

    Unabridged

    3 min

    Als Beispiel und kostenlose Hörprobe liest Stefan Hunstein Gedanken und Reflexionen des "Führers" über die Stellung der Ehe und der Frau... Sein Resümee: "Es ist ein Glück, dass ich nicht geheiratet habe ..." Die kompletten "Tischgespräche" sowie "Liebesbriefe an Adolf Hitler" und die "Aufzeichnungen von Rudolf Höß, Kommandant in Auschwitz" sind in der NOA NOA Hör-Buchedition erschienen. ... Read more

    Free

  • Audiobook

    100 mitos de la historia de México

    Volumen 1

    by Francisco Martín Moreno ...
    Narrated by Adrian Ogazón ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 48 min

    La historia de México no es como te la contaron...Con la pluma filosa y espléndidamente documentada que lo caracteriza, Francisco Martín Moreno indaga en la deslumbrante historia de México y sus zonas más tenebrosas: revela los verdaderos intereses de líderes y caudillos, las conjuras más atroces que marcaron nuestra Independencia, la Revolución, la Guerra de Reforma</stron... ... Read more

    $21.38 USD

  • Audiobook

    History of Britain, The

    From neolithic times to the present day

    by Richard Dargie ...
    Narrated by Roger May ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 44 min

    From the Stone Age to the 21st century, The History of Britain chronicles the epic story of this small but turbulent kingdom.Listen to the incredible events of the Norman invasions, the execution of Charles I, the uprisings in Dark Age Wales, the birth of tabloid newspapers in Victorian Britain and much more. Fully revised and updated to include the latest political developments, this fascinating ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • 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

    $7.88 USD

  • 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

    $8.69 USD

  • Audiobook

    Conspiracies, Coincidences, Or Clues?

    A Fun Guide To Finding The Truth

    by Damon Gilbert ...
    Narrated by Scotty Kwas ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 20 min

    Dive into a riveting exploration of conspiracy theories, hidden historical events, and little-known facts that challenge the narratives we’ve been taught. Written by a layman author with a knack for uncovering truth, this book delivers profound insights through clear, relatable prose—free from the trappings of intellectual superiority. From shadowy government cover-ups to forgotten moments that ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Muse of History

    The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present

    by Oswyn Murray ...
    Narrated by Justin Avoth ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 53 min

    The study of ancient Greece has been central to Western conceptions of history since the Renaissance. The Muse of History traces the shifting patterns of this preoccupation in the last three centuries, in which successive generations have reinterpreted the Greeks in the light of their contemporary worlds. Thus, in the eighteenth century, the conflict between Athens and Sparta became a touchstone ... Read more

    $29.99 USD