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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

$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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The Dead Beat

by Marilyn Johnson ...

Narrated by Marilyn Johnson ...

Unabridged

6 hours 43 min

Marilyn Johnson was enthralled by the remarkable lives that were marching out of this world—so she sought out the best obits in the English language and the people who spent their lives writing about the dead. She surveyed the darkest corners of Internet chat rooms, and made a pilgrimage to London to savor the most caustic and literate obits of all. Now she leads us on a compelling journey into ... Read more

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Marilyn Johnson was enthralled by the remarkable lives that were marching out of this world—so she sought out the best obits in the English language and the people who spent their lives writing about the dead. She surveyed the darkest corners of Internet chat rooms, and made a pilgrimage to London to savor the most caustic and literate obits of all. Now she leads us on a compelling journey into
... Read more
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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

$36.99 CAD

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,
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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
... 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

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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 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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Chess Opening Names - Volume 1

by Nathan Rose ...

Narrated by Nathan Rose ...

Unabridged

4 hours 53 min

The people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their namesWhen we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You probably know the names already: the Sicilian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, the French Defense, the Caro-Kann, the Benoni, the London System, the Scandinavian Defense and so on.But most chess players don't know WHY the openings are called what they are. The tales are ... Read more

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The people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their namesWhen we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You probably know the names already: the Sicilian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, the French Defense, the Caro-Kann, the Benoni, the London System, the Scandinavian Defense and so on.But most chess players don't know WHY the openings are called what they are. The tales are
... Read more
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Time’s Monster

How History Makes History

by Priya Satia ...

Narrated by Priya Satia, Tanya Rodriguez ...

Unabridged

16 hours 45 min

For generations, British thinkers told the history of an empire whose story was still very much in the making. While they wrote of conquest, imperial rule in India, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean was consolidated. While they described the development of imperial governance, rebellions were brutally crushed. As they reimagined empire during the two world wars, decolonization was ... Read more

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For generations, British thinkers told the history of an empire whose story was still very much in the making. While they wrote of conquest, imperial rule in India, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean was consolidated. While they described the development of imperial governance, rebellions were brutally crushed. As they reimagined empire during the two world wars, decolonization was
... Read more
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So Great Was the Slaughter

Market Hunters, Sportsmen, and Wildlife Conservation in Arkansas

by Buckley T. Foster ...

Narrated by Steve Marvel ...

Unabridged

9 hours 21 min

So Great Was the Slaughter reveals the untold story of Arkansas conservation pioneers who saved the state's game and fish populations. As Arkansas entered the twentieth century, the national demand for meat combined with the ability to ship millions of animals to hungry cities like New Orleans, Memphis, and Chicago had driven many species, including bison and passenger pigeons, to extinction in ... Read more

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So Great Was the Slaughter reveals the untold story of Arkansas conservation pioneers who saved the state's game and fish populations. As Arkansas entered the twentieth century, the national demand for meat combined with the ability to ship millions of animals to hungry cities like New Orleans, Memphis, and Chicago had driven many species, including bison and passenger pigeons, to extinction in
... Read more
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The Europeans

Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture

by Orlando Figes ...

Narrated by James Langton ...

Unabridged

21 hours 40 min

From the “master of historical narrative” (Financial Times), a dazzling, richly detailed, panoramic work—the first to document the genesis of a continent-wide European cultureThe nineteenth century in Europe was the first age of cultural globalization—an epoch when mass communications and high-speed rail travel brought Europe together, overcoming national barriers and creating a truly pan-European ... Read more

$41.95 CAD

From the “master of historical narrative” (Financial Times), a dazzling, richly detailed, panoramic work—the first to document the genesis of a continent-wide European cultureThe nineteenth century in Europe was the first age of cultural globalization—an epoch when mass communications and high-speed rail travel brought Europe together, overcoming national barriers and creating a truly pan-European
... Read more
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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

$28.99 CAD

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
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Why Learn History

(When It's Already on Your Phone)

by Sam Wineburg ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

6 hours 27 min

Let’s start with two truths about our era: We are surrounded by more readily available information than ever before. And a huge percentage of it is inaccurate. Some of the bad info is well-meaning but ignorant. Some of it is deliberately deceptive. All of it is pernicious.With the internet always at our fingertips, what's a teacher of history to do? Sam Wineburg has answers, beginning with this: ... Read more

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Let’s start with two truths about our era: We are surrounded by more readily available information than ever before. And a huge percentage of it is inaccurate. Some of the bad info is well-meaning but ignorant. Some of it is deliberately deceptive. All of it is pernicious.With the internet always at our fingertips, what's a teacher of history to do? Sam Wineburg has answers, beginning with this:
... Read more
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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

$34.00 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
... Read more
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Under the Dome

Politics, Crisis, and Architecture at the United States Capitol

by Alan M. Hantman ...

Narrated by Peter Lerman ...

Unabridged

10 hours 7 min

The domed US Capitol Building is recognized around the world as America's most iconic symbol, the forum for representative democracy, and the physical stage for the transfer of executive power. As the United States grew in size and complexity, the Capitol was built, rebuilt, enlarged, and extended many times under the direction of the few who have served as Architect of the Capitol. This official ... Read more

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The domed US Capitol Building is recognized around the world as America's most iconic symbol, the forum for representative democracy, and the physical stage for the transfer of executive power. As the United States grew in size and complexity, the Capitol was built, rebuilt, enlarged, and extended many times under the direction of the few who have served as Architect of the Capitol. This official
... Read more
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Kompendium av universell historie

by Valero Pujol ...

Narrated by Jordi Savall ...

Unabridged

15 hours 21 min

"Kompendium av universell historie" er en fengslende og omfattende lydbok som tar deg med på en episk reise gjennom menneskehetens historie – fra de eldste sivilisasjonene til moderne tid. Basert på Valero Pujols klassiske verk, er dette en tilpasset norsk utgave som kombinerer grundig forskning med levende fortelling, perfekt for lyttere som ønsker å fordype seg i historiens store panorama uten å ... Read more

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"Kompendium av universell historie" er en fengslende og omfattende lydbok som tar deg med på en episk reise gjennom menneskehetens historie – fra de eldste sivilisasjonene til moderne tid. Basert på Valero Pujols klassiske verk, er dette en tilpasset norsk utgave som kombinerer grundig forskning med levende fortelling, perfekt for lyttere som ønsker å fordype seg i historiens store panorama uten å
... Read more
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How the New Deal Built Florida Tourism

The Civilian Conservation Corps and State Parks

by David J. Nelson ...

Narrated by Paul Woodson ...

Unabridged

10 hours 27 min

Countering the conventional narrative that Florida's tourism industry suffered during the Great Depression, this book shows that the 1930s were the starting point for much that characterizes modern Florida's tourism. David Nelson argues that state and federal government programs designed to reboot the economy during this decade are crucial to understanding the state today.Nelson examines the ... Read more

$35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Countering the conventional narrative that Florida's tourism industry suffered during the Great Depression, this book shows that the 1930s were the starting point for much that characterizes modern Florida's tourism. David Nelson argues that state and federal government programs designed to reboot the economy during this decade are crucial to understanding the state today.Nelson examines the
... Read more
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Hope and Honor

Jewish Resistance during the Holocaust

by Rachel L. Einwohner ...

Narrated by Suzanne Toren ...

Unabridged

10 hours 49 min

A powerful account of Jewish resistance in Nazi-occupied Europe and why such resistance was so remarkable.Most popular accounts of the Holocaust typically cast Jewish victims as meek and ask, "Why didn't Jews resist?" But we know now that Jews did resist, staging armed uprisings in ghettos and camps throughout Nazi-occupied Europe. In Hope and Honor, Rachel L. Einwohner illustrates the dangers in ... Read more

$35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A powerful account of Jewish resistance in Nazi-occupied Europe and why such resistance was so remarkable.Most popular accounts of the Holocaust typically cast Jewish victims as meek and ask, "Why didn't Jews resist?" But we know now that Jews did resist, staging armed uprisings in ghettos and camps throughout Nazi-occupied Europe. In Hope and Honor, Rachel L. Einwohner illustrates the dangers in
... Read more
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The Frontiers of Knowledge

What We Know About Science, History and The Mind

by A. C. Grayling ...

Narrated by Richard Goulding ...

Unabridged

13 hours 43 min

Brought to you by Penguin.In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5% of the universe; pre-history is still being revealed, with thousands of historical sites yet to be explored; and the ... Read more

$23.98 CAD

Brought to you by Penguin.In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5% of the universe; pre-history is still being revealed, with thousands of historical sites yet to be explored; and the
... Read more
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Saeculum

Defining Historical Eras in Ancient Roman Thought

by Paul Hay ...

Narrated by Roman Howell ...

Unabridged

8 hours 23 min

How the notion of unique eras influenced the Roman view of time and the narration of history from various perspectives.The Victorian Era. The Age of Enlightenment. The post-9/11 years. We are accustomed to demarcating history, fencing off one period from the next. But societies have not always operated in this way. Paul Hay returns to Rome in the first century BCE to glimpse the beginnings of ... Read more

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How the notion of unique eras influenced the Roman view of time and the narration of history from various perspectives.The Victorian Era. The Age of Enlightenment. The post-9/11 years. We are accustomed to demarcating history, fencing off one period from the next. But societies have not always operated in this way. Paul Hay returns to Rome in the first century BCE to glimpse the beginnings of
... Read more
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History of the Battle of Thermopylae: The Truth Behind the Legend

by Robert Hanley ...

Narrated by Robert Hanley ...

Unabridged

1 hour 55 min

Beyond the myth of three hundred doomed warriors lies the gripping reality of ancient military history's greatest last stand. Traverse the blood-soaked pass of ancient Greece as rival empires clash in an epic fight for survival. This immersive investigation deconstructs the legendary Persian invasion, testing every battlefield claim against hard archaeological evidence.Perfect for an engaging ... Read more

$13.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Beyond the myth of three hundred doomed warriors lies the gripping reality of ancient military history's greatest last stand. Traverse the blood-soaked pass of ancient Greece as rival empires clash in an epic fight for survival. This immersive investigation deconstructs the legendary Persian invasion, testing every battlefield claim against hard archaeological evidence.Perfect for an engaging
... Read more
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Lokshahir Annabhau Sathe

by Ashok Gaikwad ...

Narrated by Ashok Gaikwad ...

Unabridged

59 min

लोकशाहीर अण्णाभाऊ साठे - एक पोवाडा ... Read more

$5.34 CAD

लोकशाहीर अण्णाभाऊ साठे - एक पोवाडा
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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
... Read more
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Joe Gould's Teeth

by Jill Lepore ...

Narrated by Jill Lepore ...

Unabridged

3 hours 17 min

From New Yorker staff writer and Harvard historian Jill Lepore, the dark, spellbinding tale of her restless search for the long-lost, longest book ever written, a century-old manuscript called “The Oral History of Our Time.”Joe Gould, a madman, believed he was the most brilliant historian of the twentieth century. So did some of his friends, a group of modernist writers and artists that included E ... Read more

$16.50 CAD

From New Yorker staff writer and Harvard historian Jill Lepore, the dark, spellbinding tale of her restless search for the long-lost, longest book ever written, a century-old manuscript called “The Oral History of Our Time.”Joe Gould, a madman, believed he was the most brilliant historian of the twentieth century. So did some of his friends, a group of modernist writers and artists that included E
... Read more
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A Historian in Gaza

by Jean-Pierre Filiu ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

4 hours 59 min

Jean-Pierre Filiu, acclaimed historian of Gaza, is intimately familiar with the land's people and places; he speaks the local dialect. But nothing prepared him for what he encountered there in December 2024. This is his unforgettable, unbearably intimate account of one month in a place shattered by Israel's all-out war.When the historian returned to Gaza, he arrived under circumstances ... Read more

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Jean-Pierre Filiu, acclaimed historian of Gaza, is intimately familiar with the land's people and places; he speaks the local dialect. But nothing prepared him for what he encountered there in December 2024. This is his unforgettable, unbearably intimate account of one month in a place shattered by Israel's all-out war.When the historian returned to Gaza, he arrived under circumstances
... Read more

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