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  • Goodbye, Eastern Europe

    An Intimate History of a Divided Land

    by Jacob Mikanowski ...
    In light of Russia's aggressive 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a crucial, elucidative read, a sweeping epic chronicling a thousand years of strife, war, and bloodshed, from pre-Christianity to the fall of Communism—illuminating the remarkable cultural significance and richness of a place perpetually lost to the margins of history."Eastern Europe" has gone out of fashion since ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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    Goodbye, Eastern Europe

    An Intimate History of a Divided Land

    by Jacob Mikanowski ...
    Narrated by Jacob Mikanowski ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 5 min

    In light of Russia's aggressive 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a crucial, elucidative read, a sweeping epic chronicling a thousand years of strife, war, and bloodshed, from pre-Christianity to the fall of Communism—illuminating the remarkable cultural significance and richness of a place perpetually lost to the margins of history."Eastern Europe" has gone out of fashion since ... Read more

    $29.50 CAD

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    Strangeland

    How Britain Stopped Making Sense

    by Jon Sopel ...
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    Unabridged

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    Brought to you by Penguin.From Jon Sopel, bestselling author and presenter of hit podcast The News Agents, comes an incisive examination of post-Brexit Britain and what it means for our future.Returning to the UK in some ways has been disconcerting – or maybe discombobulating would be a better word. It is, after all, my home; it is where I grew up, a country I love and am proud of. But either it’s ... Read more

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    On the Shadow Tracks

    A Journey through Occupied Myanmar

    by Clare Hammond ...
    Narrated by Clare Hammond ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 8 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.In 2016, while working as a journalist in Yangon, Clare Hammond discovered an obscure map that showed a web of new railways spanning the length and breadth of the country - railways not shown on any other publicly available maps. She was determined to uncover the railways' origins, purpose, and most of all, the silence that surrounded them. She would spend three months ... Read more

    $25.83 CAD

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    Broken Heartlands

    A Journey Through Labour's Lost England

    by Sebastian Payne ...
    Narrated by Sebastian Payne ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours

    Broken Heartlands is an essential and compelling political road-trip through ten constituencies that tell the story of Labour’s red wall, by Sebastian Payne – an award-winning journalist and Whitehall Editor for the Financial Times.The Times Political Book of the YearA Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Daily Mail and FT B**ook of the Year****'**Immensely<... ... Read more

    $23.96 CAD

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    Look Away

    A True Story of Murders, Bombings, and a Far-Right Campaign to Rid Germany of Immigrants

    by Jacob Kushner ...
    Narrated by Samantha Desz ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 13 min

    From a journalist and foreign correspondent, the harrowing history of how an economic crisis and far-right extremists catalyzed a shocking resurgence of violence in 21st-century Germany.Not long after the Berlin Wall fell, three teenagers became friends in the East German town of Jena. It was a time of excitement, but also of economic crisis: some four million East Germans found themselves out of ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

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    Our Man

    Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century

    by George Packer ...
    Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 11 min

    ***Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography**Winner of the Los Angeles Times Prize for Biography**Winner of the 2019 Hitchens Prize*"Portrays Holbrooke in all of his endearing and exasperating self-willed glory...Both a sweeping diplomatic history and a Shakespearean tragicomedy... If you could read one book to comprehend American's foreign policy and its quixotic forays into quicksands over ... Read more

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    Republic

    Britain's Revolutionary Decade, 1649–1660

    by Alice Hunt ...
    Narrated by Sophie Roberts ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 12 min

    A biography of a daring and an unprecedented decade: the 1650sEvents moved fast in the 1650s. Something cataclysmic happened every year, something that would thrust the newly formed republic, its people, and its eventual 'Lord Protector' Oliver Cromwell, in an entirely new direction. It was a time of bewildering change and uncertainty, but it was also a time of innovation and opportunity. And, for ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

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    The Fall of Boris Johnson

    The Award-Winning, Explosive Account of the PM's Final Days

    by Sebastian Payne ...
    Narrated by Sebastian Payne ...

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    8 hours 53 min

    The Fall of Boris Johnson is the explosive inside account of how a prime minister lost his hold on power. Written and read by Sebastian Payne, Director of Onward and former Whitehall Editor for the Financial Times.Winner at the 2022 Parlimentary Book AwardsA New Statesman, The Times, Daily Mail and FT Book of the Year'Revelatory' - The Daily Telegraph</... ... Read more

    $22.12 CAD

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    Italy Reborn

    From Fascism to Democracy

    by Mark Gilbert ...
    Narrated by Michael Langan ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 50 min

    In 1945, post-fascist Italy was devastated by war, and its reputation in the international arena was nil. Yet by December 1955, when Italy was admitted to the United Nations, the nation had contested three acrimonious but free general elections, had a flourishing press, and was a leader in the rebuilding of Europe.This is the dramatic story told by Italy Reborn. It charts the descent of Italy into ... Read more

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    Don't Believe a Word

    The Surprising Truth About Language

    by David Shariatmadari ...
    Narrated by Damian Lynch ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 59 min

    An entertaining and highly informed guide to what languages are and how they function.Everyone likes to think they know a bit about language: There are some words that you simply can't translate into English. The origin of a word tells you how it should be used. A dialect is inferior to a language.The problem is, none of these statements are true. In Don't Believe a Word, linguist David ... Read more

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    Steeple Chasing

    Around Britain by Church

    by Peter Ross ...
    Narrated by Peter Ross ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 47 min

    From the author of A Tomb With a View - a celebration of the weird and wonderful churches of BritainChurches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in our towns, villages and cities, even as their influence and authority has waned. They contain art and architectural wonders - one huge gallery scattered, like a handful of jewels, across these isles.Award-winning writer Peter Ross sets ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

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