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In the Shadow of the Shtetl

Small-Town Jewish Life in Soviet Ukraine

by Jeffrey Veidlinger ...

A history based on interviews with hundreds of Ukrainian Jews who survived both Hitler and Stalin, recounting experiences ordinary and extraordinary.The story of how the Holocaust decimated Jewish life in the shtetls of Eastern Europe is well known. Still, thousands of Jews in these small towns survived the war and returned afterward to rebuild their communities. The recollections of some four ... Read more

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A history based on interviews with hundreds of Ukrainian Jews who survived both Hitler and Stalin, recounting experiences ordinary and extraordinary.The story of how the Holocaust decimated Jewish life in the shtetls of Eastern Europe is well known. Still, thousands of Jews in these small towns survived the war and returned afterward to rebuild their communities. The recollections of some four
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In the Midst of Civilized Europe:

The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust

by Jeffrey Veidlinger ...

Winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for HistoryFrom the two-time winner of the Canadian Jewish Book Award, the first full depiction of the wave of anti-Jewish pogroms that followed the Russian Revolution and how they laid the groundwork for the HolocaustFinalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize and a National Jewish Book AwardBetween 1918 and 1921, over 100,000 Jews were murdered in Ukraine by ... Read more

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Winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for HistoryFrom the two-time winner of the Canadian Jewish Book Award, the first full depiction of the wave of anti-Jewish pogroms that followed the Russian Revolution and how they laid the groundwork for the HolocaustFinalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize and a National Jewish Book AwardBetween 1918 and 1921, over 100,000 Jews were murdered in Ukraine by
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Going to the People

Jews and the Ethnographic Impulse

Edited by Jeffrey Veidlinger ...

"A remarkable achievement, demonstrating the vitality of Jewish folklore and ethnographic studies a hundred years after An-sky's pioneering expedition." — FolkloreTaking S. An-sky's expeditions to the Pale of Jewish Settlement as its point of departure, the volume explores the dynamic and many-sided nature of ethnographic knowledge and the long and complex history of the production and consumption ... Read more

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"A remarkable achievement, demonstrating the vitality of Jewish folklore and ethnographic studies a hundred years after An-sky's pioneering expedition." — FolkloreTaking S. An-sky's expeditions to the Pale of Jewish Settlement as its point of departure, the volume explores the dynamic and many-sided nature of ethnographic knowledge and the long and complex history of the production and consumption
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In the Midst of Civilized Europe

The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust

by Jeffrey Veidlinger ...

Narrated by Leighton Pugh ...

Unabridged

14 hours 44 min

Winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for HistoryFrom the two-time winner of the Canadian Jewish Book Award, the first full depiction of the wave of anti-Jewish pogroms that followed the Russian Revolution and how they laid the groundwork for the HolocaustFinalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize and a National Jewish Book AwardBetween 1918 and 1921, over 100,000 Jews were murdered in Ukraine by ... Read more

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Winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for HistoryFrom the two-time winner of the Canadian Jewish Book Award, the first full depiction of the wave of anti-Jewish pogroms that followed the Russian Revolution and how they laid the groundwork for the HolocaustFinalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize and a National Jewish Book AwardBetween 1918 and 1921, over 100,000 Jews were murdered in Ukraine by
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On Bloody Sunday

A New History Of The Day And Its Aftermath – By The People Who Were There

by Julieann Campbell ...

Narrated by Julieann Campbell, Annie Farr, Eleanor Methven, Gordon Griffin, Maggie Ollerenshaw, Melanie MacHugh, Niall Cusack, Pat Lynch, Simon Nelson ...

Unabridged

14 hours 12 min

*****'A momentous chronicle, timely and vital, which highlights that the burden of change rests, as always, upon the shoulders of those who suffered and yet, have nurtured the desire that lessons be learned.' - Michael Mansfield QC*, who represented a number of families during the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.*'It's a wonderful book. The technique used - multiple voices speaking directly to us - is very ... Read more

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*****'A momentous chronicle, timely and vital, which highlights that the burden of change rests, as always, upon the shoulders of those who suffered and yet, have nurtured the desire that lessons be learned.' - Michael Mansfield QC*, who represented a number of families during the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.*'It's a wonderful book. The technique used - multiple voices speaking directly to us - is very
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Thomas Hardy

The Time-torn Man

by Claire Tomalin ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, David Shaw-Parker, Jill Balcon, Jill Balcon ...

Abridged

6 hours 46 min

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Thomas Hardy by Claire Tomalin, read by Jill Balcon and David Shaw-Parker.Paradox ruled Thomas Hardy's life. His birth was almost his death; he became one of the great Victorian novelists and reinvented himself as one of the twentieth-century's greatest poets; he was an unhappy husband and a desolate widower; he wrote bitter attacks on the English class ... Read more

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Thomas Hardy by Claire Tomalin, read by Jill Balcon and David Shaw-Parker.Paradox ruled Thomas Hardy's life. His birth was almost his death; he became one of the great Victorian novelists and reinvented himself as one of the twentieth-century's greatest poets; he was an unhappy husband and a desolate widower; he wrote bitter attacks on the English class
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The History of Magic

From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present

by Chris Gosden ...

Narrated by Clarke Peters ...

Unabridged

19 hours 7 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Three great strands of practice and belief run through human history - science, religion and magic. Over the last few centuries, magic - the idea that we have a connection with the universe, and that the universe responds to us - has developed a bad reputation. But it is still with us, as it has been for millennia, as Professor Chris Gosden shows in this extraordinarily ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.Three great strands of practice and belief run through human history - science, religion and magic. Over the last few centuries, magic - the idea that we have a connection with the universe, and that the universe responds to us - has developed a bad reputation. But it is still with us, as it has been for millennia, as Professor Chris Gosden shows in this extraordinarily
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Stalin

The Court of the Red Tsar

by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...

Narrated by Jonathan Aris ...

Unabridged

27 hours 50 min

Fifty years after his death, Stalin remains a figure of powerful and dark fascination. The almost unfathomable scale of his crimes–as many as 20 million Soviets died in his purges and infamous Gulag–has given him the lasting distinction as a personification of evil in the twentieth century. But though the facts of Stalin’s reign are well known, this remarkable biography reveals a Stalin we have ... Read more

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Fifty years after his death, Stalin remains a figure of powerful and dark fascination. The almost unfathomable scale of his crimes–as many as 20 million Soviets died in his purges and infamous Gulag–has given him the lasting distinction as a personification of evil in the twentieth century. But though the facts of Stalin’s reign are well known, this remarkable biography reveals a Stalin we have
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The Whole Picture

The colonial story of the art in our museums & why we need to talk about it

by Alice Procter ...

Narrated by Alice Procter ...

Unabridged

7 hours 34 min

Should museums be made to give back their marbles? Is it even possible to 'decolonize' our galleries? Must Rhodes fall?How to deal with the colonial history of art in museums and monuments in the public realm is a thorny issue that we are only just beginning to address. Alice Procter, creator of the Uncomfortable Art Tours, provides a guide for deconstructing everything you thought you knew about ... Read more

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Should museums be made to give back their marbles? Is it even possible to 'decolonize' our galleries? Must Rhodes fall?How to deal with the colonial history of art in museums and monuments in the public realm is a thorny issue that we are only just beginning to address. Alice Procter, creator of the Uncomfortable Art Tours, provides a guide for deconstructing everything you thought you knew about
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A Short History of London

The Creation of a World Capital. Discover the perfect history gift for readers who love the city!

by Simon Jenkins ...

Narrated by Anthony Howell ...

Unabridged

13 hours 18 min

Brought to you by Penguin.LONDON: a settlement founded by the Romans, occupied by the Saxons, conquered by the Danes and ruled by the Normans. This unremarkable place - not even included in the Domesday Book - became a medieval maze of alleys and courtyards, later to be chequered with grand estates of Georgian splendour. It swelled with industry and became the centre of the largest empire in ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.LONDON: a settlement founded by the Romans, occupied by the Saxons, conquered by the Danes and ruled by the Normans. This unremarkable place - not even included in the Domesday Book - became a medieval maze of alleys and courtyards, later to be chequered with grand estates of Georgian splendour. It swelled with industry and became the centre of the largest empire in
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Fall

Winner of the Costa Biography Award 2021

by John Preston ...

Narrated by Simon Bubb ...

Unabridged

11 hours 23 min

Brought to you by Penguin.WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021A SUNDAY TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARA dramatic, gripping account of the rise and fall of the notorious business tycoon Robert Maxwell from the acclaimed author of A Very English Scandal.<... ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021A SUNDAY TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARA dramatic, gripping account of the rise and fall of the notorious business tycoon Robert Maxwell from the acclaimed author of A Very English Scandal.<...
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Tribes

A Search for Belonging in a Divided Society

by David Lammy ...

Narrated by David Lammy ...

Series series Dilly's Story
Unabridged

13 hours 35 min

'Thoughtful' Guardian Best Politics Books of 2020'A superb book about the tribalism gripping British politics. Tribes is measured, searching, pitilessly self-scrutinising and would probably amaze anyone who knows its author only from his Twitter persona' Decca Aitkenhead, Sunday TimesDavid was the first black Briton to study at Harvard Law School and practised as a barrister before entering ... Read more

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'Thoughtful' Guardian Best Politics Books of 2020'A superb book about the tribalism gripping British politics. Tribes is measured, searching, pitilessly self-scrutinising and would probably amaze anyone who knows its author only from his Twitter persona' Decca Aitkenhead, Sunday TimesDavid was the first black Briton to study at Harvard Law School and practised as a barrister before entering
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