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    Saint Gregory the Great: The History of the Early Middle Ages’ Most Influential Pope and the Rise of the Papal States

    by Charles River Editors ...
    Narrated by Stephen Platt ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 52 min

    “No one does more harm in the Church than he who has the title or rank of holiness and acts perversely.”-St. Gregory the GreatThe pope, the bishop of Rome, claims spiritual authority over more than a billion Catholics worldwide. He also exercises temporal authority over a tiny enclave of Rome consisting of the Vatican Palace, Saint Peter’s Basilica, and 44 hectares with the ancient Leonine Walls. ... Read more

    $9.55 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Pan-Hellenic Games in Ancient Greece, The: The History of the Olympics and the Other Major Greek Competitions

    by Charles River Editors ...
    Narrated by Stephen Platt ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 10 min

    The Pan-Hellenic Games is the collective term for the four major sports festivals held in ancient Greece. These include the Olympic Games, held in honor of Zeus at Olympia every four years; the Pythian Games in honor of Apollo, held at Delphi every four years; the Nemean Games, held to celebrate Zeus and Heracles at Nemea near Corinth every two years; and the Isthmian Games, honoring Poseidon at ... Read more

    $9.55 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Iceland - Laugavegur Trail

    by Stephen Platt ...
    The Laugavegur is one of the big walks. It is the most famous trek in Iceland and crosses other worldly landscapes formed by recent volcanos. I did it from north to south and it runs over 80km from Landmannalauger via Thorsmork to Skogar on the coast. I started on the 15 June, the first day the bus ran to Landmannalaugar. I hadn’t booked the huts as I didn’t know whether I’d make it. So I took ... Read more

    $7.39 CAD

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    Soviet Invasion of Hungary in 1956, The: The History and Legacy of the Hungarian Uprising and the Military Operations That Put It Down

    by Charles River Editors ...
    Narrated by Stephen Platt ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 6 min

    After D-Day had all but sealed the Allied victory, Stalin’s Red Army became more aggressive in retaking land formerly held by Germany. Concerned over the ever-widening Soviet map, Churchill met with Stalin in October 1944 (Roosevelt was by this time too frail to join them) and, while ceding Rumania and Bulgaria to the Soviets, insisted that Yugoslavia and Hungary be shared among the allies. The ... Read more

    $9.55 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Imperial Twilight

    The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age

    by Stephen R. Platt ...
    As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s last age of ascendance and how it came to an end in the nineteenth-century Opium War.As one of the most potent turning points in the country’s modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today’s China seeks to put behind it. In this dramatic, epic story, ... Read more

    Was $9.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Raider

    The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II

    by Stephen R. Platt ...
    FINALIST FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN MILITARY HISTORY PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNAL • The extraordinary life of forgotten World War II hero Evans Carlson, commander of America’s first special forces, secret confidant of FDR, and one of the most controversial officers in the history of the Marine Corps, who dedicated his life to bridging the cultural divide between ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom

    China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War

    by Stephen R. Platt ...
    A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and often gruesome battles—a sweeping yet intimate portrait of the conflict that shaped the fate of modern China.The story begins in the early 1850s, the waning years of the Qing dynasty, ... Read more

    Was $16.99 CAD Now $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Provincial Patriots

    The Hunanese and Modern China

    by Stephen R. Platt ...
    From the Taiping Rebellion in the mid-nineteenth century to the Chinese Communist movement in the twentieth, no province in China gave rise to as many reformers, military officers, and revolutionaries as did Hunan. Stephen Platt offers the first comprehensive study of why Hunan wielded such disproportionate influence.Covering a span of eight decades, this book portrays three generations of ... Read more

    $85.79 CAD

  • China: People's Republic

    by Stephen Platt ...
    This was a culturally sensational trip, yet we only scratched the surface of this ancient empire and ultra modern people’s republic, visiting Shanghai, Hangzhou and Beijing. China is vast and complex – the world’s most populous country, the second largest in land area, with nearly 300 living languages and 7 mega cities with over 10 million inhabitants. We went on our way back from Australia and ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD

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    Tulsa Massacre of 1921, The: The Controversial History and Legacy of America’s Worst Race Riot

    by Charles River Editors ...
    Narrated by Stephen Platt ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 15 min

    t all began on Memorial Day, May 31, 1921. Around or after 4:00 p.m. that day, a clerk at Renberg’s clothing store on the first floor of the Drexel Building in Tulsa heard a woman scream. Turning in the direction of the scream, he saw a young black man running from the building. Going to the elevator, the clerk found the white elevator operator, 17-year-old Sarah Page, crying and distraught. The ... Read more

    $9.55 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Inner Demons

    by Dr Stephen B. Platt ...
    It’s bad enough when your brother is possessed by a demon. It’s even worse when the only person who might be able to help turns you into a toad on her doorstep and tells you to keck off. But the fact that the planet is shaped like a cube? Well, that really isn’t her problem.Nelbow Rockfist is a dwarf on a mission. Her brother has a bad case of demonic possession and there is a shortage of ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Castle

    Illustrated by Stephen Biesty ...
    by Richard Platt ...
    Series series DK Stephen Biesty Cross-Sections
    History comes alive in this incredible children's illustrated book about castles.Slicing through different areas of a medieval fortress, extraordinary views reveal the people busy inside, preparing for battle as an enemy army approaches.Packed with facts, you'll find out what it takes to build a massive 14th-century castle, dress a knight in armor, or prepare a feast fit for a king or queen. From ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD