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The Pharaoh's Shadow

Travels in Ancient and Modern Egypt

by Anthony Sattin ...

In a ruined temple on the Nile, Anthony Sattin sees a woman praying to the gods of ancient Egypt to bless her with a child. Later in central Cairo he experiences the exuberant celebrations of a saint's day and hears their stony condemnation by an Islamist. The ancient continues to rub up against the modern just as dramatically as when Flaubert wrote, 'Egypt is a wonderful place for contrasts ... Read more

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In a ruined temple on the Nile, Anthony Sattin sees a woman praying to the gods of ancient Egypt to bless her with a child. Later in central Cairo he experiences the exuberant celebrations of a saint's day and hears their stony condemnation by an Islamist. The ancient continues to rub up against the modern just as dramatically as when Flaubert wrote, 'Egypt is a wonderful place for contrasts
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Nomads

The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World

by Anthony Sattin ...

**“Sattin is a terrific storyteller.” —David Farley, New York TimesThe remarkable story of how nomads have fostered and refreshed civilization throughout our history.**Moving across millennia, Nomads explores the transformative and often bloody relationship between settled and mobile societies. Often overlooked in history, the story of the umbilical connections between these two very different ... Read more

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**“Sattin is a terrific storyteller.” —David Farley, New York TimesThe remarkable story of how nomads have fostered and refreshed civilization throughout our history.**Moving across millennia, Nomads explores the transformative and often bloody relationship between settled and mobile societies. Often overlooked in history, the story of the umbilical connections between these two very different
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The Mint

Lawrence after Arabia

by T. E. Lawrence ...

In 1922, his dreams of an independent Arabia shattered, T.E. Lawrence enlisted in the RAF under the assumed name John Hume Ross. Though methodical and restrictive, life there seemed to suit Lawrence: "The Air Force is not a man-crushing humiliating slavery, all its days. There is sun & decent treatment, and a very real measure of happiness, to those who do not look forward or back." With poetic ... Read more

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In 1922, his dreams of an independent Arabia shattered, T.E. Lawrence enlisted in the RAF under the assumed name John Hume Ross. Though methodical and restrictive, life there seemed to suit Lawrence: "The Air Force is not a man-crushing humiliating slavery, all its days. There is sun & decent treatment, and a very real measure of happiness, to those who do not look forward or back." With poetic
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Fortunes of War: The Levant Trilogy

by Olivia Manning ...

Series series Fortunes of War
The classic WW2 historical fiction saga—hailed as “among the very best fiction about the Second World War”—continues with this second trilogy following the Pringles family (Sunday Times).As the Nazi army advances, English ex-pats are caught overseas in the Middle East amid personal battles between courage and fear, love and betrayal.Olivia Manning returns to the story of the young English couple ... Read more

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The classic WW2 historical fiction saga—hailed as “among the very best fiction about the Second World War”—continues with this second trilogy following the Pringles family (Sunday Times).As the Nazi army advances, English ex-pats are caught overseas in the Middle East amid personal battles between courage and fear, love and betrayal.Olivia Manning returns to the story of the young English couple
... Read more
The Young T. E. Lawrence

by Anthony Sattin ...

An intimate biography of the years that turned T. E. Lawrence into Lawrence of Arabia.Lawrence of Arabia's heroism during the Arab revolt and his disgust at the subsequent betrayal of the Arabs in the postwar negotiations have become the stuff of legend. But T. E. Lawrence’s adventures in the Levant began long before the outbreak of war. This intimate biography is the first to focus on Lawrence in ... Read more

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An intimate biography of the years that turned T. E. Lawrence into Lawrence of Arabia.Lawrence of Arabia's heroism during the Arab revolt and his disgust at the subsequent betrayal of the Arabs in the postwar negotiations have become the stuff of legend. But T. E. Lawrence’s adventures in the Levant began long before the outbreak of war. This intimate biography is the first to focus on Lawrence in
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Nomads

The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World

by Anthony Sattin ...

Narrated by Anthony Sattin ...

Unabridged

11 hours 27 min

The remarkable story of how nomads have fostered and refreshed civilization throughout our history.Moving across millennia, Nomads explores the transformative and often bloody relationship between settled and mobile societies. The story of the shifting, umbilical connections between these two very different ways of living presents a radical new view of human civilization. From the Neolithic ... Read more

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The remarkable story of how nomads have fostered and refreshed civilization throughout our history.Moving across millennia, Nomads explores the transformative and often bloody relationship between settled and mobile societies. The story of the shifting, umbilical connections between these two very different ways of living presents a radical new view of human civilization. From the Neolithic
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Well of Souls

Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History

by Kristina R. Gaddy ...

Narrated by Chanté McCormick ...

Unabridged

9 hours 12 min

An illuminating history of the banjo, revealing its origins at the crossroads of slavery, religion, and music.In an extraordinary story unfolding across two hundred years, Kristina Gaddy uncovers the banjo's key role in Black spirituality, ritual, and rebellion. Through meticulous research in diaries, letters, archives, and art, she traces the banjo's beginnings from the seventeenth century, when ... Read more

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An illuminating history of the banjo, revealing its origins at the crossroads of slavery, religion, and music.In an extraordinary story unfolding across two hundred years, Kristina Gaddy uncovers the banjo's key role in Black spirituality, ritual, and rebellion. Through meticulous research in diaries, letters, archives, and art, she traces the banjo's beginnings from the seventeenth century, when
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The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown

The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America

by Lorri Glover, Daniel Blake Smith ...

Narrated by Michael Prichard ...

Unabridged

10 hours 1 min

The English had long dreamed of colonizing America, especially after Sir Francis Drake brought home Spanish treasure and dramatic tales from his raids in the Caribbean. Ambitions of finding gold and planting a New World colony seemed within reach when, in 1606, Thomas Smythe extended overseas trade with the launch of the Virginia Company. But from the beginning the American enterprise was a ... Read more

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The English had long dreamed of colonizing America, especially after Sir Francis Drake brought home Spanish treasure and dramatic tales from his raids in the Caribbean. Ambitions of finding gold and planting a New World colony seemed within reach when, in 1606, Thomas Smythe extended overseas trade with the launch of the Virginia Company. But from the beginning the American enterprise was a
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The Devil's Element

Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance

by Dan Egan ...

Narrated by Jason Culp ...

Unabridged

6 hours 50 min

The New York Times best-selling author on the source of great bounty—and now great peril—all over the world.Phosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. But it’s also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has sustained life for billions of people. In this major work of explanatory science and ... Read more

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The New York Times best-selling author on the source of great bounty—and now great peril—all over the world.Phosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. But it’s also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has sustained life for billions of people. In this major work of explanatory science and
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Empire of Shadows

The Epic Story of Yellowstone

by George Black ...

Narrated by Jack de Golia ...

Unabridged

16 hours 5 min

Empire of Shadows is the epic story of the conquest of Yellowstone, a landscape uninhabited, inaccessible and shrouded in myth in the aftermath of the Civil War. In a radical reinterpretation of the nineteenth century West, George Black casts Yellowstone's creation as the culmination of three interwoven strands of history—the passion for exploration, the violence of the Indian Wars and the ... Read more

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Empire of Shadows is the epic story of the conquest of Yellowstone, a landscape uninhabited, inaccessible and shrouded in myth in the aftermath of the Civil War. In a radical reinterpretation of the nineteenth century West, George Black casts Yellowstone's creation as the culmination of three interwoven strands of history—the passion for exploration, the violence of the Indian Wars and the
... Read more

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New York Burning

Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan

by Jill Lepore ...

Narrated by Beth McDonald ...

Abridged

7 hours 30 min

The untold story of the little-known Manhattan slave rebellion of 1741 and the white hysteria that resulted. ... Read more

$20.99 USD

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The untold story of the little-known Manhattan slave rebellion of 1741 and the white hysteria that resulted.
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What Is Life?

Five Great Ideas in Biology

by Paul Nurse ...

Narrated by Paul Nurse ...

Unabridged

5 hours 6 min

The Nobel Prize–winning scientist's elegant explanation of the fundamental ideas in biology and their uses today.The renowned biologist Paul Nurse has spent his career revealing how living cells work. In What Is Life?, he takes up the challenge of describing what it means to be alive in a way that every listener can understand.It is a shared journey of discovery; step-by-step Nurse illuminates ... Read more

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The Nobel Prize–winning scientist's elegant explanation of the fundamental ideas in biology and their uses today.The renowned biologist Paul Nurse has spent his career revealing how living cells work. In What Is Life?, he takes up the challenge of describing what it means to be alive in a way that every listener can understand.It is a shared journey of discovery; step-by-step Nurse illuminates
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