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The Cultural Tutor’s Grand Tour: The Story of Europe in Six Cities
- By: Cup and Nuzzle, Sheehan Quirke
- Narrated by: Sheehan Quirke
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall66
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Performance66
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In The Cultural Tutor’s Grand Tour, the ephemera of the everyday opens up to reveal a world of high art and low cunning - where a love affair can trigger a World War, a lamp-post can birth a cathedral, and a cup of coffee can take you on a journey of a thousand years.
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a great surprise
- By Mr P English on 18-03-26
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1. The Cultural Tutor’s Grand Tour: The Story of Europe in Six Cities
- Narrated by: Sheehan Quirke
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 12-03-26
- Language: English
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Mistresses with Jameela Jamil & Dr Kate Lister
- By: Jameela Jamil, Kate Lister
- Narrated by: Jameela Jamil, Kate Lister, Katie Kennedy
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
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Overall157
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Performance147
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Story147
From the bedrooms of powerful men, we're bringing you the secret histories of their mistresses, concubines and courtesans. Prepare for a wild, gossip-fuelled ride through real history – sex, scandal, murder, betrayal, poisoning, witchcraft and much more.
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Great history I never knew about
- By Kindle Customer on 10-08-25
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2. Mistresses with Jameela Jamil & Dr Kate Lister
- Narrated by: Jameela Jamil, Kate Lister, Katie Kennedy
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 19-06-25
- Language: English
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Witchcraft in the Western Tradition
- By: Jennifer McNabb, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jennifer McNabb
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
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Overall153
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Performance134
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Story131
Beginning with the witch hunts of the early 15th century, Professor Jennifer McNabb takes you on an eye-opening exploration of witchcraft and superstition in Witchcraft in the Western Tradition....
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Interesting but felt like it was for 16yr olds
- By Helen on 03-12-21
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3. Witchcraft in the Western Tradition
- Narrated by: Jennifer McNabb
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 15-09-20
- Language: English
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The Secret History of Christmas
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
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Overall2,592
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Performance2,362
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Story2,361
Christmas is the single biggest annual event on the planet, a time for merry-making, over-indulgence, peace, goodwill, and the occasional family row. It’s as comfortable and familiar as a pair of old shoes and yet still glittery and exciting. But what do you really know about it....
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Interesting Facts
- By TeeJay62 on 11-12-22
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4. The Secret History of Christmas
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 22-11-22
- Language: English
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Medical Mysteries Across History
- By: Roy Benaroch MD, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Roy Benaroch MD
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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Overall228
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Performance204
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Story202
In these 10 eye-opening lectures by a practicing doctor and medical educator, you’ll walk through a series of medical mystery cases ripped from history and involving well-known historical figures whose identities are hidden from you. Each case requires your detective skills....
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Excellent
- By Lee on 09-08-21
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5. Medical Mysteries Across History
- Narrated by: Roy Benaroch MD
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 21-01-20
- Language: English
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Rise and Fall of the Borgias
- By: William Landon, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: William Landon
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
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Overall248
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Performance224
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Story222
While they were indeed ostentatious, calculating, worldly, cruel - and even, occasionally, murderous - you may be surprised to find that the Borgias were not terribly different from other powerful and ambitious families of their day....
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excellent....<br />
- By Mike Bingham on 31-07-20
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6. Rise and Fall of the Borgias
- Narrated by: William Landon
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 19-11-19
- Language: English
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The Life and Times of Prince Albert
- By: Patrick Allitt, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Patrick Allitt
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
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Overall83
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Performance71
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Story71
In 10 lectures, award-winning historian Patrick N. Allitt transports listeners to England in the 1840s and 1850s. During those two decades, Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, became one of the most influential people in the country and remains a figure of fascination even today....
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Albert, a lucky acquisition for the Royal family
- By Steven Emsley on 31-03-22
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7. The Life and Times of Prince Albert
- Narrated by: Patrick Allitt
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 18-02-20
- Language: English
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The History of Chocolate
- By: Sam Bilton, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Sam Bilton
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
Chocolate is one of the most popular food items around the world. While most of us today consume it in the form of candy, desserts, and sugary drinks, chocolate has taken many forms as it traveled from its ancient Mesoamerican roots to the 21st century.
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8. The History of Chocolate
- Narrated by: Sam Bilton
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 12-02-26
- Language: English
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The Berlin Wall: A World Divided
- By: Hope M. Harrison, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Hope M. Harrison
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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Overall57
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Performance49
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Story49
The Berlin Wall is perhaps modern history’s most infamous edifice. The Berlin Wall: A World Divided is more than just the story of brick, concrete, and barbed wire. It’s the story of a city, a country, and a world - all of them divided....
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Interesting and Informative
- By John Remedy on 05-01-26
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9. The Berlin Wall: A World Divided
- Narrated by: Hope M. Harrison
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 21-10-21
- Language: English
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A History of Video Games
- By: Jeremy Parish, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jeremy Parish
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
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Overall67
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Performance58
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Story58
Since their arrival in the mid-20th century, video games have become a sprawling, multi-billion dollar business. On an annual basis, the industry is even more profitable than Hollywood. The origin of video games can be traced back to World War II....
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Interesting subject, presentation a bit too dry.
- By Dan on 05-11-20
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10. A History of Video Games
- Narrated by: Jeremy Parish
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 21-04-20
- Language: English
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Deputy Mayor Putin
- By: Maeve McQuillan
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw, Gwilym Lee
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
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Overall46
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Performance44
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Story44
How did a once faceless bureaucrat, a man whose own wife said he was born under the sign of the vampire, become the idealized face of Russian manhood and its authoritarian leader? Deputy Mayor Putin examines the man behind the myth.
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Brits on Russians
- By Anonymous on 21-05-26
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11. Deputy Mayor Putin
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw, Gwilym Lee
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 29-02-24
- Language: English
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House of Skulls with Marc Fennell
- By: Marc Fennell
- Narrated by: Marc Fennell
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance12
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Story12
In the basement of one of the world's most prestigious universities, there was a classroom lined with a collection of human skulls from around the globe....
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Superb and thought provoking
- By Graham Walton on 05-06-24
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12. House of Skulls with Marc Fennell
- Narrated by: Marc Fennell
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 02-05-24
- Language: English
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Powerful Women Who Ruled the Ancient World
- By: Kara Cooney, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Kara Cooney
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
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Overall110
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Performance95
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Story95
What is power and who is allowed to wield it? Why is female power so rare and, often, so feared? What can the women who gained power in the ancient world teach us about the contemporary world and our modern ideas of gender, authority, and equality? Find out....
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Historically informative, personally compelling
- By Lisa on 01-02-22
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13. Powerful Women Who Ruled the Ancient World
- Narrated by: Kara Cooney
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 17-03-20
- Language: English
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The Last Days of Cabrini-Green
- By: Ben Austen, Harrison David Rivers
- Narrated by: Ben Austen, Patina Miller, Harry Lennix, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
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Overall6
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Performance5
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In 1992, the deadliest year in Chicago’s history, seven-year-old Dantrell Davis was shot and killed in front of his elementary school inside the public housing complex Cabrini-Green.
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Everyone knows Cabrini-Green."
- By Norma Miles on 11-12-24
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14. The Last Days of Cabrini-Green
- Narrated by: Ben Austen, Patina Miller, Harry Lennix, Corey Stoll
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 14-11-24
- Language: English
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The History of Sugar
- By: Kelley Fanto Deetz, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Kelley Fanto Deetz
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
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Overall42
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Performance37
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Story37
Whatever the form, whatever the treat - sugar drives us wild like nothing else. It’s lingered on our tongues for millennia and found its way into almost every household in the world. Alas, the history of sugar is far from sweet....
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Sugar coated history of sugar
- By papapownall on 11-11-21
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15. The History of Sugar
- Narrated by: Kelley Fanto Deetz
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 14-10-21
- Language: English
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Sex Scandals of Ancient Greece and Rome
- By: Monica Silveira Cyrino, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Monica Silveira Cyrino
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
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Overall8
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Performance6
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The world has utterly transformed over the course of the last 2,000 years. Many of the norms, rules, and expectations of the ancient world can feel strange to our 21st century sensibilities.
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Fun to listen to
- By Etelka on 21-03-26
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16. Sex Scandals of Ancient Greece and Rome
- Narrated by: Monica Silveira Cyrino
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 06-11-25
- Language: English
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10 Women Who Ruled the Renaissance
- By: Joyce Salisbury, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Joyce Salisbury
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
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Overall78
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Performance67
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In 10 Women Who Ruled the Renaissance, you will explore the lives of 10 extraordinary women who exemplified the spirit of the 1500s - an era dominated by adventure, discovery, and cross-cultural exchange....
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Re-release?
- By SloshyDolphin on 22-04-26
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17. 10 Women Who Ruled the Renaissance
- Narrated by: Joyce Salisbury
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 16-06-20
- Language: English
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The Fall of Saigon: The Vietnam War 50 Years in Review
- By: Edward Lengel, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Edward Lengel
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
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Overall7
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Performance7
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On April 30, 1975, the Communist capture of the city of Saigon brought an end to more than 20 years of war in Vietnam. The end of the war reunified a divided nation—and changed the course of global politics, military strategy, and international relations for decades to come.
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OK - Nothing special
- By Paul Hennigan on 07-05-25
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18. The Fall of Saigon: The Vietnam War 50 Years in Review
- Narrated by: Edward Lengel
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 24-04-25
- Language: English
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Hidden Histories with Nova Reid
- By: Nova Reid
- Narrated by: Nova Reid
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
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Overall79
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Performance78
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Nova Reid, author of The Good Ally, delves into the untold stories of extraordinary, unsung Black women who created and shaped pivotal moments in world history, British culture and society.
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Outstanding
- By Sandy on 09-01-26
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19. Hidden Histories with Nova Reid
- Narrated by: Nova Reid
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 06-03-25
- Language: English
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American Heiresses of the Gilded Age
- By: Melissa Ziobro, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Melissa Ziobro
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
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Overall59
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Performance55
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Welcome to the era of true marriages of convenience. Discover the reality of trading someone’s hand in marriage, such as an American heiress, in exchange for money, power, or political clout through compelling history lectures....
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Terrible Narrator!
- By Timothy Heath on 28-08-21
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20. American Heiresses of the Gilded Age
- Narrated by: Melissa Ziobro
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 17-12-19
- Language: English
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