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Six Years a Hostage
- The Extraordinary Story of the Longest-Held Al Qaeda Captive in the World
- By: Stephen McGown
- Narrated by: Byron Mondahl
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Stephen McGown was en route from London to South Africa, on a once-in-a-lifetime trip by motorbike, returning home to Johannesburg. He had reached Timbuktu, in Mali, when he was captured, along with a Dutch and a Swedish national, by Al Qaeda Islamist militants. Steve was taken because he held a British passport. He was subsequently held hostage at various camps in the Sahara Desert in the north-west of Africa for nearly six years before eventually being released.
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Great book terrible narration
- By Mark C on 16-08-21
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Six Years a Hostage
- The Extraordinary Story of the Longest-Held Al Qaeda Captive in the World
- Narrated by: Byron Mondahl
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 29-07-21
- Language: English
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Atlantic Wars
- From the Fifteenth Century to the Age of Revolution
- By: Geoffrey Plank
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In a sweeping account, Atlantic Wars explores how warfare shaped the experiences of the peoples living in the watershed of the Atlantic Ocean between the late Middle Ages and the Age of Revolution.
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Wide ranging fills in a lots of gaps about conflicts in the Atlantic area.
- By The hummmmmm on 11-06-25
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Atlantic Wars
- From the Fifteenth Century to the Age of Revolution
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 23-02-21
- Language: English
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A Popular History of Idi Amin's Uganda
- By: Derek R. Peterson
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Idi Amin ruled Uganda between 1971 and 1979, inflicting tremendous violence on the people of the country. How did Amin's regime survive for eight calamitous years? Drawing on recently uncovered archival material, Derek Peterson reconstructs the political logic of the era, focusing on the ordinary people—civil servants, curators and artists, businesspeople, patriots—who invested their energy and resources in making the government work.
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A Popular History of Idi Amin's Uganda
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 28-10-25
- Language: English
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The Dawn Watch
- Joseph Conrad in a Global World
- By: Maya Jasanoff
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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CUNDILL PRIZE 2018 WINNER SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2018 ‘Enlightening, compassionate, superb’ John le Carré A visionary life and times of Joseph Conrad, and of our global world, from one of the best historians writing today. Migration, terrorism, the tensions...
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Amazing book!
- By rochstar on 23-02-19
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The Dawn Watch
- Joseph Conrad in a Global World
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 19-10-17
- Language: English
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First Contact/The Cult of Progress
- Civilisations
- By: David Olusoga
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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In part one, 'First Contact', we discover what happened to art in the great Age of Discovery, when civilisations encountered each other for the first time. Although undoubtedly a period of conquest and destruction, it was also one of mutual curiosity, global trade and the exchange of ideas.
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Enjoyed the book very much, but
- By Deborah H on 07-10-20
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First Contact/The Cult of Progress
- Civilisations
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 05-07-18
- Language: English
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In Nigeria
- By: Michael Palin
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. With his eightieth birthday looming, it crossed Michael Palin’s mind that now might be the time to hang up his boots, to lounge about at home, to take things easy. Then the opportunity to visit Africa’s most populous nation arose. A few weeks later, he was at Lagos...
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In Nigeria
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 28-05-26
- Language: English
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Land of a Thousand Hills
- My Life in Rwanda
- By: Rosamond Halsey Carr, Ann Halsey Howard - contributor
- Narrated by: C. M. Hébert
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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When Rosamond Halsey Carr first arrived in Africa, she didn't realize that she would spend the rest of her life there. As a young fashion illustrator living in New York City in the 1940s, she seemed the least likely candidate for such a life of adventure. But marriage to a hunter-explorer took her to what was then the Belgian Congo, and divorce left her determined to stay on in neighboring Rwanda as the manager of a flower plantation.
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Cut from a different cloth
- By Anonymous on 06-10-23
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Land of a Thousand Hills
- My Life in Rwanda
- Narrated by: C. M. Hébert
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 24-10-17
- Language: English
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Dinner with Mugabe
- The Untold Story of a Freedom Fighter Who Became a Tyrant
- By: Heidi Holland
- Narrated by: Deidre Rubenstein
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance15
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At a time when the world waits anxiously to see what will happen next in Zimbabwe - when there is little food in the country's shops, life expectancy is plunging and Zimbabweans are fleeing repression and unemployment - this book gets to grips with the man at the helm of a corrupt regime; the man behind the monster. Holland's tireless investigation begins with her having dinner with Mugabe the freedom fighter and ends in a searching interview with Zimbabwe's president in December 2007, more than 30 years later.
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Psychological profile of a dictator
- By D. Clough on 04-07-19
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Dinner with Mugabe
- The Untold Story of a Freedom Fighter Who Became a Tyrant
- Narrated by: Deidre Rubenstein
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 15-06-11
- Language: English
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History of Ethiopia
- A Captivating Guide to Ethiopian History (African History)
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Ethiopia has a long history. It boasts one of the longest-running continuous civilizations on the planet; even the origins of humanity have been traced back to Ethiopia. Ethiopian kingdoms date back to the days of the Bible, and mentions of Ethiopian monarchs can be found all throughout the historical record.
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the mediocrity or the narration
- By Leo on 19-02-26
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History of Ethiopia
- A Captivating Guide to Ethiopian History (African History)
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 07-11-22
- Language: English
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Mike Hoare's Adventures in Africa
- By: Mike Hoare
- Narrated by: Mike Hoare
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance12
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Go with Mike on foot accros Basutoland; by motorbike from Cape Town to Cairo; to sea in a 36-foot ketch; into the Kalahari desert - and more. In the final chapter he describes how he and his wife move to an Edenic island in the Okovanga delta, and the terrible and wonderful events that took place there.
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Excellent listen from start to finish
- By M on 17-12-21
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Mike Hoare's Adventures in Africa
- Narrated by: Mike Hoare
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 14-12-12
- Language: English
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The Sloth Lemur’s Song
- Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Present
- By: Alison Richard
- Narrated by: Lucinda Roberts
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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‘Full of wonder and forensic intelligence’ Isabella Tree, author of Wilding A moving account of Madagascar told by a researcher who has spent over fifty years investigating the mysteries of this remarkable island. Madagascar is a place of change. A biodiversity hotspot and the fourth largest...
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An excellent listen
- By Anonymous on 03-04-22
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The Sloth Lemur’s Song
- Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Present
- Narrated by: Lucinda Roberts
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 31-03-22
- Language: English
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Mindchangers
- A BBC Radio 4 History of Psychology
- By: Claudia Hammond
- Narrated by: Claudia Hammond
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Our understanding of the human mind has been shaped by 200 years of accidents, inquiries, tests and observations. Here are the stories behind 33 of psychology's most famous and influential experiments, and their creators. Award-winning broadcaster and psychology lecturer Claudia Hammond uncovers the often surprising and sometimes dark histories behind landmark studies such as The Stanford Prison Experiment, Harlow's Monkeys, Little Albert and the Marshmallow Test.
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An instant favourite
- By sdouglas on 05-07-21
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Mindchangers
- A BBC Radio 4 History of Psychology
- Narrated by: Claudia Hammond
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 19-11-20
- Language: English
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When the Tempest Gathers
- From Mogadishu to the Fight Against ISIS, a Marine Special Operations Commander at War
- By: Andrew Milburn
- Narrated by: Andrew Milburn
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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These are the combat experiences of the first Marine to command a special operations task force, recounted against a backdrop of his journey from raw Second Lieutenant to seasoned Colonel and Task Force Commander; from leading Marines through the streets of Mogadishu, Baghdad, Fallujah and Mosul to directing multi-national special operations forces in a dauntingly complex fight against a formidable foe.
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Legal Alien in the USMC
- By Amazon Customer on 08-04-24
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When the Tempest Gathers
- From Mogadishu to the Fight Against ISIS, a Marine Special Operations Commander at War
- Narrated by: Andrew Milburn
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 20-10-20
- Language: English
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Belonging
- A History of Indian South Africans
- By: Ashwin Desai, Goolam Vahed
- Narrated by: Jack Devnarain
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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This sweeping narrative conveys the history of Indian people in South Africa. From the first indentured Indians arriving in Natal in 1860, the book weaves together seismic events–Mahatma Gandhi’s campaign of resistance, the independence of India, the coming of apartheid and the threat of mass expulsions–with the texture of everyday life.
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Belonging
- A History of Indian South Africans
- Narrated by: Jack Devnarain
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 26-12-25
- Language: English
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How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind
- Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity
- By: Dr. Thomas C. Oden PhD
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Africa has played a decisive role in the formation of Christian culture from its infancy. Some of the most decisive intellectual achievements of Christianity were explored and understood in Africa before they were in Europe. If this is so, why is Christianity so often perceived in Africa as a Western colonial import? How can Christians in Northern and sub-Saharan Africa, indeed, how can Christians throughout the world, rediscover and learn from this ancient heritage?
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African and Universal
- By Marcas Ó Conghaile Muirthemne on 18-03-24
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How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind
- Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 20-08-19
- Language: English
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South Africa: History in an Hour
- By: Anthony Holmes
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance63
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. With the passing of Nelson Mandela, ‘the father of the nation’, comes the end of an era, and the moment to look back on his remarkable saving, and remaking, of South Africa. After years of oppression and racial inequality, concentrated...
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Good summary pity about pronunciation
- By Sean on 02-04-19
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South Africa: History in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Release date: 02-08-12
- Language: English
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The Year 1000
- When Explorers Connected the World – and Globalization Began
- By: Valerie Hansen
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Brought to you by Penguin. When did globalization begin? Most observers have settled on 1492, the year Columbus discovered America. But as celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen shows, it was the year 1000, when for the first time new trade routes linked the entire globe, so an object could in...
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Exemplary
- By Keith on 22-05-20
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The Year 1000
- When Explorers Connected the World – and Globalization Began
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 16-04-20
- Language: English
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Born in Africa
- The Quest for the Origins of Human Life
- By: Martin Meredith
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance21
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In Born in Africa, Martin Meredith follows the trail of discoveries about human origins made by scientists over the last hundred years, recounting their intense rivalry, personal feuds, and fierce controversies, as well as their feats of skill and endurance. The results have been momentous. Scientists have identified more than 20 species of extinct humans. They have firmly established Africa as the birthplace not only of humankind but also of modern humans.
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Born in Africa
- The Quest for the Origins of Human Life
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 08-11-11
- Language: English
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Augustine the African
- By: Catherine Conybeare
- Narrated by: Catherine Conybeare
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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Augustine of Hippo (354-430), also known as Saint Augustine, was one of the most influential theologians in history. His writings, including the autobiographical Confessions and The City of God, helped shape the foundations of Christianity and Western philosophy. But for many centuries, Augustine's North African birth and Berber heritage have been simply dismissed. Catherine Conybeare, a world-renowned Augustine scholar, here puts the "African" back in Augustine's story.
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An unexpected delight
- By Amazon Customer on 03-12-25
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Augustine the African
- Narrated by: Catherine Conybeare
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 14-10-25
- Language: English
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Africana Philosophy from Ancient Egypt to the Nineteenth Century
- A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 7
- By: Peter Adamson, Chike Jeffers
- Narrated by: Leo Anifowose
- Length: 27 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Africana Philosophy from Ancient Egypt to the Nineteenth Century is the first volume in the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps series to bring listeners the story of Africana philosophy. This diverse topic is defined as philosophy emerging from and distinctively related to Africa or the African diaspora. The story starts at the beginning by asking what it would mean to engage philosophically with evidence left by prehistoric peoples of Africa, and proceeds to discuss the philosophical traditions of ancient Egypt, late ancient and early modern Ethopia, and Islamic philosophy in West Africa.
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Africana Philosophy from Ancient Egypt to the Nineteenth Century
- A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 7
- Narrated by: Leo Anifowose
- Length: 27 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 02-12-25
- Language: English
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