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Red Memory
- The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution
- By: Tania Branigan
- Narrated by: Tania Branigan
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance27
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More than fifty years on, the Cultural Revolution's scar runs through the heart of Chinese society, and through the souls of its citizens. Stationed in Beijing for the Guardian, Tania Branigan came to realise that this brutal and turbulent decade continues to propel and shape China to this day. Yet official suppression and personal trauma have conspired in national amnesia: it exists, for the most part, as an absence.
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Important book on understanding China
- By J. Drew on 14-04-23
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Red Memory
- The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution
- Narrated by: Tania Branigan
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 31-01-23
- Language: English
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The Impossible City
- A Hong Kong Memoir
- By: Karen Cheung
- Narrated by: Karen Cheung
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance8
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A boldly rendered—and deeply intimate—account of Hong Kong today, from a resilient young woman whose stories explore what it means to survive in a city teeming with broken promises. “[A] pulsing debut . . . about what it means to find your place in a city as it vanishes before your eyes...
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Fascinating storytelling about an amazing place
- By Matt Carman on 05-09-24
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The Impossible City
- A Hong Kong Memoir
- Narrated by: Karen Cheung
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 15-02-22
- Language: English
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Shockwave
- Countdown to Hiroshima
- By: Stephen Walker
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall53
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Performance51
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ‘A stunning book, among the most immediate and thrilling works of history I have ever read’ At 8:15am on August 6th 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. In an instant, the temperature at its core rose to millions of degrees...
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what an amazing book.
- By Matthew B. on 30-07-21
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Shockwave
- Countdown to Hiroshima
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 05-11-20
- Language: English
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The Mongol Storm
- Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East
- By: Nicholas Morton
- Narrated by: Nick Biadon
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance13
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How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages. For centuries, the Crusades have been central to the story of the medieval Near East, but these religious wars are only part of the region's complex history. As The Mongol Storm reveals, during the...
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excellent overview of 13C near east
- By D. N. Frew on 18-08-25
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The Mongol Storm
- Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East
- Narrated by: Nick Biadon
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 27-10-22
- Language: English
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Hue 1968
- A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
- By: Mark Bowden
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 18 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall246
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Performance214
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Story215
By January 1968, despite an influx of half a million American troops, the fighting in Vietnam seemed to be at a stalemate. Yet General William Westmoreland, commander of American forces, announced a new phase of the war in which "the end begins to come into view". The North Vietnamese had different ideas. In mid-1967, the leadership in Hanoi had started planning an offensive intended to win the war in a single stroke.
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Outstanding Military History
- By Stephen on 02-08-17
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Hue 1968
- A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 18 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 11-07-17
- Language: English
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Lion City
- Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
- By: Jeevan Vasagar
- Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance14
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Story14
Jeevan Vasagar, former Singapore correspondent for the Financial Times, masterfully takes us through the intricate history, present and future of this unique diamond-shaped island one degree north of the equator, where new and old have remained connected. Lion City is a personal, insightful and essential guide to the city and how its remarkable rise is shaping East Asia and the rest of the world.
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Lion City
- Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
- Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 02-09-21
- Language: English
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Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism
- A Study of 'Brainwashing' in China
- By: Robert Jay Lifton
- Narrated by: Bobby Brill
- Length: 19 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Informed by Erik Erikson's concept of the formation of ego identity, this book, which first appeared in 1961, is an analysis of the experiences of 15 Chinese citizens and 25 Westerners who underwent "brainwashing" by the Communist Chinese government. Robert Lifton constructs these case histories through personal interviews and outlines a thematic pattern of death and rebirth, accompanied by feelings of guilt, that characterizes the process of "thought reform."
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Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism
- A Study of 'Brainwashing' in China
- Narrated by: Bobby Brill
- Length: 19 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 26-10-22
- Language: English
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Dispatches
- By: Michael Herr
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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"The best book to have been written about the Vietnam War" (The New York Times Book Review); an instant classic straight from the front lines. From its terrifying opening pages to its final eloquent words, Dispatches makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor of...
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life as lived.
- By Alice Davis on 15-02-26
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Dispatches
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 05-10-21
- Language: English
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Everest the Hard Way
- The First Ascent of the South West Face
- By: Chris Bonington
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank, Chris Bonington
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Everest–the highest peak in the world, the ultimate challenge to a mountaineer's skill and endurance. It had been climbed before, but never like this. Chris Bonington and his team had ambitions to climb it–the hard way.
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Everest the Hard Way
- The First Ascent of the South West Face
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank, Chris Bonington
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 29-09-25
- Language: English
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How Asia Works
- Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
- By: Joe Studwell
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall101
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Performance81
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Story82
In How Asia Works, Joe Studwell distills extensive research into the economics of nine countries - Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, and China - into an accessible narrative that debunks Western misconceptions, shows what really happened in Asia and why, and for once makes clear why some countries have boomed while others have languished.
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Eye opening
- By ayman on 07-07-25
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How Asia Works
- Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 15-08-17
- Language: English
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Tojo
- The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II General
- By: Peter Mauch
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The military general who became Emperor Hirohito’s prime minister, Tojo Hideki is most often remembered as an iron-fisted leader who dragged Japan into World War II and—after spectacular losses—was eventually executed as a war criminal. Yet Tojo was far more than his ignominious end. In...
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Tojo
- The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II General
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 28-04-26
- Language: English
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Some People Need Killing
- By: Patricia Evangelista
- Narrated by: Patricia Evangelista
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance6
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Journalist Patricia Evangelista came of age in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a new future for the Philippines. Three decades later, in the face of mounting inequality, the nation discovered the fragility of its democratic institutions under the regime of strongman Rodrigo Duterte. Some People Need Killing is Evangelista's meticulously reported and deeply human chronicle of the Philippines' drug war.
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A book all Filipinos should read
- By TB- UK on 12-04-24
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Some People Need Killing
- Narrated by: Patricia Evangelista
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 18-04-24
- Language: English
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The Rape of Nanking
- By: Iris Chang
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall657
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Performance549
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Story541
In December 1937, in the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred. The Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking and within weeks not only looted and burned the defenseless city but systematically raped, tortured and murdered more than 300,000 Chinese civilians. Amazingly, the story of this atrocity- one of the worst in world history- continues to be denied by the Japanese government.
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A harrowing listen
- By Stephanie Jane (Literary Flits) on 16-01-15
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The Rape of Nanking
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 05-02-01
- Language: English
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Shinto
- The Kami Way
- By: Sokyo Ono Ph.D., William P. Woodard - contributor
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Shinto, the indigenous faith of the Japanese people, continues to fascinate and mystify both the casual visitor to Japan and the long-time resident. Relatively unknown among the religions of the world, Shinto: The Kami Way provides an enlightening window into this Japanese faith.
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Shinto
- The Kami Way
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 09-04-25
- Language: English
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Ho Chi Minh
- Revolutionary, President of North Vietnam
- By: Jasmine Dyggan
- Narrated by: Tom Briggs
- Length: 3 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall50
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Performance50
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Ho Chi Minh was more than a revolutionary leader—he was the symbol of an entire people’s struggle for independence. Known affectionately as “Uncle Ho,” he became the face of Vietnam’s resistance against colonialism, imperialism, and foreign domination. His life was a journey that spanned continents, ideologies, and decades of conflict, culminating in the creation of a unified Vietnam and a legacy that still shapes the nation today. This book explores Ho Chi Minh’s life, tracing his evolution from a young man in colonial Vietnam to one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century.
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Ho Chi Minh And His Fight for Independence
- By Strawberry on 21-04-26
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Ho Chi Minh
- Revolutionary, President of North Vietnam
- Narrated by: Tom Briggs
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 19-12-25
- Language: English
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The Nanda Devi Mystery
- How India and America Lost a Nuclear Device
- By: Asiaville
- Narrated by: Sashi Kumar
- Original Recording
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Performance2
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The Nanda Devi Mystery: How India and America Lost a Nuclear Device is the thoroughly riveting and sometimes bizarre story of how India and America tried to install a nuclear-powered surveillance device on top of the Himalayas to snoop on China and then lost it forever.
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Fascinating history not widely known
- By S Wood on 14-10-23
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The Nanda Devi Mystery
- How India and America Lost a Nuclear Device
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Narcotopia
- In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel that Outwitted the CIA
- By: Patrick Winn
- Narrated by: Patrick Winn
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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The jagged mountains dividing China and Burma belong to the Wa, an indigenous group who have outwitted the CIA to create the world's mightiest narco-state, controlling more territory than Israel and with more troops than Sweden. Are they crime lords? Or visionaries?
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Narcotopia
- In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel that Outwitted the CIA
- Narrated by: Patrick Winn
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 07-03-24
- Language: English
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Coolie Woman
- The Odyssey of Indenture
- By: Gaiutra Bahadur
- Narrated by: Gaiutra Bahadur
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Shunned by society, and sometimes in mortal danger, many coolie women were either runaways, widows, or outcasts. Many of them left husbands and families behind to migrate alone in epic sea voyages-traumatic "middle passages"—only to face a life of hard labor, dismal living conditions, and sexual exploitation. Coolie Woman is a meditation on survival, a gripping story of a double diaspora—from India to the West Indies in one century, Guyana to the United States in the next-that is at once a search for one's roots and an exploration of gender and power, peril and opportunity.
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Awful narration - borderline unlistenable
- By Fawn on 17-05-26
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Coolie Woman
- The Odyssey of Indenture
- Narrated by: Gaiutra Bahadur
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 27-02-24
- Language: English
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Afghanistan
- A Cultural and Political History
- By: Thomas Barfield
- Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance27
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Story26
Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the 16th century to the Taliban resurgence today. Thomas Barfield introduces listeners to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, explaining what unites them as Afghans despite the regional, cultural, and political differences that divide them.
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Underplayed US funding of Islamists
- By Suneil on 08-06-20
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Afghanistan
- A Cultural and Political History
- Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 21-09-12
- Language: English
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Korea
- A New History of South and North
- By: Victor Cha, Ramon Pacheco Pardo
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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Performance8
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Korea has a long, riveting history—it is also a divided nation. South Korea is a vibrant democracy, the tenth largest economy, and is home to a world-renowned culture. North Korea is ruled by the most authoritarian regime in the world, a poor country in a rich region, and is best known for the cult of personality surrounding the ruling Kim family. But both Koreas share a unique common history. Victor Cha and Ramon Pacheco Pardo draw on decades of research to explore the history of modern Korea, from the late nineteenth century, Japanese occupation, and Cold War division to the present day.
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Lots of names and dates, not much insight
- By Sean O'Connor on 22-10-24
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Korea
- A New History of South and North
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 15-08-23
- Language: English
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