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Echoes of Ancient Forgotten Empires
- Echoes of Empires Whose Glory Faded but Whose Influence Remains Deeply Embedded Today
- By: Caelmyr H. Dornakai
- Narrated by: Jimmy Trisler
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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What happens when great empires vanish without a clear trace? Echoes of Ancient Forgotten Empires seeks to answer that question by exploring the powerful civilizations that once dominated regions across the Old World—only to be lost to time, conquest, or natural disaster. These empires may not appear in mainstream history books, but their influence still lingers in the cultures, languages, and traditions that followed. This audiobook brings their stories back to life through a vivid blend of archaeology, historical research, and storytelling.
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- Echoes of Empires Whose Glory Faded but Whose Influence Remains Deeply Embedded Today
- Narrated by: Jimmy Trisler
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 08-04-26
- Language: English
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A History of the World
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr, David Timson
- Length: 26 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Fresh, exciting and vividly readable, this is popular history at its very best. Our understanding of world history is changing, as new discoveries are made on all the continents and old prejudices are being challenged. In this truly global journey, political journalist Andrew Marr revisits some...
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Awsome, educational and epic work
- By Adisha on 30-10-12
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A History of the World
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr, David Timson
- Length: 26 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 01-10-12
- Language: English
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Civilizations That Time Forgot
- The Mysterious Civilizations That Vanished, Leaving Clues Beneath Sand, Stone, Jungles Worldwide Today
- By: Briskael S. Thoryn
- Narrated by: Eddie Leonard Jr.
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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From the desert sands of forgotten empires to the hidden valleys of vanished kingdoms, Civilizations That Time Forgot takes listeners on a journey through the lost chapters of human history. This captivating exploration uncovers societies that once flourished with advanced cultures, powerful cities, and rich traditions—yet were later erased from the mainstream story of civilization. These are not merely ancient ruins or forgotten names; they are complete worlds that shaped the development of humanity in ways we are still discovering today.
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Civilizations That Time Forgot
- The Mysterious Civilizations That Vanished, Leaving Clues Beneath Sand, Stone, Jungles Worldwide Today
- Narrated by: Eddie Leonard Jr.
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 23-03-26
- Language: English
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The History of the Ancient World
- From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
- By: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall621
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Performance548
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Story546
This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight to the characteristics of each country. Susan Wise Bauer provides both sweeping scope and vivid attention to the individual lives that give flesh to abstract assertions about human history. This narrative history employs the methods of "history from beneath" - literature, epic traditions, private letters, and accounts - to connect kings and leaders with the lives of those they ruled.
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More fairy tale than history...
- By Clementi on 26-12-15
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The History of the Ancient World
- From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Series: The Story of the World
- Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 13-08-13
- Language: English
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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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Overall63
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Performance63
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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. In the 18th Century, young English gentlemen would embark on Grand Tours - educational journeys to foreign climes, absorbing the sights, sounds and stories that defined them. But we get it - you’re busy. These days, all you need to see the world is a pair of headphones.
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a great surprise
- By Mr P English on 18-03-26
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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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The Rest Is History Returns
- An A–Z of Historical Curiosities
- By: Dominic Sandbrook, Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Dominic Sandbrook, Tom Holland
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance28
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This time Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook bring you an alphabetical miscellany, taking on some of history’s best and most bizarre moments. Charge forth against the traitors of the American Revolution, journey through Baghdad to discover the origins of the Arabian Nights and head to Sicily to witness the first face-off between Carthage and Rome.
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The podcast is much better
- By LARSSON STEFAN on 12-11-24
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The Rest Is History Returns
- An A–Z of Historical Curiosities
- Narrated by: Dominic Sandbrook, Tom Holland
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 19-09-24
- Language: English
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Centuries of Change
- By: Ian Mortimer
- Narrated by: Mike Grady, Ian Mortimer, Various
- Length: 16 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall445
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Performance391
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Story393
In a contest of change, which century from the past millennium would come up trumps? Imagine the Black Death took on the female vote in a pub brawl, or the Industrial Revolution faced the Internet in a medieval joust - whose side would you be on? In this hugely entertaining book, celebrated historian Ian Mortimer takes us on a whirlwind tour of Western history, pitting one century against another in his quest to measure change.
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Though provoking approach to history
- By Kirstine on 28-11-17
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Centuries of Change
- Narrated by: Mike Grady, Ian Mortimer, Various
- Length: 16 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 19-03-15
- Language: English
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Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind: The multi-million copy bestseller
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26,722
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Performance22,682
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Story22,536
Brought to you by Penguin. **ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY** What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human. Earth is 4.5...
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Thought provoking but overconfident
- By Jan W. H. Schnupp on 24-09-15
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Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind: The multi-million copy bestseller
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Series: Sapiens
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 30-04-15
- Language: English
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Proto
- How One Ancient Language Went Global
- By: Laura Spinney
- Narrated by: Emma Spurgin Hussey
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall129
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Performance122
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*A GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, PROSPECT AND WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2025* 'The fascinating story of ancient words … new revelations await' The Guardian 'A magisterial feat' New Scientist ________________________________ One ancient language transformed our world. This is its story. Star. Stjarna...
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Extremely interesting
- By JoRo on 17-02-26
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Proto
- How One Ancient Language Went Global
- Narrated by: Emma Spurgin Hussey
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 24-04-25
- Language: English
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Nexus
- The Sunday Times bestselling history about humans, technology and AI from the author of Sapiens
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall977
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Performance912
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Brought to you by Penguin. The mind-blowing story of humans, technology and power from the international and Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens. Stories brought us together. Books spread our ideas – and our mythologies. The internet promised infinite knowledge. The algorithm learned...
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Swapped out the best narrator for the worst
- By Amy Borg on 20-09-24
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Nexus
- The Sunday Times bestselling history about humans, technology and AI from the author of Sapiens
- Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 10-09-24
- Language: English
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Powers and Thrones
- A New History of the Middle Ages
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 24 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall932
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Performance824
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From the best-selling author of The Templars, Dan Jones' epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built. Across 16 chapters, blending Dan Jones' trademark gripping narrative style with authoritative analysis, Powers and Thrones shows how, at each stage in this story, successive Western powers thrived by attracting - or stealing - the most valuable resources, ideas and people from the rest of the world.
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Oh Dear.
- By iain ward on 10-10-21
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Powers and Thrones
- A New History of the Middle Ages
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 24 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 02-09-21
- Language: English
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Histories
- By: Herodotus
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall248
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Performance216
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In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus describes the growth of the Persian Empire with force, authority, and style. Perhaps most famously, the book tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, king of Persia. Here are not only the great battles - Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis - but also penetrating human insight and a powerful sense of epic destiny at work.
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Great reading
- By Nik Jewell on 13-05-18
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Histories
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 13-05-16
- Language: English
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Servus
- How Slavery Made the Roman Empire
- By: Emma Southon
- Narrated by: Emma Southon
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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'The most important book you'll ever read about ancient Rome.' - Rebecca Wragg Sykes, author of KINDRED The 'electrifying' untold story of slavery in the Roman Empire by the author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. We associate the Romans with majesty and greatness: we marvel at...
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Servus
- How Slavery Made the Roman Empire
- Narrated by: Emma Southon
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 21-05-26
- Language: English
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The Norman Conquest
- The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England
- By: Marc Morris
- Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall503
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Performance456
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An upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful and unified kingdom in Christendom. An invasion force on a scale not seen since the days of the Romans. One of the bloodiest and most decisive battles ever fought.
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Great story, poor reading
- By Matthew on 21-11-14
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The Norman Conquest
- The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England
- Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 24-09-13
- Language: English
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The Silk Roads
- A New History of the World
- By: Peter Frankopan
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 25 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall289
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Performance262
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For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west—in the New World of the Americas. Today, it is the east which calls out to those in search of adventure and riches. The region stretching from eastern Europe and sweeping right across Central Asia deep into China and India, is taking centre stage in international politics, commerce and culture—and is shaping the modern world. This region, the true centre of the earth, is obscure to many in the English-speaking world. Yet this is where civilization itself began, where the world’s great religions were born and took root.
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Not very novel, but quite entertaining
- By Nyota on 04-03-23
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The Silk Roads
- A New History of the World
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 25 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 28-08-22
- Language: English
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The Enlightenment
- The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790
- By: Ritchie Robertson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 40 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall51
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Performance45
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Brought to you by Penguin. The Enlightenment is one of the formative periods of Western history, yet more than 300 years after it began, it remains controversial. It is often seen as the fountainhead of modern values such as human rights, religious toleration, freedom of thought, scientific...
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Superb Overview
- By S. Moorcroft on 05-01-21
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The Enlightenment
- The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 40 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 05-11-20
- Language: English
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
- 'Truly mind-expanding... Ultra-topical' Guardian
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7,240
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Performance6,156
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Brought to you by Penguin. The audiobook edition of 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, read by Derek Perkins. **THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER** In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment. How can we protect...
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Grow your mind
- By Paul Murphy on 07-09-18
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
- 'Truly mind-expanding... Ultra-topical' Guardian
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 30-08-18
- Language: English
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Origins
- How the Earth Shaped Human History
- By: Lewis Dartnell
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall353
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Performance303
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When we talk about human history, we focus on great leaders, mass migration and decisive wars. But how has the Earth itself determined our destiny? How has our planet made us? As a species we are shaped by our environment. Geological forces drove our evolution in East Africa; mountainous terrain led to the development of democracy in Greece; and today voting behaviour in the United States follows the bed of an ancient sea. The human story is the story of these forces, from plate tectonics and climate change, to atmospheric circulation and ocean currents.
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Anthropology meets geography. Fascinating.
- By "Jimmy H" on 23-04-20
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Origins
- How the Earth Shaped Human History
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 31-01-19
- Language: English
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A Million Years in a Day
- A Curious History of Everyday Life
- By: Greg Jenner
- Narrated by: Greg Jenner
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall826
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Performance749
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Story747
'A wonderful idea, gloriously put into practice. Greg Jenner as is witty as he is knowledgeable.' (Tom Holland) 'Delightful, surprising and hilarious, this is a fascinating history of the everyday objects and inventions we take for granted.' (Lauren Laverne) Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our head hits our pillow at night, we all take part in rituals that are millennia old.
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A good idea ruined by irritating narration
- By flying_fin on 16-12-15
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A Million Years in a Day
- A Curious History of Everyday Life
- Narrated by: Greg Jenner
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 14-05-15
- Language: English
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Magicians of the Gods
- The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilisation
- By: Graham Hancock
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,049
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Performance1,790
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Story1,783
New archaeological evidence for a pre-historic civilisation updated with two substantial new chapters brimming with recent reporting of fresh scientific advances. Graham Hancock's multi-million bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging...
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Massive improvement on Finger Print of the Gods
- By Etienne-Paul on 15-09-15
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Magicians of the Gods
- The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilisation
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 10-09-15
- Language: English
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