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Finding Franklin
- The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search
- By: Russell A. Potter
- Narrated by: Gary L. Willprecht
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2014, the wreck of HMS Erebus, the flagship of Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition to find the Northwest Passage, was discovered. Finding Franklin outlines the larger story and the cast of detectives that led to the discovery, solving one of the Arctic’s greatest mysteries. In compelling and accessible prose, Russell Potter details his decades of work alongside key figures in the era of modern searches for the expedition and elucidates how shared research and ideas have led to a fuller understanding of the Franklin crew’s final months.
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Nothing new
- By Gemma c on 14-03-24
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Finding Franklin
- The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search
- Narrated by: Gary L. Willprecht
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 11-01-19
- Language: English
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Empires of the Weak
- The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World
- By: J.C. Sharman
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology, tactics, and institutions forged by Darwinian military competition gave Europeans a decisive advantage in war from 1500 onward. Empires of the Weak argues that Europeans had no general military superiority in the early modern era. Sharman shows instead that European expansion is better explained by deference to strong Asian and African polities, disease in the Americas, and maritime supremacy earned by default.
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A convincing argument
- By S Travers on 17-07-25
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Empires of the Weak
- The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 14-05-19
- Language: English
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Queen of the Desert
- A Biography of the Female Lawrence of Arabia, Gertrude Bell (Bio Shorts, Book 8)
- By: Fergus Mason
- Narrated by: Jason Sullivan
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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In a male-driven world, Bell managed to become one of the greatest policymakers the world has ever known; without her, the Middle East might very well be a much different place, and her influence in the territory gave her the nickname "Queen of the Desert". This biography tells the extraordinary story of one of the most adventurous and fascinating women you will ever encounter.
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I had high hopes but…
- By Ann on 04-09-21
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Queen of the Desert
- A Biography of the Female Lawrence of Arabia, Gertrude Bell (Bio Shorts, Book 8)
- Narrated by: Jason Sullivan
- Series: Bio Shorts
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 03-03-21
- Language: English
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To the Edges of the Earth
- 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration
- By: Edward J. Larson
- Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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As 1909 dawned, the greatest jewels of exploration - set at the world's frozen extremes - lay unclaimed: the North and South Poles and the so-called "Third Pole", the pole of altitude, located in unexplored heights of the Himalaya. Before the calendar turned, three expeditions had faced death, mutiny, and the harshest conditions on the planet to plant flags at the furthest edges of the Earth.
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Very thorough and entertaining
- By Amazon Customer on 09-08-21
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To the Edges of the Earth
- 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration
- Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 13-03-18
- Language: English
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Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun
- Hernando de Soto and the South's Ancient Chiefdoms
- By: Charles Hudson, Robbie Ethridge - foreword
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 21 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Between 1539 and 1542, the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto led a small army on an expedition of almost four thousand miles across Southeastern America. De Soto's path had been one of history's most intriguing mysteries until the publication of Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun. Using a new route reconstruction, anthropologist Charles Hudson maps the story of the de Soto expedition, tying the route to a number of specific archaeological sites.
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Fascinating
- By unattributed on 18-05-25
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Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun
- Hernando de Soto and the South's Ancient Chiefdoms
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 21 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 23-08-22
- Language: English
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The Secret Token
- Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke
- By: Andrew Lawler
- Narrated by: David H. Lawrence XVII
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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*National Bestseller* A sweeping account of America's oldest unsolved mystery, the people racing to unearth its answer, and the sobering truths--about race, gender, and immigration--exposed by the Lost Colony of Roanoke In 1587, 115 men, women, and children arrived at Roanoke Island on the coast...
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The Secret Token
- Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke
- Narrated by: David H. Lawrence XVII
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 05-06-18
- Language: English
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Everest, Revised & Updated Edition
- Mountain Without Mercy
- By: Broughton Coburn
- Narrated by: Mark Peckham
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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A stunningly illustrated portrait of life and death in a hostile, high-altitude environment where no human can survive for long, Everest invites you to join Breashears, his climbers, and his crew as they make photographic history. Author Broughton Coburn traces each step of the team's progress toward a rendezvous with history - and suddenly you're on the scene of a disaster that riveted the world's attention.
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Monotone narration
- By Anonymous on 23-09-19
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Everest, Revised & Updated Edition
- Mountain Without Mercy
- Narrated by: Mark Peckham
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 18-08-15
- Language: English
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Amelia Earhart: A Life from Beginning to End
- Biographies of Women in History, Book 11
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Alexander G.
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Amelia Earhart was a legend - but perhaps an unlikely one at that. You see, Amelia Earhart was not always the dashing heroine that most of us associate with her name. She began life as a rather shy girl, who often found herself having to hide from her troubled upbringing. As her family life spiraled out of control, Amelia Earhart was forced to move from state to state, town to town, never getting the chance to put down roots. The high school she graduated from was one of many she attended, and a caption by her photo for that semester’s yearbook seems to have said it all.
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Very educational and interesting
- By Dawn Crossley-Knowles on 23-10-23
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Amelia Earhart: A Life from Beginning to End
- Biographies of Women in History, Book 11
- Narrated by: Alexander G.
- Series: Biographies of Women in History
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Release date: 11-09-19
- Language: English
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The Broken Spears
- The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
- By: Miguel León-Portilla
- Narrated by: Jason Manu Olazabal
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel León-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding that history to include the voices of indigenous peoples. In this new and updated edition...
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The Broken Spears
- The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
- Narrated by: Jason Manu Olazabal
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 13-02-24
- Language: English
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Sir Francis Drake's Raid on the Spanish Treasure Trains
- Being a Recounting of Drake's Piratical Raid on the Spanish Main
- By: Francis Drake, Esoteric Media
- Narrated by: A.B. Prince
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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The original recounting of the events from Sir Francis Drake himself. Listen to Drake's piratical raid on the Spanish Main and the various battle and adventures therein.
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Great
- By slipperychimp on 13-03-25
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Sir Francis Drake's Raid on the Spanish Treasure Trains
- Being a Recounting of Drake's Piratical Raid on the Spanish Main
- Narrated by: A.B. Prince
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 21-10-21
- Language: English
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Percy Fawcett and the Lost City of Z
- The History of the Explorer's Mysterious Disappearance in Search of El Dorado
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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The heroes of each generation reflect the conditions, priorities, and goals of the era in which they reside. In the United States and throughout Europe, the wilderness explorer enjoyed widespread public adulation long before leading sports figures, rock stars, and astronauts of later decades. The ingenuity of the Industrial Revolution gave way to early manned flight, and other breakthroughs in communication and travel.
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Can’t listen
- By Anonymous on 01-03-26
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Percy Fawcett and the Lost City of Z
- The History of the Explorer's Mysterious Disappearance in Search of El Dorado
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Release date: 24-10-16
- Language: English
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Two Years Before the Mast
- By: Richard Henry Dana
- Narrated by: Jim Killavey
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Richard Henry Dana called this book a "a voice from the sea". It had an influence on both Joseph Conrad and Herman Melville, both of whom sang its praises. Dana was a law student at Harvard College who decided, in 1834, to take a break from his studies in order to experience the "real world" by signing on as a common sailor for a two year voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California. He kept a journal which he turned into a book after the voyage.
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A great book ruined by dreadful narration
- By Nigel on 20-11-06
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Two Years Before the Mast
- Narrated by: Jim Killavey
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 01-01-06
- Language: English
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A History of the Philippines
- By: David P. Barrows
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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A History of the Philippines is a short, dense and temporally expansive book. It starts with the Evolution of the Land 100 million years ago. The writing is predominantly dry, dispassionate and academic. It's full of details, and often presumes an existing familiarity with Philippine history and culture, introducing terms with no definition provided.
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A History of the Philippines
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 11-05-23
- Language: English
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They Called It Peace
- Worlds of Imperial Violence
- By: Lauren Benton
- Narrated by: Raquel Beattie
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Imperial conquest and colonization depended on pervasive raiding, slaving, and plunder. European empires amassed global power by asserting a right to use unilateral force at their discretion. They Called It Peace is a panoramic history of how these routines of violence remapped the contours of empire and reordered the world from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries.
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They Called It Peace
- Worlds of Imperial Violence
- Narrated by: Raquel Beattie
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 05-03-24
- Language: English
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The Weather Experiment
- By: Peter Moore
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
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In 1865 a broken Admiral Robert FitzRoy locked himself in his dressing room and cut his throat. His grand meteorological project had failed. Yet only a decade later, FitzRoy’s storm-warning system and ‘forecasts’ would return, the model for what we use today. In an age when a storm at sea was evidence of God’s great wrath, 19th-century meteorologists had to fight against convention and religious dogma.
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Fascinating
- By Sue156 on 16-03-16
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The Weather Experiment
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 07-05-15
- Language: English
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Unsettled
- Lord Selkirk's Scottish Colonists and the Battle for Canada's West, 1813-1816
- By: Robert Lower
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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Unsettled tells the story of two hundred Highlanders who flee the Scottish Clearances in 1813 to establish a settlement on the Red River in what eventually became Winnipeg. They are sponsored by the Earl of Selkirk, a man who has never been west of Montreal. Families who have never left their Highland crofts take an epic journey over ocean, up wild rivers, and through boundless wilderness, surviving disease and brutal winter only to face the determined opposition of fur barons who want no sodbusters threatening their trade and are prepared to stop at nothing to destroy their dream.
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Unsettled
- Lord Selkirk's Scottish Colonists and the Battle for Canada's West, 1813-1816
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 06-06-23
- Language: English
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Erebus
- Ein Schiff, zwei Fahrten und das weltweit größte Rätsel auf See
- By: Michael Palin
- Narrated by: Gert Heidenreich
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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Die HMS Erebus war eines der wichtigsten Forschungsschiffe ihrer Zeit, ihre Expeditionen galten als bahnbrechend. Im Jahr 1848 verschwand sie spurlos in der Arktis - 2014 wurde sie gefunden. Dies ist ihre Geschichte - voller Aufbruchsgeist und Entdeckerlust, Abenteuer, Tragödien, Mut und Menschheitsgeschichte, mitreißend geschildert von niemand geringerem als Michael Palin: Monty-Python-Star, Weltreisender und begnadeter Erzähler.
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Erebus
- Ein Schiff, zwei Fahrten und das weltweit größte Rätsel auf See
- Narrated by: Gert Heidenreich
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 16-03-21
- Language: German
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President Eisenhower's Close Encounters
- By: Paul Blake Smith
- Narrated by: Tom Beyer
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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Follow along with researcher/author Paul Blake Smith as he pieces together an explosive puzzle, which reveals that President Eisenhower met with friendly aliens, and that other American presidents likely renewed Ike's secret agreement with the visitors, who remain aloof to this day, to avoid triggering social chaos.
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Great story & superb narration
- By Shakkers on 10-09-24
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President Eisenhower's Close Encounters
- Narrated by: Tom Beyer
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 25-01-22
- Language: English
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Our America
- A Hispanic History of the United States
- By: Felipe Fernández-Armesto
- Narrated by: David DeSantos
- Length: 18 hrs and 21 mins
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An eminent scholar finds a new American history in the Hispanic past of our diverse nation. The United States is still typically conceived of as an offshoot of England, with our history unfolding east to west beginning with the first English settlers in Jamestown. This view overlooks the significance of America's Hispanic past. With the profile of the United States increasingly Hispanic, the importance of recovering the Hispanic dimension to our national story has never been greater. This absorbing narrative begins with the explorers and conquistadores who planted Spain's first colonies in Puerto Rico, Florida, and the Southwest.
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Our America
- A Hispanic History of the United States
- Narrated by: David DeSantos
- Length: 18 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 20-01-14
- Language: English
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Between Man and Beast
- An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Tookthe Victorian World By Storm
- By: Monte Reel
- Narrated by: Bob Walter
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
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The unbelievably riveting adventure of an unlikely young explorer who emerged from the jungles of Africa with evidence of a mysterious, still mythical beast—the gorilla—only to stumble straight into the center of the biggest debate of the day: Darwin's theory of evolution In 1856 Paul Du...
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Between Man and Beast
- An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Tookthe Victorian World By Storm
- Narrated by: Bob Walter
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 12-03-13
- Language: English
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