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Inside the Gas Chambers
- Eight Months in the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz
- By: Shlomo Venezia
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
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Slomo Venezia was born into a poor Jewish-Italian community living in Thessaloniki, Greece. At first, the occupying Italians protected his family; but when the Germans invaded, the Venezias were deported to Auschwitz. His mother and sisters disappeared on arrival, and he learned, at first with disbelief, that they had almost certainly been gassed. Given the chance to earn a little extra bread, he agreed to become a 'Sonderkommando', without realizing what this entailed.
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vital history
- By simon on 24-06-25
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Inside the Gas Chambers
- Eight Months in the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 29-11-22
- Language: English
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The Hitler Years
- Holocaust 1933-1945
- By: Frank McDonough
- Narrated by: Paul McGann
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Bestselling historian Professor Frank McDonough tackles the subject in the same way as his brilliantly reviewed and bestselling titles in this series. The penultimate title in the Hitler's Germany series, the book marks the end of the Second World War, and the end of the Nazi regime, offering the listener a sweeping narrative tackling the major characters, significant events of this horrific period of Nazi doctrine formed in their early years of the 1920s, that would evolve into full-blown genocide of a race of people by the end of World War Two.
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A very harrowing book
- By MattyN on 13-03-26
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The Hitler Years
- Holocaust 1933-1945
- Narrated by: Paul McGann
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 06-11-25
- Language: English
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Can Europe Survive?
- The Story of a Continent in a Fractured World
- By: David Marsh
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 18 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Today, Europe finds itself in a fast-changing, polarized world dominated by Chinese-American rivalry. The European Union and its surrounding nonmember states, despite initial successes after the fall of the Berlin Wall, have failed to implement a strategy for success in the twenty-first century. Britain's exit from the Union has weakened both sides, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine has thrown these shortcomings into sharp relief. How should states across the continent position themselves in the decades to come?
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Can Europe Survive?
- The Story of a Continent in a Fractured World
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 18 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 28-04-26
- Language: English
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
- The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
- By: James D. Hornfischer
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall103
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Performance86
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The exhilarating true story of the U.S. Navy’s improbable victory at the Battle of Samar—“a dire survival-at-sea saga” (Denver Post) from the acclaimed author of Neptune’s Inferno “A critically acclaimed, blow-by-blow look at a small American force...
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Excellent book slightly let down by the reader.
- By Andrew on 05-02-10
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
- The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 12-02-04
- Language: English
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A Native’s Return: 1945-1988
- By: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 21 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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In this last book of a three-volume series, William L. Shirer recounts his return to Berlin after the Third Reich’s defeat. Having fled Berlin and imminent arrest by the Gestapo in 1940, Shirer returned to Europe in October 1945 to verify the facts of the Fuhrer’s death, thus bringing to a close - or so he thought - his involvement with the Third Reich. He describes his return to his homeland and his ensuing careers as a broadcast journalist and author. He describes the McCarthy years and how the blacklist affected his own network, CBS.
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Grover reads Shirer
- By Mister Peridot on 06-06-20
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A Native’s Return: 1945-1988
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Series: Twentieth Century Journey, Book 3
- Length: 21 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 25-02-20
- Language: English
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The Nazi Hunters
- By: Andrew Nagorski
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance23
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More than seven decades after the end of the Second World War, the era of the Nazi hunters is drawing to a close as they and the hunted die off. Their saga can now be told almost in its entirety. After the Nuremberg trials and the start of the Cold War, most of the victors in World War II lost interest in prosecuting Nazi war criminals. Many of the lower-ranking perpetrators quickly blended in with the millions who were seeking to rebuild their lives in a new Europe, while those who felt most at risk fled the continent.
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Interesting and Comprehensive
- By G Marshall on 22-01-19
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The Nazi Hunters
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 10-05-16
- Language: English
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Churchill: History in an Hour
- By: Andrew Mulholland
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall79
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Performance65
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour… Sir Winston Churchill was a soldier, journalist, writer, Nobel Prize winner and, above all, a leader. Conservative then Liberal then Conservative again, his political instincts won him a sustained career at the summit of British government...
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Interesting overview
- By TheNameless on 13-02-19
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Churchill: History in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Release date: 24-04-14
- Language: English
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Citizen Clem
- A Biography of Attlee
- By: John Bew
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 26 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall406
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Performance356
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Clement Attlee was the Labour prime minister who presided over Britain's radical postwar government, delivering the end of the empire in India, the foundation of the NHS and Britain's place in NATO. Called 'a sheep in sheep's clothing', his reputation has long been that of an unassuming character in the shadow of Churchill. But as John Bew's revelatory biography shows, Attlee was not only a hero of his age but an emblem of it, and his life tells the story of how Britain changed over the 20th century.
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Good old Clem
- By P Garbett on 12-11-17
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Citizen Clem
- A Biography of Attlee
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 26 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 07-09-17
- Language: English
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The Secret Rooms: A True Gothic Mystery
- By: Catherine Bailey
- Narrated by: Stephen Rashbrook
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall214
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Performance179
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In April 1940, the ninth Duke of Rutland died in mysterious circumstances in one of the rooms of his family estate, Belvoir Castle. The mystery surrounding these rooms holds the key to a tragic story that is played out on the brutal battlefields of the Western Front and in the exclusive salons of Mayfair and Belgravia in the dying years of la belle époque. Uncovered is a dark and disturbing period in the history of the Rutland family, and one which they were determined to keep hidden for over 60 years. Sixty years on, The Secret Rooms is the true story of family secrets and one man’s determination to keep the past hidden at any cost.
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Great read. Great narration.
- By GalePettifer on 11-11-12
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The Secret Rooms: A True Gothic Mystery
- Narrated by: Stephen Rashbrook
- Length: 15 hrs
- Release date: 01-11-12
- Language: English
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The Mirror of Great Britain
- A Life of James VI & I
- By: Clare Jackson
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory
- Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. A major reassessment of one of Britain’s most strange and fascinating kings, James I of England and VI of Scotland James VI & I, who died 400 years ago, was one of Britain’s most consequential and interesting monarchs, not least in creating the British monarchy...
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The Mirror of Great Britain
- A Life of James VI & I
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory
- Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 28-08-25
- Language: English
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Ghosts of the Tsunami
- Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
- By: Richard Lloyd Parry
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall221
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Performance199
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On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of Northeast Japan. By the time the sea retreated, more than 18,000 people had been crushed, burned to death, or drowned. It was Japan's greatest single loss of life since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. It set off a national crisis and the meltdown of a nuclear power plant. And even after the immediate emergency had abated, the trauma of the disaster continued to express itself in bizarre and mysterious ways.
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Hungry Ghosts
- By Barbara on 19-01-18
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Ghosts of the Tsunami
- Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 26-09-17
- Language: English
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Emperor
- A New Life of Charles V
- By: Geoffrey Parker
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 26 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall65
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Performance51
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The life of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers. But the elusive nature of the man (despite an abundance of documentation), his relentless travel and the control of his own image, together with the complexity of governing the world's first transatlantic empire, complicate the task.
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Outstanding
- By Mr on 28-05-20
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Emperor
- A New Life of Charles V
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 26 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 11-06-19
- Language: English
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After Auschwitz
- The breathtaking true story of heartbreak and survival by the stepsister of Anne Frank
- By: Eva Schloss
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall37
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Performance33
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Eva Schloss's remarkable memoir of surviving the Holocaust, rebuilding her life after WW2 and honouring her stepsister Anne Frank's legacy The extraordinary international bestseller 'A book that is almost impossible to put down and stop reading. I've shed many a tear reading this book. We should...
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After Auschwitz
- By Amazon Customer on 29-04-19
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After Auschwitz
- The breathtaking true story of heartbreak and survival by the stepsister of Anne Frank
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 31-05-18
- Language: English
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The Battered Body Beneath the Flagstones, and Other Victorian Scandals
- By: Michelle Morgan
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall293
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Performance264
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'Ghoulishly entertaining' Jacqueline Banerjee, Times Literary Supplement 'This is a great book for dipping into . . . the cases themselves are written engagingly and with appealing dramatisation of key events.' Kim Fleet, Crime Review A grisly book dedicated to the crimes, perversions and...
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Oh god the accents
- By Mrs Trellis on 22-08-18
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The Battered Body Beneath the Flagstones, and Other Victorian Scandals
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 12-04-18
- Language: English
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume 3
- Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
- By: William Manchester, Paul Reid
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer, Paul Reid
- Length: 53 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Spanning the years 1940 to 1965, Defender of the Realm, the third volume of William Manchester’s The Last Lion, picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became prime minister - when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany. The Churchill portrayed by Manchester and Reid is a man of indomitable courage, lightning-fast intellect, and an irresistible will to action.
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Mammoth biography
- By Derrick on 23-07-14
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume 3
- Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer, Paul Reid
- Series: Last Lion, Book 3
- Length: 53 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 06-11-12
- Language: English
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The Seeker
- The Seeker 1
- By: S.G. MacLean
- Narrated by: Nicholas Camm
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall696
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Performance626
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Winner of the 2015 CWA Endeavour Dagger for Historical Fiction London, 1654. Oliver Cromwell is at the height of his power and has declared himself Lord Protector. Yet he has many enemies, at home and abroad. London is a complex web of spies and merchants, priests and soldiers, exiles and...
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A Dark-Cloaked Figure
- By Simon on 10-12-16
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The Seeker
- The Seeker 1
- Narrated by: Nicholas Camm
- Series: Damian Seeker, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 08-12-16
- Language: English
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The Reformation: History in an Hour
- By: Edward A Gosselin
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance75
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. The Reformation was a long struggle of ideas between the established Catholic Church and the questioning of faith brought about by the Renaissance in Western Europe. Started by Martin Luther in 1517, religious dissidence spread across Europe...
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Too much in an hour
- By Ian on 11-10-18
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The Reformation: History in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Release date: 16-01-13
- Language: English
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An Improbable Life
- The Autobiography
- By: Trevor McDonald
- Narrated by: Trevor McDonald
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall287
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Performance253
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Sir Trevor McDonald is an extraordinary man - and he has led an improbable life. Now in his 80th year, he is known and loved by people the world over for his humility, charm and natural ease. As a natural storyteller and communicator, he has few equals. In An Improbable Life, Sir Trevor recounts...
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Interesting to begin with.....
- By Dai Wynne-Jones on 06-12-19
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An Improbable Life
- The Autobiography
- Narrated by: Trevor McDonald
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 17-10-19
- Language: English
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Francis Bacon
- Revelations
- By: Mark Stevens, Annalyn Swan
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 28 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall60
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The Times Art Book of the Year 2021 FINALIST FOR THE PLUTARCH AWARD 2022 ‘Must surely be the definitive life of Francis Bacon … A biography that no Bacon fan – or indeed foe – can afford to overlook … Mesmerising’ THE TIMES ‘A magnificent triumph … I was captivated by every...
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Well narrated but poorly edited
- By Anonymous on 22-01-21
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Francis Bacon
- Revelations
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 28 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 21-01-21
- Language: English
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Nostalgia
- A History of a Dangerous Emotion
- By: Agnes Arnold-Forster
- Narrated by: Agnes Arnold-Forster
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Read by the author, Agnes Arnold-Forster. ‘Arnold-Forster belongs to that valuable non-jargon-spouting breed of academic who is capable of explaining complex ideas in simple language.’ – The Times In Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion, Agnes Arnold-Forster blends neuroscience and...
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Exactly what I needed!
- By Anonymous on 25-11-25
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Nostalgia
- A History of a Dangerous Emotion
- Narrated by: Agnes Arnold-Forster
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 25-04-24
- Language: English
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