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Tulip Mania
- The History and Legacy of the World’s First Speculative Bubble During the Dutch Golden Age
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
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Tulip Mania: The History and Legacy of the World’s First Speculative Bubble During the Dutch Golden Age analyzes the legendary mania and whether it was as dramatic as portrayed. You will learn about Tulip Mania like never before.
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Tulip Mania
- The History and Legacy of the World’s First Speculative Bubble During the Dutch Golden Age
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Release date: 01-08-18
- Language: English
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The Warwolf
- A Peasant Chronicle of the Thirty Years War
- By: Hermann Löns, Robert Kvinnesland - translator
- Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Warwolf, Hermann Löns's acclaimed historical novel, the tragedy and horrors of war in general, and these times in particular are revealed. The Warwolf, based on the author's careful research, traces the life of Harm Wulf, a land-owning peasant farmer of the northern German heath who realizes after witnessing the murder of neighbors and family at the hands of marauding troops that he has a choice between compromising his morals or succumbing to inevitable torture and death.
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The Warwolf
- A Peasant Chronicle of the Thirty Years War
- Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 27-08-24
- Language: English
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The Great Plague
- A People's History
- By: Evelyn Lord
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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In this intimate history of the extraordinary Black Plague pandemic that swept through the British Isles in 1665, Evelyn Lord focuses on the plague's effects on smaller towns, where every death was a singular blow affecting the entire community. Lord's fascinating reconstruction of life during plague times presents the personal experiences of a wide range of individuals, from historical notables to common folk. The Great Plague brings this dark era to vivid life through stories of loss and survival from those who grieved, those who fled, and those who hid to await their fate.
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The Great Plague
- A People's History
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 28-02-22
- Language: English
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Taking Manhattan
- The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
- By: Russell Shorto
- Narrated by: Russell Shorto
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their archrivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, the military officer who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he encountered Peter Stuyvesant, New Netherland’s canny director general.
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Taking Manhattan
- The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
- Narrated by: Russell Shorto
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 04-03-25
- Language: English
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The Jamestown Brides
- By: Jennifer Potter
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In 1621, 57 women undertook a three-month journey to Jamestown after responding to an advert placed by the Virginia Company, looking for wives for its tobacco planters in the New Colony. They travelled of their own free will, but the Company was effectively selling them at a profit, having set a bride price of 150lbs of tobacco for each woman. But what did the women want? Why did they make the perilous Atlantic crossing to a dangerous land, where six out of seven European settlers died within a few years?
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Interesting
- By Kath on 27-10-20
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The Jamestown Brides
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 06-02-19
- Language: English
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Nature's Mutiny
- How the Little Ice Age Transformed the West and Shaped the Present
- By: Philipp Blom
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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‘Europe where the sun dares scarce appear For freezing meteors and congealed cold.’ Christopher Marlowe In this innovative and compelling work of environmental history, Philipp Blom chronicles the great climate crisis of the 1600s, a crisis that would transform the entire social and...
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Global cooling
- By StephanQuintet on 14-10-23
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Nature's Mutiny
- How the Little Ice Age Transformed the West and Shaped the Present
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 07-03-19
- Language: English
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Unfabling the East
- The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia
- By: Jürgen Osterhammel, Robert Savage - translator
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 25 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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During the long 18th century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. In this panoramic book, author Jürgen Osterhammel tells the story of the European Enlightenment's nuanced encounter with the great civilizations of the East, from the Ottoman Empire and India to China and Japan. A momentous work by one of Europe's most eminent historians, Unfabling the East takes listeners on a thrilling voyage to the farthest shores, bringing back vital insights for our own multicultural age.
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Unfabling the East
- The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 25 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 13-11-18
- Language: English
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Träume aus Feuer - Der Alchemist von der Pfaueninsel
- By: Florian Illies
- Narrated by: Stephan Schad
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
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Der Alchemist von der Pfaueninsel. Das neue Buch des Bestseller-Autors und "großen Geschichtenerzählers" (Süddeutsche Zeitung) Tauchen wir ein in die großen Träume eines großen Mannes: Johannes Kunckel ist ein Magier und Alchemist, der daran glaubt, Gold zaubern zu können. Der preußische König schenkt ihm deshalb die Pfaueninsel zwischen Potsdam und Berlin, damit er im Geheimen in seiner Zauberwerkstatt aus dem Feuer eine neue Welt erschaffen kann. Aus seinem Ofen entsteigt am Ende ein Glas, wie es zuvor kein Menschenauge je gesehen hatte: rot wie ein Rubin.
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Träume aus Feuer - Der Alchemist von der Pfaueninsel
- Narrated by: Stephan Schad
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 01-06-26
- Language: German
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The Island at the Center of the World
- The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America
- By: Russell Shorto
- Narrated by: Russell Shorto
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today. In the late 1960s, an archivist in the New York State Library made an astounding discovery...
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The Island at the Center of the World
- The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America
- Narrated by: Russell Shorto
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 16-08-16
- Language: English
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Lady Bette and the Murder of Mr Thynn
- By: N. A. Pickford
- Narrated by: Katie Scarfe
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
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Lady Bette, the 14-year-old heiress to the vast Northumberland estates, becomes the victim of a plot by her grandmother, the Countess Howard, to marry her to the dissident fortune-hunter Thomas Thynn, a man three times her age with an evil reputation. Revolted by her new husband, Lady Bette flees to Holland. Within weeks, Thynn is gunned down in the street by three hired assassins. Who is behind the contract killing? Is it the Swedish Count Coningsmark, young and glamorous with blond hair down to his waist?
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It's a page truner!
- By Mrs A on 02-07-14
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Lady Bette and the Murder of Mr Thynn
- Narrated by: Katie Scarfe
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 13-03-14
- Language: English
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Captain Alatriste
- By: Arturo Perez-Reverte, Margaret Sayers Peden - translator
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Margaret Sayers Peden
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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The novels of Arturo Pérez-Reverte have captivated readers around the world and earned him a reputation as “the master of the intellectual thriller.” (Chicago Tribune) His books have been published in fifty countries. Now, beginning with Captain Alatriste, comes Pérez-Reverte’s most...
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Captain Alatriste
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Margaret Sayers Peden
- Series: Captain Alatriste Series, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 05-05-05
- Language: English
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The Dodo
- The History and Legacy of the Extinct Flightless Bird
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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At one point or another, just about everyone has heard of the dodo bird, which is almost universally described as a cuddly, whimsical creature renowned for its alleged stupidity. This prehistoric avian had been known for hundreds of years, before it was made popular around the world in Lewis Carroll’s 1865 classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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potted dodo history.
- By David O'Neill on 17-02-22
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Saints of the American Wilderness
- The Brave Lives and Holy Deaths of the Eight North American Martyrs
- By: John A. O'Brien
- Narrated by: Chris Larsen
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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Gripping true tales of holiness and horror: In the savage forests and rivers of 17th-century Canada, eight courageous Jesuits braved torture, treachery, and martyrdom to bring the light of Christ to a land steeped in darkness. Their blood sanctified North America.
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Saints of the American Wilderness
- The Brave Lives and Holy Deaths of the Eight North American Martyrs
- Narrated by: Chris Larsen
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 19-09-25
- Language: English
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The Man Who Invented Fiction
- How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World
- By: William Egginton
- Narrated by: Matt Fletcher-Macdonald
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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‘In 1605 a crippled, greying, almost toothless veteran of Spain’s wars against the Ottoman Empire published a book. That book, Don Quixote, went on to sell more copies than any other book beside the Bible, making its author, Miguel de Cervantes, the most widely read author in human history...
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The Man Who Invented Fiction
- How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World
- Narrated by: Matt Fletcher-Macdonald
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 27-08-26
- Language: English
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The King's Assassin
- The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I
- By: Benjamin Woolley
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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Now a major TV series, Mary & George, starring Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine. The King’s Assassin is the scandalous story of George Villiers, lover – and murderer – of King James I. The rise of George Villiers from minor gentry to royal power seemed to defy gravity. Becoming...
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The King's Assassin
- The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 18-11-24
- Language: English
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Mistresses
- Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II
- By: Linda Porter
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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According to the great diarist, John Evelyn, Charles II was ‘addicted to women’, and throughout his long reign a great many succumbed to his charms. Clever, urbane and handsome, Charles presided over a hedonistic court, in which licence and licentiousness prevailed. Mistresses is the story...
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Mistresses
- Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 13-11-24
- Language: English
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Nature's Mutiny
- How the Little Ice Age Transformed the West and Shaped the Present
- By: Philipp Blom
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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‘Europe where the sun dares scarce appear For freezing meteors and congealed cold.’ Christopher Marlowe In this innovative and compelling work of environmental history, Philipp Blom chronicles the great climate crisis of the 1600s, a crisis that would transform the entire social and...
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Nature's Mutiny
- How the Little Ice Age Transformed the West and Shaped the Present
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 13-11-24
- Language: English
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The Age of Intoxication
- Origins of the Global Drug Trade
- By: Benjamin Breen
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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In The Age of Intoxication, Benjamin Breen offers a window into a time when drugs were not yet separated into categories - illicit and licit, recreational and medicinal, modern and traditional - and there was no barrier between the drug dealer and the pharmacist.
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The Age of Intoxication
- Origins of the Global Drug Trade
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 27-10-20
- Language: English
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Mayflower
- A History from Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Jimmy Kieffer
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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The story of the Mayflower is one of adventure, courage, and destiny. Leaving England in September of 1620, the ship carried 102 English Separatists to a new life, one that came with the freedom to practice their religious beliefs as they saw fit. These Pilgrims had the courage of their convictions. They had already potentially faced execution for practicing their beliefs, and now they were willing to uproot their lives, their families, and their homes, to sign contracts of indentured servitude - all to find what they called freedom in a foreign land.
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Mayflower
- A History from Beginning to End
- Narrated by: Jimmy Kieffer
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 15-08-18
- Language: English
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Kingdom of Dahomey
- A History from Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
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Imagine a fervently militaristic state with a feared professional army that included some of the only all-female military units ever seen. Imagine that same state with its own unique and sophisticated culture, religion, language, art, and society. Such a state did exist—not in the ancient past but as recently as the beginning of the 20th century.
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Kingdom of Dahomey
- A History from Beginning to End
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Release date: 05-10-22
- Language: English
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