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Mount Athos and Meteora: The History of the Greek Landmarks That Became Orthodox Christian Monasteries
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
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Mount Athos and Meteora: The History of the Greek Landmarks That Became Orthodox Christian Monasteries looks at the unique regions and what life has been like there since ancient times. You will learn about Meteora and Mount Athos like never before.
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Mount Athos and Meteora: The History of the Greek Landmarks That Became Orthodox Christian Monasteries
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 15-08-18
- Language: English
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The Dutch East India Company
- The History of the World's First Multinational Corporation
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Perhaps the most famous – or as many would put it, infamous – of these naval corporations was the Dutch East India Company, also known as VOC. Established around the beginning of the 17th century, this nautical behemoth of a corporation was determined to squeeze everyone else out of the market. Vested with the power to wage war and exterminate any who dared stand in their way, the rest of the world stood by as the unstoppable force took over the whole of international maritime trade.
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The Dutch East India Company
- The History of the World's First Multinational Corporation
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 01-12-16
- Language: English
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The Counter-Reformation
- The History of the Catholic Church’s Response to the Protestant Reformation
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Although the Counter-Reformation is sometimes also called the Catholic Reformation, the latter term properly refers to the set of measures of spiritual, theological and liturgical renewal with which the Catholic Church had attempted to reform its institutions even before the Council of Trent. During the Council of Constance, for example, the council fathers had already called for a reform "in the head and in the members", but it was only after the Protestant Reformation that this need became urgent, resulting in the application of the Tridentine conciliar provisions.
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The Counter-Reformation
- The History of the Catholic Church’s Response to the Protestant Reformation
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Release date: 12-03-26
- Language: English
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Mayan Warfare
- The History of the Maya’s Battles and Military Tactics
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
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Many ancient civilizations have influenced and inspired people in the 21st century, and the Greeks and Romans continue to fascinate the West today, but of all the world’s civilizations, none have intrigued people more than the Mayans, whose culture, astronomy, language, and mysterious disappearance all continue to captivate people. In the past decade especially, there has been a renewed focus on the Mayans, whose advanced calendar led many to speculate the world would end on the same date the Mayan calendar ended in 2012.
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Mayan Warfare
- The History of the Maya’s Battles and Military Tactics
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Release date: 30-10-21
- Language: English
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The Birth of the Royal Air Force in World War I
- The History and Legacy of British Air Power During the Great War
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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One of the most important breakthroughs in military technology associated with World War I, and certainly the one that continues to capture the public imagination, was the use of airplanes, which were a virtual novelty a decade before. While the war quickly ground to a halt in its first few months, the skies above the Western Front became increasingly busy. The great powers had already been acquiring aircraft for potential uses, but aerial warfare had never been a major component of any conflict.
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The Birth of the Royal Air Force in World War I
- The History and Legacy of British Air Power During the Great War
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Release date: 30-10-17
- Language: English
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Legends of Hollywood: The Life and Legacy of Roman Polanski
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
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Few figures in Hollywood's history have been as acclaimed and controversial as director Roman Polanski, whose legendary films would stand out if not for the fact that they're often eclipsed by the turbulent life he's led. The son of Polish parents, Polanski survived World War II despite having both parents transferred to concentration camps during the Holocaust, but his mother was killed at Auschwitz. Despite the terrible ordeal and the loss of his mother, Polanski would grow up to become one of Europe's best directors.
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Legends of Hollywood: The Life and Legacy of Roman Polanski
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Release date: 20-02-17
- Language: English
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Operation Barbarossa
- The History of Nazi Germany's Invasion of the Soviet Union During World War II
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Kenneth Ray
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
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In the warm predawn darkness of June 22, 1941, three million men waited along a front hundreds of miles long, stretching from the Baltic coast of Poland to the Balkans. Ahead of them in the darkness lay the Soviet Union, its border guarded by millions of Red Army troops echeloned deep throughout the huge spaces of Russia.
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Operation Barbarossa
- The History of Nazi Germany's Invasion of the Soviet Union During World War II
- Narrated by: Kenneth Ray
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 26-12-16
- Language: English
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The Library of Alexandria and the Lighthouse of Alexandria
- The Ancient Egyptian City's Most Famous Sites
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Maria Chester
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The lack of libraries in the West helped contribute to the popular imagination of the ancient Library at Alexandria, and all the myths and legends that have come to be associated with it, but the Library of Alexandria deserves its reputation. While the exact nature of the Library remains murky, it functioned for at least several centuries and is believed to have housed hundreds of thousands of books, most written as scrolls on papyrus, and it essentially became the culmination of two ancient literary and cultural traditions converging.
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The Library of Alexandria and the Lighthouse of Alexandria
- The Ancient Egyptian City's Most Famous Sites
- Narrated by: Maria Chester
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 11-06-15
- Language: English
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The Donner Party
- The Tragic Story of the Wild West's Most Notorious Journey
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Neil Holmes
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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While people still romanticize the Wild West, many Americans are still all too familiar with the fate of the Donner Party, a group of 87-90 people that met with disaster in the Sierra Nevada mountain range during the winter of 1846-1847. The party knew the journey would take months, but early snowfalls in the mountains left dozens of people trapped in snow drifts that measured several feet, stranding them in a manner that made it virtually impossible for them to go any further for several weeks.
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The Donner Party
- The Tragic Story of the Wild West's Most Notorious Journey
- Narrated by: Neil Holmes
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 24-04-15
- Language: English
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Frank and Jesse James in the Civil War
- The History of the Bushwhackers Who Became Outlaws of the Wild West
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
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The Civil War is best remembered for the big battles and the legendary generals who fought on both sides, like Robert E. Lee facing off against Ulysses S. Grant in 1864. In kind, the Eastern theater has always drawn more interest and attention than the West. However, while massive armies marched around the country fighting each other, there were other small guerrilla groups that engaged in irregular warfare on the margins.
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Frank and Jesse James in the Civil War
- The History of the Bushwhackers Who Became Outlaws of the Wild West
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 16-01-17
- Language: English
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The Miracle of Dunkirk
- The History of the World War II Battle and Evacuation That Helped Save Britain from Nazi Germany
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
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"Blitzkrieg", or "lightning war", describes the Third Reich's invasion strategy during its 1940 conquest of France not only due to the speed of the Wehrmacht advance but also its devastating effect on its ill-prepared adversaries. Mired in the paralyzing muck of plodding staff college military doctrine and demoralized as a nation by their appalling losses during World War I, the French succumbed in a few weeks to German skill and vigor.
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The Miracle of Dunkirk
- The History of the World War II Battle and Evacuation That Helped Save Britain from Nazi Germany
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
- Release date: 05-01-17
- Language: English
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Sundaland
- The History of the Asian Landmass That Started Sinking after the Ice Age
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
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The Pleistocene spans a period from around 2.5 million years ago to just over 12,000 years ago, and it was an epoch of enormous change on Earth, mainly characterized by climate changes involving fluctuations between periods of extreme heat and long periods of glaciation. This period is commonly known as the Ice Age, despite the fact there were actually a number of separate periods of cold.
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Sulla and Gaius Marius
- The Lives and Legacies of the Leaders Who Fought Rome’s First Civil War
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Chris Morris
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
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Caesar is still remembered for winning a civil war and helping bring about the end of the Roman Republic, leaving a line of emperors in its place, but it’s quite possible that none of what Caesar did would’ve happened without the template for such actions being set 40 years earlier.
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Sulla and Gaius Marius
- The Lives and Legacies of the Leaders Who Fought Rome’s First Civil War
- Narrated by: Chris Morris
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 18-04-23
- Language: English
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Bob Fosse
- The Life and Legacy of America’s Most Decorated Choreographer
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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In terms of original choreography, it was the age of Jerome Robbins that marked the first real departure from traditional dance on stage and in film. Only 10 years Robbins’ junior, Robert Louis Fosse, better known as Bob Fosse, followed his colleague’s example by mixing daring new jazz forms with virtually every traditional and popular genre to produce previously unseen modes of dance expression on Broadway and in film. Fosse forever changed the way the modern audience viewed dance on stage and film.
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Bob Fosse
- The Life and Legacy of America’s Most Decorated Choreographer
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Release date: 16-12-21
- Language: English
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Scipio Africanus
- The Life and Legacy of the Roman General Who Defeated Hannibal During the Second Punic War
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
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Scipio Africanus: The Life and Legacy of the Roman General Who Defeated Hannibal During the Second Punic War chronicles how Scipio rose to prominence, his legendary victory at Zama, and the legacy he had on antiquity.
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An interesting summary of one of the greats!
- By Danielle V on 03-06-24
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Scipio Africanus
- The Life and Legacy of the Roman General Who Defeated Hannibal During the Second Punic War
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 12-04-22
- Language: English
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The Luddites
- The History and Legacy of the English Rebels Who Protested Against Advanced Machinery During the Industrial Revolution
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
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Meet the Luddites, a 19th-century brotherhood of rebels who vowed to annihilate every last one of the newfangled spinning machines that cost thousands their jobs. The Luddites' riots are indefensible, at least from the standpoint of violence, but they beg the question of whether the protests were nonsensical acts of rage carried out by thugs who sought to exploit imagined fears or desperate measures taken by those who felt neglected by the government. The Luddites chronicles the revolution and the negative reaction to it.
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The Luddites
- The History and Legacy of the English Rebels Who Protested Against Advanced Machinery During the Industrial Revolution
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Release date: 01-06-18
- Language: English
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Operation Condor: The History of the Notorious Intelligence Operations Supported by the United States to Combat Communists Across South America
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
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Operation Condor: The History of the Notorious Intelligence Operations Supported by the United States to Combat Communists Across South America looks at the various intelligence operations and the winding chain of events that brought about conflicts in the region.
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brilliant overview
- By Edward lawlor on 05-12-19
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Operation Condor: The History of the Notorious Intelligence Operations Supported by the United States to Combat Communists Across South America
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Release date: 28-05-19
- Language: English
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The Trail of Tears
- The Forced Removal of the Five Civilized Tribes
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dave Wright
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
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The "Five Civilized Tribes" are among the best known Native American groups in American history, and they were even celebrated by contemporary Americans for their abilities to adapt to white culture. But tragically, they are also well known tribes due to the trials and tribulations they suffered by being forcibly moved west along the "Trail of Tears".
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The Trail of Tears
- The Forced Removal of the Five Civilized Tribes
- Narrated by: Dave Wright
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 17-03-15
- Language: English
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The Delhi Sultanate
- The History and Legacy of the Medieval Islamic Dynasty in India
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
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India has been the location of many different empires throughout its long history. The Indus Valley Civilization was home to one of the world’s first civilizations more than 5,000 years ago, which was followed by the Aryan-Vedic culture and then a host of other kingdoms that flourished across the subcontinent. India has also been the birthplace of many religions. The Vedic religion of the Aryans evolved into the Hindu religion, and Buddhism and Jainism were also born in India. By the Middle Ages, India was home to many different religions and ethnic groups.
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The Delhi Sultanate
- The History and Legacy of the Medieval Islamic Dynasty in India
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Release date: 07-09-22
- Language: English
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The Columbia Disaster
- The History of the Last Space Shuttle to Be Lost During a Mission
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Steve Knupp
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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On the morning of January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched for the 10th time, beginning mission STS-51-L. Space shuttles had already successfully completed 24 missions, and no American spacecraft had ever failed to reach orbit during an official mission.
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little on Columbia good space program over view
- By Kindle Customer on 06-11-25
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The Columbia Disaster
- The History of the Last Space Shuttle to Be Lost During a Mission
- Narrated by: Steve Knupp
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Release date: 24-12-24
- Language: English
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