Bestsellers
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Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
- A New History of the Ancient Near East
- De: Amanda H. Podany
- Narrado por: Amanda H. Podany
- Duración: 18 h y 26 m
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In this sweeping history of the ancient Near East, Amanda Podany takes listeners on a gripping journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquests of Alexander the Great....
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word of advice
- De Jim Davis en 08-04-23
De: Amanda H. Podany
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Sword and Scimitar
- Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West
- De: Raymond Ibrahim, Victor Davis Hanson - foreword
- Narrado por: John McLain
- Duración: 14 h y 2 m
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This sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West sheds a revealing light on current hostilities....
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Excellent read
- De Susan Stone en 01-25-19
De: Raymond Ibrahim, y otros
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1453
- The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
- De: Roger Crowley
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's listenable and comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmed II....
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A well written narrative with bizarre and biased commentary
- De Patrick D. Flynn en 08-17-17
De: Roger Crowley
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The Thirty-Year Genocide
- Turkey's Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924
- De: Benny Morris, Dror Ze'evi, Claire Bloom
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 21 h y 56 m
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A reappraisal of the giant massacres perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire and then the Turkish Republic against their Christian minorities from 1894 to 1924....
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Pay Close Attention to This Stunning Achievement
- De J.Brock en 06-25-20
De: Benny Morris, y otros
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Destiny Disrupted
- A History of the World through Islamic Eyes
- De: Tamim Ansary
- Narrado por: Tamim Ansary
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
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Until about 1800, the West and the Islamic realm were like two adjacent, parallel universes, each assuming itself to be the center of the world while ignoring the other....
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A history of the world before the West mattered
- De David en 05-05-14
De: Tamim Ansary
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The Ottomans
- Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs
- De: Marc David Baer
- Narrado por: Jamie Parker
- Duración: 17 h y 31 m
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This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West....
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Great except for pronunt of Turkish names
- De Anonymous User en 11-04-22
De: Marc David Baer
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Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
- A New History of the Ancient Near East
- De: Amanda H. Podany
- Narrado por: Amanda H. Podany
- Duración: 18 h y 26 m
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In this sweeping history of the ancient Near East, Amanda Podany takes listeners on a gripping journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquests of Alexander the Great....
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word of advice
- De Jim Davis en 08-04-23
De: Amanda H. Podany
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Sword and Scimitar
- Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West
- De: Raymond Ibrahim, Victor Davis Hanson - foreword
- Narrado por: John McLain
- Duración: 14 h y 2 m
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This sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West sheds a revealing light on current hostilities....
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Excellent read
- De Susan Stone en 01-25-19
De: Raymond Ibrahim, y otros
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1453
- The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
- De: Roger Crowley
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's listenable and comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmed II....
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A well written narrative with bizarre and biased commentary
- De Patrick D. Flynn en 08-17-17
De: Roger Crowley
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The Thirty-Year Genocide
- Turkey's Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924
- De: Benny Morris, Dror Ze'evi, Claire Bloom
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 21 h y 56 m
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A reappraisal of the giant massacres perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire and then the Turkish Republic against their Christian minorities from 1894 to 1924....
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Pay Close Attention to This Stunning Achievement
- De J.Brock en 06-25-20
De: Benny Morris, y otros
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Destiny Disrupted
- A History of the World through Islamic Eyes
- De: Tamim Ansary
- Narrado por: Tamim Ansary
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
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Until about 1800, the West and the Islamic realm were like two adjacent, parallel universes, each assuming itself to be the center of the world while ignoring the other....
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A history of the world before the West mattered
- De David en 05-05-14
De: Tamim Ansary
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The Ottomans
- Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs
- De: Marc David Baer
- Narrado por: Jamie Parker
- Duración: 17 h y 31 m
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This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West....
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Great except for pronunt of Turkish names
- De Anonymous User en 11-04-22
De: Marc David Baer
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Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
- De: Bettany Hughes
- Narrado por: Bettany Hughes
- Duración: 24 h y 35 m
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Istanbul has long been a place where stories and histories collide, where perception is as potent as fact....
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A daunting undertaking pulled off superlatively
- De SGS en 12-24-17
De: Bettany Hughes
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Lost to the West
- The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
- De: Lars Brownworth
- Narrado por: Lars Brownworth
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
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Filled with unforgettable stories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpses into the life of the ordinary citizen, Lost to the West reveals how much we owe to the Byzantine Empire that was the equal of any in its achievements, appetites, and enduring legacy....
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Just a delight for anyone interested in history !
- De Cinders en 05-28-13
De: Lars Brownworth
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The Enemy at the Gate
- Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe
- De: Andrew Wheatcroft
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 11 h y 23 m
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A gripping work by a master historian, The Enemy at the Gate offers a timely examination of an epic clash of civilizations....
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Look elsewhere
- De Ben H. en 09-20-21
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Defenders of the Faith
- Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the Battle for Europe, 1520-1536
- De: James Reston Jr.
- Narrado por: Jim Meskimen
- Duración: 14 h y 48 m
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A best-selling historian recounts 16 years that shook the world - the epic clash between Europe and the Ottoman Turks that ended the Renaissance and brought Islam to the gates of Vienna....
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Good account of interesting period of history
- De ItalCali en 03-11-22
De: James Reston Jr.
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The Confidence Men
- How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History
- De: Margalit Fox
- Narrado por: Richard Elfyn
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
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A gripping nonfiction thriller, The Confidence Men is the astonishing true story of two World War I prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of all time....
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Goofy Rendition
- De Chemar en 07-19-21
De: Margalit Fox
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Midnight at the Pera Palace
- The Birth of Modern Istanbul
- De: Charles King
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 12 h y 12 m
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With beguiling prose and rich character portraits, Charles King brings to life a remarkable era when a storied city stumbled into the modern world....
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INTERESTING SUBJECT - CONFUSED WRITING
- De The Louligan en 01-18-15
De: Charles King
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Byzantium
- The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
- De: Judith Herrin
- Narrado por: Phyllida Nash
- Duración: 16 h y 14 m
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Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism—gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization....
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Not a comprehensible history
- De kevin arsenault en 10-07-23
De: Judith Herrin
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The Secret History
- De: Procopius
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 5 h y 2 m
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The Secret History, written by the sixth-century Byzantine historian Procopius, is one of the most extraordinary and scandalous documents to have survived from the early Byzantine period....
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A Bit Hyperbolic
- De HalfWit en 10-13-19
De: Procopius
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The Damascus Events
- The 1860 Massacre and the Making of the Modern Middle East
- De: Eugene Rogan
- Narrado por: Ronan Summers
- Duración: 9 h y 7 m
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An award-winning scholar’s account of an ancient city’s descent into unprecedented communal violence—an event that would mark the end of the old Ottoman order and the beginning of the modern Middle East
De: Eugene Rogan
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The Ottoman Empire
- An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History
- De: Billy Wellman
- Narrado por: Jay Herbert
- Duración: 3 h y 59 m
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From a small Turkish principality to a global superpower, the Ottoman Empire’s role in world history is certainly undeniable....
De: Billy Wellman
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Republic of Turkey
- The History of the Ottoman Empire’s Collapse and the Establishment of a New State
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Tim Planiden
- Duración: 2 h y 16 m
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The long agony of the “sick man of Europe”, an expression used by the tsar of Russia to depict the falling Ottoman Empire, could almost blind people to its incredible power and history....
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Not for everyone but I loved it
- De Mary Ann en 05-31-23
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The Fall of Constantinople
- A Captivating Guide to the Conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks That Marked the End of the Byzantine Empire
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Duke Holm
- Duración: 1 h y 43 m
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Explore a major turning point in the history of Europe and the Middle East....
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Awesome history!
- De Ranger Rick MN en 11-16-23
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Early Modern Europe
- A Captivating Guide to a Period in European History with Events Such as the Thirty Years War and the Salem Witch Hunts and Political Powers Such as England and the Ottoman Empire
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Richard L. Walton
- Duración: 3 h y 1 m
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This audiobook includes details of the transition from the Middle Ages to the early modern era, where Europe saw significant shifts across the continent in phases....
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Informative book
- De Dhanush en 10-29-19
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The Lion House
- The Coming of a King
- De: Christopher de Bellaigue
- Narrado por: Barnaby Edwards
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
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Narrated through the eyes of the intimates of Suleyman the Magnificent, the 16th-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire, The Lion House animates with stunning immediacy the fears and stratagems of those brought into orbit around him....
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Amazing Magical Storytelling
- De Amazon Customer en 02-23-23
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The Grand Turk
- De: John Freely
- Narrado por: Robert Blumenfeld
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
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Mehmet was barely twenty-one when he conquered Byzantine Constantinople, which became Istanbul and the capital of his mighty empire....
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Good listen
- De Nasir en 09-27-10
De: John Freely
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The Slavs and the Slave Trade
- The History of Enslaved Slavs Across Eastern Europe and the Islamic World
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Colin Fluxman
- Duración: 1 h y 25 m
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Whereas for much of human history slavery was somewhat arbitrary, in its later forms, it often had a discriminatory component, typically based on race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. This distinction shows how the practitioners of slavery justified the practice in terms of ideology....
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We were taught to believe propaganda
- De Don Carter en 02-22-23
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Operation Nemesis
- The Assassination Plot That Avenged the Armenian Genocide
- De: Eric Bogosian
- Narrado por: Eric Bogosian
- Duración: 11 h y 7 m
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A masterful account of the conspiracy of assassins that hunted down the perpetrators of a genocide....
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Avenging Turkish Denial with Reason
- De PKsweets en 05-12-15
De: Eric Bogosian
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El surgimiento del Imperio Otomano [The Rise of the Ottoman Empire]
- La Historia del Establecimiento del Imperio Turco en el Medio Oriente y Europa del Este
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Jonathan Matthews
- Duración: 2 h
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En términos de geopolítica, quizás el acontecimiento más importante de la Edad Media fue el exitoso asedio otomano a Constantinopla en 1453. La ciudad había sido una capital imperial ya en el siglo IV, cuando Constantino el Grande cambió el centro de poder del Imperio Romano....
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Turkish Mythology with a Historical Introduction (Annotated)
- Learn About the Colorful Folklore, Vibrant History and Culture of Turkey Through This Collection of 44 Fairy Tales Short Stories
- De: Ignac Kunos
- Narrado por: Jim D. Johnston
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
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Turkish mythology is comprised of myths and traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation by the Turkish people. Soon, you will be immersing yourself into their culture and traditions told in an almost poetic way....
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Some of the stories were flat out racist
- De Amazon Customer en 02-18-24
De: Ignac Kunos
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They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else
- A History of the Armenian Genocide
- De: Ronald Grigor Suny
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 15 h y 34 m
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Starting in early 1915, the Ottoman Turks began deporting and killing hundreds of thousands of Armenians in the first major genocide of the 20th century....
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Great book, unbiased view finally
- De Raffy Afarian en 10-30-15
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Suleiman the Magnificent: A Captivating Guide to the Longest-Reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Desmond Manny
- Duración: 1 h y 22 m
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During his reign, Suleiman the Magnificent guided the Ottoman Empire through its golden age of trade and expansion. His reign changed the face of the world, and he was unlike any other sultan before or after him. This audiobook explains why....
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Disappointed
- De Maria T. Fagnan en 10-24-19
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Suleiman the Magnificent: A Life from Beginning to End
- De: Hourly History
- Narrado por: Christopher Boozell
- Duración: 1 h y 3 m
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Suleiman the Magnificent, the 10th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, may be an unfamiliar figure to many today. But in the 16th century, his military campaigns played a huge role in the shifting face of European politics....
De: Hourly History
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Games Without Rules
- The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan
- De: Tamim Ansary
- Narrado por: Tamim Ansary
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
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Today, most Westerners still see the war in Afghanistan as a contest between democracy and Islamist fanaticism.....
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Very enlightening read
- De Massoud en 05-31-17
De: Tamim Ansary
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Erdogan Rising
- The Battle for the Soul of Turkey
- De: Hannah Lucinda Smith
- Narrado por: Hannah Lucinda Smith
- Duración: 14 h y 33 m
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Everyone has heard of Erdogan: Turkey’s bullish, mercurial president is the original postmodern populist. Around the world, other strongmen are now following the path that he has blazed....
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Overall fascinating profile of Erdogan’s Turkey
- De Saul M en 09-18-20