Bestsellers
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The Anarchy
- The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
- De: William Dalrymple
- Narrado por: Sid Sagar
- Duración: 15 h y 43 m
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The Anarchy tells the remarkable story of how one of the world’s most magnificent empires disintegrated and came to be replaced by a dangerously unregulated private company....
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excellent book but awkward narration
- De TexasVC en 02-25-20
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Man-Eaters of Kumaon
- De: Jim Corbett
- Narrado por: Clay Lomakayu
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
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Her tracks now–as she carried away the girl–led into the wilderness of rocks, some acres in extent, where the going was both difficult and dangerous....
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By chapter 3 you want the tigers to eat him
- De Drone Boy en 01-06-24
De: Jim Corbett
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
- Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
- De: Katherine Boo
- Narrado por: Sunil Malhotra
- Duración: 8 h y 16 m
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In this breathtaking book by Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human through the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels....
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An Antidote for Shantaram
- De Dr. en 06-14-12
De: Katherine Boo
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India: A Wounded Civilization
- De: V. S. Naipaul
- Narrado por: Sam Dastor
- Duración: 6 h y 41 m
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In 1975, at the height of Indira Gandhi’s “Emergency”, Naipaul returned to India, the country his ancestors had left 100 years earlier, and produced this concise masterpiece: a vibrant, defiantly unsentimental portrait of a society traumatized by centuries of foreign conquest....
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Insightful & informative!
- De Kindle Customer en 05-03-24
De: V. S. Naipaul
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The British in India
- A Social History of the Raj
- De: David Gilmour
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 23 h y 11 m
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An immersive portrait of the lives in India, from the seventeenth century to Independence, The British in India weaves a rich tapestry of the everyday experiences of the Britons who found themselves in “the jewel in the crown” of the British Empire....
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Superb. Loved every beautifully read minute!
- De Rosemary Wells en 01-31-19
De: David Gilmour
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An Autobiography
- The Story of My Experiments with Truth
- De: Mohandas - Mahatma K. Gandhi
- Narrado por: Bill Wallace
- Duración: 18 h y 42 m
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A holy man to Hindus, a hero to Muslims, and a criminal to the British, Mohandas K. Gandhi was an inspiring figure of the 20th century....
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Narration disappointment
- De Antonia en 06-23-11
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The Anarchy
- The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
- De: William Dalrymple
- Narrado por: Sid Sagar
- Duración: 15 h y 43 m
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The Anarchy tells the remarkable story of how one of the world’s most magnificent empires disintegrated and came to be replaced by a dangerously unregulated private company....
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excellent book but awkward narration
- De TexasVC en 02-25-20
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Man-Eaters of Kumaon
- De: Jim Corbett
- Narrado por: Clay Lomakayu
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
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Her tracks now–as she carried away the girl–led into the wilderness of rocks, some acres in extent, where the going was both difficult and dangerous....
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By chapter 3 you want the tigers to eat him
- De Drone Boy en 01-06-24
De: Jim Corbett
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
- Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
- De: Katherine Boo
- Narrado por: Sunil Malhotra
- Duración: 8 h y 16 m
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In this breathtaking book by Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human through the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels....
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An Antidote for Shantaram
- De Dr. en 06-14-12
De: Katherine Boo
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India: A Wounded Civilization
- De: V. S. Naipaul
- Narrado por: Sam Dastor
- Duración: 6 h y 41 m
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In 1975, at the height of Indira Gandhi’s “Emergency”, Naipaul returned to India, the country his ancestors had left 100 years earlier, and produced this concise masterpiece: a vibrant, defiantly unsentimental portrait of a society traumatized by centuries of foreign conquest....
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Insightful & informative!
- De Kindle Customer en 05-03-24
De: V. S. Naipaul
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The British in India
- A Social History of the Raj
- De: David Gilmour
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 23 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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An immersive portrait of the lives in India, from the seventeenth century to Independence, The British in India weaves a rich tapestry of the everyday experiences of the Britons who found themselves in “the jewel in the crown” of the British Empire....
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Superb. Loved every beautifully read minute!
- De Rosemary Wells en 01-31-19
De: David Gilmour
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An Autobiography
- The Story of My Experiments with Truth
- De: Mohandas - Mahatma K. Gandhi
- Narrado por: Bill Wallace
- Duración: 18 h y 42 m
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A holy man to Hindus, a hero to Muslims, and a criminal to the British, Mohandas K. Gandhi was an inspiring figure of the 20th century....
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Narration disappointment
- De Antonia en 06-23-11
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The Great Mughals and Their India
- De: Dirk Collier
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 14 h y 18 m
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A fascinating and riveting saga that brings alive a spectacular bygone era, The Great Mughals and Their India is a definitive, comprehensive and engrossing chronicle of one of the greatest dynasties of the world—the Mughal—from its founder Babur to Bahadur Shah Zafar....
De: Dirk Collier
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Hindu Mythology: Classic Stories of Hindu Myths, Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and Monsters
- Classical Mythology, Book 5
- De: Scott Lewis
- Narrado por: Oliver Hunt
- Duración: 3 h y 34 m
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Hindu mythology is rich in detail yet, at times, features many contradictions. In this audiobook, we are going to recount many favorite and classic stories of Hindu myths, gods, goddesses, heroes and monsters....
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Good Introduction to Hindu Mythology
- De Spooky Mike en 10-26-18
De: Scott Lewis
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The Shortest History of India
- From the World's Oldest Civilization to Its Largest Democracy—A Retelling for Our Times
- De: John Zubrzycki
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
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5,000 years of history—from the Bhagavad Gita to Bollywood—fill this masterful portrait of the world's most populous nation and a rising global power....
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Excellent Short Intro
- De Kindle Customer en 04-30-24
De: John Zubrzycki
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Capital
- The Eruption of Delhi
- De: Rana Dasgupta
- Narrado por: Dana Hickox
- Duración: 15 h y 58 m
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In Capital, Commonwealth Prize-winning author Rana Dasgupta examines one of the great trends of our time: The expansion of the global elite....
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RUINED BY READER
- De Murasaki en 07-04-14
De: Rana Dasgupta
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Early Indians
- De: Tony Joseph
- Narrado por: Amit Bhargav
- Duración: 7 h y 35 m
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Who are we Indians? Where did we come from? To tell us the story of our ancestry, journalist Tony Joseph goes 65,000 years into the past–when a band of Homo sapiens first made their way from Africa into the Indian subcontinent. These were the First Indians....
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A must read
- De SK en 03-16-24
De: Tony Joseph
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History of India
- A Captivating Guide to Ancient India, Medieval Indian History, and Modern India Including Stories of The Maurya Empire, the British Raj, Mahatma Gandhi, and More
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Randy Whitlow
- Duración: 3 h y 15 m
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India is a land of mystery, richness, and deep spiritual discovery. Every facet of this ancient land seems scented with the famous spices that lured European traders to its shores more than five centuries ago....
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Amazing! Short but comprehensive at the same time
- De Rahul Paranjape en 11-07-19
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Murder in the High Himalaya
- Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet
- De: Jonathan Green
- Narrado por: William Hughes
- Duración: 8 h y 50 m
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The murder of a young Tibetan nun at the hands of Chinese border guards at the rooftop of the world offers a unique parable for the tale of modern Tibet....
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Wonderful Book About Chinese Occupation of Tibet
- De Carl en 02-10-11
De: Jonathan Green
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The History and Topography of Ireland
- De: Gerald of Wales
- Narrado por: Laura Orlando
- Duración: 7 h y 25 m
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Gerald of Wales, also called Giraldus Cambrensis or Gerald De Barri ( c. 1146-c. 1223), was the archdeacon of Brecknock and a historian whose accounts of late 12th century Britain and France contain vivid anecdotes about the Christian church....
De: Gerald of Wales
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Ashoka
- Portrait of a Philosopher King
- De: Patrick Olivelle
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 12 h y 6 m
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Patrick Olivelle draws on Ashoka's inscriptions and on the art and architecture he pioneered to craft a detailed picture of Ashoka as a ruler, a Buddhist, a moral philosopher, and an ecumenist who governed a vast multiethnic, multi-linguistic, and multi-religious empire.
De: Patrick Olivelle
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Breaking the Mold
- India’s Untraveled Path to Prosperity
- De: Raghuram G. Rajan, Rohit Lamba
- Narrado por: Homer Todiwala
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
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The whole world has a stake in India’s future, and that future hinges on whether India can develop its economy and deliver for its population—now the world’s largest—while staying democratic.
De: Raghuram G. Rajan, y otros
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An Undelivered Speech: Annihilation of Caste
- Annihilation of Caste, and Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development
- De: Dr B.R. Ambedkar
- Narrado por: Siddhartha Valicharla
- Duración: 4 h y 50 m
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The most famous speech that was never delivered, "Annihilation of Cast", by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, along with his paper Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development, combined to form one cohesive audiobook, the way Babasaheb envisioned it....
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Must-read about caste politics in India
- De Jean Burke-Spraker en 10-04-21
De: Dr B.R. Ambedkar
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The Sentinelese: The History of the Uncontacted People on North Sentinel Island
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Dan Gallagher
- Duración: 1 h y 16 m
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There is no record of Marco Polo ever visiting the Andaman Islands, so his brief description of the islanders must have been drawn from a secondary source....
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A layperson-friendly anthropological study
- De Leah A en 03-24-21
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Black Tornado
- The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11
- De: Sandeep Unnithan
- Narrado por: Pranshu Mishra
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
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November 26, 2008. Ten terrorists, armed with guns, grenades, and improvised explosive devices, slip past coastal security cordons on India's western seacoast in a fishing trawler. Over the next three agonizing days, India's "Maximum City" is brought to its knees....
De: Sandeep Unnithan
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Capitalism
- A Ghost Story
- De: Arundhati Roy
- Narrado por: Vaishali Sharma
- Duración: 2 h y 28 m
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Capitalism examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India, and shows how the demands of globalized capitalism has subjugated billions of people....
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Courageous Reporting
- De Doug - Audible en 03-31-15
De: Arundhati Roy
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My Seditious Heart
- Collected Nonfiction
- De: Arundhati Roy
- Narrado por: Tania Rodrigues
- Duración: 36 h y 17 m
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My Seditious Heart collects the work of a two-decade period when Arundhati Roy devoted herself to the political essay as a way of opening up space for justice, rights, and freedoms in an increasingly hostile environment....
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real face of secular india
- De bilal en 11-26-19
De: Arundhati Roy
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The Patient Assassin
- A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence
- De: Anita Anand
- Narrado por: Anita Anand
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
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The “compelling [and] vivid” (The New York Times Book Review) true story of a man who claimed to be a survivor of a 1919 British massacre in India, his elaborate 20-year plan for revenge, and the mix of truth and legend that made him a hero to hundreds of millions....
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more interesting history
- De Autodidact en 09-07-19
De: Anita Anand
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A History of Future Cities
- De: Daniel Brook
- Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray
- Duración: 13 h
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A pioneering exploration of four cities where East meets West and past becomes future......
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Engaging and Memorable
- De Marcus Vorwaller en 04-15-14
De: Daniel Brook
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The Corporation That Changed the World
- How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational
- De: Nick Robins
- Narrado por: Simon Barber
- Duración: 11 h y 49 m
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The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational....
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Not what I expect from a history book
- De Bobby en 10-09-18
De: Nick Robins
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The Taliban Shuffle
- Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- De: Kim Barker
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
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A true-life Catch-22 set in the deeply dysfunctional countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, by one of the region’s longest-serving correspondents....
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Warring Your Way to Peace Does Not Work
- De Sue en 09-01-12
De: Kim Barker
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The Great Partition
- The Making of India and Pakistan
- De: Yasmin Khan
- Narrado por: Jeed Saddy
- Duración: 12 h y 44 m
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This new edition of Yasmin Khan's reappraisal of the tumultuous India-Pakistan Partition features an introduction reflecting on the latest research and on ways in which commemoration of the Partition has changed, and considers the Partition in light of the current refugee crisis....
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Good book on a fascinating subject, but...
- De Eric W Thomas en 06-12-23
De: Yasmin Khan
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Azadi
- Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.
- De: Arundhati Roy
- Narrado por: Shaheen Khan
- Duración: 6 h y 14 m
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The chant of Azadi! - Urdu for "freedom!" - is the slogan of the freedom struggle in Kashmir against what Kashmiris see as the Indian Occupation. Ironically it has also become the chant of millions on the streets of India against the project of Hindu Nationalism....
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Eye opener to all the fascist practices in India
- De Samanvitha en 02-02-21
De: Arundhati Roy
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The Future Is Asian
- Commerce, Conflict and Culture in the 21st Century
- De: Parag Khanna
- Narrado por: Nezar Alderazi
- Duración: 14 h y 21 m
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In the 19th century, the world was Europeanized. In the 20th century, it was Americanized. Now, in the 21st century, the world is being Asianized....
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Bigoted, jingoistic, ethnocentric
- De SEAN en 03-08-19
De: Parag Khanna
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The Mughal Empire and British Raj
- A Captivating Guide to the History of India, Starting from the Mughals to the British Empire
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Jason Zenobia
- Duración: 7 h y 27 m
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Mughal Empire and British Raj, then pay attention. This audiobook includes The Mughal Empire and The British Raj, covering topics ranging from the rise and fall of the Mughal Empire to the British presence and independence....
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Amateurish
- De Lindoro en 01-22-23
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Mythology: Indian Mythology, Gods, Goddesses, and Stories
- De: Kelly Mass
- Narrado por: Miriam Webster
- Duración: 3 h y 31 m
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Have you ever wondered about the gods and goddesses in Hindu religion? Have you wondered about what goes on in a country where over a billion people live? Well, you’re at the right place....
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Appreciate it
- De Anonymous User en 03-10-20
De: Kelly Mass