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Bestsellers
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Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
- By: Tony Judt
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 43 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world’s most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement.....
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Great book, but not terrific listening
- By History on 10-18-11
By: Tony Judt
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The Death of Democracy
- Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic
- By: Benjamin Carter Hett
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Why did democracy fall apart so quickly and completely in Germany in the 1930s? How did a democratic government allow Adolf Hitler to seize power? Benjamin Carter Hett answers these questions, with disturbing resonances for our own time....
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I can't trust the author's account of these events
- By Example: Mark Twain on 11-10-19
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Catastrophe 1914
- Europe Goes to War
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 25 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: the dramatic stretch from the breakdown of diplomacy to the battles - the Marne, Ypres, Tannenberg - that marked the frenzied first year before the war bogged down in the trenches....
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I thought I knew the battle of the frontiers
- By Anonymous User on 04-02-21
By: Max Hastings
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The Nordic Theory of Everything
- In Search of a Better Life
- By: Anu Partanen
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Nordic Theory of Everything, Partanen compares and contrasts life in the United States with life in the Nordic region, focusing on four key relationships....
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A non-radical perspective on two societies
- By kwdayboise (Kim Day) on 06-20-17
By: Anu Partanen
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Budapest
- Portrait of a City Between East and West
- By: Victor Sebestyen
- Narrated by: Elinor Coleman
- Length: 16 hrs and 4 mins
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From the critically acclaimed historian Victor Sebestyen, the enthralling account of historical and cultural events that defined Budapest, a unique city on the fault line between East and West in the heart of Europe....
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Absolutely Amazing 🤩
- By Elizabeth Hoadley on 04-28-24
By: Victor Sebestyen
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Practical Idealism: The Kalergi Plan to Destroy European Peoples
- By: Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi
- Narrated by: Alexander Sangmoore
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
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The form of constitution that replaced feudalism and absolutism was democracy; the form of government, plutocracy. Today, democracy is a façade of plutocracy....
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I need practical advice, not theory
- By Anonymous User on 06-23-20
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Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
- By: Tony Judt
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 43 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world’s most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement.....
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Great book, but not terrific listening
- By History on 10-18-11
By: Tony Judt
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The Death of Democracy
- Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic
- By: Benjamin Carter Hett
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Why did democracy fall apart so quickly and completely in Germany in the 1930s? How did a democratic government allow Adolf Hitler to seize power? Benjamin Carter Hett answers these questions, with disturbing resonances for our own time....
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I can't trust the author's account of these events
- By Example: Mark Twain on 11-10-19
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Catastrophe 1914
- Europe Goes to War
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 25 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: the dramatic stretch from the breakdown of diplomacy to the battles - the Marne, Ypres, Tannenberg - that marked the frenzied first year before the war bogged down in the trenches....
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I thought I knew the battle of the frontiers
- By Anonymous User on 04-02-21
By: Max Hastings
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The Nordic Theory of Everything
- In Search of a Better Life
- By: Anu Partanen
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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In The Nordic Theory of Everything, Partanen compares and contrasts life in the United States with life in the Nordic region, focusing on four key relationships....
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A non-radical perspective on two societies
- By kwdayboise (Kim Day) on 06-20-17
By: Anu Partanen
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Budapest
- Portrait of a City Between East and West
- By: Victor Sebestyen
- Narrated by: Elinor Coleman
- Length: 16 hrs and 4 mins
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From the critically acclaimed historian Victor Sebestyen, the enthralling account of historical and cultural events that defined Budapest, a unique city on the fault line between East and West in the heart of Europe....
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Absolutely Amazing 🤩
- By Elizabeth Hoadley on 04-28-24
By: Victor Sebestyen
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Practical Idealism: The Kalergi Plan to Destroy European Peoples
- By: Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi
- Narrated by: Alexander Sangmoore
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
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The form of constitution that replaced feudalism and absolutism was democracy; the form of government, plutocracy. Today, democracy is a façade of plutocracy....
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I need practical advice, not theory
- By Anonymous User on 06-23-20
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National Populism
- The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy (A Pelican Book)
- By: Matthew Goodwin, Roger Eatwell
- Narrated by: Matthew Goodwin
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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Written by two of the foremost experts on fascism and the rise of national populism, this lucid and deeply researched audiobook is a vital guide to our transformed political landscape....
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A well-balanced view
- By B. Simon on 11-14-20
By: Matthew Goodwin, and others
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Adults in the Room
- My Battle with the European and American Deep Establishment
- By: Yanis Varoufakis
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 20 hrs and 14 mins
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Renowned economist and former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis gives the full account of his momentous clash with the mightiest economic and political forces on earth....
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Very interesting but listen with caution.
- By Dimitris on 10-08-19
By: Yanis Varoufakis
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Flashpoints
- The Emerging Crisis in Europe
- By: George Friedman
- Narrated by: Bruce Turk, George Friedman
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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This provocative work examines the geopolitical flashpoints - particularly in Europe - in which imminent future conflicts are brewing....
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Important Reading: Old Grievances Do Not Go Away
- By John on 02-21-15
By: George Friedman
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The Global Age
- Europe 1950-2017
- By: Ian Kershaw
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 27 hrs
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After the overwhelming horrors of the first half of the 20th century, described by Ian Kershaw in his previous book as being 'to hell and back', the years from 1950 to 2017 brought peace and relative prosperity to most of Europe....
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Second half of book big disappointment!
- By Amazon Customer on 05-30-19
By: Ian Kershaw
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The Shortest History of Italy
- 3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic―A Retelling for Our Times
- By: Ross King
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
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A concise, star-studded retelling of Italy's past, from Caesar and Augustus to da Vinci and Michelangelo, tracing the story of a country with prodigious global influence—from a foremost author of historic Italy.
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Read the book; avoid the audiobook if you like the Italian language.
- By Elizabeth A on 05-24-24
By: Ross King
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People Like Us
- Margaret Thatcher and Me
- By: Caroline Slocock
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
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As a young civil servant, Caroline Slocock became the first ever female private secretary to any British Prime Minister and was at Margaret Thatcher's side for the final 18 months of her premiership....
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Balanced Portrayal
- By Flyte13 on 05-31-19
By: Caroline Slocock
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In Wartime
- Stories from Ukraine
- By: Tim Judah
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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Making his way from the Polish border in the west, through the capital city and the heart of the 2014 revolution, to the eastern frontline near the Russian border....
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Chaos at best
- By ED on 02-28-22
By: Tim Judah
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The Long Game
- Inside Sinn Féin
- By: Aoife Moore
- Narrated by: Roisin McGowan
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Aoife Moore, Irish Journalist of the Year in 2021, explores the rise of the political party, once subordinate to the IRA, that is on the brink of taking power in Ireland....
By: Aoife Moore
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Why Save the Bankers?
- And Other Essays on Our Economic and Political Crisis
- By: Thomas Piketty, Seth Ackerman - translator
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
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Why Save the Bankers? brings together selected columns from the period bookended by the September 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers and the Paris attacks of November 2015....
By: Thomas Piketty, and others
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Fractured Continent
- Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West
- By: William Drozdiak
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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Fractured Continent is an urgent examination of how the political and social volatility in Europe impacts the United States and the rest of the world....
By: William Drozdiak
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And the Weak Suffer What They Must?
- Europe's Crisis and America's Economic Future
- By: Yanis Varoufakis
- Narrated by: Yanis Varoufakis, Leighton Pugh
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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In January 2015, Yanis Varoufakis, an economics professor teaching in Austin, Texas, was elected to the Greek parliament with more votes than any other member of parliament....
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interesting perspective
- By Jamila on 07-12-20
By: Yanis Varoufakis
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All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain's Political Class
- By: Tim Shipman
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 32 hrs and 5 mins
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Politics was turned upside down during 2016. This book by Tim Shipman is the first to tell the full story of how and why Britain voted to leave the European Union....
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blow by blow, word by word
- By Christian R. Unger on 11-22-18
By: Tim Shipman
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The Abuse of Power
- Confronting Injustice in Public Life
- By: Theresa May
- Narrated by: Theresa May
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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Former Prime Minister Theresa May exposes the abuse of power by public institutions and politicians in a series of riveting first-hand accounts from her time in office....
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Service not Power
- By Britpick on 06-01-24
By: Theresa May
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Eurotrash
- Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent
- By: David Harsanyi
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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Europe has been declining under the weight of its antiquated institutions, economic fatigue, moral anemia, and cultural surrender....
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Details on many ways Europe is lacking
- By Alicia B. on 11-15-21
By: David Harsanyi
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How to Slay a Dragon
- Building a New Russia After Putin
- By: Mikhail Khodorkovsky
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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How to Slay a Dragon is Khodorkovsky's account of his own journey and of how the vicious cycle of Russian history can be broken. He charts a pathway towards a parliamentary federal republic which would enable Russia to become a free and democratic society, living in peace and without dragons....
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A Demon-Haunted Land
- Witches, Wonder Doctors, and the Ghosts of the Past in Post-WWII Germany
- By: Monica Black
- Narrated by: Erin Dion
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
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A revelatory counterhistory of postwar Germany, not as a reborn democracy but as a nation convulsed by apocalyptic visions, witchcraft trials, and supernatural obsessions....
By: Monica Black
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The Phoney Victory
- The World War II Illusion
- By: Peter Hitchens
- Narrated by: Peter Hitchens
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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Was World War II really the 'Good War'? In the years since the declaration of peace in 1945, many myths have sprung up around the conflict. In this audiobook, Peter Hitchens deconstructs the many fables which have become associated with the narrative of the 'Good War'....
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Interesting but depressing story
- By casey urey on 03-16-19
By: Peter Hitchens
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Phantom Terror
- Political Paranoia and the Creation of the Modern State, 1789 - 1848
- By: Adam Zamoyski
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 22 hrs and 30 mins
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For the ruling and propertied classes of the late eighteenth century, the years following the French Revolution were characterized by intense anxiety....
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Amazing
- By Mike Johnson on 07-14-15
By: Adam Zamoyski
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This Is Europe
- The Way We Live Now
- By: Ben Judah
- Narrated by: Dan Connolly
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
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A portrait of Europe as it has never been seen before, told through twenty extraordinary stories of the people who live and breathe it....
By: Ben Judah
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Comportarse como adultos
- Mi batalla contra el establishment europeo
- By: Yanis Varoufakis
- Narrated by: Jordi Salas
- Length: 23 hrs and 10 mins
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Durante la primavera de 2015, las negociaciones para renovar los programas de rescate entre el recién elegido gobierno griego de Syriza (el partido de izquierda radical)...
By: Yanis Varoufakis
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The Bridge
- Natural Gas in a Redivided Europe
- By: Thane Gustafson
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 18 hrs and 5 mins
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Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet empire, the West faces a new era of East-West tensions. Any vision of a modern Russia integrated into the world economy and aligned in peaceful partnership with a reunited Europe has abruptly vanished....
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Great history, yet the world turned further
- By "ge-ko" on 01-07-23
By: Thane Gustafson
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To Build a Better World
- Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth
- By: Philip Zelikow, Condoleezza Rice
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins
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Two of America's leading scholar-diplomats, Philip Zelikow and Condoleezza Rice, have combed sources in several languages, interviewed leading figures, and drawn on their own firsthand experience to bring to life the choices that molded the contemporary world....
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Valuable historical narrative
- By Jane G. Malkin on 04-07-22
By: Philip Zelikow, and others
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The Euro
- How a Common Currency Threatens the Future of Europe
- By: Joseph E. Stiglitz
- Narrated by: Alex Hyde White
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
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In The Euro, Nobel Prize-winning economist and best-selling author Joseph E. Stiglitz dismantles the prevailing consensus around what ails Europe, demolishing the champions of austerity....
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Good Basic Premise but with wacky ideas thrown in.
- By Hectoris on 09-28-17
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France on the Brink, Second Edition
- By: Jonathan Fenby
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
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A renowned journalist shows us France as never before seen, and the view will chill and electrify anyone who loves - or loves to hate - the country....
By: Jonathan Fenby