Modern Civilization

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    • The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
    • By: Ed Conway
    • Narrated by: Ed Conway
    • Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 11-07-23
    • Language: English
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    • Ed Conway embarks on an epic journey across continents, cultures, and epochs to reveal the underpinnings of modern life on Earth—traveling from the sweltering depths of the deepest mine in Europe to spotless silicon chip factories in Taiwan to the eerie green pools where lithium originates....

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    • A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
    • By: Michel Foucault
    • Narrated by: Dave Gillies
    • Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 09-21-16
    • Language: English
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    • Madness and Civilization will change the way in which you think about society. Evoking shock, pity, and fascination, it might also make you question the way you think about yourself....

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    • The Five Revolutions That Made Modern Europe: 1648-1815
    • By: Tim Blanning
    • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
    • Series: Penguin History of Europe Series, Book 6
    • Length: 35 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 08-20-19
    • Language: English
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    • Between the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Battle of Waterloo, Europe underwent an extraordinary transformation that saw five of the modern world's great revolutions - scientific, industrial, American, French, and romantic....

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    • The Rise of Henry Ford and the Most Important Car Ever Made
    • By: Richard Snow
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 06-10-13
    • Language: English
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    • I Invented the Modern Age reclaims from history Henry Ford, the remarkable man who, indeed, invented the modern world as we know it....

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    • The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History
    • By: David Aaronovitch
    • Narrated by: James Langton
    • Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 02-26-10
    • Language: English
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    • Our age is obsessed by the idea of conspiracy. We see it everywhere---from Pearl Harbor to 9/11, from the assassination of Kennedy to the death of Diana....

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    • Politics, Religion, and Social Order in the Kali Yuga
    • By: Julius Evola
    • Narrated by: Michael Moynihan
    • Length: 17 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 01-11-22
    • Language: English
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    • With unflinching gaze and uncompromising intensity Julius Evola analyzes the spiritual and cultural malaise at the heart of Western civilization and all that passes for progress in the modern world....

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    • How the Echoes of Lost Civilizations Influence Our Modern World
    • By: J. Douglas Kenyon
    • Narrated by: Micah Hanks
    • Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 06-08-21
    • Language: English
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    • We live within the ruins of an ancient civilization whose size has rendered it invisible. Remembered in myth as Atlantis, Lemuria, or other lost world archetypes, the remains of this advanced civilization have lain buried for millennia beneath the deserts and oceans of the world....

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    • A Concert of Civilizations at the End of the Modern Age
    • By: Robert D. Kaplan
    • Narrated by: Arthur Morey
    • Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 04-12-22
    • Language: English
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    • In this insightful travelogue, Robert D. Kaplan, geopolitical expert and bestselling author of Balkan Ghosts and The Revenge of Geography, turns his perceptive eye to a region that for centuries has been a meeting point of cultures, trade, and ideas....

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    • Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises
    • By: Spencer Klavan
    • Narrated by: Spencer Klavan
    • Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 02-14-23
    • Language: English
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    • The fate of our civilization depends on whether ordinary people internalize the truth and beauty conveyed in the masterpieces of Western culture. Spencer Klavan, classicist and podcaster, defends that culture and explains why and how we must hand it on to the next generation....

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    • The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
    • By: Simon Winchester
    • Narrated by: Simon Winchester
    • Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 04-25-23
    • Language: English
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    • From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes—this is Simon Winchester’s all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information, and how technology continues to change our lives and our minds....

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    • How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
    • By: Simon Winchester
    • Narrated by: Simon Winchester
    • Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 05-08-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,963 ratings
    • The best-selling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement - precision - in a superb history....

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    • The Early Modern World, 1450-1650
    • By: Carlos M. N. Eire
    • Narrated by: David Drummond
    • Length: 39 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 06-19-18
    • Language: English
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    • Carlos Eire, popular professor and gifted writer, chronicles the 200-year era of the Renaissance and Reformation with particular attention to issues that persist as concerns in the present day....

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    • 50 Defining Moments from Ancient Civilizations to the Modern Day
    • By: Susan B. Katz NBCT
    • Narrated by: Katie Schorr
    • Series: People and Events in History
    • Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 08-06-24
    • Language: English
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    • Learning about history helps us understand how we got where we are today—and how to make the world a better place. This kid-friendly journey takes young learners through thousands of years of history, one key event at a time.

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    • History of Greece: From the Cradle of Western Civilization to Myths, Legends, Democracy and Modern Day Greek History
    • By: Nicole James
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
    • Release date: 06-11-24
    • Language: English
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    • Read this for free with your Kindle Unlimited Membership Greece is a colorful country and has always been the target of many tourists looking to ...

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    • What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life
    • By: Jonathan F. P. Rose
    • Narrated by: Barry Abrams
    • Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 02-28-17
    • Language: English
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    • Cities are birthplaces of civilization; centers of culture, trade, and progress; cauldrons of opportunity - and the home of 80 percent of the world's population by 2050....

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