Western European History
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Vanished Kingdoms
- The Rise and Fall of States and Nations
- By: Norman Davies
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 30 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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There is something profoundly romantic about lost civilizations. Davies peers through the cracks in the mainstream accounts of modern-day states to dazzle us with extraordinary stories of barely remembered pasts, and of the traces they left behind. This is Norman Davies at his best: sweeping narrative history packed with unexpected insights. Vanished Kingdoms will appeal to all fans of unconventional and thought-provoking history, from listeners of Niall Ferguson to Jared Diamond.
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needs a good editor.
- By Ryan Anderson on 09-25-21
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Vanished Kingdoms
- The Rise and Fall of States and Nations
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 30 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 05-18-21
- Language: English
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There is something profoundly romantic about lost civilizations. Davies peers through the cracks in the mainstream accounts of modern-day states to dazzle us with extraordinary stories of barely remembered pasts, and of the traces they left behind....
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Europe in the High Middle Ages
- By: William Chester Jordan
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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It was an age of hope and possibility, of accomplishment and expansion. Europe's High Middle Ages spanned the Crusades, the building of Chartres Cathedral, Dante's Inferno, and Thomas Aquinas. Buoyant, confident, creative, the era seemed to be flowering into a true renaissance - until the disastrous 14th century rained catastrophe in the form of plagues, famine, and war. In Europe in the High Middle Ages, William Chester Jordan paints a vivid, teeming landscape that captures this lost age in all its glory and complexity.
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Excellent history, incompetent narrator
- By Mr. Johnson on 02-01-20
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Europe in the High Middle Ages
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Series: Penguin History of Europe Series, Book 3
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 10-23-19
- Language: English
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It was an age of hope, accomplishment, and expansion. Europe's High Middle Ages spanned the Crusades, the building of Chartres Cathedral, Dante's Inferno, and Thomas Aquinas. The era seemed to be flowering into a renaissance - until the disastrous 14th century rained catastrophe....
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How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
- By: Thomas E. Woods Jr.
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 7 hrs
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Western civilization has given us modern science, the wealth of free-market economics, the security of law, a sense of human rights and freedom, charity as a virtue, splendid art and music, philosophy grounded in reason, and innumerable other gifts we take for granted.
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Fascinating and informative
- By Michael Kellogg on 09-29-05
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How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 7 hrs
- Release date: 08-12-05
- Language: English
- Ask a college student today what he knows about the Catholic Church and his answer might come down to one word: "corruption"....
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Beethoven
- The Relentless Revolutionary
- By: John Clubbe
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Beethoven imbibed Enlightenment and revolutionary ideas in his hometown of Bonn, where they were fervently discussed in cafes and at the university. Moving to Vienna at the age of 21 to study with Haydn, he gained renown as a brilliant pianist and innovative composer. In that conservative city, capital of the Hapsburg empire, authorities were ever watchful to curtail and punish overt displays of radical political views. Nevertheless, Beethoven avidly followed the meteoric rise of Napoleon.
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Beethoven
- The Relentless Revolutionary
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 08-20-19
- Language: English
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A fascinating and in-depth exploration of how the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and Napoleon shaped Beethoven's political ideals and inspired his groundbreaking compositions....
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History of the Dominican Republic
- A Captivating Guide to the Caribbean Island's Ancient Roots, Taínos and Caribs, Colonial Past, and Modern Times (European Exploration and Settlement)
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Uncover the vibrant saga of triumph, tragedy, and transformation that underpins the Dominican Republic's storied past. This audiobook invites you on more than just a journey through time—it invites you to explore the soul of a nation. Beneath the sun-soaked beaches and the lively rhythm of merengue lies a land shaped by its historical crucibles.
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A good historical overview
- By Michelle & Joe on 08-19-24
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History of the Dominican Republic
- A Captivating Guide to the Caribbean Island's Ancient Roots, Taínos and Caribs, Colonial Past, and Modern Times (European Exploration and Settlement)
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 08-08-24
- Language: English
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Uncover the vibrant saga of triumph, tragedy, and transformation that underpins the Dominican Republic's storied past. This audiobook invites you on more than just a journey through time—it invites you to explore the soul of a nation.
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History of the Caribbean
- A Captivating Guide to Caribbean History, Starting from Christopher Columbus Through the Wars of Religion, Slavery, and Colonial ... (European Exploration and Settlement)
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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The history of the Caribbean is an exciting ride, but few outside of the region know much about it in depth beyond Columbus’s discovery. This audiobook will lead you through the history of the region, which witnessed some of the world’s most important events. We will begin with Christopher Columbus’s accidental discovery and the race for control over the islands of the Caribbean.
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Lots of exact information
- By Paula W. on 02-08-24
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History of the Caribbean
- A Captivating Guide to Caribbean History, Starting from Christopher Columbus Through the Wars of Religion, Slavery, and Colonial ... (European Exploration and Settlement)
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 11-30-22
- Language: English
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The history of the Caribbean is an exciting ride, but few outside of the region know much about it in depth beyond Columbus’s discovery. This audiobook will lead you through the history of the region, which witnessed some of the world’s most important events....
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The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
- By: David I. Kertzer
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
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Bologna, 1858: A police posse, acting on the orders of a Catholic inquisitor, invades the home of a Jewish merchant, Momolo Mortara, wrenches his crying six-year-old son from his arms, and rushes him off in a carriage bound for Rome. His mother is so distraught that she collapses and has to be taken to a neighbor's house, but her weeping can be heard across the city. With this terrifying scene - one that would haunt this family forever - David I. Kertzer begins his fascinating investigation of the dramatic kidnapping.
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Too much detail
- By L. WILLIAM on 03-03-24
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The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 09-06-16
- Language: English
- A riveting story that has been ignored by modern historians, The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara will prompt intense interest and discussion as it lays bare attitudes of the Catholic Church....
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The Invention of Power
- Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West
- By: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Western exceptionalism - the idea that European civilizations are freer, wealthier, and less violent - is a widespread and powerful political idea. It has been a source of peace and prosperity in some societies, and of ethnic cleansing and havoc in others. Yet in The Invention of Power, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita draws on his expertise in political maneuvering, deal-making, and game theory to present a revolutionary new theory of Western exceptionalism: that a single, rarely discussed event in the 12th century changed the course of European and world history.
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Blah, blah, blah.
- By Lawowl on 01-21-22
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The Invention of Power
- Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 01-18-22
- Language: English
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Western exceptionalism - the idea that European civilizations are freer, wealthier, and less violent - is a widespread and powerful political idea. It has been a source of peace and prosperity in some societies, and of ethnic cleansing and havoc in others....
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Orthodoxy
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Fred Williams
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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G. K. Chesterton was a journalist, playwright, poet, biographer, novelist, essayist, literary commentator, editor, orator, artist, and theologian. Orthodoxy is his great apologia for the Christian faith, which was prompted by a serious attack in 1903 against Christianity by well-known newspaper editor Robert Blatchford.
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Thought provoking and entertaining
- By Brent on 01-16-08
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Orthodoxy
- Narrated by: Fred Williams
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 12-14-06
- Language: English
- Orthodoxy is Chesterton's great apologia for the Christian faith, which was prompted by a serious attack in 1903 against Christianity by well-known newspaper editor Robert Blatchford....
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Solzhenitsyn: The Historical-Spiritual Destinies of Russia and the West
- NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
- By: Lee Congdon
- Narrated by: Michael Merica
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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In this examination of Solzhenitsyn and his work, Lee Congdon explores the consequences of the atheistic socialism that drove the Russian revolutionary movement.
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Wow…Unbelievably Prophetic
- By J.Brock on 10-21-22
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Solzhenitsyn: The Historical-Spiritual Destinies of Russia and the West
- NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
- Narrated by: Michael Merica
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 01-21-22
- Language: English
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In this examination of Solzhenitsyn and his work, Lee Congdon explores the consequences of the atheistic socialism that drove the Russian revolutionary movement....
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Magnificent Rebels
- The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self
- By: Andrea Wulf
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
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In the 1790s an extraordinary group of friends changed the world. Disappointed by the French Revolution's rapid collapse into tyranny, what they wanted was nothing less than a revolution of the mind. The rulers of Europe had ordered their peoples how to think and act for too long. Based in the small German town of Jena, through poetry, drama, philosophy and science, they transformed the way we think about ourselves and the world around us. They were the first Romantics.
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Magnificent Rebels
- The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 09-01-22
- Language: English
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Magnificent Rebels is a riveting, eye-opening biography of the first Romantics: a revolutionary group of friends based in the small German town of Jena whose modern ideas transformed society and the way we lead our lives today....
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China and the West in the 19th Century
- The History of the Qing Dynasty’s Contacts and Conflicts with the Europeans and Americans
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Ken Teutsch
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
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The 19th century saw the rise of one of the largest, most powerful empires of the modern era. The sun never set on the British Empire, whose holdings spanned the globe, in one form or another. Its naval supremacy linked the Commonwealth of Canada with the colonies in South Africa and India, and through them trade flowed east and west. An integral but underutilized part of this vast trade network included China, a reclusive Asian kingdom closed off from the Western world that desired none of its goods.
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Brief History of 19th C China
- By G on 08-04-19
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China and the West in the 19th Century
- The History of the Qing Dynasty’s Contacts and Conflicts with the Europeans and Americans
- Narrated by: Ken Teutsch
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 10-01-18
- Language: English
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The 19th century saw the rise of one of the most powerful empires of the modern era. The sun never set on the British Empire, whose holdings spanned the globe. Its naval supremacy linked them, and trade flowed east and west. An integral part of this vast trade network included China....
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Cuba on the Verge
- 12 Writers on Continuity and Change in Havana and Across the Country
- By: Leila Guerriero
- Narrated by: Frankie Corzo, Lorenzo Irizarry
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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Spanning politics and art, music and baseball, Cuba on the Verge is a timely look at a society’s profound transformation - from inside and out. Standing on both sides of the divide between the US and Cuba, 12 of our most celebrated writers investigate this period of momentous transition.
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Entertaining and Informative
- By Gureet on 02-19-20
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Cuba on the Verge
- 12 Writers on Continuity and Change in Havana and Across the Country
- Narrated by: Frankie Corzo, Lorenzo Irizarry
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 12-11-18
- Language: English
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Spanning politics and art, music and baseball, Cuba on the Verge is a timely look at a society’s profound transformation - from inside and out....
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The Conquistadors
- A Captivating Guide to the Spanish Explorers, Conquest of the Americas, Cultural Exchange, and Legacy (European Exploration and Settlement)
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
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In the early 16th century, Spanish adventurers swarmed over the islands of the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Portuguese explorers and merchants pushed into the Indian Ocean and beyond to the Spice Islands of the South Pacific. The names of the leaders of these overseas conquests are well known: Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, Hernando de Soto, Afonso de Albuquerque, and Ferdinand Magellan. This audiobook explores the details of their incredible lives in service of their monarchs and personal wealth.
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The Conquistadors
- A Captivating Guide to the Spanish Explorers, Conquest of the Americas, Cultural Exchange, and Legacy (European Exploration and Settlement)
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 03-04-24
- Language: English
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Have you ever heard about the Spaniard Cabeza de Vaca, who survived eight years wandering from Florida to Texas? Find his story and more in this audiobook!
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Vanished Smile
- The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa
- By: R. A. Scotti
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
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On August 21, 1911, the unfathomable happened - Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa vanished from the Louvre. More than 24 hours passed before museum officials realized she was gone. The prime suspects were as shocking as the crime: Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire, young provocateurs of a new art. As French detectives using the latest methods of criminology, including fingerprinting, tried to trace the thieves, a burgeoning international media hyped news of the heist.
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Read Far Too Slowly
- By GoBonnieGo on 05-07-09
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Vanished Smile
- The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 04-07-09
- Language: English
- In Paris at the start of a radically new century, the most famous face in the history of art stepped out of her frame and into a sensational mystery....
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People and Empires
- A Short History of European Migration, Exploration, and Conquest, from Greece to the Present [Modern Library Chronicles]
- By: Anthony Pagden
- Narrated by: Joel Leffert
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
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Cambridge professor and renowned historian Anthony Pagden covers a vast subject in a compact package with Peoples and Empires. This wide-ranging and intellectually stimulating work examines the origins and history of the West with terse, efficient prose. With a captivating narration by Robert O'Keefe, listeners will find this work enjoyable and utterly absorbing.
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People and Empires
- A Short History of European Migration, Exploration, and Conquest, from Greece to the Present [Modern Library Chronicles]
- Narrated by: Joel Leffert
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 08-01-05
- Language: English
- This wide-ranging and intellectually stimulating work examines the origins and history of the West with terse, efficient prose....
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The Moment of Liberation in Western Europe
- Power Struggles and Rebellions, 1943-1948
- By: Gerd-Rainer Horn
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
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The Moment of Liberation in Western Europe: Power Struggles & Rebellions, 1943-1948, regards the final two years of World War II and the immediate post-liberation period as a moment in 20th century history when the shape and contours of postwar Western Europe appeared highly uncertain and various alternatives and conflicting visions were up for grabs. After close to six years of total war, Nazi terror, and brutal occupation policies, a growing number of Europeans were no longer content solely to fight for national liberation from fascist control.
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The Moment of Liberation in Western Europe
- Power Struggles and Rebellions, 1943-1948
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 06-23-20
- Language: English
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The Moment of Liberation in Western Europe: Power Struggles & Rebellions, 1943-1948, regards the final two years of World War II and the immediate post-liberation period as a moment in 20th century history....
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