Francis I: The Maker Of Modern France
  • By Leonie Frieda
  • Duration: 13:07:50
  • Narrator: Carole Boyd
  • Publisher: HarperCollins USA

The bestselling author of Catherine de Medici returns to sixteenth-century Europe in this evocative and entertaining biography that recreates a remarkable era of French history...

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The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment In Literary Investigation [abridged]
  • By Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
  • Duration: 21:52:58
  • Narrator: Ignat Solzhenitsyn
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Canada

“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —Time“It is impossible to name a book that had a greater effect on the political and moral consciousness of the late...

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The Feud That Sparked The Renaissance: How Brunelleschi And Ghiberti Changed The Art World
  • By Paul Robert Walker
  • Duration: 9:31:23
  • Narrator: Simon Vance
  • Publisher: HarperCollins USA

Joining the bestsellers Longitude and Galileo’s Daughter, a lively and intriguing tale of two artists whose competitive spirit brought to life one of the world’s most...

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The Liberation Of Paris: How Eisenhower, De Gaulle, And Von Choltitz Saved The City Of Light
  • By Jean Edward Smith
  • Duration: 6:11:29
  • Narrator: Fred Sanders
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Prize-winning and bestselling historian Jean Edward Smith tells the “rousing” (Jay Winik, author of 1944) story of the liberation of Paris during World War II—a...

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Spitfire: A Very British Love Story
  • By John Nichol
  • Duration: 15:57:10
  • Narrator: Andrew Wincott
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

'A rich tribute to Britain's greatest warplane'

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Best Stories Of The 1914 European War
  • By Various
  • Publisher: LBO

Best Stories of the 1914 European War. This is a compilation of short anecdotes that cover World War I, told by soldiers who fought and other contemporaries who weren’t in...

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Israel: A Simple Guide To The Most Misunderstood Country On Earth
  • By Noa Tishby
  • Duration: 9:39:09
  • Narrator: Noa Tishby
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster

AUDIO EXCLUSIVE: INCLUDES THE SONG “ELATION STATION” BY INFECTED MUSHROOM!A “fascinating and very moving” (Aaron Sorkin, award-winning screenwriter of The...

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1434
  • By Gavin Menzies
  • Duration: 9:53:43
  • Narrator: Simon Vance
  • Publisher: HarperCollins USA

The brilliance of the Renaissance laid the foundation of the modern world. Textbooks tell us that it came about as a result of a rediscovery of the ideas and ideals of classical...

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The Fortress Of Salvador In Colonial Brazil
  • By Luiz Walter Coelho Filho
  • Publisher: KBR

In this book, Luiz Walter Coelho Filho contextualizes the planned city of Salvador by situating it in time and space, and analyzes its design, urban plan, and purpose, presenting...

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On War
  • By Carl von Clausewitz
  • Duration: 35:26:34
  • Narrator: Tony Honickberg
  • Publisher: Woodkeep Audio

‘On War’ by the Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831) is a classic of war and military strategy published in 1832. Some of the key concepts discussed in the book...

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