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New Zealand: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Land of the Long White Cloud and Māori People

by Captivating History ...

Narrated by Jason Zenobia ...

Unabridged

8 hours 27 min

Two manuscripts in one audiobook:History of New Zealand: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Land of the Long White Cloud, from the Polynesians Through the Māori Musket Wars to the PresentMāori History: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Indigenous Polynesian People of New ZealandIn the first part of this audiobook, you will learn about:Extinct animals that used to call New Zealand ... Read more

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Two manuscripts in one audiobook:History of New Zealand: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Land of the Long White Cloud, from the Polynesians Through the Māori Musket Wars to the PresentMāori History: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Indigenous Polynesian People of New ZealandIn the first part of this audiobook, you will learn about:Extinct animals that used to call New Zealand
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Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me

Debunking the False Narratives Defining America’s School Curricula

by Wilfred Reilly ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

9 hours 28 min

A college professor debunks the myths that have infiltrated America's school curricula.In 1995, James W. Loewen penned the classic work of criticism Lies My Teacher Told Me, a left-leaning corrective that addressed much of what was sanitized and omitted from American history books.But in the decades that followed, false leftist narratives—as wrong as those they supplanted—have come to dominate ... Read more

$28.99 USD

A college professor debunks the myths that have infiltrated America's school curricula.In 1995, James W. Loewen penned the classic work of criticism Lies My Teacher Told Me, a left-leaning corrective that addressed much of what was sanitized and omitted from American history books.But in the decades that followed, false leftist narratives—as wrong as those they supplanted—have come to dominate
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History of Australia: A Captivating Guide to Australian History, Starting from the Aborigines Through the Dutch East India Company, James Cook, and World War II to the Present

by Captivating History ...

Narrated by Jason Zenobia ...

Unabridged

4 hours 5 min

Did you know that Australia was once thought of as an undesirable place to live?Long before Australia started to be considered one of the best places in the world to live, it was thought to be completely unlivable. In the 15th century, the European race to claim land began. Despite the fact that Australia was a large landmass, no nation believed it was worth colonizing. The land was claimed by the ... Read more

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Did you know that Australia was once thought of as an undesirable place to live?Long before Australia started to be considered one of the best places in the world to live, it was thought to be completely unlivable. In the 15th century, the European race to claim land began. Despite the fact that Australia was a large landmass, no nation believed it was worth colonizing. The land was claimed by the
... Read more
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Futuro en tus manos

¡Impulsa tu futuro con "Futuro en tus manos"! Accede a lecciones de audio que maximizarán tu rendimiento en el examen.

by Lucian Fairweather ...

Narrated by Carlos Hernandez ...

Unabridged

2 hours 15 min

Futuro en tus manos⭐⭐ Guía Simplificada con Explicaciones Incluidas ⭐⭐¿Estás buscando avanzar en tu carrera y consolidar tus conocimientos para aprobar con éxito el examen de certificación?¿Buscas una guía integral que contenga todos los elementos necesarios para pasar el examen de certificación?¡Tu búsqueda termina aquí!Esta guía se convierte en tu compañero definit... ... Read more

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Futuro en tus manos⭐⭐ Guía Simplificada con Explicaciones Incluidas ⭐⭐¿Estás buscando avanzar en tu carrera y consolidar tus conocimientos para aprobar con éxito el examen de certificación?¿Buscas una guía integral que contenga todos los elementos necesarios para pasar el examen de certificación?¡Tu búsqueda termina aquí!Esta guía se convierte en tu compañero definit...
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In Defense of History

by Richard J. Evans ...

Narrated by Julian Elfer ...

Unabridged

7 hours 52 min

In his compact, brilliant, and compulsively readable account, Richard J. Evans shows us how historians manage to extract meaning from the recalcitrant past. To materials that are frustratingly meager, or overwhelmingly profuse, they bring an array of tools that range from agreed-upon rules of documentation to the critical application of social and economic theory, all employed with the aim of ... Read more

$19.99 USD

In his compact, brilliant, and compulsively readable account, Richard J. Evans shows us how historians manage to extract meaning from the recalcitrant past. To materials that are frustratingly meager, or overwhelmingly profuse, they bring an array of tools that range from agreed-upon rules of documentation to the critical application of social and economic theory, all employed with the aim of
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Maths on the Back of an Envelope

Clever ways to (roughly) calculate anything

by Rob Eastaway ...

Narrated by Rob Eastaway ...

Unabridged

3 hours 36 min

‘Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway’ SIMON SINGH‘A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers’ HANNAH FRYHow many cats are there in the world?What's the chance of winning the lottery twice?And just how long does it take to count to a million?Learn how to tackle tricky maths problems with nothing but the back of an envelope, a pencil and some good old-fashioned brain power.Join ... Read more

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‘Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway’ SIMON SINGH‘A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers’ HANNAH FRYHow many cats are there in the world?What's the chance of winning the lottery twice?And just how long does it take to count to a million?Learn how to tackle tricky maths problems with nothing but the back of an envelope, a pencil and some good old-fashioned brain power.Join
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Everything Explained That Is Explainable!

The Creation of the Encyclopedia Britannica’s Celebrated Eleventh Edition 1910-1911

by Denis Boyles ...

Narrated by Corrie James ...

Unabridged

13 hours 22 min

In Everything Explained that is Unexplainable, Denis Boyles tells the story of the American, entrepreneur, Horace Everett Hooper, a natural-born salesman who found an outdated set of reference books in a warehouse and sold them as "one-shelf libraries." His Western Book and Stationary Co. became one of the largest publishers in the Midwest, selling books directly to readers, and forging a business ... Read more

$29.99 USD

In Everything Explained that is Unexplainable, Denis Boyles tells the story of the American, entrepreneur, Horace Everett Hooper, a natural-born salesman who found an outdated set of reference books in a warehouse and sold them as "one-shelf libraries." His Western Book and Stationary Co. became one of the largest publishers in the Midwest, selling books directly to readers, and forging a business
... Read more
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History of Mathematics

by Blake Carson ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook box set - History of
Unabridged

3 hours 25 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.How did numbers, equations, and patterns shape our understanding of the universe? The history of mathematics is a story of human curiosity and problem-solving. From ancient counting systems to modern-day algorithms, mathematics has driven scientific and technological advancements. The Egyptians and Babylonians developed early numerical methods, while ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.How did numbers, equations, and patterns shape our understanding of the universe? The history of mathematics is a story of human curiosity and problem-solving. From ancient counting systems to modern-day algorithms, mathematics has driven scientific and technological advancements. The Egyptians and Babylonians developed early numerical methods, while
... Read more
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Great Short Books

A Year of Reading—Briefly

by Kenneth C. Davis ...

Narrated by Adenrele Ojo, Leon Nixon ...

Unabridged

11 hours 5 min

This entertaining guide to some of the best short novels of all time, from a bestselling historian, is the “perfect gift for busy bibliophiles” (BookPage).Experience the joys of literature with this this “exciting guide to all that the world of fiction has to offer” (The New York Times Book Review): a compulsively readable, deeply engaging discussion of great short novels. A journey into fiction ... Read more

$26.99 USD

This entertaining guide to some of the best short novels of all time, from a bestselling historian, is the “perfect gift for busy bibliophiles” (BookPage).Experience the joys of literature with this this “exciting guide to all that the world of fiction has to offer” (The New York Times Book Review): a compulsively readable, deeply engaging discussion of great short novels. A journey into fiction
... Read more
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The Children's Book of America

by William J. Bennett ...

Narrated by William J. Bennett, Hinton Battle, Elayne Glover Bennett ...

Abridged

1 hour 32 min

From the author of the bestselling book The Educated Child comes a compelling and inspiring book that answers any question a young child may have about America.Where did America come from? What does it mean to be an American? What makes America great? No volume will provide more compelling and inspiring answers to our children's questions than William Bennett's marvelous new treasury, The Children ... Read more

$9.99 USD

From the author of the bestselling book The Educated Child comes a compelling and inspiring book that answers any question a young child may have about America.Where did America come from? What does it mean to be an American? What makes America great? No volume will provide more compelling and inspiring answers to our children's questions than William Bennett's marvelous new treasury, The Children
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Worldland Chaque pays dans son époque

by Eric Giegelmann ...

Narrated by Voix Numérique Fabien G ...

Series Audiobook 66 - Histoire, société et politique
Unabridged

2 hours 45 min

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Et si l’histoire du monde n’était pas une ligne droite, mais une mosaïque de trajectoires simultanées ?Dans Worldland : Chaque pays dans son époque, Eric Giegelmann propose une lecture originale et transversale de l’histoire humaine.Ici, les civilisations ne sont pas comparées pour être hiérarchisées, mais observées dans leur moment propre, avec ... Read more

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Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Et si l’histoire du monde n’était pas une ligne droite, mais une mosaïque de trajectoires simultanées ?Dans Worldland : Chaque pays dans son époque, Eric Giegelmann propose une lecture originale et transversale de l’histoire humaine.Ici, les civilisations ne sont pas comparées pour être hiérarchisées, mais observées dans leur moment propre, avec
... Read more
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La Planche Ouija, Mythe, Science et Pratique

by Eric Giegelmann ...

Narrated by Voix Numérique Francine G ...

Series Audiobook 28 - Sciences, philosophie et réflexion
Unabridged

2 hours 24 min

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Depuis plus d’un siècle, la planche Ouija fascine, intrigue et effraie. Objet mystérieux à la croisée du jeu, du rituel occulte et de l’expérience psychologique, elle a traversé les époques en alimentant récits de hantises, légendes urbaines et débats scientifiques.Ce livre vous entraîne dans un voyage captivant au cœur de son histoire, de ses ... Read more

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Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Depuis plus d’un siècle, la planche Ouija fascine, intrigue et effraie. Objet mystérieux à la croisée du jeu, du rituel occulte et de l’expérience psychologique, elle a traversé les époques en alimentant récits de hantises, légendes urbaines et débats scientifiques.Ce livre vous entraîne dans un voyage captivant au cœur de son histoire, de ses
... Read more
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Dante and the Early Astronomer

Science, Adventure, and a Victorian Woman Who Opened the Heavens

by Tracy Daugherty ...

Narrated by David Stifel ...

Unabridged

6 hours 10 min

Explore the evolution of astronomy from Dante to Einstein, as seen through the eyes of trailblazing Victorian astronomer Mary Acworth Evershed.In 1910, Mary Acworth Evershed (1867–1949) sat on a hill in southern India staring at the moon as she grappled with apparent mistakes in Dante’s Divine Comedy. Was Dante’s astronomy unintelligible? Or was he, for a man of his time and place, as insightful ... Read more

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Explore the evolution of astronomy from Dante to Einstein, as seen through the eyes of trailblazing Victorian astronomer Mary Acworth Evershed.In 1910, Mary Acworth Evershed (1867–1949) sat on a hill in southern India staring at the moon as she grappled with apparent mistakes in Dante’s Divine Comedy. Was Dante’s astronomy unintelligible? Or was he, for a man of his time and place, as insightful
... Read more
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The Sensational Past

How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses

by Carolyn Purnell ...

Narrated by Liz Thompson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 35 min

Sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch-as they were celebrated during the Enlightenment and as they are perceived today. Blindfolding children from birth? Playing a piano made of live cats? Using tobacco to cure drowning? Wearing "flea"-colored clothes? These actions may seem odd to us, but in the eighteenth century, they made perfect sense. As often as we use our senses, we rarely stop to think ... Read more

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Sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch-as they were celebrated during the Enlightenment and as they are perceived today. Blindfolding children from birth? Playing a piano made of live cats? Using tobacco to cure drowning? Wearing "flea"-colored clothes? These actions may seem odd to us, but in the eighteenth century, they made perfect sense. As often as we use our senses, we rarely stop to think
... Read more
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History's Greatest Speeches - Vol. II

by Abraham Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony, the Prophet Muhammad, Patrick Henry, WEB DuBois, Alexander the Great and King Charles I ...

Narrated by Kevin Theis, Amir Abdullah, Darren Stephens, Christopher M. Walsh, Siiri Scott, Rosney Mauger and Ronald Keaton ...

Unabridged

2 hours 19 min

This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production featuring digitally enhanced performances of some of history's greatest speeches - all presented as they might have originally been heard.The immersive audio experience presented here - complete with sound effects, music and atmospherics - allows the listener to feel as if they were in attendance when these speeches were first delivered. The orations are ... Read more

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This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production featuring digitally enhanced performances of some of history's greatest speeches - all presented as they might have originally been heard.The immersive audio experience presented here - complete with sound effects, music and atmospherics - allows the listener to feel as if they were in attendance when these speeches were first delivered. The orations are
... Read more
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50 Forgotten Professions

A Fascinating Journey Into The Near Past

by Mike Ciman ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 22 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Fascinating Journey into the Past in 50 ProfessionsWelcome to the fascinating world of forgotten professions. In this book, explore 50 professions that have played important roles throughout history, but which - due to the advance of technology and the evolution of society - have gradually been abandoned.From the Human Alarm Clock to Radio Actors, ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Fascinating Journey into the Past in 50 ProfessionsWelcome to the fascinating world of forgotten professions. In this book, explore 50 professions that have played important roles throughout history, but which - due to the advance of technology and the evolution of society - have gradually been abandoned.From the Human Alarm Clock to Radio Actors,
... Read more
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The Book of Nanak

by Navtej Sarna ...

Narrated by Kulvin Suri ...

Unabridged

3 hours 13 min

Guru Nanak was deeply spiritual from an early age, having being born into a society caught in the throes of orthodoxy and ritualism. The ills of child marriage, infanticide and a rigid caste system had further crippled his people. The outpouring of Nanak’s faith evolved into the universal message of the omnipresence and existence of one God, of true love, equality and compassion, which appealed to ... Read more

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Guru Nanak was deeply spiritual from an early age, having being born into a society caught in the throes of orthodoxy and ritualism. The ills of child marriage, infanticide and a rigid caste system had further crippled his people. The outpouring of Nanak’s faith evolved into the universal message of the omnipresence and existence of one God, of true love, equality and compassion, which appealed to
... Read more
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Всеобщая история стран и народов мира. Избранное

by Оскар Егер ...

Narrated by Константин Корольков, Владимир Капитонов ...

Series series История Подарочная
Unabridged

25 hours 20 min

Выдающийся немецкий исследователь Оскар Егер в конце XIX века опубликовал фундаментальный труд по мировой истории, в котором проследил прошлое цивилизации от возникновения первых государств до главных событий позапрошлого столетия. Автор, обобщив колоссальный опыт научных достижений предшественников, создал самобытное красочное полотно событий, в которых прослеживались основные тенденции развития ... Read more

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Выдающийся немецкий исследователь Оскар Егер в конце XIX века опубликовал фундаментальный труд по мировой истории, в котором проследил прошлое цивилизации от возникновения первых государств до главных событий позапрошлого столетия. Автор, обобщив колоссальный опыт научных достижений предшественников, создал самобытное красочное полотно событий, в которых прослеживались основные тенденции развития
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Reading the OED

One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages

by Ammon Shea ...

Narrated by William Dufris ...

Unabridged

5 hours 9 min

""I'm reading the OED so you don't have to. If you are interested in vocabulary that is both spectacularly useful and beautifully useless, read on...""So reports Ammon Shea, the tireless, word-obsessed, and more than slightly masochistic author of Reading the OED. The word lover's Mount Everest, the OED has enthralled logophiles since its initial publication 80 years ago. Weighing in at 137 pounds ... Read more

$23.99 USD

""I'm reading the OED so you don't have to. If you are interested in vocabulary that is both spectacularly useful and beautifully useless, read on...""So reports Ammon Shea, the tireless, word-obsessed, and more than slightly masochistic author of Reading the OED. The word lover's Mount Everest, the OED has enthralled logophiles since its initial publication 80 years ago. Weighing in at 137 pounds
... Read more
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A Chance to Harmonize

How FDR's Hidden Music Unit Sought to Save America from the Great Depression—One Song at a Time

by Sheryl Kaskowitz ...

Narrated by Kim Ramirez ...

Unabridged

8 hours 42 min

In 1934, the Great Depression had destroyed the US economy, leaving residents poverty-stricken. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt urged President Roosevelt to take radical action to help those hit hardest. They set up government homesteads in rural areas across the country, an experiment in cooperative living where people could start over. To boost morale and encourage the homesteaders to find ... Read more

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In 1934, the Great Depression had destroyed the US economy, leaving residents poverty-stricken. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt urged President Roosevelt to take radical action to help those hit hardest. They set up government homesteads in rural areas across the country, an experiment in cooperative living where people could start over. To boost morale and encourage the homesteaders to find
... Read more
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Illuminating History

A Retrospective of Seven Decades

by Bernard Bailyn ...

Narrated by Tom Parks ...

Unabridged

8 hours 2 min

Over a remarkable career Bernard Bailyn has reshaped our understanding of the early American past. Inscribing his superb scholarship with passion and imagination honed by a commitment to rigor, Bailyn captures the particularity of the past and its broad significance in precise, elegant prose. His transformative work has ranged from a new reckoning with the ideology that powered the opposition to ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Over a remarkable career Bernard Bailyn has reshaped our understanding of the early American past. Inscribing his superb scholarship with passion and imagination honed by a commitment to rigor, Bailyn captures the particularity of the past and its broad significance in precise, elegant prose. His transformative work has ranged from a new reckoning with the ideology that powered the opposition to
... Read more
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The Europeans

Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture

by Orlando Figes ...

Narrated by James Langton ...

Unabridged

21 hours 40 min

From the “master of historical narrative” (Financial Times), a dazzling, richly detailed, panoramic work—the first to document the genesis of a continent-wide European cultureThe nineteenth century in Europe was the first age of cultural globalization—an epoch when mass communications and high-speed rail travel brought Europe together, overcoming national barriers and creating a truly pan-European ... Read more

$29.95 USD

From the “master of historical narrative” (Financial Times), a dazzling, richly detailed, panoramic work—the first to document the genesis of a continent-wide European cultureThe nineteenth century in Europe was the first age of cultural globalization—an epoch when mass communications and high-speed rail travel brought Europe together, overcoming national barriers and creating a truly pan-European
... Read more
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Le Mystère du Sac à Main des Dieux

by Eric Giegelmann ...

Narrated by Voix Numérique Fabien G ...

Series Audiobook 37 - Sciences, philosophie et réflexion
Unabridged

4 hours 10 min

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Et si un objet oublié était la clef de notre histoire commune ?Dans les bas-reliefs de Sumer, sur les murs des temples égyptiens, dans les Andes, l’Inde, l’Amazonie ou les ruines mésoaméricaines, une énigme persiste : des figures mystérieuses, sac à la main, pouce tendu, figées dans une posture répétée à travers les siècles et les continents.Que ... Read more

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Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Et si un objet oublié était la clef de notre histoire commune ?Dans les bas-reliefs de Sumer, sur les murs des temples égyptiens, dans les Andes, l’Inde, l’Amazonie ou les ruines mésoaméricaines, une énigme persiste : des figures mystérieuses, sac à la main, pouce tendu, figées dans une posture répétée à travers les siècles et les continents.Que
... Read more
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Backpage Indictment

by Department of Justice ...

Narrated by Tony D. Ortega ...

Unabridged

1 hour 42 min

93-count indictment on sex trafficking charges revealed against Backpage founders. ... Read more

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93-count indictment on sex trafficking charges revealed against Backpage founders.
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