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  • France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944

    by Julian Jackson ...
    The French call them 'the Dark Years'... This definitive new history of Occupied France explores the myths and realities of four of the most divisive years in French history. Taking in ordinary people's experiences of defeat, collaboration, resistance, and liberation, it uncovers the conflicting memories of occupation which ensure that even today France continues to debate the legacy of the Vichy ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • France on Trial

    The Case of Marshal Pétain

    by Julian Jackson ...
    A Telegraph, Spectator, Prospect, and Times Best Book of the Year“This is a story not just about Pétain but about war and resistance, the moral compromises of leadership, and the meaning of France itself.”―Margaret MacMillan“This is a finely tuned history…Those who enjoy tales of the sparring among excellent lawyers arguing an important case will find this book riveting. And for those who want to ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Fall of France:The Nazi Invasion of 1940

    The Nazi Invasion of 1940

    by Julian Jackson ...
    Series series Making of the Modern World
    On 16 May 1940 an emergency meeting of the French High Command was called at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris. The German army had broken through the French lines on the River Meuse at Sedan and elsewhere, only five days after launching their attack. Churchill, who had been telephoned by Prime Minister Reynaud the previous evening to be told that the French were beaten, rushed to Paris to meet the French ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • La Grande Illusion

    by Julian Jackson ...
    Series series BFI Film Classics
    Jean Renoir's 1937 film La Grande Illusion is set during the First World War, but its themes of Franco-German conflict, divided loyalties in a time of war and the rise of anti-Semitism made it compelling and controversial viewing. Julian Jackson traces the film's historical context and its reception history. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • De Gaulle

    by Julian Jackson ...
    Winner of the Duff Cooper PrizeWinner of the Elizabeth Longford PrizeA New Yorker, Financial Times, Spectator, Times, and Telegraph Book of the YearIn this definitive biography of the mythic general who refused to accept the Nazi domination of France, Julian Jackson captures Charles de Gaulle as never before. Drawing on unpublished letters, memoirs, and papers from the recently opened de Ga... ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

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    A Certain Idea of France

    The Life of Charles de Gaulle

    by Julian Jackson ...
    Narrated by John Banks ...

    Unabridged

    35 hours 19 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.In six weeks in 1940, France was over-run by German troops and surrendered. One junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England. On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots over the BBC, urging them to rally to him in London. At that moment, Charles de Gaulle entered into history. For the rest of the war, de Gaulle frequently bit the hand that fed him ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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    France on Trial

    The Case of Marshal Pétain

    by Julian Jackson ...
    Narrated by Michael Chance ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 59 min

    In October 1940, few things were more shocking than the sight of Marshal Philippe Pétain—supremely decorated hero of WWI, now head of the French government—shaking hands with Hitler. Pausing to look at the cameras, Pétain announced that France would henceforth collaborate with Germany. Five years later, after a wave of violent reprisals following the liberation of Paris, Pétain was put on trial ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Ayurveda: A Culinary Guide That Blends the Ancient Wisdom (A Complete Ayurvedic Guide to Self-healing and Improved Health)

    by Julian Jackson ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Mason G ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 11 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The premise of ayurveda is a comprehensive tackle on your wellbeing in which the physical and the mental measurements emphatically interweave with individual identity so as to advance prosperity.In this manner, specialists of ayurveda constantly consider all variables included in a man's condition and attempt to treat disease by investigating the ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Mary's Little Lamb (Unabridged)

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    by Edith Francis Foster ...
    Narrated by Manuela Vachon, Bonita Kramer, Julian Jackson, Julia Hyden ...

    Unabridged

    38 min

    Learn how Mary acquires a Little Lamb, how it follows her to school, and many other adventures the pair have such as the lamb saving Mary's life. This book was written as a picture guessing book where some of the nouns were replaced by drawings and the young reader was supposed to guess what the pictures meant in the story. These pictures have been replaced by appropriate words. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    The Stalin Affair

    The Impossible Alliance That Won the War

    by Giles Milton ...
    Narrated by Giles Milton ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 19 min

    **This program is read by the author.From internationally bestselling historian Giles Milton comes the remarkable true story of the motley group of Allied men and women who worked to manage Stalin’s mercurial, explosive approach to diplomacy during four turbulent years of World War II.**In the summer of 1941, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, shattering what Stalin had considered an ironclad ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Adventures in Democracy

    The Turbulent World of People Power

    by Erica Benner ...
    Narrated by Louise Brealey ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 36 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.In a hyper-competitive world obsessed with rankings, super-wealth and greatness, how can we live up to democratic ideals of equality?Erica Benner has spent a lifetime thinking about these questions from different angles in different countries - from post-war Japan, where democracy was imposed on a defeated country, to post-communist Poland, with sudden gaps of wealth and ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Thomas More

    A Life

    by Joanne Paul ...
    Narrated by Ben Miles ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 19 min

    The definitive biography of the man who dominated political and intellectual circles in England during the sixteenth century: Thomas More.Born into the era of the Wars of the Roses, educated during the European Renaissance, rising to become Chancellor of England, and ultimately destroyed by Henry VIII, Thomas More was one of the most famous—and notorious—figures in English history.Was he a saintly ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook