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Culloden

The History and Archaeology of the Last Clan Battle

by Tony Pollard ...

A team of historians and archaeologists re-examine what happened at the Battle of Culloden between the Scottish Jacobites and Great Britain.In battle at Culloden Moor on April 16, 1746, the Jacobite cause was dealt a mortal blow. The power of the Highland clans was broken. And the image of sword-wielding Highlanders charging into a hail of lead delivered by the red-coated battalions of the ... Read more

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A team of historians and archaeologists re-examine what happened at the Battle of Culloden between the Scottish Jacobites and Great Britain.In battle at Culloden Moor on April 16, 1746, the Jacobite cause was dealt a mortal blow. The power of the Highland clans was broken. And the image of sword-wielding Highlanders charging into a hail of lead delivered by the red-coated battalions of the
... Read more

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Life on the Death Railway

The Memoirs of a British POW

by Stuart Young ...

As a young man Stuart Young endured the horrors of the Japanese prisoner-of-war camps and survived. Later in life, in graphic detail, he recorded the experience the dreadful conditions, the brutal treatment, the sickness and starvation, the merciless routine of forced labour. Yet he also recorded the comradeship among the prisoners, their compassion and strength, and the pastimes and ... Read more

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As a young man Stuart Young endured the horrors of the Japanese prisoner-of-war camps and survived. Later in life, in graphic detail, he recorded the experience the dreadful conditions, the brutal treatment, the sickness and starvation, the merciless routine of forced labour. Yet he also recorded the comradeship among the prisoners, their compassion and strength, and the pastimes and
... Read more
A Falklands Family at War

Diaries of the 1982 Conflict

by Neville Bennett, Valerie Bennett ...

A first responder eyewitness account from a family living in the occupied war zone during the Falklands War.Many military accounts of the British side of the Falklands War have been published, as well as memoirs written by servicemen who took part. But little attention has been paid to what the Falkland islanders endured during the Argentine occupation and British liberation of the remote ... Read more

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A first responder eyewitness account from a family living in the occupied war zone during the Falklands War.Many military accounts of the British side of the Falklands War have been published, as well as memoirs written by servicemen who took part. But little attention has been paid to what the Falkland islanders endured during the Argentine occupation and British liberation of the remote
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A Tale of Redemption & Other Stories

A trilingual edition in English, German and Indonesian

by Tony Pollard, Mona Sylviana, Thomas Zschocke ...

Series Book 17 - BTW
German title: Die SühnegeschichteIndonesian title: Dongeng Penebusan dan cerita lainnyaWhatdistinguishes Mona Sylviana’s writing is her willingness to look at the darkside of life and to confront societal issues head on. In Mona’s stories, theworld is not a safe place for women. Yet her characters do not respond tosituations as passive objects or victims; rather, they challenge the acceptedorder. ... Read more

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German title: Die SühnegeschichteIndonesian title: Dongeng Penebusan dan cerita lainnyaWhatdistinguishes Mona Sylviana’s writing is her willingness to look at the darkside of life and to confront societal issues head on. In Mona’s stories, theworld is not a safe place for women. Yet her characters do not respond tosituations as passive objects or victims; rather, they challenge the acceptedorder.
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Culloden

The History and Archaeology of the Last Clan Battle

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

6 hours

In battle at Culloden Moor on April 16, 1746, the Jacobite cause was dealt a mortal blow. The power of the Highland clans was broken. And the image of sword-wielding Highlanders charging into a hail of lead delivered by the red-coated battalions of the Hanoverian army has passed into legend. The battle was decisive—it was a turning point in British history. And yet our perception of this critical ... Read more

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In battle at Culloden Moor on April 16, 1746, the Jacobite cause was dealt a mortal blow. The power of the Highland clans was broken. And the image of sword-wielding Highlanders charging into a hail of lead delivered by the red-coated battalions of the Hanoverian army has passed into legend. The battle was decisive—it was a turning point in British history. And yet our perception of this critical
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Japan Runs Wild, 1942-1943

by Peter Harmsen ...

Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

Series series War in the Far East
Unabridged

7 hours 57 min

In early 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy were advancing on all fronts, humiliating Allied forces throughout the Pacific. In a matter of months, Japan had conquered an area larger than Hitler's empire at its apex. Hawaiians and Australians feared a future under Hirohito. The fate of half of mankind was hanging in the balance.But by the end of 1943, the tables had turned entirely. The ... Read more

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In early 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy were advancing on all fronts, humiliating Allied forces throughout the Pacific. In a matter of months, Japan had conquered an area larger than Hitler's empire at its apex. Hawaiians and Australians feared a future under Hirohito. The fate of half of mankind was hanging in the balance.But by the end of 1943, the tables had turned entirely. The
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Seizing the Enigma

The Race to Break the German U-Boat Codes, 1939–1943

by David Kahn ...

Narrated by Bernard Mayes ...

Unabridged

13 hours 35 min

For almost four desperate years between 1939 and 1943, British and American navies fought a savage, losing battle against German submarine wolf packs. The Allies might never have turned the tide of that historic battle without an intelligence coup. The race to break the German U-boat codes is one of the last great untold stories of World War II.David Kahn, the world’s leading historian of ... Read more

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For almost four desperate years between 1939 and 1943, British and American navies fought a savage, losing battle against German submarine wolf packs. The Allies might never have turned the tide of that historic battle without an intelligence coup. The race to break the German U-boat codes is one of the last great untold stories of World War II.David Kahn, the world’s leading historian of
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The Picts

A History

by Tim Clarkson ...

Narrated by Mhairi Morrison ...

Unabridged

10 hours 5 min

A British historian explores the mysterious Scottish culture of the Iron Age and Early Middle Ages whose enigmatic symbols adorn standing stones.The Picts were an ancient nation who ruled most of northern and eastern Scotland during the Dark Ages. Despite their historical importance, they remain shrouded in myth and misconception. Absorbed by the kingdom of the Scots in the ninth century, they ... Read more

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A British historian explores the mysterious Scottish culture of the Iron Age and Early Middle Ages whose enigmatic symbols adorn standing stones.The Picts were an ancient nation who ruled most of northern and eastern Scotland during the Dark Ages. Despite their historical importance, they remain shrouded in myth and misconception. Absorbed by the kingdom of the Scots in the ninth century, they
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Hitler’s Monsters

A Supernatural History of the Third Reich

by Eric Kurlander ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Unabridged

18 hours 19 min

The Nazi fascination with the occult is legendary, yet today it is often dismissed as Himmler’s personal obsession or wildly overstated for its novelty. Preposterous though it was, however, supernatural thinking was inextricable from the Nazi project. The regime enlisted astrology and the paranormal, paganism, Indo-Aryan mythology, witchcraft, miracle weapons, and the lost kingdom of Atlantis in ... Read more

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The Nazi fascination with the occult is legendary, yet today it is often dismissed as Himmler’s personal obsession or wildly overstated for its novelty. Preposterous though it was, however, supernatural thinking was inextricable from the Nazi project. The regime enlisted astrology and the paranormal, paganism, Indo-Aryan mythology, witchcraft, miracle weapons, and the lost kingdom of Atlantis in
... Read more

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Out of Italy

Two Centuries of World Domination and Demise

by Fernand Braudel ...

Narrated by Paul Brion ...

Unabridged

7 hours 5 min

From the author of Memory and the Mediterranean, a comprehensive history of the Italian city states from 1450 to 1650.In the fifteenth century, even before the city states of the Apennine Peninsula began to coalesce into what would become, several centuries later, a nation, "Italy" exerted enormous influence over all of Europe and throughout the Mediterranean. Its cultural, economic, and political ... Read more

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From the author of Memory and the Mediterranean, a comprehensive history of the Italian city states from 1450 to 1650.In the fifteenth century, even before the city states of the Apennine Peninsula began to coalesce into what would become, several centuries later, a nation, "Italy" exerted enormous influence over all of Europe and throughout the Mediterranean. Its cultural, economic, and political
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The Slave's Cause

A History of Abolition

by Manisha Sinha ...

Narrated by Allyson Johnson ...

Unabridged

30 hours 30 min

Received historical wisdom casts abolitionists as bourgeois, mostly white reformers burdened by racial paternalism and economic conservatism. Manisha Sinha overturns this image, broadening her scope beyond the antebellum period usually associated with abolitionism and recasting it as a radical social movement in which men and women, black and white, free and enslaved found common ground in causes ... Read more

$39.99 USD

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Received historical wisdom casts abolitionists as bourgeois, mostly white reformers burdened by racial paternalism and economic conservatism. Manisha Sinha overturns this image, broadening her scope beyond the antebellum period usually associated with abolitionism and recasting it as a radical social movement in which men and women, black and white, free and enslaved found common ground in causes
... Read more

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Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun

Hernando de Soto and the South's Ancient Chiefdoms

by Charles Hudson ...

Narrated by Gary Tiedemann ...

Unabridged

21 hours 26 min

Between 1539 and 1542, the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto led a small army on an expedition of almost four thousand miles across Southeastern America. De Soto's path had been one of history's most intriguing mysteries until the publication of Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun. Using a new route reconstruction, anthropologist Charles Hudson maps the story of the de Soto expedition, tying the ... Read more

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Between 1539 and 1542, the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto led a small army on an expedition of almost four thousand miles across Southeastern America. De Soto's path had been one of history's most intriguing mysteries until the publication of Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun. Using a new route reconstruction, anthropologist Charles Hudson maps the story of the de Soto expedition, tying the
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