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The ANZAC
- The History and Legacy of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps During the 20th Century
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
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Given their stellar legacy, it is little surprise that ANZAC soldiers were used by the British Empire for the several decades, most notably in World War II, ensuring that even after the British Empire declined, the Australian and New Zealand troops’ contributions to the Commonwealth remain a source of pride.
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The ANZAC
- The History and Legacy of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps During the 20th Century
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Release date: 29-06-18
- Language: English
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The Scramble for Africa: The History and Legacy of the Colonization of Africa by European Nations During the New Imperialism Era
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered the continent during a particularly hubristic and dynamic phase of European history. In 1884, Prince Otto von Bismark, the German chancellor, brought the plenipotentiaries of all major powers of Europe together, to deal with Africa's colonization in such a manner as to avoid provocation of war.
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- By Stuart Affleck on 27-11-19
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The Scramble for Africa: The History and Legacy of the Colonization of Africa by European Nations During the New Imperialism Era
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Release date: 29-06-17
- Language: English
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The Terracotta Army
- The History of Ancient China's Famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Curt Simmons
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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China has always fascinated outsiders, much in the same way that distant light fascinates someone looking down a dark road. It is both familiar and mysterious, ancient and new, and fully understanding it seems to always remain just out of reach.
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The Terracotta Army
- The History of Ancient China's Famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses
- Narrated by: Curt Simmons
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Release date: 31-03-15
- Language: English
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of King Tutankhamun
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 55 mins
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The mere mention of his name, Tutankhamun, brings to mind visions of gold and splendor and thoughts of a majestic kingdom. The reality of this king is something quite different. His fame has less to do with his position in history and nearly everything to do with the discovery of his tomb by Howard Carter in 1922. There are many questions and mysteries still surrounding this famous king of Egypt. Who was Tutankhamun? Where did he come from? What was his kingdom like? How did he live and die?
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of King Tutankhamun
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 55 mins
- Release date: 08-06-15
- Language: English
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The Tower of London
- The History of England's Famous Landmark
- By: Charles River Editors, Dr. Jesse Harasta
- Narrated by: Phillip J. Mather
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
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The Tower of London is one of the most historic sites in all of England and still one of the most popular. All around is the modern city of London, one of the world's most prosperous and power financial districts, but the Tower is still a daunting structure that looms across the landscape. Not a single structure but a vast network of medieval and early modern fortifications, it anchors the southeastern end of the old city and controls access to the River Thames and, through it, London's connection to the sea.
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Poorly researched and painfully inaccurate!
- By Mrs on 20-09-15
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The Tower of London
- The History of England's Famous Landmark
- Narrated by: Phillip J. Mather
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Release date: 13-04-15
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of Jack Nicholson
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: James Yi
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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In 1994, the American Film Institute gave a Lifetime Achievement Award to Jack Nicholson, who became one of the youngest actors to ever receive the award. Such tributes typically come as a capstone to a star's career, not when the actor is still in his 50s. In fact, Nicholson would go on to win the Oscar for Best Actor just a few years after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award as a result of As Good As It Gets (1997), and he would earn another Academy Award nomination for About Schmidt (2002). Those two would give him 12 Academy Award nominations, more than any other man in history, and make him one of just two actors to be nominated in every decade between 1960 and 2010.
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Short book
- By Mickwigfall on 10-02-25
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American Legends: The Life of Jack Nicholson
- Narrated by: James Yi
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 12-06-15
- Language: English
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The First Battle of Heligoland Bight
- The History and Legacy of the Royal Navy’s Greatest Victory in World War I
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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On August 28, 1914, a British naval force of 31 destroyers, two light cruisers, and a submarine force emerged from the early morning mist on a mission deep into German home waters. Their target was Heligoland Bight, a bay on the German North Sea coastline located at the mouth of the Elbe River. Despite these obstacles, the British Navy succeeded in scoring a decisive victory. Without the loss of a single British ship, the British raid force managed to sink several German cruisers and destroyers.
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The First Battle of Heligoland Bight
- The History and Legacy of the Royal Navy’s Greatest Victory in World War I
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Release date: 27-11-19
- Language: English
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The Council of Nicaea
- The History of the First Ecumenical Council to Establish Christian Dogma in the Roman Empire
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 2 hrs
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The Protestant Reformation is often associated most closely with Martin Luther, and it’s often considered to have started when Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg on October 31, 1517. However, the Reformation cannot be reduced to a single, abrupt, and exceptional event, but must be traced to a much longer process of spiritual, social, and intellectual transformation that unfolded over the late medieval period.
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The Council of Nicaea
- The History of the First Ecumenical Council to Establish Christian Dogma in the Roman Empire
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 2 hrs
- Release date: 30-03-26
- Language: English
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The Battle of Monte Cassino
- The History of the Battle for Rome During World War II
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: David Zarbock
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Germany's North African defeat opened up the possibility of taking the war in the west to the European continent for the first time since France's lightning conquest by the Wehrmacht in 1940. The British and Americans debated the merits of landing in France directly in 1943, but they ultimately opted against it.
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The Battle of Monte Cassino
- The History of the Battle for Rome During World War II
- Narrated by: David Zarbock
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Release date: 11-10-16
- Language: English
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The British Army in the 19th Century
- The History of the Soldiers Who Defeated Napoleon and Oversaw the World’s Greatest Empire
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
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Today, the British Army is one of the most powerful fighting forces in the world. Its highly trained professional soldiers are equipped with the most advanced military technology ever made. Its international interventions, while controversial both at home and abroad, are carried out with incredible professionalism and little loss of life among British servicemen and servicewomen. Naturally, the history and traditions behind this army are also impressive.
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The British Army in the 19th Century
- The History of the Soldiers Who Defeated Napoleon and Oversaw the World’s Greatest Empire
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 13-06-18
- Language: English
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A Timeline History of Hezbollah
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
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A Timeline History of Hezbollah charts the rise of the organization to power, the influential leaders behind it, the group's fighting against Israel, and what the future might hold. This history will bring listeners up to speed on one of the world's most important groups today.
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A Timeline History of Hezbollah
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 18-09-17
- Language: English
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Nazi Art Theft
- The History of Germany’s Confiscation and Destruction of European Artworks During World War II
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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At the end of 1941, it seemed to many people, especially in Germany, that the war was virtually over. Some began to consider what a postwar Europe would look like after a Nazi victory. With nothing to stop them, the Nazis became the most rapacious looters of art the world had ever seen, to the extent that it has been estimated that the Nazis may have acquired up to 20 percent of all art in Western Europe. Some works were returned after the war, many disappeared, and still others have become the subject of intense speculation.
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Nazi Art Theft
- The History of Germany’s Confiscation and Destruction of European Artworks During World War II
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Release date: 28-09-21
- Language: English
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Carlos the Jackal
- The Life of the 20th Century's Most Notorious Terrorist
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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From the early 1970s through the following two decades, the cult star of worldwide terrorism was Ilich Ramirez Sanchez of Venezuela, better known to the world as Carlos the Jackal. Sanchez, the most notorious of terrorists in the late 20th century before Osama bin Laden's destructive 9/11 attacks, was born on October 12, 1949, in the years following the most global example of state terrorism in the form of Nazi Germany. Sanchez was known to virtually every European and American who read the news between 1970 and 1990.
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Carlos the Jackal
- The Life of the 20th Century's Most Notorious Terrorist
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Release date: 01-02-17
- Language: English
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Operation Silver Fox
- The History of Nazi Germany's Arctic Invasion of the Soviet Union During World War II
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
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In the predawn darkness of June 22, 1941, three million men waited along a front stretching from the Baltic coast of Poland to the Balkans. Ahead of them lay the Soviet Union, its border guarded by millions of Red Army troops. This massive gathering of Wehrmacht soldiers from Adolf Hitler's Third Reich and his allied states stood poised to carry out Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's surprise attack against the country of his putative ally, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
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Operation Silver Fox
- The History of Nazi Germany's Arctic Invasion of the Soviet Union During World War II
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Release date: 30-09-16
- Language: English
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Operation Crossbow
- The History of the Allied Bombing Missions Against Nazi Germany’s V-2 Rocket Program During World War II
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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After the last shots of World War II were fired and the process of rebuilding Germany and Europe began, the Western Allies and the Soviet Union each tried to obtain the services of the Third Reich's leading scientists, especially those involved in rocketry, missile technology, and aerospace research. Naturally, this was a delicate affair due to the fact many of the German scientists were not only active Nazis, but had helped the Nazi war machine terrorize the world.
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Operation Crossbow
- The History of the Allied Bombing Missions Against Nazi Germany’s V-2 Rocket Program During World War II
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 30-03-21
- Language: English
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The Astors
- The History and Legacy of One of the World’s Wealthiest Families
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
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The Astor surname, one of New York’s most important family names for over a century, is synonymous with American aristocracy, a term that defies simple definition. Unlike Britain, where the term aristocrat had a definite meaning, the New York aristocracy was “at best a metaphor for high social status or prestige in a nation which had unequivocally rejected the mechanisms needed to create and sustain an aristocracy on the European model.”
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The Astors
- The History and Legacy of One of the World’s Wealthiest Families
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Release date: 27-12-17
- Language: English
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Tulip Mania
- The History and Legacy of the World’s First Speculative Bubble During the Dutch Golden Age
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
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Tulip Mania: The History and Legacy of the World’s First Speculative Bubble During the Dutch Golden Age analyzes the legendary mania and whether it was as dramatic as portrayed. You will learn about Tulip Mania like never before.
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Tulip Mania
- The History and Legacy of the World’s First Speculative Bubble During the Dutch Golden Age
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Release date: 01-08-18
- Language: English
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The Dodecanese Campaign
- The History of Nazi Germany’s Last Major Victory in World War II
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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The Dodecanese Campaign was a British attempt to seize islands in the Aegean during the fall and winter of 1943. The campaign brought Anglo-American relations to their lowest point during the war. The Dodecanese Campaign was the tragic outcome of the fundamental differences of opinion and approach between allies who otherwise worked closely and in harmony, and though nobody knew it at the time, it marked one of the last major victories for German forces who had been forced to retreat in every other theater of operations.
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The Dodecanese Campaign
- The History of Nazi Germany’s Last Major Victory in World War II
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Release date: 17-02-22
- Language: English
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The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann
- The History of Israel's Abduction and Execution of the Holocaust's Architect
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Tom Lennon
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
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A serial killer in earth-gray uniform and polished jackboots, Eichmann found an unprecedented opportunity for unleashing his homicidal impulses during the Final Solution from 1942-1945, at the height of the Nazi Third Reich's rule in Germany.
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The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann
- The History of Israel's Abduction and Execution of the Holocaust's Architect
- Narrated by: Tom Lennon
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Release date: 03-04-15
- Language: English
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The Republic of Venice
- The History of the Venetian Empire and Its Influence Across the Mediterranean
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
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The Republic of Venice: The History of the Venetian Empire and Its Influence across the Mediterranean dives into the city's origin story, how it became one of the most important powers in Europe, and its inevitable undoing. Along with information about important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Venetian Republic like never before.
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- By jared Gibson on 15-11-21
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The Republic of Venice
- The History of the Venetian Empire and Its Influence Across the Mediterranean
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 13-05-19
- Language: English
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