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The Berlin Wall
- By: Frederick Taylor
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 19 hrs and 31 mins
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The appearance of a hastily constructed barbed wire entanglement through the heart of Berlin during the night of 12-13 August 1961 was both dramatic and unexpected....
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Fascinating History
- By zico on 13-10-2022
By: Frederick Taylor
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A History of Modern Britain
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 29 hrs and 59 mins
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A History of Modern Britain confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics....
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A history of the politics of modern Britain
- By Anonymous User on 17-06-2021
By: Andrew Marr
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The End of Europe
- Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age
- By: James Kirchick
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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Once the world's bastion of liberal, democratic values, Europe is now having to confront demons it thought it had laid to rest....
By: James Kirchick
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The Abuse of Power
- Confronting Injustice in Public Life
- By: Theresa May
- Narrated by: Theresa May
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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Former Prime Minister Theresa May exposes the abuse of power by public institutions and politicians in a series of riveting first-hand accounts from her time in office....
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Strong thematic overview of public service
- By Kindle Customer on 04-01-2024
By: Theresa May
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Flashpoints
- The Emerging Crisis in Europe
- By: George Friedman
- Narrated by: Bruce Turk, George Friedman
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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This provocative work examines the geopolitical flashpoints - particularly in Europe - in which imminent future conflicts are brewing....
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Excellent, Brings multiple perspectives to current realities.
- By Carl on 09-11-2022
By: George Friedman
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Metternich
- Strategist and Visionary
- By: Wolfram Siemann, Daniel Steuer - translator
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 36 hrs and 57 mins
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Wolfram Siemann paints a fundamentally new image of the man who shaped Europe for over four decades. He reveals Metternich as more modern and his career much more forward-looking than we have ever recognized....
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Enlightening
- By Anonymous User on 07-06-2024
By: Wolfram Siemann, and others
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The Berlin Wall
- By: Frederick Taylor
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 19 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The appearance of a hastily constructed barbed wire entanglement through the heart of Berlin during the night of 12-13 August 1961 was both dramatic and unexpected....
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Fascinating History
- By zico on 13-10-2022
By: Frederick Taylor
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A History of Modern Britain
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 29 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A History of Modern Britain confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics....
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A history of the politics of modern Britain
- By Anonymous User on 17-06-2021
By: Andrew Marr
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The End of Europe
- Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age
- By: James Kirchick
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Once the world's bastion of liberal, democratic values, Europe is now having to confront demons it thought it had laid to rest....
By: James Kirchick
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The Abuse of Power
- Confronting Injustice in Public Life
- By: Theresa May
- Narrated by: Theresa May
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Former Prime Minister Theresa May exposes the abuse of power by public institutions and politicians in a series of riveting first-hand accounts from her time in office....
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Strong thematic overview of public service
- By Kindle Customer on 04-01-2024
By: Theresa May
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Flashpoints
- The Emerging Crisis in Europe
- By: George Friedman
- Narrated by: Bruce Turk, George Friedman
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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This provocative work examines the geopolitical flashpoints - particularly in Europe - in which imminent future conflicts are brewing....
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Excellent, Brings multiple perspectives to current realities.
- By Carl on 09-11-2022
By: George Friedman
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Metternich
- Strategist and Visionary
- By: Wolfram Siemann, Daniel Steuer - translator
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 36 hrs and 57 mins
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Wolfram Siemann paints a fundamentally new image of the man who shaped Europe for over four decades. He reveals Metternich as more modern and his career much more forward-looking than we have ever recognized....
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Enlightening
- By Anonymous User on 07-06-2024
By: Wolfram Siemann, and others
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All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain's Political Class
- By: Tim Shipman
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 32 hrs and 5 mins
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Politics was turned upside down during 2016. This book by Tim Shipman is the first to tell the full story of how and why Britain voted to leave the European Union....
By: Tim Shipman
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National Populism
- The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy (A Pelican Book)
- By: Matthew Goodwin, Roger Eatwell
- Narrated by: Matthew Goodwin
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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Written by two of the foremost experts on fascism and the rise of national populism, this lucid and deeply researched audiobook is a vital guide to our transformed political landscape....
By: Matthew Goodwin, and others
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The Phoney Victory
- The World War II Illusion
- By: Peter Hitchens
- Narrated by: Peter Hitchens
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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Was World War II really the 'Good War'? In the years since the declaration of peace in 1945, many myths have sprung up around the conflict. In this audiobook, Peter Hitchens deconstructs the many fables which have become associated with the narrative of the 'Good War'....
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Interesting throughout
- By Mr. M. Cumming on 29-08-2019
By: Peter Hitchens
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Practical Idealism: The Kalergi Plan to Destroy European Peoples
- By: Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi
- Narrated by: Alexander Sangmoore
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
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The form of constitution that replaced feudalism and absolutism was democracy; the form of government, plutocracy. Today, democracy is a façade of plutocracy....
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Brexitland
- Identity, Diversity and the Reshaping of British Politics
- By: Maria Sobolewska, Robert Ford
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
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Long-term social and demographic changes - and the conflicts they create - continue to transform British politics. In this accessible and authoritative book, Sobolewska and Ford show how deep the roots of this polarization and volatility run....
By: Maria Sobolewska, and others
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And the Weak Suffer What They Must?
- Europe's Crisis and America's Economic Future
- By: Yanis Varoufakis
- Narrated by: Yanis Varoufakis, Leighton Pugh
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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In January 2015, Yanis Varoufakis, an economics professor teaching in Austin, Texas, was elected to the Greek parliament with more votes than any other member of parliament....
By: Yanis Varoufakis
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Comportarse como adultos
- Mi batalla contra el establishment europeo
- By: Yanis Varoufakis
- Narrated by: Jordi Salas
- Length: 23 hrs and 10 mins
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Durante la primavera de 2015, las negociaciones para renovar los programas de rescate entre el recién elegido gobierno griego de Syriza (el partido de izquierda radical)...
By: Yanis Varoufakis
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Zelensky
- The Unlikely Ukrainian Hero Who Defied Putin and United the World
- By: Andrew L. Urban, Chris McLeod
- Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
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The first major profile of Ukraine’s courageous President Volodymyr Zelensky....
By: Andrew L. Urban, and others
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The Long Game
- Inside Sinn Féin
- By: Aoife Moore
- Narrated by: Roisin McGowan
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Aoife Moore, Irish Journalist of the Year in 2021, explores the rise of the political party, once subordinate to the IRA, that is on the brink of taking power in Ireland....
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Inaccurate and badly written
- By Ciaran on 02-12-2023
By: Aoife Moore
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This Is Europe
- The Way We Live Now
- By: Ben Judah
- Narrated by: Dan Connolly
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
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A portrait of Europe as it has never been seen before, told through twenty extraordinary stories of the people who live and breathe it....
By: Ben Judah
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Misjustice
- How British Law Is Failing Women
- By: Helena Kennedy
- Narrated by: Helena Kennedy
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
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Helena Kennedy forensically examines the pressing new evidence that women are being discriminated against when it comes to the law....
By: Helena Kennedy
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Where We Are
- By: Roger Scruton
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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Roger Scruton seeks to assess the basis of national sentiment and loyalty at a time when the United Kingdom must redefine its position in the world....
By: Roger Scruton
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Bible and Sword
- England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour
- By: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize - winning historian Barbara Tuchman explores the complex relationship of Britain to Palestine that led to the founding of the modern Jewish state....
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Dated
- By jdk on 22-01-2019
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The State of Us
- The Good News and the Bad News About Our Society
- By: Jon Snow
- Narrated by: Jon Snow
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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It is rare in history that so many nations in the developed world are in crisis at the same time. There has been a disintegration of trust in political leaders and in the media that holds them to account....
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All the problems, none of the solutions
- By Anonymous User on 17-03-2023
By: Jon Snow
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People Like Us
- Margaret Thatcher and Me
- By: Caroline Slocock
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
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As a young civil servant, Caroline Slocock became the first ever female private secretary to any British Prime Minister and was at Margaret Thatcher's side for the final 18 months of her premiership....
By: Caroline Slocock
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A Kidnapped West
- The Tragedy of Central Europe
- By: Milan Kundera
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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In a moment of historic threat and uncertainty in mainland Europe, this collection, makes the case for the 'small countries' of Central Europe as the nucleus of European values and a lightning rod for its potential dangers....
By: Milan Kundera
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The Battle for Scotland
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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Andrew Marr's first book tells the distinctive story of Scottish politics - now updated with a new introductory chapter....
By: Andrew Marr
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Eurotrash
- Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent
- By: David Harsanyi
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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Europe has been declining under the weight of its antiquated institutions, economic fatigue, moral anemia, and cultural surrender....
By: David Harsanyi
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Viceroys
- By: Christopher Lee
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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Viceroys is the story of the British aristocracy sent to govern India during the reigns of five British monarchs. It is also the story of how the modern British identity was established....
By: Christopher Lee
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How to Slay a Dragon
- Building a New Russia After Putin
- By: Mikhail Khodorkovsky
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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How to Slay a Dragon is Khodorkovsky's account of his own journey and of how the vicious cycle of Russian history can be broken. He charts a pathway towards a parliamentary federal republic which would enable Russia to become a free and democratic society, living in peace and without dragons....
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Putin's Exiles
- Their Fight for a Better Russia
- By: Paul Starobin
- Narrated by: David Aranovich
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
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Paul Starobin, a veteran analyst of Russia, travels to places like Armenia and Georgia to meet with exiles and has conversations with prominent figures throughout Europe and America, as he takes measure of this rebellion—and its potential to fix a nation plagued by revanchist imperial dreams....
By: Paul Starobin
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The Great Deception
- The True Story of Britain and the European Union
- By: Christopher Booker, Richard North
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
- Length: 25 hrs and 36 mins
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This fourth edition celebrates the moment when the UK broke away from the European Union, having been extensively re-edited to incorporate newly available archive material and updated to include the tumultuous events of recent years....
By: Christopher Booker, and others
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A Short History of Brexit
- From Brentry to Backstop
- By: Kevin O'Rourke
- Narrated by: Jeremy Clyde
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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After all the debates, manoeuvrings, recriminations and exaltations, Brexit is upon us. But, as Kevin O'Rourke writes, Brexit did not emerge out of nowhere: it is the culmination of events that have been underway for decades and have historical roots stretching back well beyond that....
By: Kevin O'Rourke
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Epic Continent
- Adventures in the Great Stories of Europe
- By: Nicholas Jubber
- Narrated by: Luke Thompson
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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Award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber journeys across Europe exploring Europe's epic poems, from the Odyssey to Beowulf, the Song of Roland to the Nibelungenlied, and their impact on European identity in these turbulent times....
By: Nicholas Jubber