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The End of Everything
- How Wars Descend into Annihilation
- By: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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A New York Times-bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the modern era chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible in our time....
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A warning to us all
- By Anonymous User on 20-06-2024
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The End of Everything
- How Wars Descend into Annihilation
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 07-05-2024
- Language: English
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A New York Times-bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the modern era chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible in our time....
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Histories
- By: Herodotus
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus describes the growth of the Persian Empire with force, authority, and style....
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Listen to Herodotus teach you through time.
- By John Simpson on 09-12-2019
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Histories
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 13-05-2016
- Language: English
- In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus describes the growth of the Persian Empire with force, authority, and style....
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Emperor of the Seas
- Kublai Khan and the Making of China
- By: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Genghis Khan built a formidable land empire, but he never crossed the sea. Yet by the time his grandson Kublai Khan had defeated the last vestiges of the Song empire and established the Yuan dynasty in 1279, the Mongols controlled the most powerful navy in the world.
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Emperor of the Seas
- Kublai Khan and the Making of China
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 26-09-2024
- Language: English
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Genghis Khan built a formidable land empire, but he never crossed the sea. Yet by the time his grandson Kublai Khan had defeated the last vestiges of the Song empire and established the Yuan dynasty in 1279, the Mongols controlled the most powerful navy in the world.
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The Roman Emperor Aurelian
- Restorer of the World: New Revised Edition
- By: John F. White
- Narrated by: Keval Shah
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Aurelian saved the Roman Empire from foreign invasion and collapse, earning him the title Restorer of the World from a grateful Senate. This is his story as restorer of the world....
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The Roman Emperor Aurelian
- Restorer of the World: New Revised Edition
- Narrated by: Keval Shah
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 28-11-2023
- Language: English
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Aurelian saved the Roman Empire from foreign invasion and collapse, earning him the title Restorer of the World from a grateful Senate. This is his story as restorer of the world....
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Sparta
- A History from Beginning to End (Ancient Civilizations)
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Many of the city-states of Ancient Greece gave the world a legacy rich in art, literature, poetry, philosophy, and science. But one such state distinguished itself by embracing something very different.
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Sparta
- A History from Beginning to End (Ancient Civilizations)
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Release date: 20-03-2024
- Language: English
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Many of the city-states of Ancient Greece gave the world a legacy rich in art, literature, poetry, philosophy, and science. But one such state distinguished itself by embracing something very different.
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Trajan
- Rome's Last Conqueror
- By: Nicholas Jackson
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Until the publication of this captivating biography, no such volume on Trajan's life has been tailored to the general listener. The unique book illuminates a neglected period of ancient Roman history....
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Trajan
- Rome's Last Conqueror
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 22-11-2022
- Language: English
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Until the publication of this captivating biography, no such volume on Trajan's life has been tailored to the general listener. The unique book illuminates a neglected period of ancient Roman history....
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The Gallic War
- By: Julius Caesar
- Narrated by: Laura Orlando
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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The Gallic War is Julius Caesar's autobiographical diary of the wars in what is now France, Belgium, and parts of Britain, Germany, and Switzerland, in which he describes the battles that took place from 58 to 51 BCE when he fought the Germanic and Celtic peoples....
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The Gallic War
- Narrated by: Laura Orlando
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 25-02-2020
- Language: English
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The Gallic War is Julius Caesar's autobiographical diary of the wars in what is now France, Belgium, and parts of Britain, Germany, and Switzerland, in which he describes the battles that took place from 58 to 51 BCE when he fought the Germanic and Celtic peoples....
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Soldier of Rome: Crisis on the Danube
- The Artorian Dynasty, Book 2
- By: James Mace
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Since the reign of Emperor Tiberius, an uneasy peace has existed along the Danube frontier between the various Sarmatian tribal kingdoms to the north and the Roman Empire to the south.
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Soldier of Rome: Crisis on the Danube
- The Artorian Dynasty, Book 2
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters
- Series: The Artorian Dynasty, Book 2
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 29-03-2024
- Language: English
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Since the reign of Emperor Tiberius, an uneasy peace has existed along the Danube frontier between the various Sarmatian tribal kingdoms to the north and the Roman Empire to the south.
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Soldier of Rome: March to Oblivion
- The Artorian Dynasty, Book 3
- By: James Mace
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
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In 89 A.D., following a failed insurrection by the governor of Upper Germania, the disgraced Legio XXI Rapax is dispatched to Pannonia, on the River Danube.
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Soldier of Rome: March to Oblivion
- The Artorian Dynasty, Book 3
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters
- Series: The Artorian Dynasty, Book 3
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 06-06-2024
- Language: English
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In 89 A.D., following a failed insurrection by the governor of Upper Germania, the disgraced Legio XXI Rapax is dispatched to Pannonia, on the River Danube.
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Mortal Republic
- How Rome Fell into Tyranny
- By: Edward J. Watts
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. Listen to learn more....
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Mortal Republic
- How Rome Fell into Tyranny
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 06-11-2018
- Language: English
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In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. Listen to learn more....
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Theoderic the Great
- King of Goths, Ruler of Romans
- By: Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, John Noel Dillon - translator
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 23 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In the year 493, the leader of a vast confederation of Gothic warriors, their wives, and children personally cut down Odoacer, the man famous for deposing the last Roman emperor in 476. That leader became Theoderic the Great (454-526)....
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Theoderic the Great
- King of Goths, Ruler of Romans
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 23 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 25-07-2023
- Language: English
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In the year 493, the leader of a vast confederation of Gothic warriors, their wives, and children personally cut down Odoacer, the man famous for deposing the last Roman emperor in 476. That leader became Theoderic the Great (454-526)....
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Sparta
- Rise of a Warrior Nation
- By: Philip Matyszak
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The Spartans of ancient Greece are typically portrayed as macho heroes: noble, laconic, totally fearless, and impervious to pain. And indeed, they often lived up to this image. But life was not as simple as this image suggests. In truth, ancient Sparta was a city of contrasts....
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Sparta
- Rise of a Warrior Nation
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 21-12-2021
- Language: English
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The Spartans of ancient Greece are typically portrayed as macho heroes: noble, laconic, totally fearless, and impervious to pain. And indeed, they often lived up to this image. But life was not as simple as this image suggests. In truth, ancient Sparta was a city of contrasts....
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King Arthur’s Wars
- The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of England
- By: Jim Storr
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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We speak English today because the Anglo-Saxons took over most of post-Roman Britain. How did that happen? There is little evidence: not much archaeology, and even less written history....
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Poorly researched idiosyncratic view by an ex-infantry officer
- By Richard F. on 12-08-2024
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King Arthur’s Wars
- The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of England
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 09-07-2019
- Language: English
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We speak English today because the Anglo-Saxons took over most of post-Roman Britain. How did that happen? There is little evidence: not much archaeology, and even less written history....
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Hannibal: The Military Genius Who Almost Conquered Rome
- By: Eve MacDonald, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Eve MacDonald
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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Get to know one of history’s most impressive generals from the political and military conflicts that defined his adolescence to the battles that made him famous. These 15 lectures will paint a portrait of not only Hannibal, but also his enemies and allies....
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Masterful
- By Rowey555 on 29-07-2024
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Hannibal: The Military Genius Who Almost Conquered Rome
- Narrated by: Eve MacDonald
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 24-03-2023
- Language: English
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Get to know one of history’s most impressive generals from the political and military conflicts that defined his adolescence to the battles that made him famous. These 15 lectures will paint a portrait of not only Hannibal, but also his enemies and allies....
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A Brief History of China
- Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People's Republic
- By: Jonathan Clements
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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A Brief History of China tells of the development of a rich, complex civilization where the use of paper, writing, money, and gunpowder were widespread in ancient times and where silk, ceramics, tea, metal implements, and other products were produced and exported around the globe....
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Great overview
- By Julien on 26-11-2023
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A Brief History of China
- Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People's Republic
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 29-10-2019
- Language: English
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A Brief History of China tells of the development of a rich, complex civilization where the use of paper, writing, money, and gunpowder were widespread in ancient times and where silk, ceramics, tea, metal implements, and other products were produced and exported around the globe....
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The Last Great War of Antiquity
- By: James Howard-Johnston
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 20 hrs and 50 mins
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The last and longest war of classical antiquity was fought in the early seventh century. It was ideologically charged and fought along the full length of the Persian-Roman frontier, drawing in all the available resources and great powers of the steppe world....
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The Last Great War of Antiquity
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 20 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 07-12-2021
- Language: English
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The last and longest war of classical antiquity was fought in the early seventh century. It was ideologically charged and fought along the full length of the Persian-Roman frontier, drawing in all the available resources and great powers of the steppe world....
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In Our Time: 25 Landmarks in Military History
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Length: 22 hrs and 8 mins
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Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history and philosophy of warfare, from the Bronze Age to the modern era....
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In Our Time: 25 Landmarks in Military History
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Series: In Our Time
- Length: 22 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 13-10-2022
- Language: English
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Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history and philosophy of warfare, from the Bronze Age to the modern era....
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The Book of Five Rings
- By: Miyamoto Musashi
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
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Shortly before his death in 1645, the undefeated swordsman Miyamoto Musashi retreated to a cave to live as a hermit. There he wrote five scrolls describing the "true principles" required for victory in the martial arts and on the battlefield....
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The Book of Five Rings
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 12-10-2023
- Language: English
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Shortly before his death in 1645, the undefeated swordsman Miyamoto Musashi retreated to a cave to live as a hermit. There he wrote five scrolls describing the "true principles" required for victory in the martial arts and on the battlefield....
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The Siege of Tyre
- Alexander the Great and the Gateway to Empire
- By: David A. Guenther
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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David A. Guenther examines Macedonian warrior king Alexander's 332 BC siege of the island city of Tyre, an impregnable fortress and key to unlocking Phoenician and Persian power in the Near East.
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The Siege of Tyre
- Alexander the Great and the Gateway to Empire
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 05-11-2024
- Language: English
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David A. Guenther examines Macedonian warrior king Alexander's 332 BC siege of the island city of Tyre, an impregnable fortress and key to unlocking Phoenician and Persian power in the Near East.
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Killing for the Republic
- Citizen-Soldiers and the Roman Way of War
- By: Steele Brand
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
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The year 146 BC marked the brutal end to the Roman Republic's 118-year struggle for the western Mediterranean. Breaching the walls of their great enemy, Carthage, Roman troops slaughtered countless citizens, enslaved those who survived, and leveled the 700-year-old city....
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Informative
- By C on 28-05-2024
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Killing for the Republic
- Citizen-Soldiers and the Roman Way of War
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 10-12-2019
- Language: English
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The year 146 BC marked the brutal end to the Roman Republic's 118-year struggle for the western Mediterranean. Breaching the walls of their great enemy, Carthage, Roman troops slaughtered countless citizens, enslaved those who survived, and leveled the 700-year-old city....
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