Contemporary World History

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    • A Brief History of World War III
    • By: Robert G. Barrett
    • Narrated by: David Tredinnick
    • Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 29-01-2008
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 50 ratings
    • Aussie Vietnam veteran Ron Milne is on a good thing growing Indian hemp on the tiny Micronesian island of Lan Laroi....

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    • A Novel About the History of Philosophy
    • By: Jostein Gaaardner, Kitt Weagant
    • Narrated by: Jacob Needleman
    • Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 16-11-2022
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • One day, 14-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find two notes in her mailbox, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions....

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    • The World of the Others, Book 2
    • By: Anne Bishop
    • Narrated by: Alexandra Harris
    • Series: The World of the Others, Book 2
    • Length: 17 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 05-03-2019
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 59 ratings
    • In this powerful and exciting fantasy set in the world of the New York Times best-selling Others series, humans and the shape-shifting Others will see whether they can live side by side...without destroying one another....

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    • Dispatches from a Precarious State
    • By: Declan Walsh
    • Narrated by: Roger Clark
    • Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 16-02-2021
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times's most distinguished international correspondents. His electrifying portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this wondrous and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals....

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    • The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature
    • By: Ahmad Hakkak - poetry editor, Nahid Mozaffari - editor
    • Narrated by: Peter Ganim
    • Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 02-01-2013
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • A rich and varied collection of contemporary short stories, extracts from novels, and poetry that will go a long way toward informing the English-speaking world of the latest developments in Iranian literature....

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    • The Trials and Triumphs of a Modern European Country
    • By: Michael Reid
    • Narrated by: Asa Siegel
    • Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 23-05-2023
    • Language: English
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    • Michael Reid overturns the stereotypical view of Spain as a country haunted by its Francoist past and presents an incisive account of modern Spain, from the death of Franco to the Catalan referendum and beyond....

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    • New Religions for a Godless World
    • By: Tara Isabella Burton
    • Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso
    • Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 16-06-2020
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • A sparklingly strange odyssey through the kaleidoscope of America's new spirituality: the cults, practices, high priests, and prophets of our supposedly post-religion age....

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    • A First-Person Account by the Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler's Chief Executioner
    • By: Peter Z. Malkin, Harry Stein
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
    • Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 09-04-2019
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • In 1960 Argentina, a covert team of Israeli agents hunted down the most elusive war criminal alive: Adolf Eichmann, chief architect of the Holocaust....

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    • Life and Death in the World City
    • By: Ben Judah
    • Narrated by: Joe Jameson
    • Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 21-03-2019
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • This is the new London: an immigrant city. Over one-third of Londoners were born abroad, with half arriving since the millennium. This has utterly transformed the capital, for better and for worse....

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    • Adapted for the Contemporary Reader (Harris Classics)
    • By: Epictetus, James Harris
    • Narrated by: Greg Douras
    • Series: Discourses, Book 1-4
    • Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 09-03-2018
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The Discourses of Epictetus are a series of extracts from the teachings of the Stoic philosopher Epictetus. This is the complete version containing books one - four. Each book has been carefully adapted in to modern English to allow for easy listening. Enjoy....

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    • The Perilous Politics of a Divided Russia
    • By: Samuel A. Greene, Graeme B. Robertson
    • Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
    • Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 28-05-2019
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • A fascinating, bottom-up exploration of contemporary Russian politics that sheds new light on why Putin's grip on power is more fragile then we think....

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    • Travels in the 21st-Century Art World
    • By: Roger White
    • Narrated by: Tom Parks
    • Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 03-03-2015
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • From young artists trying to elbow their way in to those working hard at dropping out, White's essential audiobook offers a once-in-a-generation glimpse of the inner workings....

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    • Adapted for the Contemporary Reader (Modern Classics)
    • By: Sun Tzu
    • Narrated by: David Parker
    • Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 22-06-2020
    • Language: English
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    • The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Late Spring and Autumn Period (roughly fifth century BC). The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu , is composed of 13 chapters....

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    • By: Clive Aaron Gill
    • Narrated by: Jodi Landi
    • Length: 57 mins
    • Release date: 27-08-2021
    • Language: English
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    • Rebecca’s family members were murdered during the Holocaust. Soon after she starts work at a dream job, her life changes forever when she meets a charming, wealthy widower....

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