Having Our Say
By: Sarah L. Delany, A. Elizabeth Delany & Amy Hill...
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 7 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Warm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delany sisters speak their mind in a book that is at once a vital historical record and a moving portrait of two remarkable women who continued to love, laugh, and embrace life after over a hundred years of living side by side.Their sharp memories tell us about the post-Reconstruction South and Booker T.... Read more
View audiobookCrónicas de la verdadera Conquista
By: Jorge Pedro Uribe Llamas
Narrated by: Jorge Pedro Uribe Llamas
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Através del relato histórico y un periodismo lírico que suele poner el acento en la gente, esta crónica mixtape, con visos de humor y melancolía, va y viene por los hechos de la Conquista de Tenochtitlan y cuestiona en cada capítulo, implícita o explícitamente, las fronteras entre comunidades, ciudades y nacionalidades; entre pasado y... Read more
View audiobookThe Battle of Lützen: The History and Legacy of Gustavus Adolphus’ Last Battle during the Thirty Years’ War
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: KC Wayman
Length: 2 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
The Thirty Years' War was one of the most horrific conflicts in history, and though it is widely viewed as a religious struggle, that was only part of the complicated war. Calvinists and Lutherans did not get along, and both persecuted some of the more radical Anabaptist sects. At the same time, one major motivation behind the war was Holy... Read more
View audiobookSix Questions of Socrates
By: Christopher Phillips
Narrated by: Sean Rohani
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
How people around the world grapple with the great questions posed by Socrates.
What is virtue? What is moderation? What is justice? What is courage? What is good? What is piety? Socrates thought that understanding the perspectives of others on these six great questions would help him become a more excellent human being. Following in Socrates's... Read more
Ohne Panzer ohne Straßen
By: Franz Taut
Narrated by: Klaus G. Förg
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Wachtmeister Hohberg, der im Frankreichfeldzug gekämpft hat, wird zum Leutnant befördert. Es geht in den Osten. Mit dem Angriff des Großdeutschen Reiches auf die Sowjetunion wird der deutsch-sowjetische Nichtangriffspakt gebrochen. Nach anfänglichen Erfolgen wird schnell klar, dass sich der Gegner nicht so einfach bezwingen lässt. Das unbekannte... Read more
View audiobookThe Social Climber
By: Amanda Pellegrino
Narrated by: Kristen Sieh
Length: 9 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
When you’re on top, you can get away with anything...
It’s the week before her wedding, and all of Eliza’s meticulous planning is about to pay off. She’s become the exact type of woman who would marry into the prominent, blue-blood Walker family – Ivy League credentials, a high-powered PR job, and a designer label wardrobe.
But as the big day... Read more
Speed of Advance
By: Marty Groover
Narrated by: Andrew Morrison
Length: 3 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Speed of Advance (SOA): the speed of a ship anticipated along an intended track; the average speed required to arrive at a destination at a specified time.
In the navy, nothing is left to chance. Every strategy is tested, every resource utilized with minimal excess and remarkable efficiency. This streamlined convergence of people, process, and... Read more
The Ottoman-Portuguese Conflicts: The History and Legacy of the Military Encounters Between the Ottoman Empire and Portugal in the Indian Ocean
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Steve Knupp
Length: 1 hour 52 minutes
Abridged: No
The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople played a decisive role in fostering the Renaissance in Western Europe. The Byzantine Empire’s influence had helped ensure that it was the custodian of various ancient texts, most notably from the ancient Greeks, and when Constantinople fell, Byzantine refugees flocked west to seek refuge in Europe. Those... Read more
View audiobookLes Visionnaires
By: Wolfram Eilenberger
Narrated by: Sylvie Pardon
Length: 12 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
« Au bord du gouffre du 20e siècle, quatre icônes mondiales ont incarné de manière exemplaire et jusqu'à aujourd'hui ce que cela signifie de mener une vie véritablement libre ».Les années 1933 à 1943 marquent le chapitre le plus noir de la modernité européenne. Face à la catastrophe, quatre femmes philosophes, à l'orée de leur 30 ans, Simone de... Read more
View audiobookThe Wandering Army
By: Huw J. Davies
Narrated by: Michael Page
Length: 18 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
A compelling history of the British Army in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—showing how the military gathered knowledge from campaigns across the globe
At the outbreak of the War of Austrian Succession in 1742, the British Army's military tactics were tired and outdated, stultified after three decades of peace. The army's leadership was... Read more
The Odd Fellows' Primer
By: Michael Greenzeiger
Narrated by: Toby Hanson
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
The Odd Fellows' Primer is a work cut from the same cloth as the great 19th century manuals written by luminaries such as Rev. Aaron Grosh and Paschal Donaldson, designed to give the initiate everything they need to practice and live Odd Fellowship in the lodge and beyond. This comprehensive work explores and explains concepts of fraternalism... Read more
View audiobookDescrição de Salvador - Abridged
By: Gabriel Soares de Sousa
Narrated by: Yuri Ribeiro
Length: 18 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A leitura deste livro oferece uma visão de como era Salvador em seus primórdios. O clima, com os ventos que sopram na sua costa e as correntes marinhas, é descrito logo no início, para então o narrador contar o que se vê nos quatro pontos cardeais a partir da Sé da cidade, com destaque para o famoso Pelourinho. Por fim, esta seleção de textos do... Read more
View audiobookTomé de Sousa e a construção de Salvador - Abridged
By: Gabriel Soares de Sousa
Narrated by: Yuri Ribeiro
Length: 15 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Nesta seleção de textos do livro "Tratado descritivo do Brasil", seu autor Gabriel Soares de Sousa narra a fundação da cidade de Salvador, destacando a razão principal da escolha da localidade – a segurança de seu porto – o perfil de seus primeiros governantes: Tomé de Sousa e Duarte da Costa. Read more
View audiobookLettere dal Fronte: Il fronte italiano - Abridged
By: author
Narrated by: William Angiuli, Librinpillole, Omar Maestroni ...
Length: 49 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Nel tumulto dei primi anni del XX secolo, l'Europa si ritrovò sospesa in una spirale di tensioni e alleanze che presto sfociò nella Prima Guerra Mondiale. Nel maggio del 1915, l'Italia scelse di rompere i vincoli dell'alleanza con l'Austria-Ungheria e, giustificata da aspirazioni nazionali e territoriali, entrò in guerra a fianco delle Potenze... Read more
View audiobookThe Formation of the Federal Reserve: The Early History of America’s Central Banking System
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: David Van Der Molen
Length: 1 hour 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Debates over paper money and banking are older than the United States of America itself. 18th and 19th century Americans were deeply ambivalent about paper money and central banks, and political fights over these issues were among the bitterest in American history. In fact, controversies over the country’s central bank birthed both the first... Read more
View audiobookPrincess, Countess, Socialite, Spy True Stories of High-Society Ladies Turned WWII Spies
By: Elise Baker
Narrated by: Natalie Gooding
Length: 3 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
The Second World War changed the course of modern history. It is filled with incredible stories of daring risks and exceptional struggles, but these stories are more often than not the stories of men.There is, however, a hidden treasure trove of untold stories of heroic women who have risked their lives in the monumental battle against... Read more
View audiobookFive Major Reasons Africa is Poor
By: Rev Walter Mwambazi
Narrated by: Chilu Lemba
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
Africa is one of the oldest continents but hasn’t it struck you as absolutely odd how a continent endowed with such wealth in terms of both ground resource as well as human resource, unbelievably great weather and wonderful soil can have such unbelievably high levels of poverty? It is nothing short of preposterous.What makes this worse for is... Read more
View audiobookAmerican Indian Symbolism
By: Manly Palmer Hall
Narrated by: Dennis Logan
Length: 38 minutes
Abridged: No
The North American Indian is by nature a symbolist, a mystic, and a philosopher. Like most: aboriginal peoples, his soul was en rapport with the cosmic agencies manifesting about him. Not only did his Manidos control creation from their exalted seats above the clouds, but they also descended into the world of men and mingled with their red... Read more
View audiobookLa historia de alcohólicos anónimos en Mexico
By: Oslos Molina
Narrated by: Oslos Molina
Length: 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Los inicios de AA en México pueden ubicarse a principios de la década de 1940. Como en muchos países latinoamericanos, AA comenzó a ser conocido en nuestro país tanto por mexicanos que viajaban a los Estados Unidos, como por estadounidenses que venían a México (Ramírez Bautista, 1987). El período posterior a la Segunda Guerra Mundial se... Read more
View audiobookCholula: The History and Legacy of the Sacred City that Dates Back to the Toltec Empire
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: KC Wayman
Length: 1 hour 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Cholula is one of the most interesting, enigmatic, and forgotten cities in ancient Mesoamerica, and few people are aware that it is the oldest continuously-occupied settlement in the entire Western hemisphere. The current city is known for the Great Pyramid, which has the largest base of all pyramids in the world, as well as its many colonial... Read more
View audiobookLa historia de Job
By: Oslos Molina
Narrated by: Oslos Molina
Length: 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Job era un ganadero muy rico, con 7 hijos y 3 hijas y numerosos amigos y criados. Vivía en «la tierra de Uz», la cual es una ciudad mencionada como parte del reino de Edom.Satán se presenta ante Dios argumentando que el amor que Job le profesa era por causa de sus bendiciones y no porque realmente lo ame. Dios concede a Satán el probar la... Read more
View audiobookHistoria de América Latina: Una guía fascinante de la historia de Sudamérica, México, Centroamérica y las islas del Caribe
By: Captivating History
Narrated by: Luis Trumper
Length: 5 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
América Latina es un lugar complejo y fascinante. ¿Quiere saber más sobre ella? Pues siga leyendo.¿Qué es América Latina? ¿Cómo se define? América Latina comprende el Caribe, Sudamérica y México. Estas regiones son diversas en cuanto a cultura, pero comparten un vínculo común de historia que se forjó cuando el Viejo Mundo de Europa Latina se... Read more
View audiobookEl siglo de las drogas (nueva edición)
By: Luis Astorga
Narrated by: Beto Moreno
Length: 6 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
A veinte años de su publicación original, la pertinencia de este libro no puede ser mayor: el negocio de las drogas ilegalizadas se encuentra en todos lados. Una nueva edición de una investigación clásica acerca los fármacos prohibidos y la historia de sus usos, las percepciones y las relaciones con los diferentes agentes sociales, desde la... Read more
View audiobookBangladeshi Ghuskhori बांगलादेशी घुसखोरी
By: Br. Hemant Mahajan
Narrated by: Savita Mhaskar
Length: 11 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
The idea of a separate state for Muslims in India, known as Pakistan, was first proposed by the President of the Muslim League, Muhammad Iqbal, in 1930. Jinnah, Bhutto, Mujibur Rahman further advocated for this concept. Since 1945, there has been an ongoing plan to unite Assam with Muslim-majority areas to form East Bengal. In 1941, Savarkar... Read more
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