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The Gifts Of The Jews How A Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels, Thomas Cahill

The Gifts Of The Jews

by Thomas Cahill

Rent: $7.96

The Gifts of the Jews reveals the critical change that made western civilization possible...

Unabridged: 5 hr 14 min
Narrator: Claire Bloom
Published: 04/01/1998
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The Day the Universe Changed, James Burke

The Day the Universe Changed

by James Burke

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When humans understood that the earth was flat and it was the center of the universe, all...

Abridged: 3 hr 1 min
Narrator: James Burke
Published: 11/14/2006
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History's Great Plagues How Germs Shaped Civilization, Christopher R. Fee

History's Great Plagues

by Christopher R. Fee

Rent: $2.78

Plague has terrified and fascinated humanity for all of recorded history. Now, in the cur...

Unabridged: 5 hr 25 min
Learn25: History
Narrator: Christopher R. Fee...
Published: 08/18/2020
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War with Hannibal, Titus Livius Livy

War with Hannibal

by Titus Livius Livy

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In The War with Hannibal, Livy (59 BC AD 17) chronicles the events of the Second Punic Wa...

Unabridged: 4 hr 31 min
Narrator: John Franklyn-Robb...
Published: 12/16/2011
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A Rare Recording of Sigmund Freud, Sigmund Freud

A Rare Recording of Sigmund Freud...

by Sigmund Freud

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As the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud developed theories that made him one of t...

Unabridged: 2 min
Narrator: Sigmund Freud
Published: 06/07/2023
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Conspiracy A History of Boll*cks Theories, and How Not to Fall for Them, Tom Phillips

Conspiracy

by Tom Phillips

Rent: $7.24

Tom Phillips (Humans; Truth) and Jonn Elledge (The Compendium of Not Quite Everything) t...

Unabridged: 9 hr 58 min
Narrator: Jonn Elledge
Published: 07/07/2022
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Titanic: History in an Hour, Sinead Fitzgibbon

Titanic: History in an Hour

by Sinead Fitzgibbon

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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. The sinking of the Titanic 100 yea...

Unabridged: 1 hr 22 min
Narrator: Jonathan Keeble
Published: 04/25/2013
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A Short History of the World, Christopher Lascelles

A Short History of the World

by Christopher Lascelles

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There is an increasing realization that our knowledge of world history—and how it a...

Unabridged: 7 hr 20 min
Narrator: Guy Bethell
Published: 09/27/2016
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Coronavirus Pandemic, The: The History of the COVID-19 Disease and Its Outbreak across the World, Charles River Editors

Coronavirus Pandemic, The: The Hi...

by Charles River Editors

Rent: $4.46

Human beings seem to have a particular fascination for microbiological threats. They are...

Unabridged: 1 hr 16 min
Narrator: Daniel Houle
Published: 04/05/2020
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History's Greatest Speeches: Black Voices, Sojourner Truth

History's Greatest Speeches: Blac...

by Sojourner Truth

Rent: $3.99

This is a special production from SoundCraft Audiobooks and is Volume 9 in the "History's...

Unabridged: 2 hr 6 min
Narrator: Rochelle Young
Published: 05/12/2021
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A Rare Recording of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin, Josef Stalin

A Rare Recording of Lenin, Trotsk...

by Josef Stalin

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Vladimir Lenin (speaking Russian) was the main theoretician and practical leader of the B...

Unabridged: 7 min
Narrator: Josef Stalin
Published: 07/01/2010
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A Rare Recording of J.R.R. Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien

A Rare Recording of J.R.R. Tolkie...

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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J. R. R. Tolkien was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor best ...

Unabridged: 42 min
Narrator: J.R.R. Tolkien
Published: 05/18/2023
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A Rare Recording of William Faulkner, William Faulkner

A Rare Recording of William Faulk...

by William Faulkner

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William Faulkner, a Pulitzer Prize recipient, is considered one of the finest writers in ...

Unabridged: 48 min
Narrator: William Faulkner
Published: 06/09/2023
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A Rare Recording of Werhner von Braun, Werhner von Braun

A Rare Recording of Werhner von B...

by Werhner von Braun

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Wernher von Braun ( March 23, 1912 – June 16, 1977) was a German aerospace engineer...

Unabridged: 10 min
Narrator: Werhner von Braun
Published: 06/08/2023
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A Rare Recording of Iva Toguri, Tokyo Rose, "Tokyo Rose" Iva Toguri

A Rare Recording of Iva Toguri, "...

by "Tokyo Rose" ...

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The following are live recordings of Japanese-American Iva Toguri, of "Tokyo Rose" infamy...

Unabridged: 5 min
Narrator: "Tokyo Rose&q...
Published: 05/17/2023
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A Rare Recording of Winston Churchill, Winston Chruchill

A Rare Recording of Winston Churc...

by Winston Chruchill

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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965) was born in ...

Unabridged: 6 min
A Rare Recording of...
Narrator: Winston Churchill
Published: 11/15/2022
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A Rare Recording of Thomas Edison, Thomas Edison

A Rare Recording of Thomas Edison...

by Thomas Edison

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Thomas Alva Edison, February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931, was an American inventor and bu...

Unabridged: 3 min
A Rare Recording of...
Narrator: Thomas Edison
Published: 12/09/2022
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A Rare Recording of President Calvin Coolidge, Calvin Coolidge

A Rare Recording of President Cal...

by Calvin Coolidge

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Calvin Coolidge (July 4, 1872 - January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United Sta...

Unabridged: 5 min
A Rare Recording of...
Narrator: Calvin Coolidge
Published: 01/20/2023
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A Rare Recording of World War I Veterans, Various

A Rare Recording of World War I V...

by Various

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Rare audio recordings of veterans from World War I: Emmet Dalton of The 7th Royal Du...

Unabridged: 29 min
A Rare Recording of...
Narrator: Various
Published: 02/16/2023
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A Rare Recording of 11 US Presidents, Benjamin Harrison

A Rare Recording of 11 US Preside...

by Benjamin Harrison

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Hear live recordings of 11 US Presidents, including Benjamin Harrison (23rd), William McK...

Unabridged: 44 min
A Rare Recording of...
Narrator: Benjamin Harrison
Published: 05/02/2023
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A Rare Recording of The Civil War's Confederate Rebel Yell, Various

A Rare Recording of The Civil War...

by Various

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The Rebel Yell was a battle cry used by Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. The ye...

Unabridged: 7 min
A Rare Recording of...
Narrator: Various
Published: 03/22/2023
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A Rare Recording of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt

A Rare Recording of Theodore Roos...

by Theodore Roosevelt

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When running as the third-party Progressive (Bull Moose) candidate for president of the U...

Unabridged: 17 min
A Rare Recording of...
Narrator: Thoedore Roosevelt...
Published: 04/14/2023
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History's Greatest Speeches - Volume I, Socrates

History's Greatest Speeches - Vol...

by Socrates

Rent: $3.99

This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production featuring digitally enhanced performances of s...

Unabridged: 3 hr 15 min
Narrator: Kevin Theis
Published: 12/14/2020
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History's Greatest Speeches - Vol. V, Pope Urban II

History's Greatest Speeches - Vol...

by Pope Urban II

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This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production featuring digitally enhanced performances of s...

Unabridged: 2 hr 6 min
Narrator: Kevin Theis
Published: 05/12/2021
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History's Greatest Speeches - Women's Voices - Vol. II, Ida B. Wells

History's Greatest Speeches - Wom...

by Ida B. Wells

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This is a special production from SoundCraft Audiobooks, the eighth volume in the "Histor...

Unabridged: 2 hr 4 min
Narrator: Devereau Chumrau
Published: 05/12/2021
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A Rare Recording of Marcus Garvey, Marcus Garvey

A Rare Recording of Marcus Garvey...

by Marcus Garvey

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Marcus Garvey (August 17, 1887 - June 10, 1940) was a charismatic Jamaican-born political...

Unabridged: 10 min
Narrator: Marcus Garvey
Published: 05/11/2023
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The Civil War 50-48 BC, Julius Caesar

The Civil War

by Julius Caesar

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Here is a rare chance to hear the Roman Emperor speak. In plain, soldierly language, Juli...

Unabridged: 4 hr 35 min
Narrator: Larry McKeever
Published: 03/18/2011
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The Vinland Sagas The Norse Discovery of America, Anonymous

The Vinland Sagas

by Anonymous

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These two medieval Icelandic sagas tell one of the most astonishing stories in the histor...

Unabridged: 3 hr 23 min
Narrator: George Guidall
Published: 03/11/2008
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The Annals of Tacitus Excerpts, Cornelius Tacitus

The Annals of Tacitus

by Cornelius Tacitus

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The Annals, the last and greatest achievement of Tacitus, records the history of the Juli...

Unabridged: 4 hr 30 min
Narrator: George Wilson
Published: 07/11/2008
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History Myths Exploded How Some of History’s Biggest Ideas are Wrong, Christopher R. Fee

History Myths Exploded

by Christopher R. Fee

Rent: $8.18

Join the acclaimed authors of the encyclopedia of conspiracy theories in exploring some o...

Unabridged: 7 hr 24 min
Learn25: History
Narrator: Christopher R. Fee...
Published: 10/01/2019
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The Conquest of Constantinople - Excerpts, Geoffroy de Villehardouin

The Conquest of Constantinople - ...

by Geoffroy de Villehardou...

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Statesman and soldier Geoffroy de Villehardouin played a leading role in the Fourth Crusa...

Unabridged: 4 hr 13 min
Narrator: John Franklyn-Robb...
Published: 02/04/2008
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Froissart's ChroniclesExcerpts From The Great Wars of England and France, Jean Froissart

Froissart's ChroniclesExcerpts

by Jean Froissart

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Jean Froissart (1337-1410) was the world's first great war correspondent, covering the gr...

Unabridged: 2 hr 59 min
Narrator: John Horton
Published: 02/20/2008
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World Wide Corona Coronavirus poems, Sophia Behal

World Wide Corona

by Sophia Behal

Rent: $1.48

This is a poem about the coronavirus. This fact is surely not letting anyone's feelings u...

Unabridged: 4 min
World Wide Corona #1
Narrator: Sophia Behal
Published: 02/03/2020
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1889-1890 Flu Pandemic, The: The History of the 19th Century's Last Major Global Outbreak, Charles River Editors

1889-1890 Flu Pandemic, The: The ...

by Charles River Editors

Rent: $4.46

The first known influenza pandemic may have occurred in China in 6000 BCE, and the renown...

Unabridged: 1 hr 16 min
Narrator: Gregory T. Luzitan...
Published: 06/17/2020
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Domestication of Dogs, The: The History of Dogs' Genetic Divergence from Wolves and the Origins of Their Relationship with Humans, Charles River Editors

Domestication of Dogs, The: The H...

by Charles River Editors

Rent: $4.49

As the oft-repeated and invariably accurate pearl of wisdom goes, a dog truly is man's b...

Unabridged: 1 hr 23 min
Narrator: Gregory T. Luzitan...
Published: 05/18/2020
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Stalking the Atomic City Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl, Markiyan Kamysh

Stalking the Atomic City

by Markiyan Kamysh

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Since the Chornobyl nuclear disaster in April 1986, the area remains a toxic, forbidden w...

Unabridged: 3 hr 6 min
Narrator: BJ Harrison
Published: 05/10/2022
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William Shakespeare: History in an Hour, Sinead Fitzgibbon

William Shakespeare: History in a...

by Sinead Fitzgibbon

Rent: $6.99

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. In a writing career that spanned o...

Unabridged: 1 hr 32 min
Narrator: Jonathan Keeble
Published: 12/05/2013
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Corporate Scandals: Crime in the Age of Big Business, Can Akdeniz

Corporate Scandals: Crime in the ...

by Can Akdeniz

Rent: $2.99

In our current age of big business, it seems that everyone is looking for ways to make mo...

Unabridged: 57 min
Narrator: David Willams
Published: 10/26/2019
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History of the World, Introbooks Team

History of the World

by Introbooks Team

Rent: $2.99

The world history defines the history of mankind as decided by the study of archaeologica...

Unabridged: 33 min
Narrator: Andrea Giordani
Published: 04/02/2016
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History of Communism, Introbooks Team

History of Communism

by Introbooks Team

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Philosopher and economist Karl Marx was known for his theory of Marxism on which the mode...

Unabridged: 31 min
Narrator: Andrea Giordani
Published: 06/14/2019
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History's Greatest Speeches - Vol. VI, Cato the Elder

History's Greatest Speeches - Vol...

by Cato the Elder

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The most profound and important speeches ever delivered are here collected in this anthol...

Unabridged: 2 hr 30 min
Narrator: Joe Lauck
Published: 06/07/2021
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Stories from XenophonExcerpts, Xenophon

Stories from XenophonExcerpts

by Xenophon

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Xenophon records the history of the Peloponnesian War beginning in 411 with the final yea...

Unabridged: 4 hr 14 min
Narrator: Nelson Runger
Published: 02/04/2008
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A Rare Recording of Mahatma Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi

A Rare Recording of Mahatma Gandh...

by Mahatma Gandhi

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Mahatma Gandhi was a major political and spiritual leader of India. His ideas and strateg...

Unabridged: 6 min
Narrator: Mahatma Gandhi
Published: 05/18/2023
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A Rare Recording of Aleister Crowley, Aleister Crowley

A Rare Recording of Aleister Crow...

by Aleister Crowley

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Aleister Crowley was a British occultist, writer, philosopher and mystic. Crowley was als...

Unabridged: 11 min
A Rare Recording of...
Narrator: Aleister Crowley
Published: 05/04/2023
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A Rare Recording of Haile Selassie, Haile Selassie

A Rare Recording of Haile Selassi...

by Haile Selassie

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Haile Selassie ("Power of the Trinity"), born Tafari Makonnen on July 23, 1892, was Ethio...

Unabridged: 24 min
Narrator: Haile Selassie
Published: 05/01/2010
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History Speaks - Volume 1, Arthur Sullivan

History Speaks - Volume 1

by Arthur Sullivan

Rent: $5.36

Along with historical narrative, hear rare recordings of some of the most people in histo...

Unabridged: 14 min
Narrator: Arthur Sullivan
Published: 10/20/2023
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History Speaks - Volume 2, Amelia Earhart

History Speaks - Volume 2

by Amelia Earhart

Rent: $5.36

Along with historical narrative, hear rare recordings of some of the most people in histo...

Unabridged: 18 min
Narrator: Amelia Earhart
Published: 10/20/2023
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History Speaks - Volume 3, Alfred Lord Tennyson

History Speaks - Volume 3

by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Along with historical narrative, hear rare recordings of some of the most people in histo...

Unabridged: 16 min
Narrator: Alfred Lord Tennys...
Published: 10/20/2023
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History Speaks - Volume 4, Billy Sunday

History Speaks - Volume 4

by Billy Sunday

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Along with historical narrative, hear rare recordings of some of the most people in histo...

Unabridged: 14 min
Narrator: Billy Sunday
Published: 10/20/2023
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A Rare Recording of Carl Jung, Carl Jung

A Rare Recording of Carl Jung

by Carl Jung

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Hear seven minutes of a 1959 interview with Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung on the BBC progr...

Unabridged: 7 min
A Rare Recording of...
Narrator: Carl Jung
Published: 05/04/2023