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The Perfectionists
- How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
- By: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,955
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,709
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,694
The best-selling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement - precision - in a superb history....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Somewhat less than perfect
- By enya keshet on 06-19-18
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41. The Perfectionists
- How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 05-08-18
- Language: English
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Knowing What We Know
- The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
- By: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 111
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes—this is Simon Winchester’s all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information, and how technology continues to change our lives and our minds....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Colorful anecdotes but tiring after a while.
- By reader on 05-03-23
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42. Knowing What We Know
- The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 04-25-23
- Language: English
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The Missing Lands: Uncovering Earth's Pre-Flood Civilization
- By: Freddy Silva
- Narrated by: Freddy Silva
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story5 out of 5 stars 12
From the Birthplace of the Gods in New Zealand, to the Andean home of the Shining People, and the Yucatec temple cities of the People of The Serpent, \author Freddy Silva re-examines the world’s flood traditions and discovers an interconnected web of master seafarers, astronomers and magicians...
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2 out of 5 stars
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Believe it or not.
- By doug manno on 11-03-24
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43. The Missing Lands: Uncovering Earth's Pre-Flood Civilization
- Narrated by: Freddy Silva
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 07-01-24
- Language: English
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Three Stones Make a Wall
- The Story of Archaeology
- By: Eric H. Cline
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 67
From the best-selling author of 1177 B.C., a comprehensive history of archaeology - from its amateur beginnings to the cutting-edge science it is today....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Some shallow digs into archaeology
- By Beechwold on 10-09-20
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44. Three Stones Make a Wall
- The Story of Archaeology
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 10-03-17
- Language: English
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How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
- By: Thomas E. Woods Jr.
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,284
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,029
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,026
Ask a college student today what he knows about the Catholic Church and his answer might come down to one word: "corruption"....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating and informative
- By Michael Kellogg on 09-29-05
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45. How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 7 hrs
- Release date: 08-12-05
- Language: English
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Vanished Kingdoms
- The Rise and Fall of States and Nations
- By: Norman Davies
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 30 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 231
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 185
There is something profoundly romantic about lost civilizations. Davies peers through the cracks in the mainstream accounts of modern-day states to dazzle us with extraordinary stories of barely remembered pasts, and of the traces they left behind....
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3 out of 5 stars
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needs a good editor.
- By Ryan Anderson on 09-25-21
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46. Vanished Kingdoms
- The Rise and Fall of States and Nations
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 30 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 05-18-21
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Vice
- How Bad Behavior Built Civilization
- By: Robert Evans
- Narrated by: Tristan Morris
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 953
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 828
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 827
Cracked editor Robert Evans brings his signature dogged research and lively insight to uncover the many and magnificent ways vice has influenced history....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Funny and somewhat informative
- By Neuron on 08-20-16
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47. A Brief History of Vice
- How Bad Behavior Built Civilization
- Narrated by: Tristan Morris
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 08-09-16
- Language: English
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Sumerians: A History from Beginning to End
- By: Henry Freeman
- Narrated by: Christopher Boozell
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
A legendary civilization vanished under the Fertile Crescent and escaped a fate worse than death until Sumerologists questioned widely accepted truths. The Sumerians reemerged onto the extraordinary timeline of human history. Listen to learn more....
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2 out of 5 stars
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The writing is so poor I could not listen.
- By Erin on 12-04-21
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48. Sumerians: A History from Beginning to End
- Narrated by: Christopher Boozell
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 06-28-18
- Language: English
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On Grand Strategy
- By: John Lewis Gaddis
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 968
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 817
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 809
A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught at Yale for decades....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, but fails to offer real lessons.
- By Zack on 07-04-18
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49. On Grand Strategy
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 04-03-18
- Language: English
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Over the Edge of the World
- Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
- By: Laurence Bergreen
- Narrated by: Laurence Bergreen
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 853
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 638
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 638
In 1519 Magellan and his fleet of five ships set sail from Seville, Spain, to discover a water route to the fabled Spice Islands in Indonesia, where the most sought-after commodities flourished....
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2 out of 5 stars
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The Reading IS an Issue
- By mcbeene on 12-26-05
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50. Over the Edge of the World
- Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
- Narrated by: Laurence Bergreen
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 01-29-04
- Language: English
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Against the Grain
- A Deep History of the Earliest States
- By: James C. Scott
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 864
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 719
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 714
Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains and governed by precursors of today's states? Find out....
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4 out of 5 stars
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World without Women
- By Paul Richards on 04-28-18
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51. Against the Grain
- A Deep History of the Earliest States
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 02-21-18
- Language: English
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A History of the World
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr, David Timson
- Length: 26 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 491
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 429
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 430
From the earliest civilizations to the 21st century: a global journey through human history, published alongside a landmark BBC One television series....
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5 out of 5 stars
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25 hours of enjoyment
- By Mark on 04-26-13
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52. A History of the World
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr, David Timson
- Length: 26 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 10-01-12
- Language: English
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Money
- The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
- By: Jacob Goldstein
- Narrated by: Jacob Goldstein
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,719
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,472
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,466
The cohost of the popular NPR podcast Planet Money provides a well-researched, entertaining, somewhat irreverent look at how money is a made-up thing that has evolved over time to suit humanity's changing needs....
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3 out of 5 stars
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well researched and written but,
- By C&S on 09-29-20
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53. Money
- The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
- Narrated by: Jacob Goldstein
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 09-08-20
- Language: English
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Civilized to Death
- The Price of Progress
- By: Christopher Ryan
- Narrated by: Christopher Ryan
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,359
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,063
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,060
The New York Times best-selling coauthor of Sex at Dawn explores the ways in which “progress” has perverted the way we live — how we eat, learn, feel, mate, parent, communicate, work, and die....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Congintive Dissonance
- By Konnor C on 12-06-19
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54. Civilized to Death
- The Price of Progress
- Narrated by: Christopher Ryan
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 10-01-19
- Language: English
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Pagan America
- The Decline of Christianity and the Dark Age to Come
- By: John Daniel Davidson
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 97
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 97
We live in an anxious age. Long-held certainties, cherished beliefs, and social trust are crumbling. Don’t expect things to get better. For too long we have taken our Christian heritage—the heritage upon which America was built—for granted.
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5 out of 5 stars
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As a Christian, we have work to do in the United States if we do not want to go back to the pagan ways of fear and domination
- By Anonymous User on 06-07-24
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55. Pagan America
- The Decline of Christianity and the Dark Age to Come
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 03-26-24
- Language: English
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Native Nations
- A Millennium in North America
- By: Kathleen DuVal
- Narrated by: Carolina Hoyos
- Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
In this important addition to the growing tradition of North American history centered on Indigenous nations, Kathleen DuVal shows how the definitions of power and means of exerting it shifted over time, but the sovereignty and influence of Native peoples remained a constant....
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1 out of 5 stars
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It’s sad
- By Fred on 06-10-24
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56. Native Nations
- A Millennium in North America
- Narrated by: Carolina Hoyos
- Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 04-09-24
- Language: English
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How the World Made the West
- A 4,000 Year History
- By: Josephine Quinn
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4 out of 5 stars 20
An award-winning Oxford history professor overturns the way the West thinks about itself, tracing its innovations and traditions to societies from all over the world and making the case that the West is, and always has been, truly global.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Middling
- By Amazon Customer on 11-14-24
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57. How the World Made the West
- A 4,000 Year History
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 09-03-24
- Language: English
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Drunk
- How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
- By: Edward Slingerland
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 247
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 200
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 199
While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convincing answer to the basic question of why humans want to get high in the first place....
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2 out of 5 stars
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The equivalent of Harvey Weinstein writing a book why male dominated workplaces thrive
- By I Listen on 10-10-21
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Our Occulted History
- Do the Global Elite Conceal Ancient Aliens?
- By: Jim Marrs
- Narrated by: Dave Courvoisier
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 871
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 771
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 771
We are not alone. And we never have been....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Embarrassing performace
- By Stephen Snead on 03-06-14
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59. Our Occulted History
- Do the Global Elite Conceal Ancient Aliens?
- Narrated by: Dave Courvoisier
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 02-12-13
- Language: English
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1177 B.C.
- The Year Civilization Collapsed
- By: Eric H. Cline
- Narrated by: Andy Caploe
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,397
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2,120
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,107
In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh’s army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wanted to Like... And Did!
- By Brett M Miller on 09-12-14
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60. 1177 B.C.
- The Year Civilization Collapsed
- Narrated by: Andy Caploe
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 04-01-14
- Language: English
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