Bestsellers
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The Guns of August
- By: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
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In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, historian Barbara Tuchman brings to life the people and events that led up to World War I....
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Wonderful
- By Mike From Mesa on 10-28-08
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
- Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
- By: Douglas Brunt
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
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This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I.
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Just a girl and an audio book.
- By Lori Rhodes on 09-26-23
By: Douglas Brunt
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Dead Wake
- The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
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On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants....
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Naivety VS Barbarians Of War
- By Sara on 03-05-16
By: Erik Larson
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The Radium Girls
- The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
- By: Kate Moore
- Narrated by: Angela Brazil
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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As a war raged across the world, young American women flocked to work, painting watches, clocks, and military dials with a special luminous substance made from radium....
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A simple way to improve the robotic narration
- By B. C. French on 06-07-17
By: Kate Moore
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A World Undone
- The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
- By: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 27 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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On a summer day in 1914, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. While the world slumbered, monumental forces were shaken....
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A great book!
- By Jodi Bernard on 07-11-23
By: G. J. Meyer
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Catastrophe 1914
- Europe Goes to War
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 25 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: the dramatic stretch from the breakdown of diplomacy to the battles - the Marne, Ypres, Tannenberg - that marked the frenzied first year before the war bogged down in the trenches....
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I thought I knew the battle of the frontiers
- By Anonymous User on 04-02-21
By: Max Hastings
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The Guns of August
- By: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
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In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, historian Barbara Tuchman brings to life the people and events that led up to World War I....
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Wonderful
- By Mike From Mesa on 10-28-08
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
- Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
- By: Douglas Brunt
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I.
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Just a girl and an audio book.
- By Lori Rhodes on 09-26-23
By: Douglas Brunt
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Dead Wake
- The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
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On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants....
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Naivety VS Barbarians Of War
- By Sara on 03-05-16
By: Erik Larson
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The Radium Girls
- The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
- By: Kate Moore
- Narrated by: Angela Brazil
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
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As a war raged across the world, young American women flocked to work, painting watches, clocks, and military dials with a special luminous substance made from radium....
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A simple way to improve the robotic narration
- By B. C. French on 06-07-17
By: Kate Moore
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A World Undone
- The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
- By: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 27 hrs and 57 mins
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On a summer day in 1914, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. While the world slumbered, monumental forces were shaken....
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A great book!
- By Jodi Bernard on 07-11-23
By: G. J. Meyer
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Catastrophe 1914
- Europe Goes to War
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 25 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: the dramatic stretch from the breakdown of diplomacy to the battles - the Marne, Ypres, Tannenberg - that marked the frenzied first year before the war bogged down in the trenches....
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I thought I knew the battle of the frontiers
- By Anonymous User on 04-02-21
By: Max Hastings
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The Sleepwalkers
- How Europe Went to War in 1914
- By: Christopher Clark
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 24 hrs and 54 mins
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The Sleepwalkers is historian Christopher Clark's riveting account of the explosive beginnings of World War....
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Very interesting take on a complex problem
- By Steve on 01-24-15
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The First World War
- By: John Keegan
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 20 hrs and 22 mins
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The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly ended the relative peace and prosperity of the Victorian era, unleashing such demons of the 20th century as mechanized warfare and mass death....
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Best Military History of First World War
- By Stephen F (SPFJR) on 06-13-19
By: John Keegan
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume I: Visions of Glory 1874-1932
- By: William Manchester
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 41 hrs and 19 mins
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Winston Churchill is perhaps the most important political figure of the 20th century....
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Superb - Review of Both Volume I & Volume II
- By Wolfpacker on 01-23-09
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The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
- By: T. E. Lawrence
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 27 hrs and 42 mins
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The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is T. E. Lawrence’s memoir of his involvement in leading a portion of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman empire during the first World War....
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And there are men…
- By M. T. P. on 03-15-23
By: T. E. Lawrence
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The Storm of Steel
- By: Ernst Jünger
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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This classic war memoir, first published in 1920, is based on the author's extensive diaries describing hard combat experienced on the Western Front during World War I.....
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Horror and randomness of war
- By 9S on 12-26-14
By: Ernst Jünger
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Lawrence in Arabia
- War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
- By: Scott Anderson
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 23 hrs and 45 mins
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A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th century history - the Arab Revolt and the secret “great game” to control the Middle East....
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A Comprehensive, Compelling Biography
- By Lester Gesteland on 10-05-20
By: Scott Anderson
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Russia
- Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1921
- By: Antony Beevor
- Narrated by: Rob Heaps
- Length: 21 hrs and 55 mins
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Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. The doomed White alliance of moderate socialists and reactionary monarchists stood little chance against Trotsky’s Red Army and the single-minded Communist dictatorship under Lenin....
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Not Enough Context
- By Amazon Customer on 02-14-23
By: Antony Beevor
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The Eastern Front
- A History of the Great War 1914-1918
- By: Nick Lloyd
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 22 hrs and 43 mins
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Drawing on the latest scholarship as well as eyewitness reports, diary entries, and memoirs, Lloyd moves from the great battles of 1914 to the final collapse of the Central Powers in 1918, showing how a local struggle between Austria-Hungary and Serbia spiraled into a massive conflagration.
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Exceptional
- By Christian Lewis on 05-26-25
By: Nick Lloyd
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The Pity of War
- Explaining World War I
- By: Niall Ferguson
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 21 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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The Pity of War makes a simple and provocative argument: the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England's fault. According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German aims....
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Ferguson wouldn’t know history if it hit him in the head
- By Schen on 10-07-20
By: Niall Ferguson
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The Fortress
- The Siege of Przemysl and the Making of Europe's Bloodlands
- By: Alexander Watson
- Narrated by: James Edward Thomas
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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A prizewinning historian tells the dramatic story of the siege that changed the course of the First World War....
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Fascinating story about eastern and Central Europe
- By John D. on 05-10-23
By: Alexander Watson
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The War That Ended Peace
- The Road to 1914
- By: Margaret MacMillan
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 31 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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From the best-selling and award-winning author of Paris 1919 comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, a fascinating portrait of Europe from 1900 up to the outbreak of World War I....
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Detailed review of 1882 to 1914
- By smarmer on 04-06-14
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No Man’s Land
- 1918, the Last Year of the Great War
- By: John Toland
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 25 hrs and 5 mins
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From freezing infantrymen huddled in trenches to intricate political maneuvering in European capitals, noted historian John Toland tells of the unforgettable final year of the First World War....
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Oddly biased, but worthy account of the period
- By Hellocat on 04-04-18
By: John Toland
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To Hell and Back
- Europe 1914-1949
- By: Ian Kershaw
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 26 hrs and 43 mins
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The Penguin History of Europe series reaches the 20th century with acclaimed scholar Ian Kershaw's long-anticipated analysis of the pivotal years of World War I and World War II....
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History in detail is an antidote for arrogance
- By Philo on 01-31-16
By: Ian Kershaw
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All Blood Runs Red
- The Legendary Life of Eugene Bullard-Boxer, Pilot, Soldier, Spy
- By: Phil Keith, Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: James Shippy
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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The incredible story of the first African-American military pilot, who went on to become a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights pioneer....
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Fascinating
- By Daniel on 08-23-20
By: Phil Keith, and others
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The Sleepwalkers
- How Europe Went to War in 1914
- By: Christopher Clark
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 23 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 is historian Christopher Clark's riveting account of the explosive beginnings of World War I. Drawing on new scholarship, Clark offers a fresh look at World War I....
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Excellent, but
- By James A. Nietopski on 03-12-22
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World War 1: A Complete History of WW1 and its Modern Impact
- By: History Brought Alive
- Narrated by: R.E. Harter
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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If you want to understand World War 1 without getting lost in academic jargon, overcomplicated timelines, or dry books—this audiobook is for you.
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Interesting and Easy to Get Into
- By User on 07-24-25
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American Midnight
- The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis
- By: Adam Hochschild
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
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The nation was on the brink. Mobs burned Black churches to the ground. Courts threw thousands of people into prison for opinions they voiced—in one notable case, only in private. Self-appointed vigilantes executed tens of thousands of citizens’ arrests.
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Disturbing yet Reassuring
- By Sams95 on 11-18-22
By: Adam Hochschild
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The Last Tsar
- The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs
- By: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The Last Tsar tells the the definitive story behind the self-destruction of the autocratic Romanov dynasty, by the world’s foremost expert.
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A deep dive into Russian history with limited appeal to most listeners
- By Dan M on 05-17-25
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The Deluge
- The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931
- By: Adam Tooze
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 21 hrs and 57 mins
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The Deluge is a chilling work of great originality that will fundamentally change how we view the legacy of World War I....
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Not For The Faint of Heart
- By David on 07-15-15
By: Adam Tooze
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The Ottoman Endgame
- War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923
- By: Sean McMeekin
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 19 hrs and 4 mins
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An astonishing retelling of 20th-century history from the Ottoman perspective, delivering profound new insights into World War I and the contemporary Middle East....
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WWI from a different perspective
- By Michael L Krogh on 11-09-15
By: Sean McMeekin
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The Great Halifax Explosion
- A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism
- By: John U. Bacon
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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From best-selling author John U. Bacon, a gripping narrative history of the largest manmade detonation prior to Hiroshima....
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Too much hostility towards Americans
- By bigdaddyKT on 12-14-19
By: John U. Bacon
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Pandora’s Box
- A History of the First World War
- By: Jorn Leonhard, Patrick Camiller - translator
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 39 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In this monumental history of the First World War, Germany's leading historian of the 20th century's first great catastrophe explains the war's origins, course, and consequences. Pandora's Box reveals how profoundly the war shaped the world to come....
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Excellent reading of a complex book
- By chris on 02-26-19
By: Jorn Leonhard, and others
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Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
- By: Michael Korda
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
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Michael Korda's Hero is the story of an epic life on a grand scale: a revealing, in-depth, and gripping biography....
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Excellent book and narration
- By Ron L. Caldwell on 12-11-10
By: Michael Korda
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Vertigo
- The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany
- By: Harald Jähner
- Narrated by: Sam Peter Jackson
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Blending researched political history with the firsthand experiences of everyday people, Vertigo is he dramatic and consequential history of Germany’s short-lived experiment with democracy between the world wars, when vibrant cultural experimentation collided with political and economic turmoil.
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How. Did It Happen?
- By Bettyb on 10-19-24
By: Harald Jähner
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Trotsky's Revolution: The Soviet Union That Never Was
- By: Victor Barbrady
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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From the chaos of a collapsing empire, three men emerged to forge a new world in fire and blood. Vladimir Lenin, the revolution's architect; Leon Trotsky, its brilliant commander; and Ioseb Stalin, its patient and ruthless administrator, would see their fates intertwined in a struggle that defined the twentieth century. This book meticulously traces their journey from comrades in arms to mortal enemies fighting for the soul of the state they built. Drawing on extensive historical records, the narrative first explores their rise to power amidst the storms of the October Revolution and the ...
By: Victor Barbrady
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World War 1: A Complete History of WW1 and its Modern Impact
- By: History Brought Alive
- Narrated by: R.E. Harter
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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World War I wasn't just a war between empires. It was a turning point for humanity. It reshaped borders, destroyed monarchies, introduced weapons the world had never seen, and left millions dead. But beyond the trenches, treaties, and tanks, it was fought by people and entire nations struggling to survive. This isn’t just a timeline of dates and battles. This is the human story of the Great War—told with compassion, clarity, and historical depth.
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Interesting and Easy to Get Into
- By User on 07-24-25
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Black Soldiers, White Laws
- The Tragedy of the 24th Infantry in 1917 Houston
- By: John Haymond
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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The first full and definitive narrative of one of the most shocking and largely unknown events of racial injustice in US history: the execution of nineteen Black soldiers in Texas.
By: John Haymond
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A Tale of Two Fronts
- A German Soldier's Journey Through World War I
- By: Hans Schiller, Frederic Krome - editor, Gregory D. Loving - editor, and others
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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Hans Schiller was a seventeen-year-old student in Bromberg, Prussia, when World War I broke out in August 1914. He enlisted in the German army and was assigned to an artillery unit on the Eastern Front. From 1915 to 1917, Schiller saw action in what is now Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. After the Bolshevik Revolution in October 1917 and Russia's withdrawal from the war, Schiller was transferred to the Western Front. He arrived in time for Germany's last great offensive in the west.
By: Hans Schiller, and others
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Akenfield
- Portrait of an English Village
- By: Ronald Blythe
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Only a man who had lived all his life in Suffolk could produce such a vivid and accurate portrayal of Akenfield and its inhabitants. Ronald Blythe recounts the personal recollections of, among others, the local school keeper, doctor, blacksmith, saddler, district nurse and magistrate as they discussed farming, education, welfare, class, religion and death. Originally published in 1969, Akenfield forms a unique document of a way of life that has, in many ways, disappeared.
By: Ronald Blythe
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The Lost Cause and the Great War: Progressive Reform and Patriotism in the American South
- War, Memory, and Culture
- By: Robert E. Hunt
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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The Lost Cause and the Great War tells the stories of central Tennessee Progressive-era reformers to illustrate the fascinating broader issue of how Southerners steeped in Lost Cause Civil War mythologies simultaneously developed patriotic American fervor. Focusing on Luke Lea, a prominent politician and American army officer who attempted to capture Kaiser Wilhelm II during World War I, the book reveals the intricate interplay between three competing ideas: attachment to the memory of the Confederacy, intense American nationalism, and advocacy for progressive reforms.
By: Robert E. Hunt
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Trotsky's Revolution: The Soviet Union That Never Was
- By: Victor Barbrady
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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From the chaos of a collapsing empire, three men emerged to forge a new world in fire and blood. Vladimir Lenin, the revolution's architect; Leon Trotsky, its brilliant commander; and Ioseb Stalin, its patient and ruthless administrator, would see their fates intertwined in a struggle that defined the twentieth century. This book meticulously traces their journey from comrades in arms to mortal enemies fighting for the soul of the state they built. Drawing on extensive historical records, the narrative first explores their rise to power amidst the storms of the October Revolution and the ...
By: Victor Barbrady
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World War 1: A Complete History of WW1 and its Modern Impact
- By: History Brought Alive
- Narrated by: R.E. Harter
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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World War I wasn't just a war between empires. It was a turning point for humanity. It reshaped borders, destroyed monarchies, introduced weapons the world had never seen, and left millions dead. But beyond the trenches, treaties, and tanks, it was fought by people and entire nations struggling to survive. This isn’t just a timeline of dates and battles. This is the human story of the Great War—told with compassion, clarity, and historical depth.
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Interesting and Easy to Get Into
- By User on 07-24-25
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Black Soldiers, White Laws
- The Tragedy of the 24th Infantry in 1917 Houston
- By: John Haymond
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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The first full and definitive narrative of one of the most shocking and largely unknown events of racial injustice in US history: the execution of nineteen Black soldiers in Texas.
By: John Haymond
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A Tale of Two Fronts
- A German Soldier's Journey Through World War I
- By: Hans Schiller, Frederic Krome - editor, Gregory D. Loving - editor, and others
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Hans Schiller was a seventeen-year-old student in Bromberg, Prussia, when World War I broke out in August 1914. He enlisted in the German army and was assigned to an artillery unit on the Eastern Front. From 1915 to 1917, Schiller saw action in what is now Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. After the Bolshevik Revolution in October 1917 and Russia's withdrawal from the war, Schiller was transferred to the Western Front. He arrived in time for Germany's last great offensive in the west.
By: Hans Schiller, and others
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Akenfield
- Portrait of an English Village
- By: Ronald Blythe
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Only a man who had lived all his life in Suffolk could produce such a vivid and accurate portrayal of Akenfield and its inhabitants. Ronald Blythe recounts the personal recollections of, among others, the local school keeper, doctor, blacksmith, saddler, district nurse and magistrate as they discussed farming, education, welfare, class, religion and death. Originally published in 1969, Akenfield forms a unique document of a way of life that has, in many ways, disappeared.
By: Ronald Blythe
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The Lost Cause and the Great War: Progressive Reform and Patriotism in the American South
- War, Memory, and Culture
- By: Robert E. Hunt
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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The Lost Cause and the Great War tells the stories of central Tennessee Progressive-era reformers to illustrate the fascinating broader issue of how Southerners steeped in Lost Cause Civil War mythologies simultaneously developed patriotic American fervor. Focusing on Luke Lea, a prominent politician and American army officer who attempted to capture Kaiser Wilhelm II during World War I, the book reveals the intricate interplay between three competing ideas: attachment to the memory of the Confederacy, intense American nationalism, and advocacy for progressive reforms.
By: Robert E. Hunt