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    • The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
    • By: Eckart Frahm
    • Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
    • Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 04-04-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 98 ratings
    • At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen. Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria and its formative role in global history....

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    • The Age of the Great Kings
    • By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
    • Narrated by: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
    • Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 04-12-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 163 ratings
    • The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. In Persians, historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells the epic story of this dynasty and the world it ruled....

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    • Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs
    • By: Marc David Baer
    • Narrated by: Jamie Parker
    • Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 10-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 171 ratings
    • This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West....

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    • Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
    • By: Bradley Hope, Justin Scheck
    • Narrated by: Peter Ganim
    • Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 09-01-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 624 ratings
    • From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters comes a revelatory look at the inner workings of the world's most powerful royal family, and how the struggle for succession produced Saudi Arabia's charismatic but ruthless Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, aka MBS.​...

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    • A History
    • By: Eugene Rogan
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 27 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 04-19-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 661 ratings
    • In this definitive history of the modern Arab world, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan draws extensively on Arab sources and texts to place the Arab experience in its crucial historical context....

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    • Two Whistleblowers’ Stories of Torture, Terror, Secret Wars, and CIA Lies
    • By: John Kiriakou, Joseph Hickman
    • Narrated by: Eric Martin
    • Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 04-09-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • The Convenient Terrorist is the definitive inside account of the capture, torture, and detention of Abu Zubaydah, the first “high-value target” captured by the CIA after 9/11....

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    • A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
    • By: Jean Sasson
    • Narrated by: Catherine Byers
    • Series: Princess (Sasson), Book 1
    • Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 02-06-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 922 ratings
    • Princess describes the life of Princess Sultana Al Sa'ud, a princess in the royal house of Saudi Arabia.

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    • How al-Qaeda Is Winning the War on Terror
    • By: Rob Schultheis
    • Narrated by: Elijah Alexander
    • Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 02-05-13
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • An in-depth look at why America is losing the War on Terror and what we should do if we really want to defeat Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda....

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    • My Life Inside One of the Richest, Most Conservative Kingdoms in the World
    • By: Jean Sasson
    • Narrated by: Catherine Byers
    • Series: Princess (Sasson), Book 4
    • Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 11-04-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 122 ratings
    • Princess, More Tears To Cry is an unforgettable journey into the hearts and minds of Saudi women, and will be forever etched into the memory of listeners....

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    • By: Dave Eggers
    • Narrated by: Dion Graham
    • Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 01-30-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 944 ratings
    • The true story of a young Yemeni-American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war....

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    • Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy
    • By: Martin Indyk
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 25 hrs
    • Release date: 10-26-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 56 ratings
    • More than 20 years have elapsed since the United States last brokered a peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians. In that time, three presidents have tried and failed....

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    • A True Story of War, Rape, Courage and Survival
    • By: Jean Sasson
    • Narrated by: Parisa Johnston
    • Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 03-21-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 69 ratings
    • This is the true story of Yasmeena, a bright and beautiful young Lebanese woman who was imprisoned in Kuwait during the first Gulf War....

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    • By: Jean Sasson
    • Narrated by: Catherine Byers
    • Series: Princess (Sasson), Book 5
    • Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 01-05-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 76 ratings
    • As the world's attention traces the reluctant social advances in the Middle East, Princess Sultana and her female friends and family have stepped forward....

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    • The Desert Warrior Who Created the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
    • By: Michael Darlow, Barbara Bray
    • Narrated by: Brian Bascle
    • Length: 21 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 02-23-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 361 ratings
    • Ibn Saud grew to manhood living the harsh traditional life of the desert nomad, a life that had changed little since the days of Abraham....

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    • Mesopotamia History, Book 2
    • By: Hourly History
    • Narrated by: Stephen Paul Aulridge Jr
    • Series: Mesopotamia History, Book 2
    • Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
    • Release date: 03-25-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
    • The Akkadian Empire was one of the first empires in human history and certainly the first to involve the central government of a large, multi-ethnic populace. It also introduced things like the very first postal system and facilitated advances in science, art, and medicine....

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    • A Saudi Woman's Awakening
    • By: Manal al-Sharif
    • Narrated by: Lameece Issaq
    • Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 06-13-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 441 ratings
    • A ferociously intimate memoir by a devout woman from a modest family in Saudi Arabia who became the unexpected leader of a courageous movement....

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    • The Habits to Achieve Remarkable Success
    • By: Dr. Tommy Weir
    • Narrated by: Dr. Tommy Weir
    • Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 10-28-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • This global super city, which just five decades ago was a cholera-plagued backwater, might just be the picture of a dream becoming reality....

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    • A History from Beginning to End
    • By: Hourly History
    • Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
    • Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
    • Release date: 04-26-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • The history of the Persian Empire (or Empires) stretches from ancient times well into the 20th century. Through biblical events, to the dawn and spread of Islam, to the revolutions of the 20th century, Persia has played an integral role in nearly all major events of world history....

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    • How Arabian Noblewomen and Holy Men Shaped Paganism, Christianity and Islam
    • By: Emran Iqbal El-Badawi
    • Narrated by: Lara Sawalha
    • Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 12-28-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Long overdue, Queens and Prophets is a landmark exploration of the legacy of female power in late antique Arabia....

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