First Civilization

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    • The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
    • By: Tom Holland
    • Narrated by: Michael Page
    • Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 12-27-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,390 ratings
    • The story of how their citizens took on the Great King of Persia, and thereby saved not only themselves, but Western civilization as well, is as heart-stopping and fateful as any episode in history....

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    • The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
    • By: David Fromkin
    • Narrated by: David de Vries
    • Length: 23 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 12-25-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 466 ratings
    • The Middle East has long been a region of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and ambitions. All of these conflicts are rooted in the region's political inheritance. David Fromkin reveals how and why the Allies drew lines on an empty map that remade the geography and politics....

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    • Unit 51, Book 1
    • By: Michael McBride
    • Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
    • Series: Unit 51 Series, Book 1
    • Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 10-31-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 815 ratings
    • They are not human. They are not natural. They are not friendly. At a research station in Antarctica, five of the world's top scientists have been brought together....

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    • China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower
    • By: Michael Pillsbury
    • Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
    • Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 03-24-15
    • Language: English
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    • One of the US government's leading China experts reveals the hidden strategy fueling that country's rise - and how Americans have been seduced into helping China overtake us....

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    • Unlocking the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols
    • By: Genevieve von Petzinger
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 06-01-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 361 ratings
    • The First Signs is the first-ever exploration of the geometric images that accompany most cave art around the world—the first indications of symbolic meaning, intelligence, and language....

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    • The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America
    • By: Cameron McWhirter
    • Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
    • Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 02-12-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 181 ratings
    • Author Cameron McWhirter chronicles the unprecedented wave of anti-black riots and lynchings that swept the country for eight months, from April to November of 1919, while also exploring the first stirrings of a civil rights movement that would transform American society 40 years later....

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    • Social Media: The First 2,000 Years
    • By: Tom Standage
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 10 hrs
    • Release date: 10-15-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 91 ratings
    • Papyrus rolls and Twitter have much in common, as each was their generation's signature means of "instant" communication....

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    • By: John Julius Norwich - editor
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 08-30-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Today we take living in cities for granted. But when did humans first come together to live in large groups, creating an urban landscape? More than simply a history of ancient cities, this volume also reveals the art and architecture created by our ancestors....

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    • Quantum Series, Book 2
    • By: Douglas Phillips
    • Narrated by: Traci Odom
    • Series: Quantum Series, Book 2
    • Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 06-30-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 231 ratings
    • Particle physics was always an unlikely path to the stars, but with the discovery that space could be compressed, the entire galaxy had come within reach. Now, the people of Earth must decide if they're ready to participate in the galactic conversation....

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    • By: Donald Morrison
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 01-17-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • If you enjoyed John Carpenter's the Thing or the Dead Space series, then this novel is for you! In 2052 a squad of Marines from the Earth Military ...

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    • How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans
    • By: Brian Fagan
    • Narrated by: James Langton
    • Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 03-02-10
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 571 ratings
    • Best-selling author Brian Fagan brings early humans out of the deep freeze with his trademark mix of erudition, cutting-edge science, and vivid storytelling....

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    • The True Story of the World’s First Scientific Expedition
    • By: Nicholas Crane
    • Narrated by: Roy McMillan
    • Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 10-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 136 ratings
    • Latitude is a gloriously exciting tale of adventure and scientific discovery that has never been told before. Nicholas Crane documents the remarkable expedition undertaken by a group of 12 European adventurer-scientists in the mid-18th century....

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    • A Captivating Guide to the History of the Catholic Church, Starting with the Teachings of Jesus Christ Through the Roman Empire and Middle Ages to the Present
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jay Herbert
    • Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 01-24-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • The Catholic Church has a history that spans over 2,000 years, and it began with none other than Jesus Christ himself. At least, that is what modern popes believe. But at first, there was just one church....

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    • The West and the Rest
    • By: Niall Ferguson
    • Narrated by: Niall Ferguson
    • Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 11-01-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2,325 ratings
    • The rise to global predominance of Western civilization is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five hundred years....

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    • The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in History
    • By: Cody Cassidy
    • Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
    • Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 05-05-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 429 ratings
    • Who wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? Who invented soap? This madcap adventure across ancient history uses everything from modern genetics to archaeology to uncover the geniuses behind these and other world-changing innovations....

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    • Thomas Jefferson, The First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805
    • By: Richard Zacks
    • Narrated by: Raymond Todd
    • Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 07-01-05
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 648 ratings
    • After Tripoli declared war on the United States in 1801, Barbary pirates captured 300 U.S. sailors and marines....

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    • How Upright Walking Made Us Human
    • By: Jeremy DeSilva
    • Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
    • Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 04-06-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 150 ratings
    • Blending history, science, and culture, a stunning and highly engaging evolutionary story exploring how walking on two legs allowed humans to become the planet’s dominant species....

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    • The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its Impact on Western Civilization
    • By: James Lacey
    • Narrated by: Mike Cooper
    • Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 09-06-24
    • Language: English
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    • Immediate, visceral, and full of new analyses that defy decades of conventional wisdom, The First Clash is a superb interpretation of a conflict that indeed made the world safe for Aristotle, Plato, and our own modern democracy....

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    • New Discoveries on the Solar-Induced Dark Age
    • By: Robert M. Schoch PhD, Catherine Ulissey
    • Narrated by: Micah Hanks
    • Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 04-27-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 130 ratings
    • In this newly revised and expanded edition, updated throughout with recent developments, geologist Robert Schoch builds upon his revolutionary theory that the origins of the Sphinx date back much further than 2500 BCE....

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