World Art History

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    • By: Sun Tzu
    • Narrated by: Aidan Gillen
    • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
    • Release date: 03-31-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 41,323 ratings
    • The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu....

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    • A World History
    • By: Aarathi Prasad
    • Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
    • Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 04-30-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Throughout history, across cultures and countries, silk has reigned as the undeniable queen of fabrics, yet its origins and evolution remain a mystery. In a gorgeous and sweeping narrative, Silk weaves together its intricate story and the indelible mark it has left on humanity.

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    • From Dante to Galileo: The Transformation of Western Civilization
    • By: Paul Strathern
    • Narrated by: Roger Clark
    • Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 08-24-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 92 ratings
    • The Florentines presents a sweeping and magisterial 400-year history of both the city and the people who gave birth to the Renaissance....

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    • How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
    • By: Stephen Greenblatt
    • Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
    • Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 09-24-04
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 559 ratings
    • Award-winning author Stephen Greenblatt is one of the most influential literary thinkers in the world....

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    • By: Ross King
    • Narrated by: Alan Sklar
    • Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 04-18-03
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,109 ratings
    • In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo....

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    • The Hidden History of the Material World
    • By: Victoria Finlay
    • Narrated by: Carla Kissane
    • Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 07-19-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
    • In Fabric, bestselling author Victoria Finlay spins us round the globe, weaving stories of our relationship with cloth and asking how and why people through the ages have made it, worn it, invented it, and made symbols out of it. And sometimes why they have fought for it....

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    • Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
    • By: Lindsey Fitzharris
    • Narrated by: Ralph Lister
    • Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 10-31-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,364 ratings
    • In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of 19th-century surgery on the eve of profound transformation....

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    • By: Jamaica Kincaid
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
    • Release date: 10-25-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 580 ratings
    • Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright by turns, in a Swiftian mode, A Small Place cannot help but amplify our vision of one small place and all that it signifies....

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    • The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data
    • By: Kevin Mitnick, Robert Vamosi, Mikko Hypponen
    • Narrated by: Ray Porter
    • Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 02-14-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,548 ratings
    • In this explosive yet practical book, Kevin Mitnick illustrates what is happening without your knowledge - and he teaches you "the art of invisibility"....

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    • By: Hiroaki Sato
    • Narrated by: Walter Dixon
    • Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 08-25-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 50 ratings
    • In Legends of the Samurai, Hiroaki Sato confronts both the history and the legend of the samurai, untangling the two to present an authentic picture of these legendary warriors....

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    • One American’s Unforgettable Firsthand Account of the Pacific War’s Greatest Battle
    • By: Art Shaw, Robert L. Wise
    • Narrated by: Jim Seybert
    • Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 03-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 52 ratings
    • In celebration of the 75th anniversary, a riveting first-hand account of the Battle of Okinawa from the first officer ashore, who served at the front for the battle’s entire 82-day duration, heroism that earned him a Bronze Star....

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    • By: Sun Tzu
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 08-13-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 640 ratings
    • From military officers to CEOs to those simply looking to be more powerful in their own life, The Art of War has become required reading for anyone seeking a path of success through the modern world.....

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    • Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961
    • By: Nicholas Reynolds
    • Narrated by: Fred Sanders
    • Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 03-14-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 520 ratings
    • The shocking untold story of Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway's secret life as a spy for both the Americans and the Soviets before and during World War II....

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    • Dispatches from a Precarious State
    • By: Declan Walsh
    • Narrated by: Roger Clark
    • Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 12-29-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 103 ratings
    • Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times's most distinguished international correspondents. His portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this strange, wondrous, and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals....

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    • The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai
    • By: Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Alexander Bennett - translator
    • Narrated by: Tim Campbell
    • Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 04-16-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 105 ratings
    • The comprehensive and accurate edition of the Hagakure is a must-have for serious martial artists or fans of samurai and the Bushido code....

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    • A White Boy in Africa
    • By: Peter Godwin
    • Narrated by: Peter Godwin
    • Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 08-27-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 132 ratings
    • Rhodesia, 1964: a small boy witnesses the death of his neighbor, murdered by guerrillas - it is the beginning of the end of White rule in Africa. In Mukiwa, Peter Godwin, the witness to that murder, has written a vivid, moving account of growing up in a colony rapidly collapsing....

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    • The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof, the World’s Most Beloved Musical
    • By: Barbara Isenberg
    • Narrated by: Adam Grupper
    • Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 03-18-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • Barbara Isenberg interviewed the men and women behind the original production, the film, and significant revivals of Fiddler on the Roof....

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    • The Frontier Landscapes that Inspired the Little House Books
    • By: Marta McDowell
    • Narrated by: Donna Postel
    • Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 12-18-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 57 ratings
    • The universal appeal of Laura Ingalls Wilder springs from a life lived in partnership with the land. In this revealing exploration of Wilder's deep connection with the natural world, Marta McDowell follows the wagon trail of the beloved Little House series....

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    • The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum
    • By: James Gardner
    • Narrated by: Graham Halstead
    • Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 08-04-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 35 ratings
    • The fascinating and little-known story of the Louvre, from its inception as a humble fortress to its transformation into the palatial residence of the kings of France and then into the world's greatest art museum....

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