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Scott and Amundsen
- Their Race to the South Pole
- By: Roland Huntford
- Narrated by: Tim Piggott-Smith
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
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This is a brilliant dual biography charting British Robert Scott's and Norwegian Roald Amundsen's race to the South Pole during 1911-12. Huntuford's is the accepted, definitive account of the race and a reassessment of the two men. Thoroughly researched, revealing the adventures and misfortunes that befell them both, he describes the driving ambitions of the era, and the complex, often deeply flawed individuals who were charged with carrying them out.
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Debunking a myth
- By Steven on 16-01-17
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Scott and Amundsen
- Their Race to the South Pole
- Narrated by: Tim Piggott-Smith
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 03-12-07
- Language: English
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When Montezuma Met Cortes
- The True Story of the Meeting That Changed History
- By: Matthew Restall
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
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On November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan. This introduction - the prelude to the Spanish seizure of Mexico City and to European colonization of the mainland of the Americas - has long been the symbol of Cortés' bold and brilliant military genius. Montezuma, on the other hand, is remembered as a coward who gave away a vast empire and touched off a wave of colonial invasions across the hemisphere.
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When Montezuma Met Cortes
- The True Story of the Meeting That Changed History
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 30-01-18
- Language: English
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Wonders in the Deep
- Extraordinary Shipwreck Discoveries from Spanish Gold to Shackleton's Bible
- By: Mensun Bound, Mark Frary
- Length: 10 hrs
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In Wonders in the Deep Mensun Bound, the renowned archaeologist who was the Director of Exploration on the team that discovered Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, argues that the history of the world is as much about maritime exploration and trade as it is about what happens on land. Using the many treasures Bound has discovered at the bottom of the sea and working with journalist Mark Frary, he sets out to write a maritime history of the world from 3000 BC to the present.
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Wonders in the Deep
- Extraordinary Shipwreck Discoveries from Spanish Gold to Shackleton's Bible
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 26-09-24
- Language: English
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Marckalada
- Quando l'America aveva un altro nome
- By: Paolo Chiesa
- Narrated by: Alberto Molinari
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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In un’opera scritta da un frate milanese del Trecento, Galvano Fiamma, si nasconde una breve menzione di una terra chiamata Marckalada, situata a ovest della Groenlandia. I marinai che viaggiano per i mari del Nord ne parlano come di una terra ricca di alberi e animali, dove si trovano grandi edifici e vivono dei giganti. È una notizia sensazionale: la prima menzione del continente americano nell’area mediterranea, un secolo e mezzo prima del viaggio di Colombo. Ma chi è Galvano Fiamma e da dove ricava queste informazioni? Cosa si sapeva davvero in Italia delle regioni al di là dell’oceano?
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Marckalada
- Quando l'America aveva un altro nome
- Narrated by: Alberto Molinari
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 24-06-24
- Language: Italian
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Mountain Man
- John Colter, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the Call of the American West
- By: David Weston Marshall
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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In 1804, John Colter set out with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on the first US expedition to traverse the North American continent. During the 28-month ordeal, Colter served as a hunter and scout, and honed his survival skills on the western frontier. But when the journey was over, Colter stayed behind. He spent two more years trekking alone through dangerous and unfamiliar territory, charting some of the West's most treasured landmarks.
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Mountain Man
- John Colter, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the Call of the American West
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 07-12-21
- Language: English
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Captain James Cook
- By: Rob Mundle
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
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Captain James Cook is one of the greatest maritime explorers of all time. Over three remarkable voyages of discovery into the Pacific in the latter part of the 18th century, Cook unravelled the oldest mystery surrounding the existence of Terra Australis Incognita - the Great South Land. He became the first explorer to circumnavigate New Zealand and establish that it was two main islands; discover the Hawaiian Islands for the British Empire; and left an enduring legacy.
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Fantastic
- By DNix on 19-09-18
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Captain James Cook
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 13-09-18
- Language: English
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Farthest North
- The Epic Adventure of a Visionary Explorer
- By: Fridtjof Nansen
- Narrated by: Ulf Bjorklund
- Length: 28 hrs and 10 mins
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In 1893 Norwegian zoologist Fridtjof Nansen set sail for the North Pole in the Fram, a ship specially designed to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and travel north with the sea's drift. Experts said that such a ship couldn't be built and that the mission was tantamount to suicide. Farthest North, first published in 1897 to great popular appeal, is the stirring first-person account of the Fram and her historic voyage. Nansen tells of his expedition's struggle against snowdrifts, polar bears, scurvy, and the endless polar night.
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An epic journey!
- By firewalker on 12-10-22
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Farthest North
- The Epic Adventure of a Visionary Explorer
- Narrated by: Ulf Bjorklund
- Length: 28 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 27-03-18
- Language: English
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A History of Water
- Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History
- By: Edward Wilson-Lee
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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A History of Water follows the interconnected lives of two men across the Renaissance globe. One of them—an aficionado of mermen and Ethiopian culture, an art collector, historian and expert on water-music—returns home from witnessing the birth of the modern age to die in a mysterious incident, apparently the victim of a grisly and curious murder. The other—a ruffian, vagabond and braggart, chased across the globe from Mozambique to Japan—ends up as the national poet of Portugal.
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Fascinating
- By djmp on 20-12-23
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A History of Water
- Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 04-08-22
- Language: English
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Rocket Men
- The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
- By: Robert Kurson
- Narrated by: Ray Porter, Robert Kurson
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
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By August 1968, the American space program was in danger of failing in its two most important objectives: to land a man on the moon by President Kennedy's end-of-decade deadline and to triumph over the Soviets in space. With its back against the wall, NASA made an almost unimaginable leap: It would scrap its usual methodical approach and risk everything on a sudden launch, sending the first men in history to the moon - in just four months.
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Best Apollo book I've listened to
- By Angus Fitton on 09-08-18
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Rocket Men
- The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
- Narrated by: Ray Porter, Robert Kurson
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 03-04-18
- Language: English
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Adventures for a Lifetime
- By: Ed Stafford, Ranulph Fiennes
- Narrated by: Ed Stafford, Peter Noble
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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An inspiring selection of hand-picked adventures, chosen by Ed Stafford. For those who don’t mind a bit of discomfort in order to experience the wilder side of our amazing planet. Open your mind and reboot your soul with these unforgettable adventures.
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Interesting adventures
- By Anonymous on 03-09-19
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Adventures for a Lifetime
- Narrated by: Ed Stafford, Peter Noble
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 15-11-18
- Language: English
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A Land So Strange
- The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca
- By: Andres Resendez
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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In 1528, a mission set out from Spain to colonize Florida. But the expedition went horribly wrong: Delayed by a hurricane, knocked off course by a colossal error of navigation, and ultimately doomed by a disastrous decision to separate the men from their ships, the mission quickly became a desperate journey of survival. Of the 300 men who had embarked on the journey, only four survived - three Spaniards and an African slave.
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Fascinating and well narrated
- By Chris F on 07-07-21
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A Land So Strange
- The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 07-10-11
- Language: English
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The Black Ridge
- Amongst the Cuillin of Skye
- By: Simon Ingram
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 24 hrs and 32 mins
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The iconic ridge of the Black Cuillin on the Isle of Skye is the UK’s most challenging mountain range. Over 11 kilometres long and above 3,000 feet in places, the ridge contains 11 Munros and 16 other summits. In The Black Ridge, Simon Ingram offers a powerful distillation of the atmosphere, history and experience of the ridge: Britain’s ultimate mountain range.
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Honest, accurate and passionate.
- By Luke on 25-09-21
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The Black Ridge
- Amongst the Cuillin of Skye
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 24 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 19-08-21
- Language: English
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A Cold Spell
- A Human History of Ice
- By: Max Leonard
- Narrated by: Tom Lawrence
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
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During the Ice Age, early humans saw themselves constantly reflected in these planes of ice - and became more reflective themselves, beginning to create works of art, innovate through technology and develop language. In A Cold Spell: A Human History of Ice, Max Leonard takes us from the beginning of our story to the modern day, tracing the ways ice has influenced our development, our economies, our social customs and our lives - and what it means for us that it is rapidly disappearing from our planet.
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A Cold Spell
- A Human History of Ice
- Narrated by: Tom Lawrence
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 09-11-23
- Language: English
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Pirate Hunters
- Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
- By: Robert Kurson
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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Finding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. But two men—John Chatterton and John Mattera—are willing to risk everything to find the Golden Fleece, the ship of the infamous pirate Joseph Bannister. At large during the Golden Age of Piracy in the seventeenth century, Bannister should have been immortalized in the lore of the sea—his exploits more notorious than Blackbeard’s, more daring than Kidd’s. But his story, and his ship, have been lost to time.
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Teased until the end
- By S on 19-03-24
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Pirate Hunters
- Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 16-06-15
- Language: English
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You Are Here
- From the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves
- By: Hiawatha Bray
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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The story of the rise of modern navigation technology, from radio location to GPS—and the consequent decline of privacy. What does it mean to never get lost? You Are Here examines the rise of our technologically aided era of navigational omniscience—or how we came to know exactly where we are at all times. Filled with tales of scientists and astronauts, inventors and entrepreneurs, You Are Here tells the story of how humankind ingeniously solved one of its oldest and toughest problems—only to herald a new era in which it’s impossible to hide.
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Both educational and entertaining
- By Sergii R. on 16-11-18
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You Are Here
- From the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 01-04-14
- Language: English
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Ancient Bones
- Unearthing the Astonishing New Story of How We Became Human
- By: Madelaine Böhme
- Narrated by: Aimée Ayotte
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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Africa has long been considered the cradle of life - where life and humans evolved - but somewhere west of Munich, Germany, paleoclimatologist and paleontologist Madelaine Böhme and her team make a discovery that is beyond anything they ever imagined: the 12-million-year-old bones of an ancient ape - Danuvius guggenmos - which makes headlines around the world and defies prevailing theories of human history and where human life began.
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Fascinating and Accessible Update
- By veyza on 14-08-23
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Ancient Bones
- Unearthing the Astonishing New Story of How We Became Human
- Narrated by: Aimée Ayotte
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 16-07-21
- Language: English
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Invasive Aliens
- The Plants and Animals From Over There That Are Over Here
- By: Dan Eatherley
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
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As Brits we pride ourselves as stoic defenders, boasting a record of resistance dating back to 1066. Yet, even a cursory examination of the natural world reveals that while interlopers of the human variety may have been kept at bay, our islands have been invaded, conquered and settled by an endless succession of animals, plants, fungi and other alien lifeforms that apparently belong elsewhere. Indeed it’s often hard to work out what actually is native, and what is foreign.
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Interesting and informative
- By Molly bby on 16-10-20
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Invasive Aliens
- The Plants and Animals From Over There That Are Over Here
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 18-07-19
- Language: English
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Columbus
- The Four Voyages
- By: Laurence Bergreen
- Narrated by: Tim Jerome
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
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From the author of the Magellan biography, Over the Edge of the World, a mesmerizing new account of the great explorer. Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed event in world history.
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Columbus
- The Four Voyages
- Narrated by: Tim Jerome
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 20-09-11
- Language: English
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Tutankhamun's Trumpet
- The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects
- By: Toby Wilkinson
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
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On 26th November 1922, Howard Carter first peered into the newly opened tomb of an ancient Egyptian boy-king. When asked if he could see anything, he replied: ‘Yes, yes, wonderful things.' In Tutankhamun’s Trumpet, acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes a unique approach to that tomb and its contents. Instead of concentrating on the oft-told story of the discovery, or speculating on the brief life and politically fractious reign of the boy king, Wilkinson takes the objects buried with him as the source material for a wide-ranging, detailed portrait of ancient Egypt.
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Ok but a bit drawn out
- By S Good on 27-05-23
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Tutankhamun's Trumpet
- The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 12-05-22
- Language: English
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The Best Pirate Stories Ever Told
- By: Stephen Brennan - editor
- Narrated by: Keith O'Brien
- Length: 21 hrs and 20 mins
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Over the years, thousands of tales both true and fantastic have been told about the dastardly thievery of pirates. Their rum-drunk exploits and high-seas violence never fail to delight. Now in a brand new series collection, The Best Pirate Stories Ever Told includes many of the very best pirate yarns ever created on history’s most debaucherous scalawags. Anyone who loves a good story full of excitement, adventure, thrills, and laughs will find this collection irresistible.
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The Best Pirate Stories Ever Told
- Narrated by: Keith O'Brien
- Length: 21 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 17-02-13
- Language: English
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