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Son of Sam
- The Life and Crimes of David Berkowitz
- By: Charles River Editors, Zed Simpson
- Narrated by: Jim D Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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It's still difficult for people today to conceive of someone being born bad, even as more and more studies are coming out each year that point to the significant effects of DNA on human behavior. But of course, it is also rare that a child born to parents carrying the genes for mental illness or antisocial behavior grows up in a happy, stable home where the parents are equipped to provide a living, nurturing life.
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Brief but interesting
- By kerstie osborne on 21-10-19
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Son of Sam
- The Life and Crimes of David Berkowitz
- Narrated by: Jim D Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Release date: 07-06-17
- Language: English
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The Reconquista: The History and Legacy of the Conflicts Between the Moors and Christians on the Iberian Peninsula
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
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The term “Reconquista” is a Spanish word transferred to the English language to represent the nearly 800 years in which the Moors and Christians struggled against one another for control of the Iberian Peninsula. The Reconquista: The History and Legacy of the Conflicts Between the Moors and Christians on the Iberian Peninsula examines the events that shaped the modern history of Spain and Portugal, as well as the ramifications.
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The Reconquista: The History and Legacy of the Conflicts Between the Moors and Christians on the Iberian Peninsula
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
- Release date: 14-01-19
- Language: English
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The Collapse of the Soviet Union: The History of the USSR Under Mikhail Gorbachev
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs
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The Cold War moved into one of its most dangerous phases after Brezhnev’s death as both sides deployed nuclear weapons within alarming proximity in Europe. A NATO exercise, “Operation Able Archer”, almost led to a Soviet miscalculation, and when the Soviets shot down a South Korean airliner in September 1983, claiming it had strayed into Soviet airspace, the Cold War became very tense indeed.
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superficial
- By Nick Twine on 13-02-20
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The Collapse of the Soviet Union: The History of the USSR Under Mikhail Gorbachev
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs
- Release date: 08-08-19
- Language: English
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The Yakuza
- The History of the Notorious Japanese Crime Organization
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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Since the beginning of civilization, crime and injustice has existed. At the same time, gangs in all shapes and sizes have been around, from rebels, dissidents, and rogue soldiers to the average circle of miscreants loitering in alleys and behind convenience stores. In Japan, a gang of a different breed would arise - one underscored by honor, respect, family, and a code of ethics. They are the Yakuza. The Yakuza claim to be the Robin Hoods of the Far East. While they may lean towards the other side of the law, justice is all they truly aim for.
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The Yakuza
- The History of the Notorious Japanese Crime Organization
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 06-03-17
- Language: English
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Madame de Pompadour: The Life and Legacy of French King Louis XV’s Chief Mistress
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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Jean Antoinette Poussin, the woman who would become known as Madame de Pompadour, was a middle-class girl of uncertain parenthood who became one of many in a long line of King Louis XV’s mistresses before she died at the age of 42. While none of that stands out on its own when it comes to French history and royalty, historians have labeled her “no ordinary king’s mistress.... She made and unmade ministers, she selected ambassadors, she appointed generals, [and] she conferred pensions and places."
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Madame de Pompadour: The Life and Legacy of French King Louis XV’s Chief Mistress
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 26-06-19
- Language: English
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The Battle of Cannae
- The History and Legacy of Ancient Rome's Most Decisive Military Defeat
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Kevin Kollins
- Length: 1 hr and 56 mins
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Although the Romans gained the upper hand over Carthage in the wake of the First Punic War, the legendary Carthaginian general Hannibal brought the Romans to their knees for over a decade during the Second Punic War. While military historians are still amazed that he was able to maintain his army in Italy near Rome for nearly 15 years, scholars are still puzzled over some of his decisions, including why he never attempted to march on Rome in the first place.
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The Battle of Cannae
- The History and Legacy of Ancient Rome's Most Decisive Military Defeat
- Narrated by: Kevin Kollins
- Length: 1 hr and 56 mins
- Release date: 25-01-17
- Language: English
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The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
- The History and Legacy of the Roman Empire's Greatest Military Defeat
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Kevin Kollins
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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Every great nation or empire has had at least one horrific military loss or disaster in their history, and the Roman Empire, perhaps the greatest empire that ever existed in the Western world, was no exception to this rule. While Rome certainly suffered defeats and outright massacres over the course of its long and storied history, none of them were as disturbing for the Empire as the battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE.
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Utterly dreadful.
- By Terry Coughlan. on 24-02-21
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The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
- The History and Legacy of the Roman Empire's Greatest Military Defeat
- Narrated by: Kevin Kollins
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Release date: 12-01-17
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of Robert Redford
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Robin McKay
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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When Robert Redford first entered the national spotlight in the early 1960s, he was hardly viewed as a serious actor, and with his red hair, blond complexion, and athletic build, he was seen more as a handsome man than a skilled one. On top of that, he came at a time in which most Hollywood stars were tall, dark, and slender - like one of his most famous costars, Paul Newman - and by comparison, Redford looked more like a surfer.
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American Legends: The Life of Robert Redford
- Narrated by: Robin McKay
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Release date: 10-04-15
- Language: English
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Syria and the Assad Family: The History Behind Bashar al-Assad's Rise to Power and the Civil War
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Phillip J Mather
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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The events of the Arab Spring have come to be overshadowed by the civil war in the Arabic-speaking nation of Syria, which has been ruled throughout the 21st century by Bashar al-Assad. Though he had not planned on ruling Syria, several events conspired to make Bashar the successor of his father, Hafez. Though the West frequently looked for signs that Bashar might be a reformer, due in part to his formerly popular Western wife, Assad remained part of a critical alliance with Iran and the sub-state groups Hamas and Hezbollah.
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Western propaganda
- By Amazon Customer on 15-04-18
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Syria and the Assad Family: The History Behind Bashar al-Assad's Rise to Power and the Civil War
- Narrated by: Phillip J Mather
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 04-06-15
- Language: English
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The Night of the Long Knives
- The History and Legacy of Adolf Hitler's Notorious Purge of the SA
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
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Germany's Nazi Party was remarkably implacable in the hostility it showed to the outside world, staunchly opposing both Communism and liberal democracy from the moment of its inception to that of its violent dissolution.
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The Night of the Long Knives
- The History and Legacy of Adolf Hitler's Notorious Purge of the SA
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Release date: 06-04-15
- Language: English
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The Acropolis of Athens: The History of Greece's Most Famous Landmark
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Robert Slone
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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The Acropolis, which literally means "a city on the heights", is a citadel whose currently surviving structures were mostly built during the fifth century BC in honor of Athena, the patron goddess of Athens. It functioned as a sacred precinct that contained the city's most important religious and municipal structures, many of which have remained relatively intact for over 2,000 years.
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The Acropolis of Athens: The History of Greece's Most Famous Landmark
- Narrated by: Robert Slone
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Release date: 22-05-15
- Language: English
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Oliver Cromwell
- The Notorious Life and Legacy of the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Saethon Williams
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
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For over 1,000 years England has had a monarchy, and though the line of succession did not always pass smoothly, it has almost always been continuous. England has more often been faced with the claims of competing kings and queens than with a period of no monarch at all.
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Oliver Cromwell
- The Notorious Life and Legacy of the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England
- Narrated by: Saethon Williams
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Release date: 24-03-15
- Language: English
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The My Lai Massacre: The History of the Vietnam War's Most Notorious Atrocity
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Richard Wayne Stageman
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
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The Vietnam War could have been called a comedy of errors if the consequences weren't so deadly and tragic. In 1951, while war was raging in Korea, the United States began signing defense pacts with nations in the Pacific, intending to create alliances that would contain the spread of Communism.
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The My Lai Massacre: The History of the Vietnam War's Most Notorious Atrocity
- Narrated by: Richard Wayne Stageman
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Release date: 22-04-15
- Language: English
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The Battle of Crete
- The History of Nazi Germany's Airborne Invasion of Greece During World War II
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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In 1941, with the dark star of Nazi conquest in the ascendant over Europe, German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler continued seeking fresh ways to expand the Third Reich's domains. Two strategic issues occupied Hitler's immediate attention: dealing with Britain and the Soviet Union. Hitler and Goering disagreed fundamentally on the next steps to be taken, and Hitler's ideas naturally won out over the Reichsmarshal's objections.
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Rubbish
- By Paul Wisken on 11-10-22
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The Battle of Crete
- The History of Nazi Germany's Airborne Invasion of Greece During World War II
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Release date: 23-11-16
- Language: English
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Cosa Nostra: The Notorious History and Legacy of the Sicilian Mafia
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
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Over the course of the 19th century, the people of Sicily found themselves at the center of a struggle for freedom, one that ended up being long and often very bloody. It was during these crucial years of struggle that the Sicilian mafia, La Cosa Nostra ("Our Thing"), started to take shape. Cosa Nostra: The Notorious History and Legacy of the Sicilian Mafia examines how the world’s most famous mob formed, its inner workings, and the events that made it feared around the world.
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Cosa Nostra: The Notorious History and Legacy of the Sicilian Mafia
- Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Release date: 23-08-19
- Language: English
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The Hudson's Bay Company
- The History and Legacy of the Famous English Trading Company in Colonial America
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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After the Englishman Henry Hudson, under the aegis of the Dutch East India Company, sailed by Manhattan in 1609, he returned home with good news and bad news. Like the other explorers before him, he hadn't been able to find a water route to the Orient. He had, however, returned with maps and beaver pelts. With that, it became clear that the region around the bay was a promising new territory for trade and settlement, which would become a bone of contention between the Dutch and the English for the rest of the century.
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The Hudson's Bay Company
- The History and Legacy of the Famous English Trading Company in Colonial America
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Release date: 20-02-17
- Language: English
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Legends of the West: The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: David Zarbock
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
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The Wild West has made legends out of many men through the embellishment of their stories, but one of the most colorful stories of them all is the fateful Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. The West's most famous gunfight, the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral involved two of the West's most legendary figures, and though the gunfight lasted less than a minute, it is still widely remembered as the climactic event of the period, representing lawlessness and justice, vendettas, and a uniquely Western moral code.
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Legends of the West: The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
- Narrated by: David Zarbock
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Release date: 29-05-15
- Language: English
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Poseidon
- The Origins and History of the Greek God of the Sea
- By: Charles River Editors, Andrew Scott
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
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Poseidon is one of the most easily recognizable characters in all of ancient Greek mythology. His signature trident is iconic; one sight of it invariably floods the modern mind with images of aquatic chariots and daunting typhoons. But there is so much more to the character of Poseidon than maritime denizens and disasters, which shouldn't really come as a surprise.
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Poseidon
- The Origins and History of the Greek God of the Sea
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Release date: 19-05-17
- Language: English
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The Five Good Emperors
- The History of the Roman Empire During the Reigns of Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
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"The Five Good Emperors", a reference to the five emperors who ruled the Roman Empire between 96 and 180 CE (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius), was a term first coined by Machiavelli and later adopted and popularized by historian Edward Gibbon. This period of 84 years is generally regarded as the high point of the Roman Empire, at least after Augustus. According to some academics, the success these rulers had in centralizing the empire's administration, while undoubtedly bringing huge benefits, also sowed the seeds for later problems.
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The Five Good Emperors
- The History of the Roman Empire During the Reigns of Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius
- Narrated by: Jim Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Release date: 26-12-18
- Language: English
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The Italian Campaign of World War II
- The History of the Allied Operations That Knocked Fascist Italy Out of the War
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: David Zarbock
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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The rugged island of Sicily, dominated in the east by the snow-crowned eminence of the active volcano Mount Etna (which rises to a height of 11,000 feet), lies in the ocean just off the "toe" of the "boot" of Italy. This spectacular setting witnessed one of 1943's pivotal battles as the theater of Allied operations shifted from North Africa to Europe - Operation Husky, a mixed victory wresting control of Sicily from the Axis.
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Irritating computer generated voice and sketchy story
- By len15 on 07-09-21
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The Italian Campaign of World War II
- The History of the Allied Operations That Knocked Fascist Italy Out of the War
- Narrated by: David Zarbock
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 19-04-17
- Language: English
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