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Mao: The Unknown Story
- By: Jon Halliday, Jung Chang
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Unabridged
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The most authoritative life of Mao ever written, by the bestselling author of Wild Swans, Jung Chang and her husband, historian Jon Halliday. Based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before, and with virtually everyone...
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Mao: The Unknown Story
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 26-11-26
- Language: English
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Three Tigers, One Mountain
- A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan
- By: Michael Booth
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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There is an ancient Chinese proverb that states, "Two tigers cannot share the same mountain." However, in East Asia, there are three tigers on that mountain: China, Japan, and Korea, and they have a long history of turmoil and tension with each other. In his latest entertaining and thought-provoking narrative travelogue, Michael Booth sets out to discover how deep, really, the enmity is between these three "tiger" nations and what prevents them from making peace.
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Hugely informative
- By Tim Gauntlett on 21-10-20
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Three Tigers, One Mountain
- A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 14-04-20
- Language: English
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To Hell and Back
- The Last Train from Hiroshima
- By: Charles Pellegrino
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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To Hell and Back offers listeners a stunning "you are there" time capsule, wrapped in elegant prose. Charles Pellegrino's scientific authority and close relationship with the A-bomb survivors make his account the most gripping and authoritative ever written.
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True 5 stars
- By T. Hodge on 01-04-22
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To Hell and Back
- The Last Train from Hiroshima
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 21-07-20
- Language: English
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Lion City
- Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
- By: Jeevan Vasagar
- Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Jeevan Vasagar, former Singapore correspondent for the Financial Times, masterfully takes us through the intricate history, present and future of this unique diamond-shaped island one degree north of the equator, where new and old have remained connected. Lion City is a personal, insightful and essential guide to the city and how its remarkable rise is shaping East Asia and the rest of the world.
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Lion City
- Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
- Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 02-09-21
- Language: English
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Tojo
- The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II General
- By: Peter Mauch
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The military general who became Emperor Hirohito’s prime minister, Tojo Hideki is most often remembered as an iron-fisted leader who dragged Japan into World War II and—after spectacular losses—was eventually executed as a war criminal. Yet Tojo was far more than his ignominious end. In...
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Tojo
- The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II General
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 28-04-26
- Language: English
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Bugles and a Tiger
- My Life in the Gurkhas
- By: John Masters
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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John Masters was a soldier before he became a best-selling novelist. He went to Sandhurst in 1933 at the age of 18 and was commissioned into the Fourth Gurkha Rifles in time to take part in some of the last campaigns on the turbulent North-West Frontier of India. John Masters joined a Gurhka regiment on receiving his commission, and his depiction of garrison life and campaigning on the North-West Frontier has never been surpassed. Bugles and a Tiger is a matchless evocation of the British Army in India on the eve of the Second World War.
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A frank autobiography of an Indian Army officer between the wars.
- By Dear Mrs B on 11-01-25
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Bugles and a Tiger
- My Life in the Gurkhas
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 03-11-22
- Language: English
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The Bookseller of Kabul
- By: Asne Seierstad
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Abridged
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Overall106
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Performance71
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For more than 20 years Sultan Khan defied the authorities to supply books to the people of Kabul. He was arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned, and watched illiterate soldiers burn piles of his books in the street. In spring 2002, award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad spent four months living with the bookseller and his family. As she steps back from the page and lets the Khans tell their stories, we learn of proposals and marriages, hope and fear, crime and punishment.
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At what costs???
- By Marianna on 30-01-12
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The Bookseller of Kabul
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 10-02-06
- Language: English
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Empires of the Silk Road
- A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present
- By: Christopher I. Beckwith
- Narrated by: Jim Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and the Mongols.
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Never quite gets to the point
- By Mustafa Grump on 17-05-26
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Empires of the Silk Road
- A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present
- Narrated by: Jim Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 17-01-23
- Language: English
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The Tunnels of Cu Chi
- A Remarkable Story of War
- By: Tom Mangold, John Penycate
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of an extraordinary campaign in the Vietnam War - fought in a 200-mile labyrinth of underground tunnels and chambers. The campaign in the tunnels of Cu Chi was fought with cunning and savagery between Viet Cong guerrillas and special teams of US infantrymen called 'Tunnel Rats'. The location: the 200-mile labyrinth of underground tunnels and secret chambers that the Viet Cong had dug around Saigon.
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war stories
- By john joe sheridan on 04-03-25
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The Tunnels of Cu Chi
- A Remarkable Story of War
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 29-04-21
- Language: English
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To Rule All Under Heaven
- A History of Classical China, from Confucius to the First Emperor
- By: Andrew Seth Meyer
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 24 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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The first ever comprehensive history in English of China's Warring States period, an era that saw epic battles, the birth of profound philosophies, groundbreaking innovations, and shaped much of East Asian culture as we know it today. The Warring States period saw the emergence of Confucianism...
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To Rule All Under Heaven
- A History of Classical China, from Confucius to the First Emperor
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 24 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 31-03-26
- Language: English
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The Great Heist
- China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets
- By: David R. Shedd, Andrew Badger
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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A definitive, headline-making exposé of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has carried out the largest-scale theft of intellectual property, technology, and data in history—reshaping the global balance of power and redrawing the geopolitical map for decades to come The Great Heist exposes...
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The Great Heist
- China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 02-12-25
- Language: English
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Smoke And Ashes
- Opium's Hidden Histories
- By: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrated by: Ranjit Madgavkar
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDHILL HISTORY PRIZE 'An acerbic, compelling and always accessible account of how opium corrupted the world' TLS 'The writing is sublime, the research thorough, the eye for story superb' Sunday Telegraph 'A history of the opium poppy, which probes how the drug trade has...
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Some good insights on an underwritten subject but a bit self serving
- By customer on 08-05-25
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Smoke And Ashes
- Opium's Hidden Histories
- Narrated by: Ranjit Madgavkar
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 15-02-24
- Language: English
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The Great Partition
- The Making of India and Pakistan
- By: Yasmin Khan
- Narrated by: Jeed Saddy
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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This new edition of Yasmin Khan's reappraisal of the tumultuous India-Pakistan Partition features an introduction reflecting on the latest research and on ways in which commemoration of the Partition has changed, and considers the Partition in light of the current refugee crisis.
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Good content, verrrrry annoying narration
- By C on 08-10-24
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The Great Partition
- The Making of India and Pakistan
- Narrated by: Jeed Saddy
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 31-01-23
- Language: English
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The Path
- A New Way to Think About Everything
- By: Michael Puett, Christine Gross-Loh
- Narrated by: Michael Puett
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall115
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Performance102
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Penguin presents, the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Path by Professor Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh, read by Professor Michael Puett. Harvard's most popular professor explains how thinkers from Confucius to Zhuangzi can transform our lives The first book of its kind...
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Unlistenable
- By Rannoch Donald on 29-06-16
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The Path
- A New Way to Think About Everything
- Narrated by: Michael Puett
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 07-04-16
- Language: English
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
- The story of two lives, one nation, and a century of art under tyranny
- By: Ai Weiwei
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall55
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Performance45
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In his widely anticipated memoir, Ai Weiwei - one of the world's most famous artists and activists - tells a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own extraordinary life and the legacy of his father, Ai Qing, the nation's most celebrated poet. Hailed as 'the most important artist working today' by the Financial Times and as 'an eloquent and unsilenceable voice of freedom' by the New York Times, Ai Weiwei has written a sweeping memoir that presents a remarkable history of China over the last 100 years while illuminating his artistic process.
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Fascinating account of family, artists and China
- By JudiH on 11-11-21
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
- The story of two lives, one nation, and a century of art under tyranny
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 02-11-21
- Language: English
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Dog Man
- An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain
- By: Martha Sherrill
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
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In the snow country of Japan during World War II, we meet Morie Sawataishi, a fierce individualist who has chosen to break the law by keeping an Akita dog hidden in a shed on his property. By the time of the Japanese surrender in 1945, there are only sixteen Akitas left in the country. The survival of the breed becomes Morie's passion and life. Devoted to the dogs, Morie is forever changed.
In beautiful prose that is a joy to read, Sherrill opens up the world of the Dog Man and his wife, providing a profound look at what it is to be an individualist in a culture that reveres conformity, and what it means to live.
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Great Book
- By R. Smith on 16-04-17
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Dog Man
- An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 23-05-08
- Language: English
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Saipan
- The Battle that Doomed Japan in World War II
- By: James H. Hallas
- Narrated by: Tim Dixon
- Length: 22 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance24
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The story of the Battle of Saipan has it all. Marines at war: on Pacific beaches, in hellish volcanic landscapes in places like Purple Heart Ridge, Death Valley, and Hell's Pocket, under a commander known as "Howlin' Mad." Naval combat: carriers battling carriers from afar, fighters downing Japanese aircraft, submarines sinking carriers. Marine-army rivalry. Fanatical Japanese defense and resistance. A turning point of the Pacific War. James Hallas reconstructs the full panorama of Saipan in a way that no recent chronicler of the battle has done.
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Brilliant
- By EJ on 22-05-20
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Orientalism
- By: Edward Said
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 19 hrs and 2 mins
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This landmark book, first published in 1978, remains one of the most influential books in the Social Sciences, particularly Ethnic Studies and Postcolonialism. Said is best known for describing and critiquing "Orientalism", which he perceived as a constellation of false assumptions underlying Western attitudes toward the East. In Orientalism Said claimed a "subtle and persistent Eurocentric prejudice against Arabo-Islamic peoples and their culture."
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One Of The Canons Of Cultural Studies
- By Stephen Gott on 30-06-18
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Orientalism
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 19 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 31-12-10
- Language: English
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The Mongol Empire
- Ancient Empires
- By: History Nerds
- Narrated by: Peter Ackerman
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Embark on an epic journey through the windswept expanses of Central Asia with The Mongol Empire, a gripping chronicle that unveils the awe-inspiring rise and far-reaching legacy of the Mongol Empire. Immerse yourself in the tumultuous world of Genghis Khan and his descendants as they forged an empire that stretched from the Pacific to the Mediterranean, leaving an indelible mark on the course of world history.
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The Mongol Empire
- Ancient Empires
- Narrated by: Peter Ackerman
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 28-03-24
- Language: English
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Man-Eaters of Kumaon
- By: Jim Corbett
- Narrated by: Clay Lomakayu
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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Overall24
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Performance22
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Her tracks now–as she carried away the girl–led into the wilderness of rocks, some acres in extent, where the going was both difficult and dangerous. The cracks and chasms in between the rocks were masked with ferns, blackberry vines, and a false step, which might easily have resulted in a broken limb, would have been fatal.
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Great subject matter. Pity about the narration.
- By Raihan Ahmed on 05-12-23
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Man-Eaters of Kumaon
- Narrated by: Clay Lomakayu
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 25-01-23
- Language: English
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