The Agency: a history of the CIA
By: Hugh Wilford
3.73
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Since the eve of the Cold War, the Central Intelligence Agency has been tasked by the U.S. governme…
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1. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
By: Tim Weiner
3.94
Format: 514 pages, Hardcover
For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its t… read more
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- espionage
- american history
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"To the CIA, everyone's an outsider."-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
"Their attempts to make sense of the world had carried heat but little light."-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
"The ability to represent failure as success would become an Agency tradition."-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
"It takes 5 to 7 years to turn a novice into a case officer capable of working in the capitals of the world."-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
2. The Black Death: The World's Most Devastating Plague
By: Dorsey Armstrong
4.32
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
Many of us know the Black Death as a catastrophic event of the medieval world. But the Black Death … read more
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- nonfiction
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3. Understanding Japan: A Cultural History
By: Mark J. Ravina
3.52
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Japan's extraordinary culture is like no other in the world, and it remains mysterious to many of u… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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4. The Skeptic's Guide to American History
By: Mark A. Stoler
2.00
Format: 238 pages, Audible Audio
To take a skeptical approach to American history is not to dabble in imaginative conspiracy theorie… read more
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- american history
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- audiobook
5. Food: A Cultural Culinary History
By: Ken Albala
4.55
Format: 160 pages, Audible Audio
Eating is an indispensable human activity. As a result, whether we realize it or not, the drive to … read more
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- nonfiction
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6. Victorian Britain
By: Patrick N. Allitt
4.53
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Darwin. Gladstone. Disraeli. Dickens. Meet the pioneering, paradoxical Britons of the reign of Quee… read more
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- politics
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7. Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies (Great Courses, #8510)
By: Robert J. Allison
4.27
Format: 67 pages, Audiobook
List of the 36 Lecture Titles 1 The World before Colonial America 2 Spain's New World Empire 3 John… read more
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- audiobook
8. A History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts (Great Courses, #8470)
By: Robert O. Bucholz
3.57
Format: None pages, Audio CD
During the 229-year period from 1485 to 1714, England transformed itself from a minor feudal state … read more
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9. The History of Ancient Egypt (The Great Courses #350)
By: Bob Brier
0.00
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
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11. London: A Short History of the Greatest City in the Western World
By: Robert O. Bucholz
4.00
Format: 224 pages, Audiobook
No city has had as powerful and as enduring an impact on Western civilization as London. But what m… read more
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12. We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
By: Harold G. Moore , Joseph L. Galloway
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both releva… read more
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13. From Jesus to Constantine: A History of Early Christianity (Great Courses #6577)
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.86
Format: 368 pages,
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15. History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration
By: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
4.23
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
12 hours and 59 minutes Mutiny. Disease. Starvation. Cannibals. From the ancient wayfarers to mo… read more
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16. England: From the Fall of Rome to the Norman Conquest
By: Jennifer Paxton
4.28
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Great Courses Plus Dr. Jennifer Paxton is Assistant Director of the University Honors Program and … read more
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17. The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
By: Patrick N. Allitt
4.17
Format: 18 pages, Audio CD
Audio CDs in three cases (parts 1, 2, and 3), accompanied by a "like new" course booklet. 36 lectur… read more
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"Author reports that a group of tortoises was given to the British by India's natives during the Seven Years War which ended in 1763. The last of those tortoises died in 2004 at the age of 255."-Patrick N. Allitt, The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
"Author relates the reaction of an Irish village to a landowner who tried to raise rents on the land's occupants. The villagers refused to talk to or trade with the man, whose name was Captain Boycott."-Patrick N. Allitt, The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
"If you study a historical episode and feel good about it, it probably means that you haven't had it explained very well. Historical conflict is usually the struggle of different conceptions of what i…"-Patrick N. Allitt, The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
18. Introduction to the Qur’an
By: Martyn Oliver
3.96
Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length 5 hours and 48 minutes Publisher's Summary For people of the Muslim faith - n… read more
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19. How to Train Your Mind: Exploring the Productivity Benefits of Meditation
By: Chris Bailey
3.84
Format: None pages, Audiobook
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20. Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal
By: Kyler Shumway
3.77
Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio
We’ve all been told, at one point or another, to "just be yourself." Whether you are starting schoo… read more
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21. The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War—A Tragedy in Three Acts
By: Scott Anderson
4.14
Format: 562 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia, a gripping history of the early years of the Col… read more
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- audiobook
22. The Real History of Secret Societies
By: Richard B. Spence
3.68
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length 12 hours and 21 minutes Welcome to The Real History of Secret Societies, a his… read more
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23. The Agency: a history of the CIA
By: Hugh Wilford
3.73
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Since the eve of the Cold War, the Central Intelligence Agency has been tasked by the U.S. governme… read more
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24. Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History
By: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
3.87
Format: 13 pages, Paperback
Step into the real world of the spy with this detailed and unforgettable tour of the millennia-long… read more
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"Our side has agents. Their side has spies."-Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History
"Espionage is the world's second oldest profession."-Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History
"Good tradecraft keeps espionage routine and boring."-Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History
"You can tell a lot about a society by what it fears."-Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History
25. Understanding the Dark Side of Human Nature
By: Daniel Breyer
3.78
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
Hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear about someone committing a violent, reprehensible, even evi… read more
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26. The Celtic World
By: Jennifer Paxton
4.09
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
Following the surge of interest and pride in Celtic identity since the 19th century, much of what w… read more
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27. The Development of European Civilization
By: Kenneth R. Bartlett
4.24
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Great Courses series; 48 lectures {pasted from the Great Courses site} Understanding how Europ… read more
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28. Medical Mysteries Across History
By: Roy Benaroch
4.14
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
In medical school, every patient is a teaching case - and every patient can be your teacher. For hu… read more
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29. America and the World: A Diplomatic History
By: Mark A. Stoler
4.09
Format: None pages, Audio CD
In barely more than two centuries, the United States evolved from a sparsely settled handful of col… read more
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30. Understanding the New Testament
By: David Brakke
3.94
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
The New Testament is a fascinating book - the canonical root of Christian history and theology. Yet… read more
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31. How the Spanish Civil War Became Europe’s Battlefield
By: Pamela Beth Radcliff
3.71
Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio
The Spanish Civil War was a local conflict on the margins of Europe—a short yet bloody series of ba… read more
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