Making History: How Great Historians Interpret the Past
By: Allen C. Guelzo
3.68
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
Length: 12 hours 15mins History is not truth. While it forms the backbone of our knowledge abou…
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1. Europe: A History
By: Norman Davies
4.20
Format: 1392 pages, Paperback
From the Ice Age to the Cold War, from Reykjavik to the Volga, from Minos to Margaret Thatcher, Nor… read more
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"Reconstructing the past is rather like translating poetry. It can be done, but never exactly."-Norman Davies, Europe: A History
"An ambassador’, quipped Sir Henry Wootton, ‘is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country."-Norman Davies, Europe: A History
"The formula Muscovy + Ukraine = Russia does not feature in the Russians’ own version of their history; but it is fundamental."-Norman Davies, Europe: A History
"For more than five hundred years the cardinal problem in defining Europe has centred on the inclusion or exclusion of Russia."-Norman Davies, Europe: A History
2. What I Believe
By: Bertrand Russell
3.99
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Along with Why I Am Not a Christian, this essay must rank as the most articulate example of Russell… read more
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- philosophy
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3. From Yao to Mao: 5000 Years of Chinese History (Great Courses, #8320)
By: Kenneth J. Hammond
4.49
Format: None pages,
In a world growing increasingly smaller, China still seems a faraway and exotic land, with secrets … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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4. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
By: Herbert P. Bix
3.52
Format: None pages, Paperback
Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeIn this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herb… read more
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- nonfiction
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5. 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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- 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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7. Great Mythologies of the World
By: Kathryn McClymond , Grant L. Voth , Julius H. Bailey , None
3.90
Format: 448 pages, Audible Audio
The deep-seated origins and wide-reaching lessons of ancient myths built the foundation for our mod… read more
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- audiobook
8. The History of Ancient Egypt (The Great Courses #350)
By: Bob Brier
0.00
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
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9. Becoming Fluent: How Cognitive Science Can Help Adults Learn a Foreign Language
By: Richard M. Roberts , None
2.00
Format: 161 pages, Hardcover
Adults who want to learn a foreign language are often discouraged because they believe they cannot … read more
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10. Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
By: None , None
4.43
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without questi… read more
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11. Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
By: Noam Chomsky , None , None
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
The best of Chomsky's recent talks on the past, present, and future of the politics of power. In a … read more
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12. Rome And The Barbarians: Parts I, II, & III VHS and Books
By: Kenneth W. Harl
3.89
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
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13. Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction
By: Adam J. Silverstein
4.11
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
Does history matter? This book argues not that history matters, but that Islamic history does. This… read more
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14. A History of Hitler's Empire (The Great Courses, #805)
By: Thomas Childers
3.71
Format: 76 pages,
Know thy enemy. That's what the wisdom of history teaches us. And Adolf Hitler was surely the great… read more
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15. Utopia and Terror in the 20th Century (Great Courses, #8313)
By: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
3.21
Format: 192 pages,
Lecture series read more
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16. Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol
By: Iain Gately
3.33
Format: 153 pages, Hardcover
A spirited look at the history of alcohol from the dawn of civilization to the twenty first century… read more
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17. Migraine; Inside a World of Invisible Pain
By: Maria Konnikova
3.78
Format: None pages, Audiobook
New York Times best-seller (The Biggest Buff, The Confidence Game, Mastermind) and New Yorker write… read more
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18. 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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19. Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet
By: John McWhorter
3.99
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
The ubiquity of the written word in our everyday lives can make it easy to forget how recent the de… read more
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- history
- audiobook
20. The History of Spain: Land on a Crossroad
By: Joyce E. Salisbury
4.08
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
12 hours 4 mins Spain has played a unique and essential role in Western civilization. To underst… read more
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21. Why Evil Exists
By: Charles T. Mathewes
4.09
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Presents historical, religious and philosophical explanations for the existence of evil. read more
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- nonfiction
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- audiobook
22. The History of Magic: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present
By: Chris Gosden
3.64
Format: 492 pages, Kindle Edition
Three great strands of practice and belief run through human history: science, religion and magic. … read more
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23. War, Peace, And Power: Diplomatic History Of Europe, 1500 - 2000
By: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
4.07
Format: 18 pages, Audio CD
(36 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Course No. 8820 read more
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24. Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
By: David Christian
4.09
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
** A 2018 GoodReads Choice Award Nominee in the History & Biography category** A captivating his… read more
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- world history
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"Деякі види настільки зневажають мозок, що ставляться до нього, як до одноразової розкоші. В одного виду морських слимаків замолоду є якийсь невеликий мозок. Вони користуються ним, поки плавають по мо…"-David Christian, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
"In the past two hundred years, human numbers grew to over seven billion, and our species began to transform the oceans, the land, and the air. Human-built roads, canals, and railways snaked across th…"-David Christian, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
25. 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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26. Making History: How Great Historians Interpret the Past
By: Allen C. Guelzo
3.68
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
Length: 12 hours 15mins History is not truth. While it forms the backbone of our knowledge abou… read more
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27. Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation
By: Mark W. Muesse
4.05
Format: None pages, Audio CD
No ISBN assigned to this edition What is meditation? For thousands of years, human beings have p… read more
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"If you see a weed, pluck it."-Mark W. Muesse, Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation
"Aversion is an unwise strategy for living."-Mark W. Muesse, Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation
"The only thing that doesn't change is change itself."-Mark W. Muesse, Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation
28. Creation Stories of the Ancient World
By: Joseph Lam
3.90
Format: 5 pages, Audiobook
Length: 4 hours and 57 minutes Creation stories, found within many ancient cultures, are traditi… read more
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29. 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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30. The Science of Mindfulness: A Research-Based Path to Well-Being
By: Ronald D. Siegel
4.24
Format: 6 pages, Audio CD
Have you ever noticed that trying to calm down before a high-stakes event often just produces more … read more
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31. The War for the Seas: A Maritime History of World War II
By: Evan Mawdsley
4.24
Format: 557 pages, Hardcover
Command of the oceans was crucial to winning World War II. By the start of 1942 Nazi Germany had co… read more
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