The Rise of Modern Japan
By: Mark J. Ravina
4.05
Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio
Devastated by war, Japan in 1945 faced ruin as a major power. Yet within a quarter century it bounc…
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1. A History of Japan
By: R.H.P. Mason , J.G. Caiger
3.49
Format: 407 pages, Paperback
This is one of the most classic books of Japanese history and still the preeminent work on the hist… read more
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2. A History of the U.S. Economy in the 20th Century
By: Timothy Taylor
3.82
Format: None pages, Audio Cassette
A series of lectures on audio tape about the history of the U.S. Economy from the Teaching Company read more
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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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4. Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
By: Donald Keene
4.02
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Emperor Meiji began his rule, in 1867, Japan was a splintered empire, dominated by the shogun … read more
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5. The Foundations of Eastern Civilization
By: None
3.66
Format: 320 pages,
Over the course of 48 ambitious lectures The Foundations of Eastern Civilization takes you on a gra… read more
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6. Turning Points in Modern History
By: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
4.09
Format: 116 pages, Audio CD
This series contains 24 lectures, each one focusing on a different "turning point" since 1400. read more
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7. Great Minds of the Eastern Intellectual Tradition (Great Courses, #4620)
By: Grant Hardy
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Audio CD
Western philosophy is a vast intellectual tradition, the product of thousands of years of revolutio… read more
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8. The Odyssey of Homer (Great Courses, #302)
By: Elizabeth Vandiver
4.04
Format: None pages,
Keats compared discovering Homer to "finding a new planet." What is it in Homer's great works--and … read more
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9. The Fall and Rise of China (Great Courses, #8370)
By: Richard Baum
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Audio CD
The Fall and Rise of China, taught by China expert and Professor Richard Baum of the University of … read more
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10. The Japanese Mind: Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
By: Roger J. Davies , None
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
In The Japanese Mind, Roger Davies offers Westerners an invaluable key to the unique aspects of Jap… read more
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11. History of Russia: From Peter the Great to Gorbachev (The Great Courses, Course No. 8380)
By: None
3.51
Format: 235 pages, Audio CD
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12. The Horse, the Wheel and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
By: None
3.67
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known … read more
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13. A History of India (The Great Courses #8350)
By: Michael H. Fisher
4.54
Format: 253 pages, Audiobook
Over 5,000 years, India has been home to a rich tapestry of peoples and cultures. Two of the world'… read more
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14. The Story of Human Language
By: None
4.06
Format: 32 pages, Audiobook
"I never met a person who is not interested in language," wrote the bestselling author and psycholo… read more
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15. Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival
By: David Pilling
3.71
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
In Bending Adversity, Financial Times Asiaeditor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, dr… read more
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16. A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun (Brief History of Asia Series)
By: Jonathan Clements
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens… read more
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17. The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.16
Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio
Everything we now know about the universe-from the behavior of quarks to the birth of entire galaxi… read more
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18. Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World
By: Matt Alt
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that ca… read more
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19. The Rise of Communism: From Marx to Lenin
By: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
3.90
Format: 220 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length: 5 hours and 31 minutes How did communism become such a pervasive economic and … read more
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20. The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process
By: Robert Spencer
4.06
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Every negotiated settlement between the State of Israel and its Palestinian adversaries has failed … read more
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21. The Mongol Empire
By: Craig G. Benjamin
3.89
Format: 345 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length 11 hours and 34 minutes The Mongol Empire was the largest empire the world has… read more
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- asia
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22. The Brain-Based Guide to Communicating Better
By: Allison Friederichs
3.66
Format: None pages, Audiobook
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23. 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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24. Understanding Russia: A Cultural History (The Great Courses)
By: Lynne Ann Hartnett
3.90
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
From the earliest recorded history of the Russian state, its people have sought to define their pla… read more
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25. The Rise of Modern Japan
By: Mark J. Ravina
4.05
Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio
Devastated by war, Japan in 1945 faced ruin as a major power. Yet within a quarter century it bounc… read more
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26. 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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27. Survival Mentality: The Psychology of Staying Alive
By: Nancy Zarse
3.81
Format: 91 pages, Audible Audio
Have you ever wondered how you could possible survive a physical assault or imagined what you would… read more
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28. Understanding Imperial China: Dynasties, Life, and Culture
By: Andrew R. Wilson
3.96
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
A knowledge of China's imperial history is vital for any understanding of its present, as modern Ch… read more
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29. The Passions: Philosophy and the Intelligence of Emotions
By: Robert C. Solomon
3.85
Format: 12 pages, Audio Cassette
This 24-lecture course attempts to understand our emotions--how they provide insight and meaning--a… read more
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30. The Middle East in the 20th Century
By: Eamonn Gearon
4.26
Format: None pages, Audiobook
It is impossible to understand our world today without understanding the last 100 years of Middle E… read more
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31. 1964 – The Greatest Year in the History of Japan: How the Tokyo Olympics Symbolized Japan’s Miraculous Rise from the Ashes
By: Roy Tomizawa
3.56
Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition
Japan was a physical and psychological wasteland at the end of World War II. With over 3 million de… read more
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