16 best-selling history books like The Secret World of Espionage by The Great Courses

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The Secret World of Espionage

By: The Great Courses

3.51

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

The world of espionage is shrouded in mystery—even to those in it—but so much of what we think we k…

If you liked the history plot in The Secret World of Espionage by The Great Courses , here is a list of 16 books like this:

1. Great Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Great Courses, #3588)

By: Bob Brier

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Audio CD

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2. Utopia and Terror in the 20th Century (Great Courses, #8313)

By: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius

3.21

Format: 192 pages,

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3. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. The Hidden History of the Boston Tea Party

By: Adam Jortner

3.91

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

The history of the Boston Tea Party is a hidden one. Why? Since it was a clandestine operation, all… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. C.S. Lewis: Writer, Scholar, Seeker

By: Sorina Higgins

3.54

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Although his career is much richer and more varied than a single series of tales for children, Cliv… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Culture of Knighthood in Medieval Romance

By: Larissa Tracy

3.63

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

See the word "knight " and you’ll likely think of gallant men facing off on the field of battle, or… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Real History of Dracula

By: Sara Cleto

3.94

Format: None pages, Audiobook

There are few fictional characters who have entrenched themselves so thoroughly in the popular imag… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. A History of Video Games

By: Jeremy Parish

3.67

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Since their arrival in the mid-20th century, video games have become a sprawling, multi-billion dol… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. 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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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories: What We Should and Shouldn't Believe - and Why

By: Michael Shermer

3.81

Format: 7 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 6 hours and 30 minutes The stuff of conspiracy theories makes for great, enter… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

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13. Feminism in the 1990s

By: Jennifer Baumgardner

3.64

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Feminism in the 1990s was a movement unique to its time but also deeply connected to earlier moveme… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. The History of Sugar

By: Kelley Deetz

3.63

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Call it dextrose, fructose, maltose, or sucrose. Have it powdered or granulated, by the teaspoon or… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Secret World of Espionage

By: The Great Courses

3.51

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

The world of espionage is shrouded in mystery—even to those in it—but so much of what we think we k… read more

Similar categories in The Great Courses's The Secret World of Espionage book and The Great Courses's The Secret World of Espionage

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Sherlock Holmes: Beyond the Elementary

By: James Krasner

3.95

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Every hero works to soothe the fears of the people during their period in history. Heroes are not o… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Middle Ages Around the World

By: Joyce E. Salisbury

4.12

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

12 hours and 15 minutes The Middle Ages was a time of major historical shifts and transformation… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Identity in the age of ancestral DNA

By: Anita Foeman

3.60

Format: 100 pages, Audiobook

None read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. Serial Killers: Real and Imagined (The Great Courses)

By: Emily Zarka

3.41

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Monster stories aren’t just meant to entertain. They’re meant to inform, even educate. Above all, t… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Falling in Love with Romance Movies

By: Eric R. Williams

3.74

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 4 hours and 41 minutes Why have viewers always had a love affair with romance … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

18 Top audiobook books like The Secret World of Espionage by The Great Courses

Transform Your Habits

The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries

Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Hidden History of the Boston Tea Party

Adam Jortner

3.91

Transform Your Habits

The Rise of Communism: From Marx to Lenin

Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius

3.90

Transform Your Habits

C.S. Lewis: Writer, Scholar, Seeker

Sorina Higgins

3.54

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28 best-selling audiobook books like Medical Mysteries Across History by Roy Benaroch

Transform Your Habits

Language A to Z

None , John McWhorter

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Black Death: The World's Most Devastating Plague

Dorsey Armstrong

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases

Cory Franklin

3.57

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The Secret History of Christmas

Bill Bryson

3.84

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