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…
Want to Read"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 is good."-Patrick N. Allitt, The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
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1. Herodotus: The Father of History
By: Elizabeth Vandiver
4.25
Format: 12 pages, Audio Cassette
Herodotus: The Father of History(24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)Course No. 2353Taught by Elizabeth… read more
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2. Living the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon
By: None , Suzanne M. Desan
4.26
Format: 24 pages, Audible Audio
The 25 years between the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Bourbon Restoration after N… read more
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- history
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- european history
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3. The Vikings
By: Kenneth W. Harl
4.09
Format: None pages, Audio Cassette
Parts one,two, and three. Each part contains six audio cassettes and course guidebook in a clamshel… read more
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4. Classical Mythology
By: Elizabeth Vandiver
4.12
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
These 24 lectures are a vibrant introduction to the primary characters and most important stories o… read more
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- nonfiction
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5. 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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6. World War II: A Military and Social History
By: Thomas Childers
3.30
Format: 208 pages,
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7. The Iliad of Homer (The Great Courses, #301)
By: Elizabeth Vandiver
4.61
Format: 192 pages, Audio CD
When John Keats first read Chapman's translation of the epics of "deep-brow'd Homer," he was so ove… 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. 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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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 History of Ancient Egypt (The Great Courses #350)
By: Bob Brier
0.00
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
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14. An Economic History of the World since 1400
By: None
5.00
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Most of us have a limited understanding of the powerful role economics has played in shaping human … read more
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15. The Epic of Gilgamesh
By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars
3.74
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more
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"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
16. The Early Middle Ages
By: Philip Daileader
4.20
Format: None pages, Audiobook
We often call them the "Dark Ages," he era which spanned the decline and fall of Rome's western emp… read more
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17. The American Revolution (Great Courses, #8514)
By: Allen C. Guelzo
3.70
Format: 368 pages, Audible Audio
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18. The Story Of Medieval England from King Arthur To The Tudor Conquest (Great Courses, #8410)
By: Jennifer Paxton
3.92
Format: 368 pages, Audio CD
The Story of Medieval England: From King Arthur to the Tudor Conquest tells the remarkable story of… read more
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19. 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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20. World War I: The "Great War"
By: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
4.23
Format: None pages, Unbound
18 CDs Running Time: 18hrs 45min read more
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21. 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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22. The Life and Writings of C. S. Lewis (Great Courses, #297)
By: Louis A. Markos
3.73
Format: 112 pages, Audio CD
In these lectures you will cover Lewis's spiritual autobiography and other creative works, as well … read more
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23. Agent 355
By: Marie Benedict
3.73
Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition
A novella A fictional portrayal of a real-life Revolutionary spy and her daring deeds, from the … read more
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24. 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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25. 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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26. 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
27. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
By: Bill Maher
4.27
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more
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28. The Aeneid of Virgil (The Great Courses)
By: Elizabeth Vandiver
4.22
Format: 12 pages, Audio CD
The Aeneid is the great national epic of ancient Rome, and one of the most important works of liter… read more
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29. Charlemagne Father of Europe
By: Philip Daileader
3.76
Format: None pages, Audiobook
In Charlemagne: Father of Europe, you will look back on Charlemagne’s rule and the way his dynasty … read more
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30. History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach
By: Gregory S. Aldrete
3.91
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length: 12 hours and 12 minutes Military history often highlights successes and sugges… read more
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31. Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda
By: Megan Basham
4.37
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
“This may just be the single most important book on modern Evangelicalism in recent years. It is bo… read more
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