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Narrated by Joseph TablerNote: This book is “read as written.” It was published in 1907 and is in the public domain. Publisher’s Preface to the Series: The “Special Campaign” Series deals with the history of war in its technical aspect, and the text of each volume is interspersed with strategical and tactical comments … subsequent volumes will deal with those campaigns of the nineteenth century that present features of exceptional military interest. It is hoped that this series will not only be useful for examination purposes but may form the nucleus of an interesting library for military students.Colonel Harold Charmichael Wylly (1858–1932) served in the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882, the Sikkim Expedition in 1888, the Tirah Campaign from 1897–98, and in the Second Boer War. Other works include The Military Memoirs of Lieut.-General Sir Joseph Thackwell (1908) and From the Black Mountain to Waziristan (1912). From the Author’s Preface:The campaign of 1859 in Northern Italy was one of the first of the epoch-making, rapidly conducted wars that marked the latter half of the nineteenth century. It was, moreover, as has been pointed out by the author of Imperial Strategy, the “first war in Europe which conveyed some preliminary indication of what railways can accomplish.” Author’s PrefaceI. Preparations for WarII. The Austrian Advance to the SesiaIII. Action at MontebelloIV. The Flank March by the Allies and the Fighting at PalestroV. The Austrians Recross the Ticino and the French Occupy RobecchettoVI. The Battle of MagentaVII. The Action at MelegnanoVIII. Movements of the Vth French Corps - Action at Castenedolo - Austrians Retreat Behind the MincioIX. The Battle of SolferinoX. The Peace of Villafranca Dusty Tomes Audio Books are public domain books retrieved from the ravages of time. Available as never before, as audio books, for your edification, pleasure, and consideration. Please excuse the dust. Colonel H. C. Wylly Tue, 28 Mar 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669882 thebookvoice.com 6:27:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669882]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Campaign of Magenta and Solferino, 1859 Series: #4 of The Special Campaign Series Author: Colonel H. C. Wylly Narrator: Joseph Tabler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms The Campaign of Magenta and Solferino, 1859 by Colonel H. C. Wylly, CB. Late of the Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire Regiment. Special Campaign Series No. 4 published by Swan Sonnenschein, 1907. Narrated by Joseph TablerNote: This book is “read as written.” It was published in 1907 and is in the public domain. Publisher’s Preface to the Series: The “Special Campaign” Series deals with the history of war in its technical aspect, and the text of each volume is interspersed with strategical and tactical comments … subsequent volumes will deal with those campaigns of the nineteenth century that present features of exceptional military interest. It is hoped that this series will not only be useful for examination purposes but may form the nucleus of an interesting library for military students.Colonel Harold Charmichael Wylly (1858–1932) served in the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882, the Sikkim Expedition in 1888, the Tirah Campaign from 1897–98, and in the Second Boer War. Other works include The Military Memoirs of Lieut.-General Sir Joseph Thackwell (1908) and From the Black Mountain to Waziristan (1912). From the Author’s Preface:The campaign of 1859 in Northern Italy was one of the first of the epoch-making, rapidly conducted wars that marked the latter half of the nineteenth century. It was, moreover, as has been pointed out by the author of Imperial Strategy, the “first war in Europe which conveyed some preliminary indication of what railways can accomplish.” Author’s PrefaceI. Preparations for WarII. The Austrian Advance to the SesiaIII. Action at MontebelloIV. The Flank March by the Allies and the Fighting at PalestroV. The Austrians Recross the Ticino and the French Occupy RobecchettoVI. The Battle of MagentaVII. The Action at MelegnanoVIII. Movements of the Vth French Corps - Action at Castenedolo - Austrians Retreat Behind the MincioIX. The Battle of SolferinoX. The Peace of Villafranca Dusty Tomes Audio Books are public domain books retrieved from the ravages of time. Available as never before, as audio books, for your edification, pleasure, and consideration. Please excuse the dust. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669882]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Campaign of Magenta and Solferino, 1859 Series: #4 of The Special Campaign Series Author: Colonel H. C. Wylly Narrator: Joseph Tabler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms The Campaign of Magenta and Solferino, 1859 by Colonel H. C. Wylly, CB. Late of the Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire Regiment. Special Campaign Series No. 4 published by Swan Sonnenschein, 1907. Narrated by Joseph TablerNote: This book is “read as written.” It was published in 1907 and is in the public domain. Publisher’s Preface to the Series: The “Special Campaign” Series deals with the history of war in its technical aspect, and the text of each volume is interspersed with strategical and tactical comments … subsequent volumes will deal with those campaigns of the nineteenth century that present features of exceptional military interest. It is hoped that this series will not only be useful for examination purposes but may form the nucleus of an interesting library for military students.Colonel Harold Charmichael Wylly (1858–1932) served in the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882, the Sikkim Expedition in 1888, the Tirah Campaign from 1897–98, and in the Second Boer War. Other works include The Military Memoirs of Lieut.-General Sir Joseph Thackwell (1908) and From the Black Mountain to Waziristan (1912). From the Author’s Preface:The campaign of 1859 in Northern Italy was one of the first of the epoch-making, rapidly conducted wars that marked the latter half of the nineteenth century. It was, moreover, as has been pointed out by the author of Imperial Strategy, the “first war in Europe which conveyed some preliminary indication of what railways can accomplish.” Author’s PrefaceI. Preparations for WarII. The Austrian Advance to the SesiaIII. Action at MontebelloIV. The Flank March by the Allies and the Fighting at PalestroV. The Austrians Recross the Ticino and the French Occupy RobecchettoVI. The Battle of MagentaVII. The Action at MelegnanoVIII. Movements of the Vth French Corps - Action at Castenedolo - Austrians Retreat Behind the MincioIX. The Battle of SolferinoX. The Peace of Villafranca Dusty Tomes Audio Books are public domain books retrieved from the ravages of time. Available as never before, as audio books, for your edification, pleasure, and consideration. Please excuse the dust. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669747 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669747]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Age of Emergency: Living with Violence at the End of the British Empire Author: Erik Linstrum Narrator: Mike Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: When uprisings against colonial rule broke out across the world after 1945, Britain responded with overwhelming and brutal force. Although this period has conventionally been dubbed 'postwar,' it was punctuated by a succession of hard-fought, long-running conflicts that were geographically diffuse, morally ambiguous, and impervious to neat endings or declarations of victory. Age of Emergency traces facts and feelings about violence as torture, summary executions, collective punishments, and other ruthless methods were employed in 'states of emergency.' It examines how Britons at home learned to live with colonial warfare by examining activist campaigns, soldiers' letters, missionary networks, newspaper stories, television dramas, sermons, novels, and plays. Some contemporaries cast doubt on facts about violence. Still others aestheticized violence by celebrating visions of racial struggle or dramatizing the grim fatalism of dirty wars. Through their voices, Erik Linstrum narrates what violence looked, heard, and felt like as an empire ended, a history with unsettling echoes in our own time. Vividly analyzing how far-off atrocities became domestic problems, Age of Emergency shows that the compromising entanglements of war extended far beyond the conflict zones of empire. Erik Linstrum Tue, 25 Apr 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669747 thebookvoice.com 8:32:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669747]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Age of Emergency: Living with Violence at the End of the British Empire Author: Erik Linstrum Narrator: Mike Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: When uprisings against colonial rule broke out across the world after 1945, Britain responded with overwhelming and brutal force. Although this period has conventionally been dubbed 'postwar,' it was punctuated by a succession of hard-fought, long-running conflicts that were geographically diffuse, morally ambiguous, and impervious to neat endings or declarations of victory. Age of Emergency traces facts and feelings about violence as torture, summary executions, collective punishments, and other ruthless methods were employed in 'states of emergency.' It examines how Britons at home learned to live with colonial warfare by examining activist campaigns, soldiers' letters, missionary networks, newspaper stories, television dramas, sermons, novels, and plays. Some contemporaries cast doubt on facts about violence. Still others aestheticized violence by celebrating visions of racial struggle or dramatizing the grim fatalism of dirty wars. Through their voices, Erik Linstrum narrates what violence looked, heard, and felt like as an empire ended, a history with unsettling echoes in our own time. Vividly analyzing how far-off atrocities became domestic problems, Age of Emergency shows that the compromising entanglements of war extended far beyond the conflict zones of empire. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669747]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Age of Emergency: Living with Violence at the End of the British Empire Author: Erik Linstrum Narrator: Mike Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: When uprisings against colonial rule broke out across the world after 1945, Britain responded with overwhelming and brutal force. Although this period has conventionally been dubbed 'postwar,' it was punctuated by a succession of hard-fought, long-running conflicts that were geographically diffuse, morally ambiguous, and impervious to neat endings or declarations of victory. Age of Emergency traces facts and feelings about violence as torture, summary executions, collective punishments, and other ruthless methods were employed in 'states of emergency.' It examines how Britons at home learned to live with colonial warfare by examining activist campaigns, soldiers' letters, missionary networks, newspaper stories, television dramas, sermons, novels, and plays. Some contemporaries cast doubt on facts about violence. Still others aestheticized violence by celebrating visions of racial struggle or dramatizing the grim fatalism of dirty wars. Through their voices, Erik Linstrum narrates what violence looked, heard, and felt like as an empire ended, a history with unsettling echoes in our own time. Vividly analyzing how far-off atrocities became domestic problems, Age of Emergency shows that the compromising entanglements of war extended far beyond the conflict zones of empire. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669735 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669735]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day Author: Bart Van Loo Narrator: Nigel Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 15, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: At the end of the fifteenth century, Burgundy was extinguished as an independent state. It had been a fabulously wealthy, turbulent region situated between France and Germany, with close links to the English kingdom. Torn apart by the dynastic struggles of early modern Europe, this extraordinary realm vanished from the map. But it became the cradle of what we now know as the Low Countries, modern Belgium and the Netherlands. This is the story of a thousand years, a must-listen narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury, and madness. It is about the decline of knightly ideals and the awakening of individualism and of cities, the struggle for dominance in the heart of northern Europe, bloody military campaigns, and fatally bad marriages. It is also a remarkable cultural history, of great art and architecture and music emerging despite the violence and the chaos of the tension between rival dynasties. Bart Van Loo Tue, 15 Aug 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669735 thebookvoice.com 21:12:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669735]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day Author: Bart Van Loo Narrator: Nigel Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 15, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: At the end of the fifteenth century, Burgundy was extinguished as an independent state. It had been a fabulously wealthy, turbulent region situated between France and Germany, with close links to the English kingdom. Torn apart by the dynastic struggles of early modern Europe, this extraordinary realm vanished from the map. But it became the cradle of what we now know as the Low Countries, modern Belgium and the Netherlands. This is the story of a thousand years, a must-listen narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury, and madness. It is about the decline of knightly ideals and the awakening of individualism and of cities, the struggle for dominance in the heart of northern Europe, bloody military campaigns, and fatally bad marriages. It is also a remarkable cultural history, of great art and architecture and music emerging despite the violence and the chaos of the tension between rival dynasties. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669735]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day Author: Bart Van Loo Narrator: Nigel Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 15, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: At the end of the fifteenth century, Burgundy was extinguished as an independent state. It had been a fabulously wealthy, turbulent region situated between France and Germany, with close links to the English kingdom. Torn apart by the dynastic struggles of early modern Europe, this extraordinary realm vanished from the map. But it became the cradle of what we now know as the Low Countries, modern Belgium and the Netherlands. This is the story of a thousand years, a must-listen narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury, and madness. It is about the decline of knightly ideals and the awakening of individualism and of cities, the struggle for dominance in the heart of northern Europe, bloody military campaigns, and fatally bad marriages. It is also a remarkable cultural history, of great art and architecture and music emerging despite the violence and the chaos of the tension between rival dynasties. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669298 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669298]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: War and Punishment: Putin, Zelensky, and the Path to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Author: Mikhail Zygar Narrator: Richard Attlee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 47 minutes Release date: July 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023 From “one of Russia’s smartest and best-sourced young journalists” (The New York Times)—the first work by a Russian author to reveal his country’s history of oppressing Ukraine, providing an unprecedented overview of the war for Ukrainian independence that affects us all. As soon as the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, prominent independent Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar circulated a Facebook petition signed first by hundreds of his cultural and journalistic contacts and then by thousands of others. That act led to a new law in Russia criminalizing criticism of the war, and Zygar fled Russia. In his time as a journalist, Zygar has interviewed President Zelensky and had access to many of the major players—from politicians to oligarchs. As an expert on Putin’s moods and behavior, he has spent years studying the Kremlin’s plan regarding Ukraine, and here, in clear, chronological order he explains how we got here. In 1996 to 2004, Ukraine became an independent post-Soviet country where everyone was connected to the former empire at all levels, financially, culturally, psychologically. However, the elite anticipated that the empire would be back and punish them. From 2004 to 2018, there were many states inside one state, each with its own rulers/oligarchs and its own interests—some of them directly connected with Russia. In 2018, a new generation of Ukrainians arrive, and having grown in an independent country, they do not consider themselves to be part of Russia—and that was the moment when the war began, as Putin could not tolerate losing Ukraine forever. Authoritative, timely, and vitally important, this is an unique overview of the war that continues to threaten the future of the entire world as we know it. Mikhail Zygar Tue, 25 Jul 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669298 thebookvoice.com 15:47:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669298]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: War and Punishment: Putin, Zelensky, and the Path to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Author: Mikhail Zygar Narrator: Richard Attlee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 47 minutes Release date: July 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023 From “one of Russia’s smartest and best-sourced young journalists” (The New York Times)—the first work by a Russian author to reveal his country’s history of oppressing Ukraine, providing an unprecedented overview of the war for Ukrainian independence that affects us all. As soon as the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, prominent independent Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar circulated a Facebook petition signed first by hundreds of his cultural and journalistic contacts and then by thousands of others. That act led to a new law in Russia criminalizing criticism of the war, and Zygar fled Russia. In his time as a journalist, Zygar has interviewed President Zelensky and had access to many of the major players—from politicians to oligarchs. As an expert on Putin’s moods and behavior, he has spent years studying the Kremlin’s plan regarding Ukraine, and here, in clear, chronological order he explains how we got here. In 1996 to 2004, Ukraine became an independent post-Soviet country where everyone was connected to the former empire at all levels, financially, culturally, psychologically. However, the elite anticipated that the empire would be back and punish them. From 2004 to 2018, there were many states inside one state, each with its own rulers/oligarchs and its own interests—some of them directly connected with Russia. In 2018, a new generation of Ukrainians arrive, and having grown in an independent country, they do not consider themselves to be part of Russia—and that was the moment when the war began, as Putin could not tolerate losing Ukraine forever. Authoritative, timely, and vitally important, this is an unique overview of the war that continues to threaten the future of the entire world as we know it. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669298]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: War and Punishment: Putin, Zelensky, and the Path to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Author: Mikhail Zygar Narrator: Richard Attlee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 47 minutes Release date: July 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023 From “one of Russia’s smartest and best-sourced young journalists” (The New York Times)—the first work by a Russian author to reveal his country’s history of oppressing Ukraine, providing an unprecedented overview of the war for Ukrainian independence that affects us all. As soon as the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, prominent independent Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar circulated a Facebook petition signed first by hundreds of his cultural and journalistic contacts and then by thousands of others. That act led to a new law in Russia criminalizing criticism of the war, and Zygar fled Russia. In his time as a journalist, Zygar has interviewed President Zelensky and had access to many of the major players—from politicians to oligarchs. As an expert on Putin’s moods and behavior, he has spent years studying the Kremlin’s plan regarding Ukraine, and here, in clear, chronological order he explains how we got here. In 1996 to 2004, Ukraine became an independent post-Soviet country where everyone was connected to the former empire at all levels, financially, culturally, psychologically. However, the elite anticipated that the empire would be back and punish them. From 2004 to 2018, there were many states inside one state, each with its own rulers/oligarchs and its own interests—some of them directly connected with Russia. In 2018, a new generation of Ukrainians arrive, and having grown in an independent country, they do not consider themselves to be part of Russia—and that was the moment when the war began, as Putin could not tolerate losing Ukraine forever. Authoritative, timely, and vitally important, this is an unique overview of the war that continues to threaten the future of the entire world as we know it. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669072 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669072]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Learn German - Simply Through Music - the Radio Play: Learn German Through Music. Series: #1 of Learn German Author: Rico Saage Narrator: Rico Saage Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 22, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Learning new languages can be this easy! Learn German through music. Wondering exactly how this is going to work? Use our German learning radio to play catchy music! With the help of six dialogues featuring our likeable main characters, Alex and Robin, you will quickly start learning the new language. Follow the stories of our two likeable characters and learn basic German vocabulary in six accompanying vocabulary lessons, recorded by native speakers from Germany. The various listening and speaking exercises, always accompanied by melodic guitar music, will make it easy for you to memorise the new words. The special highlight of this audio course is the catchy songs sung by native speakers. With these catchy tunes, you will learn the new language even easier and quicker and will soon be able to sing along! The script accompanying the audiobook helps you get a feel for the spelling and will take your learning success to a new level. In the script for the language course, you can also follow Robin and Alex's romantic encounter in a comic story. Are you already dreaming of a holiday in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, or Leipzig? With this intensive German course, nothing will stand in the way of your trip! simply through music The language course is for beginners and advanced learners. Rico Saage Wed, 22 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669072 thebookvoice.com 8:43:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669072]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Learn German - Simply Through Music - the Radio Play: Learn German Through Music. Series: #1 of Learn German Author: Rico Saage Narrator: Rico Saage Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 22, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Learning new languages can be this easy! Learn German through music. Wondering exactly how this is going to work? Use our German learning radio to play catchy music! With the help of six dialogues featuring our likeable main characters, Alex and Robin, you will quickly start learning the new language. Follow the stories of our two likeable characters and learn basic German vocabulary in six accompanying vocabulary lessons, recorded by native speakers from Germany. The various listening and speaking exercises, always accompanied by melodic guitar music, will make it easy for you to memorise the new words. The special highlight of this audio course is the catchy songs sung by native speakers. With these catchy tunes, you will learn the new language even easier and quicker and will soon be able to sing along! The script accompanying the audiobook helps you get a feel for the spelling and will take your learning success to a new level. In the script for the language course, you can also follow Robin and Alex's romantic encounter in a comic story. Are you already dreaming of a holiday in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, or Leipzig? With this intensive German course, nothing will stand in the way of your trip! simply through music The language course is for beginners and advanced learners. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669072]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Learn German - Simply Through Music - the Radio Play: Learn German Through Music. Series: #1 of Learn German Author: Rico Saage Narrator: Rico Saage Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 22, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Learning new languages can be this easy! Learn German through music. Wondering exactly how this is going to work? Use our German learning radio to play catchy music! With the help of six dialogues featuring our likeable main characters, Alex and Robin, you will quickly start learning the new language. Follow the stories of our two likeable characters and learn basic German vocabulary in six accompanying vocabulary lessons, recorded by native speakers from Germany. The various listening and speaking exercises, always accompanied by melodic guitar music, will make it easy for you to memorise the new words. The special highlight of this audio course is the catchy songs sung by native speakers. With these catchy tunes, you will learn the new language even easier and quicker and will soon be able to sing along! The script accompanying the audiobook helps you get a feel for the spelling and will take your learning success to a new level. In the script for the language course, you can also follow Robin and Alex's romantic encounter in a comic story. Are you already dreaming of a holiday in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, or Leipzig? With this intensive German course, nothing will stand in the way of your trip! simply through music The language course is for beginners and advanced learners. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668965 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668965]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hitler Bloodline: Uncovering the Fuhrer’s Secret Family Author: David Gardner Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The astounding story of the quest to find the living descendants of the most monstrous tyrant in history - Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was one of six children born to his mother, and one of eight born to his father from two of his three marriages. Alois Hitler, né Schicklgruber, was an official of the Austrian customs service, and the combination of an imperial uniform and a severe drinking habit seems to have ensured that Hitler's father was a drunken bully given to beating his children if they were not instantly obedient. Alois had two children, Alois junior and Angela, by his second wife, and six by his third, Hitler's mother Clara, of whom four, all boys, died at birth or in infancy. Young Adolf was therefore left with a half-brother, Alois, and half-sister, Angela, and a full sister, Paula, who died in 1960. When Hitler killed himself in April 1945, all his siblings were still living and some had children of their own. So, what happened to them? The answer is that no one was really certain until David Gardner published this book in 2001, having patiently and steadfastly tracked down Hitler's living relations to the USA, and made contact with some of them. Now revised and updated, this is a fascinating study of a little-known side of Hitler's history, as well as a riveting account of how the author traced and contacted the survivors of a bloodline that most of the world probably hoped had become extinct. David Gardner Thu, 17 Aug 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668965 thebookvoice.com 8:17:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668965]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hitler Bloodline: Uncovering the Fuhrer’s Secret Family Author: David Gardner Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The astounding story of the quest to find the living descendants of the most monstrous tyrant in history - Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was one of six children born to his mother, and one of eight born to his father from two of his three marriages. Alois Hitler, né Schicklgruber, was an official of the Austrian customs service, and the combination of an imperial uniform and a severe drinking habit seems to have ensured that Hitler's father was a drunken bully given to beating his children if they were not instantly obedient. Alois had two children, Alois junior and Angela, by his second wife, and six by his third, Hitler's mother Clara, of whom four, all boys, died at birth or in infancy. Young Adolf was therefore left with a half-brother, Alois, and half-sister, Angela, and a full sister, Paula, who died in 1960. When Hitler killed himself in April 1945, all his siblings were still living and some had children of their own. So, what happened to them? The answer is that no one was really certain until David Gardner published this book in 2001, having patiently and steadfastly tracked down Hitler's living relations to the USA, and made contact with some of them. Now revised and updated, this is a fascinating study of a little-known side of Hitler's history, as well as a riveting account of how the author traced and contacted the survivors of a bloodline that most of the world probably hoped had become extinct. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668965]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hitler Bloodline: Uncovering the Fuhrer’s Secret Family Author: David Gardner Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The astounding story of the quest to find the living descendants of the most monstrous tyrant in history - Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was one of six children born to his mother, and one of eight born to his father from two of his three marriages. Alois Hitler, né Schicklgruber, was an official of the Austrian customs service, and the combination of an imperial uniform and a severe drinking habit seems to have ensured that Hitler's father was a drunken bully given to beating his children if they were not instantly obedient. Alois had two children, Alois junior and Angela, by his second wife, and six by his third, Hitler's mother Clara, of whom four, all boys, died at birth or in infancy. Young Adolf was therefore left with a half-brother, Alois, and half-sister, Angela, and a full sister, Paula, who died in 1960. When Hitler killed himself in April 1945, all his siblings were still living and some had children of their own. So, what happened to them? The answer is that no one was really certain until David Gardner published this book in 2001, having patiently and steadfastly tracked down Hitler's living relations to the USA, and made contact with some of them. Now revised and updated, this is a fascinating study of a little-known side of Hitler's history, as well as a riveting account of how the author traced and contacted the survivors of a bloodline that most of the world probably hoped had become extinct. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668963 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668963]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Train Robber: My Autobiography: The Inside Story of Britain's Most Notorious Heist Author: Chris Pickard Narrator: Nick Reynolds Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 49 minutes Release date: July 6, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: What is it that fascinates so many people about Ronnie Biggs and makes him a household name sixty years on from the crime that made his name? Is it the man or the myth that makes Ron a latter-day Robin Hood, and the odd man out who is best remembered from a gang of sixteen who held up a mail train in August 1963? This book covers Ron's entire life including the Great Train Robbery, his conviction and subsequent escape from HMP Wandsworth. Ron tells how he managed to outrun and outthink the posse of law enforcement officers and the media that chased him around the world as one of its most wanted men. From his time in Australia, to his discovery and arrest in Brazil in 1974, it is all included here. It covers the two attempts to kidnap him, and his son Mike's rise to stardom. For the first time Ron tells exactly what has happened to him since the early 1990s to today, including his strokes, his attempted suicide, the death of his partner and friends, the extradition attempts, the Rio carnival tribute, his decision to come back to the UK, and his much publicised return in 2001 after 13,068 days on the run. It also covers his death in 2013 and the legacy he leaves behind. This is not only Ronald Biggs' autobiography; it is also the most complete biography of one of the most famous names in British life of the last 50 years. A brand new 10,000-word timeline covers not only the life and times of Ronald Biggs, but includes the most detailed timeline and facts ever published about the events surrounding the Great Train Robbery itself. This book will stand the test of time as the most complete telling of the life and times of the man who is Ronald Arthur Biggs, and his part in the Great Train Robbery. Chris Pickard Thu, 06 Jul 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668963 thebookvoice.com 11:49:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668963]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Train Robber: My Autobiography: The Inside Story of Britain's Most Notorious Heist Author: Chris Pickard Narrator: Nick Reynolds Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 49 minutes Release date: July 6, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: What is it that fascinates so many people about Ronnie Biggs and makes him a household name sixty years on from the crime that made his name? Is it the man or the myth that makes Ron a latter-day Robin Hood, and the odd man out who is best remembered from a gang of sixteen who held up a mail train in August 1963? This book covers Ron's entire life including the Great Train Robbery, his conviction and subsequent escape from HMP Wandsworth. Ron tells how he managed to outrun and outthink the posse of law enforcement officers and the media that chased him around the world as one of its most wanted men. From his time in Australia, to his discovery and arrest in Brazil in 1974, it is all included here. It covers the two attempts to kidnap him, and his son Mike's rise to stardom. For the first time Ron tells exactly what has happened to him since the early 1990s to today, including his strokes, his attempted suicide, the death of his partner and friends, the extradition attempts, the Rio carnival tribute, his decision to come back to the UK, and his much publicised return in 2001 after 13,068 days on the run. It also covers his death in 2013 and the legacy he leaves behind. This is not only Ronald Biggs' autobiography; it is also the most complete biography of one of the most famous names in British life of the last 50 years. A brand new 10,000-word timeline covers not only the life and times of Ronald Biggs, but includes the most detailed timeline and facts ever published about the events surrounding the Great Train Robbery itself. This book will stand the test of time as the most complete telling of the life and times of the man who is Ronald Arthur Biggs, and his part in the Great Train Robbery. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668963]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Train Robber: My Autobiography: The Inside Story of Britain's Most Notorious Heist Author: Chris Pickard Narrator: Nick Reynolds Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 49 minutes Release date: July 6, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: What is it that fascinates so many people about Ronnie Biggs and makes him a household name sixty years on from the crime that made his name? Is it the man or the myth that makes Ron a latter-day Robin Hood, and the odd man out who is best remembered from a gang of sixteen who held up a mail train in August 1963? This book covers Ron's entire life including the Great Train Robbery, his conviction and subsequent escape from HMP Wandsworth. Ron tells how he managed to outrun and outthink the posse of law enforcement officers and the media that chased him around the world as one of its most wanted men. From his time in Australia, to his discovery and arrest in Brazil in 1974, it is all included here. It covers the two attempts to kidnap him, and his son Mike's rise to stardom. For the first time Ron tells exactly what has happened to him since the early 1990s to today, including his strokes, his attempted suicide, the death of his partner and friends, the extradition attempts, the Rio carnival tribute, his decision to come back to the UK, and his much publicised return in 2001 after 13,068 days on the run. It also covers his death in 2013 and the legacy he leaves behind. This is not only Ronald Biggs' autobiography; it is also the most complete biography of one of the most famous names in British life of the last 50 years. A brand new 10,000-word timeline covers not only the life and times of Ronald Biggs, but includes the most detailed timeline and facts ever published about the events surrounding the Great Train Robbery itself. This book will stand the test of time as the most complete telling of the life and times of the man who is Ronald Arthur Biggs, and his part in the Great Train Robbery. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668018 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668018]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: History of Britain and Ireland: The Definitive Guide Author: Dk Narrator: Elliot Fitzpatrick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Discover the pivotal political, military, and cultural events that shaped British and Irish history, from Stone Age Britain to the present day, in this revised and updated book. The History of Britain and Ireland is an invaluable resource for families, students, and anyone seeking to learn more about the fascinating story of the England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Spanning six distinct periods of British and Irish history, this book is the best way to find out how Britain transformed with the Norman rule, fought two world wars in the 20th century, and faced new economic challenges in the 21st century. © 2019 DK © 2023 DK Audio Dk Thu, 04 May 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668018 thebookvoice.com 16:18:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668018]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: History of Britain and Ireland: The Definitive Guide Author: Dk Narrator: Elliot Fitzpatrick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Discover the pivotal political, military, and cultural events that shaped British and Irish history, from Stone Age Britain to the present day, in this revised and updated book. The History of Britain and Ireland is an invaluable resource for families, students, and anyone seeking to learn more about the fascinating story of the England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Spanning six distinct periods of British and Irish history, this book is the best way to find out how Britain transformed with the Norman rule, fought two world wars in the 20th century, and faced new economic challenges in the 21st century. © 2019 DK © 2023 DK Audio Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668018]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: History of Britain and Ireland: The Definitive Guide Author: Dk Narrator: Elliot Fitzpatrick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Discover the pivotal political, military, and cultural events that shaped British and Irish history, from Stone Age Britain to the present day, in this revised and updated book. The History of Britain and Ireland is an invaluable resource for families, students, and anyone seeking to learn more about the fascinating story of the England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Spanning six distinct periods of British and Irish history, this book is the best way to find out how Britain transformed with the Norman rule, fought two world wars in the 20th century, and faced new economic challenges in the 21st century. © 2019 DK © 2023 DK Audio https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/667298 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/667298]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300–2050 Author: Williamson Murray, Macgregor Knox Narrator: Victor Vertunni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 14, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Dynamics of Military Revolution aims to bridge a major gap in the emerging literature on revolutions in military affairs, suggesting that there have been two very different phenomena at work over the past centuries: 'military revolutions', which are driven by vast social and political changes; and 'revolutions in military affairs', which military institutions have directed, although usually with great difficulty and ambiguous results. By providing both a conceptual framework and a historical context for thinking about revolutionary changes in military affairs, the work establishes a baseline for understanding the patterns of change, innovation, and adaptation that have marked war in the Western World since the thirteenth century - beginning with Edward III's revolutionary changes in medieval warfare, through the development of modern Western military institutions in seventeenth-century France, to the cataclysmic changes of the First World War and the German Blitzkrieg victories of 1940. This history provides a guide for thinking about military revolutions in the coming century, which are as inevitable as they are difficult to predict. Williamson Murray, Macgregor Knox Thu, 14 Jan 2021 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/667298 thebookvoice.com 8:27:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/667298]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300–2050 Author: Williamson Murray, Macgregor Knox Narrator: Victor Vertunni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 14, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Dynamics of Military Revolution aims to bridge a major gap in the emerging literature on revolutions in military affairs, suggesting that there have been two very different phenomena at work over the past centuries: 'military revolutions', which are driven by vast social and political changes; and 'revolutions in military affairs', which military institutions have directed, although usually with great difficulty and ambiguous results. By providing both a conceptual framework and a historical context for thinking about revolutionary changes in military affairs, the work establishes a baseline for understanding the patterns of change, innovation, and adaptation that have marked war in the Western World since the thirteenth century - beginning with Edward III's revolutionary changes in medieval warfare, through the development of modern Western military institutions in seventeenth-century France, to the cataclysmic changes of the First World War and the German Blitzkrieg victories of 1940. This history provides a guide for thinking about military revolutions in the coming century, which are as inevitable as they are difficult to predict. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/667298]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300–2050 Author: Williamson Murray, Macgregor Knox Narrator: Victor Vertunni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 14, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Dynamics of Military Revolution aims to bridge a major gap in the emerging literature on revolutions in military affairs, suggesting that there have been two very different phenomena at work over the past centuries: 'military revolutions', which are driven by vast social and political changes; and 'revolutions in military affairs', which military institutions have directed, although usually with great difficulty and ambiguous results. By providing both a conceptual framework and a historical context for thinking about revolutionary changes in military affairs, the work establishes a baseline for understanding the patterns of change, innovation, and adaptation that have marked war in the Western World since the thirteenth century - beginning with Edward III's revolutionary changes in medieval warfare, through the development of modern Western military institutions in seventeenth-century France, to the cataclysmic changes of the First World War and the German Blitzkrieg victories of 1940. This history provides a guide for thinking about military revolutions in the coming century, which are as inevitable as they are difficult to predict. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/666364 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/666364]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary Author: Sarah Ogilvie Narrator: Sarah Ogilvie, Joan Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION FINALIST • The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, word by word. “Enthralling and exuberant, Sarah Ogilvie tells the surprising story of the making of the OED. Philologists, fantasists, crackpots, criminals, career spinsters, suffragists, and Australians: here is a wonder book for word lovers.” —Jeanette Winterson, author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit The Oxford English Dictionary is one of mankind’s greatest achievements, and yet, curiously, its creators are almost never considered. Who were the people behind this unprecedented book? As Sarah Ogilvie reveals, they include three murderers, a collector of pornography, the daughter of Karl Marx, a president of Yale, a radical suffragette, a vicar who was later found dead in the cupboard of his chapel, an inventor of the first American subway, a female anti-slavery activist in Philadelphia . . . and thousands of others.  Of deep transgenerational and broad appeal, a thrilling literary detective story that, for the first time, unravels the mystery of the endlessly fascinating contributors the world over who, for over seventy years, helped to codify the way we read and write and speak. It was the greatest crowdsourcing endeavor in human history, the Wikipedia of its time.   The Dictionary People is a celebration of words, language, and people, whose eccentricities and obsessions, triumphs, and failures enriched the English language. Sarah Ogilvie Tue, 17 Oct 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/666364 thebookvoice.com 11:8:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/666364]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary Author: Sarah Ogilvie Narrator: Sarah Ogilvie, Joan Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION FINALIST • The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, word by word. “Enthralling and exuberant, Sarah Ogilvie tells the surprising story of the making of the OED. Philologists, fantasists, crackpots, criminals, career spinsters, suffragists, and Australians: here is a wonder book for word lovers.” —Jeanette Winterson, author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit The Oxford English Dictionary is one of mankind’s greatest achievements, and yet, curiously, its creators are almost never considered. Who were the people behind this unprecedented book? As Sarah Ogilvie reveals, they include three murderers, a collector of pornography, the daughter of Karl Marx, a president of Yale, a radical suffragette, a vicar who was later found dead in the cupboard of his chapel, an inventor of the first American subway, a female anti-slavery activist in Philadelphia . . . and thousands of others.  Of deep transgenerational and broad appeal, a thrilling literary detective story that, for the first time, unravels the mystery of the endlessly fascinating contributors the world over who, for over seventy years, helped to codify the way we read and write and speak. It was the greatest crowdsourcing endeavor in human history, the Wikipedia of its time.   The Dictionary People is a celebration of words, language, and people, whose eccentricities and obsessions, triumphs, and failures enriched the English language. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/666364]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary Author: Sarah Ogilvie Narrator: Sarah Ogilvie, Joan Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION FINALIST • The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, word by word. “Enthralling and exuberant, Sarah Ogilvie tells the surprising story of the making of the OED. Philologists, fantasists, crackpots, criminals, career spinsters, suffragists, and Australians: here is a wonder book for word lovers.” —Jeanette Winterson, author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit The Oxford English Dictionary is one of mankind’s greatest achievements, and yet, curiously, its creators are almost never considered. Who were the people behind this unprecedented book? As Sarah Ogilvie reveals, they include three murderers, a collector of pornography, the daughter of Karl Marx, a president of Yale, a radical suffragette, a vicar who was later found dead in the cupboard of his chapel, an inventor of the first American subway, a female anti-slavery activist in Philadelphia . . . and thousands of others.  Of deep transgenerational and broad appeal, a thrilling literary detective story that, for the first time, unravels the mystery of the endlessly fascinating contributors the world over who, for over seventy years, helped to codify the way we read and write and speak. It was the greatest crowdsourcing endeavor in human history, the Wikipedia of its time.   The Dictionary People is a celebration of words, language, and people, whose eccentricities and obsessions, triumphs, and failures enriched the English language. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665589 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665589]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust's Most Audacious Rescue Operation Author: Roger Moorhouse Narrator: Roger Moorhouse Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The secret history of one of the largest—and least-known—rescue operations of World War II   Between 1940 and 1943, a group of Polish diplomats in Switzerland engaged in a wholly remarkable—and until now, completely unknown—humanitarian operation. In concert with Jewish activists, they masterminded a systematic program of forging passports and identity documents for Latin American countries, which were then smuggled into German-occupied Europe to save the lives of thousands of Jews facing extermination in the Holocaust.  With the international community failing to act, the operation was one of the largest actions to aid Jews of the entire war. The Forgers tells this extraordinary story for the first time. We follow the desperate bids of Jews to obtain these lifesaving documents as the Nazi death machine draws ever closer. And we witness the quiet heroism of a group of ordinary men who decided to do something rather than nothing and saved thousands of lives. Roger Moorhouse Tue, 17 Oct 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665589 thebookvoice.com 10:28:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665589]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust's Most Audacious Rescue Operation Author: Roger Moorhouse Narrator: Roger Moorhouse Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The secret history of one of the largest—and least-known—rescue operations of World War II   Between 1940 and 1943, a group of Polish diplomats in Switzerland engaged in a wholly remarkable—and until now, completely unknown—humanitarian operation. In concert with Jewish activists, they masterminded a systematic program of forging passports and identity documents for Latin American countries, which were then smuggled into German-occupied Europe to save the lives of thousands of Jews facing extermination in the Holocaust.  With the international community failing to act, the operation was one of the largest actions to aid Jews of the entire war. The Forgers tells this extraordinary story for the first time. We follow the desperate bids of Jews to obtain these lifesaving documents as the Nazi death machine draws ever closer. And we witness the quiet heroism of a group of ordinary men who decided to do something rather than nothing and saved thousands of lives. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665589]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust's Most Audacious Rescue Operation Author: Roger Moorhouse Narrator: Roger Moorhouse Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The secret history of one of the largest—and least-known—rescue operations of World War II   Between 1940 and 1943, a group of Polish diplomats in Switzerland engaged in a wholly remarkable—and until now, completely unknown—humanitarian operation. In concert with Jewish activists, they masterminded a systematic program of forging passports and identity documents for Latin American countries, which were then smuggled into German-occupied Europe to save the lives of thousands of Jews facing extermination in the Holocaust.  With the international community failing to act, the operation was one of the largest actions to aid Jews of the entire war. The Forgers tells this extraordinary story for the first time. We follow the desperate bids of Jews to obtain these lifesaving documents as the Nazi death machine draws ever closer. And we witness the quiet heroism of a group of ordinary men who decided to do something rather than nothing and saved thousands of lives. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663297 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663297]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Illiberal Europe: Eastern Europe from the Fall of the Berlin Wall to the War in Ukraine Author: Leon Marc Narrator: Mark Elstob Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Eighteen years have passed since ten countries from Central & Eastern Europe joined the European Union and more than three decades since the Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989 - but ignorance about what is popularly still called Eastern Europe is as widespread as ever. Slovenia still gets mixed up with Slovakia, the Slavs remain a mystery in a Europe apparently dominated by Romanic and Germanic nations and a country like the Czech Republic is labelled as Eastern European, although one needs to travel west to get from Vienna to Prague. First published in 2009 under the title What's so eastern about Eastern Europe?, this book is much more than a revised and updated version of the first edition. Its presentation of the political and cultural history of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, written in an accessible language is now complemented with recent developments in the region. The new edition digs into the reasons behind the illiberal turn in Poland, Hungary and elsewhere, putting the alleged democratic backslide into the wider context of European populism. Leon Marc offers a new and fresh perspective in explaining the roots of populism and social conservativism in the region, which the book sees in a mixture of historical factors, economic conditions, the heavy burden of Communist legacy, as well as a reaction to contemporary social developments in the West. Drawing on a wide range of literature, the book calls for more sensibility to these underlying causes, critical examination of the true European values, and for a coalition of defenders of Humanism and Judeo-Christian tradition as key pillars of its identity, in order to save Europe and its liberal democracy. This updated and expanded edition contains a brand new chapter bringing this book up to date with recent events, including Covid-19 and the Ukrainian conflict. 'Comprehensively and concisely, Leon Marc's book presents readers with vital insights into the different dimensions of our common European history and culture' - Professor Dr Jaap W. de Zwaan, Director of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Leon Marc Tue, 21 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663297 thebookvoice.com 7:18:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663297]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Illiberal Europe: Eastern Europe from the Fall of the Berlin Wall to the War in Ukraine Author: Leon Marc Narrator: Mark Elstob Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Eighteen years have passed since ten countries from Central & Eastern Europe joined the European Union and more than three decades since the Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989 - but ignorance about what is popularly still called Eastern Europe is as widespread as ever. Slovenia still gets mixed up with Slovakia, the Slavs remain a mystery in a Europe apparently dominated by Romanic and Germanic nations and a country like the Czech Republic is labelled as Eastern European, although one needs to travel west to get from Vienna to Prague. First published in 2009 under the title What's so eastern about Eastern Europe?, this book is much more than a revised and updated version of the first edition. Its presentation of the political and cultural history of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, written in an accessible language is now complemented with recent developments in the region. The new edition digs into the reasons behind the illiberal turn in Poland, Hungary and elsewhere, putting the alleged democratic backslide into the wider context of European populism. Leon Marc offers a new and fresh perspective in explaining the roots of populism and social conservativism in the region, which the book sees in a mixture of historical factors, economic conditions, the heavy burden of Communist legacy, as well as a reaction to contemporary social developments in the West. Drawing on a wide range of literature, the book calls for more sensibility to these underlying causes, critical examination of the true European values, and for a coalition of defenders of Humanism and Judeo-Christian tradition as key pillars of its identity, in order to save Europe and its liberal democracy. This updated and expanded edition contains a brand new chapter bringing this book up to date with recent events, including Covid-19 and the Ukrainian conflict. 'Comprehensively and concisely, Leon Marc's book presents readers with vital insights into the different dimensions of our common European history and culture' - Professor Dr Jaap W. de Zwaan, Director of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663297]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Illiberal Europe: Eastern Europe from the Fall of the Berlin Wall to the War in Ukraine Author: Leon Marc Narrator: Mark Elstob Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Eighteen years have passed since ten countries from Central & Eastern Europe joined the European Union and more than three decades since the Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989 - but ignorance about what is popularly still called Eastern Europe is as widespread as ever. Slovenia still gets mixed up with Slovakia, the Slavs remain a mystery in a Europe apparently dominated by Romanic and Germanic nations and a country like the Czech Republic is labelled as Eastern European, although one needs to travel west to get from Vienna to Prague. First published in 2009 under the title What's so eastern about Eastern Europe?, this book is much more than a revised and updated version of the first edition. Its presentation of the political and cultural history of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, written in an accessible language is now complemented with recent developments in the region. The new edition digs into the reasons behind the illiberal turn in Poland, Hungary and elsewhere, putting the alleged democratic backslide into the wider context of European populism. Leon Marc offers a new and fresh perspective in explaining the roots of populism and social conservativism in the region, which the book sees in a mixture of historical factors, economic conditions, the heavy burden of Communist legacy, as well as a reaction to contemporary social developments in the West. Drawing on a wide range of literature, the book calls for more sensibility to these underlying causes, critical examination of the true European values, and for a coalition of defenders of Humanism and Judeo-Christian tradition as key pillars of its identity, in order to save Europe and its liberal democracy. This updated and expanded edition contains a brand new chapter bringing this book up to date with recent events, including Covid-19 and the Ukrainian conflict. 'Comprehensively and concisely, Leon Marc's book presents readers with vital insights into the different dimensions of our common European history and culture' - Professor Dr Jaap W. de Zwaan, Director of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663287 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663287]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Once Upon A Time World: The Dark And Sparkling Story Of The French Riviera Author: Jonathan Miles Narrator: Jonathan Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In 1835, Lord Brougham founded Cannes, introducing bathing and the manicured lawn to the wilds of the Mediterranean coast. Today, much of that shore has become a concrete mass from which escape is an exclusive dream. In the 185 years between, the stretch of seaboard from the red mountains of the Esterel to the Italian border hosted a cultural phenomenon well in excess of its tiny size. A mere handful of towns and resorts created by foreign visitors - notably English, Russian and American - attracted the talented, rich and famous as well as those who wanted to be. For nearly two centuries of creativity, luxury, excess, scandal, war and corruption, the dark and sparkling world of the Riviera was a temptation for everybody who was anybody. Often frivolous, it was also a potent cultural matrix that inspired the likes of Picasso, Matisse, Coco Chanel, Scott Fitzgerald, Cole Porter, James Baldwin, Catherine Mansfield, Sartre and Stravinsky. In Once Upon a Time World, Jonathan Miles presents the remarkable story of the small strip of French coast that lured the world to its shores. It is a wild and unforgettable tale that follows the Riviera's transformation from paradise and wilderness to a pollution imperilled concrete jungle. Jonathan Miles Thu, 25 May 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663287 thebookvoice.com 17:19:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663287]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Once Upon A Time World: The Dark And Sparkling Story Of The French Riviera Author: Jonathan Miles Narrator: Jonathan Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In 1835, Lord Brougham founded Cannes, introducing bathing and the manicured lawn to the wilds of the Mediterranean coast. Today, much of that shore has become a concrete mass from which escape is an exclusive dream. In the 185 years between, the stretch of seaboard from the red mountains of the Esterel to the Italian border hosted a cultural phenomenon well in excess of its tiny size. A mere handful of towns and resorts created by foreign visitors - notably English, Russian and American - attracted the talented, rich and famous as well as those who wanted to be. For nearly two centuries of creativity, luxury, excess, scandal, war and corruption, the dark and sparkling world of the Riviera was a temptation for everybody who was anybody. Often frivolous, it was also a potent cultural matrix that inspired the likes of Picasso, Matisse, Coco Chanel, Scott Fitzgerald, Cole Porter, James Baldwin, Catherine Mansfield, Sartre and Stravinsky. In Once Upon a Time World, Jonathan Miles presents the remarkable story of the small strip of French coast that lured the world to its shores. It is a wild and unforgettable tale that follows the Riviera's transformation from paradise and wilderness to a pollution imperilled concrete jungle. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663287]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Once Upon A Time World: The Dark And Sparkling Story Of The French Riviera Author: Jonathan Miles Narrator: Jonathan Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In 1835, Lord Brougham founded Cannes, introducing bathing and the manicured lawn to the wilds of the Mediterranean coast. Today, much of that shore has become a concrete mass from which escape is an exclusive dream. In the 185 years between, the stretch of seaboard from the red mountains of the Esterel to the Italian border hosted a cultural phenomenon well in excess of its tiny size. A mere handful of towns and resorts created by foreign visitors - notably English, Russian and American - attracted the talented, rich and famous as well as those who wanted to be. For nearly two centuries of creativity, luxury, excess, scandal, war and corruption, the dark and sparkling world of the Riviera was a temptation for everybody who was anybody. Often frivolous, it was also a potent cultural matrix that inspired the likes of Picasso, Matisse, Coco Chanel, Scott Fitzgerald, Cole Porter, James Baldwin, Catherine Mansfield, Sartre and Stravinsky. In Once Upon a Time World, Jonathan Miles presents the remarkable story of the small strip of French coast that lured the world to its shores. It is a wild and unforgettable tale that follows the Riviera's transformation from paradise and wilderness to a pollution imperilled concrete jungle. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663251 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663251]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare Author: Paul Strathern Narrator: Roger May Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 59 minutes Release date: May 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: It is generally accepted that the European Renaissance began in Italy. However, a historical transformation of similar magnitude also took place in northern Europe at the same time. This 'Other Renaissance' was initially centred on the city of Bruges in Flanders (modern Belgium), but its influence was soon being felt in France, the German states, England, and even in Italy itself. Following a sequence of major figures, including Copernicus, Gutenberg, Luther, Catherine de Medici, Rabelais, van Eyck and Shakespeare, Paul Strathern tells the fascinating story of how this 'Other Renaissance' played as significant a role as the Italian renaissance in bringing our modern world into being. Paul Strathern Thu, 04 May 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663251 thebookvoice.com 14:59:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663251]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare Author: Paul Strathern Narrator: Roger May Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 59 minutes Release date: May 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: It is generally accepted that the European Renaissance began in Italy. However, a historical transformation of similar magnitude also took place in northern Europe at the same time. This 'Other Renaissance' was initially centred on the city of Bruges in Flanders (modern Belgium), but its influence was soon being felt in France, the German states, England, and even in Italy itself. Following a sequence of major figures, including Copernicus, Gutenberg, Luther, Catherine de Medici, Rabelais, van Eyck and Shakespeare, Paul Strathern tells the fascinating story of how this 'Other Renaissance' played as significant a role as the Italian renaissance in bringing our modern world into being. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663251]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare Author: Paul Strathern Narrator: Roger May Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 59 minutes Release date: May 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: It is generally accepted that the European Renaissance began in Italy. However, a historical transformation of similar magnitude also took place in northern Europe at the same time. This 'Other Renaissance' was initially centred on the city of Bruges in Flanders (modern Belgium), but its influence was soon being felt in France, the German states, England, and even in Italy itself. Following a sequence of major figures, including Copernicus, Gutenberg, Luther, Catherine de Medici, Rabelais, van Eyck and Shakespeare, Paul Strathern tells the fascinating story of how this 'Other Renaissance' played as significant a role as the Italian renaissance in bringing our modern world into being. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663110 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663110]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I Author: Douglas Brunt Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 19, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 54 Ratings of Narrator: 4.93 of Total 14 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I. September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever. But Diesel never arrives at his destination. He vanishes during the night and headlines around the world wonder if it was an accident, suicide, or murder. After rising from an impoverished European childhood, Diesel had become a multi-millionaire with his powerful engine that does not require expensive petroleum-based fuel. In doing so, he became not only an international celebrity but also the enemy of two extremely powerful men: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil and the richest man in the world. The Kaiser wanted the engine to power a fleet of submarines that would finally allow him to challenge Great Britain’s Royal Navy. But Diesel had intended for his engine to be used for the betterment of the world. Now, New York Times bestselling author Douglas Brunt reopens the case and provides an “absolutely riveting” (Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times bestselling author) new conclusion about Diesel’s fate. Brunt’s book is “equal parts Walter Isaacson and Sherlock Holmes, [and] yanks back the curtain on the greatest caper of the 20th century in this riveting history” (Jay Winik, New York Times bestselling author). Douglas Brunt Tue, 19 Sep 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663110 thebookvoice.com 12:41:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663110]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I Author: Douglas Brunt Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 19, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 54 Ratings of Narrator: 4.93 of Total 14 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I. September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever. But Diesel never arrives at his destination. He vanishes during the night and headlines around the world wonder if it was an accident, suicide, or murder. After rising from an impoverished European childhood, Diesel had become a multi-millionaire with his powerful engine that does not require expensive petroleum-based fuel. In doing so, he became not only an international celebrity but also the enemy of two extremely powerful men: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil and the richest man in the world. The Kaiser wanted the engine to power a fleet of submarines that would finally allow him to challenge Great Britain’s Royal Navy. But Diesel had intended for his engine to be used for the betterment of the world. Now, New York Times bestselling author Douglas Brunt reopens the case and provides an “absolutely riveting” (Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times bestselling author) new conclusion about Diesel’s fate. Brunt’s book is “equal parts Walter Isaacson and Sherlock Holmes, [and] yanks back the curtain on the greatest caper of the 20th century in this riveting history” (Jay Winik, New York Times bestselling author). Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663110]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I Author: Douglas Brunt Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 19, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 54 Ratings of Narrator: 4.93 of Total 14 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I. September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever. But Diesel never arrives at his destination. He vanishes during the night and headlines around the world wonder if it was an accident, suicide, or murder. After rising from an impoverished European childhood, Diesel had become a multi-millionaire with his powerful engine that does not require expensive petroleum-based fuel. In doing so, he became not only an international celebrity but also the enemy of two extremely powerful men: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil and the richest man in the world. The Kaiser wanted the engine to power a fleet of submarines that would finally allow him to challenge Great Britain’s Royal Navy. But Diesel had intended for his engine to be used for the betterment of the world. Now, New York Times bestselling author Douglas Brunt reopens the case and provides an “absolutely riveting” (Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times bestselling author) new conclusion about Diesel’s fate. Brunt’s book is “equal parts Walter Isaacson and Sherlock Holmes, [and] yanks back the curtain on the greatest caper of the 20th century in this riveting history” (Jay Winik, New York Times bestselling author). https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/661124 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/661124]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ein Hof und elf Geschwister: Der stille Abschied vom bäuerlichen Leben Author: Ewald Frie Narrator: Günter Schoßböck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 16, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Die stolze bäuerliche Landwirtschaft mit Viehmärkten, Selbstversorgung und harter Knochenarbeit ist im Laufe der Sechzigerjahre in rasantem Tempo und doch ganz leise verschwunden. Ewald Frie erzählt am Beispiel seiner Familie von der großen Zäsur. Mit wenigen Strichen, anhand von vielsagenden Szenen und Beispielen zeigt er, wie die Welt der Eltern unterging, die Geschwister anderen Lebensentwürfen folgten und der allgemeine gesellschaftliche Wandel das Land erfasste. Zuchtbullen für die monatliche Auktion, Kühe und Schweine auf der Weide, Pferde vor dem Pflug, ein Garten für die Vorratshaltung – der Hof einträglich bewirtschaftet von Eltern, Kindern und Hilfskräften. Das bäuerliche Leben der Fünfzigerjahre scheint dem Mittelalter näher als unserer Zeit. Doch dann ändert sich alles: Einst wohlhabende und angesehene Bauern gelten trotz aller Modernisierung plötzlich als ärmlich und rückständig, ihre Kinder riechen nach Stall und schämen sich. Wege aus der bäuerlichen Welt weist die katholische Kirche mit neuerJugendarbeit. Der Sozialstaat hilft bei Ausbildung und Hofübergabe. Schon in den Siebzigerjahren ist die Welt auf dem Land eine völlig andere. Staunend blickt man zurück, so still war der Wandel: «Mein Gott, das hab ich noch erlebt, das kommt mir vor wie aus einem anderen Jahrhundert.» Ewald Frie hat seine zehn Geschwister, geboren zwischen 1944 und 1969, gefragt, wie sie diese Zeit erlebt haben. Sein glänzend geschriebenes Buch lässt mit treffsicherer Lakonie den großen Umbruch lebendig werden. Ewald Frie Thu, 16 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/661124 thebookvoice.com 5:23:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/661124]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ein Hof und elf Geschwister: Der stille Abschied vom bäuerlichen Leben Author: Ewald Frie Narrator: Günter Schoßböck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 16, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Die stolze bäuerliche Landwirtschaft mit Viehmärkten, Selbstversorgung und harter Knochenarbeit ist im Laufe der Sechzigerjahre in rasantem Tempo und doch ganz leise verschwunden. Ewald Frie erzählt am Beispiel seiner Familie von der großen Zäsur. Mit wenigen Strichen, anhand von vielsagenden Szenen und Beispielen zeigt er, wie die Welt der Eltern unterging, die Geschwister anderen Lebensentwürfen folgten und der allgemeine gesellschaftliche Wandel das Land erfasste. Zuchtbullen für die monatliche Auktion, Kühe und Schweine auf der Weide, Pferde vor dem Pflug, ein Garten für die Vorratshaltung – der Hof einträglich bewirtschaftet von Eltern, Kindern und Hilfskräften. Das bäuerliche Leben der Fünfzigerjahre scheint dem Mittelalter näher als unserer Zeit. Doch dann ändert sich alles: Einst wohlhabende und angesehene Bauern gelten trotz aller Modernisierung plötzlich als ärmlich und rückständig, ihre Kinder riechen nach Stall und schämen sich. Wege aus der bäuerlichen Welt weist die katholische Kirche mit neuerJugendarbeit. Der Sozialstaat hilft bei Ausbildung und Hofübergabe. Schon in den Siebzigerjahren ist die Welt auf dem Land eine völlig andere. Staunend blickt man zurück, so still war der Wandel: «Mein Gott, das hab ich noch erlebt, das kommt mir vor wie aus einem anderen Jahrhundert.» Ewald Frie hat seine zehn Geschwister, geboren zwischen 1944 und 1969, gefragt, wie sie diese Zeit erlebt haben. Sein glänzend geschriebenes Buch lässt mit treffsicherer Lakonie den großen Umbruch lebendig werden. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/661124]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ein Hof und elf Geschwister: Der stille Abschied vom bäuerlichen Leben Author: Ewald Frie Narrator: Günter Schoßböck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 16, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Die stolze bäuerliche Landwirtschaft mit Viehmärkten, Selbstversorgung und harter Knochenarbeit ist im Laufe der Sechzigerjahre in rasantem Tempo und doch ganz leise verschwunden. Ewald Frie erzählt am Beispiel seiner Familie von der großen Zäsur. Mit wenigen Strichen, anhand von vielsagenden Szenen und Beispielen zeigt er, wie die Welt der Eltern unterging, die Geschwister anderen Lebensentwürfen folgten und der allgemeine gesellschaftliche Wandel das Land erfasste. Zuchtbullen für die monatliche Auktion, Kühe und Schweine auf der Weide, Pferde vor dem Pflug, ein Garten für die Vorratshaltung – der Hof einträglich bewirtschaftet von Eltern, Kindern und Hilfskräften. Das bäuerliche Leben der Fünfzigerjahre scheint dem Mittelalter näher als unserer Zeit. Doch dann ändert sich alles: Einst wohlhabende und angesehene Bauern gelten trotz aller Modernisierung plötzlich als ärmlich und rückständig, ihre Kinder riechen nach Stall und schämen sich. Wege aus der bäuerlichen Welt weist die katholische Kirche mit neuerJugendarbeit. Der Sozialstaat hilft bei Ausbildung und Hofübergabe. Schon in den Siebzigerjahren ist die Welt auf dem Land eine völlig andere. Staunend blickt man zurück, so still war der Wandel: «Mein Gott, das hab ich noch erlebt, das kommt mir vor wie aus einem anderen Jahrhundert.» Ewald Frie hat seine zehn Geschwister, geboren zwischen 1944 und 1969, gefragt, wie sie diese Zeit erlebt haben. Sein glänzend geschriebenes Buch lässt mit treffsicherer Lakonie den großen Umbruch lebendig werden. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660528 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660528]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nackt in die DDR – Mein Urgroßonkel Willi Sitte und was die ganze Geschichte mit mir zu tun hat (ungekürzt) Author: Aron Boks Narrator: Hans Henrik Wöhler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Lieber vom Leben gezeichnet als von Sitte gemalt?   Willi Sitte – Künstler, überzeugter Kommunist, Funktionär, Machtmensch. Er gilt als einer der einflussreichsten und umstrittensten Maler der DDR. Aron Boks ist sein Urgroßneffe und hat sich bisher kaum für seinen berühmten Verwandten interessiert. Bis bei einem Familientreffen plötzlich ein Gemälde auftaucht: Die Heilige Familie. Aron beginnt, Fragen zu stellen: Wer war Willi Sitte wirklich, was trieb ihn an? Das Gemälde wird zum Ausgangspunkt seiner biografischen Recherche, die ihn mit Geschehnissen während und nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg und besonders mit den Jahren vor und nach der »Wende« konfrontiert. Irgendwann wird ihm klar, dass die Beschäftigung mit seiner Familie und der DDR auch zu einer Beschäftigung mit sich selbst wird. Aron sammelt, fragt nach und fügt Ereignisse zusammen, die Willi Sitte auf seinem Lebensweg prägten. Zu den Zeitzeugen, mit denen er spricht, gehören neben Ingrid Sitte auch Wolf Biermann, Gerhard Wolf und Volker Braun. Für Aron, der die DDR selbst nicht mehr erlebt hat, zeigt sich der Maler Willi Sitte als Mensch in all seiner Zerrissenheit. Zwischen Ideologie und Idealismus, Ruhm, Macht, Kunst und Anerkennung. Eine Suche, die uns zu den wichtigsten Fragen der jüngsten Vergangenheit Deutschlands führt.   »Eine Spurensuche, bei der Aron Erinnerungen von Zeitzeugen und aktuelle Ereignisse dokumentarisch miteinander verwebt. Dabei herausgekommen ist seine ganz eigene Geschichte. Eine großartige Annäherung an ein Land, das es nicht mehr gibt, aber unsere Gegenwart weiterhin prägt.« Alexander Kluge »Es gibt viele Bücher Nachgeborener über die DDR, viele Bücher über die Suche nach diesem untergegangenen Land und der Frage danach, was das mit der eigenen Biografie zu tun hat. Aron Boks gelingt, was viele nur vortäuschen: Er hat ernsthaftes Interesse. Empathisch, kritisch, feinfühlig legt er die Ambivalenzen offen, die sich ergeben, wenn man sich mit ›der DDR‹ beschäftigt. Chapeau!« Lukas Rietzschel, Autor des Bestsellers Raumfahrer »Dieses Buch ist der Versuch, in der Zeit und in einen Kopf zu reisen. Willi Sittes Kopf ist nicht bereisbar, und dass Aron Boks versucht, auch in das Herz zu reisen und in sein eigenes Herz, macht das Buch für mich zu einem allgemeingültigen Buch über Herzreisen. Alle diese Geschichten zusammen, über die DDR, Willi Sitte und die Kunst, sind großer Stoff, mit dem Aron Boks vorsichtig, klug und ehrlich umgeht.« Kirsten Fuchs, Jugendliteratur-Preisträgerin und Autorin von Mädchenmeute Aron Boks Tue, 21 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660528 thebookvoice.com 11:26:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660528]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nackt in die DDR – Mein Urgroßonkel Willi Sitte und was die ganze Geschichte mit mir zu tun hat (ungekürzt) Author: Aron Boks Narrator: Hans Henrik Wöhler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Lieber vom Leben gezeichnet als von Sitte gemalt?   Willi Sitte – Künstler, überzeugter Kommunist, Funktionär, Machtmensch. Er gilt als einer der einflussreichsten und umstrittensten Maler der DDR. Aron Boks ist sein Urgroßneffe und hat sich bisher kaum für seinen berühmten Verwandten interessiert. Bis bei einem Familientreffen plötzlich ein Gemälde auftaucht: Die Heilige Familie. Aron beginnt, Fragen zu stellen: Wer war Willi Sitte wirklich, was trieb ihn an? Das Gemälde wird zum Ausgangspunkt seiner biografischen Recherche, die ihn mit Geschehnissen während und nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg und besonders mit den Jahren vor und nach der »Wende« konfrontiert. Irgendwann wird ihm klar, dass die Beschäftigung mit seiner Familie und der DDR auch zu einer Beschäftigung mit sich selbst wird. Aron sammelt, fragt nach und fügt Ereignisse zusammen, die Willi Sitte auf seinem Lebensweg prägten. Zu den Zeitzeugen, mit denen er spricht, gehören neben Ingrid Sitte auch Wolf Biermann, Gerhard Wolf und Volker Braun. Für Aron, der die DDR selbst nicht mehr erlebt hat, zeigt sich der Maler Willi Sitte als Mensch in all seiner Zerrissenheit. Zwischen Ideologie und Idealismus, Ruhm, Macht, Kunst und Anerkennung. Eine Suche, die uns zu den wichtigsten Fragen der jüngsten Vergangenheit Deutschlands führt.   »Eine Spurensuche, bei der Aron Erinnerungen von Zeitzeugen und aktuelle Ereignisse dokumentarisch miteinander verwebt. Dabei herausgekommen ist seine ganz eigene Geschichte. Eine großartige Annäherung an ein Land, das es nicht mehr gibt, aber unsere Gegenwart weiterhin prägt.« Alexander Kluge »Es gibt viele Bücher Nachgeborener über die DDR, viele Bücher über die Suche nach diesem untergegangenen Land und der Frage danach, was das mit der eigenen Biografie zu tun hat. Aron Boks gelingt, was viele nur vortäuschen: Er hat ernsthaftes Interesse. Empathisch, kritisch, feinfühlig legt er die Ambivalenzen offen, die sich ergeben, wenn man sich mit ›der DDR‹ beschäftigt. Chapeau!« Lukas Rietzschel, Autor des Bestsellers Raumfahrer »Dieses Buch ist der Versuch, in der Zeit und in einen Kopf zu reisen. Willi Sittes Kopf ist nicht bereisbar, und dass Aron Boks versucht, auch in das Herz zu reisen und in sein eigenes Herz, macht das Buch für mich zu einem allgemeingültigen Buch über Herzreisen. Alle diese Geschichten zusammen, über die DDR, Willi Sitte und die Kunst, sind großer Stoff, mit dem Aron Boks vorsichtig, klug und ehrlich umgeht.« Kirsten Fuchs, Jugendliteratur-Preisträgerin und Autorin von Mädchenmeute Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660528]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nackt in die DDR – Mein Urgroßonkel Willi Sitte und was die ganze Geschichte mit mir zu tun hat (ungekürzt) Author: Aron Boks Narrator: Hans Henrik Wöhler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Lieber vom Leben gezeichnet als von Sitte gemalt?   Willi Sitte – Künstler, überzeugter Kommunist, Funktionär, Machtmensch. Er gilt als einer der einflussreichsten und umstrittensten Maler der DDR. Aron Boks ist sein Urgroßneffe und hat sich bisher kaum für seinen berühmten Verwandten interessiert. Bis bei einem Familientreffen plötzlich ein Gemälde auftaucht: Die Heilige Familie. Aron beginnt, Fragen zu stellen: Wer war Willi Sitte wirklich, was trieb ihn an? Das Gemälde wird zum Ausgangspunkt seiner biografischen Recherche, die ihn mit Geschehnissen während und nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg und besonders mit den Jahren vor und nach der »Wende« konfrontiert. Irgendwann wird ihm klar, dass die Beschäftigung mit seiner Familie und der DDR auch zu einer Beschäftigung mit sich selbst wird. Aron sammelt, fragt nach und fügt Ereignisse zusammen, die Willi Sitte auf seinem Lebensweg prägten. Zu den Zeitzeugen, mit denen er spricht, gehören neben Ingrid Sitte auch Wolf Biermann, Gerhard Wolf und Volker Braun. Für Aron, der die DDR selbst nicht mehr erlebt hat, zeigt sich der Maler Willi Sitte als Mensch in all seiner Zerrissenheit. Zwischen Ideologie und Idealismus, Ruhm, Macht, Kunst und Anerkennung. Eine Suche, die uns zu den wichtigsten Fragen der jüngsten Vergangenheit Deutschlands führt.   »Eine Spurensuche, bei der Aron Erinnerungen von Zeitzeugen und aktuelle Ereignisse dokumentarisch miteinander verwebt. Dabei herausgekommen ist seine ganz eigene Geschichte. Eine großartige Annäherung an ein Land, das es nicht mehr gibt, aber unsere Gegenwart weiterhin prägt.« Alexander Kluge »Es gibt viele Bücher Nachgeborener über die DDR, viele Bücher über die Suche nach diesem untergegangenen Land und der Frage danach, was das mit der eigenen Biografie zu tun hat. Aron Boks gelingt, was viele nur vortäuschen: Er hat ernsthaftes Interesse. Empathisch, kritisch, feinfühlig legt er die Ambivalenzen offen, die sich ergeben, wenn man sich mit ›der DDR‹ beschäftigt. Chapeau!« Lukas Rietzschel, Autor des Bestsellers Raumfahrer »Dieses Buch ist der Versuch, in der Zeit und in einen Kopf zu reisen. Willi Sittes Kopf ist nicht bereisbar, und dass Aron Boks versucht, auch in das Herz zu reisen und in sein eigenes Herz, macht das Buch für mich zu einem allgemeingültigen Buch über Herzreisen. Alle diese Geschichten zusammen, über die DDR, Willi Sitte und die Kunst, sind großer Stoff, mit dem Aron Boks vorsichtig, klug und ehrlich umgeht.« Kirsten Fuchs, Jugendliteratur-Preisträgerin und Autorin von Mädchenmeute https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660480 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660480]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth I Author: Elizabeth Jenkins Narrator: Karen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Throughout her vivid life, Elizabeth I was the centre of a complicated web of political intrigue that made up the Elizabethan constitution. Elizabeth Jenkins, in her classic biography, reveals the woman behind the skilful politician, showing her belief in personal sacrifice to secure peace for the country she loved more than any man. Elizabeth Jenkins Tue, 17 Jan 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660480 thebookvoice.com 3:42:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660480]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth I Author: Elizabeth Jenkins Narrator: Karen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Throughout her vivid life, Elizabeth I was the centre of a complicated web of political intrigue that made up the Elizabethan constitution. Elizabeth Jenkins, in her classic biography, reveals the woman behind the skilful politician, showing her belief in personal sacrifice to secure peace for the country she loved more than any man. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660480]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth I Author: Elizabeth Jenkins Narrator: Karen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Throughout her vivid life, Elizabeth I was the centre of a complicated web of political intrigue that made up the Elizabethan constitution. Elizabeth Jenkins, in her classic biography, reveals the woman behind the skilful politician, showing her belief in personal sacrifice to secure peace for the country she loved more than any man. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660159 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660159]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Paradise Ghetto Author: Fergus O'connell Narrator: Steven Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 29, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A powerful story of hope, love, and imagination, set against the horrific backdrop of the Holocaust. Two Jewish girls, Julia and Suzanne, are captured in Nazi-occupied Netherlands and transported to a ghetto. Although their world views are wildly different - Julia is jaded and bitter, Suzanne naive and optimistic - they become each other's closest confidants as they experience the horrors of the journey to 'The Paradise Ghetto'. The young women use a precious smuggled notebook to write a story. As the book unfolds, it becomes the way they communicate their growing feelings for each other. But there comes a point when reality can no longer be held at bay. If the girls' names end up on the lists of deportees to Auschwitz there will be no return. Is there a chance of escaping fate? Fergus O'connell Sun, 29 Jan 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660159 thebookvoice.com 12:27:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660159]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Paradise Ghetto Author: Fergus O'connell Narrator: Steven Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 29, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A powerful story of hope, love, and imagination, set against the horrific backdrop of the Holocaust. Two Jewish girls, Julia and Suzanne, are captured in Nazi-occupied Netherlands and transported to a ghetto. Although their world views are wildly different - Julia is jaded and bitter, Suzanne naive and optimistic - they become each other's closest confidants as they experience the horrors of the journey to 'The Paradise Ghetto'. The young women use a precious smuggled notebook to write a story. As the book unfolds, it becomes the way they communicate their growing feelings for each other. But there comes a point when reality can no longer be held at bay. If the girls' names end up on the lists of deportees to Auschwitz there will be no return. Is there a chance of escaping fate? Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660159]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Paradise Ghetto Author: Fergus O'connell Narrator: Steven Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 29, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A powerful story of hope, love, and imagination, set against the horrific backdrop of the Holocaust. Two Jewish girls, Julia and Suzanne, are captured in Nazi-occupied Netherlands and transported to a ghetto. Although their world views are wildly different - Julia is jaded and bitter, Suzanne naive and optimistic - they become each other's closest confidants as they experience the horrors of the journey to 'The Paradise Ghetto'. The young women use a precious smuggled notebook to write a story. As the book unfolds, it becomes the way they communicate their growing feelings for each other. But there comes a point when reality can no longer be held at bay. If the girls' names end up on the lists of deportees to Auschwitz there will be no return. Is there a chance of escaping fate? https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660112 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660112]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany Author: Katja Hoyer Narrator: Sam Peter Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the ashes of the Second World War to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the definitive history of East Germany, "a fascinating, sparkling book, filled with insights" (Peter Frankopan)   In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the Second World War to the cusp of a new millennium, the German Democratic Republic presented a radically different Germany than what had come before and what exists today. Socialist solidarity, secret police, central planning, barbed wire: this was a Germany forged on the fault lines of ideology and geopolitics.     In Beyond the Wall, acclaimed historian Katja Hoyer sets aside the usual Cold War caricatures of the GDR to offer a kaleidoscopic new vision of this vanished country, revealing the rich political, social, and cultural landscape that existed amid oppression and hardship. Drawing on a vast array of never-before-seen interviews and documents, this is the definitive history of the other Germany, beyond the Wall. Katja Hoyer Tue, 05 Sep 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660112 thebookvoice.com 16:20:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660112]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany Author: Katja Hoyer Narrator: Sam Peter Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the ashes of the Second World War to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the definitive history of East Germany, "a fascinating, sparkling book, filled with insights" (Peter Frankopan)   In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the Second World War to the cusp of a new millennium, the German Democratic Republic presented a radically different Germany than what had come before and what exists today. Socialist solidarity, secret police, central planning, barbed wire: this was a Germany forged on the fault lines of ideology and geopolitics.     In Beyond the Wall, acclaimed historian Katja Hoyer sets aside the usual Cold War caricatures of the GDR to offer a kaleidoscopic new vision of this vanished country, revealing the rich political, social, and cultural landscape that existed amid oppression and hardship. Drawing on a vast array of never-before-seen interviews and documents, this is the definitive history of the other Germany, beyond the Wall. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660112]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany Author: Katja Hoyer Narrator: Sam Peter Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the ashes of the Second World War to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the definitive history of East Germany, "a fascinating, sparkling book, filled with insights" (Peter Frankopan)   In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the Second World War to the cusp of a new millennium, the German Democratic Republic presented a radically different Germany than what had come before and what exists today. Socialist solidarity, secret police, central planning, barbed wire: this was a Germany forged on the fault lines of ideology and geopolitics.     In Beyond the Wall, acclaimed historian Katja Hoyer sets aside the usual Cold War caricatures of the GDR to offer a kaleidoscopic new vision of this vanished country, revealing the rich political, social, and cultural landscape that existed amid oppression and hardship. Drawing on a vast array of never-before-seen interviews and documents, this is the definitive history of the other Germany, beyond the Wall. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660108 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660108]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe Author: Rachel Chrastil Narrator: Sarah Borges Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A new history of the war that toppled the French Empire, unified Germany, and set Europe on the path to World War I    Among the conflicts that convulsed Europe during the nineteenth century, none was more startling and consequential than the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871. Deliberately engineered by Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the war succeeded in shattering French supremacy, deposing Napoleon III, and uniting a new German Empire. But it also produced brutal military innovations and a precarious new imbalance of power that together set the stage for the devastating world wars of the next century.    In Bismarck’s War, historian Rachel Chrastil chronicles events on the battlefield in full, while also showing in intimate detail how the war reshaped and blurred the boundaries between civilian and soldier as the fighting swept across France. The result is the definitive history of a transformative conflict that changed Europe, and the history of warfare, forever. Rachel Chrastil Tue, 05 Sep 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660108 thebookvoice.com 17:37:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660108]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe Author: Rachel Chrastil Narrator: Sarah Borges Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A new history of the war that toppled the French Empire, unified Germany, and set Europe on the path to World War I    Among the conflicts that convulsed Europe during the nineteenth century, none was more startling and consequential than the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871. Deliberately engineered by Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the war succeeded in shattering French supremacy, deposing Napoleon III, and uniting a new German Empire. But it also produced brutal military innovations and a precarious new imbalance of power that together set the stage for the devastating world wars of the next century.    In Bismarck’s War, historian Rachel Chrastil chronicles events on the battlefield in full, while also showing in intimate detail how the war reshaped and blurred the boundaries between civilian and soldier as the fighting swept across France. The result is the definitive history of a transformative conflict that changed Europe, and the history of warfare, forever. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660108]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe Author: Rachel Chrastil Narrator: Sarah Borges Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A new history of the war that toppled the French Empire, unified Germany, and set Europe on the path to World War I    Among the conflicts that convulsed Europe during the nineteenth century, none was more startling and consequential than the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871. Deliberately engineered by Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the war succeeded in shattering French supremacy, deposing Napoleon III, and uniting a new German Empire. But it also produced brutal military innovations and a precarious new imbalance of power that together set the stage for the devastating world wars of the next century.    In Bismarck’s War, historian Rachel Chrastil chronicles events on the battlefield in full, while also showing in intimate detail how the war reshaped and blurred the boundaries between civilian and soldier as the fighting swept across France. The result is the definitive history of a transformative conflict that changed Europe, and the history of warfare, forever. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660010 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660010]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Battle of North Cape: The Death Ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943 Author: Angus Konstam Narrator: Chris Bland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: On 25 December 1943 the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst slipped out Altenfjord in Norway to attack Arctic convoy JW55B which was carrying vital war supplies to the Soviet Union. But British naval intelligence knew of the Scharnhorst's mission before she sailed and the vulnerable convoy was protected by a large Royal Naval force including the battleship Duke of York. In effect the Scharnhorst was sailing into a trap. One of the most compelling naval dramas of the Second World War had begun. Angus Konstam Tue, 25 Apr 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660010 thebookvoice.com 7:14:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660010]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Battle of North Cape: The Death Ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943 Author: Angus Konstam Narrator: Chris Bland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: On 25 December 1943 the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst slipped out Altenfjord in Norway to attack Arctic convoy JW55B which was carrying vital war supplies to the Soviet Union. But British naval intelligence knew of the Scharnhorst's mission before she sailed and the vulnerable convoy was protected by a large Royal Naval force including the battleship Duke of York. In effect the Scharnhorst was sailing into a trap. One of the most compelling naval dramas of the Second World War had begun. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660010]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Battle of North Cape: The Death Ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943 Author: Angus Konstam Narrator: Chris Bland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: On 25 December 1943 the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst slipped out Altenfjord in Norway to attack Arctic convoy JW55B which was carrying vital war supplies to the Soviet Union. But British naval intelligence knew of the Scharnhorst's mission before she sailed and the vulnerable convoy was protected by a large Royal Naval force including the battleship Duke of York. In effect the Scharnhorst was sailing into a trap. One of the most compelling naval dramas of the Second World War had begun. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659978 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659978]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye Christopher Robin: A. A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh Author: Ann Thwaite Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 23, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Goodbye Christopher Robin: A.A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh is drawn from Ann Thwaite's Whitbread Award-winning biography of A. A. Milne, one of England's most successful writers. After serving in the First World War, Milne wrote a number of well-received plays, but his greatest triumph came when he created Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, and, of course, Christopher Robin, the adventurous little boy based on his own son. Goodbye Christopher Robin inspired the film directed by Simon Curtis and starring Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, and Kelly Macdonald. It offers the listener a glimpse into the relationship between Milne and the real-life Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of the Hundred Acre Wood. Goodbye Christopher Robin is a story of celebrity, a story of both the joys and pains of success, and, ultimately, the story of how one man created a series of enchanting tales that brought hope and comfort to an England ravaged by the First World War. Ann Thwaite Tue, 23 May 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659978 thebookvoice.com 5:47:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659978]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye Christopher Robin: A. A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh Author: Ann Thwaite Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 23, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Goodbye Christopher Robin: A.A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh is drawn from Ann Thwaite's Whitbread Award-winning biography of A. A. Milne, one of England's most successful writers. After serving in the First World War, Milne wrote a number of well-received plays, but his greatest triumph came when he created Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, and, of course, Christopher Robin, the adventurous little boy based on his own son. Goodbye Christopher Robin inspired the film directed by Simon Curtis and starring Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, and Kelly Macdonald. It offers the listener a glimpse into the relationship between Milne and the real-life Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of the Hundred Acre Wood. Goodbye Christopher Robin is a story of celebrity, a story of both the joys and pains of success, and, ultimately, the story of how one man created a series of enchanting tales that brought hope and comfort to an England ravaged by the First World War. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659978]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye Christopher Robin: A. A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh Author: Ann Thwaite Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 23, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Goodbye Christopher Robin: A.A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh is drawn from Ann Thwaite's Whitbread Award-winning biography of A. A. Milne, one of England's most successful writers. After serving in the First World War, Milne wrote a number of well-received plays, but his greatest triumph came when he created Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, and, of course, Christopher Robin, the adventurous little boy based on his own son. Goodbye Christopher Robin inspired the film directed by Simon Curtis and starring Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, and Kelly Macdonald. It offers the listener a glimpse into the relationship between Milne and the real-life Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of the Hundred Acre Wood. Goodbye Christopher Robin is a story of celebrity, a story of both the joys and pains of success, and, ultimately, the story of how one man created a series of enchanting tales that brought hope and comfort to an England ravaged by the First World War. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659465 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659465]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das Schloss der Schriftsteller: Nürnberg ´46. Treffen am Abgrund Author: Uwe Neumahr Narrator: Peter Bieringer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: February 16, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Wohl nie waren so viele berühmte Schriftsteller und Reporterinnen aus aller Welt unter einem Dach versammelt wie in Nürnberg 1946. Sie kamen, um zu berichten – von den Gräueln des Krieges und des Holocaust, die dort vor Gericht verhandelt wurden. Sie wohnten und schrieben auf Schloss Faber-Castell, diskutierten, tanzten, verzweifelten, tranken. Uwe Neumahr erzählt ihre Geschichte in seinem aufregenden und bewegenden Buch. Erich Kästner war in Nürnberg und Erika Mann, John Dos Passos und Martha Gellhorn. Augusto Roa Bastos kam aus Paraguay, Xiao Qian aus China. Im Gerichtssaal blickten sie den Verbrechern ins Angesicht, im Press Camp auf dem Schloss versuchten sie, das Unfassbare in Worte zu fassen. Dabei trafen im Mikrokosmos des Faber-Schlosses Exil-Rückkehrer auf Überlebende des Holocaust, Kommunisten auf Vertreter westlicher Medienkonzerne, Frontberichterstatter auf extravagante Starreporter. Man schlief auf Feldbetten und begegnete sich in der Bar, im Salon, im Spielzimmer und im Kino, die die Alliierten in der globalen Herberge eingerichtet hatten. Und während die Schlossbewohner in den Abgrund der Geschichte sahen, während sie über Schuld, Sühne und Gerechtigkeit nachdachten, veränderten sich nicht nur sie, sondern auch die Art, wie sie schrieben. Uwe Neumahr Thu, 16 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659465 thebookvoice.com 9:19:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659465]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das Schloss der Schriftsteller: Nürnberg ´46. Treffen am Abgrund Author: Uwe Neumahr Narrator: Peter Bieringer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: February 16, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Wohl nie waren so viele berühmte Schriftsteller und Reporterinnen aus aller Welt unter einem Dach versammelt wie in Nürnberg 1946. Sie kamen, um zu berichten – von den Gräueln des Krieges und des Holocaust, die dort vor Gericht verhandelt wurden. Sie wohnten und schrieben auf Schloss Faber-Castell, diskutierten, tanzten, verzweifelten, tranken. Uwe Neumahr erzählt ihre Geschichte in seinem aufregenden und bewegenden Buch. Erich Kästner war in Nürnberg und Erika Mann, John Dos Passos und Martha Gellhorn. Augusto Roa Bastos kam aus Paraguay, Xiao Qian aus China. Im Gerichtssaal blickten sie den Verbrechern ins Angesicht, im Press Camp auf dem Schloss versuchten sie, das Unfassbare in Worte zu fassen. Dabei trafen im Mikrokosmos des Faber-Schlosses Exil-Rückkehrer auf Überlebende des Holocaust, Kommunisten auf Vertreter westlicher Medienkonzerne, Frontberichterstatter auf extravagante Starreporter. Man schlief auf Feldbetten und begegnete sich in der Bar, im Salon, im Spielzimmer und im Kino, die die Alliierten in der globalen Herberge eingerichtet hatten. Und während die Schlossbewohner in den Abgrund der Geschichte sahen, während sie über Schuld, Sühne und Gerechtigkeit nachdachten, veränderten sich nicht nur sie, sondern auch die Art, wie sie schrieben. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659465]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das Schloss der Schriftsteller: Nürnberg ´46. Treffen am Abgrund Author: Uwe Neumahr Narrator: Peter Bieringer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: February 16, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Wohl nie waren so viele berühmte Schriftsteller und Reporterinnen aus aller Welt unter einem Dach versammelt wie in Nürnberg 1946. Sie kamen, um zu berichten – von den Gräueln des Krieges und des Holocaust, die dort vor Gericht verhandelt wurden. Sie wohnten und schrieben auf Schloss Faber-Castell, diskutierten, tanzten, verzweifelten, tranken. Uwe Neumahr erzählt ihre Geschichte in seinem aufregenden und bewegenden Buch. Erich Kästner war in Nürnberg und Erika Mann, John Dos Passos und Martha Gellhorn. Augusto Roa Bastos kam aus Paraguay, Xiao Qian aus China. Im Gerichtssaal blickten sie den Verbrechern ins Angesicht, im Press Camp auf dem Schloss versuchten sie, das Unfassbare in Worte zu fassen. Dabei trafen im Mikrokosmos des Faber-Schlosses Exil-Rückkehrer auf Überlebende des Holocaust, Kommunisten auf Vertreter westlicher Medienkonzerne, Frontberichterstatter auf extravagante Starreporter. Man schlief auf Feldbetten und begegnete sich in der Bar, im Salon, im Spielzimmer und im Kino, die die Alliierten in der globalen Herberge eingerichtet hatten. Und während die Schlossbewohner in den Abgrund der Geschichte sahen, während sie über Schuld, Sühne und Gerechtigkeit nachdachten, veränderten sich nicht nur sie, sondern auch die Art, wie sie schrieben. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659447 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659447]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ghost Club Author: Kate Winkler Dawson Narrator: Kate Winkler Dawson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 1 minute Release date: March 21, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This audio original from the acclaimed author of American Sherlock, and the host of multiple true-crime podcasts, including Wicked Words, tells the fascinating story of the supernatural, and the club that united some of the world's most illustrious thinkers. For more than a century, some of the world’s most important thinkers and leaders—men like Arthur Conan Doyle and William Butler Yeats—gathered once a month and discussed the supernatural at The Ghost Club in London. In the early 1900s the club's chairman was Harry Price, the world’s most well-known ghost hunter. He and other members, like Harry Houdini, sought to debunk the charlatans who preyed on vulnerable people with fake seances, tarot readings, and spiritual encounters.  Price went to war with other researchers, as well as fake mediums, like the “witch” Helen Duncan. Price’s dramatic confrontation with Duncan during one of her seances ended with her arrest—she would be the last person in Europe ever tried under the Witch Act. But Price’s best-known case, and largest experiment, was the year he spent living in the Borley Rectory in southeast England. Price was determined to prove (or disprove) the existence of poltergeists in the famed rectory using gadgets that many looked at with mistrust. Price’s conclusions would solidify both his reputation as the world’s greatest ghost hunter, as well as the Borley Rectory’s designation as the most haunted house in England. The legends of The Ghost Club and the Borley Rectory still endure one hundred years later, ripe for fresh investigation. Kate Winkler Dawson Tue, 21 Mar 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659447 thebookvoice.com 4:1:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659447]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ghost Club Author: Kate Winkler Dawson Narrator: Kate Winkler Dawson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 1 minute Release date: March 21, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This audio original from the acclaimed author of American Sherlock, and the host of multiple true-crime podcasts, including Wicked Words, tells the fascinating story of the supernatural, and the club that united some of the world's most illustrious thinkers. For more than a century, some of the world’s most important thinkers and leaders—men like Arthur Conan Doyle and William Butler Yeats—gathered once a month and discussed the supernatural at The Ghost Club in London. In the early 1900s the club's chairman was Harry Price, the world’s most well-known ghost hunter. He and other members, like Harry Houdini, sought to debunk the charlatans who preyed on vulnerable people with fake seances, tarot readings, and spiritual encounters.  Price went to war with other researchers, as well as fake mediums, like the “witch” Helen Duncan. Price’s dramatic confrontation with Duncan during one of her seances ended with her arrest—she would be the last person in Europe ever tried under the Witch Act. But Price’s best-known case, and largest experiment, was the year he spent living in the Borley Rectory in southeast England. Price was determined to prove (or disprove) the existence of poltergeists in the famed rectory using gadgets that many looked at with mistrust. Price’s conclusions would solidify both his reputation as the world’s greatest ghost hunter, as well as the Borley Rectory’s designation as the most haunted house in England. The legends of The Ghost Club and the Borley Rectory still endure one hundred years later, ripe for fresh investigation. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659447]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ghost Club Author: Kate Winkler Dawson Narrator: Kate Winkler Dawson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 1 minute Release date: March 21, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This audio original from the acclaimed author of American Sherlock, and the host of multiple true-crime podcasts, including Wicked Words, tells the fascinating story of the supernatural, and the club that united some of the world's most illustrious thinkers. For more than a century, some of the world’s most important thinkers and leaders—men like Arthur Conan Doyle and William Butler Yeats—gathered once a month and discussed the supernatural at The Ghost Club in London. In the early 1900s the club's chairman was Harry Price, the world’s most well-known ghost hunter. He and other members, like Harry Houdini, sought to debunk the charlatans who preyed on vulnerable people with fake seances, tarot readings, and spiritual encounters.  Price went to war with other researchers, as well as fake mediums, like the “witch” Helen Duncan. Price’s dramatic confrontation with Duncan during one of her seances ended with her arrest—she would be the last person in Europe ever tried under the Witch Act. But Price’s best-known case, and largest experiment, was the year he spent living in the Borley Rectory in southeast England. Price was determined to prove (or disprove) the existence of poltergeists in the famed rectory using gadgets that many looked at with mistrust. Price’s conclusions would solidify both his reputation as the world’s greatest ghost hunter, as well as the Borley Rectory’s designation as the most haunted house in England. The legends of The Ghost Club and the Borley Rectory still endure one hundred years later, ripe for fresh investigation. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659415 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659415]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Monde vor der Landung (Ungekürzt) Author: Clemens J Setz Narrator: Ole Lagerpusch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 8, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Worms, Anfang der 1920er-Jahre. Peter Bender, ehemals Fliegerleutnant des Deutschen Heeres, macht sich als Gründer einer neuen Religionsgemeinschaft und mit der Proklamation der sogenannten Hohlwelt-Theorie einen Namen: Die Menschheit, so diese Theorie, lebe nicht auf, sondern in einer Kugel, außerhalb derselben existiere nichts. Benders Gemeinde bleibt überschaubar, dennoch wird er wegen der Verbreitung aufwieglerischer und gotteslästerlicher Flugschriften zu einer mehrmonatigen Kerkerhaft verurteilt. Als sich nach der Machtergreifung der Nationalsozialisten herumspricht, dass seine Frau Jüdin ist, wenden sich selbst seine engsten Gefolgsleute von ihm ab. Die Benders verarmen, die Repressionen gegen seine Frau werden bald unerträglich, bis die Familie 1942 verhaftet und deportiert wird. Nur der Sohn überlebt das Konzentrationslager. Clemens J Setz Wed, 08 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659415 thebookvoice.com 17:18:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659415]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Monde vor der Landung (Ungekürzt) Author: Clemens J Setz Narrator: Ole Lagerpusch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 8, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Worms, Anfang der 1920er-Jahre. Peter Bender, ehemals Fliegerleutnant des Deutschen Heeres, macht sich als Gründer einer neuen Religionsgemeinschaft und mit der Proklamation der sogenannten Hohlwelt-Theorie einen Namen: Die Menschheit, so diese Theorie, lebe nicht auf, sondern in einer Kugel, außerhalb derselben existiere nichts. Benders Gemeinde bleibt überschaubar, dennoch wird er wegen der Verbreitung aufwieglerischer und gotteslästerlicher Flugschriften zu einer mehrmonatigen Kerkerhaft verurteilt. Als sich nach der Machtergreifung der Nationalsozialisten herumspricht, dass seine Frau Jüdin ist, wenden sich selbst seine engsten Gefolgsleute von ihm ab. Die Benders verarmen, die Repressionen gegen seine Frau werden bald unerträglich, bis die Familie 1942 verhaftet und deportiert wird. Nur der Sohn überlebt das Konzentrationslager. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659415]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Monde vor der Landung (Ungekürzt) Author: Clemens J Setz Narrator: Ole Lagerpusch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 8, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Worms, Anfang der 1920er-Jahre. Peter Bender, ehemals Fliegerleutnant des Deutschen Heeres, macht sich als Gründer einer neuen Religionsgemeinschaft und mit der Proklamation der sogenannten Hohlwelt-Theorie einen Namen: Die Menschheit, so diese Theorie, lebe nicht auf, sondern in einer Kugel, außerhalb derselben existiere nichts. Benders Gemeinde bleibt überschaubar, dennoch wird er wegen der Verbreitung aufwieglerischer und gotteslästerlicher Flugschriften zu einer mehrmonatigen Kerkerhaft verurteilt. Als sich nach der Machtergreifung der Nationalsozialisten herumspricht, dass seine Frau Jüdin ist, wenden sich selbst seine engsten Gefolgsleute von ihm ab. Die Benders verarmen, die Repressionen gegen seine Frau werden bald unerträglich, bis die Familie 1942 verhaftet und deportiert wird. Nur der Sohn überlebt das Konzentrationslager. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658798 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658798]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wiki Wissen - Die Geschichte Bayerns Author: Wikipedia Narrator: Lukas Schenk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 14 minutes Release date: November 22, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Wiki Wissen - kompaktes Wissen für Unterwegs präsentiert: Die Geschichte Bayerns. Von der Entstehung Bayerns, über das bayerische Stammherzogtum, König Ludwig bis hin zum modernen Bayern nach 1945. Lassen Sie sich überraschen! Wikipedia Thu, 22 Nov 2012 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658798 thebookvoice.com 1:14:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658798]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wiki Wissen - Die Geschichte Bayerns Author: Wikipedia Narrator: Lukas Schenk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 14 minutes Release date: November 22, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Wiki Wissen - kompaktes Wissen für Unterwegs präsentiert: Die Geschichte Bayerns. Von der Entstehung Bayerns, über das bayerische Stammherzogtum, König Ludwig bis hin zum modernen Bayern nach 1945. Lassen Sie sich überraschen! Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658798]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wiki Wissen - Die Geschichte Bayerns Author: Wikipedia Narrator: Lukas Schenk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 14 minutes Release date: November 22, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Wiki Wissen - kompaktes Wissen für Unterwegs präsentiert: Die Geschichte Bayerns. Von der Entstehung Bayerns, über das bayerische Stammherzogtum, König Ludwig bis hin zum modernen Bayern nach 1945. Lassen Sie sich überraschen! https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658794 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658794]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wikipedia Geschichte - Die Weimarer Republik: Kompaktes Wissen zum Anhören Author: Wikipedia Narrator: Robert Fink Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 5 minutes Release date: August 17, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Die Weimarer Republik Ein Wikipedia Hörbuch aus der Serie Geschichte. Als Weimarer Republik wird das Deutsche Reich im Zeitraum von 1918/19 bis 1933 bezeichnet, als es eine demokratisch verfasste, parlamentarische Republik war. Die Epoche beginnt mit der Novemberrevolution und der Ausrufung der Republik am 9. November 1918 sowie mit der Unterzeichnung der Weimarer Verfassung am 11. August 1919. Sie endet nach der Ernennung Hitlers zum Reichskanzler am 30. Januar 1933 mit der darauf folgenden Errichtung der nationalsozialistischen Diktatur. Das Reich war zu dieser Zeit ein Bundesstaat mit einer Mischform aus präsidialem und parlamentarischem Regierungssystem. Ihren Namen erhielt die erste auf nationalstaatlicher Ebene verwirklichte deutsche Republik nach der thüringischen Stadt Weimar, dem Tagungsort der verfassunggebenden Nationalversammlung. Am Ende gehen wir mit ihnen auf die Ursachen des Scheiterns der Weimarer Republik ein. Mehr Informationen zu Hitler und den Nationalsozialisten erhalten sie auf unserem nächsten Hörbuch: Der Nationalsozialismus. Weitere Informationen zu unseren Hörbüchern finden sie im Internet unter www.abod.de Wikipedia Fri, 17 Aug 2012 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658794 thebookvoice.com 1:5:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658794]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wikipedia Geschichte - Die Weimarer Republik: Kompaktes Wissen zum Anhören Author: Wikipedia Narrator: Robert Fink Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 5 minutes Release date: August 17, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Die Weimarer Republik Ein Wikipedia Hörbuch aus der Serie Geschichte. Als Weimarer Republik wird das Deutsche Reich im Zeitraum von 1918/19 bis 1933 bezeichnet, als es eine demokratisch verfasste, parlamentarische Republik war. Die Epoche beginnt mit der Novemberrevolution und der Ausrufung der Republik am 9. November 1918 sowie mit der Unterzeichnung der Weimarer Verfassung am 11. August 1919. Sie endet nach der Ernennung Hitlers zum Reichskanzler am 30. Januar 1933 mit der darauf folgenden Errichtung der nationalsozialistischen Diktatur. Das Reich war zu dieser Zeit ein Bundesstaat mit einer Mischform aus präsidialem und parlamentarischem Regierungssystem. Ihren Namen erhielt die erste auf nationalstaatlicher Ebene verwirklichte deutsche Republik nach der thüringischen Stadt Weimar, dem Tagungsort der verfassunggebenden Nationalversammlung. Am Ende gehen wir mit ihnen auf die Ursachen des Scheiterns der Weimarer Republik ein. Mehr Informationen zu Hitler und den Nationalsozialisten erhalten sie auf unserem nächsten Hörbuch: Der Nationalsozialismus. Weitere Informationen zu unseren Hörbüchern finden sie im Internet unter www.abod.de Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658794]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wikipedia Geschichte - Die Weimarer Republik: Kompaktes Wissen zum Anhören Author: Wikipedia Narrator: Robert Fink Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 5 minutes Release date: August 17, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Die Weimarer Republik Ein Wikipedia Hörbuch aus der Serie Geschichte. Als Weimarer Republik wird das Deutsche Reich im Zeitraum von 1918/19 bis 1933 bezeichnet, als es eine demokratisch verfasste, parlamentarische Republik war. Die Epoche beginnt mit der Novemberrevolution und der Ausrufung der Republik am 9. November 1918 sowie mit der Unterzeichnung der Weimarer Verfassung am 11. August 1919. Sie endet nach der Ernennung Hitlers zum Reichskanzler am 30. Januar 1933 mit der darauf folgenden Errichtung der nationalsozialistischen Diktatur. Das Reich war zu dieser Zeit ein Bundesstaat mit einer Mischform aus präsidialem und parlamentarischem Regierungssystem. Ihren Namen erhielt die erste auf nationalstaatlicher Ebene verwirklichte deutsche Republik nach der thüringischen Stadt Weimar, dem Tagungsort der verfassunggebenden Nationalversammlung. Am Ende gehen wir mit ihnen auf die Ursachen des Scheiterns der Weimarer Republik ein. Mehr Informationen zu Hitler und den Nationalsozialisten erhalten sie auf unserem nächsten Hörbuch: Der Nationalsozialismus. Weitere Informationen zu unseren Hörbüchern finden sie im Internet unter www.abod.de https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658708 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658708]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wikipedia Geschichte - Imperialismus und das Deutsche Kaiserreich: Kompaktes Wissen zum Anhören Author: Wikipedia Narrator: Jan Bischof Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 12, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Das Hörbuch Imperialismus und das Deutsche Kaiserreich ist eine redaktionelle Aufarbeitung der Wikipedia Artikel: Imperialismus sowie Deutsches Kaiserreich in Kooperation mit Wikipedia und Audiobooks on Demand. Als Imperialismus (von lateinisch imperare „herrschen“; imperium „Weltreich“; etwa bei Imperium Romanum) bezeichnet man das Bestreben eines Staatswesens oder dessen Anführers, seinen Einfluss auf andere Länder oder Völker auszudehnen, bis hin zu deren Unterwerfung und Eingliederung in das eigene Umfeld. Dazu gehört eine ungleiche wirtschaftliche, kulturelle oder territoriale Beziehung aufzubauen und aufrechtzuerhalten. Das Deutsche Kaiserreich war eine bundesstaatlich organisierte, am monarchischen Prinzip ausgerichtete konstitutionelle Monarchie. Es bestand von 1871 bis 1918. Die deutsche Reichsgründung erfolgte mit der Proklamation des preußischen Königs Wilhelm I. zum Deutschen Kaiser am 18. Januar 1871 im Spiegelsaal des Schlosses Versailles. Vorangegangen war der Sieg des Norddeutschen Bundes und der mit ihm verbündeten süddeutschen Staaten im Deutsch-Französischen Krieg. Auf kleindeutscher Grundlage und unter der Herrschaft der preußischen Hohenzollern war damit erstmals ein deutscher Nationalstaat entstanden. Wikipedia Sun, 12 Aug 2012 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658708 thebookvoice.com 2:27:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658708]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wikipedia Geschichte - Imperialismus und das Deutsche Kaiserreich: Kompaktes Wissen zum Anhören Author: Wikipedia Narrator: Jan Bischof Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 12, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Das Hörbuch Imperialismus und das Deutsche Kaiserreich ist eine redaktionelle Aufarbeitung der Wikipedia Artikel: Imperialismus sowie Deutsches Kaiserreich in Kooperation mit Wikipedia und Audiobooks on Demand. Als Imperialismus (von lateinisch imperare „herrschen“; imperium „Weltreich“; etwa bei Imperium Romanum) bezeichnet man das Bestreben eines Staatswesens oder dessen Anführers, seinen Einfluss auf andere Länder oder Völker auszudehnen, bis hin zu deren Unterwerfung und Eingliederung in das eigene Umfeld. Dazu gehört eine ungleiche wirtschaftliche, kulturelle oder territoriale Beziehung aufzubauen und aufrechtzuerhalten. Das Deutsche Kaiserreich war eine bundesstaatlich organisierte, am monarchischen Prinzip ausgerichtete konstitutionelle Monarchie. Es bestand von 1871 bis 1918. Die deutsche Reichsgründung erfolgte mit der Proklamation des preußischen Königs Wilhelm I. zum Deutschen Kaiser am 18. Januar 1871 im Spiegelsaal des Schlosses Versailles. Vorangegangen war der Sieg des Norddeutschen Bundes und der mit ihm verbündeten süddeutschen Staaten im Deutsch-Französischen Krieg. Auf kleindeutscher Grundlage und unter der Herrschaft der preußischen Hohenzollern war damit erstmals ein deutscher Nationalstaat entstanden. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658708]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wikipedia Geschichte - Imperialismus und das Deutsche Kaiserreich: Kompaktes Wissen zum Anhören Author: Wikipedia Narrator: Jan Bischof Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 12, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Das Hörbuch Imperialismus und das Deutsche Kaiserreich ist eine redaktionelle Aufarbeitung der Wikipedia Artikel: Imperialismus sowie Deutsches Kaiserreich in Kooperation mit Wikipedia und Audiobooks on Demand. Als Imperialismus (von lateinisch imperare „herrschen“; imperium „Weltreich“; etwa bei Imperium Romanum) bezeichnet man das Bestreben eines Staatswesens oder dessen Anführers, seinen Einfluss auf andere Länder oder Völker auszudehnen, bis hin zu deren Unterwerfung und Eingliederung in das eigene Umfeld. Dazu gehört eine ungleiche wirtschaftliche, kulturelle oder territoriale Beziehung aufzubauen und aufrechtzuerhalten. Das Deutsche Kaiserreich war eine bundesstaatlich organisierte, am monarchischen Prinzip ausgerichtete konstitutionelle Monarchie. Es bestand von 1871 bis 1918. Die deutsche Reichsgründung erfolgte mit der Proklamation des preußischen Königs Wilhelm I. zum Deutschen Kaiser am 18. Januar 1871 im Spiegelsaal des Schlosses Versailles. Vorangegangen war der Sieg des Norddeutschen Bundes und der mit ihm verbündeten süddeutschen Staaten im Deutsch-Französischen Krieg. Auf kleindeutscher Grundlage und unter der Herrschaft der preußischen Hohenzollern war damit erstmals ein deutscher Nationalstaat entstanden. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658571 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658571]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wikipedia Geschichte - Die Geschichte Deutschlands: Kompaktes Wissen zum Anhören Author: Wikipedia Narrator: Martin Schülke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 28 minutes Release date: August 17, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Die Geschichte Deutschlands Ein Wikipedia Hörbuch aus der Serie Geschichte. Die Geschichte Deutschlands beginnt mit der Entstehung eines deutschen Königtums im 10. Jahrhundert. Die Bewohner waren Nachfahren von Germanen, Kelten und im Westen auch von römischen Siedlern und Legionären. Durch besondere Beziehungen zum Papsttum in Rom konnte bereits das Herrschergeschlecht der Ottonen die Kaiserwürde erlangen und die Grundlagen für das Heilige Römische Reich legen. Als Folge der Koalitionskriege gegen die Französische Revolution ging das Heilige Römische Reich unter. Nach der in die Befreiungskriege mündenden Vorherrschaft Napoleons I. über den europäischen Kontinent ergab sich im eine politische Neuordnung in Form des des Deutschen Bundes. Die dagegen gerichteten freiheitlichen Bestrebungen in der Revolution von 1848/49 wurden niedergeschlagen, es kam zur Gründung des Deutschen Kaiserreichs. Weltmachtambitionen im Zeitalter des Imperialismus trugen wesentlich bei zur Entstehung des Ersten Weltkriegs, der in einer deutschen Niederlage endete. Die Revolution 1918/19 brachte mit der Weimarer Republik eine demokratisch verfasste deutsche Republik hervor, die allerdings dauerhaft politisch nicht stabil war, sondern 1933 in die nationalsozialistische Diktatur überging. Die damit verbundene Entfesselung des Zweiten Weltkriegs sowie die systematische Verfolgung und Vernichtung der Juden bilden bis heute den Tiefpunkt der deutschen Geschichte werden. Es entstand 1949 die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die die Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR). Nach der friedlichen Revolution in der DDR, die 1989 das Ende der SED-Diktatur herbeiführte kam es am 3. Oktober1990 zur Wiedervereinigung. Wikipedia Fri, 17 Aug 2012 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658571 thebookvoice.com 2:28:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658571]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wikipedia Geschichte - Die Geschichte Deutschlands: Kompaktes Wissen zum Anhören Author: Wikipedia Narrator: Martin Schülke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 28 minutes Release date: August 17, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Die Geschichte Deutschlands Ein Wikipedia Hörbuch aus der Serie Geschichte. Die Geschichte Deutschlands beginnt mit der Entstehung eines deutschen Königtums im 10. Jahrhundert. Die Bewohner waren Nachfahren von Germanen, Kelten und im Westen auch von römischen Siedlern und Legionären. Durch besondere Beziehungen zum Papsttum in Rom konnte bereits das Herrschergeschlecht der Ottonen die Kaiserwürde erlangen und die Grundlagen für das Heilige Römische Reich legen. Als Folge der Koalitionskriege gegen die Französische Revolution ging das Heilige Römische Reich unter. Nach der in die Befreiungskriege mündenden Vorherrschaft Napoleons I. über den europäischen Kontinent ergab sich im eine politische Neuordnung in Form des des Deutschen Bundes. Die dagegen gerichteten freiheitlichen Bestrebungen in der Revolution von 1848/49 wurden niedergeschlagen, es kam zur Gründung des Deutschen Kaiserreichs. Weltmachtambitionen im Zeitalter des Imperialismus trugen wesentlich bei zur Entstehung des Ersten Weltkriegs, der in einer deutschen Niederlage endete. Die Revolution 1918/19 brachte mit der Weimarer Republik eine demokratisch verfasste deutsche Republik hervor, die allerdings dauerhaft politisch nicht stabil war, sondern 1933 in die nationalsozialistische Diktatur überging. Die damit verbundene Entfesselung des Zweiten Weltkriegs sowie die systematische Verfolgung und Vernichtung der Juden bilden bis heute den Tiefpunkt der deutschen Geschichte werden. Es entstand 1949 die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die die Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR). Nach der friedlichen Revolution in der DDR, die 1989 das Ende der SED-Diktatur herbeiführte kam es am 3. Oktober1990 zur Wiedervereinigung. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658571]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wikipedia Geschichte - Die Geschichte Deutschlands: Kompaktes Wissen zum Anhören Author: Wikipedia Narrator: Martin Schülke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 28 minutes Release date: August 17, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Die Geschichte Deutschlands Ein Wikipedia Hörbuch aus der Serie Geschichte. Die Geschichte Deutschlands beginnt mit der Entstehung eines deutschen Königtums im 10. Jahrhundert. Die Bewohner waren Nachfahren von Germanen, Kelten und im Westen auch von römischen Siedlern und Legionären. Durch besondere Beziehungen zum Papsttum in Rom konnte bereits das Herrschergeschlecht der Ottonen die Kaiserwürde erlangen und die Grundlagen für das Heilige Römische Reich legen. Als Folge der Koalitionskriege gegen die Französische Revolution ging das Heilige Römische Reich unter. Nach der in die Befreiungskriege mündenden Vorherrschaft Napoleons I. über den europäischen Kontinent ergab sich im eine politische Neuordnung in Form des des Deutschen Bundes. Die dagegen gerichteten freiheitlichen Bestrebungen in der Revolution von 1848/49 wurden niedergeschlagen, es kam zur Gründung des Deutschen Kaiserreichs. Weltmachtambitionen im Zeitalter des Imperialismus trugen wesentlich bei zur Entstehung des Ersten Weltkriegs, der in einer deutschen Niederlage endete. Die Revolution 1918/19 brachte mit der Weimarer Republik eine demokratisch verfasste deutsche Republik hervor, die allerdings dauerhaft politisch nicht stabil war, sondern 1933 in die nationalsozialistische Diktatur überging. Die damit verbundene Entfesselung des Zweiten Weltkriegs sowie die systematische Verfolgung und Vernichtung der Juden bilden bis heute den Tiefpunkt der deutschen Geschichte werden. Es entstand 1949 die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die die Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR). Nach der friedlichen Revolution in der DDR, die 1989 das Ende der SED-Diktatur herbeiführte kam es am 3. Oktober1990 zur Wiedervereinigung. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658001 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658001]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink Author: Matthew Parker Narrator: Ben Onwukwe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 26, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This critical historical exploration shows a portrait of the British Empire at both the peak of its global reach—and the moment it began to topple.   September 29, 1923. Once the Palestine Mandate officially takes effect, the British Empire—now covering a quarter of the world’s land and boasting a population of 460 million—is the largest the world has ever seen. But it is also an empire in rapid transition.   Nationalist and Pan-African movements are gaining momentum throughout West Africa, thanks as much to Marcus Garvey as to the sustained efforts of local activists and politicians.   On far-flung Ocean Island in the Pacific, highly profitable phosphate extraction threatens to render the land uninhabitable for its native population—and colonial officials are torn between their integrity and their careers.   And in India, Jawaharlal Nehru and fellow nationalists wonder despairingly about the future of the independence movement as Gandhi languishes in prison.   Moving from London to Kuala Lumpur, Australia to the West Indies, One Fine Day is a breathtaking and unflinching tour of the British Empire at its pinnacle. Here the Empire is at its biggest; but it is on a precipice, beset with debts and doubts as liberation movements emerge to undo the colonial era, and see the sun set on the Empire. Matthew Parker Tue, 26 Sep 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658001 thebookvoice.com 27:11:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658001]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink Author: Matthew Parker Narrator: Ben Onwukwe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 26, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This critical historical exploration shows a portrait of the British Empire at both the peak of its global reach—and the moment it began to topple.   September 29, 1923. Once the Palestine Mandate officially takes effect, the British Empire—now covering a quarter of the world’s land and boasting a population of 460 million—is the largest the world has ever seen. But it is also an empire in rapid transition.   Nationalist and Pan-African movements are gaining momentum throughout West Africa, thanks as much to Marcus Garvey as to the sustained efforts of local activists and politicians.   On far-flung Ocean Island in the Pacific, highly profitable phosphate extraction threatens to render the land uninhabitable for its native population—and colonial officials are torn between their integrity and their careers.   And in India, Jawaharlal Nehru and fellow nationalists wonder despairingly about the future of the independence movement as Gandhi languishes in prison.   Moving from London to Kuala Lumpur, Australia to the West Indies, One Fine Day is a breathtaking and unflinching tour of the British Empire at its pinnacle. Here the Empire is at its biggest; but it is on a precipice, beset with debts and doubts as liberation movements emerge to undo the colonial era, and see the sun set on the Empire. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/658001]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink Author: Matthew Parker Narrator: Ben Onwukwe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 26, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This critical historical exploration shows a portrait of the British Empire at both the peak of its global reach—and the moment it began to topple.   September 29, 1923. Once the Palestine Mandate officially takes effect, the British Empire—now covering a quarter of the world’s land and boasting a population of 460 million—is the largest the world has ever seen. But it is also an empire in rapid transition.   Nationalist and Pan-African movements are gaining momentum throughout West Africa, thanks as much to Marcus Garvey as to the sustained efforts of local activists and politicians.   On far-flung Ocean Island in the Pacific, highly profitable phosphate extraction threatens to render the land uninhabitable for its native population—and colonial officials are torn between their integrity and their careers.   And in India, Jawaharlal Nehru and fellow nationalists wonder despairingly about the future of the independence movement as Gandhi languishes in prison.   Moving from London to Kuala Lumpur, Australia to the West Indies, One Fine Day is a breathtaking and unflinching tour of the British Empire at its pinnacle. Here the Empire is at its biggest; but it is on a precipice, beset with debts and doubts as liberation movements emerge to undo the colonial era, and see the sun set on the Empire. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657850 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657850]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Entre Este y Oeste: Un viaje por las fronteras de Europa Author: Anne Applebaum Narrator: Indhira Serrano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 26, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Una lectura imprescindible para descifrar los orígenes de la guerra en Ucrania y la frágil situación de Europa del Este. En el otoño de 1991, en plena desintegración del imperio soviético, Anne Applebaum -ganadora del Premio Pulitzer por Gulag. Historia de los campos de concentración soviéticos- emprendió un viaje desde el Báltico hasta el mar Negro, pasando por Lituania, Bielorrusia, Los Cárpatos y Ucrania, con la intención de comprender la nueva configuración de unos territorios en constante conflicto. Por el camino descubrió un amplio abanico de culturas identitarias, religiones y aspiraciones nacionalistas que competían entre sí. Si bien han transcurrido más de treinta años, las vidas aquí narradas se leen hoy como un registro documental de un mundo que ya no existe. Applebaum, una excelente observadora, teje con gran habilidad la desgarradora historia de una región incomprendida a través de los relatos de personas corrientes, que describen el modo en que los acontecimientos históricos influyen y marcan la vida de la gente. Ubicado entre la crónica periodística, la literatura de viajes y el ensayo histórico, Entre Este y Oeste ilumina con brillantez los orígenes de la crisis geopolítica entre Rusia y Europa y nos ofrece algunas claves para entender el alma de estas tierras fronterizas. La crítica ha dicho: «En su implacable búsqueda de la comprensión, Anne Applebaum ilumina mundos relegados al olvido de esperanza, sufrimiento y dignidad humana». The Washington Post «Sus investigaciones la han llevado a revalorizar de manera radical algunos de los supuestos históricos más básicos de Occidente». The Evening Standard «El carácter receptivo de Applebaum anima a los fronterizos a contarle la infinidad de formas en que la división política ha subyugado sus vidas personales, sus tradiciones culturales y sus lenguas». Publishers Weekly Anne Applebaum Thu, 26 Jan 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657850 thebookvoice.com 12:27:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657850]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Entre Este y Oeste: Un viaje por las fronteras de Europa Author: Anne Applebaum Narrator: Indhira Serrano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 26, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Una lectura imprescindible para descifrar los orígenes de la guerra en Ucrania y la frágil situación de Europa del Este. En el otoño de 1991, en plena desintegración del imperio soviético, Anne Applebaum -ganadora del Premio Pulitzer por Gulag. Historia de los campos de concentración soviéticos- emprendió un viaje desde el Báltico hasta el mar Negro, pasando por Lituania, Bielorrusia, Los Cárpatos y Ucrania, con la intención de comprender la nueva configuración de unos territorios en constante conflicto. Por el camino descubrió un amplio abanico de culturas identitarias, religiones y aspiraciones nacionalistas que competían entre sí. Si bien han transcurrido más de treinta años, las vidas aquí narradas se leen hoy como un registro documental de un mundo que ya no existe. Applebaum, una excelente observadora, teje con gran habilidad la desgarradora historia de una región incomprendida a través de los relatos de personas corrientes, que describen el modo en que los acontecimientos históricos influyen y marcan la vida de la gente. Ubicado entre la crónica periodística, la literatura de viajes y el ensayo histórico, Entre Este y Oeste ilumina con brillantez los orígenes de la crisis geopolítica entre Rusia y Europa y nos ofrece algunas claves para entender el alma de estas tierras fronterizas. La crítica ha dicho: «En su implacable búsqueda de la comprensión, Anne Applebaum ilumina mundos relegados al olvido de esperanza, sufrimiento y dignidad humana». The Washington Post «Sus investigaciones la han llevado a revalorizar de manera radical algunos de los supuestos históricos más básicos de Occidente». The Evening Standard «El carácter receptivo de Applebaum anima a los fronterizos a contarle la infinidad de formas en que la división política ha subyugado sus vidas personales, sus tradiciones culturales y sus lenguas». Publishers Weekly Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657850]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Entre Este y Oeste: Un viaje por las fronteras de Europa Author: Anne Applebaum Narrator: Indhira Serrano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 26, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Una lectura imprescindible para descifrar los orígenes de la guerra en Ucrania y la frágil situación de Europa del Este. En el otoño de 1991, en plena desintegración del imperio soviético, Anne Applebaum -ganadora del Premio Pulitzer por Gulag. Historia de los campos de concentración soviéticos- emprendió un viaje desde el Báltico hasta el mar Negro, pasando por Lituania, Bielorrusia, Los Cárpatos y Ucrania, con la intención de comprender la nueva configuración de unos territorios en constante conflicto. Por el camino descubrió un amplio abanico de culturas identitarias, religiones y aspiraciones nacionalistas que competían entre sí. Si bien han transcurrido más de treinta años, las vidas aquí narradas se leen hoy como un registro documental de un mundo que ya no existe. Applebaum, una excelente observadora, teje con gran habilidad la desgarradora historia de una región incomprendida a través de los relatos de personas corrientes, que describen el modo en que los acontecimientos históricos influyen y marcan la vida de la gente. Ubicado entre la crónica periodística, la literatura de viajes y el ensayo histórico, Entre Este y Oeste ilumina con brillantez los orígenes de la crisis geopolítica entre Rusia y Europa y nos ofrece algunas claves para entender el alma de estas tierras fronterizas. La crítica ha dicho: «En su implacable búsqueda de la comprensión, Anne Applebaum ilumina mundos relegados al olvido de esperanza, sufrimiento y dignidad humana». The Washington Post «Sus investigaciones la han llevado a revalorizar de manera radical algunos de los supuestos históricos más básicos de Occidente». The Evening Standard «El carácter receptivo de Applebaum anima a los fronterizos a contarle la infinidad de formas en que la división política ha subyugado sus vidas personales, sus tradiciones culturales y sus lenguas». Publishers Weekly https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657339 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657339]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Isle of Dogs: My canine adventures through Britain Author: Clare Balding Narrator: Clare Balding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 12, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Every dog must have his day. There's nothing the British love quite as much as their dogs. From hunting to our hearths, and from herding sheep to guiding humans, our dogs have accompanied us through centuries of change, and that special relationship is still evolving today. So, just what is it that makes our bond so special? In this fascinating adventure across Britain, Clare Balding explores our unique heritage of canine tradition and meets just some of the many people who live, work and innovate with their dogs. From the mysteries of extinct breeds to the ancient dogs still thriving today, and adventuring from Battersea Dogs Home to Shetland via Buckingham Palace, we journey through the beloved canine story of our nation. A tale of hard work, companionship and a great many long dog walks, Isle of Dogs is an unmissable read for anyone whose life has been transformed by a faithful hound. ©2023 Clare Balding (P)2023 Penguin Audio Clare Balding Thu, 12 Oct 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657339 thebookvoice.com 6:45:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657339]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Isle of Dogs: My canine adventures through Britain Author: Clare Balding Narrator: Clare Balding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 12, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Every dog must have his day. There's nothing the British love quite as much as their dogs. From hunting to our hearths, and from herding sheep to guiding humans, our dogs have accompanied us through centuries of change, and that special relationship is still evolving today. So, just what is it that makes our bond so special? In this fascinating adventure across Britain, Clare Balding explores our unique heritage of canine tradition and meets just some of the many people who live, work and innovate with their dogs. From the mysteries of extinct breeds to the ancient dogs still thriving today, and adventuring from Battersea Dogs Home to Shetland via Buckingham Palace, we journey through the beloved canine story of our nation. A tale of hard work, companionship and a great many long dog walks, Isle of Dogs is an unmissable read for anyone whose life has been transformed by a faithful hound. ©2023 Clare Balding (P)2023 Penguin Audio Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657339]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Isle of Dogs: My canine adventures through Britain Author: Clare Balding Narrator: Clare Balding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 12, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Every dog must have his day. There's nothing the British love quite as much as their dogs. From hunting to our hearths, and from herding sheep to guiding humans, our dogs have accompanied us through centuries of change, and that special relationship is still evolving today. So, just what is it that makes our bond so special? In this fascinating adventure across Britain, Clare Balding explores our unique heritage of canine tradition and meets just some of the many people who live, work and innovate with their dogs. From the mysteries of extinct breeds to the ancient dogs still thriving today, and adventuring from Battersea Dogs Home to Shetland via Buckingham Palace, we journey through the beloved canine story of our nation. A tale of hard work, companionship and a great many long dog walks, Isle of Dogs is an unmissable read for anyone whose life has been transformed by a faithful hound. ©2023 Clare Balding (P)2023 Penguin Audio https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657325 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657325]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vampire Boys: True Tales from Operators of the RAF's First Single-Engined Jet Author: Charlotte Bailey Narrator: Jonathan Cowley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 9, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Sliding out of the shadows of World War Two, the de Havilland Vampire—accompanied by the distinctive whine of its Goblin engine—quickly proved itself an effective alternative to piston-powered fighters. After entering operational service with the RAF (as the service's first single-engine jet) in 1946, the Vampire—sought by air forces the world over—held a number of notable records: the first fighter to exceed 500 mph, the first to set a world altitude record of almost 60,000 feet, the first jet to take off and land from an aircraft carrier, and the first jet to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Not bad for something built partly of wood. Throughout this book, the 'Vampire Boys' bring to life the trials and tribulations of operating a first-generation jet across the globe. Through their insightful anecdotes and exceptional experiences, listeners can follow squadrons across the dusty deserts of Iraq to exercises in West Germany. First-hand tales of training, aerial handling, incidents and accidents (including the much-maligned spin characteristics) and squadron life bring together a portrait of a pioneering time in aviation advancement, right up to the present day with the T.11 still flying from Coventry Airport. Charlotte Bailey Tue, 09 May 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657325 thebookvoice.com 9:9:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657325]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vampire Boys: True Tales from Operators of the RAF's First Single-Engined Jet Author: Charlotte Bailey Narrator: Jonathan Cowley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 9, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Sliding out of the shadows of World War Two, the de Havilland Vampire—accompanied by the distinctive whine of its Goblin engine—quickly proved itself an effective alternative to piston-powered fighters. After entering operational service with the RAF (as the service's first single-engine jet) in 1946, the Vampire—sought by air forces the world over—held a number of notable records: the first fighter to exceed 500 mph, the first to set a world altitude record of almost 60,000 feet, the first jet to take off and land from an aircraft carrier, and the first jet to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Not bad for something built partly of wood. Throughout this book, the 'Vampire Boys' bring to life the trials and tribulations of operating a first-generation jet across the globe. Through their insightful anecdotes and exceptional experiences, listeners can follow squadrons across the dusty deserts of Iraq to exercises in West Germany. First-hand tales of training, aerial handling, incidents and accidents (including the much-maligned spin characteristics) and squadron life bring together a portrait of a pioneering time in aviation advancement, right up to the present day with the T.11 still flying from Coventry Airport. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657325]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vampire Boys: True Tales from Operators of the RAF's First Single-Engined Jet Author: Charlotte Bailey Narrator: Jonathan Cowley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 9, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Sliding out of the shadows of World War Two, the de Havilland Vampire—accompanied by the distinctive whine of its Goblin engine—quickly proved itself an effective alternative to piston-powered fighters. After entering operational service with the RAF (as the service's first single-engine jet) in 1946, the Vampire—sought by air forces the world over—held a number of notable records: the first fighter to exceed 500 mph, the first to set a world altitude record of almost 60,000 feet, the first jet to take off and land from an aircraft carrier, and the first jet to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Not bad for something built partly of wood. Throughout this book, the 'Vampire Boys' bring to life the trials and tribulations of operating a first-generation jet across the globe. Through their insightful anecdotes and exceptional experiences, listeners can follow squadrons across the dusty deserts of Iraq to exercises in West Germany. First-hand tales of training, aerial handling, incidents and accidents (including the much-maligned spin characteristics) and squadron life bring together a portrait of a pioneering time in aviation advancement, right up to the present day with the T.11 still flying from Coventry Airport. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657256 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657256]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction Author: Jamie Kreiner Narrator: Jamie Kreiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The digital era is beset by distraction, and it feels like things are only getting worse. At times like these, the distant past beckons as a golden age of attention. We dream of recapturing the quiet of a world with less noise. We imagine retreating into solitude and singlemindedness, almost like latter-day monks. But although we think of early monks as master concentrators, a life of mindfulness did not, in fact, come to them easily. As historian Jamie Kreiner demonstrates in The Wandering Mind, their attempts to stretch the mind out to God—to continuously contemplate the divine order and its ethical requirements—were all-consuming, and their battles against distraction were never-ending. Delving into the experiences of early Christian monks, Kreiner shows that these men and women were obsessed with distraction in ways that seem remarkably modern. Drawing on a trove of sources that the monks left behind, Kreiner reconstructs the techniques they devised in their lifelong quest to master their minds. She captures the fleeting moments of pure attentiveness that some monks managed to grasp, and the many times when monks struggled and failed and went back to the drawing board. Blending history and psychology, The Wandering Mind is a witty, illuminating account of human fallibility and ingenuity that bridges a distant era and our own. Jamie Kreiner Tue, 28 Mar 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657256 thebookvoice.com 5:31:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657256]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction Author: Jamie Kreiner Narrator: Jamie Kreiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The digital era is beset by distraction, and it feels like things are only getting worse. At times like these, the distant past beckons as a golden age of attention. We dream of recapturing the quiet of a world with less noise. We imagine retreating into solitude and singlemindedness, almost like latter-day monks. But although we think of early monks as master concentrators, a life of mindfulness did not, in fact, come to them easily. As historian Jamie Kreiner demonstrates in The Wandering Mind, their attempts to stretch the mind out to God—to continuously contemplate the divine order and its ethical requirements—were all-consuming, and their battles against distraction were never-ending. Delving into the experiences of early Christian monks, Kreiner shows that these men and women were obsessed with distraction in ways that seem remarkably modern. Drawing on a trove of sources that the monks left behind, Kreiner reconstructs the techniques they devised in their lifelong quest to master their minds. She captures the fleeting moments of pure attentiveness that some monks managed to grasp, and the many times when monks struggled and failed and went back to the drawing board. Blending history and psychology, The Wandering Mind is a witty, illuminating account of human fallibility and ingenuity that bridges a distant era and our own. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657256]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction Author: Jamie Kreiner Narrator: Jamie Kreiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The digital era is beset by distraction, and it feels like things are only getting worse. At times like these, the distant past beckons as a golden age of attention. We dream of recapturing the quiet of a world with less noise. We imagine retreating into solitude and singlemindedness, almost like latter-day monks. But although we think of early monks as master concentrators, a life of mindfulness did not, in fact, come to them easily. As historian Jamie Kreiner demonstrates in The Wandering Mind, their attempts to stretch the mind out to God—to continuously contemplate the divine order and its ethical requirements—were all-consuming, and their battles against distraction were never-ending. Delving into the experiences of early Christian monks, Kreiner shows that these men and women were obsessed with distraction in ways that seem remarkably modern. Drawing on a trove of sources that the monks left behind, Kreiner reconstructs the techniques they devised in their lifelong quest to master their minds. She captures the fleeting moments of pure attentiveness that some monks managed to grasp, and the many times when monks struggled and failed and went back to the drawing board. Blending history and psychology, The Wandering Mind is a witty, illuminating account of human fallibility and ingenuity that bridges a distant era and our own. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655921 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655921]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Reivers: The Story of the Border Reivers Author: Alistair Moffat Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 11, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: An 'exciting and dramatic' history of the raiders who ruled the lawless Anglo-Scottish borderlands for over a century (Cumberland News). Nowhere else in Britain in the modern era, or indeed in Europe, did civil order break down over such a wide area, or for such a long time, as on the border country between Scotland and England. For more than a century, the hoofbeats of countless raiding parties drummed over the border. From Dumfriesshire to the high wastes of East Cumbria, from Roxburghshire to Redesdale, from the lonely valley of Liddesdale to the fortress city of Carlisle, swords and spears spoke while the law remained silent. Fierce family loyalty counted for everything, while the rules of nationality counted for nothing. The whole range of the Cheviot Hills, its watershed ridges and the river valleys that flowed out of them, became the landscape of larceny while Maxwells, Grahams, Fenwicks, Carletons, Armstrongs, and Elliots rode hard and often for plunder. These were the Riding Times and in modern European history, they have no parallel. This book tells the remarkable story of the Reivers and how they made the Borders. Alistair Moffat Tue, 11 Jul 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655921 thebookvoice.com 13:45:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655921]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Reivers: The Story of the Border Reivers Author: Alistair Moffat Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 11, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: An 'exciting and dramatic' history of the raiders who ruled the lawless Anglo-Scottish borderlands for over a century (Cumberland News). Nowhere else in Britain in the modern era, or indeed in Europe, did civil order break down over such a wide area, or for such a long time, as on the border country between Scotland and England. For more than a century, the hoofbeats of countless raiding parties drummed over the border. From Dumfriesshire to the high wastes of East Cumbria, from Roxburghshire to Redesdale, from the lonely valley of Liddesdale to the fortress city of Carlisle, swords and spears spoke while the law remained silent. Fierce family loyalty counted for everything, while the rules of nationality counted for nothing. The whole range of the Cheviot Hills, its watershed ridges and the river valleys that flowed out of them, became the landscape of larceny while Maxwells, Grahams, Fenwicks, Carletons, Armstrongs, and Elliots rode hard and often for plunder. These were the Riding Times and in modern European history, they have no parallel. This book tells the remarkable story of the Reivers and how they made the Borders. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655921]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Reivers: The Story of the Border Reivers Author: Alistair Moffat Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 11, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: An 'exciting and dramatic' history of the raiders who ruled the lawless Anglo-Scottish borderlands for over a century (Cumberland News). Nowhere else in Britain in the modern era, or indeed in Europe, did civil order break down over such a wide area, or for such a long time, as on the border country between Scotland and England. For more than a century, the hoofbeats of countless raiding parties drummed over the border. From Dumfriesshire to the high wastes of East Cumbria, from Roxburghshire to Redesdale, from the lonely valley of Liddesdale to the fortress city of Carlisle, swords and spears spoke while the law remained silent. Fierce family loyalty counted for everything, while the rules of nationality counted for nothing. The whole range of the Cheviot Hills, its watershed ridges and the river valleys that flowed out of them, became the landscape of larceny while Maxwells, Grahams, Fenwicks, Carletons, Armstrongs, and Elliots rode hard and often for plunder. These were the Riding Times and in modern European history, they have no parallel. This book tells the remarkable story of the Reivers and how they made the Borders. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655478 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655478]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - G/GESCHICHTE - Von der Steppe zum Rhein: Die Hunnen Author: G/geschichte Narrator: Karsten Wolf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 23 minutes Release date: January 16, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Grausamkeit und Toleranz sind Begriffe, die in heutiger Zeit nicht recht zusammenpassen. Jedenfalls rühmen sich unsere westlichen Regierungen gerne ihrer Menschlichkeit und Toleranz, während mehr oder weniger feindlich gesinnte Autokratien wegen ihrer Grausamkeit und Intoleranz verurteilt werden. Die Begriffspaare anders zu kombinieren, ist definitiv nicht üblich. Oder kennen Sie ein Regime, das etwa als menschlich und intolerant tituliert wird? Manche Aspekte der Hunnen erscheinen uns vielleicht auch deswegen so fremd. Nahezu sämtliche Quellen vom Römischen Reich über Indien bis China betonen die außerordentliche Grausamkeit der hunnischen Völker – was den Verdacht nahelegt, dass diese tatsächlich grausam vorgingen. Auf der anderen Seite erlaubte es Attila allen Unterworfenen in seinem Reich, nach eigener Fasson selig zu werden. »Das war alles andere als ein totalitärer Staat«, urteilt Professor Falko Daim im Interview. Die Hunnen zeigten sich derart offen und tolerant, dass eine spezifisch hunnische Kultur und Religion heute kaum mehr auszumachen sind. Mit dieser Vorgehensweise standen sie nicht allein: Auch die Römer kombinierten vor ihrer Christianisierung erschütternde Grausamkeit mit hoher Toleranz. Völkermorde, Massenversklavungen und entsetzlich qualvolle Hinrichtungen gehörten zum Standardrepertoire. Zugleich gewährten Roms Behörden freie Religionsausübung, solange man dem Kaiser huldigte, also gleichsam auf dem Boden ihres Grundgesetzes stand. Hunnen wie Römer zeigen so, dass es machtvolle Herrschaftsmodelle gibt, die weit von unserem Erfahrungshorizont abweichen.- G/geschichte Mon, 16 Jan 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655478 thebookvoice.com 2:23:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655478]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - G/GESCHICHTE - Von der Steppe zum Rhein: Die Hunnen Author: G/geschichte Narrator: Karsten Wolf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 23 minutes Release date: January 16, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Grausamkeit und Toleranz sind Begriffe, die in heutiger Zeit nicht recht zusammenpassen. Jedenfalls rühmen sich unsere westlichen Regierungen gerne ihrer Menschlichkeit und Toleranz, während mehr oder weniger feindlich gesinnte Autokratien wegen ihrer Grausamkeit und Intoleranz verurteilt werden. Die Begriffspaare anders zu kombinieren, ist definitiv nicht üblich. Oder kennen Sie ein Regime, das etwa als menschlich und intolerant tituliert wird? Manche Aspekte der Hunnen erscheinen uns vielleicht auch deswegen so fremd. Nahezu sämtliche Quellen vom Römischen Reich über Indien bis China betonen die außerordentliche Grausamkeit der hunnischen Völker – was den Verdacht nahelegt, dass diese tatsächlich grausam vorgingen. Auf der anderen Seite erlaubte es Attila allen Unterworfenen in seinem Reich, nach eigener Fasson selig zu werden. »Das war alles andere als ein totalitärer Staat«, urteilt Professor Falko Daim im Interview. Die Hunnen zeigten sich derart offen und tolerant, dass eine spezifisch hunnische Kultur und Religion heute kaum mehr auszumachen sind. Mit dieser Vorgehensweise standen sie nicht allein: Auch die Römer kombinierten vor ihrer Christianisierung erschütternde Grausamkeit mit hoher Toleranz. Völkermorde, Massenversklavungen und entsetzlich qualvolle Hinrichtungen gehörten zum Standardrepertoire. Zugleich gewährten Roms Behörden freie Religionsausübung, solange man dem Kaiser huldigte, also gleichsam auf dem Boden ihres Grundgesetzes stand. Hunnen wie Römer zeigen so, dass es machtvolle Herrschaftsmodelle gibt, die weit von unserem Erfahrungshorizont abweichen.- Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655478]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - G/GESCHICHTE - Von der Steppe zum Rhein: Die Hunnen Author: G/geschichte Narrator: Karsten Wolf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 23 minutes Release date: January 16, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Grausamkeit und Toleranz sind Begriffe, die in heutiger Zeit nicht recht zusammenpassen. Jedenfalls rühmen sich unsere westlichen Regierungen gerne ihrer Menschlichkeit und Toleranz, während mehr oder weniger feindlich gesinnte Autokratien wegen ihrer Grausamkeit und Intoleranz verurteilt werden. Die Begriffspaare anders zu kombinieren, ist definitiv nicht üblich. Oder kennen Sie ein Regime, das etwa als menschlich und intolerant tituliert wird? Manche Aspekte der Hunnen erscheinen uns vielleicht auch deswegen so fremd. Nahezu sämtliche Quellen vom Römischen Reich über Indien bis China betonen die außerordentliche Grausamkeit der hunnischen Völker – was den Verdacht nahelegt, dass diese tatsächlich grausam vorgingen. Auf der anderen Seite erlaubte es Attila allen Unterworfenen in seinem Reich, nach eigener Fasson selig zu werden. »Das war alles andere als ein totalitärer Staat«, urteilt Professor Falko Daim im Interview. Die Hunnen zeigten sich derart offen und tolerant, dass eine spezifisch hunnische Kultur und Religion heute kaum mehr auszumachen sind. Mit dieser Vorgehensweise standen sie nicht allein: Auch die Römer kombinierten vor ihrer Christianisierung erschütternde Grausamkeit mit hoher Toleranz. Völkermorde, Massenversklavungen und entsetzlich qualvolle Hinrichtungen gehörten zum Standardrepertoire. Zugleich gewährten Roms Behörden freie Religionsausübung, solange man dem Kaiser huldigte, also gleichsam auf dem Boden ihres Grundgesetzes stand. Hunnen wie Römer zeigen so, dass es machtvolle Herrschaftsmodelle gibt, die weit von unserem Erfahrungshorizont abweichen.- https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655327 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655327]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nacht über den Wassern (Gekürzt) Author: Ken Follett Narrator: Udo Schenk Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 27, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: September 1939. Der legendäre American-Flying-Clipper, ein gigantisches Flugboot, startet von Southampton aus seinen letzten Flug über den Atlantik. An Bord der Maschine: vierzig Passagiere, darunter ein jüdischer Wissenschaftler, ein smarter Juwelendieb, ein erzkonservativer Lord und seine rebellische Tochter, ein Agent in geheimer Mission und ein Fabrikant, der von seiner schönen Frau betrogen wird. Jeder von ihnen steht vor der wichtigsten Entscheidung seines Lebens. Doch nur einer kennt die drohende Gefahr, die über den Wassern lauert ... Ken Follett Fri, 27 Jan 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655327 thebookvoice.com 6:28:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655327]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nacht über den Wassern (Gekürzt) Author: Ken Follett Narrator: Udo Schenk Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 27, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: September 1939. Der legendäre American-Flying-Clipper, ein gigantisches Flugboot, startet von Southampton aus seinen letzten Flug über den Atlantik. An Bord der Maschine: vierzig Passagiere, darunter ein jüdischer Wissenschaftler, ein smarter Juwelendieb, ein erzkonservativer Lord und seine rebellische Tochter, ein Agent in geheimer Mission und ein Fabrikant, der von seiner schönen Frau betrogen wird. Jeder von ihnen steht vor der wichtigsten Entscheidung seines Lebens. Doch nur einer kennt die drohende Gefahr, die über den Wassern lauert ... Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655327]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nacht über den Wassern (Gekürzt) Author: Ken Follett Narrator: Udo Schenk Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 27, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: September 1939. Der legendäre American-Flying-Clipper, ein gigantisches Flugboot, startet von Southampton aus seinen letzten Flug über den Atlantik. An Bord der Maschine: vierzig Passagiere, darunter ein jüdischer Wissenschaftler, ein smarter Juwelendieb, ein erzkonservativer Lord und seine rebellische Tochter, ein Agent in geheimer Mission und ein Fabrikant, der von seiner schönen Frau betrogen wird. Jeder von ihnen steht vor der wichtigsten Entscheidung seines Lebens. Doch nur einer kennt die drohende Gefahr, die über den Wassern lauert ... https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654107 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654107]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes Author: Anthony Bale Narrator: Esh Alladi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: November 2, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. From the medieval souks of Tabriz, to the mysterious island of Caldihe, where sheep were said to grow on trees, Anthony Bale brings history alive in A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages, inviting the reader to travel across a medieval world punctuated with miraculous wonders and long-lost landmarks. Journeying alongside scholars, spies and saints, from western Europe to the Far East and the Antipodes, this is no ordinary travel guide. From profane pilgrim badges and Venetian laxatives to encounters with bandits and trysts with mysterious medieval witches, this book mixes fact and folklore to offer an entertaining encyclopaedia of wondrous stories and peoples. Using previously untranslated contemporary accounts from as far and wide as Turkey, Iceland, Armenia, north Africa, and Russia, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages blurs the distinction between real and imagined places, offering the reader a vivid and unforgettable insight into how medieval people understood their world. ©2023 Anthony Bale (P)2023 Penguin Audio Anthony Bale Thu, 02 Nov 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654107 thebookvoice.com 11:8:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654107]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes Author: Anthony Bale Narrator: Esh Alladi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: November 2, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. From the medieval souks of Tabriz, to the mysterious island of Caldihe, where sheep were said to grow on trees, Anthony Bale brings history alive in A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages, inviting the reader to travel across a medieval world punctuated with miraculous wonders and long-lost landmarks. Journeying alongside scholars, spies and saints, from western Europe to the Far East and the Antipodes, this is no ordinary travel guide. From profane pilgrim badges and Venetian laxatives to encounters with bandits and trysts with mysterious medieval witches, this book mixes fact and folklore to offer an entertaining encyclopaedia of wondrous stories and peoples. Using previously untranslated contemporary accounts from as far and wide as Turkey, Iceland, Armenia, north Africa, and Russia, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages blurs the distinction between real and imagined places, offering the reader a vivid and unforgettable insight into how medieval people understood their world. ©2023 Anthony Bale (P)2023 Penguin Audio Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654107]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes Author: Anthony Bale Narrator: Esh Alladi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: November 2, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. From the medieval souks of Tabriz, to the mysterious island of Caldihe, where sheep were said to grow on trees, Anthony Bale brings history alive in A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages, inviting the reader to travel across a medieval world punctuated with miraculous wonders and long-lost landmarks. Journeying alongside scholars, spies and saints, from western Europe to the Far East and the Antipodes, this is no ordinary travel guide. From profane pilgrim badges and Venetian laxatives to encounters with bandits and trysts with mysterious medieval witches, this book mixes fact and folklore to offer an entertaining encyclopaedia of wondrous stories and peoples. Using previously untranslated contemporary accounts from as far and wide as Turkey, Iceland, Armenia, north Africa, and Russia, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages blurs the distinction between real and imagined places, offering the reader a vivid and unforgettable insight into how medieval people understood their world. ©2023 Anthony Bale (P)2023 Penguin Audio https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654102 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654102]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV Author: Helen Castor Narrator: Helen Castor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 3, 2024 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The author of She-Wolves chronicles the lives and reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose rivalry brought their nation to the brink of disintegration - and back again Richard of Bordeaux and Henry Bolingbroke were first cousins, born just three months apart. Their two lives were from the beginning entwined. When they were still children, Richard was crowned King Richard II with Henry at his side, carrying the sword of state: a ten-year-old lord in the service of his ten-year-old king. Yet, as the animals on their heraldic badges showed, they grew up to be opposites: Richard was the white hart, a thin-skinned narcissist, and Henry the eagle, a chivalric hero, a leader who inspired loyalty where Richard inspired only fear. Henry had all the qualities Richard lacked, all the qualities a sovereign needed, bar one: birth right. Increasingly threatened by his charismatic cousin, Richard became consumed by the need for total power, in a time of constant conspiracies, rebellions and reprisals. When he banished Henry into exile, the stage was set for a final confrontation, as the hart became the tyrant and the eagle his usurper. Helen Castor tells this story of one of the strangest and most fateful relationships in English history. It is a story about power, and masculinity in crisis, and a nation brought to the brink of catastrophe and disintegration – and then brought back. At its heart, it is the story of two men whose lives were played out in extraordinary parallel, to devastating effect. 'A dazzling tour de force of epic royal history: a compulsive, unputdownable real-life thriller, a gripping portrait of ruthless power politics, and a study of British tyranny ... written with the delicacy and elegance of one of Britain’s most brilliant historians at the top of her game' Simon Sebag-Montefiore Phenomenal historian Helen Castor's masterful plume plunges us into the depths of machination and the abyss of tragedy. This is a masterpiece that leaves the reader both satiated and breathless - Olivette Otele, author of African Europeans If ever a book of history was blessed with contemporary relevance, this one is. The dumbfounding, delusional, narcissistic King Richard; the white-knuckle ride of Henry IV, dogged all the way by notions of illegitimacy. I feel these men could have been ripped from today’s headlines. The book’s great achievement is in the storytelling — the unfolding drama, the secrets of power and ambition so beautifully controlled in the telling. The Eagle and the Hart will be a non-fiction book of the year and will deserve the ovations it is certain to receive. When history is this gripping there’s nothing like it - Andrew O'Hagan © Helen Castor 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024 Helen Castor Thu, 03 Oct 2024 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654102 thebookvoice.com 20:4:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654102]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV Author: Helen Castor Narrator: Helen Castor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 3, 2024 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The author of She-Wolves chronicles the lives and reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose rivalry brought their nation to the brink of disintegration - and back again Richard of Bordeaux and Henry Bolingbroke were first cousins, born just three months apart. Their two lives were from the beginning entwined. When they were still children, Richard was crowned King Richard II with Henry at his side, carrying the sword of state: a ten-year-old lord in the service of his ten-year-old king. Yet, as the animals on their heraldic badges showed, they grew up to be opposites: Richard was the white hart, a thin-skinned narcissist, and Henry the eagle, a chivalric hero, a leader who inspired loyalty where Richard inspired only fear. Henry had all the qualities Richard lacked, all the qualities a sovereign needed, bar one: birth right. Increasingly threatened by his charismatic cousin, Richard became consumed by the need for total power, in a time of constant conspiracies, rebellions and reprisals. When he banished Henry into exile, the stage was set for a final confrontation, as the hart became the tyrant and the eagle his usurper. Helen Castor tells this story of one of the strangest and most fateful relationships in English history. It is a story about power, and masculinity in crisis, and a nation brought to the brink of catastrophe and disintegration – and then brought back. At its heart, it is the story of two men whose lives were played out in extraordinary parallel, to devastating effect. 'A dazzling tour de force of epic royal history: a compulsive, unputdownable real-life thriller, a gripping portrait of ruthless power politics, and a study of British tyranny ... written with the delicacy and elegance of one of Britain’s most brilliant historians at the top of her game' Simon Sebag-Montefiore Phenomenal historian Helen Castor's masterful plume plunges us into the depths of machination and the abyss of tragedy. This is a masterpiece that leaves the reader both satiated and breathless - Olivette Otele, author of African Europeans If ever a book of history was blessed with contemporary relevance, this one is. The dumbfounding, delusional, narcissistic King Richard; the white-knuckle ride of Henry IV, dogged all the way by notions of illegitimacy. I feel these men could have been ripped from today’s headlines. The book’s great achievement is in the storytelling — the unfolding drama, the secrets of power and ambition so beautifully controlled in the telling. The Eagle and the Hart will be a non-fiction book of the year and will deserve the ovations it is certain to receive. When history is this gripping there’s nothing like it - Andrew O'Hagan © Helen Castor 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654102]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV Author: Helen Castor Narrator: Helen Castor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 3, 2024 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The author of She-Wolves chronicles the lives and reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose rivalry brought their nation to the brink of disintegration - and back again Richard of Bordeaux and Henry Bolingbroke were first cousins, born just three months apart. Their two lives were from the beginning entwined. When they were still children, Richard was crowned King Richard II with Henry at his side, carrying the sword of state: a ten-year-old lord in the service of his ten-year-old king. Yet, as the animals on their heraldic badges showed, they grew up to be opposites: Richard was the white hart, a thin-skinned narcissist, and Henry the eagle, a chivalric hero, a leader who inspired loyalty where Richard inspired only fear. Henry had all the qualities Richard lacked, all the qualities a sovereign needed, bar one: birth right. Increasingly threatened by his charismatic cousin, Richard became consumed by the need for total power, in a time of constant conspiracies, rebellions and reprisals. When he banished Henry into exile, the stage was set for a final confrontation, as the hart became the tyrant and the eagle his usurper. Helen Castor tells this story of one of the strangest and most fateful relationships in English history. It is a story about power, and masculinity in crisis, and a nation brought to the brink of catastrophe and disintegration – and then brought back. At its heart, it is the story of two men whose lives were played out in extraordinary parallel, to devastating effect. 'A dazzling tour de force of epic royal history: a compulsive, unputdownable real-life thriller, a gripping portrait of ruthless power politics, and a study of British tyranny ... written with the delicacy and elegance of one of Britain’s most brilliant historians at the top of her game' Simon Sebag-Montefiore Phenomenal historian Helen Castor's masterful plume plunges us into the depths of machination and the abyss of tragedy. This is a masterpiece that leaves the reader both satiated and breathless - Olivette Otele, author of African Europeans If ever a book of history was blessed with contemporary relevance, this one is. The dumbfounding, delusional, narcissistic King Richard; the white-knuckle ride of Henry IV, dogged all the way by notions of illegitimacy. I feel these men could have been ripped from today’s headlines. The book’s great achievement is in the storytelling — the unfolding drama, the secrets of power and ambition so beautifully controlled in the telling. The Eagle and the Hart will be a non-fiction book of the year and will deserve the ovations it is certain to receive. When history is this gripping there’s nothing like it - Andrew O'Hagan © Helen Castor 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024 https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654032 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654032]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Village Labourer 1760-1832: A Study in the Government of England before the Reform Bill Author: Barbara Hammond, James L Hammond, Cole Bolchoz Narrator: Cole Bolchoz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 15 minutes Release date: December 28, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Many histories have been written of the governing class that ruled England with such absolute power during the last century of the old régime. Those histories have shown how that class conducted war, how it governed its colonies, how it behaved to the continental Powers, how it managed the first critical chapters of our relations with India, how it treated Ireland, how it developed the Parliamentary system, how it saved Europe from Napoleon. One history has only been sketched in outline: it is the history of the way in which this class governed England. The writers of this book have here attempted to describe the life of the poor during this period. It is their object to show what was in fact happening to the working classes under a government in which they had no share. They found, on searching through the material for such a study, that the subject was too large for a single book; they have accordingly confined themselves in this volume to the treatment of the village poor, leaving the town worker for separate treatment. It is necessary to mention this, for it helps to explain certain omissions that may strike the reader. The growth and direction of economic opinion, for example, are an important part of any examination of this question, but the writers have been obliged to reserve the consideration of that subject for their later volume, to which it seems more appropriate. The writers have also found it necessary to leave entirely on one side for the present the movement for Parliamentary Reform which was alive throughout this period, and very active, of course, during its later stages. Two subjects are discussed fully in this volume, they believe, for the first time. One is the actual method and procedure of Parliamentary Enclosure; the other the labourers’ rising of 1830. Nowhere can the student find a full analysis of the procedure and stages by which the old village age was destroyed. The rising of 1830 is covered as well. Barbara Hammond, James L Hammond, Cole Bolchoz Wed, 28 Dec 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654032 thebookvoice.com 12:15:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654032]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Village Labourer 1760-1832: A Study in the Government of England before the Reform Bill Author: Barbara Hammond, James L Hammond, Cole Bolchoz Narrator: Cole Bolchoz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 15 minutes Release date: December 28, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Many histories have been written of the governing class that ruled England with such absolute power during the last century of the old régime. Those histories have shown how that class conducted war, how it governed its colonies, how it behaved to the continental Powers, how it managed the first critical chapters of our relations with India, how it treated Ireland, how it developed the Parliamentary system, how it saved Europe from Napoleon. One history has only been sketched in outline: it is the history of the way in which this class governed England. The writers of this book have here attempted to describe the life of the poor during this period. It is their object to show what was in fact happening to the working classes under a government in which they had no share. They found, on searching through the material for such a study, that the subject was too large for a single book; they have accordingly confined themselves in this volume to the treatment of the village poor, leaving the town worker for separate treatment. It is necessary to mention this, for it helps to explain certain omissions that may strike the reader. The growth and direction of economic opinion, for example, are an important part of any examination of this question, but the writers have been obliged to reserve the consideration of that subject for their later volume, to which it seems more appropriate. The writers have also found it necessary to leave entirely on one side for the present the movement for Parliamentary Reform which was alive throughout this period, and very active, of course, during its later stages. Two subjects are discussed fully in this volume, they believe, for the first time. One is the actual method and procedure of Parliamentary Enclosure; the other the labourers’ rising of 1830. Nowhere can the student find a full analysis of the procedure and stages by which the old village age was destroyed. The rising of 1830 is covered as well. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654032]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Village Labourer 1760-1832: A Study in the Government of England before the Reform Bill Author: Barbara Hammond, James L Hammond, Cole Bolchoz Narrator: Cole Bolchoz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 15 minutes Release date: December 28, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Many histories have been written of the governing class that ruled England with such absolute power during the last century of the old régime. Those histories have shown how that class conducted war, how it governed its colonies, how it behaved to the continental Powers, how it managed the first critical chapters of our relations with India, how it treated Ireland, how it developed the Parliamentary system, how it saved Europe from Napoleon. One history has only been sketched in outline: it is the history of the way in which this class governed England. The writers of this book have here attempted to describe the life of the poor during this period. It is their object to show what was in fact happening to the working classes under a government in which they had no share. They found, on searching through the material for such a study, that the subject was too large for a single book; they have accordingly confined themselves in this volume to the treatment of the village poor, leaving the town worker for separate treatment. It is necessary to mention this, for it helps to explain certain omissions that may strike the reader. The growth and direction of economic opinion, for example, are an important part of any examination of this question, but the writers have been obliged to reserve the consideration of that subject for their later volume, to which it seems more appropriate. The writers have also found it necessary to leave entirely on one side for the present the movement for Parliamentary Reform which was alive throughout this period, and very active, of course, during its later stages. Two subjects are discussed fully in this volume, they believe, for the first time. One is the actual method and procedure of Parliamentary Enclosure; the other the labourers’ rising of 1830. Nowhere can the student find a full analysis of the procedure and stages by which the old village age was destroyed. The rising of 1830 is covered as well. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653787 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653787]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present Author: Christopher I. Beckwith Narrator: Jim Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A classic book now available on audio With narration by Jim Lee, who tells the epic story of the rise and fall of the Silk Road empires The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and the Mongols. In addition, he explains why the heartland of Central Eurasia led the world economically, scientifically, and artistically for many centuries despite invasions by Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Chinese, and others. In retelling the story of the Old World from the perspective of Central Eurasia, Beckwith provides a new understanding of the internal and external dynamics of the Central Eurasian states and shows how their people repeatedly revolutionized Eurasian civilization. Beckwith recounts the Indo-Europeans' migration out of Central Eurasia, their mixture with local peoples, and the resulting development of the Graeco-Roman, Persian, Indian, and Chinese civilizations; he details the basis for the thriving economy of premodern Central Eurasia, the economy's disintegration following the region's partition by the Chinese and Russians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the damaging of Central Eurasian culture by Modernism; and he discusses the significance for world history of the partial reemergence of Central Eurasian nations after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Empires of the Silk Road places Central Eurasia within a world historical framework and demonstrates why the region is central to understanding the history of civilization. Christopher I. Beckwith Tue, 17 Jan 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653787 thebookvoice.com 13:46:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653787]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present Author: Christopher I. Beckwith Narrator: Jim Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A classic book now available on audio With narration by Jim Lee, who tells the epic story of the rise and fall of the Silk Road empires The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and the Mongols. In addition, he explains why the heartland of Central Eurasia led the world economically, scientifically, and artistically for many centuries despite invasions by Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Chinese, and others. In retelling the story of the Old World from the perspective of Central Eurasia, Beckwith provides a new understanding of the internal and external dynamics of the Central Eurasian states and shows how their people repeatedly revolutionized Eurasian civilization. Beckwith recounts the Indo-Europeans' migration out of Central Eurasia, their mixture with local peoples, and the resulting development of the Graeco-Roman, Persian, Indian, and Chinese civilizations; he details the basis for the thriving economy of premodern Central Eurasia, the economy's disintegration following the region's partition by the Chinese and Russians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the damaging of Central Eurasian culture by Modernism; and he discusses the significance for world history of the partial reemergence of Central Eurasian nations after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Empires of the Silk Road places Central Eurasia within a world historical framework and demonstrates why the region is central to understanding the history of civilization. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653787]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present Author: Christopher I. Beckwith Narrator: Jim Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A classic book now available on audio With narration by Jim Lee, who tells the epic story of the rise and fall of the Silk Road empires The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and the Mongols. In addition, he explains why the heartland of Central Eurasia led the world economically, scientifically, and artistically for many centuries despite invasions by Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Chinese, and others. In retelling the story of the Old World from the perspective of Central Eurasia, Beckwith provides a new understanding of the internal and external dynamics of the Central Eurasian states and shows how their people repeatedly revolutionized Eurasian civilization. Beckwith recounts the Indo-Europeans' migration out of Central Eurasia, their mixture with local peoples, and the resulting development of the Graeco-Roman, Persian, Indian, and Chinese civilizations; he details the basis for the thriving economy of premodern Central Eurasia, the economy's disintegration following the region's partition by the Chinese and Russians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the damaging of Central Eurasian culture by Modernism; and he discusses the significance for world history of the partial reemergence of Central Eurasian nations after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Empires of the Silk Road places Central Eurasia within a world historical framework and demonstrates why the region is central to understanding the history of civilization. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653279 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653279]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fallschirm-Panzer Division 'Hermann Göring': A History of the Luftwaffe's Only Armoured Division 1933-1945 Author: Lawrence Paterson Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In the early years of the Third Reich, Hermann Göring, one of the most notorious leaders of the Third Reich, worked to establish his own personal army to rival Himmler's SS and Reichswehr. The result: a private Prussian police force which grew into one of the most powerful armored units in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht. This unit fought throughout the Second World War, meeting Anglo-American forces in vicious battles across the European theatres of Tunisia, Sicily, and Italy before finally being defeated by the Red Army on the Eastern Front. The Hermann Göring Panzer Division incorporates technical details of these battles with the turbulent politics and Machiavellian maneuvering of Hitler's inner circle, giving military-history enthusiasts fresh insights into the development and role of this unusual division through the war. Drawing on firsthand accounts and extensive archive material, World War II historian Lawrence Paterson presents a comprehensive and unbiased history of the establishment of the famous Fallschirm-Panzer Division. Lawrence Paterson Tue, 11 Apr 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653279 thebookvoice.com 11:49:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653279]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fallschirm-Panzer Division 'Hermann Göring': A History of the Luftwaffe's Only Armoured Division 1933-1945 Author: Lawrence Paterson Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In the early years of the Third Reich, Hermann Göring, one of the most notorious leaders of the Third Reich, worked to establish his own personal army to rival Himmler's SS and Reichswehr. The result: a private Prussian police force which grew into one of the most powerful armored units in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht. This unit fought throughout the Second World War, meeting Anglo-American forces in vicious battles across the European theatres of Tunisia, Sicily, and Italy before finally being defeated by the Red Army on the Eastern Front. The Hermann Göring Panzer Division incorporates technical details of these battles with the turbulent politics and Machiavellian maneuvering of Hitler's inner circle, giving military-history enthusiasts fresh insights into the development and role of this unusual division through the war. Drawing on firsthand accounts and extensive archive material, World War II historian Lawrence Paterson presents a comprehensive and unbiased history of the establishment of the famous Fallschirm-Panzer Division. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653279]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fallschirm-Panzer Division 'Hermann Göring': A History of the Luftwaffe's Only Armoured Division 1933-1945 Author: Lawrence Paterson Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In the early years of the Third Reich, Hermann Göring, one of the most notorious leaders of the Third Reich, worked to establish his own personal army to rival Himmler's SS and Reichswehr. The result: a private Prussian police force which grew into one of the most powerful armored units in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht. This unit fought throughout the Second World War, meeting Anglo-American forces in vicious battles across the European theatres of Tunisia, Sicily, and Italy before finally being defeated by the Red Army on the Eastern Front. The Hermann Göring Panzer Division incorporates technical details of these battles with the turbulent politics and Machiavellian maneuvering of Hitler's inner circle, giving military-history enthusiasts fresh insights into the development and role of this unusual division through the war. Drawing on firsthand accounts and extensive archive material, World War II historian Lawrence Paterson presents a comprehensive and unbiased history of the establishment of the famous Fallschirm-Panzer Division. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653280 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653280]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Deborah and the War of the Tanks 1917 Author: John A. Taylor Narrator: Jonathan Cowley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Deborah is a British First World War tank that rose from the grave after taking part in one of the most momentous battles in history. In November 1917, she played a leading role in the first successful massed tank attack at Cambrai. Eighty years later, in a remarkable feat of archaeology, the tank's buried remains were rediscovered and excavated, and are now preserved as a memorial to the battle and to the men who fought in it. John Taylor's book tells the tale of the tank and her crew and tracks down their descendants to uncover a human story every bit as compelling as the military one. John A. Taylor Tue, 04 Apr 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653280 thebookvoice.com 17:27:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653280]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Deborah and the War of the Tanks 1917 Author: John A. Taylor Narrator: Jonathan Cowley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Deborah is a British First World War tank that rose from the grave after taking part in one of the most momentous battles in history. In November 1917, she played a leading role in the first successful massed tank attack at Cambrai. Eighty years later, in a remarkable feat of archaeology, the tank's buried remains were rediscovered and excavated, and are now preserved as a memorial to the battle and to the men who fought in it. John Taylor's book tells the tale of the tank and her crew and tracks down their descendants to uncover a human story every bit as compelling as the military one. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653280]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Deborah and the War of the Tanks 1917 Author: John A. Taylor Narrator: Jonathan Cowley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Deborah is a British First World War tank that rose from the grave after taking part in one of the most momentous battles in history. In November 1917, she played a leading role in the first successful massed tank attack at Cambrai. Eighty years later, in a remarkable feat of archaeology, the tank's buried remains were rediscovered and excavated, and are now preserved as a memorial to the battle and to the men who fought in it. John Taylor's book tells the tale of the tank and her crew and tracks down their descendants to uncover a human story every bit as compelling as the military one. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653278 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653278]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy Author: Peter H. Wilson Narrator: Matthew Waterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 33 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. Peter Wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world. When defiant Bohemians tossed the Habsburg emperor's envoys from the castle windows in Prague in 1618, the Holy Roman Empire struck back with a vengeance. Bohemia was ravaged by mercenary troops in the first battle of a conflagration that would engulf Europe from Spain to Sweden. The sweeping narrative encompasses dramatic events and unforgettable individuals—the sack of Magdeburg; the Dutch revolt; the Swedish militant king Gustavus Adolphus; the imperial generals, Wallenstein and Tilly; and diplomat Cardinal Richelieu. In a major reassessment, Wilson argues that religion was not the catalyst, but one element in a lethal stew of political, social, and dynastic forces that fed the conflict. By war's end a recognizably modern Europe had been created, but at what price? The Thirty Years War condemned the Germans to two centuries of internal division and international impotence and became a benchmark of brutality for centuries. As late as the 1960s, Germans placed it ahead of both world wars and the Black Death as their country's greatest disaster. Peter H. Wilson Tue, 02 May 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653278 thebookvoice.com 33:26:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653278]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy Author: Peter H. Wilson Narrator: Matthew Waterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 33 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. Peter Wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world. When defiant Bohemians tossed the Habsburg emperor's envoys from the castle windows in Prague in 1618, the Holy Roman Empire struck back with a vengeance. Bohemia was ravaged by mercenary troops in the first battle of a conflagration that would engulf Europe from Spain to Sweden. The sweeping narrative encompasses dramatic events and unforgettable individuals—the sack of Magdeburg; the Dutch revolt; the Swedish militant king Gustavus Adolphus; the imperial generals, Wallenstein and Tilly; and diplomat Cardinal Richelieu. In a major reassessment, Wilson argues that religion was not the catalyst, but one element in a lethal stew of political, social, and dynastic forces that fed the conflict. By war's end a recognizably modern Europe had been created, but at what price? The Thirty Years War condemned the Germans to two centuries of internal division and international impotence and became a benchmark of brutality for centuries. As late as the 1960s, Germans placed it ahead of both world wars and the Black Death as their country's greatest disaster. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653278]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy Author: Peter H. Wilson Narrator: Matthew Waterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 33 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. Peter Wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world. When defiant Bohemians tossed the Habsburg emperor's envoys from the castle windows in Prague in 1618, the Holy Roman Empire struck back with a vengeance. Bohemia was ravaged by mercenary troops in the first battle of a conflagration that would engulf Europe from Spain to Sweden. The sweeping narrative encompasses dramatic events and unforgettable individuals—the sack of Magdeburg; the Dutch revolt; the Swedish militant king Gustavus Adolphus; the imperial generals, Wallenstein and Tilly; and diplomat Cardinal Richelieu. In a major reassessment, Wilson argues that religion was not the catalyst, but one element in a lethal stew of political, social, and dynastic forces that fed the conflict. By war's end a recognizably modern Europe had been created, but at what price? The Thirty Years War condemned the Germans to two centuries of internal division and international impotence and became a benchmark of brutality for centuries. As late as the 1960s, Germans placed it ahead of both world wars and the Black Death as their country's greatest disaster. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652931 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652931]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - G/GESCHICHTE - Die Reconquista: Kampf um Spanien Author: G/geschichte Narrator: Linda Cedli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 14 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Der Sturm kommt aus Afrika. In nur wenigen Jahren erobern die Mauren, ein Völkergemisch aus Arabern und Berbern, fast die gesamte Iberische Halbinsel. Nur im kargen Norden Spaniens leisten die Menschen von Asturien erfolgreich Gegenwehr. Die Widerstandsnester sind die Keimzellen der späteren Königreiche Kastilien und León. Während Córdoba mit seinen Palästen, Bädern und Bibliotheken erblüht, baut man im Norden Burgen und Kathedralen. Zum Schutzpatron des Kampfes gegen die Muslime avanciert der Apostel Jakobus, der jetzt unter dem Kampfnamen »Matamoros« verehrt wird – der Maurentöter. Dann kommt die zweite Invasion: Die fundamentalistischen Almoraviden erobern Andalusien und vernichten 1086 das Heer König Alfons' VI. bei Sagrajas. Doch es gibt einen Mann in Spanien, der dem neuen Feind gewachsen ist. Vor den Toren Valencias triumphiert Don Rodrigo de Vivar über die Wüstenkrieger und wird als El Cid zur spanischen Nationallegende. Den Schlussstrich unter das islamische Spanien ziehen 1492 Isabella von Kastilien und Ferdinand von Aragon. Mit der Eroberung Granadas endet die Epoche der Reconquista. Was folgt, ist die Vertreibung von Juden und Muslimen. Das Spanien der drei Kulturen ist nun Geschichte.- G/geschichte Thu, 10 Nov 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652931 thebookvoice.com 2:14:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652931]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - G/GESCHICHTE - Die Reconquista: Kampf um Spanien Author: G/geschichte Narrator: Linda Cedli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 14 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Der Sturm kommt aus Afrika. In nur wenigen Jahren erobern die Mauren, ein Völkergemisch aus Arabern und Berbern, fast die gesamte Iberische Halbinsel. Nur im kargen Norden Spaniens leisten die Menschen von Asturien erfolgreich Gegenwehr. Die Widerstandsnester sind die Keimzellen der späteren Königreiche Kastilien und León. Während Córdoba mit seinen Palästen, Bädern und Bibliotheken erblüht, baut man im Norden Burgen und Kathedralen. Zum Schutzpatron des Kampfes gegen die Muslime avanciert der Apostel Jakobus, der jetzt unter dem Kampfnamen »Matamoros« verehrt wird – der Maurentöter. Dann kommt die zweite Invasion: Die fundamentalistischen Almoraviden erobern Andalusien und vernichten 1086 das Heer König Alfons' VI. bei Sagrajas. Doch es gibt einen Mann in Spanien, der dem neuen Feind gewachsen ist. Vor den Toren Valencias triumphiert Don Rodrigo de Vivar über die Wüstenkrieger und wird als El Cid zur spanischen Nationallegende. Den Schlussstrich unter das islamische Spanien ziehen 1492 Isabella von Kastilien und Ferdinand von Aragon. Mit der Eroberung Granadas endet die Epoche der Reconquista. Was folgt, ist die Vertreibung von Juden und Muslimen. Das Spanien der drei Kulturen ist nun Geschichte.- Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652931]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - G/GESCHICHTE - Die Reconquista: Kampf um Spanien Author: G/geschichte Narrator: Linda Cedli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 14 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Der Sturm kommt aus Afrika. In nur wenigen Jahren erobern die Mauren, ein Völkergemisch aus Arabern und Berbern, fast die gesamte Iberische Halbinsel. Nur im kargen Norden Spaniens leisten die Menschen von Asturien erfolgreich Gegenwehr. Die Widerstandsnester sind die Keimzellen der späteren Königreiche Kastilien und León. Während Córdoba mit seinen Palästen, Bädern und Bibliotheken erblüht, baut man im Norden Burgen und Kathedralen. Zum Schutzpatron des Kampfes gegen die Muslime avanciert der Apostel Jakobus, der jetzt unter dem Kampfnamen »Matamoros« verehrt wird – der Maurentöter. Dann kommt die zweite Invasion: Die fundamentalistischen Almoraviden erobern Andalusien und vernichten 1086 das Heer König Alfons' VI. bei Sagrajas. Doch es gibt einen Mann in Spanien, der dem neuen Feind gewachsen ist. Vor den Toren Valencias triumphiert Don Rodrigo de Vivar über die Wüstenkrieger und wird als El Cid zur spanischen Nationallegende. Den Schlussstrich unter das islamische Spanien ziehen 1492 Isabella von Kastilien und Ferdinand von Aragon. Mit der Eroberung Granadas endet die Epoche der Reconquista. Was folgt, ist die Vertreibung von Juden und Muslimen. Das Spanien der drei Kulturen ist nun Geschichte.- https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652400 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652400]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Budapest: Portrait of a City Between East and West Author: Victor Sebestyen Narrator: Elinor Coleman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 4 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A vivid and enthralling account of the historical and cultural events that defined Budapest, a unique city in the heart of Europe, on the fault line between East and West—from the critically acclaimed author of Lenin “A compelling portrait of one of the most important cities in Europe. Full of sharp insights, elegant writing and vivid characters.” —Andrew Roberts, author of The Chief Victor Sebestyen has written a sweeping, colorful and immersive history of the capital of Hungary, from the fifth century to the present day: a metropolis whose location in Europe has marked it as a crucial city—at times rich and prosperous, at times enduring unbearable hardship. It has stood at the center of the world-changing historical developments for hundreds of years: the Muslim invasion, The Reformation, both World Wars, fascism, the Holocaust and Communism. Sebestyen mixes colorful details and anecdotes about the people, streets and neighborhoods of his hometown with its rich cultural legacy of literature, music, and architecture. He shows how its people have shifted culturally, politically and emotionally between East and West, through many revolutions, bloody battles, uprisings, and wars of conquest won and lost. He vividly brings to life the many rulers: the ruthless early Magyar, Hun, and Mongol chieftains, celebrated medieval kings and princes, Ottoman Turks, and the Hapsburgs, including the beloved Empress Elisabeth (“Sisi”). We also learn about colorful figures in politics, the arts and the sciences, among them Theodor Herzl, father of modern political Zionism; film pioneer Alexander Korda who held court with the director of Casablanca, Michael Curtiz, young reporter Billy Wilder, and photographer Robert Capa in the glamorous New York Café still going today; Edward Teller, inventor of the H bomb; and Countess Elisabeth Báthory, a cousin of the King of Poland, who became a serial killer, among many others. Sebestyen’s compelling history of Budapest is a lively page-turner as well as being uniquely revelatory and authoritative account of one of the most important cities of Europe. Victor Sebestyen Tue, 05 Sep 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652400 thebookvoice.com 16:4:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652400]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Budapest: Portrait of a City Between East and West Author: Victor Sebestyen Narrator: Elinor Coleman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 4 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A vivid and enthralling account of the historical and cultural events that defined Budapest, a unique city in the heart of Europe, on the fault line between East and West—from the critically acclaimed author of Lenin “A compelling portrait of one of the most important cities in Europe. Full of sharp insights, elegant writing and vivid characters.” —Andrew Roberts, author of The Chief Victor Sebestyen has written a sweeping, colorful and immersive history of the capital of Hungary, from the fifth century to the present day: a metropolis whose location in Europe has marked it as a crucial city—at times rich and prosperous, at times enduring unbearable hardship. It has stood at the center of the world-changing historical developments for hundreds of years: the Muslim invasion, The Reformation, both World Wars, fascism, the Holocaust and Communism. Sebestyen mixes colorful details and anecdotes about the people, streets and neighborhoods of his hometown with its rich cultural legacy of literature, music, and architecture. He shows how its people have shifted culturally, politically and emotionally between East and West, through many revolutions, bloody battles, uprisings, and wars of conquest won and lost. He vividly brings to life the many rulers: the ruthless early Magyar, Hun, and Mongol chieftains, celebrated medieval kings and princes, Ottoman Turks, and the Hapsburgs, including the beloved Empress Elisabeth (“Sisi”). We also learn about colorful figures in politics, the arts and the sciences, among them Theodor Herzl, father of modern political Zionism; film pioneer Alexander Korda who held court with the director of Casablanca, Michael Curtiz, young reporter Billy Wilder, and photographer Robert Capa in the glamorous New York Café still going today; Edward Teller, inventor of the H bomb; and Countess Elisabeth Báthory, a cousin of the King of Poland, who became a serial killer, among many others. Sebestyen’s compelling history of Budapest is a lively page-turner as well as being uniquely revelatory and authoritative account of one of the most important cities of Europe. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652400]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Budapest: Portrait of a City Between East and West Author: Victor Sebestyen Narrator: Elinor Coleman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 4 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A vivid and enthralling account of the historical and cultural events that defined Budapest, a unique city in the heart of Europe, on the fault line between East and West—from the critically acclaimed author of Lenin “A compelling portrait of one of the most important cities in Europe. Full of sharp insights, elegant writing and vivid characters.” —Andrew Roberts, author of The Chief Victor Sebestyen has written a sweeping, colorful and immersive history of the capital of Hungary, from the fifth century to the present day: a metropolis whose location in Europe has marked it as a crucial city—at times rich and prosperous, at times enduring unbearable hardship. It has stood at the center of the world-changing historical developments for hundreds of years: the Muslim invasion, The Reformation, both World Wars, fascism, the Holocaust and Communism. Sebestyen mixes colorful details and anecdotes about the people, streets and neighborhoods of his hometown with its rich cultural legacy of literature, music, and architecture. He shows how its people have shifted culturally, politically and emotionally between East and West, through many revolutions, bloody battles, uprisings, and wars of conquest won and lost. He vividly brings to life the many rulers: the ruthless early Magyar, Hun, and Mongol chieftains, celebrated medieval kings and princes, Ottoman Turks, and the Hapsburgs, including the beloved Empress Elisabeth (“Sisi”). We also learn about colorful figures in politics, the arts and the sciences, among them Theodor Herzl, father of modern political Zionism; film pioneer Alexander Korda who held court with the director of Casablanca, Michael Curtiz, young reporter Billy Wilder, and photographer Robert Capa in the glamorous New York Café still going today; Edward Teller, inventor of the H bomb; and Countess Elisabeth Báthory, a cousin of the King of Poland, who became a serial killer, among many others. Sebestyen’s compelling history of Budapest is a lively page-turner as well as being uniquely revelatory and authoritative account of one of the most important cities of Europe. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652123 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652123]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Denise Mina’s Case Histories: A BBC Radio True Crime Series Author: Denise Mina Narrator: Denise Mina Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 20, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Denise Mina examines the most famous - and infamous - cases in Scottish legal history, and participates in a mock trial Denise Mina is well known for her bestselling 'Tartan Noir' novels. She has twice won the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award, and her 'Paddy Meehan' series has been adapted for BBC TV. Before becoming a novelist, she studied law, and she has a particular interest in true crime. In these six episodes, she uncovers some of Scotland's most dramatic trials that continue to fascinate us years later. Also included is a bonus documentary, The Street Lawyer. The Paisley Snail - 1928. When May Donoghue pours ginger beer into her ice-cream float and a decomposed snail slithers out of the bottle, it sparks a case that will make legal history... Oscar Slater - Rich spinster Marion Gilchrist is brutally murdered in her Glasgow home in 1908. The hunt for her killer leads to Scotland's most dramatic miscarriage of justice: the Oscar Slater trial. The Douglas Cause - In this notorious 18th Century cause célèbre, two leading aristocratic families go head-to-head in a scandalous inheritance battle involving a secret elopement and stolen babies. The Moorov Doctrine - Glasgow, 1930, and a #MeToo-style case of sexual harassment in the workplace establishes one of the most important legal principles in Scottish law today. Madeleine Smith - In 1857, socialite Madeleine Smith is on trial for murder, accused of poisoning her French lover Emile L'Angelier. But did she do it, or not? Burke and Hare - Denise Mina looks at the notorious 19th Century murderers, talking to fellow authors Marisa Haetzman and Ian Rankin about the legalities of body snatching and the legacy of Burke and Hare's grim deeds. The Street Lawyer - Mina joins street lawyer Emmanuel De Abreu and sixth-formers from Glasgow's Lochend Community High School as they take on the roles of defence and prosecution to simulate a famous US murder case. Credits Denise Mina's Case Histories Presented by Denise Mina Legal consultant: Andrew Tickell Produced by Liza Greig Edited by Heather Kane Senior Producer: Lynsey Moyes With Katie Barclay, Alice Bowman, John Cairns, Clare Connelly, Owen Dudley Edwards, Lindsay Farmer, Pamela Ferguson, Michael Fry, Eleanor Gordon, Marisa Haetzman, Martin Hannan, David Hay, Andy Hughes, Helena Kennedy, Bruno Longmore, Hamish MacPherson, Nadine Martin, Mandy McIntosh, Allan Nicol, Janet Philip, Ian Rankin, Alison Rosie and Susanne Tanner First broadcast BBC Radio Scotland, 1 May - 27 December 2019 The Street Lawyer Presented by Denise Mina With Emmanuel De Abreu and pupils from Lochend Community High School First broadcast BBC Radio Scotland, 2 April 2019 © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Denise Mina Thu, 20 Jul 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652123 thebookvoice.com 3:15:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652123]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Denise Mina’s Case Histories: A BBC Radio True Crime Series Author: Denise Mina Narrator: Denise Mina Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 20, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Denise Mina examines the most famous - and infamous - cases in Scottish legal history, and participates in a mock trial Denise Mina is well known for her bestselling 'Tartan Noir' novels. She has twice won the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award, and her 'Paddy Meehan' series has been adapted for BBC TV. Before becoming a novelist, she studied law, and she has a particular interest in true crime. In these six episodes, she uncovers some of Scotland's most dramatic trials that continue to fascinate us years later. Also included is a bonus documentary, The Street Lawyer. The Paisley Snail - 1928. When May Donoghue pours ginger beer into her ice-cream float and a decomposed snail slithers out of the bottle, it sparks a case that will make legal history... Oscar Slater - Rich spinster Marion Gilchrist is brutally murdered in her Glasgow home in 1908. The hunt for her killer leads to Scotland's most dramatic miscarriage of justice: the Oscar Slater trial. The Douglas Cause - In this notorious 18th Century cause célèbre, two leading aristocratic families go head-to-head in a scandalous inheritance battle involving a secret elopement and stolen babies. The Moorov Doctrine - Glasgow, 1930, and a #MeToo-style case of sexual harassment in the workplace establishes one of the most important legal principles in Scottish law today. Madeleine Smith - In 1857, socialite Madeleine Smith is on trial for murder, accused of poisoning her French lover Emile L'Angelier. But did she do it, or not? Burke and Hare - Denise Mina looks at the notorious 19th Century murderers, talking to fellow authors Marisa Haetzman and Ian Rankin about the legalities of body snatching and the legacy of Burke and Hare's grim deeds. The Street Lawyer - Mina joins street lawyer Emmanuel De Abreu and sixth-formers from Glasgow's Lochend Community High School as they take on the roles of defence and prosecution to simulate a famous US murder case. Credits Denise Mina's Case Histories Presented by Denise Mina Legal consultant: Andrew Tickell Produced by Liza Greig Edited by Heather Kane Senior Producer: Lynsey Moyes With Katie Barclay, Alice Bowman, John Cairns, Clare Connelly, Owen Dudley Edwards, Lindsay Farmer, Pamela Ferguson, Michael Fry, Eleanor Gordon, Marisa Haetzman, Martin Hannan, David Hay, Andy Hughes, Helena Kennedy, Bruno Longmore, Hamish MacPherson, Nadine Martin, Mandy McIntosh, Allan Nicol, Janet Philip, Ian Rankin, Alison Rosie and Susanne Tanner First broadcast BBC Radio Scotland, 1 May - 27 December 2019 The Street Lawyer Presented by Denise Mina With Emmanuel De Abreu and pupils from Lochend Community High School First broadcast BBC Radio Scotland, 2 April 2019 © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652123]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Denise Mina’s Case Histories: A BBC Radio True Crime Series Author: Denise Mina Narrator: Denise Mina Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 20, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Denise Mina examines the most famous - and infamous - cases in Scottish legal history, and participates in a mock trial Denise Mina is well known for her bestselling 'Tartan Noir' novels. She has twice won the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award, and her 'Paddy Meehan' series has been adapted for BBC TV. Before becoming a novelist, she studied law, and she has a particular interest in true crime. In these six episodes, she uncovers some of Scotland's most dramatic trials that continue to fascinate us years later. Also included is a bonus documentary, The Street Lawyer. The Paisley Snail - 1928. When May Donoghue pours ginger beer into her ice-cream float and a decomposed snail slithers out of the bottle, it sparks a case that will make legal history... Oscar Slater - Rich spinster Marion Gilchrist is brutally murdered in her Glasgow home in 1908. The hunt for her killer leads to Scotland's most dramatic miscarriage of justice: the Oscar Slater trial. The Douglas Cause - In this notorious 18th Century cause célèbre, two leading aristocratic families go head-to-head in a scandalous inheritance battle involving a secret elopement and stolen babies. The Moorov Doctrine - Glasgow, 1930, and a #MeToo-style case of sexual harassment in the workplace establishes one of the most important legal principles in Scottish law today. Madeleine Smith - In 1857, socialite Madeleine Smith is on trial for murder, accused of poisoning her French lover Emile L'Angelier. But did she do it, or not? Burke and Hare - Denise Mina looks at the notorious 19th Century murderers, talking to fellow authors Marisa Haetzman and Ian Rankin about the legalities of body snatching and the legacy of Burke and Hare's grim deeds. The Street Lawyer - Mina joins street lawyer Emmanuel De Abreu and sixth-formers from Glasgow's Lochend Community High School as they take on the roles of defence and prosecution to simulate a famous US murder case. Credits Denise Mina's Case Histories Presented by Denise Mina Legal consultant: Andrew Tickell Produced by Liza Greig Edited by Heather Kane Senior Producer: Lynsey Moyes With Katie Barclay, Alice Bowman, John Cairns, Clare Connelly, Owen Dudley Edwards, Lindsay Farmer, Pamela Ferguson, Michael Fry, Eleanor Gordon, Marisa Haetzman, Martin Hannan, David Hay, Andy Hughes, Helena Kennedy, Bruno Longmore, Hamish MacPherson, Nadine Martin, Mandy McIntosh, Allan Nicol, Janet Philip, Ian Rankin, Alison Rosie and Susanne Tanner First broadcast BBC Radio Scotland, 1 May - 27 December 2019 The Street Lawyer Presented by Denise Mina With Emmanuel De Abreu and pupils from Lochend Community High School First broadcast BBC Radio Scotland, 2 April 2019 © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652107 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652107]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Conquer We Must: A Military History of Britain, 1914-1945 Author: Robin Prior Narrator: Liam Gerrard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A major new account of Britain's military strategy between 1914–1945, including the two world wars and everything between The First and Second World Wars were separated by a mere two decades, making the period 1914–1945 an unprecedentedly intense and violent era of history. But how did Britain develop its complex military strategy during these wars, and how were decisions made by those at the top? Robin Prior examines the influence politicians had on military operations, in the first history to assess both world wars together. Drawing uniquely on both military and political archives and previously unexamined sources Prior explores the fraught relationships between civilian and military leaders: from Lloyd George's remarkably interventionist stance on military tactics during the First World War to Churchill's near-constant arguments with American leaders during the Second. Conquer We Must tells the complex story of this military decision-making, revealing how politicians attempted to control strategy—but had little influence on how the army, navy, and air force actually fought. Robin Prior Wed, 21 Jun 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652107 thebookvoice.com 27:21:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652107]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Conquer We Must: A Military History of Britain, 1914-1945 Author: Robin Prior Narrator: Liam Gerrard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A major new account of Britain's military strategy between 1914–1945, including the two world wars and everything between The First and Second World Wars were separated by a mere two decades, making the period 1914–1945 an unprecedentedly intense and violent era of history. But how did Britain develop its complex military strategy during these wars, and how were decisions made by those at the top? Robin Prior examines the influence politicians had on military operations, in the first history to assess both world wars together. Drawing uniquely on both military and political archives and previously unexamined sources Prior explores the fraught relationships between civilian and military leaders: from Lloyd George's remarkably interventionist stance on military tactics during the First World War to Churchill's near-constant arguments with American leaders during the Second. Conquer We Must tells the complex story of this military decision-making, revealing how politicians attempted to control strategy—but had little influence on how the army, navy, and air force actually fought. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652107]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Conquer We Must: A Military History of Britain, 1914-1945 Author: Robin Prior Narrator: Liam Gerrard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A major new account of Britain's military strategy between 1914–1945, including the two world wars and everything between The First and Second World Wars were separated by a mere two decades, making the period 1914–1945 an unprecedentedly intense and violent era of history. But how did Britain develop its complex military strategy during these wars, and how were decisions made by those at the top? Robin Prior examines the influence politicians had on military operations, in the first history to assess both world wars together. Drawing uniquely on both military and political archives and previously unexamined sources Prior explores the fraught relationships between civilian and military leaders: from Lloyd George's remarkably interventionist stance on military tactics during the First World War to Churchill's near-constant arguments with American leaders during the Second. Conquer We Must tells the complex story of this military decision-making, revealing how politicians attempted to control strategy—but had little influence on how the army, navy, and air force actually fought. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651150 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651150]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Goya en el país de los garrotazos Author: Berna Gonzalez Harbour Narrator: Beatriz Vázquez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 12 minutes Release date: December 20, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Mientras Goya pintaba su presente, también retrataba el nuestro. Por ello es considerado el padre de la modernidad. Precursor y visionario, el pintor aragonés escaló hasta la más alta cima del arte para reflejar lo más grandioso y lo más abyecto de su tiempo, capítulos que hoy regresan como las rimas de la historia: el deterioro de la monarquía, el sueño fallido de la razón, las desigualdades y la miseria, la violencia y el horror de la guerra, pero también nuestra manera de entender la belleza, la fiesta y la alegría de vivir, el trabajo y el espíritu de lucha del pueblo llano... Si hoy volviera a nacer, Goya nos reconocería de inmediato. Porque su obra es el espejo de nuestra idiosincrasia. De nuestra capacidad de crear, pero también de destruir. Desde este siglo XXI ya avanzado, Berna González Harbour emprende un viaje personal a la vida de Goya, pisa sus territorios y analiza muchos de los misterios, cotilleos y fake news que han rodeado su figura. Un viaje biográfico original y fascinante por los episodios íntimos y familiares del pintor poco o nada conocidos. Con un estilo casi policíaco y su capacidad de generar intriga, la autora se sumerge en ellos en busca de respuestas y de una nueva luz. Goya en el país de los garrotazos es una combinación magistral de historia, arte, periodismo y literatura. Una invitación al puro placer de la lectura. Una novela en la que todo es verdad. Berna Gonzalez Harbour Tue, 20 Dec 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651150 thebookvoice.com 5:12:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651150]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Goya en el país de los garrotazos Author: Berna Gonzalez Harbour Narrator: Beatriz Vázquez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 12 minutes Release date: December 20, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Mientras Goya pintaba su presente, también retrataba el nuestro. Por ello es considerado el padre de la modernidad. Precursor y visionario, el pintor aragonés escaló hasta la más alta cima del arte para reflejar lo más grandioso y lo más abyecto de su tiempo, capítulos que hoy regresan como las rimas de la historia: el deterioro de la monarquía, el sueño fallido de la razón, las desigualdades y la miseria, la violencia y el horror de la guerra, pero también nuestra manera de entender la belleza, la fiesta y la alegría de vivir, el trabajo y el espíritu de lucha del pueblo llano... Si hoy volviera a nacer, Goya nos reconocería de inmediato. Porque su obra es el espejo de nuestra idiosincrasia. De nuestra capacidad de crear, pero también de destruir. Desde este siglo XXI ya avanzado, Berna González Harbour emprende un viaje personal a la vida de Goya, pisa sus territorios y analiza muchos de los misterios, cotilleos y fake news que han rodeado su figura. Un viaje biográfico original y fascinante por los episodios íntimos y familiares del pintor poco o nada conocidos. Con un estilo casi policíaco y su capacidad de generar intriga, la autora se sumerge en ellos en busca de respuestas y de una nueva luz. Goya en el país de los garrotazos es una combinación magistral de historia, arte, periodismo y literatura. Una invitación al puro placer de la lectura. Una novela en la que todo es verdad. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651150]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Goya en el país de los garrotazos Author: Berna Gonzalez Harbour Narrator: Beatriz Vázquez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 12 minutes Release date: December 20, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Mientras Goya pintaba su presente, también retrataba el nuestro. Por ello es considerado el padre de la modernidad. Precursor y visionario, el pintor aragonés escaló hasta la más alta cima del arte para reflejar lo más grandioso y lo más abyecto de su tiempo, capítulos que hoy regresan como las rimas de la historia: el deterioro de la monarquía, el sueño fallido de la razón, las desigualdades y la miseria, la violencia y el horror de la guerra, pero también nuestra manera de entender la belleza, la fiesta y la alegría de vivir, el trabajo y el espíritu de lucha del pueblo llano... Si hoy volviera a nacer, Goya nos reconocería de inmediato. Porque su obra es el espejo de nuestra idiosincrasia. De nuestra capacidad de crear, pero también de destruir. Desde este siglo XXI ya avanzado, Berna González Harbour emprende un viaje personal a la vida de Goya, pisa sus territorios y analiza muchos de los misterios, cotilleos y fake news que han rodeado su figura. Un viaje biográfico original y fascinante por los episodios íntimos y familiares del pintor poco o nada conocidos. Con un estilo casi policíaco y su capacidad de generar intriga, la autora se sumerge en ellos en busca de respuestas y de una nueva luz. Goya en el país de los garrotazos es una combinación magistral de historia, arte, periodismo y literatura. Una invitación al puro placer de la lectura. Una novela en la que todo es verdad. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651132 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651132]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain Author: Julian Jackson Narrator: Michael Chance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 59 minutes Release date: June 15, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Few images more shocked the French population during the Occupation than the photograph of Marshal Philippe Pétain - the great French hero of the First World War - shaking the hand of Hitler on 20 October 1940. In the radio speech after this meeting, Pétain said 'It is I alone who will be judged by History.' Five years later, in July 1945, the hour of judegment - if not yet the judgement of History - arrived. Pétain was brought before a specially created High Court to answer for his conduct between the signing of the armistice with Germany in June 1940 and the Liberation of France in August 1944. Julian Jackson uses Pétain's three-week trial as a lens through which to examine the central crisis of twentieth-century French history. As head of the Vichy regime, Pétain became one of France's most notorious public figures, and the lightening-rod for collective guilt and retribution immediately after the Second World War. In France on Trial Jackson blends politics and personal drama to explore how different national factions sought to try to claim the past, or establish their interpretation of it, as a way of claiming the present and future. ©2023 Julian Jackson (P)2023 Penguin Audio Julian Jackson Thu, 15 Jun 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651132 thebookvoice.com 14:59:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651132]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain Author: Julian Jackson Narrator: Michael Chance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 59 minutes Release date: June 15, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Few images more shocked the French population during the Occupation than the photograph of Marshal Philippe Pétain - the great French hero of the First World War - shaking the hand of Hitler on 20 October 1940. In the radio speech after this meeting, Pétain said 'It is I alone who will be judged by History.' Five years later, in July 1945, the hour of judegment - if not yet the judgement of History - arrived. Pétain was brought before a specially created High Court to answer for his conduct between the signing of the armistice with Germany in June 1940 and the Liberation of France in August 1944. Julian Jackson uses Pétain's three-week trial as a lens through which to examine the central crisis of twentieth-century French history. As head of the Vichy regime, Pétain became one of France's most notorious public figures, and the lightening-rod for collective guilt and retribution immediately after the Second World War. In France on Trial Jackson blends politics and personal drama to explore how different national factions sought to try to claim the past, or establish their interpretation of it, as a way of claiming the present and future. ©2023 Julian Jackson (P)2023 Penguin Audio Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651132]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain Author: Julian Jackson Narrator: Michael Chance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 59 minutes Release date: June 15, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Few images more shocked the French population during the Occupation than the photograph of Marshal Philippe Pétain - the great French hero of the First World War - shaking the hand of Hitler on 20 October 1940. In the radio speech after this meeting, Pétain said 'It is I alone who will be judged by History.' Five years later, in July 1945, the hour of judegment - if not yet the judgement of History - arrived. Pétain was brought before a specially created High Court to answer for his conduct between the signing of the armistice with Germany in June 1940 and the Liberation of France in August 1944. Julian Jackson uses Pétain's three-week trial as a lens through which to examine the central crisis of twentieth-century French history. As head of the Vichy regime, Pétain became one of France's most notorious public figures, and the lightening-rod for collective guilt and retribution immediately after the Second World War. In France on Trial Jackson blends politics and personal drama to explore how different national factions sought to try to claim the past, or establish their interpretation of it, as a way of claiming the present and future. ©2023 Julian Jackson (P)2023 Penguin Audio https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651028 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651028]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cold War Boys: Previously Unpublished Tales of Derring-Do from Lightning, Phantom, and Hunter Pilots Author: Richard Pike Narrator: Elliot Fitzpatrick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: March 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: When the US president, Harry S Truman, declared the Truman Doctrine in March 1947, he could not have known that the resultant Cold War would persist for over forty years until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. In addition to nuclear and conventional military friction between the Eastern and Western blocs, the struggle for dominance involved a remarkable range of activities including the space race, psychological efforts, espionage, even rivalry at sporting functions and technological events. This diversity is reflected in the twenty chapters of Cold War Boys which opens with a vivid description from the author of survival procedures used by English Electric Lightning pilots in the event of nuclear war. From there on, various contributors share their original experiences on a range of fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft across the world, including tales from RAF Germany, the Falklands, and the Far East. Each story demonstrates some of the intriguing circumstances faced by aircrew and ground crew whose tenacity and professionalism had to cope with miscellaneous situations of danger, excitement, risk, pathos, and humor. This book serves as a reminder of what air forces faced during the Cold War years as the ever-present threat of nuclear war persisted. A must for all aviation fans. Richard Pike Tue, 21 Mar 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651028 thebookvoice.com 9:25:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651028]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cold War Boys: Previously Unpublished Tales of Derring-Do from Lightning, Phantom, and Hunter Pilots Author: Richard Pike Narrator: Elliot Fitzpatrick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: March 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: When the US president, Harry S Truman, declared the Truman Doctrine in March 1947, he could not have known that the resultant Cold War would persist for over forty years until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. In addition to nuclear and conventional military friction between the Eastern and Western blocs, the struggle for dominance involved a remarkable range of activities including the space race, psychological efforts, espionage, even rivalry at sporting functions and technological events. This diversity is reflected in the twenty chapters of Cold War Boys which opens with a vivid description from the author of survival procedures used by English Electric Lightning pilots in the event of nuclear war. From there on, various contributors share their original experiences on a range of fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft across the world, including tales from RAF Germany, the Falklands, and the Far East. Each story demonstrates some of the intriguing circumstances faced by aircrew and ground crew whose tenacity and professionalism had to cope with miscellaneous situations of danger, excitement, risk, pathos, and humor. This book serves as a reminder of what air forces faced during the Cold War years as the ever-present threat of nuclear war persisted. A must for all aviation fans. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651028]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cold War Boys: Previously Unpublished Tales of Derring-Do from Lightning, Phantom, and Hunter Pilots Author: Richard Pike Narrator: Elliot Fitzpatrick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: March 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: When the US president, Harry S Truman, declared the Truman Doctrine in March 1947, he could not have known that the resultant Cold War would persist for over forty years until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. In addition to nuclear and conventional military friction between the Eastern and Western blocs, the struggle for dominance involved a remarkable range of activities including the space race, psychological efforts, espionage, even rivalry at sporting functions and technological events. This diversity is reflected in the twenty chapters of Cold War Boys which opens with a vivid description from the author of survival procedures used by English Electric Lightning pilots in the event of nuclear war. From there on, various contributors share their original experiences on a range of fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft across the world, including tales from RAF Germany, the Falklands, and the Far East. Each story demonstrates some of the intriguing circumstances faced by aircrew and ground crew whose tenacity and professionalism had to cope with miscellaneous situations of danger, excitement, risk, pathos, and humor. This book serves as a reminder of what air forces faced during the Cold War years as the ever-present threat of nuclear war persisted. A must for all aviation fans. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650868 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650868]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival Author: Omid Scobie Narrator: Omid Scobie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 2 minutes Release date: November 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Endgame, the explosive book from longtime royal journalist Omid Scobie and author of the international blockbuster Finding Freedom, is a penetrating investigation into the current state of the British monarchy—an unpopular king, a power-hungry heir to the throne, a queen willing to go to dangerous lengths to preserve her image, and a prince forced to start a new life after being betrayed by his own family. Queen Elizabeth II’s death ruptured the already-fractured foundations of the House of Windsor—and dismantled the protective shield around it. With an institution long plagued by antiquated ideas around race, class and money, the monarchy and those who prop it up are now exposed and at odds with a rapidly modernizing world. Relying on his vast experience as a royal reporter and over a decade of conversations and interviews with current and former Palace staff, trusted friends of the royals and even the family members themselves, Scobie pulls back the curtain on an institution in turmoil to show what the monarchy must change in order to survive.  This is the monarchy’s endgame. Do they have what it takes to save it? Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. Omid Scobie Tue, 28 Nov 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650868 thebookvoice.com 14:2:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650868]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival Author: Omid Scobie Narrator: Omid Scobie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 2 minutes Release date: November 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Endgame, the explosive book from longtime royal journalist Omid Scobie and author of the international blockbuster Finding Freedom, is a penetrating investigation into the current state of the British monarchy—an unpopular king, a power-hungry heir to the throne, a queen willing to go to dangerous lengths to preserve her image, and a prince forced to start a new life after being betrayed by his own family. Queen Elizabeth II’s death ruptured the already-fractured foundations of the House of Windsor—and dismantled the protective shield around it. With an institution long plagued by antiquated ideas around race, class and money, the monarchy and those who prop it up are now exposed and at odds with a rapidly modernizing world. Relying on his vast experience as a royal reporter and over a decade of conversations and interviews with current and former Palace staff, trusted friends of the royals and even the family members themselves, Scobie pulls back the curtain on an institution in turmoil to show what the monarchy must change in order to survive.  This is the monarchy’s endgame. Do they have what it takes to save it? Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650868]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival Author: Omid Scobie Narrator: Omid Scobie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 2 minutes Release date: November 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Endgame, the explosive book from longtime royal journalist Omid Scobie and author of the international blockbuster Finding Freedom, is a penetrating investigation into the current state of the British monarchy—an unpopular king, a power-hungry heir to the throne, a queen willing to go to dangerous lengths to preserve her image, and a prince forced to start a new life after being betrayed by his own family. Queen Elizabeth II’s death ruptured the already-fractured foundations of the House of Windsor—and dismantled the protective shield around it. With an institution long plagued by antiquated ideas around race, class and money, the monarchy and those who prop it up are now exposed and at odds with a rapidly modernizing world. Relying on his vast experience as a royal reporter and over a decade of conversations and interviews with current and former Palace staff, trusted friends of the royals and even the family members themselves, Scobie pulls back the curtain on an institution in turmoil to show what the monarchy must change in order to survive.  This is the monarchy’s endgame. Do they have what it takes to save it? Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650444 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650444]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Истина в Любви Author: Sergiy Zhuravlov Narrator: Svetlana Zhuravlova Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Повествование основано на реальных событиях во время объединения Испании. Испания, ведомая Фердинандом Вторым и Изабеллой Кастильской, взлетела на вершину своего могущества. Политика хитроумного короля приносила богатые плоды. Отобрана вся страна у короля Португалии. Обманом отрезаны южные уделы от Франции. Хозяин юга Европы и севера Африки он – Король Фердинанд, а точнее его руками и наставлениями Изабеллы, вывел из дремоты и сделал всемогущей 'Manu interpida' - инквизицию. И теперь этот механизм исправно приносил в казну короля сперва треть, а теперь более двух третей от всего конфискованного. И отныне никто, будь то гранд, маркиз или принц, никто не мог чувствовать себя в безопасности. Отступники, трепещите – за вами скоро придут! Юная Меринда, не пожелавшая стать любовницей Эстебана младшего брошена в темницу. Так захотел Эстебан старший - второй человек после короля. Приговор готов, осталось за малым изуродовать деву, а затем спалить на костре. Но что-то идет не так. Фернандо, неподкупный рыцарь ордена Госпитальеров ведет это дело. Очевидная ложь, а не доказательства вины. Все ополчились против Инквизитора Фернандо. Ничего не остается Фернандо, как спасти девушку ценой своей карьеры и даже жизни. Он бежит от преследования вместе с Мериндой. Пару объявляют в розыск. Кто приютит или поможет беглецам, сам окажется за решеткой. Новый инквизитор нанимает убийцу, дабы тот без огласки нашел и убил беглецов. Бывшая фаворитка короля Испании, графиня Альба пишет письмо его величеству и признается, что в тайне родила от него дочь. Она просит короля помочь разыскать пропавшую дочь. Король поручает это дело своему доверенному лицу, маркизу Диего. Маркиз находит след – дочь короля и графини никто иная как Меринда! Король снимает лживое обвинение. Но! Маховик Чистилища инквизиции раскручен. Меринду и Фернандо загоняют в горы и их гибель не минуема. Парочка стоит на обрыве над пропастью. Арбалетчики держат их на прицеле. Маркиз успевает вовремя. И останавливает казнь. Он раскручивает цепочку лжесвидетелей. Это приводит его к заговору против короля. Он пишет письмо королю и отправляет с гонцом. По дороге гонец останавливается испить воды и напоить коня. Sergiy Zhuravlov Tue, 17 Jan 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650444 thebookvoice.com 10:37:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650444]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Истина в Любви Author: Sergiy Zhuravlov Narrator: Svetlana Zhuravlova Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Повествование основано на реальных событиях во время объединения Испании. Испания, ведомая Фердинандом Вторым и Изабеллой Кастильской, взлетела на вершину своего могущества. Политика хитроумного короля приносила богатые плоды. Отобрана вся страна у короля Португалии. Обманом отрезаны южные уделы от Франции. Хозяин юга Европы и севера Африки он – Король Фердинанд, а точнее его руками и наставлениями Изабеллы, вывел из дремоты и сделал всемогущей 'Manu interpida' - инквизицию. И теперь этот механизм исправно приносил в казну короля сперва треть, а теперь более двух третей от всего конфискованного. И отныне никто, будь то гранд, маркиз или принц, никто не мог чувствовать себя в безопасности. Отступники, трепещите – за вами скоро придут! Юная Меринда, не пожелавшая стать любовницей Эстебана младшего брошена в темницу. Так захотел Эстебан старший - второй человек после короля. Приговор готов, осталось за малым изуродовать деву, а затем спалить на костре. Но что-то идет не так. Фернандо, неподкупный рыцарь ордена Госпитальеров ведет это дело. Очевидная ложь, а не доказательства вины. Все ополчились против Инквизитора Фернандо. Ничего не остается Фернандо, как спасти девушку ценой своей карьеры и даже жизни. Он бежит от преследования вместе с Мериндой. Пару объявляют в розыск. Кто приютит или поможет беглецам, сам окажется за решеткой. Новый инквизитор нанимает убийцу, дабы тот без огласки нашел и убил беглецов. Бывшая фаворитка короля Испании, графиня Альба пишет письмо его величеству и признается, что в тайне родила от него дочь. Она просит короля помочь разыскать пропавшую дочь. Король поручает это дело своему доверенному лицу, маркизу Диего. Маркиз находит след – дочь короля и графини никто иная как Меринда! Король снимает лживое обвинение. Но! Маховик Чистилища инквизиции раскручен. Меринду и Фернандо загоняют в горы и их гибель не минуема. Парочка стоит на обрыве над пропастью. Арбалетчики держат их на прицеле. Маркиз успевает вовремя. И останавливает казнь. Он раскручивает цепочку лжесвидетелей. Это приводит его к заговору против короля. Он пишет письмо королю и отправляет с гонцом. По дороге гонец останавливается испить воды и напоить коня. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650444]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Истина в Любви Author: Sergiy Zhuravlov Narrator: Svetlana Zhuravlova Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Повествование основано на реальных событиях во время объединения Испании. Испания, ведомая Фердинандом Вторым и Изабеллой Кастильской, взлетела на вершину своего могущества. Политика хитроумного короля приносила богатые плоды. Отобрана вся страна у короля Португалии. Обманом отрезаны южные уделы от Франции. Хозяин юга Европы и севера Африки он – Король Фердинанд, а точнее его руками и наставлениями Изабеллы, вывел из дремоты и сделал всемогущей 'Manu interpida' - инквизицию. И теперь этот механизм исправно приносил в казну короля сперва треть, а теперь более двух третей от всего конфискованного. И отныне никто, будь то гранд, маркиз или принц, никто не мог чувствовать себя в безопасности. Отступники, трепещите – за вами скоро придут! Юная Меринда, не пожелавшая стать любовницей Эстебана младшего брошена в темницу. Так захотел Эстебан старший - второй человек после короля. Приговор готов, осталось за малым изуродовать деву, а затем спалить на костре. Но что-то идет не так. Фернандо, неподкупный рыцарь ордена Госпитальеров ведет это дело. Очевидная ложь, а не доказательства вины. Все ополчились против Инквизитора Фернандо. Ничего не остается Фернандо, как спасти девушку ценой своей карьеры и даже жизни. Он бежит от преследования вместе с Мериндой. Пару объявляют в розыск. Кто приютит или поможет беглецам, сам окажется за решеткой. Новый инквизитор нанимает убийцу, дабы тот без огласки нашел и убил беглецов. Бывшая фаворитка короля Испании, графиня Альба пишет письмо его величеству и признается, что в тайне родила от него дочь. Она просит короля помочь разыскать пропавшую дочь. Король поручает это дело своему доверенному лицу, маркизу Диего. Маркиз находит след – дочь короля и графини никто иная как Меринда! Король снимает лживое обвинение. Но! Маховик Чистилища инквизиции раскручен. Меринду и Фернандо загоняют в горы и их гибель не минуема. Парочка стоит на обрыве над пропастью. Арбалетчики держат их на прицеле. Маркиз успевает вовремя. И останавливает казнь. Он раскручивает цепочку лжесвидетелей. Это приводит его к заговору против короля. Он пишет письмо королю и отправляет с гонцом. По дороге гонец останавливается испить воды и напоить коня. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650422 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650422]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Corona-Komplex: Was, wenn die 'Covidioten' Recht haben? Author: Milosz Matuschek Narrator: Sabrina Khalil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 49 minutes Release date: December 23, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Der 'Corona-Komplex' ist die Hörfassung mehrerer Texte, die zwischen Dezember 2020 und März 2021 auf dem Blog www.freischwebende-ingelligenz.org erschienen sind. Diese sind auch im Spiegel-Bestseller 'Wenn´s keiner sagt, sag ich´s' (Fifty-Fifty 2022) nachzulesen. Ziel ist es, eine Gesamtperspektive auf die Corona-Pandemie zu werfen und die verschiedenen politischen, medizinischen, rechtlichen und internationalen Ungereimtheiten aufzuzeigen, um den Corona-Komplex gänzlich aufzuarbeiten. Der Preis des Buches ist niedrig gehalten, um eine weite Verbreitung zu ermöglichen. Ich freue mich über Spenden oder Abos. kontakt@idw-europe.org THIS AUDIOBOOK MAY INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. INFORMATION RELATED TO COVID-19 CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. AUDIOBOOKS.COM ENCOURAGES YOU TO SEEK UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT. Milosz Matuschek Fri, 23 Dec 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650422 thebookvoice.com 1:49:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650422]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Corona-Komplex: Was, wenn die 'Covidioten' Recht haben? Author: Milosz Matuschek Narrator: Sabrina Khalil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 49 minutes Release date: December 23, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Der 'Corona-Komplex' ist die Hörfassung mehrerer Texte, die zwischen Dezember 2020 und März 2021 auf dem Blog www.freischwebende-ingelligenz.org erschienen sind. Diese sind auch im Spiegel-Bestseller 'Wenn´s keiner sagt, sag ich´s' (Fifty-Fifty 2022) nachzulesen. Ziel ist es, eine Gesamtperspektive auf die Corona-Pandemie zu werfen und die verschiedenen politischen, medizinischen, rechtlichen und internationalen Ungereimtheiten aufzuzeigen, um den Corona-Komplex gänzlich aufzuarbeiten. Der Preis des Buches ist niedrig gehalten, um eine weite Verbreitung zu ermöglichen. Ich freue mich über Spenden oder Abos. kontakt@idw-europe.org THIS AUDIOBOOK MAY INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. INFORMATION RELATED TO COVID-19 CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. AUDIOBOOKS.COM ENCOURAGES YOU TO SEEK UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650422]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Corona-Komplex: Was, wenn die 'Covidioten' Recht haben? Author: Milosz Matuschek Narrator: Sabrina Khalil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 49 minutes Release date: December 23, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Der 'Corona-Komplex' ist die Hörfassung mehrerer Texte, die zwischen Dezember 2020 und März 2021 auf dem Blog www.freischwebende-ingelligenz.org erschienen sind. Diese sind auch im Spiegel-Bestseller 'Wenn´s keiner sagt, sag ich´s' (Fifty-Fifty 2022) nachzulesen. Ziel ist es, eine Gesamtperspektive auf die Corona-Pandemie zu werfen und die verschiedenen politischen, medizinischen, rechtlichen und internationalen Ungereimtheiten aufzuzeigen, um den Corona-Komplex gänzlich aufzuarbeiten. Der Preis des Buches ist niedrig gehalten, um eine weite Verbreitung zu ermöglichen. Ich freue mich über Spenden oder Abos. kontakt@idw-europe.org THIS AUDIOBOOK MAY INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. INFORMATION RELATED TO COVID-19 CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. AUDIOBOOKS.COM ENCOURAGES YOU TO SEEK UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649609 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649609]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ladies-in-Waiting: Women Who Served Anne Boleyn Author: Sylvia Barbara Soberton Narrator: Naomi Madelin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 44 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The aspects of Anne Boleyn's life and death are fiercely debated by historians, yet her ladies-in-waiting remain an understudied topic. Much emphasis is usually put on Anne's relationships with the men in her life: her suitors, her royal husband, her father and brother, and her putative lovers who were executed on May 17, 1536. By concentrating on a previously neglected area of Anne Boleyn's female household, this book seeks to identify the women who served Anne and investigate what roles ladies-in-waiting played in this Queen's household. Sylvia Barbara Soberton Tue, 28 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649609 thebookvoice.com 5:44:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649609]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ladies-in-Waiting: Women Who Served Anne Boleyn Author: Sylvia Barbara Soberton Narrator: Naomi Madelin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 44 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The aspects of Anne Boleyn's life and death are fiercely debated by historians, yet her ladies-in-waiting remain an understudied topic. Much emphasis is usually put on Anne's relationships with the men in her life: her suitors, her royal husband, her father and brother, and her putative lovers who were executed on May 17, 1536. By concentrating on a previously neglected area of Anne Boleyn's female household, this book seeks to identify the women who served Anne and investigate what roles ladies-in-waiting played in this Queen's household. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649609]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ladies-in-Waiting: Women Who Served Anne Boleyn Author: Sylvia Barbara Soberton Narrator: Naomi Madelin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 44 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The aspects of Anne Boleyn's life and death are fiercely debated by historians, yet her ladies-in-waiting remain an understudied topic. Much emphasis is usually put on Anne's relationships with the men in her life: her suitors, her royal husband, her father and brother, and her putative lovers who were executed on May 17, 1536. By concentrating on a previously neglected area of Anne Boleyn's female household, this book seeks to identify the women who served Anne and investigate what roles ladies-in-waiting played in this Queen's household. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649606 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649606]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650 Author: David Howarth Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company—from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch—to laying the groundwork for future British expansion The East India Company was the largest commercial enterprise in British history, yet its roots in Tudor England are often overlooked. The Tudor revolution in commerce led ambitious merchants to search for new forms of investment, not least in risky overseas enterprises—and for these 'adventurers' the most profitable bet of all would be on the Company. Through a host of stories and fascinating details, David Howarth brings to life the Company's way of doing business—from the leaky ships and petty seafarers of its embattled early days to later sweeping commercial success. While the Company's efforts met with disappointment in Japan, they sowed the seeds of success in India, setting the outline for what would later become the Raj. Drawing on an abundance of sources, Howarth shows how competition from European powers was vital to success—and considers whether the Company was truly 'English' at all, or rather part of a Europe-wide movement. David Howarth Tue, 28 Mar 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649606 thebookvoice.com 17:8:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649606]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650 Author: David Howarth Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company—from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch—to laying the groundwork for future British expansion The East India Company was the largest commercial enterprise in British history, yet its roots in Tudor England are often overlooked. The Tudor revolution in commerce led ambitious merchants to search for new forms of investment, not least in risky overseas enterprises—and for these 'adventurers' the most profitable bet of all would be on the Company. Through a host of stories and fascinating details, David Howarth brings to life the Company's way of doing business—from the leaky ships and petty seafarers of its embattled early days to later sweeping commercial success. While the Company's efforts met with disappointment in Japan, they sowed the seeds of success in India, setting the outline for what would later become the Raj. Drawing on an abundance of sources, Howarth shows how competition from European powers was vital to success—and considers whether the Company was truly 'English' at all, or rather part of a Europe-wide movement. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649606]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650 Author: David Howarth Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company—from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch—to laying the groundwork for future British expansion The East India Company was the largest commercial enterprise in British history, yet its roots in Tudor England are often overlooked. The Tudor revolution in commerce led ambitious merchants to search for new forms of investment, not least in risky overseas enterprises—and for these 'adventurers' the most profitable bet of all would be on the Company. Through a host of stories and fascinating details, David Howarth brings to life the Company's way of doing business—from the leaky ships and petty seafarers of its embattled early days to later sweeping commercial success. While the Company's efforts met with disappointment in Japan, they sowed the seeds of success in India, setting the outline for what would later become the Raj. Drawing on an abundance of sources, Howarth shows how competition from European powers was vital to success—and considers whether the Company was truly 'English' at all, or rather part of a Europe-wide movement. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649437 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649437]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Gold und Ehre (Ungekürzt) Author: Sabine Weiß Narrator: Stephan Benson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 8 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Ein großer Historischer Roman um den Bau des Hamburger Michels, Krieg und Frieden und die Freiheit, sein eigenes Glück zu suchen Nach einem verunglückten Experiment wird Benjamin von seinem Vater nach Hamburg geschickt. Anfangs tut sich der junge Architekt schwer so fern der Heimat. Er wird belogen und betrogen, doch bald lernt er Menschen kennen, auf die er zählen kann - allen voran Lucia, die stehlen muss, um das Überleben ihrer Familie zu sichern. Sie fasziniert ihn, auch weil sie blitzgescheit ist. Als Benjamin von seinem Vater zurück nach Amsterdam gerufen wird, bleibt sie zurück. Kann dennoch mehr aus ihrer Verbindung werden? Folgen Sie Sabine Weiß' Helden ins spannende 17. Jahrhundert, und erleben Sie Amsterdam und Hamburg von einer neuen Seite! Sabine Weiß Tue, 29 Nov 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649437 thebookvoice.com 23:8:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649437]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Gold und Ehre (Ungekürzt) Author: Sabine Weiß Narrator: Stephan Benson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 8 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Ein großer Historischer Roman um den Bau des Hamburger Michels, Krieg und Frieden und die Freiheit, sein eigenes Glück zu suchen Nach einem verunglückten Experiment wird Benjamin von seinem Vater nach Hamburg geschickt. Anfangs tut sich der junge Architekt schwer so fern der Heimat. Er wird belogen und betrogen, doch bald lernt er Menschen kennen, auf die er zählen kann - allen voran Lucia, die stehlen muss, um das Überleben ihrer Familie zu sichern. Sie fasziniert ihn, auch weil sie blitzgescheit ist. Als Benjamin von seinem Vater zurück nach Amsterdam gerufen wird, bleibt sie zurück. Kann dennoch mehr aus ihrer Verbindung werden? Folgen Sie Sabine Weiß' Helden ins spannende 17. Jahrhundert, und erleben Sie Amsterdam und Hamburg von einer neuen Seite! Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649437]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Gold und Ehre (Ungekürzt) Author: Sabine Weiß Narrator: Stephan Benson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 8 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Ein großer Historischer Roman um den Bau des Hamburger Michels, Krieg und Frieden und die Freiheit, sein eigenes Glück zu suchen Nach einem verunglückten Experiment wird Benjamin von seinem Vater nach Hamburg geschickt. Anfangs tut sich der junge Architekt schwer so fern der Heimat. Er wird belogen und betrogen, doch bald lernt er Menschen kennen, auf die er zählen kann - allen voran Lucia, die stehlen muss, um das Überleben ihrer Familie zu sichern. Sie fasziniert ihn, auch weil sie blitzgescheit ist. Als Benjamin von seinem Vater zurück nach Amsterdam gerufen wird, bleibt sie zurück. Kann dennoch mehr aus ihrer Verbindung werden? Folgen Sie Sabine Weiß' Helden ins spannende 17. Jahrhundert, und erleben Sie Amsterdam und Hamburg von einer neuen Seite! https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647901 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647901]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him Author: David Reynolds Narrator: Ethan Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 12, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 ‘A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age’ ADAM ZAMOYSKI Winston Churchill followed his own star. He yearned to be ‘great’, to gain historical immortality. And he did so through deeds and words: his actions as a soldier and politician, gilded by his writings as a journalist and historian. But Churchill’s path to greatness was also defined by the leaders he encountered along the way – friends and foes, at home and abroad. Men of power such as Hitler and Mussolini, Roosevelt and Stalin, David Lloyd George, Neville Chamberlain and Charles de Gaulle. And the haunting presence of the adored father who had seen nothing of merit in his troublesome son. In these men Churchill discerned greatness, or its absence, in ways that influenced his own career. This book includes some whom Churchill would not have deemed ‘great’, but who – in our own day – offer alternative mirrors of what that word might mean. Mahatma Gandhi, who infuriated Churchill by exploiting the power of powerlessness. Clement Attlee, whose heretical vision of ‘Great Britain’ was socialist and post-imperial. And his darling Clementine, channelling her ‘pinko’ sentiments to become Winston’s essential helpmate and most devoted critic. Mirrors of Greatness offers vivid new perspectives on Churchill’s life and work, showing how this unique man – with dazzling gifts and jagged flaws – learned from his ‘great contemporaries’ and what they saw in him. David Reynolds Thu, 12 Oct 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647901 thebookvoice.com 17:22:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647901]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him Author: David Reynolds Narrator: Ethan Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 12, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 ‘A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age’ ADAM ZAMOYSKI Winston Churchill followed his own star. He yearned to be ‘great’, to gain historical immortality. And he did so through deeds and words: his actions as a soldier and politician, gilded by his writings as a journalist and historian. But Churchill’s path to greatness was also defined by the leaders he encountered along the way – friends and foes, at home and abroad. Men of power such as Hitler and Mussolini, Roosevelt and Stalin, David Lloyd George, Neville Chamberlain and Charles de Gaulle. And the haunting presence of the adored father who had seen nothing of merit in his troublesome son. In these men Churchill discerned greatness, or its absence, in ways that influenced his own career. This book includes some whom Churchill would not have deemed ‘great’, but who – in our own day – offer alternative mirrors of what that word might mean. Mahatma Gandhi, who infuriated Churchill by exploiting the power of powerlessness. Clement Attlee, whose heretical vision of ‘Great Britain’ was socialist and post-imperial. And his darling Clementine, channelling her ‘pinko’ sentiments to become Winston’s essential helpmate and most devoted critic. Mirrors of Greatness offers vivid new perspectives on Churchill’s life and work, showing how this unique man – with dazzling gifts and jagged flaws – learned from his ‘great contemporaries’ and what they saw in him. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647901]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him Author: David Reynolds Narrator: Ethan Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 12, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 ‘A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age’ ADAM ZAMOYSKI Winston Churchill followed his own star. He yearned to be ‘great’, to gain historical immortality. And he did so through deeds and words: his actions as a soldier and politician, gilded by his writings as a journalist and historian. But Churchill’s path to greatness was also defined by the leaders he encountered along the way – friends and foes, at home and abroad. Men of power such as Hitler and Mussolini, Roosevelt and Stalin, David Lloyd George, Neville Chamberlain and Charles de Gaulle. And the haunting presence of the adored father who had seen nothing of merit in his troublesome son. In these men Churchill discerned greatness, or its absence, in ways that influenced his own career. This book includes some whom Churchill would not have deemed ‘great’, but who – in our own day – offer alternative mirrors of what that word might mean. Mahatma Gandhi, who infuriated Churchill by exploiting the power of powerlessness. Clement Attlee, whose heretical vision of ‘Great Britain’ was socialist and post-imperial. And his darling Clementine, channelling her ‘pinko’ sentiments to become Winston’s essential helpmate and most devoted critic. Mirrors of Greatness offers vivid new perspectives on Churchill’s life and work, showing how this unique man – with dazzling gifts and jagged flaws – learned from his ‘great contemporaries’ and what they saw in him. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647895 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647895]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lethal Legacy: A History of Ireland in 18 Murders Author: Fin Dwyer Narrator: Fin Dwyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: September 14, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Instant Top 5 Irish Times Bestseller From the creator of The Irish History Podcast comes a fascinating look at Irish history through the lens of murder. In A Lethal Legacy, Fin Dwyer charts 200 years of Irish history, opening up our past as never before, by observing the grand societal changes of our times through the intimate lens of eighteen murders and the lives and communities they altered forever. From the creator of the critically acclaimed Irish History Podcast comes a ground-breaking exploration of the past, casting its gaze beyond the chambers of power and carnage of battle, and into the lives of the everyday people that lived through those violent centuries. From the desperate retributions of the Land War of the nineteenth century, through the unprecedented tumult of the revolutionary years, to the causes that helped to shape contemporary Ireland, these previously overlooked cases of human tragedy offer a fresh perspective on a history we think we know. Astonishing, illuminating and compelling, A Lethal Legacy chronicles Ireland’s turbulent past through one of our most enduring fascinations – the act of killing – and in mapping the causes and aftermath of these cases, Dwyer offers us a fresh new understanding of the fires that forged modern Ireland. In his latest book, Dwyer offers a riveting addition to the shelves of great historical books of 2023, extending its reach beyond Ireland to touch upon the wider European canvas, where the echoes of Ireland's struggles resonate with social and historical undercurrents in Britain and the rest of Europe. For readers looking to expand their understanding of Ireland's position within the greater European context in the last centuries, this book is an essential read. For fans of Colin Walsh (Kala), David Grann (Killers of the Flower Moon), Martin Doyle (Dirty Linen) and Ronan McGreevy (The Kidnapping) and Paul Lynch (Prophet Song). Fin Dwyer Thu, 14 Sep 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647895 thebookvoice.com 9:32:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647895]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lethal Legacy: A History of Ireland in 18 Murders Author: Fin Dwyer Narrator: Fin Dwyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: September 14, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Instant Top 5 Irish Times Bestseller From the creator of The Irish History Podcast comes a fascinating look at Irish history through the lens of murder. In A Lethal Legacy, Fin Dwyer charts 200 years of Irish history, opening up our past as never before, by observing the grand societal changes of our times through the intimate lens of eighteen murders and the lives and communities they altered forever. From the creator of the critically acclaimed Irish History Podcast comes a ground-breaking exploration of the past, casting its gaze beyond the chambers of power and carnage of battle, and into the lives of the everyday people that lived through those violent centuries. From the desperate retributions of the Land War of the nineteenth century, through the unprecedented tumult of the revolutionary years, to the causes that helped to shape contemporary Ireland, these previously overlooked cases of human tragedy offer a fresh perspective on a history we think we know. Astonishing, illuminating and compelling, A Lethal Legacy chronicles Ireland’s turbulent past through one of our most enduring fascinations – the act of killing – and in mapping the causes and aftermath of these cases, Dwyer offers us a fresh new understanding of the fires that forged modern Ireland. In his latest book, Dwyer offers a riveting addition to the shelves of great historical books of 2023, extending its reach beyond Ireland to touch upon the wider European canvas, where the echoes of Ireland's struggles resonate with social and historical undercurrents in Britain and the rest of Europe. For readers looking to expand their understanding of Ireland's position within the greater European context in the last centuries, this book is an essential read. For fans of Colin Walsh (Kala), David Grann (Killers of the Flower Moon), Martin Doyle (Dirty Linen) and Ronan McGreevy (The Kidnapping) and Paul Lynch (Prophet Song). Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647895]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lethal Legacy: A History of Ireland in 18 Murders Author: Fin Dwyer Narrator: Fin Dwyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: September 14, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Instant Top 5 Irish Times Bestseller From the creator of The Irish History Podcast comes a fascinating look at Irish history through the lens of murder. In A Lethal Legacy, Fin Dwyer charts 200 years of Irish history, opening up our past as never before, by observing the grand societal changes of our times through the intimate lens of eighteen murders and the lives and communities they altered forever. From the creator of the critically acclaimed Irish History Podcast comes a ground-breaking exploration of the past, casting its gaze beyond the chambers of power and carnage of battle, and into the lives of the everyday people that lived through those violent centuries. From the desperate retributions of the Land War of the nineteenth century, through the unprecedented tumult of the revolutionary years, to the causes that helped to shape contemporary Ireland, these previously overlooked cases of human tragedy offer a fresh perspective on a history we think we know. Astonishing, illuminating and compelling, A Lethal Legacy chronicles Ireland’s turbulent past through one of our most enduring fascinations – the act of killing – and in mapping the causes and aftermath of these cases, Dwyer offers us a fresh new understanding of the fires that forged modern Ireland. In his latest book, Dwyer offers a riveting addition to the shelves of great historical books of 2023, extending its reach beyond Ireland to touch upon the wider European canvas, where the echoes of Ireland's struggles resonate with social and historical undercurrents in Britain and the rest of Europe. For readers looking to expand their understanding of Ireland's position within the greater European context in the last centuries, this book is an essential read. For fans of Colin Walsh (Kala), David Grann (Killers of the Flower Moon), Martin Doyle (Dirty Linen) and Ronan McGreevy (The Kidnapping) and Paul Lynch (Prophet Song). https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647752 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647752]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Flamme der Freiheit - Die deutsche Revolution 1848/1849 (Ungekürzte Lesung) Author: Jörg Bong Narrator: Timo Weisschnur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 6, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Packend wie ein Thriller - der Beginn der Demokratie in Deutschland Am 24. Februar 1848 wird in Paris nach 1789 zum dritten Mal Revolution gemacht, die Monarchie gestürzt und die Republik ausgerufen. Und endlich springt der revolutionäre Funke auch über den Rhein. In den 34 deutschen Staaten und 4 freien Städten der Zeit beginnen Aufstände gegen die herrschenden Polizei- und Militärmonarchien, gegen die Willkürherrschaft des Deutschen Bundes. Zum ersten Mal erhebt so die Demokratie auch in deutschen Ländern ihr Haupt und gefordert werden: direkte, allgemeine Wahlen, Grundrechte, Gewaltenteilung, sozialer Ausgleich. Es beginnt der dramatische Kampf für die Werte, die für uns heute die Grundlagen unseres Gemeinwesens sind. Jörg Bong ist Literaturwissenschaftler, Publizist und ehemaliger Verleger der S. Fischer Verlage. Unter dem Namen Jean-Luc Bannalec veröffentlicht er Kriminalromane. Mit den historischen Ereignissen von 1848 und 1849 sowie mit Fragen der Demokratiebewegung in Deutschland beschäftigt er sich schon seit Jahrzehnten. Jörg Bong Thu, 06 Oct 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647752 thebookvoice.com 18:20:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647752]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Flamme der Freiheit - Die deutsche Revolution 1848/1849 (Ungekürzte Lesung) Author: Jörg Bong Narrator: Timo Weisschnur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 6, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Packend wie ein Thriller - der Beginn der Demokratie in Deutschland Am 24. Februar 1848 wird in Paris nach 1789 zum dritten Mal Revolution gemacht, die Monarchie gestürzt und die Republik ausgerufen. Und endlich springt der revolutionäre Funke auch über den Rhein. In den 34 deutschen Staaten und 4 freien Städten der Zeit beginnen Aufstände gegen die herrschenden Polizei- und Militärmonarchien, gegen die Willkürherrschaft des Deutschen Bundes. Zum ersten Mal erhebt so die Demokratie auch in deutschen Ländern ihr Haupt und gefordert werden: direkte, allgemeine Wahlen, Grundrechte, Gewaltenteilung, sozialer Ausgleich. Es beginnt der dramatische Kampf für die Werte, die für uns heute die Grundlagen unseres Gemeinwesens sind. Jörg Bong ist Literaturwissenschaftler, Publizist und ehemaliger Verleger der S. Fischer Verlage. Unter dem Namen Jean-Luc Bannalec veröffentlicht er Kriminalromane. Mit den historischen Ereignissen von 1848 und 1849 sowie mit Fragen der Demokratiebewegung in Deutschland beschäftigt er sich schon seit Jahrzehnten. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647752]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Flamme der Freiheit - Die deutsche Revolution 1848/1849 (Ungekürzte Lesung) Author: Jörg Bong Narrator: Timo Weisschnur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 6, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Packend wie ein Thriller - der Beginn der Demokratie in Deutschland Am 24. Februar 1848 wird in Paris nach 1789 zum dritten Mal Revolution gemacht, die Monarchie gestürzt und die Republik ausgerufen. Und endlich springt der revolutionäre Funke auch über den Rhein. In den 34 deutschen Staaten und 4 freien Städten der Zeit beginnen Aufstände gegen die herrschenden Polizei- und Militärmonarchien, gegen die Willkürherrschaft des Deutschen Bundes. Zum ersten Mal erhebt so die Demokratie auch in deutschen Ländern ihr Haupt und gefordert werden: direkte, allgemeine Wahlen, Grundrechte, Gewaltenteilung, sozialer Ausgleich. Es beginnt der dramatische Kampf für die Werte, die für uns heute die Grundlagen unseres Gemeinwesens sind. Jörg Bong ist Literaturwissenschaftler, Publizist und ehemaliger Verleger der S. Fischer Verlage. Unter dem Namen Jean-Luc Bannalec veröffentlicht er Kriminalromane. Mit den historischen Ereignissen von 1848 und 1849 sowie mit Fragen der Demokratiebewegung in Deutschland beschäftigt er sich schon seit Jahrzehnten. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647269 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647269]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truht Is in Love Series: #1 of Purgatory Author: Sergiy Zhuravlov Narrator: Andriy Zhuravlov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 19 minutes Release date: December 15, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The narrative is based on real events during the unification of Spain. Spain, led by Ferdinand the Second and Isabella of Castile, soared to the height of its power. The policy of the cunning king bore rich fruit. The whole country was taken away from the king of Portugal. By deceit the southern fiefdoms were cut off from France. The master of southern Europe and northern Africa he - King Ferdinand, or rather by his hands and the instruction of Isabella, brought out of slumber and made all-powerful 'Manu interpida' - the Inquisition. And now this mechanism was bringing into the king's treasury, first one-third, and now more than two-thirds of all the confiscated goods. And henceforth no one, whether grandee, marquis, or prince, could feel safe. Forsaken, beware - they are coming for you! Young Merinda, who did not wish to become Esteban Junior's mistress, was thrown into prison. Esteban the elder - the second man after the king - so wished. The sentence is ready, all that is left is to disfigure the maiden and then burn her at the stake. But something goes wrong. Fernando, an incorruptible knight of the Hospitaller Order, is in charge of the case. An obvious lie, not proof of guilt. All turn against Fernando the Inquisitor. Fernando has no choice but to save the girl at the cost of his career and even his life. He flees from pursuit along with Merinda. The couple is put on the wanted list. Whoever shelters or helps the fugitives ends up behind bars himself. The new inquisitor hires an assassin to find and kill the fugitives without publicity. The former favourite of the King of Spain, the Countess of Alba, writes a letter to his Highness and admits that she bore his daughter in secret. She asks the King for help in finding her daughter who has disappeared. The King entrusts his confidant, the Marquis Diego, with the task. The Marquis finds the trail - the King and Countess´ daughter is none other than Merinda! The King dismisses the false accusation. But the Inquisition's Purgatory flywheel is unwound. Merinda and Fernando are driven into the mountains and their doom is certain. The pair stand on a precipice above a precipice. The crossbowmen have them in their sights. The Marquis gets there in time. He stops the execution. He untwists the chain of false witnesses. This leads him to plot against the king. He writes a letter to the king and sends it with a messenger. On the way the messenger stops for a drink of water and water for his horse. He is killed by an assassin hired by the Inquisition. He reads the letter and sells it to the conspirators. He then sells the information to the Marquis that the conspirators have intercepted the letter. The Marquis learns through his agents that Admiral Esteban and his goons have followed the trail of Merinda and Fernando and wish to kill everyone. The plot is averted. The King accepts a payoff from the repentant accomplices. It turns out the murderer is not dead from the poison, seeking a meeting with the Marquis for revenge. Such a moment arrives. The Marquis is stunned. A lung is punctured. Merinda dismisses the court physicians. She saves the Marquis´ life herself with the help of herbal infusions and extracts of mould. Merynda is slandered by the physicians as a sorceress. The Queen throws the young Countess into prison. The King himself is powerless against the Queen. Merinda´s death is imminent. But then, passing through the cheering crowd of the townspeople, the King is tried to be killed by his old hater. The wound seems trifling. But after twenty-four hours, the king is taken ill and falls into unconsciousness. The queen realises that the court physicians are powerless, and so are the prayers. She decides to enlist Merinda's help. Nothing is more important to the king's daughter than saving her father's life. Two weeks later, the king is back on his feet. The queen is pleased with the king's recovery, but still wants to get rid of Merinda... Sergiy Zhuravlov Thu, 15 Dec 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647269 thebookvoice.com 12:19:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647269]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truht Is in Love Series: #1 of Purgatory Author: Sergiy Zhuravlov Narrator: Andriy Zhuravlov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 19 minutes Release date: December 15, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The narrative is based on real events during the unification of Spain. Spain, led by Ferdinand the Second and Isabella of Castile, soared to the height of its power. The policy of the cunning king bore rich fruit. The whole country was taken away from the king of Portugal. By deceit the southern fiefdoms were cut off from France. The master of southern Europe and northern Africa he - King Ferdinand, or rather by his hands and the instruction of Isabella, brought out of slumber and made all-powerful 'Manu interpida' - the Inquisition. And now this mechanism was bringing into the king's treasury, first one-third, and now more than two-thirds of all the confiscated goods. And henceforth no one, whether grandee, marquis, or prince, could feel safe. Forsaken, beware - they are coming for you! Young Merinda, who did not wish to become Esteban Junior's mistress, was thrown into prison. Esteban the elder - the second man after the king - so wished. The sentence is ready, all that is left is to disfigure the maiden and then burn her at the stake. But something goes wrong. Fernando, an incorruptible knight of the Hospitaller Order, is in charge of the case. An obvious lie, not proof of guilt. All turn against Fernando the Inquisitor. Fernando has no choice but to save the girl at the cost of his career and even his life. He flees from pursuit along with Merinda. The couple is put on the wanted list. Whoever shelters or helps the fugitives ends up behind bars himself. The new inquisitor hires an assassin to find and kill the fugitives without publicity. The former favourite of the King of Spain, the Countess of Alba, writes a letter to his Highness and admits that she bore his daughter in secret. She asks the King for help in finding her daughter who has disappeared. The King entrusts his confidant, the Marquis Diego, with the task. The Marquis finds the trail - the King and Countess´ daughter is none other than Merinda! The King dismisses the false accusation. But the Inquisition's Purgatory flywheel is unwound. Merinda and Fernando are driven into the mountains and their doom is certain. The pair stand on a precipice above a precipice. The crossbowmen have them in their sights. The Marquis gets there in time. He stops the execution. He untwists the chain of false witnesses. This leads him to plot against the king. He writes a letter to the king and sends it with a messenger. On the way the messenger stops for a drink of water and water for his horse. He is killed by an assassin hired by the Inquisition. He reads the letter and sells it to the conspirators. He then sells the information to the Marquis that the conspirators have intercepted the letter. The Marquis learns through his agents that Admiral Esteban and his goons have followed the trail of Merinda and Fernando and wish to kill everyone. The plot is averted. The King accepts a payoff from the repentant accomplices. It turns out the murderer is not dead from the poison, seeking a meeting with the Marquis for revenge. Such a moment arrives. The Marquis is stunned. A lung is punctured. Merinda dismisses the court physicians. She saves the Marquis´ life herself with the help of herbal infusions and extracts of mould. Merynda is slandered by the physicians as a sorceress. The Queen throws the young Countess into prison. The King himself is powerless against the Queen. Merinda´s death is imminent. But then, passing through the cheering crowd of the townspeople, the King is tried to be killed by his old hater. The wound seems trifling. But after twenty-four hours, the king is taken ill and falls into unconsciousness. The queen realises that the court physicians are powerless, and so are the prayers. She decides to enlist Merinda's help. Nothing is more important to the king's daughter than saving her father's life. Two weeks later, the king is back on his feet. The queen is pleased with the king's recovery, but still wants to get rid of Merinda... Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647269]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truht Is in Love Series: #1 of Purgatory Author: Sergiy Zhuravlov Narrator: Andriy Zhuravlov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 19 minutes Release date: December 15, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The narrative is based on real events during the unification of Spain. Spain, led by Ferdinand the Second and Isabella of Castile, soared to the height of its power. The policy of the cunning king bore rich fruit. The whole country was taken away from the king of Portugal. By deceit the southern fiefdoms were cut off from France. The master of southern Europe and northern Africa he - King Ferdinand, or rather by his hands and the instruction of Isabella, brought out of slumber and made all-powerful 'Manu interpida' - the Inquisition. And now this mechanism was bringing into the king's treasury, first one-third, and now more than two-thirds of all the confiscated goods. And henceforth no one, whether grandee, marquis, or prince, could feel safe. Forsaken, beware - they are coming for you! Young Merinda, who did not wish to become Esteban Junior's mistress, was thrown into prison. Esteban the elder - the second man after the king - so wished. The sentence is ready, all that is left is to disfigure the maiden and then burn her at the stake. But something goes wrong. Fernando, an incorruptible knight of the Hospitaller Order, is in charge of the case. An obvious lie, not proof of guilt. All turn against Fernando the Inquisitor. Fernando has no choice but to save the girl at the cost of his career and even his life. He flees from pursuit along with Merinda. The couple is put on the wanted list. Whoever shelters or helps the fugitives ends up behind bars himself. The new inquisitor hires an assassin to find and kill the fugitives without publicity. The former favourite of the King of Spain, the Countess of Alba, writes a letter to his Highness and admits that she bore his daughter in secret. She asks the King for help in finding her daughter who has disappeared. The King entrusts his confidant, the Marquis Diego, with the task. The Marquis finds the trail - the King and Countess´ daughter is none other than Merinda! The King dismisses the false accusation. But the Inquisition's Purgatory flywheel is unwound. Merinda and Fernando are driven into the mountains and their doom is certain. The pair stand on a precipice above a precipice. The crossbowmen have them in their sights. The Marquis gets there in time. He stops the execution. He untwists the chain of false witnesses. This leads him to plot against the king. He writes a letter to the king and sends it with a messenger. On the way the messenger stops for a drink of water and water for his horse. He is killed by an assassin hired by the Inquisition. He reads the letter and sells it to the conspirators. He then sells the information to the Marquis that the conspirators have intercepted the letter. The Marquis learns through his agents that Admiral Esteban and his goons have followed the trail of Merinda and Fernando and wish to kill everyone. The plot is averted. The King accepts a payoff from the repentant accomplices. It turns out the murderer is not dead from the poison, seeking a meeting with the Marquis for revenge. Such a moment arrives. The Marquis is stunned. A lung is punctured. Merinda dismisses the court physicians. She saves the Marquis´ life herself with the help of herbal infusions and extracts of mould. Merynda is slandered by the physicians as a sorceress. The Queen throws the young Countess into prison. The King himself is powerless against the Queen. Merinda´s death is imminent. But then, passing through the cheering crowd of the townspeople, the King is tried to be killed by his old hater. The wound seems trifling. But after twenty-four hours, the king is taken ill and falls into unconsciousness. The queen realises that the court physicians are powerless, and so are the prayers. She decides to enlist Merinda's help. Nothing is more important to the king's daughter than saving her father's life. Two weeks later, the king is back on his feet. The queen is pleased with the king's recovery, but still wants to get rid of Merinda... https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646960 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646960]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Cities that Ruled the World: How Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York Shaped Global History Author: Douglas Wilson Narrator: Milton Bagby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In Five Cities that Ruled the World, theologian Douglas Wilson fuses together, in compelling detail, the critical moments birthed in history’s most influential cities —Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York. Wilson issues a challenge to our collective understanding of history with the juxtapositions of freedom and its intrinsic failures; liberty and its deep-seated liabilities. Each revelation beckoning us deeper into a city’s story, its political systems, and how it flourished and floundered. You'll discover the significance of: - Jerusalem's complex history and its deep-rooted character as the city of freedom, where people found their spiritual liberty. - Athens' intellectual influence as the city of reason and birthplace of democracy. - Rome's evolution as the city of law and justice and the freedoms and limitations that come with liberty. - London's place in the world's history as the city of literature where man's literary imagination found its wings. - New York's rise to global fame as the city of commerce and how it triggered unmatched wealth, industry, and trade throughout the world. Five Cities that Ruled the World chronicles the destruction, redemption, personalities, and power structures that altered the world's political, spiritual, and moral center time and again. It's an inspiring, enlightening global perspective that encourages readers to honor our shared history, contribute to the present, and look to the future with unmistakable hope. Douglas Wilson Tue, 25 Jul 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646960 thebookvoice.com 6:37:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646960]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Cities that Ruled the World: How Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York Shaped Global History Author: Douglas Wilson Narrator: Milton Bagby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In Five Cities that Ruled the World, theologian Douglas Wilson fuses together, in compelling detail, the critical moments birthed in history’s most influential cities —Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York. Wilson issues a challenge to our collective understanding of history with the juxtapositions of freedom and its intrinsic failures; liberty and its deep-seated liabilities. Each revelation beckoning us deeper into a city’s story, its political systems, and how it flourished and floundered. You'll discover the significance of: - Jerusalem's complex history and its deep-rooted character as the city of freedom, where people found their spiritual liberty. - Athens' intellectual influence as the city of reason and birthplace of democracy. - Rome's evolution as the city of law and justice and the freedoms and limitations that come with liberty. - London's place in the world's history as the city of literature where man's literary imagination found its wings. - New York's rise to global fame as the city of commerce and how it triggered unmatched wealth, industry, and trade throughout the world. Five Cities that Ruled the World chronicles the destruction, redemption, personalities, and power structures that altered the world's political, spiritual, and moral center time and again. It's an inspiring, enlightening global perspective that encourages readers to honor our shared history, contribute to the present, and look to the future with unmistakable hope. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646960]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Cities that Ruled the World: How Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York Shaped Global History Author: Douglas Wilson Narrator: Milton Bagby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In Five Cities that Ruled the World, theologian Douglas Wilson fuses together, in compelling detail, the critical moments birthed in history’s most influential cities —Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York. Wilson issues a challenge to our collective understanding of history with the juxtapositions of freedom and its intrinsic failures; liberty and its deep-seated liabilities. Each revelation beckoning us deeper into a city’s story, its political systems, and how it flourished and floundered. You'll discover the significance of: - Jerusalem's complex history and its deep-rooted character as the city of freedom, where people found their spiritual liberty. - Athens' intellectual influence as the city of reason and birthplace of democracy. - Rome's evolution as the city of law and justice and the freedoms and limitations that come with liberty. - London's place in the world's history as the city of literature where man's literary imagination found its wings. - New York's rise to global fame as the city of commerce and how it triggered unmatched wealth, industry, and trade throughout the world. Five Cities that Ruled the World chronicles the destruction, redemption, personalities, and power structures that altered the world's political, spiritual, and moral center time and again. It's an inspiring, enlightening global perspective that encourages readers to honor our shared history, contribute to the present, and look to the future with unmistakable hope. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646625 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646625]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1943-1945: Red Steamroller Author: Robert A. Forczyk Narrator: P.J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 16, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The author of Case White offers an extensive history of German and Soviet armored warfare toward the end of World War II. By 1943, after the catastrophic German defeat at Stalingrad, the Wehmacht's panzer armies gradually lost the initiative on the Eastern Front. The tide of the war had turned. Their combined arms technique, which had swept Soviet forces before it during 1941 and 1942, had lost its edge. Thereafter the war on the Eastern Front was dominated by tank-led offensives and, as Robert Forczyk shows, the Red Army's mechanized forces gained the upper hand, delivering a sequence of powerful blows that shattered one German defensive line after another. His incisive study offers fresh insight into how the two most powerful mechanized armies of the Second World War developed their tank tactics and weaponry during this period of growing Soviet dominance. He uses German, Russian, and English sources to provide the first comprehensive overview and analysis of armored warfare from the German and Soviet perspectives. This major study of the greatest tank war in history is compelling listening. Robert A. Forczyk Tue, 16 May 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646625 thebookvoice.com 14:42:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646625]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1943-1945: Red Steamroller Author: Robert A. Forczyk Narrator: P.J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 16, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The author of Case White offers an extensive history of German and Soviet armored warfare toward the end of World War II. By 1943, after the catastrophic German defeat at Stalingrad, the Wehmacht's panzer armies gradually lost the initiative on the Eastern Front. The tide of the war had turned. Their combined arms technique, which had swept Soviet forces before it during 1941 and 1942, had lost its edge. Thereafter the war on the Eastern Front was dominated by tank-led offensives and, as Robert Forczyk shows, the Red Army's mechanized forces gained the upper hand, delivering a sequence of powerful blows that shattered one German defensive line after another. His incisive study offers fresh insight into how the two most powerful mechanized armies of the Second World War developed their tank tactics and weaponry during this period of growing Soviet dominance. He uses German, Russian, and English sources to provide the first comprehensive overview and analysis of armored warfare from the German and Soviet perspectives. This major study of the greatest tank war in history is compelling listening. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646625]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1943-1945: Red Steamroller Author: Robert A. Forczyk Narrator: P.J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 16, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The author of Case White offers an extensive history of German and Soviet armored warfare toward the end of World War II. By 1943, after the catastrophic German defeat at Stalingrad, the Wehmacht's panzer armies gradually lost the initiative on the Eastern Front. The tide of the war had turned. Their combined arms technique, which had swept Soviet forces before it during 1941 and 1942, had lost its edge. Thereafter the war on the Eastern Front was dominated by tank-led offensives and, as Robert Forczyk shows, the Red Army's mechanized forces gained the upper hand, delivering a sequence of powerful blows that shattered one German defensive line after another. His incisive study offers fresh insight into how the two most powerful mechanized armies of the Second World War developed their tank tactics and weaponry during this period of growing Soviet dominance. He uses German, Russian, and English sources to provide the first comprehensive overview and analysis of armored warfare from the German and Soviet perspectives. This major study of the greatest tank war in history is compelling listening. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646624 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646624]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941-1942: Schwerpunkt Author: Robert A. Forczyk Narrator: P.J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The German panzer armies that swept into the Soviet Union in 1941 were an undefeated force that had honed their skill in combined arms warfare to a fine edge. The Germans focused their panzers and tactical air support at points on the battlefield defined as Schwerpunkt—main effort—to smash through any defensive line and then advance to envelope their adversaries. Initially, these methods worked well in the early days of Operation Barbarossa and the tank forces of the Red Army suffered defeat after defeat. Although badly mauled in the opening battles, the Red Army's tank forces did not succumb to the German armored onslaught and German planning and logistical deficiencies led to over-extension and failure in 1941. In the second year of the invasion, the Germans directed their Schwerpunkt toward the Volga and the Caucasus and again achieved some degree of success, but the Red Army had grown much stronger and by November 1942, the Soviets were able to turn the tables at Stalingrad. Robert Forczyk's incisive study offers fresh insight into how the two most powerful mechanized armies of WWII developed their tactics and weaponry during the early years of the Russo-German War. He uses German, Russian, and English sources to provide the first comprehensive overview and analysis of armored warfare from the German and Soviet perspectives. Robert A. Forczyk Tue, 21 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646624 thebookvoice.com 16:10:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646624]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941-1942: Schwerpunkt Author: Robert A. Forczyk Narrator: P.J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The German panzer armies that swept into the Soviet Union in 1941 were an undefeated force that had honed their skill in combined arms warfare to a fine edge. The Germans focused their panzers and tactical air support at points on the battlefield defined as Schwerpunkt—main effort—to smash through any defensive line and then advance to envelope their adversaries. Initially, these methods worked well in the early days of Operation Barbarossa and the tank forces of the Red Army suffered defeat after defeat. Although badly mauled in the opening battles, the Red Army's tank forces did not succumb to the German armored onslaught and German planning and logistical deficiencies led to over-extension and failure in 1941. In the second year of the invasion, the Germans directed their Schwerpunkt toward the Volga and the Caucasus and again achieved some degree of success, but the Red Army had grown much stronger and by November 1942, the Soviets were able to turn the tables at Stalingrad. Robert Forczyk's incisive study offers fresh insight into how the two most powerful mechanized armies of WWII developed their tactics and weaponry during the early years of the Russo-German War. He uses German, Russian, and English sources to provide the first comprehensive overview and analysis of armored warfare from the German and Soviet perspectives. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646624]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941-1942: Schwerpunkt Author: Robert A. Forczyk Narrator: P.J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The German panzer armies that swept into the Soviet Union in 1941 were an undefeated force that had honed their skill in combined arms warfare to a fine edge. The Germans focused their panzers and tactical air support at points on the battlefield defined as Schwerpunkt—main effort—to smash through any defensive line and then advance to envelope their adversaries. Initially, these methods worked well in the early days of Operation Barbarossa and the tank forces of the Red Army suffered defeat after defeat. Although badly mauled in the opening battles, the Red Army's tank forces did not succumb to the German armored onslaught and German planning and logistical deficiencies led to over-extension and failure in 1941. In the second year of the invasion, the Germans directed their Schwerpunkt toward the Volga and the Caucasus and again achieved some degree of success, but the Red Army had grown much stronger and by November 1942, the Soviets were able to turn the tables at Stalingrad. Robert Forczyk's incisive study offers fresh insight into how the two most powerful mechanized armies of WWII developed their tactics and weaponry during the early years of the Russo-German War. He uses German, Russian, and English sources to provide the first comprehensive overview and analysis of armored warfare from the German and Soviet perspectives. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646619 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646619]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Homecoming: The Scottish Years of Mary, Queen of Scots Author: Rosemary Goring Narrator: Mhairi Morrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 16, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: One of the most famous queens in history, Mary Stuart lived in her homeland for just twelve years: as a dauntless child who laughed at her friends' seasickness as they sailed to safety in France and later, on her return as an eighteen-year-old widow to take control of a nation riven with factions, dissent, and religious strife. Brief though her in time Scotland was, her experience profoundly influenced who she was and what happened to her. In this book, Rosemary Goring tells the story of Mary's Scottish years through the often dramatic and atmospheric locations and settings where the events that shaped her life took place and also examines the part Scotland, and its tumultuous court and culture, played in her downfall. Whether or not Mary Stuart emerges blameless or guilty, in this evocative retelling she can be seen for who she really was. Rosemary Goring Tue, 16 May 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646619 thebookvoice.com 12:39:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646619]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Homecoming: The Scottish Years of Mary, Queen of Scots Author: Rosemary Goring Narrator: Mhairi Morrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 16, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: One of the most famous queens in history, Mary Stuart lived in her homeland for just twelve years: as a dauntless child who laughed at her friends' seasickness as they sailed to safety in France and later, on her return as an eighteen-year-old widow to take control of a nation riven with factions, dissent, and religious strife. Brief though her in time Scotland was, her experience profoundly influenced who she was and what happened to her. In this book, Rosemary Goring tells the story of Mary's Scottish years through the often dramatic and atmospheric locations and settings where the events that shaped her life took place and also examines the part Scotland, and its tumultuous court and culture, played in her downfall. Whether or not Mary Stuart emerges blameless or guilty, in this evocative retelling she can be seen for who she really was. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646619]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Homecoming: The Scottish Years of Mary, Queen of Scots Author: Rosemary Goring Narrator: Mhairi Morrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 16, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: One of the most famous queens in history, Mary Stuart lived in her homeland for just twelve years: as a dauntless child who laughed at her friends' seasickness as they sailed to safety in France and later, on her return as an eighteen-year-old widow to take control of a nation riven with factions, dissent, and religious strife. Brief though her in time Scotland was, her experience profoundly influenced who she was and what happened to her. In this book, Rosemary Goring tells the story of Mary's Scottish years through the often dramatic and atmospheric locations and settings where the events that shaped her life took place and also examines the part Scotland, and its tumultuous court and culture, played in her downfall. Whether or not Mary Stuart emerges blameless or guilty, in this evocative retelling she can be seen for who she really was. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646601 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646601]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food Author: John Dickie Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Buon appetito! Everyone loves Italian food. But how did the Italians come to eat so well? The answer lies amid the vibrant beauty of Italy's historic cities. For a thousand years, they have been magnets for everything that makes for great eating: ingredients, talent, money, and power. Italian food is city food. Delizia! is much more than a history of Italian food. It is a history of Italy told through the flavors and character of its cities. A dynamic chronicle that is full of surprises, Delizia! draws back the curtain on much that was unknown about Italian food and exposes the long-held canards. It interprets the ancient Arabic map that tells of pasta's true origins, and shows that Marco Polo did not introduce spaghetti to the Italians, as is often thought, but did have a big influence on making pasta a part of the American diet. Most important, it explains the origins and growth of the world's greatest urban food culture. With its delectable mix of vivid storytelling, groundbreaking research, and shrewd analysis, Delizia! is as appetizing as the dishes it describes. John Dickie Tue, 02 May 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646601 thebookvoice.com 12:3:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646601]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food Author: John Dickie Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Buon appetito! Everyone loves Italian food. But how did the Italians come to eat so well? The answer lies amid the vibrant beauty of Italy's historic cities. For a thousand years, they have been magnets for everything that makes for great eating: ingredients, talent, money, and power. Italian food is city food. Delizia! is much more than a history of Italian food. It is a history of Italy told through the flavors and character of its cities. A dynamic chronicle that is full of surprises, Delizia! draws back the curtain on much that was unknown about Italian food and exposes the long-held canards. It interprets the ancient Arabic map that tells of pasta's true origins, and shows that Marco Polo did not introduce spaghetti to the Italians, as is often thought, but did have a big influence on making pasta a part of the American diet. Most important, it explains the origins and growth of the world's greatest urban food culture. With its delectable mix of vivid storytelling, groundbreaking research, and shrewd analysis, Delizia! is as appetizing as the dishes it describes. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646601]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food Author: John Dickie Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Buon appetito! Everyone loves Italian food. But how did the Italians come to eat so well? The answer lies amid the vibrant beauty of Italy's historic cities. For a thousand years, they have been magnets for everything that makes for great eating: ingredients, talent, money, and power. Italian food is city food. Delizia! is much more than a history of Italian food. It is a history of Italy told through the flavors and character of its cities. A dynamic chronicle that is full of surprises, Delizia! draws back the curtain on much that was unknown about Italian food and exposes the long-held canards. It interprets the ancient Arabic map that tells of pasta's true origins, and shows that Marco Polo did not introduce spaghetti to the Italians, as is often thought, but did have a big influence on making pasta a part of the American diet. Most important, it explains the origins and growth of the world's greatest urban food culture. With its delectable mix of vivid storytelling, groundbreaking research, and shrewd analysis, Delizia! is as appetizing as the dishes it describes. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646591 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646591]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wall: Rome's Greatest Frontier Author: Alistair Moffat Narrator: James Cameron Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Hadrian's Wall is the largest and one of the most enigmatic historical monuments in Britain. Nothing else approaches its vast scale: a land wall running seventy-three miles from east to west and a sea wall stretching at least twenty-six miles down the Cumbrian coast. Many of its forts are as large as Britain's most formidable medieval castles, and the wide ditch dug to the south of the Wall, the vallum, is larger than any surviving prehistoric earthwork. Built in a ten-year period by more than thirty thousand soldiers and laborers at the behest of an extraordinary emperor, the Wall consisted of more than twenty-four million stones, giving it a mass greater than all the Egyptian pyramids put together. At least a million people visit Hadrian's Wall each year, and it has been designated a World Heritage Site. In this book, based on literary and historical sources as well as the latest archaeological research, Alistair Moffat considers who built the Wall, how it was built, why it was built, and how it affected the native peoples who lived in its mighty shadow. The result is a unique and fascinating insight into one of the wonders of the ancient world. Alistair Moffat Tue, 18 Jul 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646591 thebookvoice.com 12:30:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646591]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wall: Rome's Greatest Frontier Author: Alistair Moffat Narrator: James Cameron Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Hadrian's Wall is the largest and one of the most enigmatic historical monuments in Britain. Nothing else approaches its vast scale: a land wall running seventy-three miles from east to west and a sea wall stretching at least twenty-six miles down the Cumbrian coast. Many of its forts are as large as Britain's most formidable medieval castles, and the wide ditch dug to the south of the Wall, the vallum, is larger than any surviving prehistoric earthwork. Built in a ten-year period by more than thirty thousand soldiers and laborers at the behest of an extraordinary emperor, the Wall consisted of more than twenty-four million stones, giving it a mass greater than all the Egyptian pyramids put together. At least a million people visit Hadrian's Wall each year, and it has been designated a World Heritage Site. In this book, based on literary and historical sources as well as the latest archaeological research, Alistair Moffat considers who built the Wall, how it was built, why it was built, and how it affected the native peoples who lived in its mighty shadow. The result is a unique and fascinating insight into one of the wonders of the ancient world. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646591]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wall: Rome's Greatest Frontier Author: Alistair Moffat Narrator: James Cameron Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Hadrian's Wall is the largest and one of the most enigmatic historical monuments in Britain. Nothing else approaches its vast scale: a land wall running seventy-three miles from east to west and a sea wall stretching at least twenty-six miles down the Cumbrian coast. Many of its forts are as large as Britain's most formidable medieval castles, and the wide ditch dug to the south of the Wall, the vallum, is larger than any surviving prehistoric earthwork. Built in a ten-year period by more than thirty thousand soldiers and laborers at the behest of an extraordinary emperor, the Wall consisted of more than twenty-four million stones, giving it a mass greater than all the Egyptian pyramids put together. At least a million people visit Hadrian's Wall each year, and it has been designated a World Heritage Site. In this book, based on literary and historical sources as well as the latest archaeological research, Alistair Moffat considers who built the Wall, how it was built, why it was built, and how it affected the native peoples who lived in its mighty shadow. The result is a unique and fascinating insight into one of the wonders of the ancient world. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646446 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646446]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - GuíaBurros: Europa en su cenit: El auge de Occidente Author: Eduardo Montagut Narrator: María José Bosch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 34 minutes Release date: November 17, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: En la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, en Europa occidental y central, se vivió la Segunda Revolución Industrial que trajo consigo el triunfo del capitalismo, pero también la superación del liberalismo económico clásico frente a un mayor proteccionismo o nacionalismo económico y que devino en una internacionalización de la economía. Este hecho condujo a un salto cuantitativo y cualitativo del movimiento obrero a escala internacional sin olvidar el surgimiento del fenómeno del imperialismo, del dominio colonial de las potencias europeas sobre Asia y África. Así, Occidente comenzó a alcanzar un cenit económico y de prevalencia cultural sobre el resto del mundo que, sin embargo, pronto entró en crisis. Eduardo Montagut Thu, 17 Nov 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646446 thebookvoice.com 3:34:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646446]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - GuíaBurros: Europa en su cenit: El auge de Occidente Author: Eduardo Montagut Narrator: María José Bosch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 34 minutes Release date: November 17, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: En la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, en Europa occidental y central, se vivió la Segunda Revolución Industrial que trajo consigo el triunfo del capitalismo, pero también la superación del liberalismo económico clásico frente a un mayor proteccionismo o nacionalismo económico y que devino en una internacionalización de la economía. Este hecho condujo a un salto cuantitativo y cualitativo del movimiento obrero a escala internacional sin olvidar el surgimiento del fenómeno del imperialismo, del dominio colonial de las potencias europeas sobre Asia y África. Así, Occidente comenzó a alcanzar un cenit económico y de prevalencia cultural sobre el resto del mundo que, sin embargo, pronto entró en crisis. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646446]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - GuíaBurros: Europa en su cenit: El auge de Occidente Author: Eduardo Montagut Narrator: María José Bosch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 34 minutes Release date: November 17, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: En la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, en Europa occidental y central, se vivió la Segunda Revolución Industrial que trajo consigo el triunfo del capitalismo, pero también la superación del liberalismo económico clásico frente a un mayor proteccionismo o nacionalismo económico y que devino en una internacionalización de la economía. Este hecho condujo a un salto cuantitativo y cualitativo del movimiento obrero a escala internacional sin olvidar el surgimiento del fenómeno del imperialismo, del dominio colonial de las potencias europeas sobre Asia y África. Así, Occidente comenzó a alcanzar un cenit económico y de prevalencia cultural sobre el resto del mundo que, sin embargo, pronto entró en crisis. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646210 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646210]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Looking for the Hidden Folk: How Iceland's Elves Can Save the Earth Author: Nancy Marie Brown Narrator: Ann Richardson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Icelanders believe in elves. Why does that make you laugh?, asks Nancy Marie Brown, in this wonderfully quirky exploration of our interaction with nature. Looking for answers in history, science, religion, and art—from ancient times to today—Brown finds that each discipline defines what is real and unreal, natural and supernatural, demonstrated and theoretical, alive and inert. Each has its own way of perceiving and valuing the world around us. And each discipline defines what an Icelander might call an elf. Illuminated by her own encounters with Iceland's Otherworld—in ancient lava fields, on a holy mountain, beside a glacier or an erupting volcano, crossing the cold desert at the island's heart on horseback—Looking for the Hidden Folk offers an intimate conversation about how we look at and find value in nature. It reveals how the words we use and the stories we tell shape the world we see. It argues that our beliefs about the Earth will preserve—or destroy it. Scientists name our time the Anthropocene: the Human Age. Climate change will lead to the mass extinction of numerous animal species unless we humans change our course. Iceland suggests a different way of thinking about the Earth, one that offers hope. Icelanders believe in elves—and you should, too. Nancy Marie Brown Tue, 14 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646210 thebookvoice.com 8:25:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646210]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Looking for the Hidden Folk: How Iceland's Elves Can Save the Earth Author: Nancy Marie Brown Narrator: Ann Richardson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Icelanders believe in elves. Why does that make you laugh?, asks Nancy Marie Brown, in this wonderfully quirky exploration of our interaction with nature. Looking for answers in history, science, religion, and art—from ancient times to today—Brown finds that each discipline defines what is real and unreal, natural and supernatural, demonstrated and theoretical, alive and inert. Each has its own way of perceiving and valuing the world around us. And each discipline defines what an Icelander might call an elf. Illuminated by her own encounters with Iceland's Otherworld—in ancient lava fields, on a holy mountain, beside a glacier or an erupting volcano, crossing the cold desert at the island's heart on horseback—Looking for the Hidden Folk offers an intimate conversation about how we look at and find value in nature. It reveals how the words we use and the stories we tell shape the world we see. It argues that our beliefs about the Earth will preserve—or destroy it. Scientists name our time the Anthropocene: the Human Age. Climate change will lead to the mass extinction of numerous animal species unless we humans change our course. Iceland suggests a different way of thinking about the Earth, one that offers hope. Icelanders believe in elves—and you should, too. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646210]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Looking for the Hidden Folk: How Iceland's Elves Can Save the Earth Author: Nancy Marie Brown Narrator: Ann Richardson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Icelanders believe in elves. Why does that make you laugh?, asks Nancy Marie Brown, in this wonderfully quirky exploration of our interaction with nature. Looking for answers in history, science, religion, and art—from ancient times to today—Brown finds that each discipline defines what is real and unreal, natural and supernatural, demonstrated and theoretical, alive and inert. Each has its own way of perceiving and valuing the world around us. And each discipline defines what an Icelander might call an elf. Illuminated by her own encounters with Iceland's Otherworld—in ancient lava fields, on a holy mountain, beside a glacier or an erupting volcano, crossing the cold desert at the island's heart on horseback—Looking for the Hidden Folk offers an intimate conversation about how we look at and find value in nature. It reveals how the words we use and the stories we tell shape the world we see. It argues that our beliefs about the Earth will preserve—or destroy it. Scientists name our time the Anthropocene: the Human Age. Climate change will lead to the mass extinction of numerous animal species unless we humans change our course. Iceland suggests a different way of thinking about the Earth, one that offers hope. Icelanders believe in elves—and you should, too. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646208 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646208]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Time and Chance: An Autobiography Author: Peter Townsend Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF PETER TOWNSEND, THE MAN CONSIDERED TO BE THE GREAT LOVE OF PRINCESS MARGARET'S LIFE, EQUERRY TO KING GEORGE VI AND HERO OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN. 'One afternoon, at Windsor Castle, when everyone had gone to London for some ceremony, we talked, in the red drawing-room, for hours—about ourselves. It was then that we made the mutual discovery of how much we meant to one another. She listened, without uttering a word, as I told her, very quietly, of my feelings. Then she simply said: 'That is exactly how I feel, too.' It was, to us both, an immensely gladdening disclosure, but one which sorely troubled us.' The romance between Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend in the 1950s rocked the British Establishment, pulled at the heartstrings of a nation and brought sorrow to two intensely human individuals. In Time and Chance, Peter Townsend tells his side of the story in intensely personal terms and places the episode within the whole context of his full and varied life, a story which includes great heroism in World War II as well as his part in one of the most publicized love stories of the twentieth century. Peter Townsend Tue, 14 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646208 thebookvoice.com 10:43:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646208]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Time and Chance: An Autobiography Author: Peter Townsend Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF PETER TOWNSEND, THE MAN CONSIDERED TO BE THE GREAT LOVE OF PRINCESS MARGARET'S LIFE, EQUERRY TO KING GEORGE VI AND HERO OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN. 'One afternoon, at Windsor Castle, when everyone had gone to London for some ceremony, we talked, in the red drawing-room, for hours—about ourselves. It was then that we made the mutual discovery of how much we meant to one another. She listened, without uttering a word, as I told her, very quietly, of my feelings. Then she simply said: 'That is exactly how I feel, too.' It was, to us both, an immensely gladdening disclosure, but one which sorely troubled us.' The romance between Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend in the 1950s rocked the British Establishment, pulled at the heartstrings of a nation and brought sorrow to two intensely human individuals. In Time and Chance, Peter Townsend tells his side of the story in intensely personal terms and places the episode within the whole context of his full and varied life, a story which includes great heroism in World War II as well as his part in one of the most publicized love stories of the twentieth century. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646208]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Time and Chance: An Autobiography Author: Peter Townsend Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF PETER TOWNSEND, THE MAN CONSIDERED TO BE THE GREAT LOVE OF PRINCESS MARGARET'S LIFE, EQUERRY TO KING GEORGE VI AND HERO OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN. 'One afternoon, at Windsor Castle, when everyone had gone to London for some ceremony, we talked, in the red drawing-room, for hours—about ourselves. It was then that we made the mutual discovery of how much we meant to one another. She listened, without uttering a word, as I told her, very quietly, of my feelings. Then she simply said: 'That is exactly how I feel, too.' It was, to us both, an immensely gladdening disclosure, but one which sorely troubled us.' The romance between Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend in the 1950s rocked the British Establishment, pulled at the heartstrings of a nation and brought sorrow to two intensely human individuals. In Time and Chance, Peter Townsend tells his side of the story in intensely personal terms and places the episode within the whole context of his full and varied life, a story which includes great heroism in World War II as well as his part in one of the most publicized love stories of the twentieth century. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646117 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646117]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Path of Peace: Walking the Western Front Way Author: Anthony Seldon Narrator: Gordon Griffin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 10, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Without a permanent home, a wife or a job, and with no clear sense of where his life was going, Anthony Seldon set out on a 35-day pilgrimage from the French-Swiss border to the English Channel. The route of his 1,000 kilometre journey was inspired by a young British soldier of the First World War, Alexander Douglas Gillespie, who dreamed of creating a 'Via Sacra' that the men, women and children of Europe could walk to honour the fallen. Tragically, Gillespie was killed in action, his vision forgotten for a hundred years, until a chance discovery in the archive of one of England's oldest schools galvanised Anthony into seeing the Via Sacra permanently established. Tracing the historic route of the Western Front, he traversed some of Europe's most beautiful and evocative scenery, from the Vosges, Argonne and Champagne to the haunting trenches of Arras, the Somme and Ypres. Along the way, he wrestled heat exhaustion, dog bites and blisters as well as a deeper search for inner peace and renewed purpose. Touching on grief, loss and the legacy of war, The Path of Peace is the extraordinary story of Anthony's epic walk, an unforgettable act of remembrance and a triumphant rediscovery of what matters most in life. 'A journey of self-discovery and a pilgrimage of peace... A remarkable book by a remarkable man.' Michael Morpurgo 'An incredible journey that will move and inspire.' Bear Grylls 'A timely, eloquent and convincing reminder that to forget the carnage of the past is to open the door to it happening again.' George Alagiah Anthony Seldon Thu, 10 Aug 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646117 thebookvoice.com 12:44:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646117]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Path of Peace: Walking the Western Front Way Author: Anthony Seldon Narrator: Gordon Griffin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 10, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Without a permanent home, a wife or a job, and with no clear sense of where his life was going, Anthony Seldon set out on a 35-day pilgrimage from the French-Swiss border to the English Channel. The route of his 1,000 kilometre journey was inspired by a young British soldier of the First World War, Alexander Douglas Gillespie, who dreamed of creating a 'Via Sacra' that the men, women and children of Europe could walk to honour the fallen. Tragically, Gillespie was killed in action, his vision forgotten for a hundred years, until a chance discovery in the archive of one of England's oldest schools galvanised Anthony into seeing the Via Sacra permanently established. Tracing the historic route of the Western Front, he traversed some of Europe's most beautiful and evocative scenery, from the Vosges, Argonne and Champagne to the haunting trenches of Arras, the Somme and Ypres. Along the way, he wrestled heat exhaustion, dog bites and blisters as well as a deeper search for inner peace and renewed purpose. Touching on grief, loss and the legacy of war, The Path of Peace is the extraordinary story of Anthony's epic walk, an unforgettable act of remembrance and a triumphant rediscovery of what matters most in life. 'A journey of self-discovery and a pilgrimage of peace... A remarkable book by a remarkable man.' Michael Morpurgo 'An incredible journey that will move and inspire.' Bear Grylls 'A timely, eloquent and convincing reminder that to forget the carnage of the past is to open the door to it happening again.' George Alagiah Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646117]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Path of Peace: Walking the Western Front Way Author: Anthony Seldon Narrator: Gordon Griffin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 10, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Without a permanent home, a wife or a job, and with no clear sense of where his life was going, Anthony Seldon set out on a 35-day pilgrimage from the French-Swiss border to the English Channel. The route of his 1,000 kilometre journey was inspired by a young British soldier of the First World War, Alexander Douglas Gillespie, who dreamed of creating a 'Via Sacra' that the men, women and children of Europe could walk to honour the fallen. Tragically, Gillespie was killed in action, his vision forgotten for a hundred years, until a chance discovery in the archive of one of England's oldest schools galvanised Anthony into seeing the Via Sacra permanently established. Tracing the historic route of the Western Front, he traversed some of Europe's most beautiful and evocative scenery, from the Vosges, Argonne and Champagne to the haunting trenches of Arras, the Somme and Ypres. Along the way, he wrestled heat exhaustion, dog bites and blisters as well as a deeper search for inner peace and renewed purpose. Touching on grief, loss and the legacy of war, The Path of Peace is the extraordinary story of Anthony's epic walk, an unforgettable act of remembrance and a triumphant rediscovery of what matters most in life. 'A journey of self-discovery and a pilgrimage of peace... A remarkable book by a remarkable man.' Michael Morpurgo 'An incredible journey that will move and inspire.' Bear Grylls 'A timely, eloquent and convincing reminder that to forget the carnage of the past is to open the door to it happening again.' George Alagiah https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645875 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645875]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Queen of Our Times - Das Leben von Elizabeth II. (Ungekürzt) Author: Robert Hardman Narrator: Alexander Gamnitzer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 12 minutes Release date: October 7, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Die aktuellste Biografie mit Exklusivmaterial aus den Royal Archives Schüchtern, aber mit stählernem Selbstbewusstsein. Unergründlich trotz eines Lebens in der Öffentlichkeit. Gläubig. Unsentimental. Neugierig. - Mit all diesen Begrifflichkeiten ließe sich Queen Elizabeth II. beschreiben. Eine Regentin, die mit stärkeren Veränderungen konfrontiert wurde als alle anderen royalen Staatsoberhäupter der englischen Geschichte. Dabei wurde sie nicht als Thronfolgerin geboren, ihr Leben wurde durch die Abdankung König Edwards VIII. unvermittelt in andere Bahnen gelenkt. So wurde aus der Nichte des Königs über Nacht eine junge Königin in spe. Seit ihrer Krönung 1952 hat sich die Queen als kluge und entschlossene Persönlichkeit erwiesen und ihr Volk souverän durch mehr als siebzig Jahre massiver Veränderungen geführt. Sie sah sich mit Verfassungskrisen konfrontiert, erhielt Morddrohungen, sah fünfzehn Premierminister und Premierministerinnen kommen und gehen, bezauberte Staatsoberhäupter aus aller Welt, wurde von den Medien gefeiert und kritisiert und lebte ein Leben im Dienst der Krone. Die jubelnden Mengen zu ihrem Platinjubiläum und die weltweite Trauer nach ihrem plötzlichen Tod kurz darauf zeigten deutlich, wie sehr Elizabeth II. verehrt wurde. Sie verkörperte über viele Jahre hinweg Beständigkeit in Zeiten des Wandels und galt vielen als Quelle von Mut und Zuversicht. Der führende Adelsexperte Robert Hardman schreibt kenntnisreich über royale Sternstunden, dunkle Krisen, Abdankung, Kriegsjahre, romantische Verwicklungen, Gefahren und Tragödien. Als erster Queen-Biograf überhaupt durfte er in den Royal Archives recherchieren; Hardman legt bisher unveröffentlichtes Schrift- und Bildmaterial vor und zitiert aus Gesprächen mit den engsten Angehörigen der Queen. Seite für Seite wird so die Chronologie eines ungewöhnlichen Lebenswegs offenbar. QUEEN OF OUR TIMES ist das intime Porträt einer Ausnahmepersönlichkeit, die unser aller Leben geprägt hat. Ein originelles, überraschendes Hörbuch. Robert Hardman Fri, 07 Oct 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645875 thebookvoice.com 21:12:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645875]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Queen of Our Times - Das Leben von Elizabeth II. (Ungekürzt) Author: Robert Hardman Narrator: Alexander Gamnitzer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 12 minutes Release date: October 7, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Die aktuellste Biografie mit Exklusivmaterial aus den Royal Archives Schüchtern, aber mit stählernem Selbstbewusstsein. Unergründlich trotz eines Lebens in der Öffentlichkeit. Gläubig. Unsentimental. Neugierig. - Mit all diesen Begrifflichkeiten ließe sich Queen Elizabeth II. beschreiben. Eine Regentin, die mit stärkeren Veränderungen konfrontiert wurde als alle anderen royalen Staatsoberhäupter der englischen Geschichte. Dabei wurde sie nicht als Thronfolgerin geboren, ihr Leben wurde durch die Abdankung König Edwards VIII. unvermittelt in andere Bahnen gelenkt. So wurde aus der Nichte des Königs über Nacht eine junge Königin in spe. Seit ihrer Krönung 1952 hat sich die Queen als kluge und entschlossene Persönlichkeit erwiesen und ihr Volk souverän durch mehr als siebzig Jahre massiver Veränderungen geführt. Sie sah sich mit Verfassungskrisen konfrontiert, erhielt Morddrohungen, sah fünfzehn Premierminister und Premierministerinnen kommen und gehen, bezauberte Staatsoberhäupter aus aller Welt, wurde von den Medien gefeiert und kritisiert und lebte ein Leben im Dienst der Krone. Die jubelnden Mengen zu ihrem Platinjubiläum und die weltweite Trauer nach ihrem plötzlichen Tod kurz darauf zeigten deutlich, wie sehr Elizabeth II. verehrt wurde. Sie verkörperte über viele Jahre hinweg Beständigkeit in Zeiten des Wandels und galt vielen als Quelle von Mut und Zuversicht. Der führende Adelsexperte Robert Hardman schreibt kenntnisreich über royale Sternstunden, dunkle Krisen, Abdankung, Kriegsjahre, romantische Verwicklungen, Gefahren und Tragödien. Als erster Queen-Biograf überhaupt durfte er in den Royal Archives recherchieren; Hardman legt bisher unveröffentlichtes Schrift- und Bildmaterial vor und zitiert aus Gesprächen mit den engsten Angehörigen der Queen. Seite für Seite wird so die Chronologie eines ungewöhnlichen Lebenswegs offenbar. QUEEN OF OUR TIMES ist das intime Porträt einer Ausnahmepersönlichkeit, die unser aller Leben geprägt hat. Ein originelles, überraschendes Hörbuch. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645875]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Queen of Our Times - Das Leben von Elizabeth II. (Ungekürzt) Author: Robert Hardman Narrator: Alexander Gamnitzer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 12 minutes Release date: October 7, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Die aktuellste Biografie mit Exklusivmaterial aus den Royal Archives Schüchtern, aber mit stählernem Selbstbewusstsein. Unergründlich trotz eines Lebens in der Öffentlichkeit. Gläubig. Unsentimental. Neugierig. - Mit all diesen Begrifflichkeiten ließe sich Queen Elizabeth II. beschreiben. Eine Regentin, die mit stärkeren Veränderungen konfrontiert wurde als alle anderen royalen Staatsoberhäupter der englischen Geschichte. Dabei wurde sie nicht als Thronfolgerin geboren, ihr Leben wurde durch die Abdankung König Edwards VIII. unvermittelt in andere Bahnen gelenkt. So wurde aus der Nichte des Königs über Nacht eine junge Königin in spe. Seit ihrer Krönung 1952 hat sich die Queen als kluge und entschlossene Persönlichkeit erwiesen und ihr Volk souverän durch mehr als siebzig Jahre massiver Veränderungen geführt. Sie sah sich mit Verfassungskrisen konfrontiert, erhielt Morddrohungen, sah fünfzehn Premierminister und Premierministerinnen kommen und gehen, bezauberte Staatsoberhäupter aus aller Welt, wurde von den Medien gefeiert und kritisiert und lebte ein Leben im Dienst der Krone. Die jubelnden Mengen zu ihrem Platinjubiläum und die weltweite Trauer nach ihrem plötzlichen Tod kurz darauf zeigten deutlich, wie sehr Elizabeth II. verehrt wurde. Sie verkörperte über viele Jahre hinweg Beständigkeit in Zeiten des Wandels und galt vielen als Quelle von Mut und Zuversicht. Der führende Adelsexperte Robert Hardman schreibt kenntnisreich über royale Sternstunden, dunkle Krisen, Abdankung, Kriegsjahre, romantische Verwicklungen, Gefahren und Tragödien. Als erster Queen-Biograf überhaupt durfte er in den Royal Archives recherchieren; Hardman legt bisher unveröffentlichtes Schrift- und Bildmaterial vor und zitiert aus Gesprächen mit den engsten Angehörigen der Queen. Seite für Seite wird so die Chronologie eines ungewöhnlichen Lebenswegs offenbar. QUEEN OF OUR TIMES ist das intime Porträt einer Ausnahmepersönlichkeit, die unser aller Leben geprägt hat. Ein originelles, überraschendes Hörbuch. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645790 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645790]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Something Wicked: The Lives, Crimes and Deaths of the Pendle Witches Author: Carol Ann Lee Narrator: Emma Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 10, 2024 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: On 20 August 1612, ten people from Pendle were executed before a vast crowd at Lancaster's Gallows Hill. The condemned and their associates had endured six months of accusations, imprisonment and torture; their treatment was such that one of the group died in Lancaster Castle's dungeons, while awaiting trial. Today, a thriving tourism industry exists in and around Pendle, the former home of the so-called witches, yet virtually everything we know about the case originates from a single source: Thomas Potts' Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches, hurriedly published in 1613 and distinctly skewed in favour of the prosecution. Until now... Sunday Times bestselling author Carol Ann Lee brings an entirely fresh perspective to the story by approaching it as true crime. Having worked in the genre for more than a decade, her research leads to revelatory discoveries, transforming our knowledge of those shadowy figures behind ill-famed names, and the terrible events that befell them. After four centuries of superstition and surmise, the two central, warring families - each headed by a fiercely independent widow working as 'cunning women' - emerge fully formed, as the book uncovers the reality of their lives and their alleged crimes before exploring the trial and executions. Along the way, we uncover the truth behind some of the story's most enduring mysteries: the legend of Malkin Tower and the final resting place of the Pendle witches. This is a ground-breaking book that will take the reader on a spellbinding journey into the dark heart of England's largest and most notorious witch trial. Carol Ann Lee Thu, 10 Oct 2024 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645790 thebookvoice.com 13:10:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645790]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Something Wicked: The Lives, Crimes and Deaths of the Pendle Witches Author: Carol Ann Lee Narrator: Emma Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 10, 2024 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: On 20 August 1612, ten people from Pendle were executed before a vast crowd at Lancaster's Gallows Hill. The condemned and their associates had endured six months of accusations, imprisonment and torture; their treatment was such that one of the group died in Lancaster Castle's dungeons, while awaiting trial. Today, a thriving tourism industry exists in and around Pendle, the former home of the so-called witches, yet virtually everything we know about the case originates from a single source: Thomas Potts' Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches, hurriedly published in 1613 and distinctly skewed in favour of the prosecution. Until now... Sunday Times bestselling author Carol Ann Lee brings an entirely fresh perspective to the story by approaching it as true crime. Having worked in the genre for more than a decade, her research leads to revelatory discoveries, transforming our knowledge of those shadowy figures behind ill-famed names, and the terrible events that befell them. After four centuries of superstition and surmise, the two central, warring families - each headed by a fiercely independent widow working as 'cunning women' - emerge fully formed, as the book uncovers the reality of their lives and their alleged crimes before exploring the trial and executions. Along the way, we uncover the truth behind some of the story's most enduring mysteries: the legend of Malkin Tower and the final resting place of the Pendle witches. This is a ground-breaking book that will take the reader on a spellbinding journey into the dark heart of England's largest and most notorious witch trial. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645790]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Something Wicked: The Lives, Crimes and Deaths of the Pendle Witches Author: Carol Ann Lee Narrator: Emma Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 10, 2024 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: On 20 August 1612, ten people from Pendle were executed before a vast crowd at Lancaster's Gallows Hill. The condemned and their associates had endured six months of accusations, imprisonment and torture; their treatment was such that one of the group died in Lancaster Castle's dungeons, while awaiting trial. Today, a thriving tourism industry exists in and around Pendle, the former home of the so-called witches, yet virtually everything we know about the case originates from a single source: Thomas Potts' Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches, hurriedly published in 1613 and distinctly skewed in favour of the prosecution. Until now... Sunday Times bestselling author Carol Ann Lee brings an entirely fresh perspective to the story by approaching it as true crime. Having worked in the genre for more than a decade, her research leads to revelatory discoveries, transforming our knowledge of those shadowy figures behind ill-famed names, and the terrible events that befell them. After four centuries of superstition and surmise, the two central, warring families - each headed by a fiercely independent widow working as 'cunning women' - emerge fully formed, as the book uncovers the reality of their lives and their alleged crimes before exploring the trial and executions. Along the way, we uncover the truth behind some of the story's most enduring mysteries: the legend of Malkin Tower and the final resting place of the Pendle witches. This is a ground-breaking book that will take the reader on a spellbinding journey into the dark heart of England's largest and most notorious witch trial. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645772 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645772]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder Author: Mark O'connell Narrator: Mark O'connell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 27, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES AND ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the award-winning author comes the gripping tale of one of the most scandalous murderers in modern Irish history, at once a propulsive work of true crime and an act of literary subversion. “A masterpiece”—The Observer • “Disturbing [and] compelling”—Colm Toíbín • “Superb and unforgettable'—Sally Rooney • “Brilliant”—New York Times Book Review • “A masterly work”—John Banville • “Fascinating”—Emmanuel Carrère • “Morally complex and mesmerizing”—Fintan O'Toole Malcolm Macarthur was a well-known Dublin socialite.  Suave and urbane, he passed his days mingling with artists and aristocrats, reading philosophy, living a life of the mind. But by 1982, his inheritance had dwindled to almost nothing, a desperate threat to his lifestyle. Macarthur hastily conceived a plan: He would commit bank robbery, of the kind that had become frightfully common in Dublin at the time. But his plan spun swiftly out of control, and he needlessly killed two innocent civilians. The ensuing manhunt, arrest, and conviction amounted to one of the most infamous political scandals in modern Irish history, contributing to the eventual collapse of a government. Winner of the Wellcome and Rooney Prizes, Mark O'Connell spent countless hours in conversation with Macarthur—interviews that veered from confession to evasion. Through their tense exchanges and O’Connell’s independent reporting, a pair of narratives unspools: a riveting account of Macarthur's crimes and a study of the hazy line between truth and invention. We come to see not only the enormity of the murders but the damage that’s inflicted when a life is rendered into story. At once propulsive and searching, A Thread of Violence is a hard look at a brutal act, its subterranean origins, and the long shadow it casts. It offers a haunting and insightful examination of the lies we tell ourselves—and the lengths we'll go to preserve them. Mark O'connell Tue, 27 Jun 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645772 thebookvoice.com 7:25:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645772]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder Author: Mark O'connell Narrator: Mark O'connell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 27, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES AND ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the award-winning author comes the gripping tale of one of the most scandalous murderers in modern Irish history, at once a propulsive work of true crime and an act of literary subversion. “A masterpiece”—The Observer • “Disturbing [and] compelling”—Colm Toíbín • “Superb and unforgettable'—Sally Rooney • “Brilliant”—New York Times Book Review • “A masterly work”—John Banville • “Fascinating”—Emmanuel Carrère • “Morally complex and mesmerizing”—Fintan O'Toole Malcolm Macarthur was a well-known Dublin socialite.  Suave and urbane, he passed his days mingling with artists and aristocrats, reading philosophy, living a life of the mind. But by 1982, his inheritance had dwindled to almost nothing, a desperate threat to his lifestyle. Macarthur hastily conceived a plan: He would commit bank robbery, of the kind that had become frightfully common in Dublin at the time. But his plan spun swiftly out of control, and he needlessly killed two innocent civilians. The ensuing manhunt, arrest, and conviction amounted to one of the most infamous political scandals in modern Irish history, contributing to the eventual collapse of a government. Winner of the Wellcome and Rooney Prizes, Mark O'Connell spent countless hours in conversation with Macarthur—interviews that veered from confession to evasion. Through their tense exchanges and O’Connell’s independent reporting, a pair of narratives unspools: a riveting account of Macarthur's crimes and a study of the hazy line between truth and invention. We come to see not only the enormity of the murders but the damage that’s inflicted when a life is rendered into story. At once propulsive and searching, A Thread of Violence is a hard look at a brutal act, its subterranean origins, and the long shadow it casts. It offers a haunting and insightful examination of the lies we tell ourselves—and the lengths we'll go to preserve them. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645772]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder Author: Mark O'connell Narrator: Mark O'connell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 27, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES AND ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the award-winning author comes the gripping tale of one of the most scandalous murderers in modern Irish history, at once a propulsive work of true crime and an act of literary subversion. “A masterpiece”—The Observer • “Disturbing [and] compelling”—Colm Toíbín • “Superb and unforgettable'—Sally Rooney • “Brilliant”—New York Times Book Review • “A masterly work”—John Banville • “Fascinating”—Emmanuel Carrère • “Morally complex and mesmerizing”—Fintan O'Toole Malcolm Macarthur was a well-known Dublin socialite.  Suave and urbane, he passed his days mingling with artists and aristocrats, reading philosophy, living a life of the mind. But by 1982, his inheritance had dwindled to almost nothing, a desperate threat to his lifestyle. Macarthur hastily conceived a plan: He would commit bank robbery, of the kind that had become frightfully common in Dublin at the time. But his plan spun swiftly out of control, and he needlessly killed two innocent civilians. The ensuing manhunt, arrest, and conviction amounted to one of the most infamous political scandals in modern Irish history, contributing to the eventual collapse of a government. Winner of the Wellcome and Rooney Prizes, Mark O'Connell spent countless hours in conversation with Macarthur—interviews that veered from confession to evasion. Through their tense exchanges and O’Connell’s independent reporting, a pair of narratives unspools: a riveting account of Macarthur's crimes and a study of the hazy line between truth and invention. We come to see not only the enormity of the murders but the damage that’s inflicted when a life is rendered into story. At once propulsive and searching, A Thread of Violence is a hard look at a brutal act, its subterranean origins, and the long shadow it casts. It offers a haunting and insightful examination of the lies we tell ourselves—and the lengths we'll go to preserve them. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/644025 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/644025]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the World Around Us: 25 Explorations of Britain, Past and Present Author: Andrew Martin Narrator: Andrew Martin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 23, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Andrew Martin reflects on Britain's customs, attitudes and social and supernatural phenomena in these six BBC Radio series Drawn from Radio 3's The Essay strand and presented by journalist and award-winning author Andrew Martin, this beguiling collection brings together his witty, Alan Bennett-esque observations on England's disappearing pastimes, rituals and beliefs. Yorkshire sees him musing on the county of his birth and upbringing, as he considers his 'Tyke' identity and the ancient rivalry between Yorkshire and Lancashire; chews over questions of class in 'God's Own County'; ponders its past and future; and recalls the coastal jaunts of his youth. In Hanging On, Martin celebrates five aspects of British life that are still with us - just, as he raises a toast to the boating pond; the ventriloquist's doll; the telephone; the milkman and sex shops. The Lost Hours memorialises the staging posts of the day that are gradually fading away, such as elevenses and the cocktail hour; while England Ejects explores the inclinations and habits that no longer seem so vital nowadays, including modesty, gentility and Sunday church-going. The Further Realm sees Martin contemplating whether he believes in ghosts; reflecting on mediaeval and modern sightings and telling tales of the undead from resonant times of the year. Finally, in The Sound and the Fury, he discusses the noises that annoy us, from piped music to public transport announcements, asking 'how do we cope with jarring sounds in our world today, and could we live without the daily cacophony?' Quirky and engaging, these delightfully entertaining essays will give you a whole new perspective on the modern world - and the world beyond. Production credits Produced by Duncan Minshull (Yorkshire, Hanging On, England Ejects, The Further Realm, The Sound and the Fury) and Karen Holden (The Lost Hours) First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on the following dates: 23-27 January 2012 (The Sound and the Fury), 27-31 January 2014 (England Ejects), 26-30 October 2015 (The Further Realm), 17-21 April 2017 (Hanging On), 21-25 January 2019 (Yorkshire), 25-29 October 2021 (The Lost Hours) © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. Andrew Martin Thu, 23 Mar 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/644025 thebookvoice.com 6:49:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/644025]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the World Around Us: 25 Explorations of Britain, Past and Present Author: Andrew Martin Narrator: Andrew Martin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 23, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Andrew Martin reflects on Britain's customs, attitudes and social and supernatural phenomena in these six BBC Radio series Drawn from Radio 3's The Essay strand and presented by journalist and award-winning author Andrew Martin, this beguiling collection brings together his witty, Alan Bennett-esque observations on England's disappearing pastimes, rituals and beliefs. Yorkshire sees him musing on the county of his birth and upbringing, as he considers his 'Tyke' identity and the ancient rivalry between Yorkshire and Lancashire; chews over questions of class in 'God's Own County'; ponders its past and future; and recalls the coastal jaunts of his youth. In Hanging On, Martin celebrates five aspects of British life that are still with us - just, as he raises a toast to the boating pond; the ventriloquist's doll; the telephone; the milkman and sex shops. The Lost Hours memorialises the staging posts of the day that are gradually fading away, such as elevenses and the cocktail hour; while England Ejects explores the inclinations and habits that no longer seem so vital nowadays, including modesty, gentility and Sunday church-going. The Further Realm sees Martin contemplating whether he believes in ghosts; reflecting on mediaeval and modern sightings and telling tales of the undead from resonant times of the year. Finally, in The Sound and the Fury, he discusses the noises that annoy us, from piped music to public transport announcements, asking 'how do we cope with jarring sounds in our world today, and could we live without the daily cacophony?' Quirky and engaging, these delightfully entertaining essays will give you a whole new perspective on the modern world - and the world beyond. Production credits Produced by Duncan Minshull (Yorkshire, Hanging On, England Ejects, The Further Realm, The Sound and the Fury) and Karen Holden (The Lost Hours) First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on the following dates: 23-27 January 2012 (The Sound and the Fury), 27-31 January 2014 (England Ejects), 26-30 October 2015 (The Further Realm), 17-21 April 2017 (Hanging On), 21-25 January 2019 (Yorkshire), 25-29 October 2021 (The Lost Hours) © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/644025]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the World Around Us: 25 Explorations of Britain, Past and Present Author: Andrew Martin Narrator: Andrew Martin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 23, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Andrew Martin reflects on Britain's customs, attitudes and social and supernatural phenomena in these six BBC Radio series Drawn from Radio 3's The Essay strand and presented by journalist and award-winning author Andrew Martin, this beguiling collection brings together his witty, Alan Bennett-esque observations on England's disappearing pastimes, rituals and beliefs. Yorkshire sees him musing on the county of his birth and upbringing, as he considers his 'Tyke' identity and the ancient rivalry between Yorkshire and Lancashire; chews over questions of class in 'God's Own County'; ponders its past and future; and recalls the coastal jaunts of his youth. In Hanging On, Martin celebrates five aspects of British life that are still with us - just, as he raises a toast to the boating pond; the ventriloquist's doll; the telephone; the milkman and sex shops. The Lost Hours memorialises the staging posts of the day that are gradually fading away, such as elevenses and the cocktail hour; while England Ejects explores the inclinations and habits that no longer seem so vital nowadays, including modesty, gentility and Sunday church-going. The Further Realm sees Martin contemplating whether he believes in ghosts; reflecting on mediaeval and modern sightings and telling tales of the undead from resonant times of the year. Finally, in The Sound and the Fury, he discusses the noises that annoy us, from piped music to public transport announcements, asking 'how do we cope with jarring sounds in our world today, and could we live without the daily cacophony?' Quirky and engaging, these delightfully entertaining essays will give you a whole new perspective on the modern world - and the world beyond. Production credits Produced by Duncan Minshull (Yorkshire, Hanging On, England Ejects, The Further Realm, The Sound and the Fury) and Karen Holden (The Lost Hours) First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on the following dates: 23-27 January 2012 (The Sound and the Fury), 27-31 January 2014 (England Ejects), 26-30 October 2015 (The Further Realm), 17-21 April 2017 (Hanging On), 21-25 January 2019 (Yorkshire), 25-29 October 2021 (The Lost Hours) © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643441 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643441]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: De-Integrate!: A Jewish Survival Guide for the 21st Century Author: Max Czollek Narrator: Rebecca Gibel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Max Czollek's De-Integrate! is a polemical, often humorous examination of Jewish life in contemporary Germany that speaks to the position of minorities the world over. Rooted in sociological theory, the book offers an engaging and approachable critique of Germany's much-lauded traditions of memory culture and Vergangenheitsbewältigung—its 'successful' negotiation of its Nazi past. Although modern Reunified Germany presents itself as having overcome historical trauma and integrated its now diverse, multicultural society, Czollek argues that this public image is merely a 'Theater of Integration:' showcasing those minoritized stories to bolster Germany's positive self-image, while sidelining the true potential of the country's radical diversity. Czollek posits that today's German minorities must embrace their differences and 'de-integrate' from mainstream society in order to counter the rise of rightwing nationalism. On the one hand a stirring look at integration, belonging, and cultural diversity, and on the other a passionate denunciation of bigotry and virulent nationalism, De-Integrate! speaks across cultural, racial, and national divisions and points to a livelier future for all of us. Max Czollek Tue, 24 Jan 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643441 thebookvoice.com 6:2:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643441]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: De-Integrate!: A Jewish Survival Guide for the 21st Century Author: Max Czollek Narrator: Rebecca Gibel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Max Czollek's De-Integrate! is a polemical, often humorous examination of Jewish life in contemporary Germany that speaks to the position of minorities the world over. Rooted in sociological theory, the book offers an engaging and approachable critique of Germany's much-lauded traditions of memory culture and Vergangenheitsbewältigung—its 'successful' negotiation of its Nazi past. Although modern Reunified Germany presents itself as having overcome historical trauma and integrated its now diverse, multicultural society, Czollek argues that this public image is merely a 'Theater of Integration:' showcasing those minoritized stories to bolster Germany's positive self-image, while sidelining the true potential of the country's radical diversity. Czollek posits that today's German minorities must embrace their differences and 'de-integrate' from mainstream society in order to counter the rise of rightwing nationalism. On the one hand a stirring look at integration, belonging, and cultural diversity, and on the other a passionate denunciation of bigotry and virulent nationalism, De-Integrate! speaks across cultural, racial, and national divisions and points to a livelier future for all of us. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643441]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: De-Integrate!: A Jewish Survival Guide for the 21st Century Author: Max Czollek Narrator: Rebecca Gibel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Max Czollek's De-Integrate! is a polemical, often humorous examination of Jewish life in contemporary Germany that speaks to the position of minorities the world over. Rooted in sociological theory, the book offers an engaging and approachable critique of Germany's much-lauded traditions of memory culture and Vergangenheitsbewältigung—its 'successful' negotiation of its Nazi past. Although modern Reunified Germany presents itself as having overcome historical trauma and integrated its now diverse, multicultural society, Czollek argues that this public image is merely a 'Theater of Integration:' showcasing those minoritized stories to bolster Germany's positive self-image, while sidelining the true potential of the country's radical diversity. Czollek posits that today's German minorities must embrace their differences and 'de-integrate' from mainstream society in order to counter the rise of rightwing nationalism. On the one hand a stirring look at integration, belonging, and cultural diversity, and on the other a passionate denunciation of bigotry and virulent nationalism, De-Integrate! speaks across cultural, racial, and national divisions and points to a livelier future for all of us. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643386 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643386]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Search of Angels: Travels to the Edge of the World Author: Alistair Moffat Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Fourteen centuries ago, Irish saints brought the Word of God to the Hebrides and Scotland's Atlantic shore. These 'white martyrs' sought solitude, remoteness, even harshness, in places apart from the world where they could fast, pray, and move closer to an understanding of God: places where they could see angels. Columba, who founded the famous monastery at Iona, was the most well-known of these courageous men who rowed their curraghs towards danger and uncertainty in a pagan land, but the many others are now largely forgotten by history. In this book, Alistair Moffat journeys from the island of Eileach an Naoimh at the mouth of the Firth of Lorne to Lismore, Iona, and then north to Applecross, searching for traces of these extraordinary men. He finds them not often in any tangible remains, but in the spirit of the islands and remote places where they passed their exemplary lives. Brendan, Moluag, Columba, Maelrubha, and others brought the Gaelic language and echoes of how the saints saw their world can still be heard in its cadences. And the tradition of great piety endures. Alistair Moffat Tue, 07 Mar 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643386 thebookvoice.com 10:23:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643386]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Search of Angels: Travels to the Edge of the World Author: Alistair Moffat Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Fourteen centuries ago, Irish saints brought the Word of God to the Hebrides and Scotland's Atlantic shore. These 'white martyrs' sought solitude, remoteness, even harshness, in places apart from the world where they could fast, pray, and move closer to an understanding of God: places where they could see angels. Columba, who founded the famous monastery at Iona, was the most well-known of these courageous men who rowed their curraghs towards danger and uncertainty in a pagan land, but the many others are now largely forgotten by history. In this book, Alistair Moffat journeys from the island of Eileach an Naoimh at the mouth of the Firth of Lorne to Lismore, Iona, and then north to Applecross, searching for traces of these extraordinary men. He finds them not often in any tangible remains, but in the spirit of the islands and remote places where they passed their exemplary lives. Brendan, Moluag, Columba, Maelrubha, and others brought the Gaelic language and echoes of how the saints saw their world can still be heard in its cadences. And the tradition of great piety endures. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643386]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Search of Angels: Travels to the Edge of the World Author: Alistair Moffat Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Fourteen centuries ago, Irish saints brought the Word of God to the Hebrides and Scotland's Atlantic shore. These 'white martyrs' sought solitude, remoteness, even harshness, in places apart from the world where they could fast, pray, and move closer to an understanding of God: places where they could see angels. Columba, who founded the famous monastery at Iona, was the most well-known of these courageous men who rowed their curraghs towards danger and uncertainty in a pagan land, but the many others are now largely forgotten by history. In this book, Alistair Moffat journeys from the island of Eileach an Naoimh at the mouth of the Firth of Lorne to Lismore, Iona, and then north to Applecross, searching for traces of these extraordinary men. He finds them not often in any tangible remains, but in the spirit of the islands and remote places where they passed their exemplary lives. Brendan, Moluag, Columba, Maelrubha, and others brought the Gaelic language and echoes of how the saints saw their world can still be heard in its cadences. And the tradition of great piety endures. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/642006 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/642006]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown Author: Rory Carroll Narrator: Gary Trainor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 52 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A Sunday Times Paperback of the Year 2024 The Sunday Times Bestseller and Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2024 A Sunday Times History Book of the Year A Spectator Book of the Year The Irish Times No.1 Bestseller ‘As taut as a fictional thriller’ Mail on Sunday ‘Gripping, detailed and richly layered’ Guardian KILLING THATCHER is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margaret Thatcher and to wiping out the British Cabinet – an extraordinary assassination attempt linked to the Northern Ireland Troubles and the most daring conspiracy against the Crown since the Gunpowder Plot. In this fascinating and compelling book, veteran journalist Rory Carroll retraces the road to the infamous Brighton bombing in 1984 – an incident that shaped the political landscape in the UK for decades to come. He begins with the infamous execution of Lord Mountbatten in 1979 – for which the IRA took full responsibility – before tracing the rise of Margaret Thatcher, her response to the ‘Troubles’ in Ireland and the chain of events that culminated in the hunger strikes of 1981 and the death of 10 republican prisoners, including Bobby Sands. From that moment on Thatcher became an enemy of the IRA – and the organisation swore revenge. Opening with a brilliantly-paced prologue that introduces bomber Patrick Magee in the build up to the incident, Carroll sets out to deftly explore the intrigue before and after the assassination attempt – with the story spanning three continents, from pubs and palaces, safe houses and interrogation rooms, hotels and barracks. On one side, an elite IRA team aided by a renegade priest, US-raised funds and Libya’s Qaddafi and on the other, intelligence officers, police detectives, informers and bomb disposal officers. An exciting narrative that blends true crime with political history, this is the first major book to investigate the Brighton attack. Rory Carroll Tue, 04 Apr 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/642006 thebookvoice.com 11:52:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/642006]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown Author: Rory Carroll Narrator: Gary Trainor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 52 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A Sunday Times Paperback of the Year 2024 The Sunday Times Bestseller and Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2024 A Sunday Times History Book of the Year A Spectator Book of the Year The Irish Times No.1 Bestseller ‘As taut as a fictional thriller’ Mail on Sunday ‘Gripping, detailed and richly layered’ Guardian KILLING THATCHER is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margaret Thatcher and to wiping out the British Cabinet – an extraordinary assassination attempt linked to the Northern Ireland Troubles and the most daring conspiracy against the Crown since the Gunpowder Plot. In this fascinating and compelling book, veteran journalist Rory Carroll retraces the road to the infamous Brighton bombing in 1984 – an incident that shaped the political landscape in the UK for decades to come. He begins with the infamous execution of Lord Mountbatten in 1979 – for which the IRA took full responsibility – before tracing the rise of Margaret Thatcher, her response to the ‘Troubles’ in Ireland and the chain of events that culminated in the hunger strikes of 1981 and the death of 10 republican prisoners, including Bobby Sands. From that moment on Thatcher became an enemy of the IRA – and the organisation swore revenge. Opening with a brilliantly-paced prologue that introduces bomber Patrick Magee in the build up to the incident, Carroll sets out to deftly explore the intrigue before and after the assassination attempt – with the story spanning three continents, from pubs and palaces, safe houses and interrogation rooms, hotels and barracks. On one side, an elite IRA team aided by a renegade priest, US-raised funds and Libya’s Qaddafi and on the other, intelligence officers, police detectives, informers and bomb disposal officers. An exciting narrative that blends true crime with political history, this is the first major book to investigate the Brighton attack. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/642006]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown Author: Rory Carroll Narrator: Gary Trainor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 52 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A Sunday Times Paperback of the Year 2024 The Sunday Times Bestseller and Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2024 A Sunday Times History Book of the Year A Spectator Book of the Year The Irish Times No.1 Bestseller ‘As taut as a fictional thriller’ Mail on Sunday ‘Gripping, detailed and richly layered’ Guardian KILLING THATCHER is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margaret Thatcher and to wiping out the British Cabinet – an extraordinary assassination attempt linked to the Northern Ireland Troubles and the most daring conspiracy against the Crown since the Gunpowder Plot. In this fascinating and compelling book, veteran journalist Rory Carroll retraces the road to the infamous Brighton bombing in 1984 – an incident that shaped the political landscape in the UK for decades to come. He begins with the infamous execution of Lord Mountbatten in 1979 – for which the IRA took full responsibility – before tracing the rise of Margaret Thatcher, her response to the ‘Troubles’ in Ireland and the chain of events that culminated in the hunger strikes of 1981 and the death of 10 republican prisoners, including Bobby Sands. From that moment on Thatcher became an enemy of the IRA – and the organisation swore revenge. Opening with a brilliantly-paced prologue that introduces bomber Patrick Magee in the build up to the incident, Carroll sets out to deftly explore the intrigue before and after the assassination attempt – with the story spanning three continents, from pubs and palaces, safe houses and interrogation rooms, hotels and barracks. On one side, an elite IRA team aided by a renegade priest, US-raised funds and Libya’s Qaddafi and on the other, intelligence officers, police detectives, informers and bomb disposal officers. An exciting narrative that blends true crime with political history, this is the first major book to investigate the Brighton attack. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/641300 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/641300]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: On This Day in Politics: Britain's Political History in 365 Days Author: Iain Dale Narrator: Iain Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 3, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Who became Britain's first Prime Minister on 3 April 1721? When was Karl Marx born? Where and when was the first battle of the Wars of the Roses? When did Big Ben first bong? When did the first British woman cast her vote? (Clue: It wasn't 1918.) Find the answers to these questions and many more in this landmark political history. From the first meeting of an elected English parliament on 20 January 1265 to the tabling of the Bill of Rights on 13 February 1689; from the Peterloo massacre of 16 August 1819 to Britain voting to leave the EU on 23 June 2016, there is a growing thirst for knowledge about the history of our constitutional settlement, our party system and how our parliamentary democracy has developed. Writing as an observer of political history, but also as someone with an opinion, acclaimed political broadcaster Iain Dale charts the main events of the last few hundred years, with one event per page, per day. 'The indefatigable Iain Dale always cuts to the nub of politics.' Adam Boulton Iain Dale Thu, 03 Nov 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/641300 thebookvoice.com 15:19:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/641300]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: On This Day in Politics: Britain's Political History in 365 Days Author: Iain Dale Narrator: Iain Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 3, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Who became Britain's first Prime Minister on 3 April 1721? When was Karl Marx born? Where and when was the first battle of the Wars of the Roses? When did Big Ben first bong? When did the first British woman cast her vote? (Clue: It wasn't 1918.) Find the answers to these questions and many more in this landmark political history. From the first meeting of an elected English parliament on 20 January 1265 to the tabling of the Bill of Rights on 13 February 1689; from the Peterloo massacre of 16 August 1819 to Britain voting to leave the EU on 23 June 2016, there is a growing thirst for knowledge about the history of our constitutional settlement, our party system and how our parliamentary democracy has developed. Writing as an observer of political history, but also as someone with an opinion, acclaimed political broadcaster Iain Dale charts the main events of the last few hundred years, with one event per page, per day. 'The indefatigable Iain Dale always cuts to the nub of politics.' Adam Boulton Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/641300]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: On This Day in Politics: Britain's Political History in 365 Days Author: Iain Dale Narrator: Iain Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 3, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Who became Britain's first Prime Minister on 3 April 1721? When was Karl Marx born? Where and when was the first battle of the Wars of the Roses? When did Big Ben first bong? When did the first British woman cast her vote? (Clue: It wasn't 1918.) Find the answers to these questions and many more in this landmark political history. From the first meeting of an elected English parliament on 20 January 1265 to the tabling of the Bill of Rights on 13 February 1689; from the Peterloo massacre of 16 August 1819 to Britain voting to leave the EU on 23 June 2016, there is a growing thirst for knowledge about the history of our constitutional settlement, our party system and how our parliamentary democracy has developed. Writing as an observer of political history, but also as someone with an opinion, acclaimed political broadcaster Iain Dale charts the main events of the last few hundred years, with one event per page, per day. 'The indefatigable Iain Dale always cuts to the nub of politics.' Adam Boulton https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/641211 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/641211]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: How To Be A Liberal: The Story of Freedom and the Fight for its Survival Author: Ian Dunt Narrator: Ian Dunt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 'A tour de force.' – THE SECRET BARRISTER 'Urgent and engaging.' – NICK COHEN, OBSERVER COLUMNIST 'A phenomenal history from a truly big mind.' – DAVID SCHNEIDER, WRITER 'Required reading for anyone interested in politics and philosophy.' - PROSPECT In a soaring narrative that stretches from the battlefields of the English Civil War to the 2008 Wall Street crash and Brexit, Ian Dunt tells the story of liberalism from its birth in the fight against absolute monarchy to the modern-day struggle against nationalism. Narrated by the author, this vivid, epic book explains the political ideas which underpin the modern world. Written by the presenter of the Origin Story podcast, it is a call to action for those who believe in freedom and reason, and a clear-throated defence and explanation of why those values matter to us all, in our everyday lives. Mostly, though, it is political history and philosophy as it should be written (and read): taut, thought-provoking and bursting with ideas. Among the topics dealt with are: The birth of liberalism with Rene Descartes Radical ideas of freedom in the English Civil War Mob rule during French Revolution Liberal values in the American War of Independence Benjamin Constant's philosophical revolution John Stuart Mill, Harriet Taylor and liberalism's great love affair The Nazis and Soviets snuff out individual rights Building a liberal world with John Maynard Keynes The rise of identity politics and groupthink The viral threat from social media Liberalism's failures, from feminism to the rust belt From the US to Hungary, nationalism sweeps the world Why we fight for our values - the rebellion begins here Hailed as 'courageous' by LBC's James O'Brien and as a 'tour de force' by the Secret Barrister, How to be a Liberal is both a history of the growth of individual liberty and a rally cry to turn back the new populism threatening democratic values and personal freedoms. Reviews 'A tour de force; a mighty trumpet blast for the forces of liberalism and enlightenment in the face of a global tide of ignorance and populism.' – THE SECRET BARRISTER 'This is a history of ideas as it should be written – brilliant, vivid story-telling about the people who shaped liberalism, the challenges it has faced over the centuries, its commitment to the truth and why it's now more important than ever to defend it.' – CAROLINE LUCAS MP 'How To Be A Liberal is required reading for today's political debates.' – ANNE APPLEBAUM, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY 'I'm loving How to be a Liberal. It's really great. I mean breathtakingly good. Bravo.' - DR BEN GOLDACRE 'This book is required reading for anyone interested in politics and philosophy.' - PROSPECT About the Author Ian Dunt is a columnist with the I newspaper and presents the Origin Story and Oh God, What Now? podcasts. His first book, Brexit: What the Hell Happens Now? (Canbury Press, 2017), on Britain's challenge in leaving the European Union, was a critically-acclaimed bestseller. In How To Be A Liberal (Canbury, 2020), the journalist tells the epic story of personal freedom. Ranging across history, politics and economics, it makes a powerful case for a radical, egalitarian liberalism that can safeguard individuals while looking after us all. His third book, not yet released, is How Westminster Words And Why It Doesn't. In How To Be A Liberal (Canbury, 2020), the journalist tells the epic story of personal freedom. Ranging across history, politics and economics, it makes a powerful case for a radical, egalitarian liberalism that can safeguard individuals while looking after us all. His third book is How Westminster Words And Why It Doesn't. He is co-author of the Origin Story series. Start listening to the book Ian Dunt Fri, 02 Oct 2020 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/641211 thebookvoice.com 14:29:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/641211]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: How To Be A Liberal: The Story of Freedom and the Fight for its Survival Author: Ian Dunt Narrator: Ian Dunt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 'A tour de force.' – THE SECRET BARRISTER 'Urgent and engaging.' – NICK COHEN, OBSERVER COLUMNIST 'A phenomenal history from a truly big mind.' – DAVID SCHNEIDER, WRITER 'Required reading for anyone interested in politics and philosophy.' - PROSPECT In a soaring narrative that stretches from the battlefields of the English Civil War to the 2008 Wall Street crash and Brexit, Ian Dunt tells the story of liberalism from its birth in the fight against absolute monarchy to the modern-day struggle against nationalism. Narrated by the author, this vivid, epic book explains the political ideas which underpin the modern world. Written by the presenter of the Origin Story podcast, it is a call to action for those who believe in freedom and reason, and a clear-throated defence and explanation of why those values matter to us all, in our everyday lives. Mostly, though, it is political history and philosophy as it should be written (and read): taut, thought-provoking and bursting with ideas. Among the topics dealt with are: The birth of liberalism with Rene Descartes Radical ideas of freedom in the English Civil War Mob rule during French Revolution Liberal values in the American War of Independence Benjamin Constant's philosophical revolution John Stuart Mill, Harriet Taylor and liberalism's great love affair The Nazis and Soviets snuff out individual rights Building a liberal world with John Maynard Keynes The rise of identity politics and groupthink The viral threat from social media Liberalism's failures, from feminism to the rust belt From the US to Hungary, nationalism sweeps the world Why we fight for our values - the rebellion begins here Hailed as 'courageous' by LBC's James O'Brien and as a 'tour de force' by the Secret Barrister, How to be a Liberal is both a history of the growth of individual liberty and a rally cry to turn back the new populism threatening democratic values and personal freedoms. Reviews 'A tour de force; a mighty trumpet blast for the forces of liberalism and enlightenment in the face of a global tide of ignorance and populism.' – THE SECRET BARRISTER 'This is a history of ideas as it should be written – brilliant, vivid story-telling about the people who shaped liberalism, the challenges it has faced over the centuries, its commitment to the truth and why it's now more important than ever to defend it.' – CAROLINE LUCAS MP 'How To Be A Liberal is required reading for today's political debates.' – ANNE APPLEBAUM, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY 'I'm loving How to be a Liberal. It's really great. I mean breathtakingly good. Bravo.' - DR BEN GOLDACRE 'This book is required reading for anyone interested in politics and philosophy.' - PROSPECT About the Author Ian Dunt is a columnist with the I newspaper and presents the Origin Story and Oh God, What Now? podcasts. His first book, Brexit: What the Hell Happens Now? (Canbury Press, 2017), on Britain's challenge in leaving the European Union, was a critically-acclaimed bestseller. In How To Be A Liberal (Canbury, 2020), the journalist tells the epic story of personal freedom. Ranging across history, politics and economics, it makes a powerful case for a radical, egalitarian liberalism that can safeguard individuals while looking after us all. His third book, not yet released, is How Westminster Words And Why It Doesn't. In How To Be A Liberal (Canbury, 2020), the journalist tells the epic story of personal freedom. Ranging across history, politics and economics, it makes a powerful case for a radical, egalitarian liberalism that can safeguard individuals while looking after us all. His third book is How Westminster Words And Why It Doesn't. He is co-author of the Origin Story series. Start listening to the book Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/641211]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: How To Be A Liberal: The Story of Freedom and the Fight for its Survival Author: Ian Dunt Narrator: Ian Dunt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 'A tour de force.' – THE SECRET BARRISTER 'Urgent and engaging.' – NICK COHEN, OBSERVER COLUMNIST 'A phenomenal history from a truly big mind.' – DAVID SCHNEIDER, WRITER 'Required reading for anyone interested in politics and philosophy.' - PROSPECT In a soaring narrative that stretches from the battlefields of the English Civil War to the 2008 Wall Street crash and Brexit, Ian Dunt tells the story of liberalism from its birth in the fight against absolute monarchy to the modern-day struggle against nationalism. Narrated by the author, this vivid, epic book explains the political ideas which underpin the modern world. Written by the presenter of the Origin Story podcast, it is a call to action for those who believe in freedom and reason, and a clear-throated defence and explanation of why those values matter to us all, in our everyday lives. Mostly, though, it is political history and philosophy as it should be written (and read): taut, thought-provoking and bursting with ideas. Among the topics dealt with are: The birth of liberalism with Rene Descartes Radical ideas of freedom in the English Civil War Mob rule during French Revolution Liberal values in the American War of Independence Benjamin Constant's philosophical revolution John Stuart Mill, Harriet Taylor and liberalism's great love affair The Nazis and Soviets snuff out individual rights Building a liberal world with John Maynard Keynes The rise of identity politics and groupthink The viral threat from social media Liberalism's failures, from feminism to the rust belt From the US to Hungary, nationalism sweeps the world Why we fight for our values - the rebellion begins here Hailed as 'courageous' by LBC's James O'Brien and as a 'tour de force' by the Secret Barrister, How to be a Liberal is both a history of the growth of individual liberty and a rally cry to turn back the new populism threatening democratic values and personal freedoms. Reviews 'A tour de force; a mighty trumpet blast for the forces of liberalism and enlightenment in the face of a global tide of ignorance and populism.' – THE SECRET BARRISTER 'This is a history of ideas as it should be written – brilliant, vivid story-telling about the people who shaped liberalism, the challenges it has faced over the centuries, its commitment to the truth and why it's now more important than ever to defend it.' – CAROLINE LUCAS MP 'How To Be A Liberal is required reading for today's political debates.' – ANNE APPLEBAUM, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY 'I'm loving How to be a Liberal. It's really great. I mean breathtakingly good. Bravo.' - DR BEN GOLDACRE 'This book is required reading for anyone interested in politics and philosophy.' - PROSPECT About the Author Ian Dunt is a columnist with the I newspaper and presents the Origin Story and Oh God, What Now? podcasts. His first book, Brexit: What the Hell Happens Now? (Canbury Press, 2017), on Britain's challenge in leaving the European Union, was a critically-acclaimed bestseller. In How To Be A Liberal (Canbury, 2020), the journalist tells the epic story of personal freedom. Ranging across history, politics and economics, it makes a powerful case for a radical, egalitarian liberalism that can safeguard individuals while looking after us all. His third book, not yet released, is How Westminster Words And Why It Doesn't. In How To Be A Liberal (Canbury, 2020), the journalist tells the epic story of personal freedom. Ranging across history, politics and economics, it makes a powerful case for a radical, egalitarian liberalism that can safeguard individuals while looking after us all. His third book is How Westminster Words And Why It Doesn't. He is co-author of the Origin Story series. Start listening to the book https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640631 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640631]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Getting Lost Author: Annie Ernaux Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Getting Lost is the diary Annie Ernaux kept during the year and a half she had a secret love affair with a younger married man, a Russian diplomat. Her novel, Simple Passion, was based on this affair, but here her writing is immediate, unfiltered. In these diaries, it is 1989, and Annie is divorced with two grown sons, living outside of Paris, and nearing fifty. Her lover escapes the city to see her there, and Ernaux seems to survive only in expectation of these encounters, saying “his desire for me is the only thing I can be sure of.” She cannot write; she trudges distractedly through her various other commitments in the world; she awaits his next call; she lives only to feel desire and for the next rendezvous. When he is gone and the desire has faded, she feels that she is a step closer to death. Lauded for her spare prose, Ernaux here removes all artifice, her writing pared down to its most naked and vulnerable. Getting Lost is as strong a book as any she has written, a haunting, desperate view of a strong and successful woman who seduces a man only to lose herself in love and desire. Annie Ernaux Tue, 31 Jan 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640631 thebookvoice.com 7:10:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640631]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Getting Lost Author: Annie Ernaux Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Getting Lost is the diary Annie Ernaux kept during the year and a half she had a secret love affair with a younger married man, a Russian diplomat. Her novel, Simple Passion, was based on this affair, but here her writing is immediate, unfiltered. In these diaries, it is 1989, and Annie is divorced with two grown sons, living outside of Paris, and nearing fifty. Her lover escapes the city to see her there, and Ernaux seems to survive only in expectation of these encounters, saying “his desire for me is the only thing I can be sure of.” She cannot write; she trudges distractedly through her various other commitments in the world; she awaits his next call; she lives only to feel desire and for the next rendezvous. When he is gone and the desire has faded, she feels that she is a step closer to death. Lauded for her spare prose, Ernaux here removes all artifice, her writing pared down to its most naked and vulnerable. Getting Lost is as strong a book as any she has written, a haunting, desperate view of a strong and successful woman who seduces a man only to lose herself in love and desire. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640631]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Getting Lost Author: Annie Ernaux Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Getting Lost is the diary Annie Ernaux kept during the year and a half she had a secret love affair with a younger married man, a Russian diplomat. Her novel, Simple Passion, was based on this affair, but here her writing is immediate, unfiltered. In these diaries, it is 1989, and Annie is divorced with two grown sons, living outside of Paris, and nearing fifty. Her lover escapes the city to see her there, and Ernaux seems to survive only in expectation of these encounters, saying “his desire for me is the only thing I can be sure of.” She cannot write; she trudges distractedly through her various other commitments in the world; she awaits his next call; she lives only to feel desire and for the next rendezvous. When he is gone and the desire has faded, she feels that she is a step closer to death. Lauded for her spare prose, Ernaux here removes all artifice, her writing pared down to its most naked and vulnerable. Getting Lost is as strong a book as any she has written, a haunting, desperate view of a strong and successful woman who seduces a man only to lose herself in love and desire. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640560 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640560]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Terribly Serious Adventure: Philosophy and War at Oxford, 1900-1960 Author: Nikhil Krishnan Narrator: Kieran Hodgson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: “Teeming with Oxford characters [and] lively storytelling . . . [recasts] the history of philosophy at Oxford in the mid-twentieth century by conveying not only what made it influential in its time but also what might make it vital in ours.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) “Ordinary Language can hardly convey how much I loved this book.”—Tom Stoppard, Times Literary Supplement (“Books of the Year 2023”) A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR What are the limits of language? How can philosophy be brought closer to everyday life? What is a good human being? These were among the questions that philosophers wrestled with in mid-twentieth-century Britain, a period shadowed by war and the rise of fascism. In response to these events, thinkers such as Philippa Foot (originator of the famous trolley problem), Isaiah Berlin, Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth Anscombe, Gilbert Ryle, and J. L. Austin aspired to a new level of watchfulness and self-awareness about language as a way of keeping philosophy true to everyday experience. A Terribly Serious Adventure traces the friendships and the rivalries, the shared preoccupations and the passionate disagreements of some of Oxford’s most innovative thinkers. Far from being stuck in their ivory towers, the Oxford philosophers lived. They were codebreakers, diplomats, and soldiers in both World Wars, and they often drew on their real-world experience in creating their greatest works, masterpieces of British modernism original in both thought and style.  Steeped in the dramatic history of the twentieth century, A Terribly Serious Adventure is an eye-opening look inside the rooms that changed how we think about our world. Shedding light on the lives and intellectual achievements of a large and spirited cast of characters, Cambridge academic Nikhil Krishnan shows us how much we can still learn from the Oxford philosophers. In our fractious, post-truth world, their acute sense of responsibility for their words, their passionate desire to get the little things right, stands as an inspiring example. Nikhil Krishnan Tue, 04 Jul 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640560 thebookvoice.com 11:48:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640560]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Terribly Serious Adventure: Philosophy and War at Oxford, 1900-1960 Author: Nikhil Krishnan Narrator: Kieran Hodgson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: “Teeming with Oxford characters [and] lively storytelling . . . [recasts] the history of philosophy at Oxford in the mid-twentieth century by conveying not only what made it influential in its time but also what might make it vital in ours.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) “Ordinary Language can hardly convey how much I loved this book.”—Tom Stoppard, Times Literary Supplement (“Books of the Year 2023”) A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR What are the limits of language? How can philosophy be brought closer to everyday life? What is a good human being? These were among the questions that philosophers wrestled with in mid-twentieth-century Britain, a period shadowed by war and the rise of fascism. In response to these events, thinkers such as Philippa Foot (originator of the famous trolley problem), Isaiah Berlin, Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth Anscombe, Gilbert Ryle, and J. L. Austin aspired to a new level of watchfulness and self-awareness about language as a way of keeping philosophy true to everyday experience. A Terribly Serious Adventure traces the friendships and the rivalries, the shared preoccupations and the passionate disagreements of some of Oxford’s most innovative thinkers. Far from being stuck in their ivory towers, the Oxford philosophers lived. They were codebreakers, diplomats, and soldiers in both World Wars, and they often drew on their real-world experience in creating their greatest works, masterpieces of British modernism original in both thought and style.  Steeped in the dramatic history of the twentieth century, A Terribly Serious Adventure is an eye-opening look inside the rooms that changed how we think about our world. Shedding light on the lives and intellectual achievements of a large and spirited cast of characters, Cambridge academic Nikhil Krishnan shows us how much we can still learn from the Oxford philosophers. In our fractious, post-truth world, their acute sense of responsibility for their words, their passionate desire to get the little things right, stands as an inspiring example. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640560]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Terribly Serious Adventure: Philosophy and War at Oxford, 1900-1960 Author: Nikhil Krishnan Narrator: Kieran Hodgson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: “Teeming with Oxford characters [and] lively storytelling . . . [recasts] the history of philosophy at Oxford in the mid-twentieth century by conveying not only what made it influential in its time but also what might make it vital in ours.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) “Ordinary Language can hardly convey how much I loved this book.”—Tom Stoppard, Times Literary Supplement (“Books of the Year 2023”) A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR What are the limits of language? How can philosophy be brought closer to everyday life? What is a good human being? These were among the questions that philosophers wrestled with in mid-twentieth-century Britain, a period shadowed by war and the rise of fascism. In response to these events, thinkers such as Philippa Foot (originator of the famous trolley problem), Isaiah Berlin, Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth Anscombe, Gilbert Ryle, and J. L. Austin aspired to a new level of watchfulness and self-awareness about language as a way of keeping philosophy true to everyday experience. A Terribly Serious Adventure traces the friendships and the rivalries, the shared preoccupations and the passionate disagreements of some of Oxford’s most innovative thinkers. Far from being stuck in their ivory towers, the Oxford philosophers lived. They were codebreakers, diplomats, and soldiers in both World Wars, and they often drew on their real-world experience in creating their greatest works, masterpieces of British modernism original in both thought and style.  Steeped in the dramatic history of the twentieth century, A Terribly Serious Adventure is an eye-opening look inside the rooms that changed how we think about our world. Shedding light on the lives and intellectual achievements of a large and spirited cast of characters, Cambridge academic Nikhil Krishnan shows us how much we can still learn from the Oxford philosophers. In our fractious, post-truth world, their acute sense of responsibility for their words, their passionate desire to get the little things right, stands as an inspiring example. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640502 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640502]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nine Lives: The Compelling Memoir of a Cold War Harrier Pilot Author: Chris Burwell Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Chris Burwell charts one man's career in aviation from joining the RAF in 1969 aged eighteen, to having responsibility for training pilots for the world's major airlines nearly fifty years later. After training at RAF Cranwell and RAF Valley and a tour as a flying instructor on Jet Provosts, he joined the Harrier Force, flying on front-line squadrons in the United Kingdom and Germany during the Cold War and as an instructor on the Harrier Conversion Unit. Detachments to Belize in 1977, the Falklands (twice), ejection from a Harrier GR3, introducing FLIR and NVG to the Harrier front line and operational missions in Northern Iraq are all covered in detail. After thirty years of service, he spent twelve years with Cobham, managing their Teesside base and flying the Falcon 20 on operational training for the military and the King Air 200 on international flight calibration tasks. Finally, he spent four years in Spain with Flight Training Europe (FTE) Jerez training a new generation of pilots. Through his experience as a pilot, leader, and manager gained over many years, his valuable insights into military and civilian flying operations are both engrossing and noteworthy. Chris Burwell Tue, 21 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640502 thebookvoice.com 10:18:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640502]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nine Lives: The Compelling Memoir of a Cold War Harrier Pilot Author: Chris Burwell Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Chris Burwell charts one man's career in aviation from joining the RAF in 1969 aged eighteen, to having responsibility for training pilots for the world's major airlines nearly fifty years later. After training at RAF Cranwell and RAF Valley and a tour as a flying instructor on Jet Provosts, he joined the Harrier Force, flying on front-line squadrons in the United Kingdom and Germany during the Cold War and as an instructor on the Harrier Conversion Unit. Detachments to Belize in 1977, the Falklands (twice), ejection from a Harrier GR3, introducing FLIR and NVG to the Harrier front line and operational missions in Northern Iraq are all covered in detail. After thirty years of service, he spent twelve years with Cobham, managing their Teesside base and flying the Falcon 20 on operational training for the military and the King Air 200 on international flight calibration tasks. Finally, he spent four years in Spain with Flight Training Europe (FTE) Jerez training a new generation of pilots. Through his experience as a pilot, leader, and manager gained over many years, his valuable insights into military and civilian flying operations are both engrossing and noteworthy. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640502]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nine Lives: The Compelling Memoir of a Cold War Harrier Pilot Author: Chris Burwell Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Chris Burwell charts one man's career in aviation from joining the RAF in 1969 aged eighteen, to having responsibility for training pilots for the world's major airlines nearly fifty years later. After training at RAF Cranwell and RAF Valley and a tour as a flying instructor on Jet Provosts, he joined the Harrier Force, flying on front-line squadrons in the United Kingdom and Germany during the Cold War and as an instructor on the Harrier Conversion Unit. Detachments to Belize in 1977, the Falklands (twice), ejection from a Harrier GR3, introducing FLIR and NVG to the Harrier front line and operational missions in Northern Iraq are all covered in detail. After thirty years of service, he spent twelve years with Cobham, managing their Teesside base and flying the Falcon 20 on operational training for the military and the King Air 200 on international flight calibration tasks. Finally, he spent four years in Spain with Flight Training Europe (FTE) Jerez training a new generation of pilots. Through his experience as a pilot, leader, and manager gained over many years, his valuable insights into military and civilian flying operations are both engrossing and noteworthy. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640499 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640499]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greatest Viking: The Life of Olav Haraldsson Author: Desmond Seward Narrator: Liam Gerrard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A ruthless Viking warrior who named his most prized battle weapon after the Norse goddess of death, Olav Haraldsson and his mercenaries wrought terror and destruction from the Baltic to Galicia in the early eleventh century. Thousands were put to the sword, enslaved, or ransomed. In England, Canterbury was sacked, its archbishop murdered, and London Bridge pulled down. The loot amassed from years of plunder helped Olav win the throne of Norway, and a century after his death he was proclaimed 'Eternal King' and has been a national hero there ever since. Despite his bloodthirsty beginnings, Olav converted to Christianity and, in a personal vendetta against the old Norse gods, made Norway Christian too, thereby changing irrevocably the Viking world he was born into. Told with reference to Norse sagas, early chronicles, and the work of modern scholars, Desmond Seward paints an intensely vivid and colorful portrait of the life and times of arguably the greatest Viking of them all. Desmond Seward Tue, 17 Jan 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640499 thebookvoice.com 7:14:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640499]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greatest Viking: The Life of Olav Haraldsson Author: Desmond Seward Narrator: Liam Gerrard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A ruthless Viking warrior who named his most prized battle weapon after the Norse goddess of death, Olav Haraldsson and his mercenaries wrought terror and destruction from the Baltic to Galicia in the early eleventh century. Thousands were put to the sword, enslaved, or ransomed. In England, Canterbury was sacked, its archbishop murdered, and London Bridge pulled down. The loot amassed from years of plunder helped Olav win the throne of Norway, and a century after his death he was proclaimed 'Eternal King' and has been a national hero there ever since. Despite his bloodthirsty beginnings, Olav converted to Christianity and, in a personal vendetta against the old Norse gods, made Norway Christian too, thereby changing irrevocably the Viking world he was born into. Told with reference to Norse sagas, early chronicles, and the work of modern scholars, Desmond Seward paints an intensely vivid and colorful portrait of the life and times of arguably the greatest Viking of them all. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640499]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greatest Viking: The Life of Olav Haraldsson Author: Desmond Seward Narrator: Liam Gerrard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A ruthless Viking warrior who named his most prized battle weapon after the Norse goddess of death, Olav Haraldsson and his mercenaries wrought terror and destruction from the Baltic to Galicia in the early eleventh century. Thousands were put to the sword, enslaved, or ransomed. In England, Canterbury was sacked, its archbishop murdered, and London Bridge pulled down. The loot amassed from years of plunder helped Olav win the throne of Norway, and a century after his death he was proclaimed 'Eternal King' and has been a national hero there ever since. Despite his bloodthirsty beginnings, Olav converted to Christianity and, in a personal vendetta against the old Norse gods, made Norway Christian too, thereby changing irrevocably the Viking world he was born into. Told with reference to Norse sagas, early chronicles, and the work of modern scholars, Desmond Seward paints an intensely vivid and colorful portrait of the life and times of arguably the greatest Viking of them all. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640491 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640491]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making the Imperial Nation: Colonization, Politics, and English Identity, 1660-1700 Author: Gabriel Glickman Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: After 1660, English governments aimed to convert scattered overseas dominions into a coordinated territorial power base. Stuart monarchs encouraged schemes for expansion in America, Africa, and Asia, tightened control over existing territories, and endorsed systems of slave labor. But English power was precarious, and colonial designs were subject to regular defeats and failed experimentation. Recovering from recent Civil Wars at home, England was shaken by unrest and upheaval through the later seventeenth century. Colonial policies emerged from a kingdom riven with inner tensions, which it exported to enclaves overseas. Gabriel Glickman reinstates the colonies within the domestic history of Restoration England. He shows how the pursuit of empire raised moral and ideological controversies that divided political opinion and unsettled many ideas of English national identity. Overseas ambitions disrupted bonds in Europe and cast new questions about English relations with Scotland and Ireland. Vigorous debates were provoked by contact with non-Christian peoples and by changes brought to cultural tastes and consumer habits. England was becoming an imperial nation before it had acquired a secure territorial empire. The pressures of colonization exerted a decisive influence over wars, revolutions, and party conflicts that destabilized the later Stuart kingdom. Gabriel Glickman Tue, 31 Jan 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640491 thebookvoice.com 12:40:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640491]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making the Imperial Nation: Colonization, Politics, and English Identity, 1660-1700 Author: Gabriel Glickman Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: After 1660, English governments aimed to convert scattered overseas dominions into a coordinated territorial power base. Stuart monarchs encouraged schemes for expansion in America, Africa, and Asia, tightened control over existing territories, and endorsed systems of slave labor. But English power was precarious, and colonial designs were subject to regular defeats and failed experimentation. Recovering from recent Civil Wars at home, England was shaken by unrest and upheaval through the later seventeenth century. Colonial policies emerged from a kingdom riven with inner tensions, which it exported to enclaves overseas. Gabriel Glickman reinstates the colonies within the domestic history of Restoration England. He shows how the pursuit of empire raised moral and ideological controversies that divided political opinion and unsettled many ideas of English national identity. Overseas ambitions disrupted bonds in Europe and cast new questions about English relations with Scotland and Ireland. Vigorous debates were provoked by contact with non-Christian peoples and by changes brought to cultural tastes and consumer habits. England was becoming an imperial nation before it had acquired a secure territorial empire. The pressures of colonization exerted a decisive influence over wars, revolutions, and party conflicts that destabilized the later Stuart kingdom. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640491]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making the Imperial Nation: Colonization, Politics, and English Identity, 1660-1700 Author: Gabriel Glickman Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: After 1660, English governments aimed to convert scattered overseas dominions into a coordinated territorial power base. Stuart monarchs encouraged schemes for expansion in America, Africa, and Asia, tightened control over existing territories, and endorsed systems of slave labor. But English power was precarious, and colonial designs were subject to regular defeats and failed experimentation. Recovering from recent Civil Wars at home, England was shaken by unrest and upheaval through the later seventeenth century. Colonial policies emerged from a kingdom riven with inner tensions, which it exported to enclaves overseas. Gabriel Glickman reinstates the colonies within the domestic history of Restoration England. He shows how the pursuit of empire raised moral and ideological controversies that divided political opinion and unsettled many ideas of English national identity. Overseas ambitions disrupted bonds in Europe and cast new questions about English relations with Scotland and Ireland. Vigorous debates were provoked by contact with non-Christian peoples and by changes brought to cultural tastes and consumer habits. England was becoming an imperial nation before it had acquired a secure territorial empire. The pressures of colonization exerted a decisive influence over wars, revolutions, and party conflicts that destabilized the later Stuart kingdom. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640032 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640032]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World Author: Kathryn Hughes Narrator: Jane Mcdowell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 25, 2024 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year A Spectator Book of the Year A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year A New Yorker Book of the Year Some called it a craze. To others it was a cult. Join prize-winning historian Kathryn Hughes to discover how Britain fell in love with cats and ushered in a new era. 'Smart, gorgeously written cultural history’ TLS ‘Delightful’ Guardian ‘Excellent’ Spectator ‘Joyous cultural history’ The Times ‘He invented a whole cat world’ declared H. G. Wells of Louis Wain, the Edwardian artist whose anthropomorphic kittens made him a household name. His drawings were irresistible but Catland was more than the creation of one eccentric imagination. It was an attitude – a way of being in society while discreetly refusing to follow its rules. As cat capitalism boomed in the spectacular Edwardian age, prized animals changed hands for hundreds of pounds and a new industry sprung up to cater for their every need. Cats were no longer basement-dwelling pest-controllers, but stylish cultural subversives, more likely to flaunt a magnificent ruff and a pedigree from Persia. Wherever you found old conventions breaking down, there was a cat at the centre of the storm. Whether they were flying aeroplanes, sipping champagne or arguing about politics, Wain’s feline cast offered a sly take on the restless and risky culture of the post-Victorian world. No-one experienced these uncertainties more acutely than Wain himself, confined to a mental asylum while creating his most iconic work. Catland is a fascinating and fabulous unravelling of our obsession with cats, and the man dedicated to chronicling them. ‘Through humour, elegance and sheer knowledge, Hughes builds something remarkable’ Literary Review ‘If a Louis Wain cat were reading this book, he would raise his topper in tribute’ The Times ‘Catland is a tour de force of (cat) history: sleek, elegant and razor-sharp when needed’ History Today ‘Excellent … Hughes reveals a fascinating, forgotten aspect of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain: how the British fell in love with felines’ Daily Mail ‘An entertaining and often surprising cultural history … typically delivered in an inviting spirit of delight’ New Yorker Kathryn Hughes Thu, 25 Apr 2024 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640032 thebookvoice.com 8:57:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640032]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World Author: Kathryn Hughes Narrator: Jane Mcdowell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 25, 2024 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year A Spectator Book of the Year A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year A New Yorker Book of the Year Some called it a craze. To others it was a cult. Join prize-winning historian Kathryn Hughes to discover how Britain fell in love with cats and ushered in a new era. 'Smart, gorgeously written cultural history’ TLS ‘Delightful’ Guardian ‘Excellent’ Spectator ‘Joyous cultural history’ The Times ‘He invented a whole cat world’ declared H. G. Wells of Louis Wain, the Edwardian artist whose anthropomorphic kittens made him a household name. His drawings were irresistible but Catland was more than the creation of one eccentric imagination. It was an attitude – a way of being in society while discreetly refusing to follow its rules. As cat capitalism boomed in the spectacular Edwardian age, prized animals changed hands for hundreds of pounds and a new industry sprung up to cater for their every need. Cats were no longer basement-dwelling pest-controllers, but stylish cultural subversives, more likely to flaunt a magnificent ruff and a pedigree from Persia. Wherever you found old conventions breaking down, there was a cat at the centre of the storm. Whether they were flying aeroplanes, sipping champagne or arguing about politics, Wain’s feline cast offered a sly take on the restless and risky culture of the post-Victorian world. No-one experienced these uncertainties more acutely than Wain himself, confined to a mental asylum while creating his most iconic work. Catland is a fascinating and fabulous unravelling of our obsession with cats, and the man dedicated to chronicling them. ‘Through humour, elegance and sheer knowledge, Hughes builds something remarkable’ Literary Review ‘If a Louis Wain cat were reading this book, he would raise his topper in tribute’ The Times ‘Catland is a tour de force of (cat) history: sleek, elegant and razor-sharp when needed’ History Today ‘Excellent … Hughes reveals a fascinating, forgotten aspect of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain: how the British fell in love with felines’ Daily Mail ‘An entertaining and often surprising cultural history … typically delivered in an inviting spirit of delight’ New Yorker Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640032]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World Author: Kathryn Hughes Narrator: Jane Mcdowell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 25, 2024 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year A Spectator Book of the Year A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year A New Yorker Book of the Year Some called it a craze. To others it was a cult. Join prize-winning historian Kathryn Hughes to discover how Britain fell in love with cats and ushered in a new era. 'Smart, gorgeously written cultural history’ TLS ‘Delightful’ Guardian ‘Excellent’ Spectator ‘Joyous cultural history’ The Times ‘He invented a whole cat world’ declared H. G. Wells of Louis Wain, the Edwardian artist whose anthropomorphic kittens made him a household name. His drawings were irresistible but Catland was more than the creation of one eccentric imagination. It was an attitude – a way of being in society while discreetly refusing to follow its rules. As cat capitalism boomed in the spectacular Edwardian age, prized animals changed hands for hundreds of pounds and a new industry sprung up to cater for their every need. Cats were no longer basement-dwelling pest-controllers, but stylish cultural subversives, more likely to flaunt a magnificent ruff and a pedigree from Persia. Wherever you found old conventions breaking down, there was a cat at the centre of the storm. Whether they were flying aeroplanes, sipping champagne or arguing about politics, Wain’s feline cast offered a sly take on the restless and risky culture of the post-Victorian world. No-one experienced these uncertainties more acutely than Wain himself, confined to a mental asylum while creating his most iconic work. Catland is a fascinating and fabulous unravelling of our obsession with cats, and the man dedicated to chronicling them. ‘Through humour, elegance and sheer knowledge, Hughes builds something remarkable’ Literary Review ‘If a Louis Wain cat were reading this book, he would raise his topper in tribute’ The Times ‘Catland is a tour de force of (cat) history: sleek, elegant and razor-sharp when needed’ History Today ‘Excellent … Hughes reveals a fascinating, forgotten aspect of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain: how the British fell in love with felines’ Daily Mail ‘An entertaining and often surprising cultural history … typically delivered in an inviting spirit of delight’ New Yorker https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640015 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640015]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History Author: Philippa Gregory Narrator: Nneka Okoye, Joe Jameson, Tania Rodrigues, Clare Corbett, James Goode Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 26, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘A lasting work of social history’ THE TIMES ‘A genuinely new history of our nation’ DAN JONES ‘This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history’ SPECTATOR FROM THE MULTI-MILLION BESTSELLING HISTORICAL NOVELIST COMES THE CULMINATION OF HER LIFE’S WORK - Did you know that there are more penises than women in the Bayeux Tapestry? - That the Peasant’s Revolt was started and propelled by women, protesting a tax on women? - Or that celebrated naturalist Charles Darwin believed not just that women were naturally inferior to men but that they’d evolve to become ever more inferior? These are just a few of the startling findings you will learn from reading Philippa Gregory’s Normal Women. In this ambitious and ground-breaking book, she tells the story of our nation over 900 years, but for the very first time women – some fifty per cent of the population – are no longer invisible in this history of England, but are at its beating heart. Using research skills honed in her work as one of our foremost historical novelists, Gregory trawled through court records to find highway women, beggars and shepherdesses, through newspapers and diaries to find murderers and brides, housewives and pirates, female husbands and hermits. The ‘normal women’ you will meet in her pages went to war, ploughed the fields, campaigned, wrote, and loved. They rode in jousts, flew Spitfires, issued their own currency and built ships, corn mills and houses as part of their everyday lives They committed crimes, or treason, worshipped many gods, cooked and nursed, invented things and rioted. A lot. They built our society to be as diverse and varied as the women themselves. They are there in the archives – if you look – and they made our history. ‘You’ll lose count of the number of things you learn about women and their skewed place in history as you read Philippa Gregory’s stunning Normal Women … the book reframes the past … an essential read’ INDEPENDENT, FIVE-STAR REVIEW Philippa Gregory Thu, 26 Oct 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640015 thebookvoice.com 27:17:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640015]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History Author: Philippa Gregory Narrator: Nneka Okoye, Joe Jameson, Tania Rodrigues, Clare Corbett, James Goode Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 26, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘A lasting work of social history’ THE TIMES ‘A genuinely new history of our nation’ DAN JONES ‘This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history’ SPECTATOR FROM THE MULTI-MILLION BESTSELLING HISTORICAL NOVELIST COMES THE CULMINATION OF HER LIFE’S WORK - Did you know that there are more penises than women in the Bayeux Tapestry? - That the Peasant’s Revolt was started and propelled by women, protesting a tax on women? - Or that celebrated naturalist Charles Darwin believed not just that women were naturally inferior to men but that they’d evolve to become ever more inferior? These are just a few of the startling findings you will learn from reading Philippa Gregory’s Normal Women. In this ambitious and ground-breaking book, she tells the story of our nation over 900 years, but for the very first time women – some fifty per cent of the population – are no longer invisible in this history of England, but are at its beating heart. Using research skills honed in her work as one of our foremost historical novelists, Gregory trawled through court records to find highway women, beggars and shepherdesses, through newspapers and diaries to find murderers and brides, housewives and pirates, female husbands and hermits. The ‘normal women’ you will meet in her pages went to war, ploughed the fields, campaigned, wrote, and loved. They rode in jousts, flew Spitfires, issued their own currency and built ships, corn mills and houses as part of their everyday lives They committed crimes, or treason, worshipped many gods, cooked and nursed, invented things and rioted. A lot. They built our society to be as diverse and varied as the women themselves. They are there in the archives – if you look – and they made our history. ‘You’ll lose count of the number of things you learn about women and their skewed place in history as you read Philippa Gregory’s stunning Normal Women … the book reframes the past … an essential read’ INDEPENDENT, FIVE-STAR REVIEW Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640015]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History Author: Philippa Gregory Narrator: Nneka Okoye, Joe Jameson, Tania Rodrigues, Clare Corbett, James Goode Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 26, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘A lasting work of social history’ THE TIMES ‘A genuinely new history of our nation’ DAN JONES ‘This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history’ SPECTATOR FROM THE MULTI-MILLION BESTSELLING HISTORICAL NOVELIST COMES THE CULMINATION OF HER LIFE’S WORK - Did you know that there are more penises than women in the Bayeux Tapestry? - That the Peasant’s Revolt was started and propelled by women, protesting a tax on women? - Or that celebrated naturalist Charles Darwin believed not just that women were naturally inferior to men but that they’d evolve to become ever more inferior? These are just a few of the startling findings you will learn from reading Philippa Gregory’s Normal Women. In this ambitious and ground-breaking book, she tells the story of our nation over 900 years, but for the very first time women – some fifty per cent of the population – are no longer invisible in this history of England, but are at its beating heart. Using research skills honed in her work as one of our foremost historical novelists, Gregory trawled through court records to find highway women, beggars and shepherdesses, through newspapers and diaries to find murderers and brides, housewives and pirates, female husbands and hermits. The ‘normal women’ you will meet in her pages went to war, ploughed the fields, campaigned, wrote, and loved. They rode in jousts, flew Spitfires, issued their own currency and built ships, corn mills and houses as part of their everyday lives They committed crimes, or treason, worshipped many gods, cooked and nursed, invented things and rioted. A lot. They built our society to be as diverse and varied as the women themselves. They are there in the archives – if you look – and they made our history. ‘You’ll lose count of the number of things you learn about women and their skewed place in history as you read Philippa Gregory’s stunning Normal Women … the book reframes the past … an essential read’ INDEPENDENT, FIVE-STAR REVIEW https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/639162 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/639162]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Braut des Walisers (Ungekürzt) Author: Lisa Mcabbey Narrator: Ellen Neuser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: England 1485: Cecily ist die Tochter des Earl von Arundel, einem Getreuen des Königs aus dem Hause York. Gegen ihren Willen wird sie mit dem walisischen Hauptmann Sir Rhys Penndreic verheiratet. Zu ihrer eigenen Überraschung verhält Rhys sich äußerst zuvorkommend und allmählich entwickelt Cecily leidenschaftliche Gefühle für ihn ... Was Cecily nicht ahnt: Rhys hat ein dunkles Geheimnis, das nicht nur ihr Leben, sondern das Schicksal ganz Englands für immer verändern wird ... Lassen Sie sich verzaubern von der Geschichte einer höchst unwahrscheinlichen, großen Liebe, kunstvoll verwoben mit einer entscheidenden Schlacht der Rosenkriege um den englischen Thron. Lisa Mcabbey Fri, 29 Jul 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/639162 thebookvoice.com 13:10:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/639162]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Braut des Walisers (Ungekürzt) Author: Lisa Mcabbey Narrator: Ellen Neuser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: England 1485: Cecily ist die Tochter des Earl von Arundel, einem Getreuen des Königs aus dem Hause York. Gegen ihren Willen wird sie mit dem walisischen Hauptmann Sir Rhys Penndreic verheiratet. Zu ihrer eigenen Überraschung verhält Rhys sich äußerst zuvorkommend und allmählich entwickelt Cecily leidenschaftliche Gefühle für ihn ... Was Cecily nicht ahnt: Rhys hat ein dunkles Geheimnis, das nicht nur ihr Leben, sondern das Schicksal ganz Englands für immer verändern wird ... Lassen Sie sich verzaubern von der Geschichte einer höchst unwahrscheinlichen, großen Liebe, kunstvoll verwoben mit einer entscheidenden Schlacht der Rosenkriege um den englischen Thron. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/639162]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Braut des Walisers (Ungekürzt) Author: Lisa Mcabbey Narrator: Ellen Neuser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: England 1485: Cecily ist die Tochter des Earl von Arundel, einem Getreuen des Königs aus dem Hause York. Gegen ihren Willen wird sie mit dem walisischen Hauptmann Sir Rhys Penndreic verheiratet. Zu ihrer eigenen Überraschung verhält Rhys sich äußerst zuvorkommend und allmählich entwickelt Cecily leidenschaftliche Gefühle für ihn ... Was Cecily nicht ahnt: Rhys hat ein dunkles Geheimnis, das nicht nur ihr Leben, sondern das Schicksal ganz Englands für immer verändern wird ... Lassen Sie sich verzaubern von der Geschichte einer höchst unwahrscheinlichen, großen Liebe, kunstvoll verwoben mit einer entscheidenden Schlacht der Rosenkriege um den englischen Thron. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/638658 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/638658]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Sieben Heringe - Meine Mutter, das Schweigen der Kriegskinder und das Sprechen vor dem Sterben (Ungekürzte Autorenlesung) Author: Jürgen Wiebicke Narrator: Jürgen Wiebicke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 15, 2021 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Was wissen wir wirklich über das Leben unserer Eltern, der Kriegskinder? Wann ist der richtige Zeitpunkt, zum Archäologen des eigenen Lebens zu werden und die Eltern zu befragen? Jürgen Wiebicke folgt den Berichten seiner Eltern, die konfrontiert mit dem Tod von einer radikalen Offenheit getrieben sind und ihre Erlebnisse nicht mehr für sich behalten wollen. 'Man hat den Tod eines Menschen mit dem Brand einer Bibliothek verglichen. Bestimmte Geschichten können anschließend nicht mehr erzählt werden. In dieser Hinsicht ist der Tod ein einziger Skandal, ein großer Vernichter.' Als sich für die Mutter von Jürgen Wiebicke das Lebensende abzeichnete, wollte er es besser machen als beim Tod des Vaters. Mit beiden führte er - in dieser Intensität zum ersten Mal - Gespräche über deren Leben und Erfahrungen, damit die Erlebnisse der Generation, die Krieg und Nationalsozialismus als Jugendliche miterlebt hat, nicht mit dem Tod verschwinden. Doch nur bei der Mutter schrieb er mit. Alles aufzuschreiben scheint besonders wichtig, weil die Geschichtsleugner und Hassbereiten wieder aus den Löchern kriechen, während die letzte Generation der Zeitzeugen abtritt. Liegt das auch daran, dass Zyklen von Krieg und Frieden mit verblassender Erinnerung zusammenhängen? Jürgen Wiebicke erzählt exemplarisch von einer Generation, die den Krieg mit voller Wucht abbekam, und zieht die Parallelen zur heutigen Zeit. Und er schreibt über das Sterben und den Tod in der heutigen Gesellschaft, für die der Umgang mit dem Thema Endlichkeit immer problematischer wird. Jürgen Wiebicke Thu, 15 Apr 2021 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/638658 thebookvoice.com 6:42:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/638658]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Sieben Heringe - Meine Mutter, das Schweigen der Kriegskinder und das Sprechen vor dem Sterben (Ungekürzte Autorenlesung) Author: Jürgen Wiebicke Narrator: Jürgen Wiebicke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 15, 2021 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Was wissen wir wirklich über das Leben unserer Eltern, der Kriegskinder? Wann ist der richtige Zeitpunkt, zum Archäologen des eigenen Lebens zu werden und die Eltern zu befragen? Jürgen Wiebicke folgt den Berichten seiner Eltern, die konfrontiert mit dem Tod von einer radikalen Offenheit getrieben sind und ihre Erlebnisse nicht mehr für sich behalten wollen. 'Man hat den Tod eines Menschen mit dem Brand einer Bibliothek verglichen. Bestimmte Geschichten können anschließend nicht mehr erzählt werden. In dieser Hinsicht ist der Tod ein einziger Skandal, ein großer Vernichter.' Als sich für die Mutter von Jürgen Wiebicke das Lebensende abzeichnete, wollte er es besser machen als beim Tod des Vaters. Mit beiden führte er - in dieser Intensität zum ersten Mal - Gespräche über deren Leben und Erfahrungen, damit die Erlebnisse der Generation, die Krieg und Nationalsozialismus als Jugendliche miterlebt hat, nicht mit dem Tod verschwinden. Doch nur bei der Mutter schrieb er mit. Alles aufzuschreiben scheint besonders wichtig, weil die Geschichtsleugner und Hassbereiten wieder aus den Löchern kriechen, während die letzte Generation der Zeitzeugen abtritt. Liegt das auch daran, dass Zyklen von Krieg und Frieden mit verblassender Erinnerung zusammenhängen? Jürgen Wiebicke erzählt exemplarisch von einer Generation, die den Krieg mit voller Wucht abbekam, und zieht die Parallelen zur heutigen Zeit. Und er schreibt über das Sterben und den Tod in der heutigen Gesellschaft, für die der Umgang mit dem Thema Endlichkeit immer problematischer wird. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/638658]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Sieben Heringe - Meine Mutter, das Schweigen der Kriegskinder und das Sprechen vor dem Sterben (Ungekürzte Autorenlesung) Author: Jürgen Wiebicke Narrator: Jürgen Wiebicke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 15, 2021 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Was wissen wir wirklich über das Leben unserer Eltern, der Kriegskinder? Wann ist der richtige Zeitpunkt, zum Archäologen des eigenen Lebens zu werden und die Eltern zu befragen? Jürgen Wiebicke folgt den Berichten seiner Eltern, die konfrontiert mit dem Tod von einer radikalen Offenheit getrieben sind und ihre Erlebnisse nicht mehr für sich behalten wollen. 'Man hat den Tod eines Menschen mit dem Brand einer Bibliothek verglichen. Bestimmte Geschichten können anschließend nicht mehr erzählt werden. In dieser Hinsicht ist der Tod ein einziger Skandal, ein großer Vernichter.' Als sich für die Mutter von Jürgen Wiebicke das Lebensende abzeichnete, wollte er es besser machen als beim Tod des Vaters. Mit beiden führte er - in dieser Intensität zum ersten Mal - Gespräche über deren Leben und Erfahrungen, damit die Erlebnisse der Generation, die Krieg und Nationalsozialismus als Jugendliche miterlebt hat, nicht mit dem Tod verschwinden. Doch nur bei der Mutter schrieb er mit. Alles aufzuschreiben scheint besonders wichtig, weil die Geschichtsleugner und Hassbereiten wieder aus den Löchern kriechen, während die letzte Generation der Zeitzeugen abtritt. Liegt das auch daran, dass Zyklen von Krieg und Frieden mit verblassender Erinnerung zusammenhängen? Jürgen Wiebicke erzählt exemplarisch von einer Generation, die den Krieg mit voller Wucht abbekam, und zieht die Parallelen zur heutigen Zeit. Und er schreibt über das Sterben und den Tod in der heutigen Gesellschaft, für die der Umgang mit dem Thema Endlichkeit immer problematischer wird. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/637364 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/637364]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Savage Storm: The Brutal Battle for Italy 1943 Author: James Holland Narrator: Al Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. This is World War 2 in microcosm told through the brutal story of the most pivotal campaign the Allies were to fight by one of the UK's most acclaimed and bestselling historians From the bestselling author of Brothers in Arms comes the story of the most pivotal Allies campaign of World War II. With the invasion of France the following year taking shape, and hot on the heels of victory in Sicily, the Allies crossed into Southern Italy in September 1943. They expected to drive the Axis forces north and be in Rome by Christmas. And although Italy surrendered, the German forces resisted fiercely and the swift hoped-for victory descended into one of the most brutal battles of the war. Even though shipping and materiel were already being safeguarded for the D-Day landings, there were still huge expectations on the progress of the invading armies, but those shortages were to slow the advance with tragic consequences. As the weather closed in, the critical months leading up to Monte Cassino would inflict a heavy price for every bloody, hard fought mile the Allied troops covered. Chronicling those dark, dramatic months in unflinching and insightful detail, The Savage Storm is unlike any campaign history yet written. James Holland has always recounted the Second World War at ground level, but this version telling brings the story vividly to life like never before. Weaving together a wealth of letters, diaries, and other incredible documents, Holland traces the battles as they were fought - across plains, over mountains, through shattered villages and cities, in intense heat and, towards the end, frigid cold and relentless rain - putting readers at the heart of the action to create an entirely fresh and revealing telling of this most pivotal phase of the war. 'Impeccably researched and superbly written' Observer 'Holland has something new to say.... Filled with insight and detail' Neil Oliver 'James Holland is the best of the new generation of WW2 historians' Sebastian Faulks ©2023 Griffon Merlin Ltd, (P)2023 Penguin Audio James Holland Thu, 21 Sep 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/637364 thebookvoice.com 18:24:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/637364]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Savage Storm: The Brutal Battle for Italy 1943 Author: James Holland Narrator: Al Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. This is World War 2 in microcosm told through the brutal story of the most pivotal campaign the Allies were to fight by one of the UK's most acclaimed and bestselling historians From the bestselling author of Brothers in Arms comes the story of the most pivotal Allies campaign of World War II. With the invasion of France the following year taking shape, and hot on the heels of victory in Sicily, the Allies crossed into Southern Italy in September 1943. They expected to drive the Axis forces north and be in Rome by Christmas. And although Italy surrendered, the German forces resisted fiercely and the swift hoped-for victory descended into one of the most brutal battles of the war. Even though shipping and materiel were already being safeguarded for the D-Day landings, there were still huge expectations on the progress of the invading armies, but those shortages were to slow the advance with tragic consequences. As the weather closed in, the critical months leading up to Monte Cassino would inflict a heavy price for every bloody, hard fought mile the Allied troops covered. Chronicling those dark, dramatic months in unflinching and insightful detail, The Savage Storm is unlike any campaign history yet written. James Holland has always recounted the Second World War at ground level, but this version telling brings the story vividly to life like never before. Weaving together a wealth of letters, diaries, and other incredible documents, Holland traces the battles as they were fought - across plains, over mountains, through shattered villages and cities, in intense heat and, towards the end, frigid cold and relentless rain - putting readers at the heart of the action to create an entirely fresh and revealing telling of this most pivotal phase of the war. 'Impeccably researched and superbly written' Observer 'Holland has something new to say.... Filled with insight and detail' Neil Oliver 'James Holland is the best of the new generation of WW2 historians' Sebastian Faulks ©2023 Griffon Merlin Ltd, (P)2023 Penguin Audio Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/637364]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Savage Storm: The Brutal Battle for Italy 1943 Author: James Holland Narrator: Al Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 21, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. This is World War 2 in microcosm told through the brutal story of the most pivotal campaign the Allies were to fight by one of the UK's most acclaimed and bestselling historians From the bestselling author of Brothers in Arms comes the story of the most pivotal Allies campaign of World War II. With the invasion of France the following year taking shape, and hot on the heels of victory in Sicily, the Allies crossed into Southern Italy in September 1943. They expected to drive the Axis forces north and be in Rome by Christmas. And although Italy surrendered, the German forces resisted fiercely and the swift hoped-for victory descended into one of the most brutal battles of the war. Even though shipping and materiel were already being safeguarded for the D-Day landings, there were still huge expectations on the progress of the invading armies, but those shortages were to slow the advance with tragic consequences. As the weather closed in, the critical months leading up to Monte Cassino would inflict a heavy price for every bloody, hard fought mile the Allied troops covered. Chronicling those dark, dramatic months in unflinching and insightful detail, The Savage Storm is unlike any campaign history yet written. James Holland has always recounted the Second World War at ground level, but this version telling brings the story vividly to life like never before. Weaving together a wealth of letters, diaries, and other incredible documents, Holland traces the battles as they were fought - across plains, over mountains, through shattered villages and cities, in intense heat and, towards the end, frigid cold and relentless rain - putting readers at the heart of the action to create an entirely fresh and revealing telling of this most pivotal phase of the war. 'Impeccably researched and superbly written' Observer 'Holland has something new to say.... Filled with insight and detail' Neil Oliver 'James Holland is the best of the new generation of WW2 historians' Sebastian Faulks ©2023 Griffon Merlin Ltd, (P)2023 Penguin Audio https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/637321 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/637321]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The True History of Merlin the Magician Author: Anne Lawrence-Mathers Narrator: Jennifer M. Dixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A medieval historian examines what we really know about the man who was 'Merlin the Magician' and his impact on Britain. The historical Merlin was no rough magician: he was a learned figure from the cutting edge of medieval science and adept in astrology, cosmology, prophecy, and natural magic, as well as being a seer and a proto-alchemist. His powers were convincingly real—and useful, for they helped to add credibility to the 'long-lost' history of Britain which first revealed them to a European public. Merlin's prophecies reassuringly foretold Britain's path, establishing an ancient ancestral line and linking biblical prophecy with more recent times. Merlin helped to put British history into world history. Anne Lawrence-Mathers also explores the meaning of Merlin's magic across the centuries, arguing that he embodied ancient Christian and pagan magical traditions, recreated for a medieval court and shaped to fit a new moral framework. Linking Merlin's reality and power with the culture of the Middle Ages, this remarkable book reveals the true impact of the most famous magician of all time. Anne Lawrence-Mathers Tue, 07 Mar 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/637321 thebookvoice.com 8:42:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/637321]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The True History of Merlin the Magician Author: Anne Lawrence-Mathers Narrator: Jennifer M. Dixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A medieval historian examines what we really know about the man who was 'Merlin the Magician' and his impact on Britain. The historical Merlin was no rough magician: he was a learned figure from the cutting edge of medieval science and adept in astrology, cosmology, prophecy, and natural magic, as well as being a seer and a proto-alchemist. His powers were convincingly real—and useful, for they helped to add credibility to the 'long-lost' history of Britain which first revealed them to a European public. Merlin's prophecies reassuringly foretold Britain's path, establishing an ancient ancestral line and linking biblical prophecy with more recent times. Merlin helped to put British history into world history. Anne Lawrence-Mathers also explores the meaning of Merlin's magic across the centuries, arguing that he embodied ancient Christian and pagan magical traditions, recreated for a medieval court and shaped to fit a new moral framework. Linking Merlin's reality and power with the culture of the Middle Ages, this remarkable book reveals the true impact of the most famous magician of all time. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/637321]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The True History of Merlin the Magician Author: Anne Lawrence-Mathers Narrator: Jennifer M. Dixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A medieval historian examines what we really know about the man who was 'Merlin the Magician' and his impact on Britain. The historical Merlin was no rough magician: he was a learned figure from the cutting edge of medieval science and adept in astrology, cosmology, prophecy, and natural magic, as well as being a seer and a proto-alchemist. His powers were convincingly real—and useful, for they helped to add credibility to the 'long-lost' history of Britain which first revealed them to a European public. Merlin's prophecies reassuringly foretold Britain's path, establishing an ancient ancestral line and linking biblical prophecy with more recent times. Merlin helped to put British history into world history. Anne Lawrence-Mathers also explores the meaning of Merlin's magic across the centuries, arguing that he embodied ancient Christian and pagan magical traditions, recreated for a medieval court and shaped to fit a new moral framework. Linking Merlin's reality and power with the culture of the Middle Ages, this remarkable book reveals the true impact of the most famous magician of all time. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/636219 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/636219]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation Author: Serhy Yekelchyk Narrator: David Aranovich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 17 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In 2004 and 2005, striking images from the Ukraine made their way around the world, among them boisterous, orange-clad crowds protesting electoral fraud and the hideously scarred face of a poisoned opposition candidate. Europe's second-largest country but still an immature state only recently independent, Ukraine has become a test case of post-communist democracy, as millions of people in other countries celebrated the protesters' eventual victory. Any attempt to understand current events in this vibrant and unsettled land, however, must begin with Ukraine's dramatic history. Ukraine's strategic location between Russia and the West, the country's pronounced cultural regionalism, and the ugly face of post-communist politics are all anchored in Ukraine's past. The first Western survey of Ukrainian history to include coverage of the Orange Revolution and its aftermath, this book narrates the deliberate construction of a modern Ukrainian nation, incorporating new Ukrainian scholarship and archival revelations of the post-communist period. Here then is a history of the land where the strategic interests of Russia and the West have long clashed, with reverberations that resonate to this day. Serhy Yekelchyk Tue, 13 Dec 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/636219 thebookvoice.com 13:17:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/636219]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation Author: Serhy Yekelchyk Narrator: David Aranovich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 17 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In 2004 and 2005, striking images from the Ukraine made their way around the world, among them boisterous, orange-clad crowds protesting electoral fraud and the hideously scarred face of a poisoned opposition candidate. Europe's second-largest country but still an immature state only recently independent, Ukraine has become a test case of post-communist democracy, as millions of people in other countries celebrated the protesters' eventual victory. Any attempt to understand current events in this vibrant and unsettled land, however, must begin with Ukraine's dramatic history. Ukraine's strategic location between Russia and the West, the country's pronounced cultural regionalism, and the ugly face of post-communist politics are all anchored in Ukraine's past. The first Western survey of Ukrainian history to include coverage of the Orange Revolution and its aftermath, this book narrates the deliberate construction of a modern Ukrainian nation, incorporating new Ukrainian scholarship and archival revelations of the post-communist period. Here then is a history of the land where the strategic interests of Russia and the West have long clashed, with reverberations that resonate to this day. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/636219]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation Author: Serhy Yekelchyk Narrator: David Aranovich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 17 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In 2004 and 2005, striking images from the Ukraine made their way around the world, among them boisterous, orange-clad crowds protesting electoral fraud and the hideously scarred face of a poisoned opposition candidate. Europe's second-largest country but still an immature state only recently independent, Ukraine has become a test case of post-communist democracy, as millions of people in other countries celebrated the protesters' eventual victory. Any attempt to understand current events in this vibrant and unsettled land, however, must begin with Ukraine's dramatic history. Ukraine's strategic location between Russia and the West, the country's pronounced cultural regionalism, and the ugly face of post-communist politics are all anchored in Ukraine's past. The first Western survey of Ukrainian history to include coverage of the Orange Revolution and its aftermath, this book narrates the deliberate construction of a modern Ukrainian nation, incorporating new Ukrainian scholarship and archival revelations of the post-communist period. Here then is a history of the land where the strategic interests of Russia and the West have long clashed, with reverberations that resonate to this day. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/636163 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/636163]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: William Wallace Author: Andrew Fisher Narrator: Angus King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date: December 27, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: By no means prepared by birth, education, or training for leadership, Wallace nevertheless rose to prominence during the Wars of Independence, leading forces which broke the sequence of English victories and re-energizing and inspiring his countrymen in the process. While others, ostensibly his betters, yielded and collaborated, Wallace set an example of constancy and perseverance and became the Guardian of Scotland. Even his terrible death in London in 1305 can be seen as a victory as it provided inspiration for the continuance of the struggle against English domination. Despite Wallace's almost mythical status—boosted in no small part by the film Braveheart—present-day perceptions of him are not always based on the objective analysis of the historical facts. In this revised and expanded biography, Andrew Fisher investigates all the aspects of Wallace's life and character, treating him as a man of his time. The result is a more authentic picture of the greatest of Scotland's heroes than has been previously available. Andrew Fisher Tue, 27 Dec 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/636163 thebookvoice.com 9:24:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/636163]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: William Wallace Author: Andrew Fisher Narrator: Angus King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date: December 27, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: By no means prepared by birth, education, or training for leadership, Wallace nevertheless rose to prominence during the Wars of Independence, leading forces which broke the sequence of English victories and re-energizing and inspiring his countrymen in the process. While others, ostensibly his betters, yielded and collaborated, Wallace set an example of constancy and perseverance and became the Guardian of Scotland. Even his terrible death in London in 1305 can be seen as a victory as it provided inspiration for the continuance of the struggle against English domination. Despite Wallace's almost mythical status—boosted in no small part by the film Braveheart—present-day perceptions of him are not always based on the objective analysis of the historical facts. In this revised and expanded biography, Andrew Fisher investigates all the aspects of Wallace's life and character, treating him as a man of his time. The result is a more authentic picture of the greatest of Scotland's heroes than has been previously available. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/636163]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: William Wallace Author: Andrew Fisher Narrator: Angus King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date: December 27, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: By no means prepared by birth, education, or training for leadership, Wallace nevertheless rose to prominence during the Wars of Independence, leading forces which broke the sequence of English victories and re-energizing and inspiring his countrymen in the process. While others, ostensibly his betters, yielded and collaborated, Wallace set an example of constancy and perseverance and became the Guardian of Scotland. Even his terrible death in London in 1305 can be seen as a victory as it provided inspiration for the continuance of the struggle against English domination. Despite Wallace's almost mythical status—boosted in no small part by the film Braveheart—present-day perceptions of him are not always based on the objective analysis of the historical facts. In this revised and expanded biography, Andrew Fisher investigates all the aspects of Wallace's life and character, treating him as a man of his time. The result is a more authentic picture of the greatest of Scotland's heroes than has been previously available. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/635649 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/635649]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Los jardines de Bomarzo Author: Hella S. Haasse, Hella Hesse Narrator: Karla Hernández Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release date: August 30, 2019 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Orsino Orsini, ilegítimo, deforme y con un solo ojo, cuya esposa fue seducida por el Papa Alejandro VI, construyó un 'parque de sexo y violencia' para así poder reflejar sobre este su odio (hacia el papa, su infiel esposa y un mundo que se rehúsa a aceptarlo). Mientras Haasse intenta interpretar el simbolismo del parque con sus veinte monstruosas estatuas, nos lleva con ella al laberinto de Cnossos en Creta, a los 'rituales y adoraciones al sol de los inicios de la historia' y a las disputas entre las familias Borgia y Farnese durante el siglo XVI. Hella S. Haasse, Hella Hesse Fri, 30 Aug 2019 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/635649 thebookvoice.com 5:4:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/635649]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Los jardines de Bomarzo Author: Hella S. Haasse, Hella Hesse Narrator: Karla Hernández Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release date: August 30, 2019 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Orsino Orsini, ilegítimo, deforme y con un solo ojo, cuya esposa fue seducida por el Papa Alejandro VI, construyó un 'parque de sexo y violencia' para así poder reflejar sobre este su odio (hacia el papa, su infiel esposa y un mundo que se rehúsa a aceptarlo). Mientras Haasse intenta interpretar el simbolismo del parque con sus veinte monstruosas estatuas, nos lleva con ella al laberinto de Cnossos en Creta, a los 'rituales y adoraciones al sol de los inicios de la historia' y a las disputas entre las familias Borgia y Farnese durante el siglo XVI. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/635649]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Los jardines de Bomarzo Author: Hella S. Haasse, Hella Hesse Narrator: Karla Hernández Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release date: August 30, 2019 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Orsino Orsini, ilegítimo, deforme y con un solo ojo, cuya esposa fue seducida por el Papa Alejandro VI, construyó un 'parque de sexo y violencia' para así poder reflejar sobre este su odio (hacia el papa, su infiel esposa y un mundo que se rehúsa a aceptarlo). Mientras Haasse intenta interpretar el simbolismo del parque con sus veinte monstruosas estatuas, nos lleva con ella al laberinto de Cnossos en Creta, a los 'rituales y adoraciones al sol de los inicios de la historia' y a las disputas entre las familias Borgia y Farnese durante el siglo XVI. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634588 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634588]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution Author: Peter Longerich Narrator: Antony Ferguson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The complete story of the Wannsee Conference, the meeting that paved the way for the Holocaust On January 20, 1942, fifteen men arrived for a meeting in a luxurious villa on the shores of the Wannsee in the far-western outskirts of Berlin. They came at the invitation of Reinhard Heydrich and were almost all high-ranking Nazi Party, government, and SS officials. The exquisite position by the lake, the imposing driveway up to the villa, culminating in a generously sized roundabout in front of the house, the expansive, carefully landscaped park, the generous suite of rooms that opened on to the park and the lake, the three-level terrace that stretched the entire garden side of the house, and the winter garden with its marble fountain, all give today’s visitor to the villa a good idea of its owner’s aspiration to build a sophisticated, almost palatial structure as a testament to his cultivation and worldly success. But the beauty of the situation stood in stark contrast to the purpose of the meeting to which the fifteen had come in January 1942: the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question.” According to the surviving records of the meeting, items on the agenda included the precise definition of exactly which group of people were to be affected, followed by a discussion of how upwards of eleven million people were to be deported and subjected to the toughest form of forced labor and, following on from this a discussion, of how the survivors of this forced labor as well as those not capable of it were ultimately to be killed. The next item on the agenda was breakfast. Peter Longerich Tue, 25 Apr 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634588 thebookvoice.com 4:41:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634588]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution Author: Peter Longerich Narrator: Antony Ferguson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The complete story of the Wannsee Conference, the meeting that paved the way for the Holocaust On January 20, 1942, fifteen men arrived for a meeting in a luxurious villa on the shores of the Wannsee in the far-western outskirts of Berlin. They came at the invitation of Reinhard Heydrich and were almost all high-ranking Nazi Party, government, and SS officials. The exquisite position by the lake, the imposing driveway up to the villa, culminating in a generously sized roundabout in front of the house, the expansive, carefully landscaped park, the generous suite of rooms that opened on to the park and the lake, the three-level terrace that stretched the entire garden side of the house, and the winter garden with its marble fountain, all give today’s visitor to the villa a good idea of its owner’s aspiration to build a sophisticated, almost palatial structure as a testament to his cultivation and worldly success. But the beauty of the situation stood in stark contrast to the purpose of the meeting to which the fifteen had come in January 1942: the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question.” According to the surviving records of the meeting, items on the agenda included the precise definition of exactly which group of people were to be affected, followed by a discussion of how upwards of eleven million people were to be deported and subjected to the toughest form of forced labor and, following on from this a discussion, of how the survivors of this forced labor as well as those not capable of it were ultimately to be killed. The next item on the agenda was breakfast. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634588]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution Author: Peter Longerich Narrator: Antony Ferguson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The complete story of the Wannsee Conference, the meeting that paved the way for the Holocaust On January 20, 1942, fifteen men arrived for a meeting in a luxurious villa on the shores of the Wannsee in the far-western outskirts of Berlin. They came at the invitation of Reinhard Heydrich and were almost all high-ranking Nazi Party, government, and SS officials. The exquisite position by the lake, the imposing driveway up to the villa, culminating in a generously sized roundabout in front of the house, the expansive, carefully landscaped park, the generous suite of rooms that opened on to the park and the lake, the three-level terrace that stretched the entire garden side of the house, and the winter garden with its marble fountain, all give today’s visitor to the villa a good idea of its owner’s aspiration to build a sophisticated, almost palatial structure as a testament to his cultivation and worldly success. But the beauty of the situation stood in stark contrast to the purpose of the meeting to which the fifteen had come in January 1942: the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question.” According to the surviving records of the meeting, items on the agenda included the precise definition of exactly which group of people were to be affected, followed by a discussion of how upwards of eleven million people were to be deported and subjected to the toughest form of forced labor and, following on from this a discussion, of how the survivors of this forced labor as well as those not capable of it were ultimately to be killed. The next item on the agenda was breakfast. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634463 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634463]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: British Cinema: A Very Short Introduction Author: Charles Barr Narrator: Kevin E. Green Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 26, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Cinema has had a hugely influential role on global culture in the twentieth century at multiple levels: social, political, and educational. The part of British cinema in this has been controversial—often derided as a whole, but also vigorously celebrated, especially in terms of specific films and film-makers. In this Very Short Introduction, Charles Barr considers films and filmmakers, and studios and sponsorship, against the wider view of changing artistic, socio-political, and industrial climates over the decades of the twentieth century. Considering British cinema in the wake of one of the most familiar of cinematic reference points—Alfred Hitchcock—Barr traces how British cinema has developed its own unique path, and has since been celebrated for its innovative approaches and distinctive artistic language. Charles Barr Thu, 26 Jan 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634463 thebookvoice.com 4:7:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634463]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: British Cinema: A Very Short Introduction Author: Charles Barr Narrator: Kevin E. Green Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 26, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Cinema has had a hugely influential role on global culture in the twentieth century at multiple levels: social, political, and educational. The part of British cinema in this has been controversial—often derided as a whole, but also vigorously celebrated, especially in terms of specific films and film-makers. In this Very Short Introduction, Charles Barr considers films and filmmakers, and studios and sponsorship, against the wider view of changing artistic, socio-political, and industrial climates over the decades of the twentieth century. Considering British cinema in the wake of one of the most familiar of cinematic reference points—Alfred Hitchcock—Barr traces how British cinema has developed its own unique path, and has since been celebrated for its innovative approaches and distinctive artistic language. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634463]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: British Cinema: A Very Short Introduction Author: Charles Barr Narrator: Kevin E. Green Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 26, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Cinema has had a hugely influential role on global culture in the twentieth century at multiple levels: social, political, and educational. The part of British cinema in this has been controversial—often derided as a whole, but also vigorously celebrated, especially in terms of specific films and film-makers. In this Very Short Introduction, Charles Barr considers films and filmmakers, and studios and sponsorship, against the wider view of changing artistic, socio-political, and industrial climates over the decades of the twentieth century. Considering British cinema in the wake of one of the most familiar of cinematic reference points—Alfred Hitchcock—Barr traces how British cinema has developed its own unique path, and has since been celebrated for its innovative approaches and distinctive artistic language. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634444 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634444]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society Author: Eleanor Janega Narrator: Samara Naeymi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women's beauty, sexuality, and behavior. What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world and modern society, to unfurl its suppositions about women and reveal what's shifted over time—and what hasn't. Enshrined medieval thinkers, almost always male, subscribed to a blend of classical Greek and Roman philosophy and Christian theology for their concepts of the sexes. For the height of female attractiveness, they chose the mythical Helen of Troy, whose imagined pear shape, small breasts, and golden hair served as beauty's epitome. Casting Eve's shadow over medieval women, they derided them as oversexed sinners, inherently lustful, insatiable, and weak. And, unless a nun, a woman was to be the embodiment of perfect motherhood. In The Once and Future Sex, Janega unravels the restricting expectations on medieval women and the ones on women today. She boldly questions why, if our ideas of women have changed drastically over time, we cannot reimagine them now to create a more equitable future. Eleanor Janega Tue, 17 Jan 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634444 thebookvoice.com 7:33:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634444]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society Author: Eleanor Janega Narrator: Samara Naeymi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women's beauty, sexuality, and behavior. What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world and modern society, to unfurl its suppositions about women and reveal what's shifted over time—and what hasn't. Enshrined medieval thinkers, almost always male, subscribed to a blend of classical Greek and Roman philosophy and Christian theology for their concepts of the sexes. For the height of female attractiveness, they chose the mythical Helen of Troy, whose imagined pear shape, small breasts, and golden hair served as beauty's epitome. Casting Eve's shadow over medieval women, they derided them as oversexed sinners, inherently lustful, insatiable, and weak. And, unless a nun, a woman was to be the embodiment of perfect motherhood. In The Once and Future Sex, Janega unravels the restricting expectations on medieval women and the ones on women today. She boldly questions why, if our ideas of women have changed drastically over time, we cannot reimagine them now to create a more equitable future. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634444]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society Author: Eleanor Janega Narrator: Samara Naeymi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women's beauty, sexuality, and behavior. What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world and modern society, to unfurl its suppositions about women and reveal what's shifted over time—and what hasn't. Enshrined medieval thinkers, almost always male, subscribed to a blend of classical Greek and Roman philosophy and Christian theology for their concepts of the sexes. For the height of female attractiveness, they chose the mythical Helen of Troy, whose imagined pear shape, small breasts, and golden hair served as beauty's epitome. Casting Eve's shadow over medieval women, they derided them as oversexed sinners, inherently lustful, insatiable, and weak. And, unless a nun, a woman was to be the embodiment of perfect motherhood. In The Once and Future Sex, Janega unravels the restricting expectations on medieval women and the ones on women today. She boldly questions why, if our ideas of women have changed drastically over time, we cannot reimagine them now to create a more equitable future. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634408 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634408]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Viking Myth Author: Mike Parson Narrator: Hadi Hajjar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 23 minutes Release date: October 13, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Vikings are a part of everyday life. Their omnipresence is remarkable for people who lived around a thousand years ago. They are a marketing device, a tourist attraction, and a subject on the national curriculum. They appear at museums, Viking festivals, comic strips, films, novels, and children's history books. They are a focus of academic controversy, with scholars waging an ongoing war over the proper interpretations of the Viking past. They lend themselves readily to use in constructing various national and regional identities. Vikings are a vibrant part of modern popular culture. Although the Viking Age ended nearly a millennium ago, Viking images are everywhere today, functioning as marketing devices, role models, and sources of regional/national pride and identity. This audiobook examines the causes of the Vikings' adoption as popular cultural icons and how Vikings are used. The book also turns to a chronological overview of political, literary, and archaeological developments that have influenced the evolution of Viking images. Mike Parson Thu, 13 Oct 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634408 thebookvoice.com 1:23:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634408]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Viking Myth Author: Mike Parson Narrator: Hadi Hajjar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 23 minutes Release date: October 13, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Vikings are a part of everyday life. Their omnipresence is remarkable for people who lived around a thousand years ago. They are a marketing device, a tourist attraction, and a subject on the national curriculum. They appear at museums, Viking festivals, comic strips, films, novels, and children's history books. They are a focus of academic controversy, with scholars waging an ongoing war over the proper interpretations of the Viking past. They lend themselves readily to use in constructing various national and regional identities. Vikings are a vibrant part of modern popular culture. Although the Viking Age ended nearly a millennium ago, Viking images are everywhere today, functioning as marketing devices, role models, and sources of regional/national pride and identity. This audiobook examines the causes of the Vikings' adoption as popular cultural icons and how Vikings are used. The book also turns to a chronological overview of political, literary, and archaeological developments that have influenced the evolution of Viking images. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634408]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Viking Myth Author: Mike Parson Narrator: Hadi Hajjar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 23 minutes Release date: October 13, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Vikings are a part of everyday life. Their omnipresence is remarkable for people who lived around a thousand years ago. They are a marketing device, a tourist attraction, and a subject on the national curriculum. They appear at museums, Viking festivals, comic strips, films, novels, and children's history books. They are a focus of academic controversy, with scholars waging an ongoing war over the proper interpretations of the Viking past. They lend themselves readily to use in constructing various national and regional identities. Vikings are a vibrant part of modern popular culture. Although the Viking Age ended nearly a millennium ago, Viking images are everywhere today, functioning as marketing devices, role models, and sources of regional/national pride and identity. This audiobook examines the causes of the Vikings' adoption as popular cultural icons and how Vikings are used. The book also turns to a chronological overview of political, literary, and archaeological developments that have influenced the evolution of Viking images. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634303 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634303]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons Author: Cat Jarman Narrator: Cat Jarman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: September 14, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘A diligent historian and a superb writer’ THE TIMES A gripping new history of the making of England as a nation. In December 1642, during the Civil War, Parliamentarian troops stormed Winchester Cathedral and smashed ten beautifully decorated wooden chests to the ground, using the bones inside as missiles to shatter the cathedral’s stained glass windows. Afterwards, the clergy scrambled to collect the scattered remains: the bones of ancient kings, bishops and one formidable queen. Bestselling historian Cat Jarman builds on the ground-breaking work of forensic archaeologists to lead us through more than a millennium of history. Alongside the cutting-edge investigation to unlock the bones' secrets, this is a thrilling and sometimes tragic tale. It tells the story of both the seekers and the sought, of those who protected the bones and those who spurned them. Cat Jarman Thu, 14 Sep 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634303 thebookvoice.com 10:1:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634303]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons Author: Cat Jarman Narrator: Cat Jarman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: September 14, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘A diligent historian and a superb writer’ THE TIMES A gripping new history of the making of England as a nation. In December 1642, during the Civil War, Parliamentarian troops stormed Winchester Cathedral and smashed ten beautifully decorated wooden chests to the ground, using the bones inside as missiles to shatter the cathedral’s stained glass windows. Afterwards, the clergy scrambled to collect the scattered remains: the bones of ancient kings, bishops and one formidable queen. Bestselling historian Cat Jarman builds on the ground-breaking work of forensic archaeologists to lead us through more than a millennium of history. Alongside the cutting-edge investigation to unlock the bones' secrets, this is a thrilling and sometimes tragic tale. It tells the story of both the seekers and the sought, of those who protected the bones and those who spurned them. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634303]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons Author: Cat Jarman Narrator: Cat Jarman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: September 14, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘A diligent historian and a superb writer’ THE TIMES A gripping new history of the making of England as a nation. In December 1642, during the Civil War, Parliamentarian troops stormed Winchester Cathedral and smashed ten beautifully decorated wooden chests to the ground, using the bones inside as missiles to shatter the cathedral’s stained glass windows. Afterwards, the clergy scrambled to collect the scattered remains: the bones of ancient kings, bishops and one formidable queen. Bestselling historian Cat Jarman builds on the ground-breaking work of forensic archaeologists to lead us through more than a millennium of history. Alongside the cutting-edge investigation to unlock the bones' secrets, this is a thrilling and sometimes tragic tale. It tells the story of both the seekers and the sought, of those who protected the bones and those who spurned them. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/633572 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/633572]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Сердце бури Author: мантел хилари Narrator: александр воронов Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 36 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 13, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: «Сердце бури» — это первый исторический роман прославленной Хилари Мантел, автора знаменитой трилогии о Томасе Кромвеле («Вулфхолл», «Введите обвиняемых», «Зеркало и свет»), две книги которой получили Букеровскую премию. Роман, значительно опередивший свое время и увидевший свет лишь через несколько десятилетий после написания. Впервые в истории английской литературы французская революция масштабно показана не глазами ее врагов и жертв, а глазами тех, кто ее творил и был впоследствии пожран ими же разбуженным зверем, — пламенных трибунов Максимилиана Робеспьера, Жоржа Жака Дантона и Камиля Демулена… «Я стала писательницей исключительно потому, что упустила шанс стать историком… Я должна была рассказать себе историю французской революции, однако не с точки зрения ее врагов, а с точки зрения тех, кто ее совершил. Полагаю, эта книга всегда была для меня важнее всего остального… думаю, что никто, кроме меня, так не напишет. Никто не практикует этот метод, это мой идеал исторической достоверности» (Хилари Мантел). Впервые на русском! мантел хилари Thu, 13 Oct 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/633572 thebookvoice.com 36:2:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/633572]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Сердце бури Author: мантел хилари Narrator: александр воронов Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 36 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 13, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: «Сердце бури» — это первый исторический роман прославленной Хилари Мантел, автора знаменитой трилогии о Томасе Кромвеле («Вулфхолл», «Введите обвиняемых», «Зеркало и свет»), две книги которой получили Букеровскую премию. Роман, значительно опередивший свое время и увидевший свет лишь через несколько десятилетий после написания. Впервые в истории английской литературы французская революция масштабно показана не глазами ее врагов и жертв, а глазами тех, кто ее творил и был впоследствии пожран ими же разбуженным зверем, — пламенных трибунов Максимилиана Робеспьера, Жоржа Жака Дантона и Камиля Демулена… «Я стала писательницей исключительно потому, что упустила шанс стать историком… Я должна была рассказать себе историю французской революции, однако не с точки зрения ее врагов, а с точки зрения тех, кто ее совершил. Полагаю, эта книга всегда была для меня важнее всего остального… думаю, что никто, кроме меня, так не напишет. Никто не практикует этот метод, это мой идеал исторической достоверности» (Хилари Мантел). Впервые на русском! Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/633572]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Сердце бури Author: мантел хилари Narrator: александр воронов Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 36 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 13, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: «Сердце бури» — это первый исторический роман прославленной Хилари Мантел, автора знаменитой трилогии о Томасе Кромвеле («Вулфхолл», «Введите обвиняемых», «Зеркало и свет»), две книги которой получили Букеровскую премию. Роман, значительно опередивший свое время и увидевший свет лишь через несколько десятилетий после написания. Впервые в истории английской литературы французская революция масштабно показана не глазами ее врагов и жертв, а глазами тех, кто ее творил и был впоследствии пожран ими же разбуженным зверем, — пламенных трибунов Максимилиана Робеспьера, Жоржа Жака Дантона и Камиля Демулена… «Я стала писательницей исключительно потому, что упустила шанс стать историком… Я должна была рассказать себе историю французской революции, однако не с точки зрения ее врагов, а с точки зрения тех, кто ее совершил. Полагаю, эта книга всегда была для меня важнее всего остального… думаю, что никто, кроме меня, так не напишет. Никто не практикует этот метод, это мой идеал исторической достоверности» (Хилари Мантел). Впервые на русском! https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/631093 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/631093]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine Author: S. C. Gwynne Narrator: Nicholas Boulton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: From historian and bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon comes a “captivating, thoroughly researched” (The New York Times Book Review) tale of the rise and fall of the world’s largest airship—and the doomed love story between an ambitious British officer and a married Romanian princess at its heart. The tragic fate of the British airship R101—which went down in a spectacular fireball in 1930, killing more people than died in the Hindenburg disaster seven years later—has been largely forgotten. In His Majesty’s Airship, S.C. Gwynne resurrects it in vivid detail, telling the epic story of great ambition gone terribly wrong. Airships, those airborne leviathans that occupied center stage in the world in the first half of the 20th century, were a symbol of the future. R101 was not just the largest aircraft ever to have flown and the product of the world’s most advanced engineering—she was also the lynchpin of an imperial British scheme to link by air the far-flung areas of its empire, from Australia to India, South Africa, Canada, Egypt, and Singapore. No one had ever conceived of anything like this, and R101 captivated the world. There was just one problem: beyond the hype and technological wonders, these big, steel-framed, hydrogen-filled airships were a dangerously bad idea. Gwynne’s chronicle features a cast of remarkable—and tragically flawed—characters, including Lord Christopher Thomson, the man who dreamed up the Imperial Airship Scheme and then relentlessly pushed R101 to her destruction; Princess Marthe Bibesco, the celebrated writer and glamorous socialite with whom he had a long affair; and George Herbert Scott, a national hero who was the first person to cross the Atlantic twice in any aircraft, in 1919—eight years before Lindbergh’s famous flight—but who devolved into drink and ruin. These historical figures—and the ship they built, flew, and crashed—come together in “a Promethean tale of unlimited ambitions and technical limitations, airy dreams and explosive endings” (The Wall Street Journal). S. C. Gwynne Tue, 02 May 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/631093 thebookvoice.com 9:5:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/631093]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine Author: S. C. Gwynne Narrator: Nicholas Boulton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: From historian and bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon comes a “captivating, thoroughly researched” (The New York Times Book Review) tale of the rise and fall of the world’s largest airship—and the doomed love story between an ambitious British officer and a married Romanian princess at its heart. The tragic fate of the British airship R101—which went down in a spectacular fireball in 1930, killing more people than died in the Hindenburg disaster seven years later—has been largely forgotten. In His Majesty’s Airship, S.C. Gwynne resurrects it in vivid detail, telling the epic story of great ambition gone terribly wrong. Airships, those airborne leviathans that occupied center stage in the world in the first half of the 20th century, were a symbol of the future. R101 was not just the largest aircraft ever to have flown and the product of the world’s most advanced engineering—she was also the lynchpin of an imperial British scheme to link by air the far-flung areas of its empire, from Australia to India, South Africa, Canada, Egypt, and Singapore. No one had ever conceived of anything like this, and R101 captivated the world. There was just one problem: beyond the hype and technological wonders, these big, steel-framed, hydrogen-filled airships were a dangerously bad idea. Gwynne’s chronicle features a cast of remarkable—and tragically flawed—characters, including Lord Christopher Thomson, the man who dreamed up the Imperial Airship Scheme and then relentlessly pushed R101 to her destruction; Princess Marthe Bibesco, the celebrated writer and glamorous socialite with whom he had a long affair; and George Herbert Scott, a national hero who was the first person to cross the Atlantic twice in any aircraft, in 1919—eight years before Lindbergh’s famous flight—but who devolved into drink and ruin. These historical figures—and the ship they built, flew, and crashed—come together in “a Promethean tale of unlimited ambitions and technical limitations, airy dreams and explosive endings” (The Wall Street Journal). Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/631093]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine Author: S. C. Gwynne Narrator: Nicholas Boulton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: From historian and bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon comes a “captivating, thoroughly researched” (The New York Times Book Review) tale of the rise and fall of the world’s largest airship—and the doomed love story between an ambitious British officer and a married Romanian princess at its heart. The tragic fate of the British airship R101—which went down in a spectacular fireball in 1930, killing more people than died in the Hindenburg disaster seven years later—has been largely forgotten. In His Majesty’s Airship, S.C. Gwynne resurrects it in vivid detail, telling the epic story of great ambition gone terribly wrong. Airships, those airborne leviathans that occupied center stage in the world in the first half of the 20th century, were a symbol of the future. R101 was not just the largest aircraft ever to have flown and the product of the world’s most advanced engineering—she was also the lynchpin of an imperial British scheme to link by air the far-flung areas of its empire, from Australia to India, South Africa, Canada, Egypt, and Singapore. No one had ever conceived of anything like this, and R101 captivated the world. There was just one problem: beyond the hype and technological wonders, these big, steel-framed, hydrogen-filled airships were a dangerously bad idea. Gwynne’s chronicle features a cast of remarkable—and tragically flawed—characters, including Lord Christopher Thomson, the man who dreamed up the Imperial Airship Scheme and then relentlessly pushed R101 to her destruction; Princess Marthe Bibesco, the celebrated writer and glamorous socialite with whom he had a long affair; and George Herbert Scott, a national hero who was the first person to cross the Atlantic twice in any aircraft, in 1919—eight years before Lindbergh’s famous flight—but who devolved into drink and ruin. These historical figures—and the ship they built, flew, and crashed—come together in “a Promethean tale of unlimited ambitions and technical limitations, airy dreams and explosive endings” (The Wall Street Journal). https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630881 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630881]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Tract Author: Robert D. Jones Narrator: Robert D. Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 52 minutes Release date: October 1, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A classic alchemical source text translated and edited for modern listeners. The Golden tract: Concerning the Stone of the Philosophers is a must-read for any serious student of alchemy. It describes the true synthesis of the Philosopher's Stone in classic medieval alchemical symbolism. Originally published in the Musaeum Hermeticum (1625) and later translated into English by Arthur Edward Waite in his The Hermetic Museum, Vol. I (1893), this version of the text has been diligently edited and recorded by Jones so that it can be easily digested by modern listeners. Jones has also included a foreword introducing the text and diligently footnoted the text to give meaning and context to the original writing. If you want access to the original alchemical texts, then look no further. Robert D. Jones Sat, 01 Oct 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630881 thebookvoice.com 1:52:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630881]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Tract Author: Robert D. Jones Narrator: Robert D. Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 52 minutes Release date: October 1, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A classic alchemical source text translated and edited for modern listeners. The Golden tract: Concerning the Stone of the Philosophers is a must-read for any serious student of alchemy. It describes the true synthesis of the Philosopher's Stone in classic medieval alchemical symbolism. Originally published in the Musaeum Hermeticum (1625) and later translated into English by Arthur Edward Waite in his The Hermetic Museum, Vol. I (1893), this version of the text has been diligently edited and recorded by Jones so that it can be easily digested by modern listeners. Jones has also included a foreword introducing the text and diligently footnoted the text to give meaning and context to the original writing. If you want access to the original alchemical texts, then look no further. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630881]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Tract Author: Robert D. Jones Narrator: Robert D. Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 52 minutes Release date: October 1, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A classic alchemical source text translated and edited for modern listeners. The Golden tract: Concerning the Stone of the Philosophers is a must-read for any serious student of alchemy. It describes the true synthesis of the Philosopher's Stone in classic medieval alchemical symbolism. Originally published in the Musaeum Hermeticum (1625) and later translated into English by Arthur Edward Waite in his The Hermetic Museum, Vol. I (1893), this version of the text has been diligently edited and recorded by Jones so that it can be easily digested by modern listeners. Jones has also included a foreword introducing the text and diligently footnoted the text to give meaning and context to the original writing. If you want access to the original alchemical texts, then look no further. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630879 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630879]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Age Returned Author: Henry Madathanas, Arthur Edward Waite, Robert D. Jones Narrator: Robert D. Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 1, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Golden Age Restored is a stunning piece of alchemical work that is vivid in its descriptions and a Jungian utopia for dream analysis and analogy of the individuation process. Originally written in 1622 by a German physician and alchemist under the pseudonym Henry Madathanas, The Golden Age Restored was published publically in the Musaeum Hermeticum (1625) and later translated into English by Arthur Edward Waite in his work The Hermetic Museum, Vol. I (1893). Waite's version of the text has been diligently edited by Jones so that it can be easily digested by modern readers. Jones has also included a foreword introducing the text and diligently footnoted the work to give meaning and context to the original writing. Henry Madathanas, Arthur Edward Waite, Robert D. Jones Sat, 01 Oct 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630879 thebookvoice.com 0:41:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630879]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Age Returned Author: Henry Madathanas, Arthur Edward Waite, Robert D. Jones Narrator: Robert D. Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 1, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Golden Age Restored is a stunning piece of alchemical work that is vivid in its descriptions and a Jungian utopia for dream analysis and analogy of the individuation process. Originally written in 1622 by a German physician and alchemist under the pseudonym Henry Madathanas, The Golden Age Restored was published publically in the Musaeum Hermeticum (1625) and later translated into English by Arthur Edward Waite in his work The Hermetic Museum, Vol. I (1893). Waite's version of the text has been diligently edited by Jones so that it can be easily digested by modern readers. Jones has also included a foreword introducing the text and diligently footnoted the work to give meaning and context to the original writing. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630879]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Age Returned Author: Henry Madathanas, Arthur Edward Waite, Robert D. Jones Narrator: Robert D. Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 1, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Golden Age Restored is a stunning piece of alchemical work that is vivid in its descriptions and a Jungian utopia for dream analysis and analogy of the individuation process. Originally written in 1622 by a German physician and alchemist under the pseudonym Henry Madathanas, The Golden Age Restored was published publically in the Musaeum Hermeticum (1625) and later translated into English by Arthur Edward Waite in his work The Hermetic Museum, Vol. I (1893). Waite's version of the text has been diligently edited by Jones so that it can be easily digested by modern readers. Jones has also included a foreword introducing the text and diligently footnoted the work to give meaning and context to the original writing. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630848 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630848]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Runes for Beginners Author: Melissa Smith Narrator: Ellie Moon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Elder Futhark has been around for 2,000 years or more. Many historical cultures have practiced the casting of runes for divination, spells, magic, and rituals to help improve their lives. Throughout this book, I will help you begin your journey of enlightenment and show you the wonders that the runes have to offer. We will cover the rituals that will become the basis of all those that follow, and we will touch on the spells that will become a part of your everyday life. From Fehu to Othala, we will cover each rune meticulously and show you how to bring their wonderful energies into our modern world, where they are needed now more than ever. We will cover the Norse people that brought them to us and the magic and divination that was passed down through the generations. What you will learn is that magic has always been around you, but until now, it has remained just out of reach. You will learn how to choose the runes that suit you best, how to care for them, and of course, how to cast them and embrace their positive energies. So, let me take you to the starting point of your voyage and give you the tools you need to cast off on your journey of enlightenment. The Elder Futhark and the magic of our ancestors is free to take, you just need to open your mind a little. Would you like to know more? Scroll up, hit the 'buy' button, and start this amazing journey! Melissa Smith Sun, 09 Oct 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630848 thebookvoice.com 3:24:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630848]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Runes for Beginners Author: Melissa Smith Narrator: Ellie Moon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Elder Futhark has been around for 2,000 years or more. Many historical cultures have practiced the casting of runes for divination, spells, magic, and rituals to help improve their lives. Throughout this book, I will help you begin your journey of enlightenment and show you the wonders that the runes have to offer. We will cover the rituals that will become the basis of all those that follow, and we will touch on the spells that will become a part of your everyday life. From Fehu to Othala, we will cover each rune meticulously and show you how to bring their wonderful energies into our modern world, where they are needed now more than ever. We will cover the Norse people that brought them to us and the magic and divination that was passed down through the generations. What you will learn is that magic has always been around you, but until now, it has remained just out of reach. You will learn how to choose the runes that suit you best, how to care for them, and of course, how to cast them and embrace their positive energies. So, let me take you to the starting point of your voyage and give you the tools you need to cast off on your journey of enlightenment. The Elder Futhark and the magic of our ancestors is free to take, you just need to open your mind a little. Would you like to know more? Scroll up, hit the 'buy' button, and start this amazing journey! Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630848]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Runes for Beginners Author: Melissa Smith Narrator: Ellie Moon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Elder Futhark has been around for 2,000 years or more. Many historical cultures have practiced the casting of runes for divination, spells, magic, and rituals to help improve their lives. Throughout this book, I will help you begin your journey of enlightenment and show you the wonders that the runes have to offer. We will cover the rituals that will become the basis of all those that follow, and we will touch on the spells that will become a part of your everyday life. From Fehu to Othala, we will cover each rune meticulously and show you how to bring their wonderful energies into our modern world, where they are needed now more than ever. We will cover the Norse people that brought them to us and the magic and divination that was passed down through the generations. What you will learn is that magic has always been around you, but until now, it has remained just out of reach. You will learn how to choose the runes that suit you best, how to care for them, and of course, how to cast them and embrace their positive energies. So, let me take you to the starting point of your voyage and give you the tools you need to cast off on your journey of enlightenment. The Elder Futhark and the magic of our ancestors is free to take, you just need to open your mind a little. Would you like to know more? Scroll up, hit the 'buy' button, and start this amazing journey! https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630842 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630842]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Celtic Mythology Author: Martin Gallaher Narrator: Ross Pipkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 9, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Are you ready to enter the fascinating world of Celtic mythology? Myths help in understanding the cultural heritage of a given society to enable the coming generations to better understand the world and improve their cultural worldviews. Hence, Celtic mythology is all about understanding the cosmos and nature from their own point of view. However, The Celtic mythology is not just about ordinary tales; it is seen as a connection, link and, symbol that exhibits the Celts’ real nature and perception of the world. Celtic mythology is one of the most intriguing European mythologies because of its great benefits, which are based on its high sense of heroism, adventure, heroism, romance, and magical prowess. This is evident when a powerful invader dominated all parts of Europe. The Celtic societies started breaking down into smaller groups after the Roman invasions. That notwithstanding, the Celtic mythology remained indestructible and has survived as well. By the end of the book, you will discover: The History of the Celtic Mythology The Celtic Symbols and Their Signification The Druidic System Deities in the Celtic Mythology Celtic Women Warriors Celtic Mythological Stories Niamh and Oisín The Lir’s Children And much more! Would you like to know more? Scroll up, select the 'buy now' button and start this amazing journey! Martin Gallaher Sun, 09 Oct 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630842 thebookvoice.com 2:54:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630842]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Celtic Mythology Author: Martin Gallaher Narrator: Ross Pipkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 9, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Are you ready to enter the fascinating world of Celtic mythology? Myths help in understanding the cultural heritage of a given society to enable the coming generations to better understand the world and improve their cultural worldviews. Hence, Celtic mythology is all about understanding the cosmos and nature from their own point of view. However, The Celtic mythology is not just about ordinary tales; it is seen as a connection, link and, symbol that exhibits the Celts’ real nature and perception of the world. Celtic mythology is one of the most intriguing European mythologies because of its great benefits, which are based on its high sense of heroism, adventure, heroism, romance, and magical prowess. This is evident when a powerful invader dominated all parts of Europe. The Celtic societies started breaking down into smaller groups after the Roman invasions. That notwithstanding, the Celtic mythology remained indestructible and has survived as well. By the end of the book, you will discover: The History of the Celtic Mythology The Celtic Symbols and Their Signification The Druidic System Deities in the Celtic Mythology Celtic Women Warriors Celtic Mythological Stories Niamh and Oisín The Lir’s Children And much more! Would you like to know more? Scroll up, select the 'buy now' button and start this amazing journey! Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630842]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Celtic Mythology Author: Martin Gallaher Narrator: Ross Pipkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 9, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Are you ready to enter the fascinating world of Celtic mythology? Myths help in understanding the cultural heritage of a given society to enable the coming generations to better understand the world and improve their cultural worldviews. Hence, Celtic mythology is all about understanding the cosmos and nature from their own point of view. However, The Celtic mythology is not just about ordinary tales; it is seen as a connection, link and, symbol that exhibits the Celts’ real nature and perception of the world. Celtic mythology is one of the most intriguing European mythologies because of its great benefits, which are based on its high sense of heroism, adventure, heroism, romance, and magical prowess. This is evident when a powerful invader dominated all parts of Europe. The Celtic societies started breaking down into smaller groups after the Roman invasions. That notwithstanding, the Celtic mythology remained indestructible and has survived as well. By the end of the book, you will discover: The History of the Celtic Mythology The Celtic Symbols and Their Signification The Druidic System Deities in the Celtic Mythology Celtic Women Warriors Celtic Mythological Stories Niamh and Oisín The Lir’s Children And much more! Would you like to know more? Scroll up, select the 'buy now' button and start this amazing journey! https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630839 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630839]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ásatrú for Beginners Author: Melissa Smith Narrator: Kenneth Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 9, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: What is Ásatrú? What is heathenism? Is paganism what mass media portrays it to be? If any of these questions have ever crossed your mind, or if you’re curious about Ásatrú, you’ve come to the right place. You’ll learn all about ancient Norse paganism and its modern revival through Ásatrú. This audiobook covers everything from Norse mythology and the Norse pantheon, as well as rituals and practices. Most importantly, you’ll learn all about the complete freedom Ásatrú offers its practitioners. At its core, Ásatrú focuses on you and your well-being. Ásatrú is freedom. It releases us from obligation and aims to foster an open and welcoming relationship between us and the gods we honor. Ásatrú is not about service or servitude. It is about honoring yourself and those who came before you. Here is just a tiny fraction of what you’ll discover: The History and Mythology of Ásatrú Key Characteristics of Paganism and Heathenry The Ins and Outs of Heathenry The General Structure of Ásatrú What Does It Mean to Be a Modern-Day Heathen? The Heathen Perspective vs Common Perspectives The Virtues of Ásatrú The Importance of Rituals in Ásatrú And much more! Would you like to know more? Buy this audiobook now and start this amazing journey Melissa Smith Sun, 09 Oct 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630839 thebookvoice.com 2:41:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630839]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ásatrú for Beginners Author: Melissa Smith Narrator: Kenneth Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 9, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: What is Ásatrú? What is heathenism? Is paganism what mass media portrays it to be? If any of these questions have ever crossed your mind, or if you’re curious about Ásatrú, you’ve come to the right place. You’ll learn all about ancient Norse paganism and its modern revival through Ásatrú. This audiobook covers everything from Norse mythology and the Norse pantheon, as well as rituals and practices. Most importantly, you’ll learn all about the complete freedom Ásatrú offers its practitioners. At its core, Ásatrú focuses on you and your well-being. Ásatrú is freedom. It releases us from obligation and aims to foster an open and welcoming relationship between us and the gods we honor. Ásatrú is not about service or servitude. It is about honoring yourself and those who came before you. Here is just a tiny fraction of what you’ll discover: The History and Mythology of Ásatrú Key Characteristics of Paganism and Heathenry The Ins and Outs of Heathenry The General Structure of Ásatrú What Does It Mean to Be a Modern-Day Heathen? The Heathen Perspective vs Common Perspectives The Virtues of Ásatrú The Importance of Rituals in Ásatrú And much more! Would you like to know more? Buy this audiobook now and start this amazing journey Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630839]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ásatrú for Beginners Author: Melissa Smith Narrator: Kenneth Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 9, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: What is Ásatrú? What is heathenism? Is paganism what mass media portrays it to be? If any of these questions have ever crossed your mind, or if you’re curious about Ásatrú, you’ve come to the right place. You’ll learn all about ancient Norse paganism and its modern revival through Ásatrú. This audiobook covers everything from Norse mythology and the Norse pantheon, as well as rituals and practices. Most importantly, you’ll learn all about the complete freedom Ásatrú offers its practitioners. At its core, Ásatrú focuses on you and your well-being. Ásatrú is freedom. It releases us from obligation and aims to foster an open and welcoming relationship between us and the gods we honor. Ásatrú is not about service or servitude. It is about honoring yourself and those who came before you. Here is just a tiny fraction of what you’ll discover: The History and Mythology of Ásatrú Key Characteristics of Paganism and Heathenry The Ins and Outs of Heathenry The General Structure of Ásatrú What Does It Mean to Be a Modern-Day Heathen? The Heathen Perspective vs Common Perspectives The Virtues of Ásatrú The Importance of Rituals in Ásatrú And much more! Would you like to know more? Buy this audiobook now and start this amazing journey https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630750 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630750]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tomorrow Perhaps the Future: Following Writers and Rebels in the Spanish Civil War Author: Sarah Watling Narrator: Sarah Watling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 9, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In our age of political divisions, this portrait of the women outsiders who took part in the Spanish Civil War asks questions of solidarity and resistance. In the 1930s, women and men from across the world made their way to Spain to be part of what they saw as a historic fight for freedom from fascism. Tomorrow Perhaps the Future follows extraordinary outsiders who were determined to live out their lives with courage and conviction. Sarah Watling weaves together the experiences of a host of writers and activists, including Nancy Cunard, Martha Gellhorn, Jessica Mitford and Virginia Woolf, and searches out the stories of the photographer Gerda Taro and the Harlem nurse Salaria Kea. Throughout, she explores solidarity, art and resistance, finding answers that are as vital today as they were almost a century ago. 'Glorious... so beautifully rendered, so powerful' ANNA FUNDER, author of Wifedom ‘A fascinating study’ OBSERVER ‘Engrossing and impressive’ NEW STATESMAN * A NEW YORKER BOOK OF THE YEAR * ©2023 Sarah Watling (P)2023 Penguin Audio Sarah Watling Thu, 09 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630750 thebookvoice.com 11:30:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630750]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tomorrow Perhaps the Future: Following Writers and Rebels in the Spanish Civil War Author: Sarah Watling Narrator: Sarah Watling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 9, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In our age of political divisions, this portrait of the women outsiders who took part in the Spanish Civil War asks questions of solidarity and resistance. In the 1930s, women and men from across the world made their way to Spain to be part of what they saw as a historic fight for freedom from fascism. Tomorrow Perhaps the Future follows extraordinary outsiders who were determined to live out their lives with courage and conviction. Sarah Watling weaves together the experiences of a host of writers and activists, including Nancy Cunard, Martha Gellhorn, Jessica Mitford and Virginia Woolf, and searches out the stories of the photographer Gerda Taro and the Harlem nurse Salaria Kea. Throughout, she explores solidarity, art and resistance, finding answers that are as vital today as they were almost a century ago. 'Glorious... so beautifully rendered, so powerful' ANNA FUNDER, author of Wifedom ‘A fascinating study’ OBSERVER ‘Engrossing and impressive’ NEW STATESMAN * A NEW YORKER BOOK OF THE YEAR * ©2023 Sarah Watling (P)2023 Penguin Audio Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630750]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tomorrow Perhaps the Future: Following Writers and Rebels in the Spanish Civil War Author: Sarah Watling Narrator: Sarah Watling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 9, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In our age of political divisions, this portrait of the women outsiders who took part in the Spanish Civil War asks questions of solidarity and resistance. In the 1930s, women and men from across the world made their way to Spain to be part of what they saw as a historic fight for freedom from fascism. Tomorrow Perhaps the Future follows extraordinary outsiders who were determined to live out their lives with courage and conviction. Sarah Watling weaves together the experiences of a host of writers and activists, including Nancy Cunard, Martha Gellhorn, Jessica Mitford and Virginia Woolf, and searches out the stories of the photographer Gerda Taro and the Harlem nurse Salaria Kea. Throughout, she explores solidarity, art and resistance, finding answers that are as vital today as they were almost a century ago. 'Glorious... so beautifully rendered, so powerful' ANNA FUNDER, author of Wifedom ‘A fascinating study’ OBSERVER ‘Engrossing and impressive’ NEW STATESMAN * A NEW YORKER BOOK OF THE YEAR * ©2023 Sarah Watling (P)2023 Penguin Audio https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630470 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630470]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Freie Spitzen - Politische Witze und Erinnerungen aus den Jahren des Ostblocks (Gekürzt) Author: Bernd-Lutz Lange Narrator: Bernd-Lutz Lange Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 18 minutes Release date: September 20, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Ein Streifzug durch die vielfältige Landschaft des politischen Witzes im gesamten Ostblock vom Kriegsende bis zum Mauerfall Bernd-Lutz Lange verwebt in seinen Texten die politischen Witze dieser Jahre mit der Beschreibung der herrschenden Zustände in jenen Ländern, mit anekdotischen Streiflichtern und seinen persönlichen Reiseerlebnissen. 'Jeder Witz ist eine winzige Revolution.' George Orwell Bernd-Lutz Lange Tue, 20 Sep 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630470 thebookvoice.com 1:18:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630470]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Freie Spitzen - Politische Witze und Erinnerungen aus den Jahren des Ostblocks (Gekürzt) Author: Bernd-Lutz Lange Narrator: Bernd-Lutz Lange Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 18 minutes Release date: September 20, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Ein Streifzug durch die vielfältige Landschaft des politischen Witzes im gesamten Ostblock vom Kriegsende bis zum Mauerfall Bernd-Lutz Lange verwebt in seinen Texten die politischen Witze dieser Jahre mit der Beschreibung der herrschenden Zustände in jenen Ländern, mit anekdotischen Streiflichtern und seinen persönlichen Reiseerlebnissen. 'Jeder Witz ist eine winzige Revolution.' George Orwell Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630470]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Freie Spitzen - Politische Witze und Erinnerungen aus den Jahren des Ostblocks (Gekürzt) Author: Bernd-Lutz Lange Narrator: Bernd-Lutz Lange Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 18 minutes Release date: September 20, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Ein Streifzug durch die vielfältige Landschaft des politischen Witzes im gesamten Ostblock vom Kriegsende bis zum Mauerfall Bernd-Lutz Lange verwebt in seinen Texten die politischen Witze dieser Jahre mit der Beschreibung der herrschenden Zustände in jenen Ländern, mit anekdotischen Streiflichtern und seinen persönlichen Reiseerlebnissen. 'Jeder Witz ist eine winzige Revolution.' George Orwell https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630424 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630424]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - GuíaBurros: El Republicanismo en España: Desde sus albores al Frente Popular Author: Eduardo Montagut Narrator: María José Bosch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 5, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: La Primera República, 1873-1874, que acabó con el pronunciamiento de Martínez Campos y la restauración borbónica, y la Segunda  República, de abril de 1931 hasta el inicio de la dictadura franquista, son dos épocas históricas vinculadas entre sí que guardan muchas de las claves para entender e interpretar nuestro presente ya que fundamentos ideológicos de la política actual tienen muchas de sus raíces en aquellos sucesos que marcaron definitivamente unos profundos cambios sociales. El autor, con su característico estilo claro, didáctico y riguroso, nos muestra las causas y origen de todos aquellos acontecimientos convulsos que trastocaron definitivamente la historia de España. Eduardo Montagut Wed, 05 Oct 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630424 thebookvoice.com 3:45:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630424]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - GuíaBurros: El Republicanismo en España: Desde sus albores al Frente Popular Author: Eduardo Montagut Narrator: María José Bosch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 5, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: La Primera República, 1873-1874, que acabó con el pronunciamiento de Martínez Campos y la restauración borbónica, y la Segunda  República, de abril de 1931 hasta el inicio de la dictadura franquista, son dos épocas históricas vinculadas entre sí que guardan muchas de las claves para entender e interpretar nuestro presente ya que fundamentos ideológicos de la política actual tienen muchas de sus raíces en aquellos sucesos que marcaron definitivamente unos profundos cambios sociales. El autor, con su característico estilo claro, didáctico y riguroso, nos muestra las causas y origen de todos aquellos acontecimientos convulsos que trastocaron definitivamente la historia de España. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630424]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - GuíaBurros: El Republicanismo en España: Desde sus albores al Frente Popular Author: Eduardo Montagut Narrator: María José Bosch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 5, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: La Primera República, 1873-1874, que acabó con el pronunciamiento de Martínez Campos y la restauración borbónica, y la Segunda  República, de abril de 1931 hasta el inicio de la dictadura franquista, son dos épocas históricas vinculadas entre sí que guardan muchas de las claves para entender e interpretar nuestro presente ya que fundamentos ideológicos de la política actual tienen muchas de sus raíces en aquellos sucesos que marcaron definitivamente unos profundos cambios sociales. El autor, con su característico estilo claro, didáctico y riguroso, nos muestra las causas y origen de todos aquellos acontecimientos convulsos que trastocaron definitivamente la historia de España. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630076 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630076]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Windrush: 75 Years of Modern Britain Author: Trevor Phillips, Mike Phillips Narrator: Howard Saddler, Cathy Tyson, Debra Michaels, Joel Trill, Ben Onwukwe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 58 minutes Release date: July 13, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The oral history of Britain’s first West Indian immigrants and their descendants In 1948 the former troop ship Windrush made the 30-day journey across the Atlantic from Jamaica. The arrival of its 500 passengers, the first generation of Caribbean migrants in the UK, was the initial step in the formation of a new identity: the black Briton. Fifty years later, Mike and Trevor Phillips spoke to those on the Windrush itself, as well as those who followed, to tell the story of Britain in the second half of the twentieth century through the eyes of the outsiders who became insiders. Now updated to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the ship’s voyage and including reflections on its political and cultural legacy in 2023, Windrush is an essential record of this transformative era in British social history. Trevor Phillips, Mike Phillips Thu, 13 Jul 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630076 thebookvoice.com 20:58:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630076]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Windrush: 75 Years of Modern Britain Author: Trevor Phillips, Mike Phillips Narrator: Howard Saddler, Cathy Tyson, Debra Michaels, Joel Trill, Ben Onwukwe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 58 minutes Release date: July 13, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The oral history of Britain’s first West Indian immigrants and their descendants In 1948 the former troop ship Windrush made the 30-day journey across the Atlantic from Jamaica. The arrival of its 500 passengers, the first generation of Caribbean migrants in the UK, was the initial step in the formation of a new identity: the black Briton. Fifty years later, Mike and Trevor Phillips spoke to those on the Windrush itself, as well as those who followed, to tell the story of Britain in the second half of the twentieth century through the eyes of the outsiders who became insiders. Now updated to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the ship’s voyage and including reflections on its political and cultural legacy in 2023, Windrush is an essential record of this transformative era in British social history. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630076]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Windrush: 75 Years of Modern Britain Author: Trevor Phillips, Mike Phillips Narrator: Howard Saddler, Cathy Tyson, Debra Michaels, Joel Trill, Ben Onwukwe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 58 minutes Release date: July 13, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The oral history of Britain’s first West Indian immigrants and their descendants In 1948 the former troop ship Windrush made the 30-day journey across the Atlantic from Jamaica. The arrival of its 500 passengers, the first generation of Caribbean migrants in the UK, was the initial step in the formation of a new identity: the black Briton. Fifty years later, Mike and Trevor Phillips spoke to those on the Windrush itself, as well as those who followed, to tell the story of Britain in the second half of the twentieth century through the eyes of the outsiders who became insiders. Now updated to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the ship’s voyage and including reflections on its political and cultural legacy in 2023, Windrush is an essential record of this transformative era in British social history. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629897 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629897]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Muslim und die Jüdin. Die Geschichte einer Rettung in Berlin: Volltextlesung von Axel Grube Author: Ronen Steinke Narrator: Axel Grube Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 49 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Eine Geschichte, die Mut macht in Zeiten des Hasses Als jüdischer Teenager überlebte Anna Boros den Holocaust mitten in Hitlers Hauptstadt – dank eines tapferen Arabers. Er hieß Mohammed Helmy, balancierte ständig auf einem schmalen Grat zwischen Anpassung und Subversion, und er vollbrachte ein wahres Husarenstück, um die Gestapo auszutricksen. Als einziger Araber überhaupt ist er dafür in Yad Vashem geehrt worden. Ronen Steinke erzählt diese atemberaubende Geschichte – und wirft damit ein Licht auf eine fast vergessene Welt: das alte arabische Berlin der Weimarer Zeit, das gebildet, fortschrittlich und in weiten Teilen alles andere als judenfeindlich war. Ronen Steinke Fri, 30 Sep 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629897 thebookvoice.com 4:49:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629897]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Muslim und die Jüdin. Die Geschichte einer Rettung in Berlin: Volltextlesung von Axel Grube Author: Ronen Steinke Narrator: Axel Grube Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 49 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Eine Geschichte, die Mut macht in Zeiten des Hasses Als jüdischer Teenager überlebte Anna Boros den Holocaust mitten in Hitlers Hauptstadt – dank eines tapferen Arabers. Er hieß Mohammed Helmy, balancierte ständig auf einem schmalen Grat zwischen Anpassung und Subversion, und er vollbrachte ein wahres Husarenstück, um die Gestapo auszutricksen. Als einziger Araber überhaupt ist er dafür in Yad Vashem geehrt worden. Ronen Steinke erzählt diese atemberaubende Geschichte – und wirft damit ein Licht auf eine fast vergessene Welt: das alte arabische Berlin der Weimarer Zeit, das gebildet, fortschrittlich und in weiten Teilen alles andere als judenfeindlich war. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629897]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Muslim und die Jüdin. Die Geschichte einer Rettung in Berlin: Volltextlesung von Axel Grube Author: Ronen Steinke Narrator: Axel Grube Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 49 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Eine Geschichte, die Mut macht in Zeiten des Hasses Als jüdischer Teenager überlebte Anna Boros den Holocaust mitten in Hitlers Hauptstadt – dank eines tapferen Arabers. Er hieß Mohammed Helmy, balancierte ständig auf einem schmalen Grat zwischen Anpassung und Subversion, und er vollbrachte ein wahres Husarenstück, um die Gestapo auszutricksen. Als einziger Araber überhaupt ist er dafür in Yad Vashem geehrt worden. Ronen Steinke erzählt diese atemberaubende Geschichte – und wirft damit ein Licht auf eine fast vergessene Welt: das alte arabische Berlin der Weimarer Zeit, das gebildet, fortschrittlich und in weiten Teilen alles andere als judenfeindlich war. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629783 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629783]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Age Returned Author: Henry Madathanas, Arthur Edward Waite, Robert D. Jones Narrator: Robert D. Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 1, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Golden Age Restored is a stunning piece of alchemical work that is vivid in its descriptions and a Jungian utopia for dream analysis and analogy of the individuation process. Originally written in 1622 by a German physician and alchemist under the pseudonym Henry Madathanas, The Golden Age Restored was published publically in the Musaeum Hermeticum (1625) and later translated into English by Arthur Edward Waite in his work The Hermetic Museum, Vol. I (1893). Waite's version of the text has been diligently edited by Jones so that it can be easily digested by modern readers. Jones has also included a foreword introducing the text and diligently footnoted the work to give meaning and context to the original writing. Henry Madathanas, Arthur Edward Waite, Robert D. Jones Sat, 01 Oct 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629783 thebookvoice.com 0:41:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629783]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Age Returned Author: Henry Madathanas, Arthur Edward Waite, Robert D. Jones Narrator: Robert D. Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 1, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Golden Age Restored is a stunning piece of alchemical work that is vivid in its descriptions and a Jungian utopia for dream analysis and analogy of the individuation process. Originally written in 1622 by a German physician and alchemist under the pseudonym Henry Madathanas, The Golden Age Restored was published publically in the Musaeum Hermeticum (1625) and later translated into English by Arthur Edward Waite in his work The Hermetic Museum, Vol. I (1893). Waite's version of the text has been diligently edited by Jones so that it can be easily digested by modern readers. Jones has also included a foreword introducing the text and diligently footnoted the work to give meaning and context to the original writing. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629783]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Age Returned Author: Henry Madathanas, Arthur Edward Waite, Robert D. Jones Narrator: Robert D. Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 1, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Golden Age Restored is a stunning piece of alchemical work that is vivid in its descriptions and a Jungian utopia for dream analysis and analogy of the individuation process. Originally written in 1622 by a German physician and alchemist under the pseudonym Henry Madathanas, The Golden Age Restored was published publically in the Musaeum Hermeticum (1625) and later translated into English by Arthur Edward Waite in his work The Hermetic Museum, Vol. I (1893). Waite's version of the text has been diligently edited by Jones so that it can be easily digested by modern readers. Jones has also included a foreword introducing the text and diligently footnoted the work to give meaning and context to the original writing. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629549 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629549]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Anglo-Saxons at War: 800-1066 Author: Paul Hill Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In this compelling new study, Paull Hill reveals what documentary records and the growing body of archaeological evidence can tell us about war and combat in the age of the great Anglo-Saxon kings. The violent centuries before the Norman Conquest come to life in this detailed account of how and why the Anglo-Saxons fought, how their warriors were armed and trained, how their armies were organized, and much more. The role of combat in Anglo-Saxon society is explored, from the parts played by the king and the noblemen to the means by which the men of the fyrd were summoned to fight in times of danger. Land and naval warfare are both explored in depth. Hill also covers the politics and diplomacy of warfare, the conduct of negotiations, the taking of hostages, the use of treachery, and the controversial subject of the use of cavalry. The weapons and armor of the Anglo-Saxons are described, including the spears, scramsaxes, axes, bows, swords, helmets, shields, and mail that were employed in the close-quarter fighting of the day. Drawing on this wealth of information, Hill presents a vivid recreation of the actual experience of fighting in the campaigns against the Danes; the battles of Ashdown, Maldon and Stamford Bridge; and the sieges at Reading and Rochester. Paul Hill Tue, 13 Dec 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629549 thebookvoice.com 9:8:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629549]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Anglo-Saxons at War: 800-1066 Author: Paul Hill Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In this compelling new study, Paull Hill reveals what documentary records and the growing body of archaeological evidence can tell us about war and combat in the age of the great Anglo-Saxon kings. The violent centuries before the Norman Conquest come to life in this detailed account of how and why the Anglo-Saxons fought, how their warriors were armed and trained, how their armies were organized, and much more. The role of combat in Anglo-Saxon society is explored, from the parts played by the king and the noblemen to the means by which the men of the fyrd were summoned to fight in times of danger. Land and naval warfare are both explored in depth. Hill also covers the politics and diplomacy of warfare, the conduct of negotiations, the taking of hostages, the use of treachery, and the controversial subject of the use of cavalry. The weapons and armor of the Anglo-Saxons are described, including the spears, scramsaxes, axes, bows, swords, helmets, shields, and mail that were employed in the close-quarter fighting of the day. Drawing on this wealth of information, Hill presents a vivid recreation of the actual experience of fighting in the campaigns against the Danes; the battles of Ashdown, Maldon and Stamford Bridge; and the sieges at Reading and Rochester. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629549]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Anglo-Saxons at War: 800-1066 Author: Paul Hill Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In this compelling new study, Paull Hill reveals what documentary records and the growing body of archaeological evidence can tell us about war and combat in the age of the great Anglo-Saxon kings. The violent centuries before the Norman Conquest come to life in this detailed account of how and why the Anglo-Saxons fought, how their warriors were armed and trained, how their armies were organized, and much more. The role of combat in Anglo-Saxon society is explored, from the parts played by the king and the noblemen to the means by which the men of the fyrd were summoned to fight in times of danger. Land and naval warfare are both explored in depth. Hill also covers the politics and diplomacy of warfare, the conduct of negotiations, the taking of hostages, the use of treachery, and the controversial subject of the use of cavalry. The weapons and armor of the Anglo-Saxons are described, including the spears, scramsaxes, axes, bows, swords, helmets, shields, and mail that were employed in the close-quarter fighting of the day. Drawing on this wealth of information, Hill presents a vivid recreation of the actual experience of fighting in the campaigns against the Danes; the battles of Ashdown, Maldon and Stamford Bridge; and the sieges at Reading and Rochester. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628740 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628740]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Siege: Malta 1565 Author: Ernle Bradford Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 12, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Suleiman the Magnificent, sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the most powerful ruler in the world, was determined to conquer Europe. Only one thing stood in his way: a dot of an island in the Mediterranean called Malta, which was occupied by the Knights of Saint John, the cream of the warriors of the Holy Roman Empire. A clash of civilizations was shaping up, the likes of which had not been seen since Persia invaded Greece. Determined to capture Malta and use its port to launch operations against Europe, Suleiman sent an armada and an overwhelming army. A few thousand defenders in Fort Saint Elmo fought to the last man, enduring cruel hardships. When the Turks captured the fort, they took no prisoners and mutilated the defenders' bodies. Grand Master La Vallette of the Knights reciprocated by decapitating his Turkish prisoners and using their heads to cannonade the enemy. Then the battle for Malta began in earnest: no quarter asked, none given. The Great Siege is not merely a gripping tale of brutality, courage, and tenacity but the saga of two mighty civilizations struggling for domination of the known world. Ernle Bradford Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628740 thebookvoice.com 7:10:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628740]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Siege: Malta 1565 Author: Ernle Bradford Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 12, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Suleiman the Magnificent, sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the most powerful ruler in the world, was determined to conquer Europe. Only one thing stood in his way: a dot of an island in the Mediterranean called Malta, which was occupied by the Knights of Saint John, the cream of the warriors of the Holy Roman Empire. A clash of civilizations was shaping up, the likes of which had not been seen since Persia invaded Greece. Determined to capture Malta and use its port to launch operations against Europe, Suleiman sent an armada and an overwhelming army. A few thousand defenders in Fort Saint Elmo fought to the last man, enduring cruel hardships. When the Turks captured the fort, they took no prisoners and mutilated the defenders' bodies. Grand Master La Vallette of the Knights reciprocated by decapitating his Turkish prisoners and using their heads to cannonade the enemy. Then the battle for Malta began in earnest: no quarter asked, none given. The Great Siege is not merely a gripping tale of brutality, courage, and tenacity but the saga of two mighty civilizations struggling for domination of the known world. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628740]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Siege: Malta 1565 Author: Ernle Bradford Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 12, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Suleiman the Magnificent, sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the most powerful ruler in the world, was determined to conquer Europe. Only one thing stood in his way: a dot of an island in the Mediterranean called Malta, which was occupied by the Knights of Saint John, the cream of the warriors of the Holy Roman Empire. A clash of civilizations was shaping up, the likes of which had not been seen since Persia invaded Greece. Determined to capture Malta and use its port to launch operations against Europe, Suleiman sent an armada and an overwhelming army. A few thousand defenders in Fort Saint Elmo fought to the last man, enduring cruel hardships. When the Turks captured the fort, they took no prisoners and mutilated the defenders' bodies. Grand Master La Vallette of the Knights reciprocated by decapitating his Turkish prisoners and using their heads to cannonade the enemy. Then the battle for Malta began in earnest: no quarter asked, none given. The Great Siege is not merely a gripping tale of brutality, courage, and tenacity but the saga of two mighty civilizations struggling for domination of the known world. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628623 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628623]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lisbon: War in the Shadows of the City of Light, 1939–1945 Author: Neill Lochery Narrator: Robin Sachs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Throughout the Second World War, Lisbon was at the very center of the world’s attention and was the only European city in which both the Allies and the Axis powers openly operated. Portugal was frantically trying to hold on to its self-proclaimed wartime neutrality but in reality was increasingly caught in the middle of the economic, and naval, wars between the Allies and the Nazis. The story is not, however, a conventional tale of World War II in that barely a shot was fired or a bomb dropped. Instead, it is a gripping tale of intrigue, betrayal, opportunism, and double-dealing, all of which took place in the Cidade da Luz and along its idyllic Atlantic coastline. It is the story of how a relatively poor European country not only survived the war physically intact but came out of it in 1945 much wealthier than it had been when war broke out in 1939. Portugal’s emergence as a prosperous European Union nation would be financed in part, it turns out, by a cache of Nazi gold. During the war, Lisbon was a temporary home to much of Europe’s exiled royalty, over one million refugees seeking passage to the US, and to a host of spies, secret police, captains of industry, bankers, prominent Jews, writers and artists, escaped POWs, and black marketeers. An operations officer writing in 1944 described the daily scene at Lisbon’s airport as being like the movie Casablanca—times twenty. In this riveting narrative, renowned historian Neill Lochery draws on his relationships with high-level Portuguese contacts, records recently uncovered from Portuguese secret police and banking archives, and other unpublished documents to offer a revelatory portrait of the war’s backstage. Neill Lochery Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628623 thebookvoice.com 8:30:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628623]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lisbon: War in the Shadows of the City of Light, 1939–1945 Author: Neill Lochery Narrator: Robin Sachs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Throughout the Second World War, Lisbon was at the very center of the world’s attention and was the only European city in which both the Allies and the Axis powers openly operated. Portugal was frantically trying to hold on to its self-proclaimed wartime neutrality but in reality was increasingly caught in the middle of the economic, and naval, wars between the Allies and the Nazis. The story is not, however, a conventional tale of World War II in that barely a shot was fired or a bomb dropped. Instead, it is a gripping tale of intrigue, betrayal, opportunism, and double-dealing, all of which took place in the Cidade da Luz and along its idyllic Atlantic coastline. It is the story of how a relatively poor European country not only survived the war physically intact but came out of it in 1945 much wealthier than it had been when war broke out in 1939. Portugal’s emergence as a prosperous European Union nation would be financed in part, it turns out, by a cache of Nazi gold. During the war, Lisbon was a temporary home to much of Europe’s exiled royalty, over one million refugees seeking passage to the US, and to a host of spies, secret police, captains of industry, bankers, prominent Jews, writers and artists, escaped POWs, and black marketeers. An operations officer writing in 1944 described the daily scene at Lisbon’s airport as being like the movie Casablanca—times twenty. In this riveting narrative, renowned historian Neill Lochery draws on his relationships with high-level Portuguese contacts, records recently uncovered from Portuguese secret police and banking archives, and other unpublished documents to offer a revelatory portrait of the war’s backstage. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628623]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lisbon: War in the Shadows of the City of Light, 1939–1945 Author: Neill Lochery Narrator: Robin Sachs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Throughout the Second World War, Lisbon was at the very center of the world’s attention and was the only European city in which both the Allies and the Axis powers openly operated. Portugal was frantically trying to hold on to its self-proclaimed wartime neutrality but in reality was increasingly caught in the middle of the economic, and naval, wars between the Allies and the Nazis. The story is not, however, a conventional tale of World War II in that barely a shot was fired or a bomb dropped. Instead, it is a gripping tale of intrigue, betrayal, opportunism, and double-dealing, all of which took place in the Cidade da Luz and along its idyllic Atlantic coastline. It is the story of how a relatively poor European country not only survived the war physically intact but came out of it in 1945 much wealthier than it had been when war broke out in 1939. Portugal’s emergence as a prosperous European Union nation would be financed in part, it turns out, by a cache of Nazi gold. During the war, Lisbon was a temporary home to much of Europe’s exiled royalty, over one million refugees seeking passage to the US, and to a host of spies, secret police, captains of industry, bankers, prominent Jews, writers and artists, escaped POWs, and black marketeers. An operations officer writing in 1944 described the daily scene at Lisbon’s airport as being like the movie Casablanca—times twenty. In this riveting narrative, renowned historian Neill Lochery draws on his relationships with high-level Portuguese contacts, records recently uncovered from Portuguese secret police and banking archives, and other unpublished documents to offer a revelatory portrait of the war’s backstage. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628384 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628384]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Time of War: Hitler’s Terrorist Attack on America Author: Pierce O’donnell Narrator: Raymond Todd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 22 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: It’s a true story that reads like gripping fiction: in 1942, eight German terrorists landed by submarine on American shores on a sabotage mission devised by Hitler. When one of them, a hapless US citizen, betrayed the mission to the FBI, Roosevelt appointed a special military tribunal to authorize the death penalty omitting proper legal procedure. Army Colonel Kenneth Royall, a respected lawyer charged with defending the saboteurs, courageously fought the lost cause for the saboteurs’ Constitutional rights. More than sixty years later, George W. Bush, in the wake of 9/11, cited Roosevelt’s act as a precedent for indefinitely imprisoning US citizens and suspected “enemy combatants” without charge. O'Donnell illustrates the parallels between then and now, offering a cautionary tale of the danger of unchecked executive power in a time of crisis. Pierce O’donnell Sun, 01 Jan 2006 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628384 thebookvoice.com 14:22:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628384]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Time of War: Hitler’s Terrorist Attack on America Author: Pierce O’donnell Narrator: Raymond Todd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 22 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: It’s a true story that reads like gripping fiction: in 1942, eight German terrorists landed by submarine on American shores on a sabotage mission devised by Hitler. When one of them, a hapless US citizen, betrayed the mission to the FBI, Roosevelt appointed a special military tribunal to authorize the death penalty omitting proper legal procedure. Army Colonel Kenneth Royall, a respected lawyer charged with defending the saboteurs, courageously fought the lost cause for the saboteurs’ Constitutional rights. More than sixty years later, George W. Bush, in the wake of 9/11, cited Roosevelt’s act as a precedent for indefinitely imprisoning US citizens and suspected “enemy combatants” without charge. O'Donnell illustrates the parallels between then and now, offering a cautionary tale of the danger of unchecked executive power in a time of crisis. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628384]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Time of War: Hitler’s Terrorist Attack on America Author: Pierce O’donnell Narrator: Raymond Todd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 22 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: It’s a true story that reads like gripping fiction: in 1942, eight German terrorists landed by submarine on American shores on a sabotage mission devised by Hitler. When one of them, a hapless US citizen, betrayed the mission to the FBI, Roosevelt appointed a special military tribunal to authorize the death penalty omitting proper legal procedure. Army Colonel Kenneth Royall, a respected lawyer charged with defending the saboteurs, courageously fought the lost cause for the saboteurs’ Constitutional rights. More than sixty years later, George W. Bush, in the wake of 9/11, cited Roosevelt’s act as a precedent for indefinitely imprisoning US citizens and suspected “enemy combatants” without charge. O'Donnell illustrates the parallels between then and now, offering a cautionary tale of the danger of unchecked executive power in a time of crisis. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628223 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628223]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nazi Terror: The Gestapo, Jews, and Ordinary Germans Author: Eric A. Johnson Narrator: Edward Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Who were the Gestapo officers? Were they merely banal paper shufflers, or were they recognizably evil? Were they motivated by an eliminationist anti-Semitism? Did the average German know about the mass murder of Jews and other undesirables while they were happening? Exactly how was Nazi terror applied in the daily lives of ordinary Jews and Germans? Eric A. Johnson answers these questions as he explores the roles of the individual and of society in making terror work. Based on years of research in Gestapo archives as well as extensive interviews with perpetrators and victims, Nazi Terror settles many nagging questions about who was responsible for what, who knew what, and when they knew it. It is the most fine-grained portrait we may ever have of the mechanism of terror in a dictatorship. Destined to become the classic study of terror in the Nazi dictatorship, and the benchmark for the next generation of Nazi and Holocaust scholarship, Nazi Terror tackles the central aspect of the Nazi dictatorship head on by focusing on the roles of the individual and of society in making terror work. Eric A. Johnson Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628223 thebookvoice.com 17:50:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628223]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nazi Terror: The Gestapo, Jews, and Ordinary Germans Author: Eric A. Johnson Narrator: Edward Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Who were the Gestapo officers? Were they merely banal paper shufflers, or were they recognizably evil? Were they motivated by an eliminationist anti-Semitism? Did the average German know about the mass murder of Jews and other undesirables while they were happening? Exactly how was Nazi terror applied in the daily lives of ordinary Jews and Germans? Eric A. Johnson answers these questions as he explores the roles of the individual and of society in making terror work. Based on years of research in Gestapo archives as well as extensive interviews with perpetrators and victims, Nazi Terror settles many nagging questions about who was responsible for what, who knew what, and when they knew it. It is the most fine-grained portrait we may ever have of the mechanism of terror in a dictatorship. Destined to become the classic study of terror in the Nazi dictatorship, and the benchmark for the next generation of Nazi and Holocaust scholarship, Nazi Terror tackles the central aspect of the Nazi dictatorship head on by focusing on the roles of the individual and of society in making terror work. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628223]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nazi Terror: The Gestapo, Jews, and Ordinary Germans Author: Eric A. Johnson Narrator: Edward Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Who were the Gestapo officers? Were they merely banal paper shufflers, or were they recognizably evil? Were they motivated by an eliminationist anti-Semitism? Did the average German know about the mass murder of Jews and other undesirables while they were happening? Exactly how was Nazi terror applied in the daily lives of ordinary Jews and Germans? Eric A. Johnson answers these questions as he explores the roles of the individual and of society in making terror work. Based on years of research in Gestapo archives as well as extensive interviews with perpetrators and victims, Nazi Terror settles many nagging questions about who was responsible for what, who knew what, and when they knew it. It is the most fine-grained portrait we may ever have of the mechanism of terror in a dictatorship. Destined to become the classic study of terror in the Nazi dictatorship, and the benchmark for the next generation of Nazi and Holocaust scholarship, Nazi Terror tackles the central aspect of the Nazi dictatorship head on by focusing on the roles of the individual and of society in making terror work. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628204 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628204]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Days in London: May 1940 Author: John Lukacs Narrator: Ralph Cosham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 26 minutes Release date: June 22, 2005 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In the days between May 24 and 28, 1940, the British War Cabinet held a historic debate over whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue the war. In this magisterial book, John Lukacs demonstrates the decisive importance of these five days. Lukacs takes us hour by hour into the critical unfolding of events at 10 Downing Street, where Churchill, who had only been prime minister a fortnight, painfully considered his war responsibilities. We see how the military disasters taking place on the Continent, particularly the plight of the nearly 400,000 British soldiers bottled up in Dunkirk, affected Churchill's fragile political situation and how the citizenry, though only partly informed about the dangers that faced them, nevertheless began to support Churchill's determination to stand fast. John Lukacs Wed, 22 Jun 2005 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628204 thebookvoice.com 6:26:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628204]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Days in London: May 1940 Author: John Lukacs Narrator: Ralph Cosham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 26 minutes Release date: June 22, 2005 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In the days between May 24 and 28, 1940, the British War Cabinet held a historic debate over whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue the war. In this magisterial book, John Lukacs demonstrates the decisive importance of these five days. Lukacs takes us hour by hour into the critical unfolding of events at 10 Downing Street, where Churchill, who had only been prime minister a fortnight, painfully considered his war responsibilities. We see how the military disasters taking place on the Continent, particularly the plight of the nearly 400,000 British soldiers bottled up in Dunkirk, affected Churchill's fragile political situation and how the citizenry, though only partly informed about the dangers that faced them, nevertheless began to support Churchill's determination to stand fast. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628204]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Days in London: May 1940 Author: John Lukacs Narrator: Ralph Cosham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 26 minutes Release date: June 22, 2005 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In the days between May 24 and 28, 1940, the British War Cabinet held a historic debate over whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue the war. In this magisterial book, John Lukacs demonstrates the decisive importance of these five days. Lukacs takes us hour by hour into the critical unfolding of events at 10 Downing Street, where Churchill, who had only been prime minister a fortnight, painfully considered his war responsibilities. We see how the military disasters taking place on the Continent, particularly the plight of the nearly 400,000 British soldiers bottled up in Dunkirk, affected Churchill's fragile political situation and how the citizenry, though only partly informed about the dangers that faced them, nevertheless began to support Churchill's determination to stand fast. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628095 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628095]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ireland: A Concise History from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day Author: Paul Johnson Narrator: Wanda Mccaddon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 23, 2011 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Ireland is inarguably a beautiful, enchanted place. But its history is more turbulent, fascinating, and terrible than any other. From the first English presence in Ireland in the twelfth century, through siege, rebellion, and civil war, to Irish ascendancy, home rule, and the present-day Troubles, bestselling author Paul Johnson tells, with remarkable clarity and concision, the compelling story of this most remarkable island. Paul Johnson Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628095 thebookvoice.com 8:5:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628095]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ireland: A Concise History from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day Author: Paul Johnson Narrator: Wanda Mccaddon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 23, 2011 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Ireland is inarguably a beautiful, enchanted place. But its history is more turbulent, fascinating, and terrible than any other. From the first English presence in Ireland in the twelfth century, through siege, rebellion, and civil war, to Irish ascendancy, home rule, and the present-day Troubles, bestselling author Paul Johnson tells, with remarkable clarity and concision, the compelling story of this most remarkable island. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628095]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ireland: A Concise History from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day Author: Paul Johnson Narrator: Wanda Mccaddon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 23, 2011 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Ireland is inarguably a beautiful, enchanted place. But its history is more turbulent, fascinating, and terrible than any other. From the first English presence in Ireland in the twelfth century, through siege, rebellion, and civil war, to Irish ascendancy, home rule, and the present-day Troubles, bestselling author Paul Johnson tells, with remarkable clarity and concision, the compelling story of this most remarkable island. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628085 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628085]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Civilization of the Middle Ages: A Completely Revised and Expanded Edition of Medieval History, the Life and Death of a Civilization Author: Norman F. Cantor Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 42 minutes Release date: August 18, 2011 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In 1963 Norman F. Cantor published his breakthrough narrative history of the Middle Ages. Here is a significant revision, update, and expansion of that work. The Civilization of the Middle Ages incorporates newer research and novel perspectives, especially on the foundations of the Middle Ages and the late Middle Ages of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. A sharper focus on social history, Jewish history, women’s roles in society, and popular religion and heresy distinguish the book. While the first and last sections of the book are almost entirely new and many additions have been incorporated in the intervening sections, Cantor has retained the powerful narrative flow that made earlier editions so accessible. Norman F. Cantor Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628085 thebookvoice.com 28:42:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628085]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Civilization of the Middle Ages: A Completely Revised and Expanded Edition of Medieval History, the Life and Death of a Civilization Author: Norman F. Cantor Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 42 minutes Release date: August 18, 2011 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In 1963 Norman F. Cantor published his breakthrough narrative history of the Middle Ages. Here is a significant revision, update, and expansion of that work. The Civilization of the Middle Ages incorporates newer research and novel perspectives, especially on the foundations of the Middle Ages and the late Middle Ages of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. A sharper focus on social history, Jewish history, women’s roles in society, and popular religion and heresy distinguish the book. While the first and last sections of the book are almost entirely new and many additions have been incorporated in the intervening sections, Cantor has retained the powerful narrative flow that made earlier editions so accessible. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628085]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Civilization of the Middle Ages: A Completely Revised and Expanded Edition of Medieval History, the Life and Death of a Civilization Author: Norman F. Cantor Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 42 minutes Release date: August 18, 2011 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In 1963 Norman F. Cantor published his breakthrough narrative history of the Middle Ages. Here is a significant revision, update, and expansion of that work. The Civilization of the Middle Ages incorporates newer research and novel perspectives, especially on the foundations of the Middle Ages and the late Middle Ages of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. A sharper focus on social history, Jewish history, women’s roles in society, and popular religion and heresy distinguish the book. While the first and last sections of the book are almost entirely new and many additions have been incorporated in the intervening sections, Cantor has retained the powerful narrative flow that made earlier editions so accessible. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627502 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627502]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth: An intimate portrait from the writer who knew her and her family for over fifty years Author: Gyles Brandreth Narrator: Gyles Brandreth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 53 minutes Release date: December 8, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.06 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. THE NO 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER NOW FEATURING EXCLUSIVE MATERIAL ABOUT CHARLES III's CORONATION WITH ADDED PHOTOGRAPHS A personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the writer who knew her family best 'Compelling . . . Fascinating' DAILY MAIL 'The writer who got closest to the human truth about our long-serving senior royals' THE TIMES 'The book overflows with nuggets of insider knowledge' TELEGRAPH Paints a unique picture of the remarkable woman who reigned for seven decades. Fascinating insights' HELLO! Gyles Brandreth first met the Queen in 1968, when he was twenty. Over the next fifty years he met her many times, both at public and at private events. Through his friendship with the Duke of Edinburgh, he was given privileged access to Elizabeth II. He kept a record of all those encounters, and his conversations with the Queen over the years, his meetings with her family and friends, and his observations of her at close quarters are what make this very personal account of her extraordinary life uniquely fascinating. From her childhood in the 1920s to the era of Harry and Meghan in the 2020s, from her war years at Windsor Castle to her death at Balmoral, this is both a record of a tumultuous century of royal history and a truly intimate portrait of a remarkable woman. Enjoy this special edition now featuring an exclusive postscript about King Charles III's Coronation with photographs. Praise for Gyles Brandreth's bestselling royal writing: 'Beautifully written book. I have read many other books about Philip but this is the best' DAILY EXPRESS 'Brilliant, totally inspiring . . . It's a joy to read a book that comes from a perspective of fondness' KIRSTIE ALLSOPP, THE TIMES 'As a sparkling celebration of Prince Philip, the book will be hard to beat' TELEGRAPH 'So readable and refreshing even after the millions of words that have been written about Prince Philip in the past couple of weeks' THE TIMES 'Brilliant . . . There is so much in this book you won't find anywhere else' LORRAINE ©2022 Gyles Brandreth (P)2022 Penguin Audio Gyles Brandreth Thu, 08 Dec 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627502 thebookvoice.com 19:53:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627502]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth: An intimate portrait from the writer who knew her and her family for over fifty years Author: Gyles Brandreth Narrator: Gyles Brandreth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 53 minutes Release date: December 8, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.06 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. THE NO 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER NOW FEATURING EXCLUSIVE MATERIAL ABOUT CHARLES III's CORONATION WITH ADDED PHOTOGRAPHS A personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the writer who knew her family best 'Compelling . . . Fascinating' DAILY MAIL 'The writer who got closest to the human truth about our long-serving senior royals' THE TIMES 'The book overflows with nuggets of insider knowledge' TELEGRAPH Paints a unique picture of the remarkable woman who reigned for seven decades. Fascinating insights' HELLO! Gyles Brandreth first met the Queen in 1968, when he was twenty. Over the next fifty years he met her many times, both at public and at private events. Through his friendship with the Duke of Edinburgh, he was given privileged access to Elizabeth II. He kept a record of all those encounters, and his conversations with the Queen over the years, his meetings with her family and friends, and his observations of her at close quarters are what make this very personal account of her extraordinary life uniquely fascinating. From her childhood in the 1920s to the era of Harry and Meghan in the 2020s, from her war years at Windsor Castle to her death at Balmoral, this is both a record of a tumultuous century of royal history and a truly intimate portrait of a remarkable woman. Enjoy this special edition now featuring an exclusive postscript about King Charles III's Coronation with photographs. Praise for Gyles Brandreth's bestselling royal writing: 'Beautifully written book. I have read many other books about Philip but this is the best' DAILY EXPRESS 'Brilliant, totally inspiring . . . It's a joy to read a book that comes from a perspective of fondness' KIRSTIE ALLSOPP, THE TIMES 'As a sparkling celebration of Prince Philip, the book will be hard to beat' TELEGRAPH 'So readable and refreshing even after the millions of words that have been written about Prince Philip in the past couple of weeks' THE TIMES 'Brilliant . . . There is so much in this book you won't find anywhere else' LORRAINE ©2022 Gyles Brandreth (P)2022 Penguin Audio Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627502]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth: An intimate portrait from the writer who knew her and her family for over fifty years Author: Gyles Brandreth Narrator: Gyles Brandreth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 53 minutes Release date: December 8, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.06 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. THE NO 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER NOW FEATURING EXCLUSIVE MATERIAL ABOUT CHARLES III's CORONATION WITH ADDED PHOTOGRAPHS A personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the writer who knew her family best 'Compelling . . . Fascinating' DAILY MAIL 'The writer who got closest to the human truth about our long-serving senior royals' THE TIMES 'The book overflows with nuggets of insider knowledge' TELEGRAPH Paints a unique picture of the remarkable woman who reigned for seven decades. Fascinating insights' HELLO! Gyles Brandreth first met the Queen in 1968, when he was twenty. Over the next fifty years he met her many times, both at public and at private events. Through his friendship with the Duke of Edinburgh, he was given privileged access to Elizabeth II. He kept a record of all those encounters, and his conversations with the Queen over the years, his meetings with her family and friends, and his observations of her at close quarters are what make this very personal account of her extraordinary life uniquely fascinating. From her childhood in the 1920s to the era of Harry and Meghan in the 2020s, from her war years at Windsor Castle to her death at Balmoral, this is both a record of a tumultuous century of royal history and a truly intimate portrait of a remarkable woman. Enjoy this special edition now featuring an exclusive postscript about King Charles III's Coronation with photographs. Praise for Gyles Brandreth's bestselling royal writing: 'Beautifully written book. I have read many other books about Philip but this is the best' DAILY EXPRESS 'Brilliant, totally inspiring . . . It's a joy to read a book that comes from a perspective of fondness' KIRSTIE ALLSOPP, THE TIMES 'As a sparkling celebration of Prince Philip, the book will be hard to beat' TELEGRAPH 'So readable and refreshing even after the millions of words that have been written about Prince Philip in the past couple of weeks' THE TIMES 'Brilliant . . . There is so much in this book you won't find anywhere else' LORRAINE ©2022 Gyles Brandreth (P)2022 Penguin Audio https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627301 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627301]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Show Me Your Papers Author: Doc King Cole Narrator: Cole Bolchoz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 2 minutes Release date: September 21, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: If you enjoy political, historical or current event humor, take a load of this book. We will take the piss (or make fun of) The Illuminati, it's history and command and control of every nation under the Sun. As I type this words Queen Elizabeth II is being buried. In this text, no shots will be taken at her life or legacy. It may differ during the audio post production. More knowledge may lead to many changes in your life. Truth is, the older one grows, the we realize, God controls over all, even a redneck cantankerous continues to learn this at almost an age north of 50. You are in for a treat because this version is not available in print, at least the last five or six chapters on audio. If you are a Bible reader, remember the Canaanites sacrificed their children to the god Molech. To me this became one of the cornerstone of these elite formations of this ‘Enlighted Group.’ Then it morphed into secret societies, free masonry, and evolved into controlling governments. Yet the Devil or Satan told Christ ‘All These Kingdoms Are Mine! So why are many of us are surprised after thousands of years, the control and command on Earth resides with him, the 13 Elite families, The Bilderberg Group, the CFR, The WEF, The WHO, The Octagon Group (Geneva Switzerland). In the off news sites, they are known as the Kazazian Mafia. This text is not designed to provide the exact origins of the Illuminati. There are several sites one may visit for this information. This author connects the past constructions of this group, shows how it is divided to conceal itself. The audio version will demonstrate the Red Neck or Southern twangs of pronunciation. Their may exist some decent secret societies but to my knowledge, of they are secret, then how do they help we brothers and sisters? I have read of the White Dragon and the Red Dragon Societies and a MC Club called SOS. Once a soldier in Iraq told us on a Humvee ride in Ramadi he was a member of the SOS. I replied, ‘Well if it’s so secret, Doc King Cole Wed, 21 Sep 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627301 thebookvoice.com 2:2:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627301]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Show Me Your Papers Author: Doc King Cole Narrator: Cole Bolchoz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 2 minutes Release date: September 21, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: If you enjoy political, historical or current event humor, take a load of this book. We will take the piss (or make fun of) The Illuminati, it's history and command and control of every nation under the Sun. As I type this words Queen Elizabeth II is being buried. In this text, no shots will be taken at her life or legacy. It may differ during the audio post production. More knowledge may lead to many changes in your life. Truth is, the older one grows, the we realize, God controls over all, even a redneck cantankerous continues to learn this at almost an age north of 50. You are in for a treat because this version is not available in print, at least the last five or six chapters on audio. If you are a Bible reader, remember the Canaanites sacrificed their children to the god Molech. To me this became one of the cornerstone of these elite formations of this ‘Enlighted Group.’ Then it morphed into secret societies, free masonry, and evolved into controlling governments. Yet the Devil or Satan told Christ ‘All These Kingdoms Are Mine! So why are many of us are surprised after thousands of years, the control and command on Earth resides with him, the 13 Elite families, The Bilderberg Group, the CFR, The WEF, The WHO, The Octagon Group (Geneva Switzerland). In the off news sites, they are known as the Kazazian Mafia. This text is not designed to provide the exact origins of the Illuminati. There are several sites one may visit for this information. This author connects the past constructions of this group, shows how it is divided to conceal itself. The audio version will demonstrate the Red Neck or Southern twangs of pronunciation. Their may exist some decent secret societies but to my knowledge, of they are secret, then how do they help we brothers and sisters? I have read of the White Dragon and the Red Dragon Societies and a MC Club called SOS. Once a soldier in Iraq told us on a Humvee ride in Ramadi he was a member of the SOS. I replied, ‘Well if it’s so secret, Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627301]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Show Me Your Papers Author: Doc King Cole Narrator: Cole Bolchoz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 2 minutes Release date: September 21, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: If you enjoy political, historical or current event humor, take a load of this book. We will take the piss (or make fun of) The Illuminati, it's history and command and control of every nation under the Sun. As I type this words Queen Elizabeth II is being buried. In this text, no shots will be taken at her life or legacy. It may differ during the audio post production. More knowledge may lead to many changes in your life. Truth is, the older one grows, the we realize, God controls over all, even a redneck cantankerous continues to learn this at almost an age north of 50. You are in for a treat because this version is not available in print, at least the last five or six chapters on audio. If you are a Bible reader, remember the Canaanites sacrificed their children to the god Molech. To me this became one of the cornerstone of these elite formations of this ‘Enlighted Group.’ Then it morphed into secret societies, free masonry, and evolved into controlling governments. Yet the Devil or Satan told Christ ‘All These Kingdoms Are Mine! So why are many of us are surprised after thousands of years, the control and command on Earth resides with him, the 13 Elite families, The Bilderberg Group, the CFR, The WEF, The WHO, The Octagon Group (Geneva Switzerland). In the off news sites, they are known as the Kazazian Mafia. This text is not designed to provide the exact origins of the Illuminati. There are several sites one may visit for this information. This author connects the past constructions of this group, shows how it is divided to conceal itself. The audio version will demonstrate the Red Neck or Southern twangs of pronunciation. Their may exist some decent secret societies but to my knowledge, of they are secret, then how do they help we brothers and sisters? I have read of the White Dragon and the Red Dragon Societies and a MC Club called SOS. Once a soldier in Iraq told us on a Humvee ride in Ramadi he was a member of the SOS. I replied, ‘Well if it’s so secret, https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627190 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627190]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Elizabethan Mind: Searching for the Self in an Age of Uncertainty Author: Helen Hackett Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 24 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The first comprehensive guide to Elizabethan ideas about the mind What is the mind? How does it relate to the body and soul? These questions were as perplexing for the Elizabethans as they are for us today—although their answers were often startlingly different. Shakespeare and his contemporaries believed the mind was governed by the humors and passions and was susceptible to the Devil’s interference. In this insightful and wide-ranging account, Helen Hackett explores the intricacies of Elizabethan ideas about the mind. This was a period of turbulence and transition, as persistent medieval theories competed with revived classical ideas and emerging scientific developments. Drawing on a wealth of sources, Hackett sheds new light on works by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Sidney, and Spenser, demonstrating how ideas about the mind shaped new literary and theatrical forms. Looking at their conflicted attitudes to imagination, dreams, and melancholy, Hackett examines how Elizabethans perceived the mind, soul, and self, and how their ideas compare with our own. Helen Hackett Tue, 28 Jun 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627190 thebookvoice.com 14:24:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627190]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Elizabethan Mind: Searching for the Self in an Age of Uncertainty Author: Helen Hackett Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 24 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The first comprehensive guide to Elizabethan ideas about the mind What is the mind? How does it relate to the body and soul? These questions were as perplexing for the Elizabethans as they are for us today—although their answers were often startlingly different. Shakespeare and his contemporaries believed the mind was governed by the humors and passions and was susceptible to the Devil’s interference. In this insightful and wide-ranging account, Helen Hackett explores the intricacies of Elizabethan ideas about the mind. This was a period of turbulence and transition, as persistent medieval theories competed with revived classical ideas and emerging scientific developments. Drawing on a wealth of sources, Hackett sheds new light on works by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Sidney, and Spenser, demonstrating how ideas about the mind shaped new literary and theatrical forms. Looking at their conflicted attitudes to imagination, dreams, and melancholy, Hackett examines how Elizabethans perceived the mind, soul, and self, and how their ideas compare with our own. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627190]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Elizabethan Mind: Searching for the Self in an Age of Uncertainty Author: Helen Hackett Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 24 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The first comprehensive guide to Elizabethan ideas about the mind What is the mind? How does it relate to the body and soul? These questions were as perplexing for the Elizabethans as they are for us today—although their answers were often startlingly different. Shakespeare and his contemporaries believed the mind was governed by the humors and passions and was susceptible to the Devil’s interference. In this insightful and wide-ranging account, Helen Hackett explores the intricacies of Elizabethan ideas about the mind. This was a period of turbulence and transition, as persistent medieval theories competed with revived classical ideas and emerging scientific developments. Drawing on a wealth of sources, Hackett sheds new light on works by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Sidney, and Spenser, demonstrating how ideas about the mind shaped new literary and theatrical forms. Looking at their conflicted attitudes to imagination, dreams, and melancholy, Hackett examines how Elizabethans perceived the mind, soul, and self, and how their ideas compare with our own. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627176 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627176]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of William: How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World Author: Paul Collins Narrator: Tim Getman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The first popular narrative history of Shakespeare’s First Folio, the world’s most obsessively pursued book One book above all others has transfixed connoisseurs for four centuries—a book sold for shillings in the streets of London, whisked to Manhattan for millions, and stored deep within the vaults of Tokyo. The book: William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623. Paul Collins, lover of odd books and author of the national bestseller Sixpence House, takes up the strange quest for this white whale of precious books. Broken down into five acts, each tied to a different location and century, The Book of William’s travelogue follows the trail of the Folio’s curious rise: a dizzying Sotheby’s auction on a pristine copy preserved since the seventeenth century, the Fleet Street machinations of the eighteenth century, the nineteenth-century quests for lost Folios, obsessive acquisitions by twentieth-century oilmen, and the high-tech hoards of twenty-first-century Japan. Finally, Collins speculates on Shakespeare’s cross-cultural future as Asian buyers enter their Folios into the electronic ether, and recounts the book’s remarkable journey as it is found in attics, gets lost in oceans and fires, is bought and sold, and ultimately becomes immortal. Paul Collins Tue, 28 Jun 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627176 thebookvoice.com 6:42:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627176]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of William: How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World Author: Paul Collins Narrator: Tim Getman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The first popular narrative history of Shakespeare’s First Folio, the world’s most obsessively pursued book One book above all others has transfixed connoisseurs for four centuries—a book sold for shillings in the streets of London, whisked to Manhattan for millions, and stored deep within the vaults of Tokyo. The book: William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623. Paul Collins, lover of odd books and author of the national bestseller Sixpence House, takes up the strange quest for this white whale of precious books. Broken down into five acts, each tied to a different location and century, The Book of William’s travelogue follows the trail of the Folio’s curious rise: a dizzying Sotheby’s auction on a pristine copy preserved since the seventeenth century, the Fleet Street machinations of the eighteenth century, the nineteenth-century quests for lost Folios, obsessive acquisitions by twentieth-century oilmen, and the high-tech hoards of twenty-first-century Japan. Finally, Collins speculates on Shakespeare’s cross-cultural future as Asian buyers enter their Folios into the electronic ether, and recounts the book’s remarkable journey as it is found in attics, gets lost in oceans and fires, is bought and sold, and ultimately becomes immortal. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627176]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of William: How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World Author: Paul Collins Narrator: Tim Getman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The first popular narrative history of Shakespeare’s First Folio, the world’s most obsessively pursued book One book above all others has transfixed connoisseurs for four centuries—a book sold for shillings in the streets of London, whisked to Manhattan for millions, and stored deep within the vaults of Tokyo. The book: William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623. Paul Collins, lover of odd books and author of the national bestseller Sixpence House, takes up the strange quest for this white whale of precious books. Broken down into five acts, each tied to a different location and century, The Book of William’s travelogue follows the trail of the Folio’s curious rise: a dizzying Sotheby’s auction on a pristine copy preserved since the seventeenth century, the Fleet Street machinations of the eighteenth century, the nineteenth-century quests for lost Folios, obsessive acquisitions by twentieth-century oilmen, and the high-tech hoards of twenty-first-century Japan. Finally, Collins speculates on Shakespeare’s cross-cultural future as Asian buyers enter their Folios into the electronic ether, and recounts the book’s remarkable journey as it is found in attics, gets lost in oceans and fires, is bought and sold, and ultimately becomes immortal. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626751 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626751]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Occult in National Socialism: The Symbolic, Scientific, and Magical Influences on the Third Reich Author: Stephen E. Flowers Narrator: Micah Hanks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 18 minutes Release date: October 18, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: • Explores the occult influences on various Nazi figures, including Adolf Hitler, Albert Speer, Rudolf Hess, Alfred Rosenberg, and Heinrich Himmler • Examines the foundations of the movement laid in the 19th century and continuing in the early 20th century • Explains the rites and runology of National Socialism, the occult dimensions of Nazi science, and how many of the sensationalist descriptions of Nazi “Satanic” practices were initiated by Church propaganda after the war In this comprehensive examination of Nazi occultism, Stephen E. Flowers, Ph.D., offers a critical history and analysis of the occult and esoteric streams of thought active in the Third Reich and the growth of occult Nazism at work in movements today. Sharing the culmination of five decades of research into primary and secondary sources, many in the original German, Flowers looks at the symbolic, occult, scientific, and magical traditions that became the foundations from which the Nazi movement would grow. He details the influences of Theosophy, Volkism, and the work of the Brothers Grimm as well as the impact of scientific culture of the time. Looking at the early 20th century, he describes the impact of Guido von List, Lanz von Liebenfels, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, Friedrich Hielscher, and others. Examining the period after the Nazi Party was established in 1919, and more especially after it took power in 1933, Flowers explores the occult influences on key Nazi figures, including Adolf Hitler, Albert Speer, Rudolf Hess, and Heinrich Himmler. He analyzes Hitler’s usually missed references to magical techniques in Mein Kampf, revealing his adoption of occult methods for creating a large body of supporters and shaping the thoughts of the masses. Flowers also explains the rites and runology of National Socialism, the occult dimensions of Nazi science, and the blossoming of Nazi Christianity. Concluding with a look at the modern mythology of Nazi occultism, Flowers critiques postwar Nazi-related literature and unveils the presence of esoteric Nazi myths in modern occult and political circles. Stephen E. Flowers Tue, 18 Oct 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626751 thebookvoice.com 15:18:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626751]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Occult in National Socialism: The Symbolic, Scientific, and Magical Influences on the Third Reich Author: Stephen E. Flowers Narrator: Micah Hanks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 18 minutes Release date: October 18, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: • Explores the occult influences on various Nazi figures, including Adolf Hitler, Albert Speer, Rudolf Hess, Alfred Rosenberg, and Heinrich Himmler • Examines the foundations of the movement laid in the 19th century and continuing in the early 20th century • Explains the rites and runology of National Socialism, the occult dimensions of Nazi science, and how many of the sensationalist descriptions of Nazi “Satanic” practices were initiated by Church propaganda after the war In this comprehensive examination of Nazi occultism, Stephen E. Flowers, Ph.D., offers a critical history and analysis of the occult and esoteric streams of thought active in the Third Reich and the growth of occult Nazism at work in movements today. Sharing the culmination of five decades of research into primary and secondary sources, many in the original German, Flowers looks at the symbolic, occult, scientific, and magical traditions that became the foundations from which the Nazi movement would grow. He details the influences of Theosophy, Volkism, and the work of the Brothers Grimm as well as the impact of scientific culture of the time. Looking at the early 20th century, he describes the impact of Guido von List, Lanz von Liebenfels, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, Friedrich Hielscher, and others. Examining the period after the Nazi Party was established in 1919, and more especially after it took power in 1933, Flowers explores the occult influences on key Nazi figures, including Adolf Hitler, Albert Speer, Rudolf Hess, and Heinrich Himmler. He analyzes Hitler’s usually missed references to magical techniques in Mein Kampf, revealing his adoption of occult methods for creating a large body of supporters and shaping the thoughts of the masses. Flowers also explains the rites and runology of National Socialism, the occult dimensions of Nazi science, and the blossoming of Nazi Christianity. Concluding with a look at the modern mythology of Nazi occultism, Flowers critiques postwar Nazi-related literature and unveils the presence of esoteric Nazi myths in modern occult and political circles. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626751]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Occult in National Socialism: The Symbolic, Scientific, and Magical Influences on the Third Reich Author: Stephen E. Flowers Narrator: Micah Hanks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 18 minutes Release date: October 18, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: • Explores the occult influences on various Nazi figures, including Adolf Hitler, Albert Speer, Rudolf Hess, Alfred Rosenberg, and Heinrich Himmler • Examines the foundations of the movement laid in the 19th century and continuing in the early 20th century • Explains the rites and runology of National Socialism, the occult dimensions of Nazi science, and how many of the sensationalist descriptions of Nazi “Satanic” practices were initiated by Church propaganda after the war In this comprehensive examination of Nazi occultism, Stephen E. Flowers, Ph.D., offers a critical history and analysis of the occult and esoteric streams of thought active in the Third Reich and the growth of occult Nazism at work in movements today. Sharing the culmination of five decades of research into primary and secondary sources, many in the original German, Flowers looks at the symbolic, occult, scientific, and magical traditions that became the foundations from which the Nazi movement would grow. He details the influences of Theosophy, Volkism, and the work of the Brothers Grimm as well as the impact of scientific culture of the time. Looking at the early 20th century, he describes the impact of Guido von List, Lanz von Liebenfels, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, Friedrich Hielscher, and others. Examining the period after the Nazi Party was established in 1919, and more especially after it took power in 1933, Flowers explores the occult influences on key Nazi figures, including Adolf Hitler, Albert Speer, Rudolf Hess, and Heinrich Himmler. He analyzes Hitler’s usually missed references to magical techniques in Mein Kampf, revealing his adoption of occult methods for creating a large body of supporters and shaping the thoughts of the masses. Flowers also explains the rites and runology of National Socialism, the occult dimensions of Nazi science, and the blossoming of Nazi Christianity. Concluding with a look at the modern mythology of Nazi occultism, Flowers critiques postwar Nazi-related literature and unveils the presence of esoteric Nazi myths in modern occult and political circles. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626124 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626124]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Curtain and the Wall: A Journey in the Shadow of the Cold War Author: Timothy Phillips Narrator: Gerard Mccarthy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Iron Curtain divided the continent of Europe, north to south, with the Berlin Wall as its most visible, infamous manifestation. Since the Cold War ended and these borders came down, Europe has transformed itself. New generations have grown up, freed from the tensions and restrictions of the past. But what do the Curtain and the Wall mean today? What has happened to the people and places they divided? What have they left in their wake? In a major new book, Timothy Phillips travels the route of the Iron Curtain from deep inside the Arctic Circle to the meeting point of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey. He explores the borderlands where the clash of civilisations was at its most intense between 1945 and 1989, and where the world's most powerful ideologies became tangible in reinforced concrete and barbed wire. He looks at the new Europe that emerged from the ruins. The people he meets bear vivid witness to times of change. There are those who look back on the Cold War with nostalgia and affection. Others despise it, unable to forgive the hard and sometimes lost decades that their families, friends and nations endured. These old fault lines have much to tell us about Europe now and about our societies' current disputes - over borders, and about belonging and the meaning of progress. The Curtain and the Wall transports the reader across 5,000 kilometres of Europe and through eight decades, to show how one of the defining stories of the 20th century continues to shape our world today. Timothy Phillips Thu, 10 Nov 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626124 thebookvoice.com 13:44:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626124]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Curtain and the Wall: A Journey in the Shadow of the Cold War Author: Timothy Phillips Narrator: Gerard Mccarthy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Iron Curtain divided the continent of Europe, north to south, with the Berlin Wall as its most visible, infamous manifestation. Since the Cold War ended and these borders came down, Europe has transformed itself. New generations have grown up, freed from the tensions and restrictions of the past. But what do the Curtain and the Wall mean today? What has happened to the people and places they divided? What have they left in their wake? In a major new book, Timothy Phillips travels the route of the Iron Curtain from deep inside the Arctic Circle to the meeting point of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey. He explores the borderlands where the clash of civilisations was at its most intense between 1945 and 1989, and where the world's most powerful ideologies became tangible in reinforced concrete and barbed wire. He looks at the new Europe that emerged from the ruins. The people he meets bear vivid witness to times of change. There are those who look back on the Cold War with nostalgia and affection. Others despise it, unable to forgive the hard and sometimes lost decades that their families, friends and nations endured. These old fault lines have much to tell us about Europe now and about our societies' current disputes - over borders, and about belonging and the meaning of progress. The Curtain and the Wall transports the reader across 5,000 kilometres of Europe and through eight decades, to show how one of the defining stories of the 20th century continues to shape our world today. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626124]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Curtain and the Wall: A Journey in the Shadow of the Cold War Author: Timothy Phillips Narrator: Gerard Mccarthy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Iron Curtain divided the continent of Europe, north to south, with the Berlin Wall as its most visible, infamous manifestation. Since the Cold War ended and these borders came down, Europe has transformed itself. New generations have grown up, freed from the tensions and restrictions of the past. But what do the Curtain and the Wall mean today? What has happened to the people and places they divided? What have they left in their wake? In a major new book, Timothy Phillips travels the route of the Iron Curtain from deep inside the Arctic Circle to the meeting point of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey. He explores the borderlands where the clash of civilisations was at its most intense between 1945 and 1989, and where the world's most powerful ideologies became tangible in reinforced concrete and barbed wire. He looks at the new Europe that emerged from the ruins. The people he meets bear vivid witness to times of change. There are those who look back on the Cold War with nostalgia and affection. Others despise it, unable to forgive the hard and sometimes lost decades that their families, friends and nations endured. These old fault lines have much to tell us about Europe now and about our societies' current disputes - over borders, and about belonging and the meaning of progress. The Curtain and the Wall transports the reader across 5,000 kilometres of Europe and through eight decades, to show how one of the defining stories of the 20th century continues to shape our world today. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625913 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625913]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tiger from Poznań Author: Richard Siegert Narrator: Bruce Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 4 minutes Release date: December 20, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In the Second World War, Poznan was a key river crossing and railway junction on the Polish-German border. When the alarm was given indicating the Red Army's approach in January 1945, the city's 80-100,000 German civilians were speedily evacuated, leaving a garrison of some 15,000 men, mostly poorly-armed infantry, to face the rigors of a siege conducted by a massively superior and ruthless enemy anxious to acquire this transport center, which was vital for the advance on Berlin. This is the account of Eastern Front veteran Richard Siegert, the gunner and later commander of the defenders' sole Tiger tank. Since the death of the driver in a futile attempt to escape from a PoW camp in Russia just after the end of the war, Siegert is the only survivor of that crew able to pass its record on to posterity. His account details how the crew fought gallantly against impossible odds, even when the Tiger was immobilized and could only act as a stationary antitank gun post or pillbox during the last heroic days' fighting for the citadel. Richard Siegert Tue, 20 Dec 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625913 thebookvoice.com 3:4:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625913]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tiger from Poznań Author: Richard Siegert Narrator: Bruce Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 4 minutes Release date: December 20, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In the Second World War, Poznan was a key river crossing and railway junction on the Polish-German border. When the alarm was given indicating the Red Army's approach in January 1945, the city's 80-100,000 German civilians were speedily evacuated, leaving a garrison of some 15,000 men, mostly poorly-armed infantry, to face the rigors of a siege conducted by a massively superior and ruthless enemy anxious to acquire this transport center, which was vital for the advance on Berlin. This is the account of Eastern Front veteran Richard Siegert, the gunner and later commander of the defenders' sole Tiger tank. Since the death of the driver in a futile attempt to escape from a PoW camp in Russia just after the end of the war, Siegert is the only survivor of that crew able to pass its record on to posterity. His account details how the crew fought gallantly against impossible odds, even when the Tiger was immobilized and could only act as a stationary antitank gun post or pillbox during the last heroic days' fighting for the citadel. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625913]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tiger from Poznań Author: Richard Siegert Narrator: Bruce Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 4 minutes Release date: December 20, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In the Second World War, Poznan was a key river crossing and railway junction on the Polish-German border. When the alarm was given indicating the Red Army's approach in January 1945, the city's 80-100,000 German civilians were speedily evacuated, leaving a garrison of some 15,000 men, mostly poorly-armed infantry, to face the rigors of a siege conducted by a massively superior and ruthless enemy anxious to acquire this transport center, which was vital for the advance on Berlin. This is the account of Eastern Front veteran Richard Siegert, the gunner and later commander of the defenders' sole Tiger tank. Since the death of the driver in a futile attempt to escape from a PoW camp in Russia just after the end of the war, Siegert is the only survivor of that crew able to pass its record on to posterity. His account details how the crew fought gallantly against impossible odds, even when the Tiger was immobilized and could only act as a stationary antitank gun post or pillbox during the last heroic days' fighting for the citadel. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625741 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625741]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Kingdom for a Horse: The War of the Roses Series: #5 of The Very, Very Short History of England Series Author: Ed West Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: From William Shakespeare’s series of history dramas, to Sir Walter Scott, and George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire—not to mention the smash-hit TV show Game of Thrones—the British civil war of 1455 to 1485 has inspired writers for centuries. Ed West’s My Kingdom for a Horse illuminates the bloody war fought for thirty long years between the descendants of King Edward III in a battle for the throne. Named after the emblems used by the two leading families, the Houses of York and Lancaster, the title of the conflict gives it a romantic feel that probably wasn’t as apparent to those on the battlefield having swords shoved into their eyes. And, for all the lovely heraldry and glamorous costumes of the era, the war saw the complete breakdown of the medieval code of chivalry in which prisoners were spared, which makes it even better drama. In 1460–61 alone, twelve noblemen were killed in the field and six were beheaded off it, removing a third of the English peerage. Written in the spirit of a black comedy, My Kingdom for a Horse is an ideal introduction for anyone interested in one of history’s most insane wars. Featuring some of history’s most infamous figures—including the insane King Henry VI, whose madness triggered the breakdown, and the wicked Richard III, who murdered his young nephews to take the throne—this fifth entry in West’s A Very, Very Short History of England series is a must for fans of British history. Ed West Tue, 21 Jun 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625741 thebookvoice.com 6:23:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625741]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Kingdom for a Horse: The War of the Roses Series: #5 of The Very, Very Short History of England Series Author: Ed West Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: From William Shakespeare’s series of history dramas, to Sir Walter Scott, and George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire—not to mention the smash-hit TV show Game of Thrones—the British civil war of 1455 to 1485 has inspired writers for centuries. Ed West’s My Kingdom for a Horse illuminates the bloody war fought for thirty long years between the descendants of King Edward III in a battle for the throne. Named after the emblems used by the two leading families, the Houses of York and Lancaster, the title of the conflict gives it a romantic feel that probably wasn’t as apparent to those on the battlefield having swords shoved into their eyes. And, for all the lovely heraldry and glamorous costumes of the era, the war saw the complete breakdown of the medieval code of chivalry in which prisoners were spared, which makes it even better drama. In 1460–61 alone, twelve noblemen were killed in the field and six were beheaded off it, removing a third of the English peerage. Written in the spirit of a black comedy, My Kingdom for a Horse is an ideal introduction for anyone interested in one of history’s most insane wars. Featuring some of history’s most infamous figures—including the insane King Henry VI, whose madness triggered the breakdown, and the wicked Richard III, who murdered his young nephews to take the throne—this fifth entry in West’s A Very, Very Short History of England series is a must for fans of British history. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625741]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Kingdom for a Horse: The War of the Roses Series: #5 of The Very, Very Short History of England Series Author: Ed West Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: From William Shakespeare’s series of history dramas, to Sir Walter Scott, and George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire—not to mention the smash-hit TV show Game of Thrones—the British civil war of 1455 to 1485 has inspired writers for centuries. Ed West’s My Kingdom for a Horse illuminates the bloody war fought for thirty long years between the descendants of King Edward III in a battle for the throne. Named after the emblems used by the two leading families, the Houses of York and Lancaster, the title of the conflict gives it a romantic feel that probably wasn’t as apparent to those on the battlefield having swords shoved into their eyes. And, for all the lovely heraldry and glamorous costumes of the era, the war saw the complete breakdown of the medieval code of chivalry in which prisoners were spared, which makes it even better drama. In 1460–61 alone, twelve noblemen were killed in the field and six were beheaded off it, removing a third of the English peerage. Written in the spirit of a black comedy, My Kingdom for a Horse is an ideal introduction for anyone interested in one of history’s most insane wars. Featuring some of history’s most infamous figures—including the insane King Henry VI, whose madness triggered the breakdown, and the wicked Richard III, who murdered his young nephews to take the throne—this fifth entry in West’s A Very, Very Short History of England series is a must for fans of British history. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625353 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625353]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe Author: Martyn Rady Narrator: John Curless Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: An essential new history of Central Europe, the contested lands so often at the heart of world history     Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where empires clashed and world wars began. In The Middle Kingdoms, Martyn Rady offers the definitive history of the region, demonstrating that Central Europe has always been more than merely the fault line between West and East. Even as Central European powers warred with their neighbors, the region developed its own cohesive identity and produced tremendous accomplishments in politics, society, and culture. Central Europeans launched the Reformation and Romanticism, developed the philosophy of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and advanced some of the twentieth century’s most important artistic movements.    Drawing on a lifetime of research and scholarship, The Middle Kingdoms tells as never before the captivating story of two thousand years of Central Europe’s history and its enduring significance in world affairs. Martyn Rady Tue, 02 May 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625353 thebookvoice.com 22:56:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625353]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe Author: Martyn Rady Narrator: John Curless Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: An essential new history of Central Europe, the contested lands so often at the heart of world history     Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where empires clashed and world wars began. In The Middle Kingdoms, Martyn Rady offers the definitive history of the region, demonstrating that Central Europe has always been more than merely the fault line between West and East. Even as Central European powers warred with their neighbors, the region developed its own cohesive identity and produced tremendous accomplishments in politics, society, and culture. Central Europeans launched the Reformation and Romanticism, developed the philosophy of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and advanced some of the twentieth century’s most important artistic movements.    Drawing on a lifetime of research and scholarship, The Middle Kingdoms tells as never before the captivating story of two thousand years of Central Europe’s history and its enduring significance in world affairs. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625353]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe Author: Martyn Rady Narrator: John Curless Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: An essential new history of Central Europe, the contested lands so often at the heart of world history     Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where empires clashed and world wars began. In The Middle Kingdoms, Martyn Rady offers the definitive history of the region, demonstrating that Central Europe has always been more than merely the fault line between West and East. Even as Central European powers warred with their neighbors, the region developed its own cohesive identity and produced tremendous accomplishments in politics, society, and culture. Central Europeans launched the Reformation and Romanticism, developed the philosophy of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and advanced some of the twentieth century’s most important artistic movements.    Drawing on a lifetime of research and scholarship, The Middle Kingdoms tells as never before the captivating story of two thousand years of Central Europe’s history and its enduring significance in world affairs. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625354 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625354]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: 1923: The Crisis of German Democracy in the Year of Hitler's Putsch Author: Mark William Jones Narrator: Matt Addis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 29, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: How Germany’s fledgling democracy nearly collapsed in 1923—and how pro-democracy forces fought back In 1923, the Weimar Republic faced a series of crises, including foreign occupation of its industrial heartland, rampant inflation, radical violence, and finally Hitler’s infamous “beer hall putsch.” Fanning the flames of anti-government and anti-Semitic sentiment, the Nazis tried to violently seize power in Munich, only failing after they were abandoned by like-minded conservatives.    In 1923, historian Mark William Jones draws on new research to offer a revealing portrait of German politics and society in this turbulent year. Tracing Hitler’s early rise, Jones reveals how political pragmatism and unprecedented international cooperation with the West brought Germany out of its crisis year. Although Germany would succumb to tyranny a decade later, the story of the republic’s survival in 1923 offers essential lessons to anyone concerned about the future of democracy today. Mark William Jones Tue, 29 Aug 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625354 thebookvoice.com 14:8:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625354]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: 1923: The Crisis of German Democracy in the Year of Hitler's Putsch Author: Mark William Jones Narrator: Matt Addis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 29, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: How Germany’s fledgling democracy nearly collapsed in 1923—and how pro-democracy forces fought back In 1923, the Weimar Republic faced a series of crises, including foreign occupation of its industrial heartland, rampant inflation, radical violence, and finally Hitler’s infamous “beer hall putsch.” Fanning the flames of anti-government and anti-Semitic sentiment, the Nazis tried to violently seize power in Munich, only failing after they were abandoned by like-minded conservatives.    In 1923, historian Mark William Jones draws on new research to offer a revealing portrait of German politics and society in this turbulent year. Tracing Hitler’s early rise, Jones reveals how political pragmatism and unprecedented international cooperation with the West brought Germany out of its crisis year. Although Germany would succumb to tyranny a decade later, the story of the republic’s survival in 1923 offers essential lessons to anyone concerned about the future of democracy today. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625354]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: 1923: The Crisis of German Democracy in the Year of Hitler's Putsch Author: Mark William Jones Narrator: Matt Addis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 29, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: How Germany’s fledgling democracy nearly collapsed in 1923—and how pro-democracy forces fought back In 1923, the Weimar Republic faced a series of crises, including foreign occupation of its industrial heartland, rampant inflation, radical violence, and finally Hitler’s infamous “beer hall putsch.” Fanning the flames of anti-government and anti-Semitic sentiment, the Nazis tried to violently seize power in Munich, only failing after they were abandoned by like-minded conservatives.    In 1923, historian Mark William Jones draws on new research to offer a revealing portrait of German politics and society in this turbulent year. Tracing Hitler’s early rise, Jones reveals how political pragmatism and unprecedented international cooperation with the West brought Germany out of its crisis year. Although Germany would succumb to tyranny a decade later, the story of the republic’s survival in 1923 offers essential lessons to anyone concerned about the future of democracy today. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625282 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625282]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court Author: Gareth Russell Narrator: John Telfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 14 minutes Release date: August 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts’ PHILIPPA GREGORY For centuries, Hampton Court has been a place of power, scandal and intrigue: a stage for events that shaped the nation. The Palace raises the curtain on 500 years of British history with royals, politicians, criminals, and geniuses all playing their parts. Hampton Court has been an arc of monarchy, revolution, religious fundamentalism, sexual scandals, and military coups. In this rich and vivid history, Gareth Russell moves through the rooms and the decades, each time focusing on a different person who called Hampton Court their home. Beginning with the Tudors, Russell takes the reader from the kitchens of Henry VII and the dreams of Anne Boleyn to Elizabeth I’s brush with death and the staging of Shakespeare’s plays. To the commissioning of the King James Bible, the republican victories of Oliver Cromwell, the many mistresses of Charles II and their laxative-laced attempts to embarrass one another. The gossip and feuds of Georgian aristocrats lead into the era of the Windsors when Hampton Court becomes the place to host Elizabeth II’s coronation ball and hide the last Tsar’s sister. Fascinating and engaging, The Palace is as atmospheric as it is gossipy and through the many sovereigns and servants that lived and worked in its halls reveals the personal tragedy and political importance of this extraordinary place. Gareth Russell Thu, 17 Aug 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625282 thebookvoice.com 14:14:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625282]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court Author: Gareth Russell Narrator: John Telfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 14 minutes Release date: August 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts’ PHILIPPA GREGORY For centuries, Hampton Court has been a place of power, scandal and intrigue: a stage for events that shaped the nation. The Palace raises the curtain on 500 years of British history with royals, politicians, criminals, and geniuses all playing their parts. Hampton Court has been an arc of monarchy, revolution, religious fundamentalism, sexual scandals, and military coups. In this rich and vivid history, Gareth Russell moves through the rooms and the decades, each time focusing on a different person who called Hampton Court their home. Beginning with the Tudors, Russell takes the reader from the kitchens of Henry VII and the dreams of Anne Boleyn to Elizabeth I’s brush with death and the staging of Shakespeare’s plays. To the commissioning of the King James Bible, the republican victories of Oliver Cromwell, the many mistresses of Charles II and their laxative-laced attempts to embarrass one another. The gossip and feuds of Georgian aristocrats lead into the era of the Windsors when Hampton Court becomes the place to host Elizabeth II’s coronation ball and hide the last Tsar’s sister. Fascinating and engaging, The Palace is as atmospheric as it is gossipy and through the many sovereigns and servants that lived and worked in its halls reveals the personal tragedy and political importance of this extraordinary place. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625282]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court Author: Gareth Russell Narrator: John Telfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 14 minutes Release date: August 17, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts’ PHILIPPA GREGORY For centuries, Hampton Court has been a place of power, scandal and intrigue: a stage for events that shaped the nation. The Palace raises the curtain on 500 years of British history with royals, politicians, criminals, and geniuses all playing their parts. Hampton Court has been an arc of monarchy, revolution, religious fundamentalism, sexual scandals, and military coups. In this rich and vivid history, Gareth Russell moves through the rooms and the decades, each time focusing on a different person who called Hampton Court their home. Beginning with the Tudors, Russell takes the reader from the kitchens of Henry VII and the dreams of Anne Boleyn to Elizabeth I’s brush with death and the staging of Shakespeare’s plays. To the commissioning of the King James Bible, the republican victories of Oliver Cromwell, the many mistresses of Charles II and their laxative-laced attempts to embarrass one another. The gossip and feuds of Georgian aristocrats lead into the era of the Windsors when Hampton Court becomes the place to host Elizabeth II’s coronation ball and hide the last Tsar’s sister. Fascinating and engaging, The Palace is as atmospheric as it is gossipy and through the many sovereigns and servants that lived and worked in its halls reveals the personal tragedy and political importance of this extraordinary place. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624891 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624891]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - G/GESCHICHTE - Liebe, Laster, Totentanz: Leben im Mittelalter Author: G Geschichte Narrator: Linda Cedli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 6 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In dieser Ausgabe von G/Geschichte dreht sich alles um das Leben im Mittelalter: Schweine suhlen sich vor den Häusern, und von den Werkstätten der Gerber breitet sich ein infernalischer Gestank aus. Arme, Bettler und zuweilen Lepröse bevölkern die Gassen. Vor den Mauern verwesen die Körper der Gehenkten. Die Stadt ist kein romantischer Ort, aber sie verspricht eine Chance auf Freiheit von den Ketten der Leibeigenschaft.Würfelspiele auf dem Friedhof, landsknechtiges Saufen im Wirtshaus oder ein Besuch bei den »Fensterhennen«, den leichten Mädchen der Stadt – das Laster triumphiert im Spätmittelalter, aber auch die Tugend. Fromme Stifter errichten Spitäler für Arme und Gebrechliche, und für die Leprakranken gibt es eine städtische Grundversorgung. Mittelpunkt des Lebens ist die Familie. Die Generationen leben noch unter einem Dach, und im Kreis der Familie wird auch gestorben. Der Tod wird nicht verdrängt oder tabuisiert, sondern man bereitet sich darauf vor. Die Menschen des Mittelalters haben ein beneidenswertes Gottvertrauen!- G Geschichte Fri, 30 Sep 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624891 thebookvoice.com 2:6:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624891]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - G/GESCHICHTE - Liebe, Laster, Totentanz: Leben im Mittelalter Author: G Geschichte Narrator: Linda Cedli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 6 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In dieser Ausgabe von G/Geschichte dreht sich alles um das Leben im Mittelalter: Schweine suhlen sich vor den Häusern, und von den Werkstätten der Gerber breitet sich ein infernalischer Gestank aus. Arme, Bettler und zuweilen Lepröse bevölkern die Gassen. Vor den Mauern verwesen die Körper der Gehenkten. Die Stadt ist kein romantischer Ort, aber sie verspricht eine Chance auf Freiheit von den Ketten der Leibeigenschaft.Würfelspiele auf dem Friedhof, landsknechtiges Saufen im Wirtshaus oder ein Besuch bei den »Fensterhennen«, den leichten Mädchen der Stadt – das Laster triumphiert im Spätmittelalter, aber auch die Tugend. Fromme Stifter errichten Spitäler für Arme und Gebrechliche, und für die Leprakranken gibt es eine städtische Grundversorgung. Mittelpunkt des Lebens ist die Familie. Die Generationen leben noch unter einem Dach, und im Kreis der Familie wird auch gestorben. Der Tod wird nicht verdrängt oder tabuisiert, sondern man bereitet sich darauf vor. Die Menschen des Mittelalters haben ein beneidenswertes Gottvertrauen!- Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624891]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - G/GESCHICHTE - Liebe, Laster, Totentanz: Leben im Mittelalter Author: G Geschichte Narrator: Linda Cedli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 6 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In dieser Ausgabe von G/Geschichte dreht sich alles um das Leben im Mittelalter: Schweine suhlen sich vor den Häusern, und von den Werkstätten der Gerber breitet sich ein infernalischer Gestank aus. Arme, Bettler und zuweilen Lepröse bevölkern die Gassen. Vor den Mauern verwesen die Körper der Gehenkten. Die Stadt ist kein romantischer Ort, aber sie verspricht eine Chance auf Freiheit von den Ketten der Leibeigenschaft.Würfelspiele auf dem Friedhof, landsknechtiges Saufen im Wirtshaus oder ein Besuch bei den »Fensterhennen«, den leichten Mädchen der Stadt – das Laster triumphiert im Spätmittelalter, aber auch die Tugend. Fromme Stifter errichten Spitäler für Arme und Gebrechliche, und für die Leprakranken gibt es eine städtische Grundversorgung. Mittelpunkt des Lebens ist die Familie. Die Generationen leben noch unter einem Dach, und im Kreis der Familie wird auch gestorben. Der Tod wird nicht verdrängt oder tabuisiert, sondern man bereitet sich darauf vor. Die Menschen des Mittelalters haben ein beneidenswertes Gottvertrauen!- https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624349 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624349]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reflections on the Revolution in France Author: Edmund Burke Narrator: Bernard Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 28 minutes Release date: August 24, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This famous treatise began as a letter to a young French friend who asked Edmund Burke’s opinion on whether France’s new ruling class would succeed in creating a better order. Doubtless the friend expected a favorable reply, but Burke was suspicious of certain tendencies of the Revolution from the start and perceived that the revolutionaries were actually subverting the true “social order.” As a Christian––he was not a man of the Enlightenment––Burke knew religion to be man’s greatest good and established order to be a fundamental pillar of civilization. Blending history with principle and graceful imagery with profound practical maxims, this book is one of the most influential political treatises in the history of the world. Said Russell Kirk, “The Reflections must be read by anyone who wishes to understand the great controversies of modern politics.” Edmund Burke Fri, 24 Aug 2012 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624349 thebookvoice.com 11:28:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624349]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reflections on the Revolution in France Author: Edmund Burke Narrator: Bernard Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 28 minutes Release date: August 24, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This famous treatise began as a letter to a young French friend who asked Edmund Burke’s opinion on whether France’s new ruling class would succeed in creating a better order. Doubtless the friend expected a favorable reply, but Burke was suspicious of certain tendencies of the Revolution from the start and perceived that the revolutionaries were actually subverting the true “social order.” As a Christian––he was not a man of the Enlightenment––Burke knew religion to be man’s greatest good and established order to be a fundamental pillar of civilization. Blending history with principle and graceful imagery with profound practical maxims, this book is one of the most influential political treatises in the history of the world. Said Russell Kirk, “The Reflections must be read by anyone who wishes to understand the great controversies of modern politics.” Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624349]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reflections on the Revolution in France Author: Edmund Burke Narrator: Bernard Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 28 minutes Release date: August 24, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This famous treatise began as a letter to a young French friend who asked Edmund Burke’s opinion on whether France’s new ruling class would succeed in creating a better order. Doubtless the friend expected a favorable reply, but Burke was suspicious of certain tendencies of the Revolution from the start and perceived that the revolutionaries were actually subverting the true “social order.” As a Christian––he was not a man of the Enlightenment––Burke knew religion to be man’s greatest good and established order to be a fundamental pillar of civilization. Blending history with principle and graceful imagery with profound practical maxims, this book is one of the most influential political treatises in the history of the world. Said Russell Kirk, “The Reflections must be read by anyone who wishes to understand the great controversies of modern politics.” https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624113 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624113]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rights of Man Author: Thomas Paine Narrator: Bernard Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: February 7, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Written in the late eighteenth century as a reply to Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the French Revolution, Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man is unquestionably one of the great classics on the subject of democracy. A vindication of the French Revolution and a critique of the British system of government, it defended the dignity of the common man in all countries against those who would discard him as one of the “swinish multitude.” Paine created a language of modern politics that brought important issues to the working classes. Employing direct, vehement prose, Paine defends popular rights, national independence, revolutionary war, and economic growth—all of which were considered, at the time, to be dangerous and even seditious issues. His vast influence is due in large measure to his eloquent literary style, noted for its poignant metaphors, vigor, and rational directness. Thomas Paine Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624113 thebookvoice.com 10:12:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624113]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rights of Man Author: Thomas Paine Narrator: Bernard Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: February 7, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Written in the late eighteenth century as a reply to Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the French Revolution, Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man is unquestionably one of the great classics on the subject of democracy. A vindication of the French Revolution and a critique of the British system of government, it defended the dignity of the common man in all countries against those who would discard him as one of the “swinish multitude.” Paine created a language of modern politics that brought important issues to the working classes. Employing direct, vehement prose, Paine defends popular rights, national independence, revolutionary war, and economic growth—all of which were considered, at the time, to be dangerous and even seditious issues. His vast influence is due in large measure to his eloquent literary style, noted for its poignant metaphors, vigor, and rational directness. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624113]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rights of Man Author: Thomas Paine Narrator: Bernard Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: February 7, 2012 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Written in the late eighteenth century as a reply to Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the French Revolution, Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man is unquestionably one of the great classics on the subject of democracy. A vindication of the French Revolution and a critique of the British system of government, it defended the dignity of the common man in all countries against those who would discard him as one of the “swinish multitude.” Paine created a language of modern politics that brought important issues to the working classes. Employing direct, vehement prose, Paine defends popular rights, national independence, revolutionary war, and economic growth—all of which were considered, at the time, to be dangerous and even seditious issues. His vast influence is due in large measure to his eloquent literary style, noted for its poignant metaphors, vigor, and rational directness. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624005 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624005]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pensées Author: Blaise Pascal Narrator: William Sutherland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Compiled after his death in 1662, Pascal's'pens├®es' (thoughts) are his ideas for a book in defense of faith in a rational world. These fragments give evidence of a profoundly original thinker who had resolved the conflict between his scientific mind and his heart-felt faith. The book begins with an analysis of the difference between mathematical and intuitive thinking and goes on to consider the value of skepticism, contradictions, feeling, memory, and imagination. It is a powerful look at humanity's weakness and the futility of worldly life. Much of the value ofPens├®eslies in the clarity with which Pascal was able to present his intuitive thoughts. Pascal spent much of his life composing this magnum opus, which offers some of the most powerful aphorisms about human experience and behavior ever written. Blaise Pascal Sun, 01 Jan 2006 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624005 thebookvoice.com 12:51:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624005]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pensées Author: Blaise Pascal Narrator: William Sutherland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Compiled after his death in 1662, Pascal's'pens├®es' (thoughts) are his ideas for a book in defense of faith in a rational world. These fragments give evidence of a profoundly original thinker who had resolved the conflict between his scientific mind and his heart-felt faith. The book begins with an analysis of the difference between mathematical and intuitive thinking and goes on to consider the value of skepticism, contradictions, feeling, memory, and imagination. It is a powerful look at humanity's weakness and the futility of worldly life. Much of the value ofPens├®eslies in the clarity with which Pascal was able to present his intuitive thoughts. Pascal spent much of his life composing this magnum opus, which offers some of the most powerful aphorisms about human experience and behavior ever written. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624005]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pensées Author: Blaise Pascal Narrator: William Sutherland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Compiled after his death in 1662, Pascal's'pens├®es' (thoughts) are his ideas for a book in defense of faith in a rational world. These fragments give evidence of a profoundly original thinker who had resolved the conflict between his scientific mind and his heart-felt faith. The book begins with an analysis of the difference between mathematical and intuitive thinking and goes on to consider the value of skepticism, contradictions, feeling, memory, and imagination. It is a powerful look at humanity's weakness and the futility of worldly life. Much of the value ofPens├®eslies in the clarity with which Pascal was able to present his intuitive thoughts. Pascal spent much of his life composing this magnum opus, which offers some of the most powerful aphorisms about human experience and behavior ever written. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623944 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623944]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tales of the Alhambra: A Series of Tales and Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards Author: Washington Irving Narrator: Geoffrey Howard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Written in 1831, Washington Irving’s dreamlike description of the Alhambra, the beautiful Moorish castle that defined the height of Moorish civilization, and of the surrounding territory of Granada remains one of the most romantic and entertaining travelogues ever written of this region in Spain. Enhanced here with exquisite Spanish guitar music, the narrative is a heady mix of historical fact, medieval myth and mystery, sensual descriptions, and an appreciation for a civilization that valued beauty, philosophy, literature, science, and the arts on an equal level with warrior skills. Secret chambers, desperate battles, imprisoned princesses, palace ghosts, and fragrant gardens, described in a wistful and dreamlike eloquence, will transport listeners to a paradise of their own. Washington Irving Sun, 01 Jan 2006 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623944 thebookvoice.com 8:38:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623944]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tales of the Alhambra: A Series of Tales and Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards Author: Washington Irving Narrator: Geoffrey Howard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Written in 1831, Washington Irving’s dreamlike description of the Alhambra, the beautiful Moorish castle that defined the height of Moorish civilization, and of the surrounding territory of Granada remains one of the most romantic and entertaining travelogues ever written of this region in Spain. Enhanced here with exquisite Spanish guitar music, the narrative is a heady mix of historical fact, medieval myth and mystery, sensual descriptions, and an appreciation for a civilization that valued beauty, philosophy, literature, science, and the arts on an equal level with warrior skills. Secret chambers, desperate battles, imprisoned princesses, palace ghosts, and fragrant gardens, described in a wistful and dreamlike eloquence, will transport listeners to a paradise of their own. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623944]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tales of the Alhambra: A Series of Tales and Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards Author: Washington Irving Narrator: Geoffrey Howard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Written in 1831, Washington Irving’s dreamlike description of the Alhambra, the beautiful Moorish castle that defined the height of Moorish civilization, and of the surrounding territory of Granada remains one of the most romantic and entertaining travelogues ever written of this region in Spain. Enhanced here with exquisite Spanish guitar music, the narrative is a heady mix of historical fact, medieval myth and mystery, sensual descriptions, and an appreciation for a civilization that valued beauty, philosophy, literature, science, and the arts on an equal level with warrior skills. Secret chambers, desperate battles, imprisoned princesses, palace ghosts, and fragrant gardens, described in a wistful and dreamlike eloquence, will transport listeners to a paradise of their own. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623921 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623921]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of the Renaissance Author: William Henry Hudson Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: January 1, 2006 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In this comprehensive survey, William Hudson explores the forces responsible for bringing about the Renaissance, which he describes as the West's 'transition from the medieval to the modern world.' Voyages of discovery, inventions, the revival of classical learning, and the advent of science contribute to the intellectual upheavals of this creative period, which are reflected in its literature and art. Hudson focuses on the one thread of continuity which he sees as both the seed and the fruit of this exciting era: the awakening of secular humanism and the emergence of the individual. This history gives the listener a lucid, perceptive analysis of the splendid Renaissance. William Henry Hudson Sun, 01 Jan 2006 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623921 thebookvoice.com 8:1:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623921]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of the Renaissance Author: William Henry Hudson Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: January 1, 2006 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In this comprehensive survey, William Hudson explores the forces responsible for bringing about the Renaissance, which he describes as the West's 'transition from the medieval to the modern world.' Voyages of discovery, inventions, the revival of classical learning, and the advent of science contribute to the intellectual upheavals of this creative period, which are reflected in its literature and art. Hudson focuses on the one thread of continuity which he sees as both the seed and the fruit of this exciting era: the awakening of secular humanism and the emergence of the individual. This history gives the listener a lucid, perceptive analysis of the splendid Renaissance. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623921]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of the Renaissance Author: William Henry Hudson Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: January 1, 2006 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In this comprehensive survey, William Hudson explores the forces responsible for bringing about the Renaissance, which he describes as the West's 'transition from the medieval to the modern world.' Voyages of discovery, inventions, the revival of classical learning, and the advent of science contribute to the intellectual upheavals of this creative period, which are reflected in its literature and art. Hudson focuses on the one thread of continuity which he sees as both the seed and the fruit of this exciting era: the awakening of secular humanism and the emergence of the individual. This history gives the listener a lucid, perceptive analysis of the splendid Renaissance. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623683 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623683]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of the Ancient Greeks: An Introduction to the History and Civilization of Greece from the Coming of the Greeks to the Conquest of Corinth by Rome in 146 B.C. Author: Dorothy Mills, Cole Bolchoz Narrator: Cole Bolchoz Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 9, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This book, like the first of the series the Book of the Ancient World, was used in its original manuscript form by one of my history classes. It carries on the story of the way in which man has been learning how to live from the time of the Coming of the Greeks to the loss of Greek independence in 146 B.C. The spirit of a nation is expressed and its history is recorded in three ways: in its political history, in its literature and in its art. The aim of this book has been to use such parts of the political history of the Greeks, of their literature and of their art as seem to have been the outward and visible signs of the spirit that inspired them. This book is only intended as an introduction to the history of Greek civilization, and the difficulty of my task has been to decide on what to omit. Everyone will not agree with me as to what I have taken and what I have left, but my aim will have been accomplished, if the book should create a desire to know something more of the great heritage which has come to us from the Greeks. Dorothy Mills, Cole Bolchoz Fri, 09 Sep 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623683 thebookvoice.com 6:5:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623683]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of the Ancient Greeks: An Introduction to the History and Civilization of Greece from the Coming of the Greeks to the Conquest of Corinth by Rome in 146 B.C. Author: Dorothy Mills, Cole Bolchoz Narrator: Cole Bolchoz Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 9, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This book, like the first of the series the Book of the Ancient World, was used in its original manuscript form by one of my history classes. It carries on the story of the way in which man has been learning how to live from the time of the Coming of the Greeks to the loss of Greek independence in 146 B.C. The spirit of a nation is expressed and its history is recorded in three ways: in its political history, in its literature and in its art. The aim of this book has been to use such parts of the political history of the Greeks, of their literature and of their art as seem to have been the outward and visible signs of the spirit that inspired them. This book is only intended as an introduction to the history of Greek civilization, and the difficulty of my task has been to decide on what to omit. Everyone will not agree with me as to what I have taken and what I have left, but my aim will have been accomplished, if the book should create a desire to know something more of the great heritage which has come to us from the Greeks. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623683]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of the Ancient Greeks: An Introduction to the History and Civilization of Greece from the Coming of the Greeks to the Conquest of Corinth by Rome in 146 B.C. Author: Dorothy Mills, Cole Bolchoz Narrator: Cole Bolchoz Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 9, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This book, like the first of the series the Book of the Ancient World, was used in its original manuscript form by one of my history classes. It carries on the story of the way in which man has been learning how to live from the time of the Coming of the Greeks to the loss of Greek independence in 146 B.C. The spirit of a nation is expressed and its history is recorded in three ways: in its political history, in its literature and in its art. The aim of this book has been to use such parts of the political history of the Greeks, of their literature and of their art as seem to have been the outward and visible signs of the spirit that inspired them. This book is only intended as an introduction to the history of Greek civilization, and the difficulty of my task has been to decide on what to omit. Everyone will not agree with me as to what I have taken and what I have left, but my aim will have been accomplished, if the book should create a desire to know something more of the great heritage which has come to us from the Greeks. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622848 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622848]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Betrayal: The Great Siege of Constantinople Author: Ernle Bradford Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: An engrossing chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the fall of the Holy Roman Empire, from the bestselling author of Thermopylae. At the dawn of the thirteenth century, Constantinople stood as the bastion of Christianity in Eastern Europe. The capital city of the Byzantine Empire, it was a center of art, culture, and commerce that had commanded trading routes between Asia, Russia, and Europe for hundreds of years. But in 1204, the city suffered a devastating attack that would spell the end of the Holy Roman Empire. The army of the Fourth Crusade had set out to reclaim Jerusalem, but under the sway of their Venetian patrons, the crusaders diverted from their path in order to lay siege to Constantinople. With longstanding tensions between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, the crusaders set arms against their Christian neighbors, destroying a vital alliance between Eastern and Western Rome. In The Great Betrayal, historian Ernle Bradford brings to life this powerful tale of envy and greed, demonstrating the far-reaching consequences this siege would have across Europe for centuries to come. Ernle Bradford Tue, 07 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622848 thebookvoice.com 7:14:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622848]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Betrayal: The Great Siege of Constantinople Author: Ernle Bradford Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: An engrossing chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the fall of the Holy Roman Empire, from the bestselling author of Thermopylae. At the dawn of the thirteenth century, Constantinople stood as the bastion of Christianity in Eastern Europe. The capital city of the Byzantine Empire, it was a center of art, culture, and commerce that had commanded trading routes between Asia, Russia, and Europe for hundreds of years. But in 1204, the city suffered a devastating attack that would spell the end of the Holy Roman Empire. The army of the Fourth Crusade had set out to reclaim Jerusalem, but under the sway of their Venetian patrons, the crusaders diverted from their path in order to lay siege to Constantinople. With longstanding tensions between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, the crusaders set arms against their Christian neighbors, destroying a vital alliance between Eastern and Western Rome. In The Great Betrayal, historian Ernle Bradford brings to life this powerful tale of envy and greed, demonstrating the far-reaching consequences this siege would have across Europe for centuries to come. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622848]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Betrayal: The Great Siege of Constantinople Author: Ernle Bradford Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: An engrossing chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the fall of the Holy Roman Empire, from the bestselling author of Thermopylae. At the dawn of the thirteenth century, Constantinople stood as the bastion of Christianity in Eastern Europe. The capital city of the Byzantine Empire, it was a center of art, culture, and commerce that had commanded trading routes between Asia, Russia, and Europe for hundreds of years. But in 1204, the city suffered a devastating attack that would spell the end of the Holy Roman Empire. The army of the Fourth Crusade had set out to reclaim Jerusalem, but under the sway of their Venetian patrons, the crusaders diverted from their path in order to lay siege to Constantinople. With longstanding tensions between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, the crusaders set arms against their Christian neighbors, destroying a vital alliance between Eastern and Western Rome. In The Great Betrayal, historian Ernle Bradford brings to life this powerful tale of envy and greed, demonstrating the far-reaching consequences this siege would have across Europe for centuries to come. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622791 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622791]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580 Author: Eamon Duffy Narrator: Nigel Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 37 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This prize-winning account of the pre-Reformation church recreates lay people's experience of religion, showing that late-medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but a strong and vigorous tradition. For this edition, Duffy has written a new introduction reflecting on recent developments in our understanding of the period. Eamon Duffy Tue, 28 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622791 thebookvoice.com 28:37:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622791]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580 Author: Eamon Duffy Narrator: Nigel Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 37 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This prize-winning account of the pre-Reformation church recreates lay people's experience of religion, showing that late-medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but a strong and vigorous tradition. For this edition, Duffy has written a new introduction reflecting on recent developments in our understanding of the period. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622791]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580 Author: Eamon Duffy Narrator: Nigel Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 37 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This prize-winning account of the pre-Reformation church recreates lay people's experience of religion, showing that late-medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but a strong and vigorous tradition. For this edition, Duffy has written a new introduction reflecting on recent developments in our understanding of the period. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622384 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622384]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: England in the Age of Chivalry … and Awful Diseases: The Hundred Years' War and Black Death Series: #4 of The Very, Very Short History of England Series Author: Ed West Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A revealing glimpse into the tumultuous history of England’s medieval period, full of knights in shining armor and terrible peasant suffering Covering the violent and disease-ridden period between 1272 to 1399, England in the Age of Chivalry … and Awful Diseases covers the events, personages, and ideas most commonly known as “medieval.” This includes Geoffrey Chaucer, the Peasants revolt, the Scottish wars of independence, the Great Famine of 1315, the Black Death, and the 100 Years War. Central to this time is King Edward III, who started the 100 Years War and defined the concept of chivalry, including England’s order of the garter. His legacy continues to shape our view of England’s history and is crucial in understanding the development of Europe. Ed West Tue, 07 Jun 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622384 thebookvoice.com 6:18:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622384]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: England in the Age of Chivalry … and Awful Diseases: The Hundred Years' War and Black Death Series: #4 of The Very, Very Short History of England Series Author: Ed West Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A revealing glimpse into the tumultuous history of England’s medieval period, full of knights in shining armor and terrible peasant suffering Covering the violent and disease-ridden period between 1272 to 1399, England in the Age of Chivalry … and Awful Diseases covers the events, personages, and ideas most commonly known as “medieval.” This includes Geoffrey Chaucer, the Peasants revolt, the Scottish wars of independence, the Great Famine of 1315, the Black Death, and the 100 Years War. Central to this time is King Edward III, who started the 100 Years War and defined the concept of chivalry, including England’s order of the garter. His legacy continues to shape our view of England’s history and is crucial in understanding the development of Europe. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622384]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: England in the Age of Chivalry … and Awful Diseases: The Hundred Years' War and Black Death Series: #4 of The Very, Very Short History of England Series Author: Ed West Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A revealing glimpse into the tumultuous history of England’s medieval period, full of knights in shining armor and terrible peasant suffering Covering the violent and disease-ridden period between 1272 to 1399, England in the Age of Chivalry … and Awful Diseases covers the events, personages, and ideas most commonly known as “medieval.” This includes Geoffrey Chaucer, the Peasants revolt, the Scottish wars of independence, the Great Famine of 1315, the Black Death, and the 100 Years War. Central to this time is King Edward III, who started the 100 Years War and defined the concept of chivalry, including England’s order of the garter. His legacy continues to shape our view of England’s history and is crucial in understanding the development of Europe. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622359 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622359]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Small Town in Ukraine: The place we came from, the place we went back to Author: Bernard Wasserstein Narrator: Steve John Shepherd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 23, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Decades ago, the historian Bernard Wasserstein set out to uncover the hidden past of the town forty miles west of Lviv where his family, especially his grandfather Berl, originated: Krakowiec (Krah-KOV-yets). In this book he recounts its dramatic and traumatic history. 'I want to observe and understand how some of the great forces that determined the shape of our times affected ordinary people.' Wasserstein traces the arc of history across centuries of religious and political conflict, as armies of Cossacks, Turks, Swedes and Muscovites rampaged through the region. In the Age of Enlightenment, the Polish magnate Ignacy Cetner built his palace at Krakowiec and, with his vivacious daughter, Princess Anna, created an arcadia of refinement and serenity. Under the Habsburg emperors after 1772, Krakowiec developed into a typical shtetl, with a jostling population of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews. In 1914, disaster struck. 'Seven years of terror and carnage' left a legacy of ferocious national antagonisms. During the Second World War the Jews were murdered in circumstances harrowingly described by Wasserstein. After the war the Poles were expelled and the town dwindled into a border outpost. Today, the storm of history once again rains down on Krakowiec as refugees flee for their lives from Ukraine. In the lives of Wasserstein's own family and the many others he has rediscovered, the people of Krakowiec become a prism through which we can feel the shocking immediacy of history. Original in conception and brilliantly achieved, A Small Town in Ukraine is a masterpiece of recovery and insight. ©2023 Bernard Wasserstein (P)2023 Penguin Audio Bernard Wasserstein Thu, 23 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622359 thebookvoice.com 8:55:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622359]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Small Town in Ukraine: The place we came from, the place we went back to Author: Bernard Wasserstein Narrator: Steve John Shepherd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 23, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Decades ago, the historian Bernard Wasserstein set out to uncover the hidden past of the town forty miles west of Lviv where his family, especially his grandfather Berl, originated: Krakowiec (Krah-KOV-yets). In this book he recounts its dramatic and traumatic history. 'I want to observe and understand how some of the great forces that determined the shape of our times affected ordinary people.' Wasserstein traces the arc of history across centuries of religious and political conflict, as armies of Cossacks, Turks, Swedes and Muscovites rampaged through the region. In the Age of Enlightenment, the Polish magnate Ignacy Cetner built his palace at Krakowiec and, with his vivacious daughter, Princess Anna, created an arcadia of refinement and serenity. Under the Habsburg emperors after 1772, Krakowiec developed into a typical shtetl, with a jostling population of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews. In 1914, disaster struck. 'Seven years of terror and carnage' left a legacy of ferocious national antagonisms. During the Second World War the Jews were murdered in circumstances harrowingly described by Wasserstein. After the war the Poles were expelled and the town dwindled into a border outpost. Today, the storm of history once again rains down on Krakowiec as refugees flee for their lives from Ukraine. In the lives of Wasserstein's own family and the many others he has rediscovered, the people of Krakowiec become a prism through which we can feel the shocking immediacy of history. Original in conception and brilliantly achieved, A Small Town in Ukraine is a masterpiece of recovery and insight. ©2023 Bernard Wasserstein (P)2023 Penguin Audio Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622359]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Small Town in Ukraine: The place we came from, the place we went back to Author: Bernard Wasserstein Narrator: Steve John Shepherd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 23, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Decades ago, the historian Bernard Wasserstein set out to uncover the hidden past of the town forty miles west of Lviv where his family, especially his grandfather Berl, originated: Krakowiec (Krah-KOV-yets). In this book he recounts its dramatic and traumatic history. 'I want to observe and understand how some of the great forces that determined the shape of our times affected ordinary people.' Wasserstein traces the arc of history across centuries of religious and political conflict, as armies of Cossacks, Turks, Swedes and Muscovites rampaged through the region. In the Age of Enlightenment, the Polish magnate Ignacy Cetner built his palace at Krakowiec and, with his vivacious daughter, Princess Anna, created an arcadia of refinement and serenity. Under the Habsburg emperors after 1772, Krakowiec developed into a typical shtetl, with a jostling population of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews. In 1914, disaster struck. 'Seven years of terror and carnage' left a legacy of ferocious national antagonisms. During the Second World War the Jews were murdered in circumstances harrowingly described by Wasserstein. After the war the Poles were expelled and the town dwindled into a border outpost. Today, the storm of history once again rains down on Krakowiec as refugees flee for their lives from Ukraine. In the lives of Wasserstein's own family and the many others he has rediscovered, the people of Krakowiec become a prism through which we can feel the shocking immediacy of history. Original in conception and brilliantly achieved, A Small Town in Ukraine is a masterpiece of recovery and insight. ©2023 Bernard Wasserstein (P)2023 Penguin Audio https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622198 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622198]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Deutschland 1923: Das Jahr am Abgrund Author: Volker Ullrich Narrator: Peter Bieringer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 15, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: «Kein Volk der Welt hat erlebt, was dem deutschen ‹1923›-Erlebnis entspricht», schrieb Sebastian Haffner im englischen Exil, und Stefan Zweig befand, dass die Geschichte noch «nie eine ähnliche Tollhauszeit in solchen riesigen Proportionen produziert» habe. Volker Ullrich erzählt auf breiter Quellenbasis die Geschichte dieses Jahrs am Abgrund, das in manchem auf fatale Weise an die heutige Gegenwart erinnert. Nach der vielgerühmten Hitler-Biografie und dem Bestseller «Acht Tage im Mai» legt der renommierte Journalist und Historiker nun das Panorama einer aus den Fugen geratenen Zeit vor, die Chronik eines in jeder Hinsicht extremen Jahres. 1923 erlebt Deutschland einen Sturz ins Bodenlose. Französische und belgische Truppen marschieren ins Ruhrgebiet ein. Die Hyperinflation erreicht ihren bizarren Höhepunkt und stürzt breite Bevölkerungsschichten ins Elend. Während die Vergnügungsindustrie boomt, herrscht politisch der Ausnahmezustand. Separatistische Bewegungen bedrohen den Bestand des Reiches, rechte und linke Extremisten setzen zum Sturm auf die Republik an, und in München bereitet ein Mann einen Putschversuch vor, dessen Name sich der Welt noch einprägen wird: Adolf Hitler. Volker Ullrich Thu, 15 Sep 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622198 thebookvoice.com 13:26:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622198]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Deutschland 1923: Das Jahr am Abgrund Author: Volker Ullrich Narrator: Peter Bieringer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 15, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: «Kein Volk der Welt hat erlebt, was dem deutschen ‹1923›-Erlebnis entspricht», schrieb Sebastian Haffner im englischen Exil, und Stefan Zweig befand, dass die Geschichte noch «nie eine ähnliche Tollhauszeit in solchen riesigen Proportionen produziert» habe. Volker Ullrich erzählt auf breiter Quellenbasis die Geschichte dieses Jahrs am Abgrund, das in manchem auf fatale Weise an die heutige Gegenwart erinnert. Nach der vielgerühmten Hitler-Biografie und dem Bestseller «Acht Tage im Mai» legt der renommierte Journalist und Historiker nun das Panorama einer aus den Fugen geratenen Zeit vor, die Chronik eines in jeder Hinsicht extremen Jahres. 1923 erlebt Deutschland einen Sturz ins Bodenlose. Französische und belgische Truppen marschieren ins Ruhrgebiet ein. Die Hyperinflation erreicht ihren bizarren Höhepunkt und stürzt breite Bevölkerungsschichten ins Elend. Während die Vergnügungsindustrie boomt, herrscht politisch der Ausnahmezustand. Separatistische Bewegungen bedrohen den Bestand des Reiches, rechte und linke Extremisten setzen zum Sturm auf die Republik an, und in München bereitet ein Mann einen Putschversuch vor, dessen Name sich der Welt noch einprägen wird: Adolf Hitler. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622198]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Deutschland 1923: Das Jahr am Abgrund Author: Volker Ullrich Narrator: Peter Bieringer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 15, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: «Kein Volk der Welt hat erlebt, was dem deutschen ‹1923›-Erlebnis entspricht», schrieb Sebastian Haffner im englischen Exil, und Stefan Zweig befand, dass die Geschichte noch «nie eine ähnliche Tollhauszeit in solchen riesigen Proportionen produziert» habe. Volker Ullrich erzählt auf breiter Quellenbasis die Geschichte dieses Jahrs am Abgrund, das in manchem auf fatale Weise an die heutige Gegenwart erinnert. Nach der vielgerühmten Hitler-Biografie und dem Bestseller «Acht Tage im Mai» legt der renommierte Journalist und Historiker nun das Panorama einer aus den Fugen geratenen Zeit vor, die Chronik eines in jeder Hinsicht extremen Jahres. 1923 erlebt Deutschland einen Sturz ins Bodenlose. Französische und belgische Truppen marschieren ins Ruhrgebiet ein. Die Hyperinflation erreicht ihren bizarren Höhepunkt und stürzt breite Bevölkerungsschichten ins Elend. Während die Vergnügungsindustrie boomt, herrscht politisch der Ausnahmezustand. Separatistische Bewegungen bedrohen den Bestand des Reiches, rechte und linke Extremisten setzen zum Sturm auf die Republik an, und in München bereitet ein Mann einen Putschversuch vor, dessen Name sich der Welt noch einprägen wird: Adolf Hitler. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622095 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622095]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mengele And Nazi Doctors During The Third Reich Author: Joshua Itzkowitz Narrator: Jack Stonemason Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 3, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The experiments conducted during World War II provide some of the most extreme examples of human rights and ethics breaches the world has so far seen. There is no benefit in considering the Nazi experiments as “other” or irrelevant. The greatest good that can come from these atrocities is the lessons they have to teach about what plays into and creates a hostile research environment. Before the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party, Germany was at the forefront of medical research and ethics. The rise of the National Socialist movement led to a moral decline in physicians’ perception of their professional identity. This was reinforced by concepts like “lives not worth living,” which were often repeated in Nazi propaganda and played a central role in justifying the atrocities committed under the Nazi regime. The Nazi era in general, and the behavior of Nazi doctors in particular, show that despite a general historical progression toward greater humanity, egregious regressions and moral backsliding have occurred. Joshua Itzkowitz Sat, 03 Sep 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622095 thebookvoice.com 3:21:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622095]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mengele And Nazi Doctors During The Third Reich Author: Joshua Itzkowitz Narrator: Jack Stonemason Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 3, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The experiments conducted during World War II provide some of the most extreme examples of human rights and ethics breaches the world has so far seen. There is no benefit in considering the Nazi experiments as “other” or irrelevant. The greatest good that can come from these atrocities is the lessons they have to teach about what plays into and creates a hostile research environment. Before the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party, Germany was at the forefront of medical research and ethics. The rise of the National Socialist movement led to a moral decline in physicians’ perception of their professional identity. This was reinforced by concepts like “lives not worth living,” which were often repeated in Nazi propaganda and played a central role in justifying the atrocities committed under the Nazi regime. The Nazi era in general, and the behavior of Nazi doctors in particular, show that despite a general historical progression toward greater humanity, egregious regressions and moral backsliding have occurred. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622095]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mengele And Nazi Doctors During The Third Reich Author: Joshua Itzkowitz Narrator: Jack Stonemason Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 3, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The experiments conducted during World War II provide some of the most extreme examples of human rights and ethics breaches the world has so far seen. There is no benefit in considering the Nazi experiments as “other” or irrelevant. The greatest good that can come from these atrocities is the lessons they have to teach about what plays into and creates a hostile research environment. Before the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party, Germany was at the forefront of medical research and ethics. The rise of the National Socialist movement led to a moral decline in physicians’ perception of their professional identity. This was reinforced by concepts like “lives not worth living,” which were often repeated in Nazi propaganda and played a central role in justifying the atrocities committed under the Nazi regime. The Nazi era in general, and the behavior of Nazi doctors in particular, show that despite a general historical progression toward greater humanity, egregious regressions and moral backsliding have occurred. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/621928 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/621928]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe Author: Rachel Chrastil Narrator: Sarah Borges Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 1, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Less than a month after it marched into France in summer 1870, the Prussian army had devastated its opponents, captured Napoleon III and wrecked all assumptions about Europe's pecking order. Other countries looked on in helpless amazement. Pushing aside further French resistance, a new German Empire was proclaimed (as a deliberate humiliation) in the Palace of Versailles, leaving the French to face civil war in Paris, reparations and the loss of Alsace and Lorraine. Bismarck's War tells the story of one of the most shocking reversals of fortune in modern European history. The culmination of a globally violent decade, the Franco-Prussian War was deliberately engineered by Bismarck, both to destroy French power and to unite Germany. It could not have worked better, but it also had lurking inside it the poisonous seeds of all the disasters that would ravage the twentieth century. Drawing on a remarkable variety of sources, Chrastil's book explores the military, technological, political and social events of the war, its human cost and the way that the sheer ferocity of war, however successful, has profound consequences for both victors and victims. ©2023 Rachel Chrastil (P)2023 Penguin Audio Rachel Chrastil Thu, 01 Jun 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/621928 thebookvoice.com 17:36:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/621928]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe Author: Rachel Chrastil Narrator: Sarah Borges Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 1, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Less than a month after it marched into France in summer 1870, the Prussian army had devastated its opponents, captured Napoleon III and wrecked all assumptions about Europe's pecking order. Other countries looked on in helpless amazement. Pushing aside further French resistance, a new German Empire was proclaimed (as a deliberate humiliation) in the Palace of Versailles, leaving the French to face civil war in Paris, reparations and the loss of Alsace and Lorraine. Bismarck's War tells the story of one of the most shocking reversals of fortune in modern European history. The culmination of a globally violent decade, the Franco-Prussian War was deliberately engineered by Bismarck, both to destroy French power and to unite Germany. It could not have worked better, but it also had lurking inside it the poisonous seeds of all the disasters that would ravage the twentieth century. Drawing on a remarkable variety of sources, Chrastil's book explores the military, technological, political and social events of the war, its human cost and the way that the sheer ferocity of war, however successful, has profound consequences for both victors and victims. ©2023 Rachel Chrastil (P)2023 Penguin Audio Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/621928]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe Author: Rachel Chrastil Narrator: Sarah Borges Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 1, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Less than a month after it marched into France in summer 1870, the Prussian army had devastated its opponents, captured Napoleon III and wrecked all assumptions about Europe's pecking order. Other countries looked on in helpless amazement. Pushing aside further French resistance, a new German Empire was proclaimed (as a deliberate humiliation) in the Palace of Versailles, leaving the French to face civil war in Paris, reparations and the loss of Alsace and Lorraine. Bismarck's War tells the story of one of the most shocking reversals of fortune in modern European history. The culmination of a globally violent decade, the Franco-Prussian War was deliberately engineered by Bismarck, both to destroy French power and to unite Germany. It could not have worked better, but it also had lurking inside it the poisonous seeds of all the disasters that would ravage the twentieth century. Drawing on a remarkable variety of sources, Chrastil's book explores the military, technological, political and social events of the war, its human cost and the way that the sheer ferocity of war, however successful, has profound consequences for both victors and victims. ©2023 Rachel Chrastil (P)2023 Penguin Audio https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620916 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620916]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crypt: Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond Author: Alice Roberts Narrator: Alice Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 29, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER CHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2024 'Compulsive . . . A wonderful display of how modern archaeology can bring hidden histories to life' Daily Telegraph  'Gripping . . . I found it hard to put down' Evening Standard 'Another really good book from archaeologist Alice Roberts . . . Helps you understand the facts on a technical level, but also makes you feel them in your bones' New Scientist  'Robert's reflections on Thomas Becket and Canterbury Cathedral are especially entertaining . . . Fascinating' Spectator  The new book by Sunday Times bestselling author of Ancestors and Buried - the final instalment in Professor Alice Roberts' acclaimed trilogy. We can unlock secrets from bones preserved for centuries in tombs, graves and crypts. The history of the Middle Ages is typically the story of the rich and powerful, there’s barely a written note for most people’s lives. Archaeology represents another way of interrogating our history. By using cutting-edge science to examine human remains and burials, it is possible to unearth details about how individuals lived and died that give us a new understanding of the past – one that is more intimate and inclusive than ever before.   The seven stories in Crypt are not comforting tales. We meet the patients at one of the earliest hospitals in England and the victims of the St Brice’s Day Massacre. We see a society struggling to make sense of disease, disability and death, as incurable epidemics sweep through medieval Europe. We learn of a protracted battle between Church and State that led to the murder of Thomas Becket and the destruction of the most famous tomb in England. And we come face to face with the archers who went down with Henry VIII’s favourite ship, the Mary Rose.   Beautifully written and expertly researched by Professor Alice Roberts, Crypt is packed with thrilling discoveries that will make you see the history of Britain afresh. Alice Roberts Thu, 29 Feb 2024 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620916 thebookvoice.com 9:42:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620916]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crypt: Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond Author: Alice Roberts Narrator: Alice Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 29, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER CHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2024 'Compulsive . . . A wonderful display of how modern archaeology can bring hidden histories to life' Daily Telegraph  'Gripping . . . I found it hard to put down' Evening Standard 'Another really good book from archaeologist Alice Roberts . . . Helps you understand the facts on a technical level, but also makes you feel them in your bones' New Scientist  'Robert's reflections on Thomas Becket and Canterbury Cathedral are especially entertaining . . . Fascinating' Spectator  The new book by Sunday Times bestselling author of Ancestors and Buried - the final instalment in Professor Alice Roberts' acclaimed trilogy. We can unlock secrets from bones preserved for centuries in tombs, graves and crypts. The history of the Middle Ages is typically the story of the rich and powerful, there’s barely a written note for most people’s lives. Archaeology represents another way of interrogating our history. By using cutting-edge science to examine human remains and burials, it is possible to unearth details about how individuals lived and died that give us a new understanding of the past – one that is more intimate and inclusive than ever before.   The seven stories in Crypt are not comforting tales. We meet the patients at one of the earliest hospitals in England and the victims of the St Brice’s Day Massacre. We see a society struggling to make sense of disease, disability and death, as incurable epidemics sweep through medieval Europe. We learn of a protracted battle between Church and State that led to the murder of Thomas Becket and the destruction of the most famous tomb in England. And we come face to face with the archers who went down with Henry VIII’s favourite ship, the Mary Rose.   Beautifully written and expertly researched by Professor Alice Roberts, Crypt is packed with thrilling discoveries that will make you see the history of Britain afresh. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620916]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crypt: Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond Author: Alice Roberts Narrator: Alice Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 29, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER CHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2024 'Compulsive . . . A wonderful display of how modern archaeology can bring hidden histories to life' Daily Telegraph  'Gripping . . . I found it hard to put down' Evening Standard 'Another really good book from archaeologist Alice Roberts . . . Helps you understand the facts on a technical level, but also makes you feel them in your bones' New Scientist  'Robert's reflections on Thomas Becket and Canterbury Cathedral are especially entertaining . . . Fascinating' Spectator  The new book by Sunday Times bestselling author of Ancestors and Buried - the final instalment in Professor Alice Roberts' acclaimed trilogy. We can unlock secrets from bones preserved for centuries in tombs, graves and crypts. The history of the Middle Ages is typically the story of the rich and powerful, there’s barely a written note for most people’s lives. Archaeology represents another way of interrogating our history. By using cutting-edge science to examine human remains and burials, it is possible to unearth details about how individuals lived and died that give us a new understanding of the past – one that is more intimate and inclusive than ever before.   The seven stories in Crypt are not comforting tales. We meet the patients at one of the earliest hospitals in England and the victims of the St Brice’s Day Massacre. We see a society struggling to make sense of disease, disability and death, as incurable epidemics sweep through medieval Europe. We learn of a protracted battle between Church and State that led to the murder of Thomas Becket and the destruction of the most famous tomb in England. And we come face to face with the archers who went down with Henry VIII’s favourite ship, the Mary Rose.   Beautifully written and expertly researched by Professor Alice Roberts, Crypt is packed with thrilling discoveries that will make you see the history of Britain afresh. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620914 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620914]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: 24 Hours Author: Richard Williams Narrator: Richard Attlee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Award-winning writer Richard Williams tells the remarkable story of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, one of the world's most iconic motorsports events, which celebrates its centenary in 2023.  The event was created by a group of Frenchmen in 1923 and remains uniquely compelling to spectators, to the major motor manufacturers who continue to see it as an opportunity for priceless publicity, as well as to drivers hoping to add their names to its distinguished roll of honour. Between the wars, those manufacturers included Bugatti, Bentley and Alfa Romeo. Subsequently, Ferrari, Jaguar, Mercedes, Aston Martin, Ford, Porsche, Audi and Toyota have all been serial winners, guaranteeing the continuation of ferocious inter-marque rivalry.  Over the decades the race acquired a rich folklore, including stories of leaking petrol tanks being sealed with chewing gum, one competitor making his last pit-stop for a fill-up and a glass of champagne, or the woman who drove her MG through the night wearing a fur coat. Competitors have included princes, debutantes, drug smugglers and a Nazi spy. Leading Hollywood film-makers lured to the romance of the race include Steve McQueen, who conceived and starred in Le Mans in 1971, and James Mangold, who made Le Mans ’66 in 2019. But in 1955 it had also been the scene of the greatest tragedy ever to befall motor racing, when 82 people were killed by a competing car, an accident that for a while threatened the sport’s entire future.  From the Bentley Boys of the 1920s, through record-breaking multiple winners Jacky Ickx and Tom Kristensen to modern stars such as Allan McNish, 24 Hours celebrates the skill, courage and technical brilliance of the men and women who gave the race its worldwide renown. Richard Williams Thu, 25 May 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620914 thebookvoice.com 16:33:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620914]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: 24 Hours Author: Richard Williams Narrator: Richard Attlee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Award-winning writer Richard Williams tells the remarkable story of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, one of the world's most iconic motorsports events, which celebrates its centenary in 2023.  The event was created by a group of Frenchmen in 1923 and remains uniquely compelling to spectators, to the major motor manufacturers who continue to see it as an opportunity for priceless publicity, as well as to drivers hoping to add their names to its distinguished roll of honour. Between the wars, those manufacturers included Bugatti, Bentley and Alfa Romeo. Subsequently, Ferrari, Jaguar, Mercedes, Aston Martin, Ford, Porsche, Audi and Toyota have all been serial winners, guaranteeing the continuation of ferocious inter-marque rivalry.  Over the decades the race acquired a rich folklore, including stories of leaking petrol tanks being sealed with chewing gum, one competitor making his last pit-stop for a fill-up and a glass of champagne, or the woman who drove her MG through the night wearing a fur coat. Competitors have included princes, debutantes, drug smugglers and a Nazi spy. Leading Hollywood film-makers lured to the romance of the race include Steve McQueen, who conceived and starred in Le Mans in 1971, and James Mangold, who made Le Mans ’66 in 2019. But in 1955 it had also been the scene of the greatest tragedy ever to befall motor racing, when 82 people were killed by a competing car, an accident that for a while threatened the sport’s entire future.  From the Bentley Boys of the 1920s, through record-breaking multiple winners Jacky Ickx and Tom Kristensen to modern stars such as Allan McNish, 24 Hours celebrates the skill, courage and technical brilliance of the men and women who gave the race its worldwide renown. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620914]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: 24 Hours Author: Richard Williams Narrator: Richard Attlee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 25, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Award-winning writer Richard Williams tells the remarkable story of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, one of the world's most iconic motorsports events, which celebrates its centenary in 2023.  The event was created by a group of Frenchmen in 1923 and remains uniquely compelling to spectators, to the major motor manufacturers who continue to see it as an opportunity for priceless publicity, as well as to drivers hoping to add their names to its distinguished roll of honour. Between the wars, those manufacturers included Bugatti, Bentley and Alfa Romeo. Subsequently, Ferrari, Jaguar, Mercedes, Aston Martin, Ford, Porsche, Audi and Toyota have all been serial winners, guaranteeing the continuation of ferocious inter-marque rivalry.  Over the decades the race acquired a rich folklore, including stories of leaking petrol tanks being sealed with chewing gum, one competitor making his last pit-stop for a fill-up and a glass of champagne, or the woman who drove her MG through the night wearing a fur coat. Competitors have included princes, debutantes, drug smugglers and a Nazi spy. Leading Hollywood film-makers lured to the romance of the race include Steve McQueen, who conceived and starred in Le Mans in 1971, and James Mangold, who made Le Mans ’66 in 2019. But in 1955 it had also been the scene of the greatest tragedy ever to befall motor racing, when 82 people were killed by a competing car, an accident that for a while threatened the sport’s entire future.  From the Bentley Boys of the 1920s, through record-breaking multiple winners Jacky Ickx and Tom Kristensen to modern stars such as Allan McNish, 24 Hours celebrates the skill, courage and technical brilliance of the men and women who gave the race its worldwide renown. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620793 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620793]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus 1569-1999 Author: Timothy Snyder Narrator: Rich Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 48 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of On Tyranny comes a revealing history of the four modern national ideas that arose from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Modern nationalism in northeastern Europe has often led to violence and then reconciliation between nations with bloody pasts. In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood over four centuries, discusses various atrocities (including the first account of the massive Ukrainian-Polish ethnic cleansings of the 1940s), and examines Poland's recent successful negotiations with its newly independent Eastern neighbors, as it has channeled national interest toward peace. Timothy Snyder Tue, 29 Nov 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620793 thebookvoice.com 13:48:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620793]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus 1569-1999 Author: Timothy Snyder Narrator: Rich Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 48 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of On Tyranny comes a revealing history of the four modern national ideas that arose from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Modern nationalism in northeastern Europe has often led to violence and then reconciliation between nations with bloody pasts. In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood over four centuries, discusses various atrocities (including the first account of the massive Ukrainian-Polish ethnic cleansings of the 1940s), and examines Poland's recent successful negotiations with its newly independent Eastern neighbors, as it has channeled national interest toward peace. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620793]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus 1569-1999 Author: Timothy Snyder Narrator: Rich Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 48 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of On Tyranny comes a revealing history of the four modern national ideas that arose from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Modern nationalism in northeastern Europe has often led to violence and then reconciliation between nations with bloody pasts. In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood over four centuries, discusses various atrocities (including the first account of the massive Ukrainian-Polish ethnic cleansings of the 1940s), and examines Poland's recent successful negotiations with its newly independent Eastern neighbors, as it has channeled national interest toward peace. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620332 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620332]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: 1215 and All That: Magna Carta and King John Series: #3 of The Very, Very Short History of England Series Author: Ed West Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 1215 is one of the most famous dates in English history, and with good reason, since it marks the signing of the Magna Carta by King John and the English barons, which altered the entire course of English and world history. John Lackland was born to King Henry II and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitane in December, 1166; he was the youngest of five sons. However, he unexpectedly became the favored heir to his father after a failed rebellion by his older brothers in 1173. He became king in 1199, though his reign was tumultuous and short. After a brief peace with Phillip II of France, war broke out again in 1202 and King John lost most of his holdings on the continent. This, coupled with unpopular fiscal policies and treatment of nobles back home, led to conflict upon his return from battle. Buffeted from all sides, King John was pushed in 1215 to sign, along with his barons, the Magna Carta, a precursor to constitutional governance. But both sides failed to uphold the agreements terms and conflict quickly resumed, leading to John’s untimely death a year later to dysentery. Pitched at newcomers to the subject, 1215 and All That will explain how King John’s rule and, in particular, his signing of the Magna Carta changed England—and the English—forever, introducing listeners to the early days of medieval England. It is the third book in the acclaimed A Very, Very Short History of England series, which captures the major moments of English history with humor and bite. Ed West Tue, 24 May 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620332 thebookvoice.com 5:48:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620332]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: 1215 and All That: Magna Carta and King John Series: #3 of The Very, Very Short History of England Series Author: Ed West Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 1215 is one of the most famous dates in English history, and with good reason, since it marks the signing of the Magna Carta by King John and the English barons, which altered the entire course of English and world history. John Lackland was born to King Henry II and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitane in December, 1166; he was the youngest of five sons. However, he unexpectedly became the favored heir to his father after a failed rebellion by his older brothers in 1173. He became king in 1199, though his reign was tumultuous and short. After a brief peace with Phillip II of France, war broke out again in 1202 and King John lost most of his holdings on the continent. This, coupled with unpopular fiscal policies and treatment of nobles back home, led to conflict upon his return from battle. Buffeted from all sides, King John was pushed in 1215 to sign, along with his barons, the Magna Carta, a precursor to constitutional governance. But both sides failed to uphold the agreements terms and conflict quickly resumed, leading to John’s untimely death a year later to dysentery. Pitched at newcomers to the subject, 1215 and All That will explain how King John’s rule and, in particular, his signing of the Magna Carta changed England—and the English—forever, introducing listeners to the early days of medieval England. It is the third book in the acclaimed A Very, Very Short History of England series, which captures the major moments of English history with humor and bite. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620332]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: 1215 and All That: Magna Carta and King John Series: #3 of The Very, Very Short History of England Series Author: Ed West Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 1215 is one of the most famous dates in English history, and with good reason, since it marks the signing of the Magna Carta by King John and the English barons, which altered the entire course of English and world history. John Lackland was born to King Henry II and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitane in December, 1166; he was the youngest of five sons. However, he unexpectedly became the favored heir to his father after a failed rebellion by his older brothers in 1173. He became king in 1199, though his reign was tumultuous and short. After a brief peace with Phillip II of France, war broke out again in 1202 and King John lost most of his holdings on the continent. This, coupled with unpopular fiscal policies and treatment of nobles back home, led to conflict upon his return from battle. Buffeted from all sides, King John was pushed in 1215 to sign, along with his barons, the Magna Carta, a precursor to constitutional governance. But both sides failed to uphold the agreements terms and conflict quickly resumed, leading to John’s untimely death a year later to dysentery. Pitched at newcomers to the subject, 1215 and All That will explain how King John’s rule and, in particular, his signing of the Magna Carta changed England—and the English—forever, introducing listeners to the early days of medieval England. It is the third book in the acclaimed A Very, Very Short History of England series, which captures the major moments of English history with humor and bite. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620162 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620162]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [French] - Les Gens de Dublin Author: James Joyce Narrator: Katy White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 18, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: « Dubliners » de son nom original est un passionnant recueil de nouvelles modernistes écrit par James Joyce qui dépeint de manière remarquable la vie quotidienne des gens de Dublin. Vivant à l'étranger mais écrivant toujours sur sa ville natale, Joyce a rendu Dublin inoubliable ! Les histoires des gens de Dublin décrivent des buveurs d'alcool, des séducteurs, des nationalistes, des commères, des politiciens corrompus et des ados oisifs qui s'efforcent de s'en sortir... Figure internationale dans tous les sens du terme, Joyce a été fidèle à son propre pays. Un véritable dépaysement culturel et historique ! À écouter sans modération ! James Joyce Thu, 18 Aug 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620162 thebookvoice.com 7:12:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620162]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [French] - Les Gens de Dublin Author: James Joyce Narrator: Katy White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 18, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: « Dubliners » de son nom original est un passionnant recueil de nouvelles modernistes écrit par James Joyce qui dépeint de manière remarquable la vie quotidienne des gens de Dublin. Vivant à l'étranger mais écrivant toujours sur sa ville natale, Joyce a rendu Dublin inoubliable ! Les histoires des gens de Dublin décrivent des buveurs d'alcool, des séducteurs, des nationalistes, des commères, des politiciens corrompus et des ados oisifs qui s'efforcent de s'en sortir... Figure internationale dans tous les sens du terme, Joyce a été fidèle à son propre pays. Un véritable dépaysement culturel et historique ! À écouter sans modération ! Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620162]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [French] - Les Gens de Dublin Author: James Joyce Narrator: Katy White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 18, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: « Dubliners » de son nom original est un passionnant recueil de nouvelles modernistes écrit par James Joyce qui dépeint de manière remarquable la vie quotidienne des gens de Dublin. Vivant à l'étranger mais écrivant toujours sur sa ville natale, Joyce a rendu Dublin inoubliable ! Les histoires des gens de Dublin décrivent des buveurs d'alcool, des séducteurs, des nationalistes, des commères, des politiciens corrompus et des ados oisifs qui s'efforcent de s'en sortir... Figure internationale dans tous les sens du terme, Joyce a été fidèle à son propre pays. Un véritable dépaysement culturel et historique ! À écouter sans modération ! https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619377 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619377]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Invasion: The Inside Story of Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival Author: Luke Harding Narrator: Nicholas Guy Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author of Collusion and The Snowden Files Luke Harding’s personal, frontline reporting on Russia’s harrowing invasion of Ukraine, the biggest news event of the year and an inflection point in international politics “An excellent, moving account of an ongoing tragedy.” —Anne Applebaum, New York Times bestselling author of Twilight of Democracy In a damning, inspiring, and breathtaking narrative of what is likely to be a turning point for Europe—and the world—Guardian correspondent and New York Times bestselling author Luke Harding reports firsthand on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. When, just before dawn on February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin launched a series of brutal attacks, Harding was there, on the ground in Kyiv. But this senseless violence was met with astounding resilience—from, among others, the country’s embattled president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy—and the courage of a people preparedi to risk everything to preserve their nation’s freedom. Here are piercing portraits of the leaders on both sides of this monumental struggle, a haunting depiction of the atrocities in Bucha and elsewhere, and an intimate glimpse into the ordinary lives being impacted by the biggest conflict in Europe since the Second World War. Harding captures this crucial moment in history with candor, insight, and an unwavering focus on the human stories that lie at its heart. Luke Harding Tue, 29 Nov 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619377 thebookvoice.com 11:37:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619377]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Invasion: The Inside Story of Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival Author: Luke Harding Narrator: Nicholas Guy Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author of Collusion and The Snowden Files Luke Harding’s personal, frontline reporting on Russia’s harrowing invasion of Ukraine, the biggest news event of the year and an inflection point in international politics “An excellent, moving account of an ongoing tragedy.” —Anne Applebaum, New York Times bestselling author of Twilight of Democracy In a damning, inspiring, and breathtaking narrative of what is likely to be a turning point for Europe—and the world—Guardian correspondent and New York Times bestselling author Luke Harding reports firsthand on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. When, just before dawn on February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin launched a series of brutal attacks, Harding was there, on the ground in Kyiv. But this senseless violence was met with astounding resilience—from, among others, the country’s embattled president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy—and the courage of a people preparedi to risk everything to preserve their nation’s freedom. Here are piercing portraits of the leaders on both sides of this monumental struggle, a haunting depiction of the atrocities in Bucha and elsewhere, and an intimate glimpse into the ordinary lives being impacted by the biggest conflict in Europe since the Second World War. Harding captures this crucial moment in history with candor, insight, and an unwavering focus on the human stories that lie at its heart. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619377]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Invasion: The Inside Story of Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival Author: Luke Harding Narrator: Nicholas Guy Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author of Collusion and The Snowden Files Luke Harding’s personal, frontline reporting on Russia’s harrowing invasion of Ukraine, the biggest news event of the year and an inflection point in international politics “An excellent, moving account of an ongoing tragedy.” —Anne Applebaum, New York Times bestselling author of Twilight of Democracy In a damning, inspiring, and breathtaking narrative of what is likely to be a turning point for Europe—and the world—Guardian correspondent and New York Times bestselling author Luke Harding reports firsthand on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. When, just before dawn on February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin launched a series of brutal attacks, Harding was there, on the ground in Kyiv. But this senseless violence was met with astounding resilience—from, among others, the country’s embattled president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy—and the courage of a people preparedi to risk everything to preserve their nation’s freedom. Here are piercing portraits of the leaders on both sides of this monumental struggle, a haunting depiction of the atrocities in Bucha and elsewhere, and an intimate glimpse into the ordinary lives being impacted by the biggest conflict in Europe since the Second World War. Harding captures this crucial moment in history with candor, insight, and an unwavering focus on the human stories that lie at its heart. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619345 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619345]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England Author: Vanessa Wilkie Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This “engrossing, fast-paced, extremely well-researched biography” (Booklist) transports us to Tudor and Stuart England as Alice Spencer, the daughter of an upstart sheep farmer, becomes one of the most powerful women in the country and establishes a powerful dynasty that endures to this day. Perfect for fans of The Duchess Countess and Georgiana. Alice Spencer was born in 1560 to a family on the rise. Her grandfather had amassed a sizeable estate of fertile grazing land and made a small fortune in sheep farming, allowing him to purchase a simple but distinguished manor house called Althorp. With her sizable dowry, Alice married the heir to one of the most powerful aristocratic families in the country, eventually becoming the Countess of Derby. Though she enjoyed modest renown, it wasn’t until her husband’s sudden death (after he turned in a group of Catholics for plotting against Queen Elizabeth I) that Alice and her family’s future changed forever. Faced with a lawsuit from her brother-in-law over her late husband’s fortune, Alice raised eyebrows by marrying England’s most powerful lawyer. Together, they were victorious, and Alice focused her attentions on securing appropriate husbands for her daughters, increasing her land ownings, and securing a bright future for her grandchildren and the entire Spencer family. But they would not completely escape scandals, and as the matriarch, Alice had to face an infamous trial that threatened everything she had worked so hard for. Now, in “this riveting tale reads more like a legal thriller than historical nonfiction” (Beth Morrison, coauthor of The Lawless Land), the full story of the remarkable Alice Spencer Stanley Egerton is revealed. A woman both ahead of and part of her time, Alice’s ruthless challenging of the status quo has inspired future generations of Spencers and will change the way you view Tudor women. Vanessa Wilkie Tue, 18 Apr 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619345 thebookvoice.com 9:40:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619345]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England Author: Vanessa Wilkie Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This “engrossing, fast-paced, extremely well-researched biography” (Booklist) transports us to Tudor and Stuart England as Alice Spencer, the daughter of an upstart sheep farmer, becomes one of the most powerful women in the country and establishes a powerful dynasty that endures to this day. Perfect for fans of The Duchess Countess and Georgiana. Alice Spencer was born in 1560 to a family on the rise. Her grandfather had amassed a sizeable estate of fertile grazing land and made a small fortune in sheep farming, allowing him to purchase a simple but distinguished manor house called Althorp. With her sizable dowry, Alice married the heir to one of the most powerful aristocratic families in the country, eventually becoming the Countess of Derby. Though she enjoyed modest renown, it wasn’t until her husband’s sudden death (after he turned in a group of Catholics for plotting against Queen Elizabeth I) that Alice and her family’s future changed forever. Faced with a lawsuit from her brother-in-law over her late husband’s fortune, Alice raised eyebrows by marrying England’s most powerful lawyer. Together, they were victorious, and Alice focused her attentions on securing appropriate husbands for her daughters, increasing her land ownings, and securing a bright future for her grandchildren and the entire Spencer family. But they would not completely escape scandals, and as the matriarch, Alice had to face an infamous trial that threatened everything she had worked so hard for. Now, in “this riveting tale reads more like a legal thriller than historical nonfiction” (Beth Morrison, coauthor of The Lawless Land), the full story of the remarkable Alice Spencer Stanley Egerton is revealed. A woman both ahead of and part of her time, Alice’s ruthless challenging of the status quo has inspired future generations of Spencers and will change the way you view Tudor women. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619345]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England Author: Vanessa Wilkie Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This “engrossing, fast-paced, extremely well-researched biography” (Booklist) transports us to Tudor and Stuart England as Alice Spencer, the daughter of an upstart sheep farmer, becomes one of the most powerful women in the country and establishes a powerful dynasty that endures to this day. Perfect for fans of The Duchess Countess and Georgiana. Alice Spencer was born in 1560 to a family on the rise. Her grandfather had amassed a sizeable estate of fertile grazing land and made a small fortune in sheep farming, allowing him to purchase a simple but distinguished manor house called Althorp. With her sizable dowry, Alice married the heir to one of the most powerful aristocratic families in the country, eventually becoming the Countess of Derby. Though she enjoyed modest renown, it wasn’t until her husband’s sudden death (after he turned in a group of Catholics for plotting against Queen Elizabeth I) that Alice and her family’s future changed forever. Faced with a lawsuit from her brother-in-law over her late husband’s fortune, Alice raised eyebrows by marrying England’s most powerful lawyer. Together, they were victorious, and Alice focused her attentions on securing appropriate husbands for her daughters, increasing her land ownings, and securing a bright future for her grandchildren and the entire Spencer family. But they would not completely escape scandals, and as the matriarch, Alice had to face an infamous trial that threatened everything she had worked so hard for. Now, in “this riveting tale reads more like a legal thriller than historical nonfiction” (Beth Morrison, coauthor of The Lawless Land), the full story of the remarkable Alice Spencer Stanley Egerton is revealed. A woman both ahead of and part of her time, Alice’s ruthless challenging of the status quo has inspired future generations of Spencers and will change the way you view Tudor women. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619317 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619317]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: 617 Squadron: The Dambusters at War Author: Tom Bennett Narrator: Dennis Kleinman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 48 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In May 1943, Guy Gibson led 617 Squadron on an audacious assault on the dams of the Ruhr valley using Barnes Wallis' ingenious 'bouncing bombs.' What happened to RAF 617 Squadron after the completion of Operation Chastise? The raid had been a success, but the bombing offensive against Nazi-occupied territories did not let up and 617 Squadron continued to be at the heart of these operations. Squadron Leader Tom Bennett, who flew as one of the lead navigators of 617's Mosquito marker force, recounts many of the precision attacks made by 617's Lancasters on vital targets in occupied Europe. A number of personalities who served with the Squadron leap from the pages, like Tom McLean, who managed to destroy three night-fighters while wounded from his position as rear gunner, as well as the unpredictable Australian Colin Keith 'Aspro' Astbury who after being retired from active duty snuck out of his dull job with the Air Ministry to continue flying with his crew. 617 Squadron: The Dambusters at War provides unique insight into the reminiscences of the men who flew in this crack Royal Air Force squadron during the last three years of World War Two. Tom Bennett Tue, 29 Nov 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619317 thebookvoice.com 13:48:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619317]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: 617 Squadron: The Dambusters at War Author: Tom Bennett Narrator: Dennis Kleinman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 48 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In May 1943, Guy Gibson led 617 Squadron on an audacious assault on the dams of the Ruhr valley using Barnes Wallis' ingenious 'bouncing bombs.' What happened to RAF 617 Squadron after the completion of Operation Chastise? The raid had been a success, but the bombing offensive against Nazi-occupied territories did not let up and 617 Squadron continued to be at the heart of these operations. Squadron Leader Tom Bennett, who flew as one of the lead navigators of 617's Mosquito marker force, recounts many of the precision attacks made by 617's Lancasters on vital targets in occupied Europe. A number of personalities who served with the Squadron leap from the pages, like Tom McLean, who managed to destroy three night-fighters while wounded from his position as rear gunner, as well as the unpredictable Australian Colin Keith 'Aspro' Astbury who after being retired from active duty snuck out of his dull job with the Air Ministry to continue flying with his crew. 617 Squadron: The Dambusters at War provides unique insight into the reminiscences of the men who flew in this crack Royal Air Force squadron during the last three years of World War Two. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619317]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: 617 Squadron: The Dambusters at War Author: Tom Bennett Narrator: Dennis Kleinman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 48 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In May 1943, Guy Gibson led 617 Squadron on an audacious assault on the dams of the Ruhr valley using Barnes Wallis' ingenious 'bouncing bombs.' What happened to RAF 617 Squadron after the completion of Operation Chastise? The raid had been a success, but the bombing offensive against Nazi-occupied territories did not let up and 617 Squadron continued to be at the heart of these operations. Squadron Leader Tom Bennett, who flew as one of the lead navigators of 617's Mosquito marker force, recounts many of the precision attacks made by 617's Lancasters on vital targets in occupied Europe. A number of personalities who served with the Squadron leap from the pages, like Tom McLean, who managed to destroy three night-fighters while wounded from his position as rear gunner, as well as the unpredictable Australian Colin Keith 'Aspro' Astbury who after being retired from active duty snuck out of his dull job with the Air Ministry to continue flying with his crew. 617 Squadron: The Dambusters at War provides unique insight into the reminiscences of the men who flew in this crack Royal Air Force squadron during the last three years of World War Two. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619313 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619313]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wandering Army: The Campaigns that Transformed the British Way of War Author: Huw J. Davies Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A compelling history of the British Army in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—showing how the military gathered knowledge from campaigns across the globe At the outbreak of the War of Austrian Succession in 1742, the British Army's military tactics were tired and outdated, stultified after three decades of peace. The army's leadership was conservative, resistant to change, and unable to match new military techniques developing on the continent. Losses were cataclysmic and the force was in dire need of modernization—both in terms of strategy and in leadership and technology. In this wide-ranging and highly original account, Huw Davies traces the British Army's accumulation of military knowledge across the following century. An essentially global force, British armies and soldiers continually gleaned and synthesized strategy from warzones the world over: from Europe to the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Davies records how the army and its officers put this globally acquired knowledge to use, exchanging information and developing into a remarkable vehicle of innovation—leading to the pinnacle of its military prowess in the nineteenth century. Huw J. Davies Tue, 03 Jan 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619313 thebookvoice.com 18:5:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619313]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wandering Army: The Campaigns that Transformed the British Way of War Author: Huw J. Davies Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A compelling history of the British Army in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—showing how the military gathered knowledge from campaigns across the globe At the outbreak of the War of Austrian Succession in 1742, the British Army's military tactics were tired and outdated, stultified after three decades of peace. The army's leadership was conservative, resistant to change, and unable to match new military techniques developing on the continent. Losses were cataclysmic and the force was in dire need of modernization—both in terms of strategy and in leadership and technology. In this wide-ranging and highly original account, Huw Davies traces the British Army's accumulation of military knowledge across the following century. An essentially global force, British armies and soldiers continually gleaned and synthesized strategy from warzones the world over: from Europe to the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Davies records how the army and its officers put this globally acquired knowledge to use, exchanging information and developing into a remarkable vehicle of innovation—leading to the pinnacle of its military prowess in the nineteenth century. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619313]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wandering Army: The Campaigns that Transformed the British Way of War Author: Huw J. Davies Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A compelling history of the British Army in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—showing how the military gathered knowledge from campaigns across the globe At the outbreak of the War of Austrian Succession in 1742, the British Army's military tactics were tired and outdated, stultified after three decades of peace. The army's leadership was conservative, resistant to change, and unable to match new military techniques developing on the continent. Losses were cataclysmic and the force was in dire need of modernization—both in terms of strategy and in leadership and technology. In this wide-ranging and highly original account, Huw Davies traces the British Army's accumulation of military knowledge across the following century. An essentially global force, British armies and soldiers continually gleaned and synthesized strategy from warzones the world over: from Europe to the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Davies records how the army and its officers put this globally acquired knowledge to use, exchanging information and developing into a remarkable vehicle of innovation—leading to the pinnacle of its military prowess in the nineteenth century. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619308 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619308]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paris and Her Cathedrals Author: R. Howard Bloch Narrator: Matthew Josdal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 25, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: For history readers, travelers, and scholars alike, an indispensable behind-the-scenes guide to the great cathedrals of Paris. Over the years, R. Howard Bloch has become renowned for the insider tours of Paris that he gives to students abroad. Long sought after by travelers and history buffs for his near-encyclopedic knowledge of French cathedrals, the eminent scholar finally shares his expertise with a wider audience. In Paris and Her Cathedrals, six of the most sublime cathedrals in the penumbra of Paris—Saint-Denis, Notre-Dame, Chartres, Sainte-Chapelle, Amiens, Reims—are illumined in magnificent detail as Bloch, taking us from the High Middle Ages to the devastating fire that set Notre-Dame ablaze in 2019, traces the evolution of each in turn. Animating the past with lush evocations of architectural splendor, Bloch then contextualizes the cathedrals within the annals of French history. Here thrilling tales of kingly intrigue—as in Saint-Chapelle, where the pious King Louis IX amassed relics, including Christ's crown of thorns—and audacious abbots are interspersed with anecdotes about the meeting of aristocratic and everyday life, culminating in 'a rich, colorful narrative that clearly but expertly explains the history and symbolism of some of the world's most magnificent buildings' (Ross King). R. Howard Bloch Tue, 25 Oct 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619308 thebookvoice.com 14:9:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619308]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paris and Her Cathedrals Author: R. Howard Bloch Narrator: Matthew Josdal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 25, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: For history readers, travelers, and scholars alike, an indispensable behind-the-scenes guide to the great cathedrals of Paris. Over the years, R. Howard Bloch has become renowned for the insider tours of Paris that he gives to students abroad. Long sought after by travelers and history buffs for his near-encyclopedic knowledge of French cathedrals, the eminent scholar finally shares his expertise with a wider audience. In Paris and Her Cathedrals, six of the most sublime cathedrals in the penumbra of Paris—Saint-Denis, Notre-Dame, Chartres, Sainte-Chapelle, Amiens, Reims—are illumined in magnificent detail as Bloch, taking us from the High Middle Ages to the devastating fire that set Notre-Dame ablaze in 2019, traces the evolution of each in turn. Animating the past with lush evocations of architectural splendor, Bloch then contextualizes the cathedrals within the annals of French history. Here thrilling tales of kingly intrigue—as in Saint-Chapelle, where the pious King Louis IX amassed relics, including Christ's crown of thorns—and audacious abbots are interspersed with anecdotes about the meeting of aristocratic and everyday life, culminating in 'a rich, colorful narrative that clearly but expertly explains the history and symbolism of some of the world's most magnificent buildings' (Ross King). Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619308]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paris and Her Cathedrals Author: R. Howard Bloch Narrator: Matthew Josdal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 25, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: For history readers, travelers, and scholars alike, an indispensable behind-the-scenes guide to the great cathedrals of Paris. Over the years, R. Howard Bloch has become renowned for the insider tours of Paris that he gives to students abroad. Long sought after by travelers and history buffs for his near-encyclopedic knowledge of French cathedrals, the eminent scholar finally shares his expertise with a wider audience. In Paris and Her Cathedrals, six of the most sublime cathedrals in the penumbra of Paris—Saint-Denis, Notre-Dame, Chartres, Sainte-Chapelle, Amiens, Reims—are illumined in magnificent detail as Bloch, taking us from the High Middle Ages to the devastating fire that set Notre-Dame ablaze in 2019, traces the evolution of each in turn. Animating the past with lush evocations of architectural splendor, Bloch then contextualizes the cathedrals within the annals of French history. Here thrilling tales of kingly intrigue—as in Saint-Chapelle, where the pious King Louis IX amassed relics, including Christ's crown of thorns—and audacious abbots are interspersed with anecdotes about the meeting of aristocratic and everyday life, culminating in 'a rich, colorful narrative that clearly but expertly explains the history and symbolism of some of the world's most magnificent buildings' (Ross King). https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619208 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619208]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Postcards from Absurdistan: Prague at the End of History Author: Derek Sayer Narrator: Daniel Henning Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Postcards from Absurdistan is a cultural and political history of Prague from 1938, when the Nazis destroyed Czechoslovakia's artistically vibrant liberal democracy, to 1989, when the country's socialist regime collapsed after more than four decades of communist dictatorship. Derek Sayer shows that Prague's twentieth century, far from being a story of inexorable progress toward some 'end of history,' whether fascist, communist, or democratic, was a tragicomedy of recurring nightmares played out in a land Czech dissidents dubbed Absurdistan. Situated in the eye of the storms that shaped the modern world, Prague holds up an unsettling mirror to the absurdities and dangers of our own times. In a brilliant narrative, Sayer weaves a vivid montage of the lives of individual Praguers—poets and politicians, architects and athletes, journalists and filmmakers, artists, musicians, and comedians—caught up in the crosscurrents of the turbulent half century following the Nazi invasion. This is the territory of the ideologist, the collaborator, the informer, the apparatchik, the dissident, the outsider, the torturer, and the refugee—not to mention the innocent bystander who is always looking the other way, and Václav Havel's greengrocer whose knowing complicity allows the show to go on. Prague exposes modernity's dream worlds of progress as confections of kitsch. Derek Sayer Tue, 22 Nov 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619208 thebookvoice.com 27:59:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619208]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Postcards from Absurdistan: Prague at the End of History Author: Derek Sayer Narrator: Daniel Henning Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Postcards from Absurdistan is a cultural and political history of Prague from 1938, when the Nazis destroyed Czechoslovakia's artistically vibrant liberal democracy, to 1989, when the country's socialist regime collapsed after more than four decades of communist dictatorship. Derek Sayer shows that Prague's twentieth century, far from being a story of inexorable progress toward some 'end of history,' whether fascist, communist, or democratic, was a tragicomedy of recurring nightmares played out in a land Czech dissidents dubbed Absurdistan. Situated in the eye of the storms that shaped the modern world, Prague holds up an unsettling mirror to the absurdities and dangers of our own times. In a brilliant narrative, Sayer weaves a vivid montage of the lives of individual Praguers—poets and politicians, architects and athletes, journalists and filmmakers, artists, musicians, and comedians—caught up in the crosscurrents of the turbulent half century following the Nazi invasion. This is the territory of the ideologist, the collaborator, the informer, the apparatchik, the dissident, the outsider, the torturer, and the refugee—not to mention the innocent bystander who is always looking the other way, and Václav Havel's greengrocer whose knowing complicity allows the show to go on. Prague exposes modernity's dream worlds of progress as confections of kitsch. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619208]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Postcards from Absurdistan: Prague at the End of History Author: Derek Sayer Narrator: Daniel Henning Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Postcards from Absurdistan is a cultural and political history of Prague from 1938, when the Nazis destroyed Czechoslovakia's artistically vibrant liberal democracy, to 1989, when the country's socialist regime collapsed after more than four decades of communist dictatorship. Derek Sayer shows that Prague's twentieth century, far from being a story of inexorable progress toward some 'end of history,' whether fascist, communist, or democratic, was a tragicomedy of recurring nightmares played out in a land Czech dissidents dubbed Absurdistan. Situated in the eye of the storms that shaped the modern world, Prague holds up an unsettling mirror to the absurdities and dangers of our own times. In a brilliant narrative, Sayer weaves a vivid montage of the lives of individual Praguers—poets and politicians, architects and athletes, journalists and filmmakers, artists, musicians, and comedians—caught up in the crosscurrents of the turbulent half century following the Nazi invasion. This is the territory of the ideologist, the collaborator, the informer, the apparatchik, the dissident, the outsider, the torturer, and the refugee—not to mention the innocent bystander who is always looking the other way, and Václav Havel's greengrocer whose knowing complicity allows the show to go on. Prague exposes modernity's dream worlds of progress as confections of kitsch. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619191 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619191]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dissolution of the Monasteries: A New History Author: James G. Clark Narrator: Nigel Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The first account of the dissolution of the monasteries for fifty years—exploring its profound impact on the people of Tudor England Shortly before Easter, 1540 saw the end of almost a millennium of monastic life in England. Until then religious houses had acted as a focus for education, literary, and artistic expression and even the creation of regional and national identity. Their closure, carried out in just four years between 1536 and 1540, caused a dislocation of people and a disruption of life not seen in England since the Norman Conquest. Drawing on the records of national and regional archives as well as archaeological remains, James Clark explores the little-known lives of the last men and women who lived in England's monasteries before the Reformation. Clark challenges received wisdom, showing that buildings were not immediately demolished and Henry VIII's subjects were so attached to the religious houses that they kept fixtures and fittings as souvenirs. This rich, vivid history brings back into focus the prominent place of abbeys, priories, and friaries in the lives of the English people. James G. Clark Tue, 07 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619191 thebookvoice.com 27:0:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619191]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dissolution of the Monasteries: A New History Author: James G. Clark Narrator: Nigel Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The first account of the dissolution of the monasteries for fifty years—exploring its profound impact on the people of Tudor England Shortly before Easter, 1540 saw the end of almost a millennium of monastic life in England. Until then religious houses had acted as a focus for education, literary, and artistic expression and even the creation of regional and national identity. Their closure, carried out in just four years between 1536 and 1540, caused a dislocation of people and a disruption of life not seen in England since the Norman Conquest. Drawing on the records of national and regional archives as well as archaeological remains, James Clark explores the little-known lives of the last men and women who lived in England's monasteries before the Reformation. Clark challenges received wisdom, showing that buildings were not immediately demolished and Henry VIII's subjects were so attached to the religious houses that they kept fixtures and fittings as souvenirs. This rich, vivid history brings back into focus the prominent place of abbeys, priories, and friaries in the lives of the English people. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619191]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dissolution of the Monasteries: A New History Author: James G. Clark Narrator: Nigel Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The first account of the dissolution of the monasteries for fifty years—exploring its profound impact on the people of Tudor England Shortly before Easter, 1540 saw the end of almost a millennium of monastic life in England. Until then religious houses had acted as a focus for education, literary, and artistic expression and even the creation of regional and national identity. Their closure, carried out in just four years between 1536 and 1540, caused a dislocation of people and a disruption of life not seen in England since the Norman Conquest. Drawing on the records of national and regional archives as well as archaeological remains, James Clark explores the little-known lives of the last men and women who lived in England's monasteries before the Reformation. Clark challenges received wisdom, showing that buildings were not immediately demolished and Henry VIII's subjects were so attached to the religious houses that they kept fixtures and fittings as souvenirs. This rich, vivid history brings back into focus the prominent place of abbeys, priories, and friaries in the lives of the English people. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619179 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619179]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons From Five Revolutionary Women Author: Kristen Ghodsee Narrator: Esther Wane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The lives of five socialist women and their legacy for modern-day feminists Red Valkyries explores the history of socialist feminism in Eastern Europe. Through the revolutionary careers of five prominent socialist women active in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries—the aristocratic Bolshevik Alexandra Kollontai; the radical pedagogue Nadezhda Krupskaya; the polyamorous firebrand Inessa Armand; the deadly sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko; and the partisan, scientist, and global women's activist Elena Lagadinova—Kristen Ghodsee tells the story of the personal challenges faced by earlier generations of radicals. None of these women was a perfect leftist. Their lives were filled with inner conflicts, contradictions, and sometimes outrageous privilege. But they managed to fight for their own political projects with perseverance and dedication. Always walking a fine line between the need for class solidarity and the desire to force their sometimes callous male colleagues to take women's issues seriously, these women pursued novel solutions with many lessons for those who might follow in their footsteps. Kristen Ghodsee Tue, 29 Nov 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619179 thebookvoice.com 5:55:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619179]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons From Five Revolutionary Women Author: Kristen Ghodsee Narrator: Esther Wane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The lives of five socialist women and their legacy for modern-day feminists Red Valkyries explores the history of socialist feminism in Eastern Europe. Through the revolutionary careers of five prominent socialist women active in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries—the aristocratic Bolshevik Alexandra Kollontai; the radical pedagogue Nadezhda Krupskaya; the polyamorous firebrand Inessa Armand; the deadly sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko; and the partisan, scientist, and global women's activist Elena Lagadinova—Kristen Ghodsee tells the story of the personal challenges faced by earlier generations of radicals. None of these women was a perfect leftist. Their lives were filled with inner conflicts, contradictions, and sometimes outrageous privilege. But they managed to fight for their own political projects with perseverance and dedication. Always walking a fine line between the need for class solidarity and the desire to force their sometimes callous male colleagues to take women's issues seriously, these women pursued novel solutions with many lessons for those who might follow in their footsteps. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619179]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons From Five Revolutionary Women Author: Kristen Ghodsee Narrator: Esther Wane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The lives of five socialist women and their legacy for modern-day feminists Red Valkyries explores the history of socialist feminism in Eastern Europe. Through the revolutionary careers of five prominent socialist women active in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries—the aristocratic Bolshevik Alexandra Kollontai; the radical pedagogue Nadezhda Krupskaya; the polyamorous firebrand Inessa Armand; the deadly sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko; and the partisan, scientist, and global women's activist Elena Lagadinova—Kristen Ghodsee tells the story of the personal challenges faced by earlier generations of radicals. None of these women was a perfect leftist. Their lives were filled with inner conflicts, contradictions, and sometimes outrageous privilege. But they managed to fight for their own political projects with perseverance and dedication. Always walking a fine line between the need for class solidarity and the desire to force their sometimes callous male colleagues to take women's issues seriously, these women pursued novel solutions with many lessons for those who might follow in their footsteps. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618432 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618432]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Free Parking: The Curious History of London's Monopoly Streets Author: Nicholas Boys Smith Narrator: Unknown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 'Weaves the wacky, the woeful and the wonderful into an entertaining narrative spiced with lots of London-inspired poetry' - The Times From the medieval cobbles, through Dickensian iron and fog, to the neon lights and bustle of the twenty-first century, the ever-changing streets of London map out the vibrant stories, triumphs and struggles of everyone who ever called London home. From the Roman and Celts marching along the ancient Old Kent Road, to the rattling newspaper presses of Fleet Street, the game of Monopoly has painted London's story across cheerful coloured tiles. But those Monopoly streets live and breathe - they don't just illuminate our history. They open up whole new ways of thinking about it. The mobs have taken to our streets. The overlords have taken them back. Wars have spilled out into them. Lovers have snuck around them, and fires have raged through them. In a city of rags and riches, where folk hero Dick Whittington believed the streets were paved with gold, anything could happen - and everything has. You may think you know the history of London. You don't. Or at least, not entirely. This is the story of the capital as you've never, quite, heard it before. Nicholas Boys Smith Thu, 10 Nov 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618432 thebookvoice.com 9:21:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618432]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Free Parking: The Curious History of London's Monopoly Streets Author: Nicholas Boys Smith Narrator: Unknown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 'Weaves the wacky, the woeful and the wonderful into an entertaining narrative spiced with lots of London-inspired poetry' - The Times From the medieval cobbles, through Dickensian iron and fog, to the neon lights and bustle of the twenty-first century, the ever-changing streets of London map out the vibrant stories, triumphs and struggles of everyone who ever called London home. From the Roman and Celts marching along the ancient Old Kent Road, to the rattling newspaper presses of Fleet Street, the game of Monopoly has painted London's story across cheerful coloured tiles. But those Monopoly streets live and breathe - they don't just illuminate our history. They open up whole new ways of thinking about it. The mobs have taken to our streets. The overlords have taken them back. Wars have spilled out into them. Lovers have snuck around them, and fires have raged through them. In a city of rags and riches, where folk hero Dick Whittington believed the streets were paved with gold, anything could happen - and everything has. You may think you know the history of London. You don't. Or at least, not entirely. This is the story of the capital as you've never, quite, heard it before. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618432]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Free Parking: The Curious History of London's Monopoly Streets Author: Nicholas Boys Smith Narrator: Unknown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 'Weaves the wacky, the woeful and the wonderful into an entertaining narrative spiced with lots of London-inspired poetry' - The Times From the medieval cobbles, through Dickensian iron and fog, to the neon lights and bustle of the twenty-first century, the ever-changing streets of London map out the vibrant stories, triumphs and struggles of everyone who ever called London home. From the Roman and Celts marching along the ancient Old Kent Road, to the rattling newspaper presses of Fleet Street, the game of Monopoly has painted London's story across cheerful coloured tiles. But those Monopoly streets live and breathe - they don't just illuminate our history. They open up whole new ways of thinking about it. The mobs have taken to our streets. The overlords have taken them back. Wars have spilled out into them. Lovers have snuck around them, and fires have raged through them. In a city of rags and riches, where folk hero Dick Whittington believed the streets were paved with gold, anything could happen - and everything has. You may think you know the history of London. You don't. Or at least, not entirely. This is the story of the capital as you've never, quite, heard it before. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618056 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618056]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ukrainians, New Edition: The Story of How a People Became a Nation Author: Andrew Wilson Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 1 minute Release date: November 8, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Now in its fifth edition, this book is the most acute, informed, and up-to-date account available today of Ukraine and its people. This new edition includes two new chapters covering 2014 to the present war. Andrew Wilson focuses on the complex relations between Ukraine and Russia and explains the different versions of the past propagated by Ukrainians and Russians. He also examines the continuing debates over identity, culture, and religion in Ukraine since its independence in 1991. As in many postcommunist states, politics in Ukraine revolves around the issue of national identity. Ukrainian nationalists see themselves as one of the world’s oldest and most civilized peoples, as “older brothers” to the younger Russian culture. Yet Ukraine became independent only in 1991, and Ukrainians often feel like a minority in their own country, where Russian is still the main language heard on the streets of the capital, Kiev. This book is a comprehensive guide to modern Ukraine and to the versions of its past propagated by both Russians and Ukrainians. Andrew Wilson provides the most acute, informed, and up-to-date account available of the Ukrainians and their country.Concentrating on the complex relation between Ukraine and Russia, the book begins with the myth of common origin in the early medieval era, then looks closely at the Ukrainian experience under the tsars and Soviets, the experience of minorities in the country, and the path to independence in 1991. Wilson also considers the history of Ukraine since 1991 and the continuing disputes over identity, culture, and religion. He examines the economic collapse under the first president, Leonid Kravchuk, and the attempts at recovery under his successor, Leonid Kuchma. Wilson explores the conflicts in Ukrainian society between the country’s Eurasian roots and its Western aspirations, as well as the significance of the presidential election of November 1999. Andrew Wilson Tue, 08 Nov 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618056 thebookvoice.com 22:1:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618056]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ukrainians, New Edition: The Story of How a People Became a Nation Author: Andrew Wilson Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 1 minute Release date: November 8, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Now in its fifth edition, this book is the most acute, informed, and up-to-date account available today of Ukraine and its people. This new edition includes two new chapters covering 2014 to the present war. Andrew Wilson focuses on the complex relations between Ukraine and Russia and explains the different versions of the past propagated by Ukrainians and Russians. He also examines the continuing debates over identity, culture, and religion in Ukraine since its independence in 1991. As in many postcommunist states, politics in Ukraine revolves around the issue of national identity. Ukrainian nationalists see themselves as one of the world’s oldest and most civilized peoples, as “older brothers” to the younger Russian culture. Yet Ukraine became independent only in 1991, and Ukrainians often feel like a minority in their own country, where Russian is still the main language heard on the streets of the capital, Kiev. This book is a comprehensive guide to modern Ukraine and to the versions of its past propagated by both Russians and Ukrainians. Andrew Wilson provides the most acute, informed, and up-to-date account available of the Ukrainians and their country.Concentrating on the complex relation between Ukraine and Russia, the book begins with the myth of common origin in the early medieval era, then looks closely at the Ukrainian experience under the tsars and Soviets, the experience of minorities in the country, and the path to independence in 1991. Wilson also considers the history of Ukraine since 1991 and the continuing disputes over identity, culture, and religion. He examines the economic collapse under the first president, Leonid Kravchuk, and the attempts at recovery under his successor, Leonid Kuchma. Wilson explores the conflicts in Ukrainian society between the country’s Eurasian roots and its Western aspirations, as well as the significance of the presidential election of November 1999. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618056]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ukrainians, New Edition: The Story of How a People Became a Nation Author: Andrew Wilson Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 1 minute Release date: November 8, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Now in its fifth edition, this book is the most acute, informed, and up-to-date account available today of Ukraine and its people. This new edition includes two new chapters covering 2014 to the present war. Andrew Wilson focuses on the complex relations between Ukraine and Russia and explains the different versions of the past propagated by Ukrainians and Russians. He also examines the continuing debates over identity, culture, and religion in Ukraine since its independence in 1991. As in many postcommunist states, politics in Ukraine revolves around the issue of national identity. Ukrainian nationalists see themselves as one of the world’s oldest and most civilized peoples, as “older brothers” to the younger Russian culture. Yet Ukraine became independent only in 1991, and Ukrainians often feel like a minority in their own country, where Russian is still the main language heard on the streets of the capital, Kiev. This book is a comprehensive guide to modern Ukraine and to the versions of its past propagated by both Russians and Ukrainians. Andrew Wilson provides the most acute, informed, and up-to-date account available of the Ukrainians and their country.Concentrating on the complex relation between Ukraine and Russia, the book begins with the myth of common origin in the early medieval era, then looks closely at the Ukrainian experience under the tsars and Soviets, the experience of minorities in the country, and the path to independence in 1991. Wilson also considers the history of Ukraine since 1991 and the continuing disputes over identity, culture, and religion. He examines the economic collapse under the first president, Leonid Kravchuk, and the attempts at recovery under his successor, Leonid Kuchma. Wilson explores the conflicts in Ukrainian society between the country’s Eurasian roots and its Western aspirations, as well as the significance of the presidential election of November 1999. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618002 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618002]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder Author: David Grann Narrator: David Grann, Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 194 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 53 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire. A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, TIME, Smithsonian, NPR, Vulture, Kirkus Reviews “Riveting...Reads like a thriller, tackling a multilayered history—and imperialism—with gusto.” —Time 'A tour de force of narrative nonfiction.” —The Wall Street Journal On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty’s Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as “the prize of all the oceans,” it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing nearly 3,000 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes. But then ... six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they told a very different story. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes – they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous senior officer and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death—for whomever the court found guilty could hang. The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Grann’s recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O’Brian, his portrayal of the castaways’ desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller. As always with Grann’s work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound. David Grann Tue, 18 Apr 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618002 thebookvoice.com 8:28:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618002]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder Author: David Grann Narrator: David Grann, Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 194 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 53 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire. A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, TIME, Smithsonian, NPR, Vulture, Kirkus Reviews “Riveting...Reads like a thriller, tackling a multilayered history—and imperialism—with gusto.” —Time 'A tour de force of narrative nonfiction.” —The Wall Street Journal On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty’s Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as “the prize of all the oceans,” it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing nearly 3,000 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes. But then ... six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they told a very different story. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes – they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous senior officer and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death—for whomever the court found guilty could hang. The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Grann’s recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O’Brian, his portrayal of the castaways’ desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller. As always with Grann’s work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618002]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder Author: David Grann Narrator: David Grann, Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 194 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 53 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire. A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, TIME, Smithsonian, NPR, Vulture, Kirkus Reviews “Riveting...Reads like a thriller, tackling a multilayered history—and imperialism—with gusto.” —Time 'A tour de force of narrative nonfiction.” —The Wall Street Journal On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty’s Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as “the prize of all the oceans,” it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing nearly 3,000 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes. But then ... six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they told a very different story. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes – they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous senior officer and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death—for whomever the court found guilty could hang. The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Grann’s recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O’Brian, his portrayal of the castaways’ desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller. As always with Grann’s work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617708 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617708]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Russo-Ukrainian War: From the bestselling author of Chernobyl Author: Serhii Plokhy Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 16, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'The world's foremost historian of Ukraine. . . the chronicler of a country on the front lines of a seismic European war' Financial Times On 24 February 2022, Russia stunned the world by launching an invasion of Ukraine. In the midst of checking on the family and friends who were now on the front lines of Europe's largest conflict since the outbreak of the Second World War, acclaimed Ukrainian-American historian Serhii Plokhy inevitably found himself attempting to understand the deeper causes of the invasion, analysing its course and contemplating the wider outcomes. The Russo-Ukrainian War is the comprehensive history of a conflict that has burned since 2014, and that, with Russia's attempt to seize Kyiv, exploded a geo-political order that had been cemented since the end of the Cold War. With an eye for the gripping detail on the ground, both in the halls of power and down in the trenches, as well as a keen sense of the grander sweep of history, Plokhy traces the origins and the evolution of the conflict, from the collapse of the Russian empire to the rise and fall of the USSR and on to the development in Ukraine of a democratic politics. Based on decades of research and his unique insight into the region, he argues that Ukraine's defiance of Russia, and the West's demonstration of unity and strength, has presented a profound challenge to Putin's Great Power ambition, and further polarized the world along a new axis. A riveting, enlightening account, this is present-minded history at its best. ©2023 Serhii Plokhy (P)2023 Penguin Audio Serhii Plokhy Tue, 16 May 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617708 thebookvoice.com 12:41:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617708]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Russo-Ukrainian War: From the bestselling author of Chernobyl Author: Serhii Plokhy Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 16, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'The world's foremost historian of Ukraine. . . the chronicler of a country on the front lines of a seismic European war' Financial Times On 24 February 2022, Russia stunned the world by launching an invasion of Ukraine. In the midst of checking on the family and friends who were now on the front lines of Europe's largest conflict since the outbreak of the Second World War, acclaimed Ukrainian-American historian Serhii Plokhy inevitably found himself attempting to understand the deeper causes of the invasion, analysing its course and contemplating the wider outcomes. The Russo-Ukrainian War is the comprehensive history of a conflict that has burned since 2014, and that, with Russia's attempt to seize Kyiv, exploded a geo-political order that had been cemented since the end of the Cold War. With an eye for the gripping detail on the ground, both in the halls of power and down in the trenches, as well as a keen sense of the grander sweep of history, Plokhy traces the origins and the evolution of the conflict, from the collapse of the Russian empire to the rise and fall of the USSR and on to the development in Ukraine of a democratic politics. Based on decades of research and his unique insight into the region, he argues that Ukraine's defiance of Russia, and the West's demonstration of unity and strength, has presented a profound challenge to Putin's Great Power ambition, and further polarized the world along a new axis. A riveting, enlightening account, this is present-minded history at its best. ©2023 Serhii Plokhy (P)2023 Penguin Audio Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617708]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Russo-Ukrainian War: From the bestselling author of Chernobyl Author: Serhii Plokhy Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 16, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'The world's foremost historian of Ukraine. . . the chronicler of a country on the front lines of a seismic European war' Financial Times On 24 February 2022, Russia stunned the world by launching an invasion of Ukraine. In the midst of checking on the family and friends who were now on the front lines of Europe's largest conflict since the outbreak of the Second World War, acclaimed Ukrainian-American historian Serhii Plokhy inevitably found himself attempting to understand the deeper causes of the invasion, analysing its course and contemplating the wider outcomes. The Russo-Ukrainian War is the comprehensive history of a conflict that has burned since 2014, and that, with Russia's attempt to seize Kyiv, exploded a geo-political order that had been cemented since the end of the Cold War. With an eye for the gripping detail on the ground, both in the halls of power and down in the trenches, as well as a keen sense of the grander sweep of history, Plokhy traces the origins and the evolution of the conflict, from the collapse of the Russian empire to the rise and fall of the USSR and on to the development in Ukraine of a democratic politics. Based on decades of research and his unique insight into the region, he argues that Ukraine's defiance of Russia, and the West's demonstration of unity and strength, has presented a profound challenge to Putin's Great Power ambition, and further polarized the world along a new axis. A riveting, enlightening account, this is present-minded history at its best. ©2023 Serhii Plokhy (P)2023 Penguin Audio https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617663 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617663]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy Author: Sally Bedell Smith Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A revelatory account of how the loving marriage of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth saved the monarchy during World War II, and how they raised their daughter to become Queen Elizabeth II, based on exclusive access to the Royal Archives—from the bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen and Prince Charles “An intimate and gripping portrait of a royal marriage that survived betrayal, tragedy, and war.”—Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire Granted special access by Queen Elizabeth II to her parents’ letters and diaries and to the papers of their close friends and family, Sally Bedell Smith brings the love story of this iconic royal couple to vibrant life. This deeply researched and revealing book shows how a loving and devoted marriage helped the King and Queen meet the challenges of World War II, lead a nation, solidify the public’s faith in the monarchy, and raise their daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. When King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 1936, shattering the Crown’s reputation, his younger brother, known as Bertie, assumed his father’s name and became King George VI. Shy, sensitive, and afflicted with a stutter, George VI had never imagined that he would become King. His wife, Elizabeth, a pretty, confident, and outgoing woman who became known later in life as “the Queen Mum,” strengthened and advised her husband. With his wife’s support, guidance, and love, George VI was able to overcome his insecurities and become an exceptional leader, navigating the country through World War II, establishing a relationship with Winston Churchill, visiting Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in Washington and in Hyde Park, and inspiring the British people with his courage and compassion during the Blitz. Simultaneously, George VI and Elizabeth trained their daughter Princess Elizabeth from an early age to be a highly successful monarch, and she would reign for an unprecedented seventy years. Sally Bedell Smith gives us an inside view of the lives, struggles, hopes, and triumphs of King George VI and Elizabeth during a pivotal time in history. Sally Bedell Smith Tue, 04 Apr 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617663 thebookvoice.com 22:7:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617663]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy Author: Sally Bedell Smith Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A revelatory account of how the loving marriage of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth saved the monarchy during World War II, and how they raised their daughter to become Queen Elizabeth II, based on exclusive access to the Royal Archives—from the bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen and Prince Charles “An intimate and gripping portrait of a royal marriage that survived betrayal, tragedy, and war.”—Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire Granted special access by Queen Elizabeth II to her parents’ letters and diaries and to the papers of their close friends and family, Sally Bedell Smith brings the love story of this iconic royal couple to vibrant life. This deeply researched and revealing book shows how a loving and devoted marriage helped the King and Queen meet the challenges of World War II, lead a nation, solidify the public’s faith in the monarchy, and raise their daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. When King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 1936, shattering the Crown’s reputation, his younger brother, known as Bertie, assumed his father’s name and became King George VI. Shy, sensitive, and afflicted with a stutter, George VI had never imagined that he would become King. His wife, Elizabeth, a pretty, confident, and outgoing woman who became known later in life as “the Queen Mum,” strengthened and advised her husband. With his wife’s support, guidance, and love, George VI was able to overcome his insecurities and become an exceptional leader, navigating the country through World War II, establishing a relationship with Winston Churchill, visiting Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in Washington and in Hyde Park, and inspiring the British people with his courage and compassion during the Blitz. Simultaneously, George VI and Elizabeth trained their daughter Princess Elizabeth from an early age to be a highly successful monarch, and she would reign for an unprecedented seventy years. Sally Bedell Smith gives us an inside view of the lives, struggles, hopes, and triumphs of King George VI and Elizabeth during a pivotal time in history. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617663]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy Author: Sally Bedell Smith Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A revelatory account of how the loving marriage of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth saved the monarchy during World War II, and how they raised their daughter to become Queen Elizabeth II, based on exclusive access to the Royal Archives—from the bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen and Prince Charles “An intimate and gripping portrait of a royal marriage that survived betrayal, tragedy, and war.”—Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire Granted special access by Queen Elizabeth II to her parents’ letters and diaries and to the papers of their close friends and family, Sally Bedell Smith brings the love story of this iconic royal couple to vibrant life. This deeply researched and revealing book shows how a loving and devoted marriage helped the King and Queen meet the challenges of World War II, lead a nation, solidify the public’s faith in the monarchy, and raise their daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. When King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 1936, shattering the Crown’s reputation, his younger brother, known as Bertie, assumed his father’s name and became King George VI. Shy, sensitive, and afflicted with a stutter, George VI had never imagined that he would become King. His wife, Elizabeth, a pretty, confident, and outgoing woman who became known later in life as “the Queen Mum,” strengthened and advised her husband. With his wife’s support, guidance, and love, George VI was able to overcome his insecurities and become an exceptional leader, navigating the country through World War II, establishing a relationship with Winston Churchill, visiting Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in Washington and in Hyde Park, and inspiring the British people with his courage and compassion during the Blitz. Simultaneously, George VI and Elizabeth trained their daughter Princess Elizabeth from an early age to be a highly successful monarch, and she would reign for an unprecedented seventy years. Sally Bedell Smith gives us an inside view of the lives, struggles, hopes, and triumphs of King George VI and Elizabeth during a pivotal time in history. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617657 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617657]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion, AD 300-1300 Author: Peter Heather Narrator: Peter Heather Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 'A fascinating story about a religion in a surprisingly precarious position' Dan Jones, Sunday Times 'Superb storytelling ... captivating and profound' Literary Review 'A page-turner' The Spectator *A major new reinterpretation of Christendom, by one of our foremost medieval historians* In the fourth century AD, a new faith exploded out of Palestine. Overwhelming the paganism of Rome, and converting the Emperor Constantine in the process, it resoundingly defeated a host of other rivals. Almost a thousand years later, all of Europe was controlled by Christian rulers, and the religion, ingrained within culture and society, exercised a monolithic hold over its population. But, as Peter Heather shows in this compelling new history, there was nothing inevitable about Christendom's rise to Europe-wide dominance. In exploring how the Christian religion became such a defining feature of the European landscape, and how a small sect of isolated and intensely committed congregations was transformed into a mass movement centrally directed from Rome, Peter Heather shows how Christendom constantly battled against both so-called 'heresies' and other forms of belief. From the crisis that followed the collapse of the Roman empire, which left the religion teetering on the edge of extinction, to the astonishing revolution of the eleventh century and beyond in which the Papacy emerged as the head of a vast international corporation, Heather traces Christendom's chameleon-like capacity for self-reinvention and astounding willingness to mobilize well-directed force. Christendom's achievement was not, or not only, to define official Christianity, but - from its scholars and its lawyers, to its provincial officials and missionaries in far-flung corners of the continent - to transform it into an institution that wielded effective religious authority across nearly all of the disparate peoples of medieval Europe. This is its extraordinary story. 'Sweeping and engaging history ... a non-triumphalist history of the triumph of Christianity, and all the more powerful for it' Financial Times Peter Heather Tue, 04 Apr 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617657 thebookvoice.com 23:48:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617657]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion, AD 300-1300 Author: Peter Heather Narrator: Peter Heather Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 'A fascinating story about a religion in a surprisingly precarious position' Dan Jones, Sunday Times 'Superb storytelling ... captivating and profound' Literary Review 'A page-turner' The Spectator *A major new reinterpretation of Christendom, by one of our foremost medieval historians* In the fourth century AD, a new faith exploded out of Palestine. Overwhelming the paganism of Rome, and converting the Emperor Constantine in the process, it resoundingly defeated a host of other rivals. Almost a thousand years later, all of Europe was controlled by Christian rulers, and the religion, ingrained within culture and society, exercised a monolithic hold over its population. But, as Peter Heather shows in this compelling new history, there was nothing inevitable about Christendom's rise to Europe-wide dominance. In exploring how the Christian religion became such a defining feature of the European landscape, and how a small sect of isolated and intensely committed congregations was transformed into a mass movement centrally directed from Rome, Peter Heather shows how Christendom constantly battled against both so-called 'heresies' and other forms of belief. From the crisis that followed the collapse of the Roman empire, which left the religion teetering on the edge of extinction, to the astonishing revolution of the eleventh century and beyond in which the Papacy emerged as the head of a vast international corporation, Heather traces Christendom's chameleon-like capacity for self-reinvention and astounding willingness to mobilize well-directed force. Christendom's achievement was not, or not only, to define official Christianity, but - from its scholars and its lawyers, to its provincial officials and missionaries in far-flung corners of the continent - to transform it into an institution that wielded effective religious authority across nearly all of the disparate peoples of medieval Europe. This is its extraordinary story. 'Sweeping and engaging history ... a non-triumphalist history of the triumph of Christianity, and all the more powerful for it' Financial Times Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617657]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion, AD 300-1300 Author: Peter Heather Narrator: Peter Heather Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 'A fascinating story about a religion in a surprisingly precarious position' Dan Jones, Sunday Times 'Superb storytelling ... captivating and profound' Literary Review 'A page-turner' The Spectator *A major new reinterpretation of Christendom, by one of our foremost medieval historians* In the fourth century AD, a new faith exploded out of Palestine. Overwhelming the paganism of Rome, and converting the Emperor Constantine in the process, it resoundingly defeated a host of other rivals. Almost a thousand years later, all of Europe was controlled by Christian rulers, and the religion, ingrained within culture and society, exercised a monolithic hold over its population. But, as Peter Heather shows in this compelling new history, there was nothing inevitable about Christendom's rise to Europe-wide dominance. In exploring how the Christian religion became such a defining feature of the European landscape, and how a small sect of isolated and intensely committed congregations was transformed into a mass movement centrally directed from Rome, Peter Heather shows how Christendom constantly battled against both so-called 'heresies' and other forms of belief. From the crisis that followed the collapse of the Roman empire, which left the religion teetering on the edge of extinction, to the astonishing revolution of the eleventh century and beyond in which the Papacy emerged as the head of a vast international corporation, Heather traces Christendom's chameleon-like capacity for self-reinvention and astounding willingness to mobilize well-directed force. Christendom's achievement was not, or not only, to define official Christianity, but - from its scholars and its lawyers, to its provincial officials and missionaries in far-flung corners of the continent - to transform it into an institution that wielded effective religious authority across nearly all of the disparate peoples of medieval Europe. This is its extraordinary story. 'Sweeping and engaging history ... a non-triumphalist history of the triumph of Christianity, and all the more powerful for it' Financial Times https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617619 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617619]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History Author: Rory Carroll Narrator: John Keating Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 6 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: **A Goodreads Choice Awards Nomination for Best History & Biography** **An NPR Book We Love** A race-against-the-clock narrative that finally illuminates a history-changing event: the IRA’s attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher and the epic manhunt that followed.     A bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at 2:54 a.m. on October 12, 1984. It was the last day of the Conservative Party Conference at the Grand Hotel in the coastal town of Brighton, England. Rooms were obliterated, dozens of people wounded, five killed. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was in her suite when the explosion occurred; had she been just a few feet in another direction, flying tiles and masonry would have sliced her to ribbons. As it was, she survived—and history changed.    There Will Be Fire is the gripping story of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Thatcher, in the most spectacular attack ever linked to the Northern Ireland Troubles. Journalist Rory Carroll reveals the long road to Brighton, the hide-and-seek between the IRA and British security services, the planting of the bomb itself, and the painstaking search for clues and suspects afterward.     In There Will Be Fire, Carroll draws on his own interviews and original reporting, reveals new information, and weaves together previously unconnected threads. There Will Be Fire is journalistic nonfiction that reads like a thriller, propelled by a countdown to detonation. Rory Carroll Tue, 04 Apr 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617619 thebookvoice.com 14:6:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617619]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History Author: Rory Carroll Narrator: John Keating Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 6 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: **A Goodreads Choice Awards Nomination for Best History & Biography** **An NPR Book We Love** A race-against-the-clock narrative that finally illuminates a history-changing event: the IRA’s attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher and the epic manhunt that followed.     A bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at 2:54 a.m. on October 12, 1984. It was the last day of the Conservative Party Conference at the Grand Hotel in the coastal town of Brighton, England. Rooms were obliterated, dozens of people wounded, five killed. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was in her suite when the explosion occurred; had she been just a few feet in another direction, flying tiles and masonry would have sliced her to ribbons. As it was, she survived—and history changed.    There Will Be Fire is the gripping story of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Thatcher, in the most spectacular attack ever linked to the Northern Ireland Troubles. Journalist Rory Carroll reveals the long road to Brighton, the hide-and-seek between the IRA and British security services, the planting of the bomb itself, and the painstaking search for clues and suspects afterward.     In There Will Be Fire, Carroll draws on his own interviews and original reporting, reveals new information, and weaves together previously unconnected threads. There Will Be Fire is journalistic nonfiction that reads like a thriller, propelled by a countdown to detonation. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617619]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History Author: Rory Carroll Narrator: John Keating Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 6 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: **A Goodreads Choice Awards Nomination for Best History & Biography** **An NPR Book We Love** A race-against-the-clock narrative that finally illuminates a history-changing event: the IRA’s attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher and the epic manhunt that followed.     A bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at 2:54 a.m. on October 12, 1984. It was the last day of the Conservative Party Conference at the Grand Hotel in the coastal town of Brighton, England. Rooms were obliterated, dozens of people wounded, five killed. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was in her suite when the explosion occurred; had she been just a few feet in another direction, flying tiles and masonry would have sliced her to ribbons. As it was, she survived—and history changed.    There Will Be Fire is the gripping story of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Thatcher, in the most spectacular attack ever linked to the Northern Ireland Troubles. Journalist Rory Carroll reveals the long road to Brighton, the hide-and-seek between the IRA and British security services, the planting of the bomb itself, and the painstaking search for clues and suspects afterward.     In There Will Be Fire, Carroll draws on his own interviews and original reporting, reveals new information, and weaves together previously unconnected threads. There Will Be Fire is journalistic nonfiction that reads like a thriller, propelled by a countdown to detonation. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617368 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617368]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Spanish Influenza Of 1918 Author: Mike Parson Narrator: Ashton Haugen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 8 minutes Release date: August 6, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic moved worldwide in three waves, infecting up to 500 million people and causing over 40 million deaths. Several things tended to be present in areas that ended the pandemic with lower mortality rates than average. These include low rates of poverty, widespread access to healthcare, well-funded and general public health measures, and well-managed record keeping. Areas that ended the pandemic with high mortality rates tended to lack the above – they had high rates of poverty, limited access to healthcare, public health measures were unfunded or ineffective, and recordkeeping and communication were unreliable or unclear. It is essential to learn from the success and mistakes of nations passed so that we as a planet are better prepared for any pandemics that should arise in the future. Preparing involves high vaccination rates, fighting drug-resistant pathogens, and working to lower global poverty. Mike Parson Sat, 06 Aug 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617368 thebookvoice.com 1:8:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617368]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Spanish Influenza Of 1918 Author: Mike Parson Narrator: Ashton Haugen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 8 minutes Release date: August 6, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic moved worldwide in three waves, infecting up to 500 million people and causing over 40 million deaths. Several things tended to be present in areas that ended the pandemic with lower mortality rates than average. These include low rates of poverty, widespread access to healthcare, well-funded and general public health measures, and well-managed record keeping. Areas that ended the pandemic with high mortality rates tended to lack the above – they had high rates of poverty, limited access to healthcare, public health measures were unfunded or ineffective, and recordkeeping and communication were unreliable or unclear. It is essential to learn from the success and mistakes of nations passed so that we as a planet are better prepared for any pandemics that should arise in the future. Preparing involves high vaccination rates, fighting drug-resistant pathogens, and working to lower global poverty. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617368]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Spanish Influenza Of 1918 Author: Mike Parson Narrator: Ashton Haugen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 8 minutes Release date: August 6, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic moved worldwide in three waves, infecting up to 500 million people and causing over 40 million deaths. Several things tended to be present in areas that ended the pandemic with lower mortality rates than average. These include low rates of poverty, widespread access to healthcare, well-funded and general public health measures, and well-managed record keeping. Areas that ended the pandemic with high mortality rates tended to lack the above – they had high rates of poverty, limited access to healthcare, public health measures were unfunded or ineffective, and recordkeeping and communication were unreliable or unclear. It is essential to learn from the success and mistakes of nations passed so that we as a planet are better prepared for any pandemics that should arise in the future. Preparing involves high vaccination rates, fighting drug-resistant pathogens, and working to lower global poverty. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617362 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617362]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Ancient Romans Author: Francis Caputo Narrator: Don T. Buy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 23 minutes Release date: August 6, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In 27 BC, when Augustus turned into the first sovereign of the Roman Empire, introducing the supreme period, the country he governed was more than 700 years of age. Rome's rulers had controlled an immense region that stretched out into northern Europe, parts of Africa, and Asia for quite a long time. The city of Rome was the most delightful and refined on the planet. It was filled with parks and gardens, marble curves and sculptures, lavish royal residences, immense amphitheaters, and rambling colleges. All were connected by an unpredictable organization of streets furthermore water-bearing reservoir conduits. Rome was a focal point of world culture as the capital of the most impressive country on Earth. By AD 98, majestic Rome arrived at its most extreme size, becoming the most significant realm ever. The vast domain contained around 60 million individuals, or around one-fourth of Earth's populace. Romans, who spoke Latin, alluded to their properties as the imperium sine fine, or 'domain without end.' The realm extended through the advanced countries of Spain, France, England, Netherlands, and Germany. It incorporated quite a bit of eastern Europe, including Slovenia, Romania, Armenia, and what's more, Croatia. The domain without end spread across North Africa from Morocco to Egypt and east into Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. Every one of the regions was joined under the Roman principle, wherever the official language was Latin. All over the place, installments were made in sestertii (Roman brass coins). All over, there was just a single law: Roman law. Most Roman subjects lived in separated ancestral networks where life had changed minimally in millennia. Provincial Romans chased, fished, developed small harvests, and tended domesticated animals. During the royal period, London and Paris were minimal more than a few military stations with less than 8,000 individuals. A considerable lot of the inhabitants were Roman officers called legionnaires. In any case, the realm a Francis Caputo Sat, 06 Aug 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617362 thebookvoice.com 3:23:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617362]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Ancient Romans Author: Francis Caputo Narrator: Don T. Buy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 23 minutes Release date: August 6, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In 27 BC, when Augustus turned into the first sovereign of the Roman Empire, introducing the supreme period, the country he governed was more than 700 years of age. Rome's rulers had controlled an immense region that stretched out into northern Europe, parts of Africa, and Asia for quite a long time. The city of Rome was the most delightful and refined on the planet. It was filled with parks and gardens, marble curves and sculptures, lavish royal residences, immense amphitheaters, and rambling colleges. All were connected by an unpredictable organization of streets furthermore water-bearing reservoir conduits. Rome was a focal point of world culture as the capital of the most impressive country on Earth. By AD 98, majestic Rome arrived at its most extreme size, becoming the most significant realm ever. The vast domain contained around 60 million individuals, or around one-fourth of Earth's populace. Romans, who spoke Latin, alluded to their properties as the imperium sine fine, or 'domain without end.' The realm extended through the advanced countries of Spain, France, England, Netherlands, and Germany. It incorporated quite a bit of eastern Europe, including Slovenia, Romania, Armenia, and what's more, Croatia. The domain without end spread across North Africa from Morocco to Egypt and east into Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. Every one of the regions was joined under the Roman principle, wherever the official language was Latin. All over the place, installments were made in sestertii (Roman brass coins). All over, there was just a single law: Roman law. Most Roman subjects lived in separated ancestral networks where life had changed minimally in millennia. Provincial Romans chased, fished, developed small harvests, and tended domesticated animals. During the royal period, London and Paris were minimal more than a few military stations with less than 8,000 individuals. A considerable lot of the inhabitants were Roman officers called legionnaires. In any case, the realm a Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617362]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Ancient Romans Author: Francis Caputo Narrator: Don T. Buy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 23 minutes Release date: August 6, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In 27 BC, when Augustus turned into the first sovereign of the Roman Empire, introducing the supreme period, the country he governed was more than 700 years of age. Rome's rulers had controlled an immense region that stretched out into northern Europe, parts of Africa, and Asia for quite a long time. The city of Rome was the most delightful and refined on the planet. It was filled with parks and gardens, marble curves and sculptures, lavish royal residences, immense amphitheaters, and rambling colleges. All were connected by an unpredictable organization of streets furthermore water-bearing reservoir conduits. Rome was a focal point of world culture as the capital of the most impressive country on Earth. By AD 98, majestic Rome arrived at its most extreme size, becoming the most significant realm ever. The vast domain contained around 60 million individuals, or around one-fourth of Earth's populace. Romans, who spoke Latin, alluded to their properties as the imperium sine fine, or 'domain without end.' The realm extended through the advanced countries of Spain, France, England, Netherlands, and Germany. It incorporated quite a bit of eastern Europe, including Slovenia, Romania, Armenia, and what's more, Croatia. The domain without end spread across North Africa from Morocco to Egypt and east into Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. Every one of the regions was joined under the Roman principle, wherever the official language was Latin. All over the place, installments were made in sestertii (Roman brass coins). All over, there was just a single law: Roman law. Most Roman subjects lived in separated ancestral networks where life had changed minimally in millennia. Provincial Romans chased, fished, developed small harvests, and tended domesticated animals. During the royal period, London and Paris were minimal more than a few military stations with less than 8,000 individuals. A considerable lot of the inhabitants were Roman officers called legionnaires. In any case, the realm a https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617276 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617276]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saxons vs. Vikings: Alfred the Great and England in the Dark Ages Series: #2 of The Very, Very Short History of England Series Author: Ed West Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A witty and concise look at the beginnings of English history, when the nation consolidated after clashes between the Saxons and invading Vikings In 871, three of England’s four kingdoms were overrun by Vikings, the ruthless, all-conquering Scandinavian raiders who terrorized early medieval Europe. With the Norsemen murdering one king with arrows and torturing another to death by ripping out his lungs, the prospects that faced the kingdom of Wessex were bleak. Worse still, the Saxons were now led by a young man barely out of his teens who was more interested in God than fighting. Yet within a decade, Alfred—the only English king known as the Great—had driven the Vikings out of half of England, and his children and grandchildren would unite the country a few years later. This period, popular with fans of television shows such as Vikings and The Last Kingdom, saw the creation of England as a nation-state, with Alfred laying down the first national law code, establishing an education system, and building cities. Saxons vs. Vikings also covers the period before Alfred, including ancient Britain, the Roman occupation, and the Dark Ages, explaining important historical episodes such as Boudicca, King Arthur, and Beowulf. Perfect for newcomers to the subject, this is the second title in the A Very, Very Short History of England series. If you’re trying to understand England and its history in the most informative and entertaining way possible, this is the place to start. Ed West Tue, 10 May 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617276 thebookvoice.com 4:39:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617276]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saxons vs. Vikings: Alfred the Great and England in the Dark Ages Series: #2 of The Very, Very Short History of England Series Author: Ed West Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A witty and concise look at the beginnings of English history, when the nation consolidated after clashes between the Saxons and invading Vikings In 871, three of England’s four kingdoms were overrun by Vikings, the ruthless, all-conquering Scandinavian raiders who terrorized early medieval Europe. With the Norsemen murdering one king with arrows and torturing another to death by ripping out his lungs, the prospects that faced the kingdom of Wessex were bleak. Worse still, the Saxons were now led by a young man barely out of his teens who was more interested in God than fighting. Yet within a decade, Alfred—the only English king known as the Great—had driven the Vikings out of half of England, and his children and grandchildren would unite the country a few years later. This period, popular with fans of television shows such as Vikings and The Last Kingdom, saw the creation of England as a nation-state, with Alfred laying down the first national law code, establishing an education system, and building cities. Saxons vs. Vikings also covers the period before Alfred, including ancient Britain, the Roman occupation, and the Dark Ages, explaining important historical episodes such as Boudicca, King Arthur, and Beowulf. Perfect for newcomers to the subject, this is the second title in the A Very, Very Short History of England series. If you’re trying to understand England and its history in the most informative and entertaining way possible, this is the place to start. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617276]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saxons vs. Vikings: Alfred the Great and England in the Dark Ages Series: #2 of The Very, Very Short History of England Series Author: Ed West Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A witty and concise look at the beginnings of English history, when the nation consolidated after clashes between the Saxons and invading Vikings In 871, three of England’s four kingdoms were overrun by Vikings, the ruthless, all-conquering Scandinavian raiders who terrorized early medieval Europe. With the Norsemen murdering one king with arrows and torturing another to death by ripping out his lungs, the prospects that faced the kingdom of Wessex were bleak. Worse still, the Saxons were now led by a young man barely out of his teens who was more interested in God than fighting. Yet within a decade, Alfred—the only English king known as the Great—had driven the Vikings out of half of England, and his children and grandchildren would unite the country a few years later. This period, popular with fans of television shows such as Vikings and The Last Kingdom, saw the creation of England as a nation-state, with Alfred laying down the first national law code, establishing an education system, and building cities. Saxons vs. Vikings also covers the period before Alfred, including ancient Britain, the Roman occupation, and the Dark Ages, explaining important historical episodes such as Boudicca, King Arthur, and Beowulf. Perfect for newcomers to the subject, this is the second title in the A Very, Very Short History of England series. If you’re trying to understand England and its history in the most informative and entertaining way possible, this is the place to start. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617269 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617269]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red List: MI5 and British Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century Author: David Caute Narrator: Dennis Kleinman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A gripping history of the Security Service and its covert surveillance on British writers and intellectuals in the twentieth century In the popular imagination, MI5—or the Security Service—is know chiefly as the branch of the British state responsible for chasing down those who pose a threat to the country’s national security, from Nazi fifth columnists during the Second World War to Soviet spies during the Cold War and today’s domestic extremists. Yet, aided by the release of official documents to the National Archives, David Caute argues in this radical and revelatory history of the Security Service that suspicion often fell on those who posed no threat to national security. Instead, this “other history” of MI5, ignored in official accounts, was often fueled by the political prejudices of MI5’s personnel and involved a huge program of surveillance against anyone who dared question the status quo. Caute, a prominent historian and expert on the history of the Cold War, tells the story of the massive state operation to track the activities of a range of journalists, academics, scientists, filmmakers, writers, and others who, during the twentieth century, the Security Service perceived as a threat to the national interest. Those who were tracked include such prominent figures as Kingsley Amis, George Orwell, Doris Lessing, John Berger, Benjamin Britten, Eric Hobsbawm, Michael Foot, Harriet Harman, and others. David Caute Tue, 10 May 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617269 thebookvoice.com 14:30:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617269]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red List: MI5 and British Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century Author: David Caute Narrator: Dennis Kleinman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A gripping history of the Security Service and its covert surveillance on British writers and intellectuals in the twentieth century In the popular imagination, MI5—or the Security Service—is know chiefly as the branch of the British state responsible for chasing down those who pose a threat to the country’s national security, from Nazi fifth columnists during the Second World War to Soviet spies during the Cold War and today’s domestic extremists. Yet, aided by the release of official documents to the National Archives, David Caute argues in this radical and revelatory history of the Security Service that suspicion often fell on those who posed no threat to national security. Instead, this “other history” of MI5, ignored in official accounts, was often fueled by the political prejudices of MI5’s personnel and involved a huge program of surveillance against anyone who dared question the status quo. Caute, a prominent historian and expert on the history of the Cold War, tells the story of the massive state operation to track the activities of a range of journalists, academics, scientists, filmmakers, writers, and others who, during the twentieth century, the Security Service perceived as a threat to the national interest. Those who were tracked include such prominent figures as Kingsley Amis, George Orwell, Doris Lessing, John Berger, Benjamin Britten, Eric Hobsbawm, Michael Foot, Harriet Harman, and others. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617269]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red List: MI5 and British Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century Author: David Caute Narrator: Dennis Kleinman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A gripping history of the Security Service and its covert surveillance on British writers and intellectuals in the twentieth century In the popular imagination, MI5—or the Security Service—is know chiefly as the branch of the British state responsible for chasing down those who pose a threat to the country’s national security, from Nazi fifth columnists during the Second World War to Soviet spies during the Cold War and today’s domestic extremists. Yet, aided by the release of official documents to the National Archives, David Caute argues in this radical and revelatory history of the Security Service that suspicion often fell on those who posed no threat to national security. Instead, this “other history” of MI5, ignored in official accounts, was often fueled by the political prejudices of MI5’s personnel and involved a huge program of surveillance against anyone who dared question the status quo. Caute, a prominent historian and expert on the history of the Cold War, tells the story of the massive state operation to track the activities of a range of journalists, academics, scientists, filmmakers, writers, and others who, during the twentieth century, the Security Service perceived as a threat to the national interest. Those who were tracked include such prominent figures as Kingsley Amis, George Orwell, Doris Lessing, John Berger, Benjamin Britten, Eric Hobsbawm, Michael Foot, Harriet Harman, and others. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616971 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616971]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Russia's Empires Author: Ronald Grigor Suny, Valerie A. Kivelson Narrator: Daniel Henning Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 25, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Russia's Empires analyzes how and why Russia expanded to become the largest country on the globe and how it repeatedly fell under the sway of strong, authoritarian leaders. Authors Valerie A. Kivelson and Ronald Grigor Suny examine how imperial practices shaped choices and limited alternatives. Using the concept of empire, they look at the ways in which ordinary people imagined their position within a non-democratic polity—whether the Muscovite tsardom or the Soviet Union—and what concessions the rulers had to make, or appear to make, in order to establish their authority and preserve their rule. Russia's Empires tackles the long history of the region, following the vicissitudes of empire—the absence, the coalescence, and the setbacks of imperial aspirations—across the centuries. The framework of empire allows the authors to address pressing questions of how various forms of non-democratic governance managed to succeed and survive, or, alternatively, what caused them to collapse and disappear. Studying Russia's extensive history in an imperial guise encourages students to pay attention to forms of inclusion, displays of reciprocity, and manifestations of ideology that might otherwise go unnoted, overlooked under the bleak record of coercion and oppression that so often characterizes ideas about Russia. Ronald Grigor Suny, Valerie A. Kivelson Tue, 25 Oct 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616971 thebookvoice.com 19:42:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616971]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Russia's Empires Author: Ronald Grigor Suny, Valerie A. Kivelson Narrator: Daniel Henning Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 25, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Russia's Empires analyzes how and why Russia expanded to become the largest country on the globe and how it repeatedly fell under the sway of strong, authoritarian leaders. Authors Valerie A. Kivelson and Ronald Grigor Suny examine how imperial practices shaped choices and limited alternatives. Using the concept of empire, they look at the ways in which ordinary people imagined their position within a non-democratic polity—whether the Muscovite tsardom or the Soviet Union—and what concessions the rulers had to make, or appear to make, in order to establish their authority and preserve their rule. Russia's Empires tackles the long history of the region, following the vicissitudes of empire—the absence, the coalescence, and the setbacks of imperial aspirations—across the centuries. The framework of empire allows the authors to address pressing questions of how various forms of non-democratic governance managed to succeed and survive, or, alternatively, what caused them to collapse and disappear. Studying Russia's extensive history in an imperial guise encourages students to pay attention to forms of inclusion, displays of reciprocity, and manifestations of ideology that might otherwise go unnoted, overlooked under the bleak record of coercion and oppression that so often characterizes ideas about Russia. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616971]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Russia's Empires Author: Ronald Grigor Suny, Valerie A. Kivelson Narrator: Daniel Henning Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 25, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Russia's Empires analyzes how and why Russia expanded to become the largest country on the globe and how it repeatedly fell under the sway of strong, authoritarian leaders. Authors Valerie A. Kivelson and Ronald Grigor Suny examine how imperial practices shaped choices and limited alternatives. Using the concept of empire, they look at the ways in which ordinary people imagined their position within a non-democratic polity—whether the Muscovite tsardom or the Soviet Union—and what concessions the rulers had to make, or appear to make, in order to establish their authority and preserve their rule. Russia's Empires tackles the long history of the region, following the vicissitudes of empire—the absence, the coalescence, and the setbacks of imperial aspirations—across the centuries. The framework of empire allows the authors to address pressing questions of how various forms of non-democratic governance managed to succeed and survive, or, alternatively, what caused them to collapse and disappear. Studying Russia's extensive history in an imperial guise encourages students to pay attention to forms of inclusion, displays of reciprocity, and manifestations of ideology that might otherwise go unnoted, overlooked under the bleak record of coercion and oppression that so often characterizes ideas about Russia. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616919 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616919]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under the Hammer: Edward I and Scotland Author: Fiona Watson Narrator: Mhairi Morrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: War truly begins when the invading army, conquest complete, goes home. It is the relationship between the native population and those remaining behind as part of the new administration which holds the key to our understanding of not only the mechanisms of conquest, but also the fundamental elements of government desired by societies. Nowhere is this more convincingly demonstrated than in the attempted annexation of Scotland by Edward I of England, already conqueror of Wales. The Scotland of Wallace and Bruce nearly succumbed, having wrestled with contradictory desires for independence, and for stability and united government, for nearly a decade. The fact that, ultimately, she did not give in illustrates that patriotism does indeed play a central role in discussions of war and conquest. Fiona Watson examines the process of conquest and attempted colonization of one medieval kingdom by another, concentrating on that most vital aspect of conquest: the maintenance of garrisons. She shows how the kingdom of Scotland was able to marshal its resources and create a coherent and cohesive national front to deal with a more powerful enemy. Under the Hammer provides a much clearer picture of medieval Scotland—its varying component parts; its sense of self, its strengths and weakness. Much of this will surprise. Fiona Watson Tue, 14 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616919 thebookvoice.com 12:24:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616919]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under the Hammer: Edward I and Scotland Author: Fiona Watson Narrator: Mhairi Morrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: War truly begins when the invading army, conquest complete, goes home. It is the relationship between the native population and those remaining behind as part of the new administration which holds the key to our understanding of not only the mechanisms of conquest, but also the fundamental elements of government desired by societies. Nowhere is this more convincingly demonstrated than in the attempted annexation of Scotland by Edward I of England, already conqueror of Wales. The Scotland of Wallace and Bruce nearly succumbed, having wrestled with contradictory desires for independence, and for stability and united government, for nearly a decade. The fact that, ultimately, she did not give in illustrates that patriotism does indeed play a central role in discussions of war and conquest. Fiona Watson examines the process of conquest and attempted colonization of one medieval kingdom by another, concentrating on that most vital aspect of conquest: the maintenance of garrisons. She shows how the kingdom of Scotland was able to marshal its resources and create a coherent and cohesive national front to deal with a more powerful enemy. Under the Hammer provides a much clearer picture of medieval Scotland—its varying component parts; its sense of self, its strengths and weakness. Much of this will surprise. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616919]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under the Hammer: Edward I and Scotland Author: Fiona Watson Narrator: Mhairi Morrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: War truly begins when the invading army, conquest complete, goes home. It is the relationship between the native population and those remaining behind as part of the new administration which holds the key to our understanding of not only the mechanisms of conquest, but also the fundamental elements of government desired by societies. Nowhere is this more convincingly demonstrated than in the attempted annexation of Scotland by Edward I of England, already conqueror of Wales. The Scotland of Wallace and Bruce nearly succumbed, having wrestled with contradictory desires for independence, and for stability and united government, for nearly a decade. The fact that, ultimately, she did not give in illustrates that patriotism does indeed play a central role in discussions of war and conquest. Fiona Watson examines the process of conquest and attempted colonization of one medieval kingdom by another, concentrating on that most vital aspect of conquest: the maintenance of garrisons. She shows how the kingdom of Scotland was able to marshal its resources and create a coherent and cohesive national front to deal with a more powerful enemy. Under the Hammer provides a much clearer picture of medieval Scotland—its varying component parts; its sense of self, its strengths and weakness. Much of this will surprise. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616765 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616765]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hardship Britain: Personal Stories of Social Issues Today: A BBC Radio 4 collection Author: Various Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 22 minutes Release date: November 17, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Individuals who have experienced some of society's biggest issues tell their stories - and search for answers From climate change, fake news and vaccine hesitancy to mental health, addiction and domestic violence, there are no shortage of societal problems facing the UK right now. But while we are aware these challenges exist, without personal experience it is hard for us to understand what it is like to struggle with them, and harder still to envision potential solutions. These compelling documentaries, first broadcast on radio under the title 'My Name Is...', introduce us to a range of individuals who have confronted various hardships, telling their stories and following them as they ask difficult questions and endeavour to drive positive change. Among those we meet are Rachel, who has been sectioned multiple times and seeks to challenge the status quo around psychiatric treatment; Katie, a onetime problem gambler investigating how online gambling firms target the vulnerable; Abi, who almost died at the hands of her violent boyfriend and now helps others stay safe; and Fozia, a doctor horrified by the Covid conspiracy theories that leave patients afraid to come to hospital even when they're seriously ill. We also hear from others whose stories are less harrowing, but equally absorbing. There's Noga, a 17-year-old youth strike organiser doing everything she can to save the planet; Hamza, a basketball and martial arts coach who believes broadening access to sport can improve opportunities for disadvantaged kids; Lucy, who's looking for love and wondering whether to ditch the dating apps; and 11-year-old Roman, who adores Minecraft and wants to know if his parents' limits on his screen time are fair. Offering unique insight into the lives of a host of extraordinary people, these fascinating first-person accounts highlight the complexity of the issues affecting Britons today, and provide diverse perspectives on how we can set about tackling them. Production credits Presented by Noga Levy-Rapoport, Rachel Waddingham, Katie, Josh Walker, 'Courtney', Peter Trimingham, Beth Miles, Abi Blake, Imogen Rhodes, Fozia Hayat, Natasha Saunders, Lucy, Roman, Niellah Arboine, Jordan Lee, Anna, Elvis MacGonagall, Hamza Malik, Joshua Styles, Anna, Christina Adane, Natalie, Haroon Mota, Sam, Kate Deeming, Bex Wilson, Laura Brothwell, Claire Randall, Chris Fox Produced by Sue Mitchell, Ben Crighton, Lydia Thomas, Miles Warde, Richard McIlroy, Ben Carter, Eliza Lomas, Kevin Core, Mugabi Turya, Seren Jones, Lucy Proctor, Giles Edwards, Beth Hemmings Production Coordinators: Anne Smith, Gemma Ashman, Dave James, Sarah Goodman, Helen Surtees, Siobhan Maguire Editors: Philip Sellars, Emma Rippon, Gill Farrington First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates: My Name is Noga 1 April 2019 My Name is Rachel 8 April 2019 My Name is Katie 22 April 2019 My Name is Josh 6 May 2019 My Name is Courtney 27 May 2019 My Name is Peter 6 January 2020 My Name is Beth 27 January 2020 My Name is Abi 3 February 2020 My Name is Immie 10 February 2020 My Name is Fozia 27 July 2020 My Name is Natasha 3 August 2020 My Name is Lucy 17 August 2020 My Name is Roman 24 August 2020 My Name is Niellah 31 August 2020 My Name is Jordan 1 February 2021 My Name is Anna 8 February 2021 My Name is Elvis 15 February 2021 My Name is Hamza 1 March 2021 My Name is Josh 8 March 2021 My Name is Anna 16 August 2021 My Name is Christina 30 August 2021 My Name is Natalie 6 September 2021 My Name is Haroon 28 February 2022 My Name is Sam 7 March 2022 My Name is Kate 14 March 2022 My Name is Bex 21 March 2022 My Name is Laura 25 July 2022 My Name is Claire 08 August 2022 My Name is Chris 29 August 2022 © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. Various Thu, 17 Nov 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616765 thebookvoice.com 13:22:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616765]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hardship Britain: Personal Stories of Social Issues Today: A BBC Radio 4 collection Author: Various Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 22 minutes Release date: November 17, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Individuals who have experienced some of society's biggest issues tell their stories - and search for answers From climate change, fake news and vaccine hesitancy to mental health, addiction and domestic violence, there are no shortage of societal problems facing the UK right now. But while we are aware these challenges exist, without personal experience it is hard for us to understand what it is like to struggle with them, and harder still to envision potential solutions. These compelling documentaries, first broadcast on radio under the title 'My Name Is...', introduce us to a range of individuals who have confronted various hardships, telling their stories and following them as they ask difficult questions and endeavour to drive positive change. Among those we meet are Rachel, who has been sectioned multiple times and seeks to challenge the status quo around psychiatric treatment; Katie, a onetime problem gambler investigating how online gambling firms target the vulnerable; Abi, who almost died at the hands of her violent boyfriend and now helps others stay safe; and Fozia, a doctor horrified by the Covid conspiracy theories that leave patients afraid to come to hospital even when they're seriously ill. We also hear from others whose stories are less harrowing, but equally absorbing. There's Noga, a 17-year-old youth strike organiser doing everything she can to save the planet; Hamza, a basketball and martial arts coach who believes broadening access to sport can improve opportunities for disadvantaged kids; Lucy, who's looking for love and wondering whether to ditch the dating apps; and 11-year-old Roman, who adores Minecraft and wants to know if his parents' limits on his screen time are fair. Offering unique insight into the lives of a host of extraordinary people, these fascinating first-person accounts highlight the complexity of the issues affecting Britons today, and provide diverse perspectives on how we can set about tackling them. Production credits Presented by Noga Levy-Rapoport, Rachel Waddingham, Katie, Josh Walker, 'Courtney', Peter Trimingham, Beth Miles, Abi Blake, Imogen Rhodes, Fozia Hayat, Natasha Saunders, Lucy, Roman, Niellah Arboine, Jordan Lee, Anna, Elvis MacGonagall, Hamza Malik, Joshua Styles, Anna, Christina Adane, Natalie, Haroon Mota, Sam, Kate Deeming, Bex Wilson, Laura Brothwell, Claire Randall, Chris Fox Produced by Sue Mitchell, Ben Crighton, Lydia Thomas, Miles Warde, Richard McIlroy, Ben Carter, Eliza Lomas, Kevin Core, Mugabi Turya, Seren Jones, Lucy Proctor, Giles Edwards, Beth Hemmings Production Coordinators: Anne Smith, Gemma Ashman, Dave James, Sarah Goodman, Helen Surtees, Siobhan Maguire Editors: Philip Sellars, Emma Rippon, Gill Farrington First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates: My Name is Noga 1 April 2019 My Name is Rachel 8 April 2019 My Name is Katie 22 April 2019 My Name is Josh 6 May 2019 My Name is Courtney 27 May 2019 My Name is Peter 6 January 2020 My Name is Beth 27 January 2020 My Name is Abi 3 February 2020 My Name is Immie 10 February 2020 My Name is Fozia 27 July 2020 My Name is Natasha 3 August 2020 My Name is Lucy 17 August 2020 My Name is Roman 24 August 2020 My Name is Niellah 31 August 2020 My Name is Jordan 1 February 2021 My Name is Anna 8 February 2021 My Name is Elvis 15 February 2021 My Name is Hamza 1 March 2021 My Name is Josh 8 March 2021 My Name is Anna 16 August 2021 My Name is Christina 30 August 2021 My Name is Natalie 6 September 2021 My Name is Haroon 28 February 2022 My Name is Sam 7 March 2022 My Name is Kate 14 March 2022 My Name is Bex 21 March 2022 My Name is Laura 25 July 2022 My Name is Claire 08 August 2022 My Name is Chris 29 August 2022 © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616765]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hardship Britain: Personal Stories of Social Issues Today: A BBC Radio 4 collection Author: Various Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 22 minutes Release date: November 17, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Individuals who have experienced some of society's biggest issues tell their stories - and search for answers From climate change, fake news and vaccine hesitancy to mental health, addiction and domestic violence, there are no shortage of societal problems facing the UK right now. But while we are aware these challenges exist, without personal experience it is hard for us to understand what it is like to struggle with them, and harder still to envision potential solutions. These compelling documentaries, first broadcast on radio under the title 'My Name Is...', introduce us to a range of individuals who have confronted various hardships, telling their stories and following them as they ask difficult questions and endeavour to drive positive change. Among those we meet are Rachel, who has been sectioned multiple times and seeks to challenge the status quo around psychiatric treatment; Katie, a onetime problem gambler investigating how online gambling firms target the vulnerable; Abi, who almost died at the hands of her violent boyfriend and now helps others stay safe; and Fozia, a doctor horrified by the Covid conspiracy theories that leave patients afraid to come to hospital even when they're seriously ill. We also hear from others whose stories are less harrowing, but equally absorbing. There's Noga, a 17-year-old youth strike organiser doing everything she can to save the planet; Hamza, a basketball and martial arts coach who believes broadening access to sport can improve opportunities for disadvantaged kids; Lucy, who's looking for love and wondering whether to ditch the dating apps; and 11-year-old Roman, who adores Minecraft and wants to know if his parents' limits on his screen time are fair. Offering unique insight into the lives of a host of extraordinary people, these fascinating first-person accounts highlight the complexity of the issues affecting Britons today, and provide diverse perspectives on how we can set about tackling them. Production credits Presented by Noga Levy-Rapoport, Rachel Waddingham, Katie, Josh Walker, 'Courtney', Peter Trimingham, Beth Miles, Abi Blake, Imogen Rhodes, Fozia Hayat, Natasha Saunders, Lucy, Roman, Niellah Arboine, Jordan Lee, Anna, Elvis MacGonagall, Hamza Malik, Joshua Styles, Anna, Christina Adane, Natalie, Haroon Mota, Sam, Kate Deeming, Bex Wilson, Laura Brothwell, Claire Randall, Chris Fox Produced by Sue Mitchell, Ben Crighton, Lydia Thomas, Miles Warde, Richard McIlroy, Ben Carter, Eliza Lomas, Kevin Core, Mugabi Turya, Seren Jones, Lucy Proctor, Giles Edwards, Beth Hemmings Production Coordinators: Anne Smith, Gemma Ashman, Dave James, Sarah Goodman, Helen Surtees, Siobhan Maguire Editors: Philip Sellars, Emma Rippon, Gill Farrington First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates: My Name is Noga 1 April 2019 My Name is Rachel 8 April 2019 My Name is Katie 22 April 2019 My Name is Josh 6 May 2019 My Name is Courtney 27 May 2019 My Name is Peter 6 January 2020 My Name is Beth 27 January 2020 My Name is Abi 3 February 2020 My Name is Immie 10 February 2020 My Name is Fozia 27 July 2020 My Name is Natasha 3 August 2020 My Name is Lucy 17 August 2020 My Name is Roman 24 August 2020 My Name is Niellah 31 August 2020 My Name is Jordan 1 February 2021 My Name is Anna 8 February 2021 My Name is Elvis 15 February 2021 My Name is Hamza 1 March 2021 My Name is Josh 8 March 2021 My Name is Anna 16 August 2021 My Name is Christina 30 August 2021 My Name is Natalie 6 September 2021 My Name is Haroon 28 February 2022 My Name is Sam 7 March 2022 My Name is Kate 14 March 2022 My Name is Bex 21 March 2022 My Name is Laura 25 July 2022 My Name is Claire 08 August 2022 My Name is Chris 29 August 2022 © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616664 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616664]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Union: A BBC Radio 4 series exploring the history and future of the U.K. Author: Andrea Catherwood, Allan Little, Jeremy Bowen, Ian Hislop Narrator: Andrea Catherwood, Allan Little, Jeremy Bowen, Jonathan Freedland, Ian Hislop Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 25, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A BBC Radio 4 season exploring the history and future of the United Kingdom In this remarkable collection exploring the state of the United Kingdom and the future of its union, five presenters examine the identities, history and struggles of the nations, and ask what keeps them together as a united country. In the first episode, Jonathan Freedland and a team of historians and BBC correspondents take The Long View of the Union of the United Kingdom, at the constitutional, economic and cultural bonds between the nations, particularly after Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic, and at three moments in the UK's history when its future was under similar scrutiny. In A Sea Between Us, Andrea Catherwood looks back at the Ireland she left, when the the IRA was still active, the prospect of a united Ireland seemed remote, and unionist parties enjoyed a comfortable majority at the polls. Now, she meets voices from Belfast's unionist community, looks at the Northern Ireland Protocol's potential damage to Northern Ireland's place in the UK, and talks to those from a traditionally pro-union background, who now say they're agnostic about their country's place in the UK. The Ghost Kingdoms of England sees Ian Hislop telling the stories of the four great Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms - East Anglia, Northumbria, Mercia and Wessex - celebrating their golden ages and trying to understand their journey from groupings of North Sea peoples to powerful kingdoms, and eventually a single entity. He talks to such varied experts as curator of Medieval coinage Gareth Williams, head of archeology at Durham University Sarah Semple, writer Bernard Cornwell, and art historian Janina Ramirez, as he uncovers how the regional identities have left their mark, and how the nations stabilised into becoming 'England'. In Two Kingdoms, Allan Little presents the epic story of how and why Scotland entered into union with England, why that Union endured for so long, and the historic changes that have brought Scotland closer to independence than it's been since 1707. This is a story about the emergence of a powerful partnership forged in Empire, industry and war, and Allan asks what happens when their values diverge and then clash, with profound consequences for millions of people on both sides of the border. The final episodes, Being Welsh, see Jeremy Bowen examine what it means to be Welsh, taking in Welsh politics, language, history and culture from the starting point of a Cardiff Stadium rugby match. With contributions from Jac Larner, Martin Johnes, and Siân James, as well as Rhys Jones, Rebecca Thomas, and Uzo Iwobi, Being Welsh investigates the distinct identities across the country, the construction of modern Wales, and the complicated relationship between Wales and England. 'Sensitive but to the point... clear and fair' Guardian Presented by Jonathan Freedland, Andrea Catherwood, Ian Hislop, Allan Little and Jeremy Bowen Produced by Mohini Patel, Conor Garrett, Tom Alban, Jonathan Brunert, Caitlin Smith and Glyn Tansley The Long View Produced by Mohini Patel First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2021 A Sea Between Us Produced by Conor Garrett First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2021 The Ghost Kingdoms of England Produced by Tom Alban First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2021 Two Kingdoms Produced by Jonathan Brunert and Caitlin Smith First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2021 Being Welsh Produced by Glyn Tansley First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January and February 2022 © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P) BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Andrea Catherwood, Allan Little, Jeremy Bowen, Ian Hislop Thu, 25 Aug 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616664 thebookvoice.com 6:29:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616664]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Union: A BBC Radio 4 series exploring the history and future of the U.K. Author: Andrea Catherwood, Allan Little, Jeremy Bowen, Ian Hislop Narrator: Andrea Catherwood, Allan Little, Jeremy Bowen, Jonathan Freedland, Ian Hislop Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 25, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A BBC Radio 4 season exploring the history and future of the United Kingdom In this remarkable collection exploring the state of the United Kingdom and the future of its union, five presenters examine the identities, history and struggles of the nations, and ask what keeps them together as a united country. In the first episode, Jonathan Freedland and a team of historians and BBC correspondents take The Long View of the Union of the United Kingdom, at the constitutional, economic and cultural bonds between the nations, particularly after Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic, and at three moments in the UK's history when its future was under similar scrutiny. In A Sea Between Us, Andrea Catherwood looks back at the Ireland she left, when the the IRA was still active, the prospect of a united Ireland seemed remote, and unionist parties enjoyed a comfortable majority at the polls. Now, she meets voices from Belfast's unionist community, looks at the Northern Ireland Protocol's potential damage to Northern Ireland's place in the UK, and talks to those from a traditionally pro-union background, who now say they're agnostic about their country's place in the UK. The Ghost Kingdoms of England sees Ian Hislop telling the stories of the four great Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms - East Anglia, Northumbria, Mercia and Wessex - celebrating their golden ages and trying to understand their journey from groupings of North Sea peoples to powerful kingdoms, and eventually a single entity. He talks to such varied experts as curator of Medieval coinage Gareth Williams, head of archeology at Durham University Sarah Semple, writer Bernard Cornwell, and art historian Janina Ramirez, as he uncovers how the regional identities have left their mark, and how the nations stabilised into becoming 'England'. In Two Kingdoms, Allan Little presents the epic story of how and why Scotland entered into union with England, why that Union endured for so long, and the historic changes that have brought Scotland closer to independence than it's been since 1707. This is a story about the emergence of a powerful partnership forged in Empire, industry and war, and Allan asks what happens when their values diverge and then clash, with profound consequences for millions of people on both sides of the border. The final episodes, Being Welsh, see Jeremy Bowen examine what it means to be Welsh, taking in Welsh politics, language, history and culture from the starting point of a Cardiff Stadium rugby match. With contributions from Jac Larner, Martin Johnes, and Siân James, as well as Rhys Jones, Rebecca Thomas, and Uzo Iwobi, Being Welsh investigates the distinct identities across the country, the construction of modern Wales, and the complicated relationship between Wales and England. 'Sensitive but to the point... clear and fair' Guardian Presented by Jonathan Freedland, Andrea Catherwood, Ian Hislop, Allan Little and Jeremy Bowen Produced by Mohini Patel, Conor Garrett, Tom Alban, Jonathan Brunert, Caitlin Smith and Glyn Tansley The Long View Produced by Mohini Patel First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2021 A Sea Between Us Produced by Conor Garrett First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2021 The Ghost Kingdoms of England Produced by Tom Alban First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2021 Two Kingdoms Produced by Jonathan Brunert and Caitlin Smith First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2021 Being Welsh Produced by Glyn Tansley First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January and February 2022 © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P) BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616664]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Union: A BBC Radio 4 series exploring the history and future of the U.K. Author: Andrea Catherwood, Allan Little, Jeremy Bowen, Ian Hislop Narrator: Andrea Catherwood, Allan Little, Jeremy Bowen, Jonathan Freedland, Ian Hislop Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 25, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A BBC Radio 4 season exploring the history and future of the United Kingdom In this remarkable collection exploring the state of the United Kingdom and the future of its union, five presenters examine the identities, history and struggles of the nations, and ask what keeps them together as a united country. In the first episode, Jonathan Freedland and a team of historians and BBC correspondents take The Long View of the Union of the United Kingdom, at the constitutional, economic and cultural bonds between the nations, particularly after Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic, and at three moments in the UK's history when its future was under similar scrutiny. In A Sea Between Us, Andrea Catherwood looks back at the Ireland she left, when the the IRA was still active, the prospect of a united Ireland seemed remote, and unionist parties enjoyed a comfortable majority at the polls. Now, she meets voices from Belfast's unionist community, looks at the Northern Ireland Protocol's potential damage to Northern Ireland's place in the UK, and talks to those from a traditionally pro-union background, who now say they're agnostic about their country's place in the UK. The Ghost Kingdoms of England sees Ian Hislop telling the stories of the four great Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms - East Anglia, Northumbria, Mercia and Wessex - celebrating their golden ages and trying to understand their journey from groupings of North Sea peoples to powerful kingdoms, and eventually a single entity. He talks to such varied experts as curator of Medieval coinage Gareth Williams, head of archeology at Durham University Sarah Semple, writer Bernard Cornwell, and art historian Janina Ramirez, as he uncovers how the regional identities have left their mark, and how the nations stabilised into becoming 'England'. In Two Kingdoms, Allan Little presents the epic story of how and why Scotland entered into union with England, why that Union endured for so long, and the historic changes that have brought Scotland closer to independence than it's been since 1707. This is a story about the emergence of a powerful partnership forged in Empire, industry and war, and Allan asks what happens when their values diverge and then clash, with profound consequences for millions of people on both sides of the border. The final episodes, Being Welsh, see Jeremy Bowen examine what it means to be Welsh, taking in Welsh politics, language, history and culture from the starting point of a Cardiff Stadium rugby match. With contributions from Jac Larner, Martin Johnes, and Siân James, as well as Rhys Jones, Rebecca Thomas, and Uzo Iwobi, Being Welsh investigates the distinct identities across the country, the construction of modern Wales, and the complicated relationship between Wales and England. 'Sensitive but to the point... clear and fair' Guardian Presented by Jonathan Freedland, Andrea Catherwood, Ian Hislop, Allan Little and Jeremy Bowen Produced by Mohini Patel, Conor Garrett, Tom Alban, Jonathan Brunert, Caitlin Smith and Glyn Tansley The Long View Produced by Mohini Patel First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2021 A Sea Between Us Produced by Conor Garrett First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2021 The Ghost Kingdoms of England Produced by Tom Alban First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2021 Two Kingdoms Produced by Jonathan Brunert and Caitlin Smith First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2021 Being Welsh Produced by Glyn Tansley First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January and February 2022 © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P) BBC Studios Distribution Ltd https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616553 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616553]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe Author: Martyn Rady Narrator: John Curless Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Central Europe is not just a space on a map but also a region of shared experience - of mutual borrowings, impositions and misapprehensions. From the Roman Empire onwards, it has been the target of invasion from the east. In the Middle Ages, Central Europeans cast their eastern foes as 'the dogmen'. They would later become the Turks, Swedes, Russians and Soviets, all of whom pulled the region apart and remade it according to their own vision. Competition among Europe's Middle Kingdoms yielded repeated cultural effervescences. This was the first home of the High Renaissance outside Italy, the cradle of the Reformation, the starting point of the Enlightenment, Romanticism, the symphony and modern nationalism. It was a permanent battleground too for religious and political ideas. Most recent histories of Central Europe confine themselves to the lands in between Germany and Russia, homing in on Poland, Hungary, and what is now the Czech Republic. This new history embraces the whole of Central Europe, including the German lands as well as Ukraine and Switzerland. The story of Europe's Middle Kingdoms is a reminder of Central Europe's precariousness, of its creativity and turbulence, and of the common cultural trends that make these lands so distinctive. ©2023 Martyn Rady (P)2023 Penguin Audio Martyn Rady Thu, 04 May 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616553 thebookvoice.com 22:55:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616553]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe Author: Martyn Rady Narrator: John Curless Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Central Europe is not just a space on a map but also a region of shared experience - of mutual borrowings, impositions and misapprehensions. From the Roman Empire onwards, it has been the target of invasion from the east. In the Middle Ages, Central Europeans cast their eastern foes as 'the dogmen'. They would later become the Turks, Swedes, Russians and Soviets, all of whom pulled the region apart and remade it according to their own vision. Competition among Europe's Middle Kingdoms yielded repeated cultural effervescences. This was the first home of the High Renaissance outside Italy, the cradle of the Reformation, the starting point of the Enlightenment, Romanticism, the symphony and modern nationalism. It was a permanent battleground too for religious and political ideas. Most recent histories of Central Europe confine themselves to the lands in between Germany and Russia, homing in on Poland, Hungary, and what is now the Czech Republic. This new history embraces the whole of Central Europe, including the German lands as well as Ukraine and Switzerland. The story of Europe's Middle Kingdoms is a reminder of Central Europe's precariousness, of its creativity and turbulence, and of the common cultural trends that make these lands so distinctive. ©2023 Martyn Rady (P)2023 Penguin Audio Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616553]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe Author: Martyn Rady Narrator: John Curless Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 4, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Central Europe is not just a space on a map but also a region of shared experience - of mutual borrowings, impositions and misapprehensions. From the Roman Empire onwards, it has been the target of invasion from the east. In the Middle Ages, Central Europeans cast their eastern foes as 'the dogmen'. They would later become the Turks, Swedes, Russians and Soviets, all of whom pulled the region apart and remade it according to their own vision. Competition among Europe's Middle Kingdoms yielded repeated cultural effervescences. This was the first home of the High Renaissance outside Italy, the cradle of the Reformation, the starting point of the Enlightenment, Romanticism, the symphony and modern nationalism. It was a permanent battleground too for religious and political ideas. Most recent histories of Central Europe confine themselves to the lands in between Germany and Russia, homing in on Poland, Hungary, and what is now the Czech Republic. This new history embraces the whole of Central Europe, including the German lands as well as Ukraine and Switzerland. The story of Europe's Middle Kingdoms is a reminder of Central Europe's precariousness, of its creativity and turbulence, and of the common cultural trends that make these lands so distinctive. ©2023 Martyn Rady (P)2023 Penguin Audio https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616361 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616361]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: World War One: The Cultural Front: A BBC Radio 4 history series Author: Francine Stock Narrator: Francine Stock, Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Francine Stock explores how the Great War shaped culture and society between 1914 and 1918 The First World War was the great military and political event of its time. But it was also an imaginative event: one that profoundly altered the ways in which men and women thought about the world, and about culture and its expressions. In this compelling five-series programme, journalist and presenter Francine Stock scrutinises the diverse responses of artists and entertainers to the bitter realities of war, and reveals how their new perspectives entered the public consciousness. Each series focuses on a specific year of the conflict, beginning with 1914, as the written word was mobilised; the music industry embraced both patriotism and escapism; and painters including Kandinsky created some of their most powerful work. Stock shows how the aftershocks of war sparked the rise of modernism and the avant-garde in 1915, and looks at how trauma was addressed in the works of Freud and the compositions of Debussy. Moving on to the following year, she demonstrates how the carnage at Verdun and the Somme inspired Dadaism, galvanised creators from Picasso to Apollinaire - and made the tank into an unlikely icon on the home front. Looking at 1917, Stock tells the story of the Harlem Hellfighters and how jazz conquered France; finds out about the popular cross-dressing theatre troupes who were taking the Front Line by storm; and listens as the first meeting between poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen is celebrated in a landmark violin performance using instruments made in memory of the duo. She concludes by examining the war's final deadly year, as US troops arrive on the Western Front, Charlie Chaplin makes a film about a private with dreams of becoming a war hero; the Austro-Hungarian Empire falls; and Elgar, Stanley Spencer and Rebecca West anticipate the end of the hostilities and the soldiers' return. Production credits Presented by Francine Stock Produced by Tom Alban, Mark Burman, Caitlin Smith, Mark Rickards, Clare Walker, Georgia Catt, Sarah Shebbeare, Elizabeth Duffy Production Coordinator: Anne Smith Editors: John Goudie, Philip Sellars Readers: Clive Hayward, Heather Craney, Sean Baker, Susan Jameson, Sam Rix, Sargon Yelda, Brian Protheroe, Nicola Ferguson, Nick Underwood, Lucy Doyle, Sean Murray, Ryan Whittle, Liam Fernandez, Cameron Percival and other members of the Radio Drama Company Singer: Eloise Irving Pianist: Simon Townley First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 on the following dates: Series 1 Words for Battle 8 March 2014 With Catriona Pennell, Samuel Hynes, Tim Kendall, Sophie De Schaepdrijver, Mark Derez, Jan Van Impe, Gerhard Hirschfeld Arf a Mo, Kaiser: Popular Culture on All Fronts 15 March 2014 With Eloise Irving, Simon Townley, John Mullan, Susan Scott, Rachel Moore, Gerhard Hirschfeld, Stefan Goebel, Hubertus Jahn, Anita O'Brien Kandinsky, Khaki and Kisses 22 March 2014 With Jane Potter, David Boyd Haycock, Richard Cork, Stacy Gillis, Stefan Goebel Series 2 Glimpses of a Modern World 18 April 2015 With Genevieve Bell, Pat Mills, Samuel Hynes, Guillaume de Syon, Richard Slocombe, Stewart Kelly, Bryony Dixon, Mark Wollaeger A Cubist War 25 April 2015 With James Taylor, Nicholas Rankin, Susan Harrow, Santanu Das, Peter Stanley, Christian Liebl War on the Mind 2 May 2015 With David Code, Anna Farthing, Edgar Jones, John Forrester, Dorothy Price, Matthew Hollis Series 3 Bleeding France 9 April 2016 With Jay Winter, Alice Kelly, Linda Robertson, Sylvie Leray-Burimi The Tank and the Home Fires 16 April 2016 With Cathy Haill, Helen Brooks, Kimberley Reynolds, Diana Thompson, Vincent Thompson, Richard Slocombe, David Wiley, Alistair Fraser Dada and Defiance 23 April 2016 With Toby Thacker, Alan Dein, Jed Rasula, Jan Rueger, Emily Finer, Boris Dralyuk Series 4 The Jazz Kings Go to War 12 August 2017 With Max Brooks, Reid Badger, Adriane Lentz-Smith, Noble Sissle Jr Reality and Reconstruction 19 August 2017 With Steve Burnett, Catherine Walker, Boris Dralyuk, Richard Cork, Sylvain Bellanger, Suzannah Biernoff, James Partridge, Sarah Crellin An Intimate War 26 August 2017 With Jason Crouthamel, Anke Vetter, Kevin Clarke, Jay Winters, Laraine Porter, Simon Rothon Series 5 1918: Chaplin Goes to War 8 September 2018 With David Luben, Claggett Wilson Read, Lucie Dutton, Ailsa Grant Ferguson 1918: Vienna and the Fall of an Empire 15 September 2018 With Michael Haas, Marcus Patka, Ivan Ristic, Nicolai Guteman The Return of the Soldier 22 September 2018 With Boris Dralyuk, Martin Sorrell, Toby Thacker, Jane Potter, David Haycock, Ann Danks © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. Francine Stock Thu, 10 Nov 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616361 thebookvoice.com 6:51:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616361]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: World War One: The Cultural Front: A BBC Radio 4 history series Author: Francine Stock Narrator: Francine Stock, Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Francine Stock explores how the Great War shaped culture and society between 1914 and 1918 The First World War was the great military and political event of its time. But it was also an imaginative event: one that profoundly altered the ways in which men and women thought about the world, and about culture and its expressions. In this compelling five-series programme, journalist and presenter Francine Stock scrutinises the diverse responses of artists and entertainers to the bitter realities of war, and reveals how their new perspectives entered the public consciousness. Each series focuses on a specific year of the conflict, beginning with 1914, as the written word was mobilised; the music industry embraced both patriotism and escapism; and painters including Kandinsky created some of their most powerful work. Stock shows how the aftershocks of war sparked the rise of modernism and the avant-garde in 1915, and looks at how trauma was addressed in the works of Freud and the compositions of Debussy. Moving on to the following year, she demonstrates how the carnage at Verdun and the Somme inspired Dadaism, galvanised creators from Picasso to Apollinaire - and made the tank into an unlikely icon on the home front. Looking at 1917, Stock tells the story of the Harlem Hellfighters and how jazz conquered France; finds out about the popular cross-dressing theatre troupes who were taking the Front Line by storm; and listens as the first meeting between poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen is celebrated in a landmark violin performance using instruments made in memory of the duo. She concludes by examining the war's final deadly year, as US troops arrive on the Western Front, Charlie Chaplin makes a film about a private with dreams of becoming a war hero; the Austro-Hungarian Empire falls; and Elgar, Stanley Spencer and Rebecca West anticipate the end of the hostilities and the soldiers' return. Production credits Presented by Francine Stock Produced by Tom Alban, Mark Burman, Caitlin Smith, Mark Rickards, Clare Walker, Georgia Catt, Sarah Shebbeare, Elizabeth Duffy Production Coordinator: Anne Smith Editors: John Goudie, Philip Sellars Readers: Clive Hayward, Heather Craney, Sean Baker, Susan Jameson, Sam Rix, Sargon Yelda, Brian Protheroe, Nicola Ferguson, Nick Underwood, Lucy Doyle, Sean Murray, Ryan Whittle, Liam Fernandez, Cameron Percival and other members of the Radio Drama Company Singer: Eloise Irving Pianist: Simon Townley First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 on the following dates: Series 1 Words for Battle 8 March 2014 With Catriona Pennell, Samuel Hynes, Tim Kendall, Sophie De Schaepdrijver, Mark Derez, Jan Van Impe, Gerhard Hirschfeld Arf a Mo, Kaiser: Popular Culture on All Fronts 15 March 2014 With Eloise Irving, Simon Townley, John Mullan, Susan Scott, Rachel Moore, Gerhard Hirschfeld, Stefan Goebel, Hubertus Jahn, Anita O'Brien Kandinsky, Khaki and Kisses 22 March 2014 With Jane Potter, David Boyd Haycock, Richard Cork, Stacy Gillis, Stefan Goebel Series 2 Glimpses of a Modern World 18 April 2015 With Genevieve Bell, Pat Mills, Samuel Hynes, Guillaume de Syon, Richard Slocombe, Stewart Kelly, Bryony Dixon, Mark Wollaeger A Cubist War 25 April 2015 With James Taylor, Nicholas Rankin, Susan Harrow, Santanu Das, Peter Stanley, Christian Liebl War on the Mind 2 May 2015 With David Code, Anna Farthing, Edgar Jones, John Forrester, Dorothy Price, Matthew Hollis Series 3 Bleeding France 9 April 2016 With Jay Winter, Alice Kelly, Linda Robertson, Sylvie Leray-Burimi The Tank and the Home Fires 16 April 2016 With Cathy Haill, Helen Brooks, Kimberley Reynolds, Diana Thompson, Vincent Thompson, Richard Slocombe, David Wiley, Alistair Fraser Dada and Defiance 23 April 2016 With Toby Thacker, Alan Dein, Jed Rasula, Jan Rueger, Emily Finer, Boris Dralyuk Series 4 The Jazz Kings Go to War 12 August 2017 With Max Brooks, Reid Badger, Adriane Lentz-Smith, Noble Sissle Jr Reality and Reconstruction 19 August 2017 With Steve Burnett, Catherine Walker, Boris Dralyuk, Richard Cork, Sylvain Bellanger, Suzannah Biernoff, James Partridge, Sarah Crellin An Intimate War 26 August 2017 With Jason Crouthamel, Anke Vetter, Kevin Clarke, Jay Winters, Laraine Porter, Simon Rothon Series 5 1918: Chaplin Goes to War 8 September 2018 With David Luben, Claggett Wilson Read, Lucie Dutton, Ailsa Grant Ferguson 1918: Vienna and the Fall of an Empire 15 September 2018 With Michael Haas, Marcus Patka, Ivan Ristic, Nicolai Guteman The Return of the Soldier 22 September 2018 With Boris Dralyuk, Martin Sorrell, Toby Thacker, Jane Potter, David Haycock, Ann Danks © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616361]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: World War One: The Cultural Front: A BBC Radio 4 history series Author: Francine Stock Narrator: Francine Stock, Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Francine Stock explores how the Great War shaped culture and society between 1914 and 1918 The First World War was the great military and political event of its time. But it was also an imaginative event: one that profoundly altered the ways in which men and women thought about the world, and about culture and its expressions. In this compelling five-series programme, journalist and presenter Francine Stock scrutinises the diverse responses of artists and entertainers to the bitter realities of war, and reveals how their new perspectives entered the public consciousness. Each series focuses on a specific year of the conflict, beginning with 1914, as the written word was mobilised; the music industry embraced both patriotism and escapism; and painters including Kandinsky created some of their most powerful work. Stock shows how the aftershocks of war sparked the rise of modernism and the avant-garde in 1915, and looks at how trauma was addressed in the works of Freud and the compositions of Debussy. Moving on to the following year, she demonstrates how the carnage at Verdun and the Somme inspired Dadaism, galvanised creators from Picasso to Apollinaire - and made the tank into an unlikely icon on the home front. Looking at 1917, Stock tells the story of the Harlem Hellfighters and how jazz conquered France; finds out about the popular cross-dressing theatre troupes who were taking the Front Line by storm; and listens as the first meeting between poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen is celebrated in a landmark violin performance using instruments made in memory of the duo. She concludes by examining the war's final deadly year, as US troops arrive on the Western Front, Charlie Chaplin makes a film about a private with dreams of becoming a war hero; the Austro-Hungarian Empire falls; and Elgar, Stanley Spencer and Rebecca West anticipate the end of the hostilities and the soldiers' return. Production credits Presented by Francine Stock Produced by Tom Alban, Mark Burman, Caitlin Smith, Mark Rickards, Clare Walker, Georgia Catt, Sarah Shebbeare, Elizabeth Duffy Production Coordinator: Anne Smith Editors: John Goudie, Philip Sellars Readers: Clive Hayward, Heather Craney, Sean Baker, Susan Jameson, Sam Rix, Sargon Yelda, Brian Protheroe, Nicola Ferguson, Nick Underwood, Lucy Doyle, Sean Murray, Ryan Whittle, Liam Fernandez, Cameron Percival and other members of the Radio Drama Company Singer: Eloise Irving Pianist: Simon Townley First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 on the following dates: Series 1 Words for Battle 8 March 2014 With Catriona Pennell, Samuel Hynes, Tim Kendall, Sophie De Schaepdrijver, Mark Derez, Jan Van Impe, Gerhard Hirschfeld Arf a Mo, Kaiser: Popular Culture on All Fronts 15 March 2014 With Eloise Irving, Simon Townley, John Mullan, Susan Scott, Rachel Moore, Gerhard Hirschfeld, Stefan Goebel, Hubertus Jahn, Anita O'Brien Kandinsky, Khaki and Kisses 22 March 2014 With Jane Potter, David Boyd Haycock, Richard Cork, Stacy Gillis, Stefan Goebel Series 2 Glimpses of a Modern World 18 April 2015 With Genevieve Bell, Pat Mills, Samuel Hynes, Guillaume de Syon, Richard Slocombe, Stewart Kelly, Bryony Dixon, Mark Wollaeger A Cubist War 25 April 2015 With James Taylor, Nicholas Rankin, Susan Harrow, Santanu Das, Peter Stanley, Christian Liebl War on the Mind 2 May 2015 With David Code, Anna Farthing, Edgar Jones, John Forrester, Dorothy Price, Matthew Hollis Series 3 Bleeding France 9 April 2016 With Jay Winter, Alice Kelly, Linda Robertson, Sylvie Leray-Burimi The Tank and the Home Fires 16 April 2016 With Cathy Haill, Helen Brooks, Kimberley Reynolds, Diana Thompson, Vincent Thompson, Richard Slocombe, David Wiley, Alistair Fraser Dada and Defiance 23 April 2016 With Toby Thacker, Alan Dein, Jed Rasula, Jan Rueger, Emily Finer, Boris Dralyuk Series 4 The Jazz Kings Go to War 12 August 2017 With Max Brooks, Reid Badger, Adriane Lentz-Smith, Noble Sissle Jr Reality and Reconstruction 19 August 2017 With Steve Burnett, Catherine Walker, Boris Dralyuk, Richard Cork, Sylvain Bellanger, Suzannah Biernoff, James Partridge, Sarah Crellin An Intimate War 26 August 2017 With Jason Crouthamel, Anke Vetter, Kevin Clarke, Jay Winters, Laraine Porter, Simon Rothon Series 5 1918: Chaplin Goes to War 8 September 2018 With David Luben, Claggett Wilson Read, Lucie Dutton, Ailsa Grant Ferguson 1918: Vienna and the Fall of an Empire 15 September 2018 With Michael Haas, Marcus Patka, Ivan Ristic, Nicolai Guteman The Return of the Soldier 22 September 2018 With Boris Dralyuk, Martin Sorrell, Toby Thacker, Jane Potter, David Haycock, Ann Danks © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616300 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616300]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Große Träume, kleine Siege: Die Köchin Series: #1 of Die Köchinnen-Reihe Author: Petra Durst-Benning Narrator: Svenja Pages Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 24, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Vom einfachen Mädchen zur gefeierten Köchin'Bon appétit!' Wenn Fabienne die Gäste des Schleusenwärterhauses bewirtet, ist sie glücklich. Schließlich gibt es bei ihnen das beste Essen am ganzen Canal du Midi: Fabiennes Maman kocht zwar mit den einfachsten Zutaten, aber eben auch mit Liebe und Leidenschaft. Was könnte es Schöneres geben, als von ihr zu lernen? Nur der Gedanke an ihren Geliebten Eric lässt Fabienne gelegentlich von der großen weiten Welt träumen. Als Fabiennes Mutter unerwartet stirbt und der Vater eine neue Frau ins Haus holt, brennt die Minderjährige mit Eric durch. Schon bald lässt der sie bedenkenlos im Stich, und Fabienne muss allein für sich sorgen: Mit großem Glück findet sie Arbeit als Küchenhilfe auf einem Weingut. Mit Stéphanie, der charismatischen Tochter des Hauses, verbindet sie schnell eine ungewöhnliche Freundschaft. Fabiennes Zukunft scheint rosig, doch dann schlägt das Schicksal grausam zu - und nichts ist mehr, wie es war. - Petra Durst-Benning Wed, 24 Aug 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616300 thebookvoice.com 13:20:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616300]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Große Träume, kleine Siege: Die Köchin Series: #1 of Die Köchinnen-Reihe Author: Petra Durst-Benning Narrator: Svenja Pages Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 24, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Vom einfachen Mädchen zur gefeierten Köchin'Bon appétit!' Wenn Fabienne die Gäste des Schleusenwärterhauses bewirtet, ist sie glücklich. Schließlich gibt es bei ihnen das beste Essen am ganzen Canal du Midi: Fabiennes Maman kocht zwar mit den einfachsten Zutaten, aber eben auch mit Liebe und Leidenschaft. Was könnte es Schöneres geben, als von ihr zu lernen? Nur der Gedanke an ihren Geliebten Eric lässt Fabienne gelegentlich von der großen weiten Welt träumen. Als Fabiennes Mutter unerwartet stirbt und der Vater eine neue Frau ins Haus holt, brennt die Minderjährige mit Eric durch. Schon bald lässt der sie bedenkenlos im Stich, und Fabienne muss allein für sich sorgen: Mit großem Glück findet sie Arbeit als Küchenhilfe auf einem Weingut. Mit Stéphanie, der charismatischen Tochter des Hauses, verbindet sie schnell eine ungewöhnliche Freundschaft. Fabiennes Zukunft scheint rosig, doch dann schlägt das Schicksal grausam zu - und nichts ist mehr, wie es war. - Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616300]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Große Träume, kleine Siege: Die Köchin Series: #1 of Die Köchinnen-Reihe Author: Petra Durst-Benning Narrator: Svenja Pages Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 24, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Vom einfachen Mädchen zur gefeierten Köchin'Bon appétit!' Wenn Fabienne die Gäste des Schleusenwärterhauses bewirtet, ist sie glücklich. Schließlich gibt es bei ihnen das beste Essen am ganzen Canal du Midi: Fabiennes Maman kocht zwar mit den einfachsten Zutaten, aber eben auch mit Liebe und Leidenschaft. Was könnte es Schöneres geben, als von ihr zu lernen? Nur der Gedanke an ihren Geliebten Eric lässt Fabienne gelegentlich von der großen weiten Welt träumen. Als Fabiennes Mutter unerwartet stirbt und der Vater eine neue Frau ins Haus holt, brennt die Minderjährige mit Eric durch. Schon bald lässt der sie bedenkenlos im Stich, und Fabienne muss allein für sich sorgen: Mit großem Glück findet sie Arbeit als Küchenhilfe auf einem Weingut. Mit Stéphanie, der charismatischen Tochter des Hauses, verbindet sie schnell eine ungewöhnliche Freundschaft. Fabiennes Zukunft scheint rosig, doch dann schlägt das Schicksal grausam zu - und nichts ist mehr, wie es war. - https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616207 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616207]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Totentanz – 1923 und seine Folgen (ungekürzt) Author: Jutta Hoffritz Narrator: Stephan Schad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 14 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Die Mark fällt. Die Preise steigen. Zwischen Rausch, Revolution und Radikalisierung – Chronik eines Jahres 1923 wird zum politischen und ökonomischen Wendejahr für Deutschland. Zwischen schwindelerregenden Brotpreisen, eskapistischen Tanzabenden, der folgenreichen Ruhrbesetzung und der Einführung der Rentenmark begleitet Jutta Hoffritz vier Deutsche durch das Jahr. Durch ihren Kampf. Ihren Alltag. Ihre Verhängnisse. Wir erleben, wie Anita Berber – Berlins begehrteste Tänzerin – auf dem Zenit ihrer Karriere dem Rausch verfällt, wie Ruhrbaron Hugo Stinnes das Kalkül der Besatzer unterläuft und das Kohlekontor an die Alster verlegt, wie Reichsbankpräsident Rudolf Havenstein den Reparationsboykott finanziert und die Hyperinflation schürt, wie Käthe Kollwitz ihren Liebeskummer besiegt und das allgemeine Elend auf Plakaten festhält. Über ein Jahr und seine Menschen. Über eine Zeit, in der Deutschlands Zukunft auf des Messers Schneide stand – und die unserer heutigen mehr gleicht, als uns lieb ist.   »Was die Wirtschaft betrifft, so sind von Dir angekommen 60 Millionen. Im übrigen hab ich für Lichtrechnung ausgelegt 34 Millionen, für Vorwärts 6 Millionen. Die Quittungen liegen bei den Briefen. Dann an Frau Fechter 4 Millionen und noch zur Wirtschaft erst 50 dann 20 Millionen zusammen 114 Millionen. Bei der Wiedergabe musst du abziehen, was ich hier gegessen habe. Nun lebt wohl und seid gegrüßt, die Zeit hier bei Euch war mir schön. Eure Mutter.« Käthe Kollwitz an ihren Sohn Hans, September 1923 Jutta Hoffritz Tue, 27 Sep 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616207 thebookvoice.com 6:14:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616207]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Totentanz – 1923 und seine Folgen (ungekürzt) Author: Jutta Hoffritz Narrator: Stephan Schad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 14 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Die Mark fällt. Die Preise steigen. Zwischen Rausch, Revolution und Radikalisierung – Chronik eines Jahres 1923 wird zum politischen und ökonomischen Wendejahr für Deutschland. Zwischen schwindelerregenden Brotpreisen, eskapistischen Tanzabenden, der folgenreichen Ruhrbesetzung und der Einführung der Rentenmark begleitet Jutta Hoffritz vier Deutsche durch das Jahr. Durch ihren Kampf. Ihren Alltag. Ihre Verhängnisse. Wir erleben, wie Anita Berber – Berlins begehrteste Tänzerin – auf dem Zenit ihrer Karriere dem Rausch verfällt, wie Ruhrbaron Hugo Stinnes das Kalkül der Besatzer unterläuft und das Kohlekontor an die Alster verlegt, wie Reichsbankpräsident Rudolf Havenstein den Reparationsboykott finanziert und die Hyperinflation schürt, wie Käthe Kollwitz ihren Liebeskummer besiegt und das allgemeine Elend auf Plakaten festhält. Über ein Jahr und seine Menschen. Über eine Zeit, in der Deutschlands Zukunft auf des Messers Schneide stand – und die unserer heutigen mehr gleicht, als uns lieb ist.   »Was die Wirtschaft betrifft, so sind von Dir angekommen 60 Millionen. Im übrigen hab ich für Lichtrechnung ausgelegt 34 Millionen, für Vorwärts 6 Millionen. Die Quittungen liegen bei den Briefen. Dann an Frau Fechter 4 Millionen und noch zur Wirtschaft erst 50 dann 20 Millionen zusammen 114 Millionen. Bei der Wiedergabe musst du abziehen, was ich hier gegessen habe. Nun lebt wohl und seid gegrüßt, die Zeit hier bei Euch war mir schön. Eure Mutter.« Käthe Kollwitz an ihren Sohn Hans, September 1923 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616207]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Totentanz – 1923 und seine Folgen (ungekürzt) Author: Jutta Hoffritz Narrator: Stephan Schad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 14 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Die Mark fällt. Die Preise steigen. Zwischen Rausch, Revolution und Radikalisierung – Chronik eines Jahres 1923 wird zum politischen und ökonomischen Wendejahr für Deutschland. Zwischen schwindelerregenden Brotpreisen, eskapistischen Tanzabenden, der folgenreichen Ruhrbesetzung und der Einführung der Rentenmark begleitet Jutta Hoffritz vier Deutsche durch das Jahr. Durch ihren Kampf. Ihren Alltag. Ihre Verhängnisse. Wir erleben, wie Anita Berber – Berlins begehrteste Tänzerin – auf dem Zenit ihrer Karriere dem Rausch verfällt, wie Ruhrbaron Hugo Stinnes das Kalkül der Besatzer unterläuft und das Kohlekontor an die Alster verlegt, wie Reichsbankpräsident Rudolf Havenstein den Reparationsboykott finanziert und die Hyperinflation schürt, wie Käthe Kollwitz ihren Liebeskummer besiegt und das allgemeine Elend auf Plakaten festhält. Über ein Jahr und seine Menschen. Über eine Zeit, in der Deutschlands Zukunft auf des Messers Schneide stand – und die unserer heutigen mehr gleicht, als uns lieb ist.   »Was die Wirtschaft betrifft, so sind von Dir angekommen 60 Millionen. Im übrigen hab ich für Lichtrechnung ausgelegt 34 Millionen, für Vorwärts 6 Millionen. Die Quittungen liegen bei den Briefen. Dann an Frau Fechter 4 Millionen und noch zur Wirtschaft erst 50 dann 20 Millionen zusammen 114 Millionen. Bei der Wiedergabe musst du abziehen, was ich hier gegessen habe. Nun lebt wohl und seid gegrüßt, die Zeit hier bei Euch war mir schön. Eure Mutter.« Käthe Kollwitz an ihren Sohn Hans, September 1923 https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615880 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615880]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends Author: Simon Young Narrator: Jonathan Johns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In the last fifty years, folklorists have amassed an extraordinary corpus of contemporary legends including 'the Choking Doberman,' 'the Eaten Ticket,' and 'the Vanishing Hitchhiker.' But what about the urban legends of the past? These legends and tales have rarely been collected, and when they occasionally appear, they do so as ancestors or precursors of the urban legends of today, rather than as stories in their own right. In The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends, Simon Young fills this gap for British folklore (and for the wider English-speaking world) of the 1800s. Young introduces seventy Victorian urban legends ranging from 'Beetle Eyes' to the 'Shoplifter's Dilemma' and from 'Hands in the Muff' to 'the Suicide Club.' While a handful of these stories are already known, the vast majority have never been identified, and they have certainly never received scholarly treatment. Young begins the volume with a lengthy introduction assessing nineteenth-century media, emphasizing the importance of the written word to the perpetuation and preservation of these myths. He draws on numerous nineteenth-century books, periodicals, and ephemera, including digitized newspaper archives—particularly the British Newspaper Archive, an exciting new hunting ground for folklorists. Simon Young Tue, 15 Nov 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615880 thebookvoice.com 7:44:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615880]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends Author: Simon Young Narrator: Jonathan Johns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In the last fifty years, folklorists have amassed an extraordinary corpus of contemporary legends including 'the Choking Doberman,' 'the Eaten Ticket,' and 'the Vanishing Hitchhiker.' But what about the urban legends of the past? These legends and tales have rarely been collected, and when they occasionally appear, they do so as ancestors or precursors of the urban legends of today, rather than as stories in their own right. In The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends, Simon Young fills this gap for British folklore (and for the wider English-speaking world) of the 1800s. Young introduces seventy Victorian urban legends ranging from 'Beetle Eyes' to the 'Shoplifter's Dilemma' and from 'Hands in the Muff' to 'the Suicide Club.' While a handful of these stories are already known, the vast majority have never been identified, and they have certainly never received scholarly treatment. Young begins the volume with a lengthy introduction assessing nineteenth-century media, emphasizing the importance of the written word to the perpetuation and preservation of these myths. He draws on numerous nineteenth-century books, periodicals, and ephemera, including digitized newspaper archives—particularly the British Newspaper Archive, an exciting new hunting ground for folklorists. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615880]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends Author: Simon Young Narrator: Jonathan Johns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In the last fifty years, folklorists have amassed an extraordinary corpus of contemporary legends including 'the Choking Doberman,' 'the Eaten Ticket,' and 'the Vanishing Hitchhiker.' But what about the urban legends of the past? These legends and tales have rarely been collected, and when they occasionally appear, they do so as ancestors or precursors of the urban legends of today, rather than as stories in their own right. In The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends, Simon Young fills this gap for British folklore (and for the wider English-speaking world) of the 1800s. Young introduces seventy Victorian urban legends ranging from 'Beetle Eyes' to the 'Shoplifter's Dilemma' and from 'Hands in the Muff' to 'the Suicide Club.' While a handful of these stories are already known, the vast majority have never been identified, and they have certainly never received scholarly treatment. Young begins the volume with a lengthy introduction assessing nineteenth-century media, emphasizing the importance of the written word to the perpetuation and preservation of these myths. He draws on numerous nineteenth-century books, periodicals, and ephemera, including digitized newspaper archives—particularly the British Newspaper Archive, an exciting new hunting ground for folklorists. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615690 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615690]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Ukrainian] - Osip Turyanskiy - Poza mesjamy boliy Author: Osip Turyanskiy Narrator: Ruslan Drapaliuk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 27, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Poza mezhamy bolyu Osyp Vasyl'ovych Turyans'kyy - vydatnyy ukrayins'kyy pys'mennyk i literaturnyy krytyk. Tyazhkyy i zhorstokyy zhyttyevyy shlyakh pys'mennyka znayshov svoye vidobrazhennya u yoho tvorchosti, zokrema, u povisti-poemi 'Poza mezhamy bolyu'. Tsey antyvoyennyy psykholohichnyy tvir, napysanyy u 1917 rotsi, opysuye vtechu avstiys'kykh soldativ z viys'koho polonu v period Pershoyi svitovoyi viyny. Povist'-poema 'Poza mezhamy bolyu'vrazhaye realistychnym vidobrazhennyam zhorstokykh umov, v yakykh opynyvsya holovnyy heroy - avtor, ta detal'nym opysom naslidkiv naystrashnishoho lyuds'koho zlochynu - viyny. Osip Turyanskiy Wed, 27 Jul 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615690 thebookvoice.com 3:25:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615690]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Ukrainian] - Osip Turyanskiy - Poza mesjamy boliy Author: Osip Turyanskiy Narrator: Ruslan Drapaliuk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 27, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Poza mezhamy bolyu Osyp Vasyl'ovych Turyans'kyy - vydatnyy ukrayins'kyy pys'mennyk i literaturnyy krytyk. Tyazhkyy i zhorstokyy zhyttyevyy shlyakh pys'mennyka znayshov svoye vidobrazhennya u yoho tvorchosti, zokrema, u povisti-poemi 'Poza mezhamy bolyu'. Tsey antyvoyennyy psykholohichnyy tvir, napysanyy u 1917 rotsi, opysuye vtechu avstiys'kykh soldativ z viys'koho polonu v period Pershoyi svitovoyi viyny. Povist'-poema 'Poza mezhamy bolyu'vrazhaye realistychnym vidobrazhennyam zhorstokykh umov, v yakykh opynyvsya holovnyy heroy - avtor, ta detal'nym opysom naslidkiv naystrashnishoho lyuds'koho zlochynu - viyny. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615690]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Ukrainian] - Osip Turyanskiy - Poza mesjamy boliy Author: Osip Turyanskiy Narrator: Ruslan Drapaliuk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 27, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Poza mezhamy bolyu Osyp Vasyl'ovych Turyans'kyy - vydatnyy ukrayins'kyy pys'mennyk i literaturnyy krytyk. Tyazhkyy i zhorstokyy zhyttyevyy shlyakh pys'mennyka znayshov svoye vidobrazhennya u yoho tvorchosti, zokrema, u povisti-poemi 'Poza mezhamy bolyu'. Tsey antyvoyennyy psykholohichnyy tvir, napysanyy u 1917 rotsi, opysuye vtechu avstiys'kykh soldativ z viys'koho polonu v period Pershoyi svitovoyi viyny. Povist'-poema 'Poza mezhamy bolyu'vrazhaye realistychnym vidobrazhennyam zhorstokykh umov, v yakykh opynyvsya holovnyy heroy - avtor, ta detal'nym opysom naslidkiv naystrashnishoho lyuds'koho zlochynu - viyny. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615065 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615065]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Napoleon at Peace: How to End a Revolution Author: William Doyle Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 26, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A cogent, comprehensive, and sweeping account of Napoleon’s dismantling of the French Revolution, giving new insight into this critical period of French history. The French Revolution facilitated the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, but after gaining power he knew that his first task was to end it. In this book William Doyle describes how he did so, beginning with the three large issues that had destabilized revolutionary France: war, religion, and monarchy. Doyle shows how, as First Consul of the Republic, Napoleon resolved these issues: first by winning the war, then by forging peace with the Church, and finally by making himself a monarch. Napoleon at Peace ends by discussing Napoleon’s one great failure—his attempt to restore the colonial empire destroyed by war and slave rebellion. By the time this endeavor was abandoned, the fragile peace with Great Britain had broken down, and the Napoleonic wars had begun. William Doyle Mon, 26 Sep 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615065 thebookvoice.com 6:34:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615065]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Napoleon at Peace: How to End a Revolution Author: William Doyle Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 26, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A cogent, comprehensive, and sweeping account of Napoleon’s dismantling of the French Revolution, giving new insight into this critical period of French history. The French Revolution facilitated the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, but after gaining power he knew that his first task was to end it. In this book William Doyle describes how he did so, beginning with the three large issues that had destabilized revolutionary France: war, religion, and monarchy. Doyle shows how, as First Consul of the Republic, Napoleon resolved these issues: first by winning the war, then by forging peace with the Church, and finally by making himself a monarch. Napoleon at Peace ends by discussing Napoleon’s one great failure—his attempt to restore the colonial empire destroyed by war and slave rebellion. By the time this endeavor was abandoned, the fragile peace with Great Britain had broken down, and the Napoleonic wars had begun. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615065]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Napoleon at Peace: How to End a Revolution Author: William Doyle Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 26, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A cogent, comprehensive, and sweeping account of Napoleon’s dismantling of the French Revolution, giving new insight into this critical period of French history. The French Revolution facilitated the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, but after gaining power he knew that his first task was to end it. In this book William Doyle describes how he did so, beginning with the three large issues that had destabilized revolutionary France: war, religion, and monarchy. Doyle shows how, as First Consul of the Republic, Napoleon resolved these issues: first by winning the war, then by forging peace with the Church, and finally by making himself a monarch. Napoleon at Peace ends by discussing Napoleon’s one great failure—his attempt to restore the colonial empire destroyed by war and slave rebellion. By the time this endeavor was abandoned, the fragile peace with Great Britain had broken down, and the Napoleonic wars had begun. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614492 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614492]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: 1066 and Before All That: The Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon, and Norman England Series: #1 of The Very, Very Short History of England Series Author: Ed West Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A riveting account of the most consequential year in English history, marked by bloody conflict with invaders on all sides 1066 is the most famous date in history, and with good reason, since no battle in medieval history had such a devastating effect on its losers as the Battle of Hastings, which altered the entire course of English history. The French-speaking Normans were the pre-eminent warriors of the eleventh century and based their entire society around conflict. They were led by William ‘the Bastard’ a formidable, ruthless warrior, who was convinced that his half-Norman cousin, Edward the Confessor, had promised him the throne of England. However, when Edward died in January 1066, Harold Godwinson, the richest earl in the land and the son of a pirate, took the throne … this left William no choice but to forcibly claim what he believed to be his right. What ensued was one of the bloodiest periods of English history, with a body count that might make even George R. R. Martin balk. Pitched at newcomers to the subject, this book will explain how the disastrous battle changed England—and the English—forever, introducing the medieval world of chivalry, castles, and horse-bound knights. It is the first part in the new A Very, Very Short History of England series, which aims to capture the major moments of English history with humor and bite. Ed West Tue, 26 Apr 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614492 thebookvoice.com 5:28:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614492]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: 1066 and Before All That: The Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon, and Norman England Series: #1 of The Very, Very Short History of England Series Author: Ed West Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A riveting account of the most consequential year in English history, marked by bloody conflict with invaders on all sides 1066 is the most famous date in history, and with good reason, since no battle in medieval history had such a devastating effect on its losers as the Battle of Hastings, which altered the entire course of English history. The French-speaking Normans were the pre-eminent warriors of the eleventh century and based their entire society around conflict. They were led by William ‘the Bastard’ a formidable, ruthless warrior, who was convinced that his half-Norman cousin, Edward the Confessor, had promised him the throne of England. However, when Edward died in January 1066, Harold Godwinson, the richest earl in the land and the son of a pirate, took the throne … this left William no choice but to forcibly claim what he believed to be his right. What ensued was one of the bloodiest periods of English history, with a body count that might make even George R. R. Martin balk. Pitched at newcomers to the subject, this book will explain how the disastrous battle changed England—and the English—forever, introducing the medieval world of chivalry, castles, and horse-bound knights. It is the first part in the new A Very, Very Short History of England series, which aims to capture the major moments of English history with humor and bite. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614492]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: 1066 and Before All That: The Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon, and Norman England Series: #1 of The Very, Very Short History of England Series Author: Ed West Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A riveting account of the most consequential year in English history, marked by bloody conflict with invaders on all sides 1066 is the most famous date in history, and with good reason, since no battle in medieval history had such a devastating effect on its losers as the Battle of Hastings, which altered the entire course of English history. The French-speaking Normans were the pre-eminent warriors of the eleventh century and based their entire society around conflict. They were led by William ‘the Bastard’ a formidable, ruthless warrior, who was convinced that his half-Norman cousin, Edward the Confessor, had promised him the throne of England. However, when Edward died in January 1066, Harold Godwinson, the richest earl in the land and the son of a pirate, took the throne … this left William no choice but to forcibly claim what he believed to be his right. What ensued was one of the bloodiest periods of English history, with a body count that might make even George R. R. Martin balk. Pitched at newcomers to the subject, this book will explain how the disastrous battle changed England—and the English—forever, introducing the medieval world of chivalry, castles, and horse-bound knights. It is the first part in the new A Very, Very Short History of England series, which aims to capture the major moments of English history with humor and bite. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614422 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614422]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Game of Hearts: The lives and loves of Regency women Author: Felicity Day Narrator: Heather Tracy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 'The real world of Jane Austen is brought vividly to life in this beautifully written, endlessly captivating and often surprising account of Regency women. Not to be missed' Tracy Borman 'If Georgette Heyer had written non-fiction it might have looked like this' Helena Kelly, author of Jane Austen, The Secret Radical The stories of the real women of Regency high society, revealing the facts behind the fiction of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer. From glossy costume dramas to gripping reads, the glamorous world of Regency London's Bon Ton is synonymous with romance - a place where dashing heroes and independently minded heroines flirt, fight and side-step scandal, all while in pursuit of the perfect match. But who were the real women who went looking for love in the age of elegance, and what were their lives really like? Taking us behind drawing room doors and into high society ballrooms, The Game of Hearts follows six leading ladies and their family, friends, and contemporaries as they move from matchmaking to matrimony and beyond. Candid insights into the competitive world of the marriage mart; real stories of rakish husbands and rich heiresses; and true tales of lost and long-lasting love, reveal not just Regency courtship customs, but truly captivating lives. Using diaries, letters and stories of scandal from the newspapers, author Felicity Day pieces together a rich and intimate view of this most beloved period of British history, showcasing the voices and opinions, hopes and desires of the real women who lived and loved in the Regency era. Felicity Day Thu, 29 Sep 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614422 thebookvoice.com 8:7:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614422]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Game of Hearts: The lives and loves of Regency women Author: Felicity Day Narrator: Heather Tracy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 'The real world of Jane Austen is brought vividly to life in this beautifully written, endlessly captivating and often surprising account of Regency women. Not to be missed' Tracy Borman 'If Georgette Heyer had written non-fiction it might have looked like this' Helena Kelly, author of Jane Austen, The Secret Radical The stories of the real women of Regency high society, revealing the facts behind the fiction of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer. From glossy costume dramas to gripping reads, the glamorous world of Regency London's Bon Ton is synonymous with romance - a place where dashing heroes and independently minded heroines flirt, fight and side-step scandal, all while in pursuit of the perfect match. But who were the real women who went looking for love in the age of elegance, and what were their lives really like? Taking us behind drawing room doors and into high society ballrooms, The Game of Hearts follows six leading ladies and their family, friends, and contemporaries as they move from matchmaking to matrimony and beyond. Candid insights into the competitive world of the marriage mart; real stories of rakish husbands and rich heiresses; and true tales of lost and long-lasting love, reveal not just Regency courtship customs, but truly captivating lives. Using diaries, letters and stories of scandal from the newspapers, author Felicity Day pieces together a rich and intimate view of this most beloved period of British history, showcasing the voices and opinions, hopes and desires of the real women who lived and loved in the Regency era. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614422]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Game of Hearts: The lives and loves of Regency women Author: Felicity Day Narrator: Heather Tracy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 29, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: 'The real world of Jane Austen is brought vividly to life in this beautifully written, endlessly captivating and often surprising account of Regency women. Not to be missed' Tracy Borman 'If Georgette Heyer had written non-fiction it might have looked like this' Helena Kelly, author of Jane Austen, The Secret Radical The stories of the real women of Regency high society, revealing the facts behind the fiction of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer. From glossy costume dramas to gripping reads, the glamorous world of Regency London's Bon Ton is synonymous with romance - a place where dashing heroes and independently minded heroines flirt, fight and side-step scandal, all while in pursuit of the perfect match. But who were the real women who went looking for love in the age of elegance, and what were their lives really like? Taking us behind drawing room doors and into high society ballrooms, The Game of Hearts follows six leading ladies and their family, friends, and contemporaries as they move from matchmaking to matrimony and beyond. Candid insights into the competitive world of the marriage mart; real stories of rakish husbands and rich heiresses; and true tales of lost and long-lasting love, reveal not just Regency courtship customs, but truly captivating lives. Using diaries, letters and stories of scandal from the newspapers, author Felicity Day pieces together a rich and intimate view of this most beloved period of British history, showcasing the voices and opinions, hopes and desires of the real women who lived and loved in the Regency era. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614354 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614354]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things We Forgot to Remember: A BBC Radio 4 history series Author: Michael Portillo Narrator: Michael Portillo, Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 8, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Michael Portillo uncovers the forgotten events concealed by famous moments in history History is complicated, and to make sense of it, we construct a narrative, editing and shaping the past to form a coherent story. But in doing so, there is much we leave out, leading to gaps in our collective memory. In this series, broadcaster and former politician Michael Portillo revisits some of history's best-known moments to fill in some of these gaps, rediscovering forgotten events that augment our understanding and shift our perspective. Reappraising milestones such as the Spanish Armada, the French Revolution, the First World War and the Great Depression, he probes our selective amnesia, asking what we have mythologised, and what we've ignored. Was Alfred the Great really a bold English hero, or an Anglo-Saxon spin doctor? Why is Georgian England remembered for its elegant architecture and regency refinement when this period of history was full of riots and political strife? And could the Bengal famine of 1943, a horrific event in British India that cost at least 1.5 million lives, have been avoided? Talking to leading historians and experts, Portillo peels back the layers of history to uncover the uncomfortable truths and murky, ambiguous stories behind iconic events such as the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688, the struggle for Indian independence and the Boston Tea Party. He also reveals a Suffragette plot to assassinate Herbert Asquith; shows how a disastrous attempt at overseas colonisation led to the 1707 Act of Union merging England and Scotland; and takes a look at the real losers of the Battle of Trafalgar - the Spanish. Not revisionist, but restorative, this fascinating series challenges the orthodox view of history without glossing over its complexities, presenting a surprising, thought-provoking re-evaluation of our past and reminding us that the events we choose to remember are not always those that are the most significant. Production credits Presented by Michael Portillo Produced by Julia Adamson, Tom Alban, Marya Burgess, Joanne Cayford, James Cook, James Crawford, Neil George, Laurence Grissell, Julia Johnson, Roger Mahony, Neil McCarthy, Paula McGinley and Philip Sellars Consultant: Chris Williams of the Open University First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates: Series 1 The Battle of Mers-el-Kebir 16 May 2005 The Spanish Armada 23 May 2005 The French Revolution 6 June 2005 Series 2 Jack the Ripper 27 November 2006 The First World War 4 December 2006 The 1945 Labour Government 11 December 2006 Series 3 On Suffragettes 24 December 2007 The Darien Scheme 31 December 2007 The Bengal Famine 7 January 2008 The Battle of Trafalgar 14 January 2008 Series 4 The League of Nations 15 December 2008 Alfred the Great 22 December 2008 Series 5 Chamberlain and 'Peace for our Time' 1938 14 December 2009 The Hanseatic League 21 December 2009 The Glorious Revolution 28 December 2009 Series 6 King Harold 15 November 2010 The Violent Side of Indian Independence 29 November 2010 The Great Depression in the USA 6 December 2010 Series 7 The Real Boston Tea Party, 1773 13 November 2011 Police Strike 20 November 2011 The English Armada 4 December 2011 Series 8 The Georgian Façade 11 June 2012 © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. Michael Portillo Thu, 08 Sep 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614354 thebookvoice.com 9:26:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614354]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things We Forgot to Remember: A BBC Radio 4 history series Author: Michael Portillo Narrator: Michael Portillo, Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 8, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Michael Portillo uncovers the forgotten events concealed by famous moments in history History is complicated, and to make sense of it, we construct a narrative, editing and shaping the past to form a coherent story. But in doing so, there is much we leave out, leading to gaps in our collective memory. In this series, broadcaster and former politician Michael Portillo revisits some of history's best-known moments to fill in some of these gaps, rediscovering forgotten events that augment our understanding and shift our perspective. Reappraising milestones such as the Spanish Armada, the French Revolution, the First World War and the Great Depression, he probes our selective amnesia, asking what we have mythologised, and what we've ignored. Was Alfred the Great really a bold English hero, or an Anglo-Saxon spin doctor? Why is Georgian England remembered for its elegant architecture and regency refinement when this period of history was full of riots and political strife? And could the Bengal famine of 1943, a horrific event in British India that cost at least 1.5 million lives, have been avoided? Talking to leading historians and experts, Portillo peels back the layers of history to uncover the uncomfortable truths and murky, ambiguous stories behind iconic events such as the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688, the struggle for Indian independence and the Boston Tea Party. He also reveals a Suffragette plot to assassinate Herbert Asquith; shows how a disastrous attempt at overseas colonisation led to the 1707 Act of Union merging England and Scotland; and takes a look at the real losers of the Battle of Trafalgar - the Spanish. Not revisionist, but restorative, this fascinating series challenges the orthodox view of history without glossing over its complexities, presenting a surprising, thought-provoking re-evaluation of our past and reminding us that the events we choose to remember are not always those that are the most significant. Production credits Presented by Michael Portillo Produced by Julia Adamson, Tom Alban, Marya Burgess, Joanne Cayford, James Cook, James Crawford, Neil George, Laurence Grissell, Julia Johnson, Roger Mahony, Neil McCarthy, Paula McGinley and Philip Sellars Consultant: Chris Williams of the Open University First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates: Series 1 The Battle of Mers-el-Kebir 16 May 2005 The Spanish Armada 23 May 2005 The French Revolution 6 June 2005 Series 2 Jack the Ripper 27 November 2006 The First World War 4 December 2006 The 1945 Labour Government 11 December 2006 Series 3 On Suffragettes 24 December 2007 The Darien Scheme 31 December 2007 The Bengal Famine 7 January 2008 The Battle of Trafalgar 14 January 2008 Series 4 The League of Nations 15 December 2008 Alfred the Great 22 December 2008 Series 5 Chamberlain and 'Peace for our Time' 1938 14 December 2009 The Hanseatic League 21 December 2009 The Glorious Revolution 28 December 2009 Series 6 King Harold 15 November 2010 The Violent Side of Indian Independence 29 November 2010 The Great Depression in the USA 6 December 2010 Series 7 The Real Boston Tea Party, 1773 13 November 2011 Police Strike 20 November 2011 The English Armada 4 December 2011 Series 8 The Georgian Façade 11 June 2012 © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614354]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things We Forgot to Remember: A BBC Radio 4 history series Author: Michael Portillo Narrator: Michael Portillo, Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 8, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Michael Portillo uncovers the forgotten events concealed by famous moments in history History is complicated, and to make sense of it, we construct a narrative, editing and shaping the past to form a coherent story. But in doing so, there is much we leave out, leading to gaps in our collective memory. In this series, broadcaster and former politician Michael Portillo revisits some of history's best-known moments to fill in some of these gaps, rediscovering forgotten events that augment our understanding and shift our perspective. Reappraising milestones such as the Spanish Armada, the French Revolution, the First World War and the Great Depression, he probes our selective amnesia, asking what we have mythologised, and what we've ignored. Was Alfred the Great really a bold English hero, or an Anglo-Saxon spin doctor? Why is Georgian England remembered for its elegant architecture and regency refinement when this period of history was full of riots and political strife? And could the Bengal famine of 1943, a horrific event in British India that cost at least 1.5 million lives, have been avoided? Talking to leading historians and experts, Portillo peels back the layers of history to uncover the uncomfortable truths and murky, ambiguous stories behind iconic events such as the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688, the struggle for Indian independence and the Boston Tea Party. He also reveals a Suffragette plot to assassinate Herbert Asquith; shows how a disastrous attempt at overseas colonisation led to the 1707 Act of Union merging England and Scotland; and takes a look at the real losers of the Battle of Trafalgar - the Spanish. Not revisionist, but restorative, this fascinating series challenges the orthodox view of history without glossing over its complexities, presenting a surprising, thought-provoking re-evaluation of our past and reminding us that the events we choose to remember are not always those that are the most significant. Production credits Presented by Michael Portillo Produced by Julia Adamson, Tom Alban, Marya Burgess, Joanne Cayford, James Cook, James Crawford, Neil George, Laurence Grissell, Julia Johnson, Roger Mahony, Neil McCarthy, Paula McGinley and Philip Sellars Consultant: Chris Williams of the Open University First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates: Series 1 The Battle of Mers-el-Kebir 16 May 2005 The Spanish Armada 23 May 2005 The French Revolution 6 June 2005 Series 2 Jack the Ripper 27 November 2006 The First World War 4 December 2006 The 1945 Labour Government 11 December 2006 Series 3 On Suffragettes 24 December 2007 The Darien Scheme 31 December 2007 The Bengal Famine 7 January 2008 The Battle of Trafalgar 14 January 2008 Series 4 The League of Nations 15 December 2008 Alfred the Great 22 December 2008 Series 5 Chamberlain and 'Peace for our Time' 1938 14 December 2009 The Hanseatic League 21 December 2009 The Glorious Revolution 28 December 2009 Series 6 King Harold 15 November 2010 The Violent Side of Indian Independence 29 November 2010 The Great Depression in the USA 6 December 2010 Series 7 The Real Boston Tea Party, 1773 13 November 2011 Police Strike 20 November 2011 The English Armada 4 December 2011 Series 8 The Georgian Façade 11 June 2012 © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614117 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614117]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance Author: Joseph Luzzi Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 22, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A true historical “detective story” full of insight about how we look at art―and the artists and eras that produced it Some five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created work of unearthly beauty. An intimate associate of Florence’s unofficial rulers, the Medici, he was commissioned by a member of their family to execute a near-impossible project: to illustrate all one hundred cantos of The Divine Comedy by the city’s greatest poet, Dante Alighieri. A powerful encounter between poet and artist, sacred and secular, earthly and evanescent, these drawings produced a wealth of stunning images but were never finished. Botticelli declined into poverty and obscurity, and his illustrations went missing for four hundred years. The nineteenth-century rediscovery of Botticelli’s Dante drawings brought scholars to their knees: this work embodied everything the Renaissance had come to mean. Today, Botticelli’s Primavera adorns household objects of every kind. This book is essential to explain not only how and why this artist became iconic but why we still need his work―and the spirit of the Renaissance―today. Joseph Luzzi Tue, 22 Nov 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614117 thebookvoice.com 6:54:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614117]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance Author: Joseph Luzzi Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 22, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A true historical “detective story” full of insight about how we look at art―and the artists and eras that produced it Some five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created work of unearthly beauty. An intimate associate of Florence’s unofficial rulers, the Medici, he was commissioned by a member of their family to execute a near-impossible project: to illustrate all one hundred cantos of The Divine Comedy by the city’s greatest poet, Dante Alighieri. A powerful encounter between poet and artist, sacred and secular, earthly and evanescent, these drawings produced a wealth of stunning images but were never finished. Botticelli declined into poverty and obscurity, and his illustrations went missing for four hundred years. The nineteenth-century rediscovery of Botticelli’s Dante drawings brought scholars to their knees: this work embodied everything the Renaissance had come to mean. Today, Botticelli’s Primavera adorns household objects of every kind. This book is essential to explain not only how and why this artist became iconic but why we still need his work―and the spirit of the Renaissance―today. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614117]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance Author: Joseph Luzzi Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 22, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A true historical “detective story” full of insight about how we look at art―and the artists and eras that produced it Some five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created work of unearthly beauty. An intimate associate of Florence’s unofficial rulers, the Medici, he was commissioned by a member of their family to execute a near-impossible project: to illustrate all one hundred cantos of The Divine Comedy by the city’s greatest poet, Dante Alighieri. A powerful encounter between poet and artist, sacred and secular, earthly and evanescent, these drawings produced a wealth of stunning images but were never finished. Botticelli declined into poverty and obscurity, and his illustrations went missing for four hundred years. The nineteenth-century rediscovery of Botticelli’s Dante drawings brought scholars to their knees: this work embodied everything the Renaissance had come to mean. Today, Botticelli’s Primavera adorns household objects of every kind. This book is essential to explain not only how and why this artist became iconic but why we still need his work―and the spirit of the Renaissance―today. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613625 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613625]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Defense of German Colonialism: And How Its Critics Empowered Nazis, Communists, and the Enemies of the West Author: Bruce Gilley Narrator: Damon Abernathy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Famed historian and author of the groundbreaking "The Case for Colonialism" demonstrates that, contary to modern presuppositions, German colonialism from its early roots to the mid-twentieth century was overall a force for good in the world where development was encouraged and native governance flourished. Historian and university professor, Bruce Gilley, delves into the history of German colonialism from its earliest roots through the 20th century, demonstrating that contrary to modern presuppositions, it served as a global force for good—elevating the lives of its subjects and encouraging scientific development while allowing native cultures to flourish within its governance. Bruce Gilley Tue, 02 Aug 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613625 thebookvoice.com 7:48:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613625]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Defense of German Colonialism: And How Its Critics Empowered Nazis, Communists, and the Enemies of the West Author: Bruce Gilley Narrator: Damon Abernathy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Famed historian and author of the groundbreaking "The Case for Colonialism" demonstrates that, contary to modern presuppositions, German colonialism from its early roots to the mid-twentieth century was overall a force for good in the world where development was encouraged and native governance flourished. Historian and university professor, Bruce Gilley, delves into the history of German colonialism from its earliest roots through the 20th century, demonstrating that contrary to modern presuppositions, it served as a global force for good—elevating the lives of its subjects and encouraging scientific development while allowing native cultures to flourish within its governance. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613625]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Defense of German Colonialism: And How Its Critics Empowered Nazis, Communists, and the Enemies of the West Author: Bruce Gilley Narrator: Damon Abernathy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Famed historian and author of the groundbreaking "The Case for Colonialism" demonstrates that, contary to modern presuppositions, German colonialism from its early roots to the mid-twentieth century was overall a force for good in the world where development was encouraged and native governance flourished. Historian and university professor, Bruce Gilley, delves into the history of German colonialism from its earliest roots through the 20th century, demonstrating that contrary to modern presuppositions, it served as a global force for good—elevating the lives of its subjects and encouraging scientific development while allowing native cultures to flourish within its governance. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612501 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612501]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter Author: Ian Mortimer Narrator: Ian Mortimer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 23, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. We tend to think about the Middle Ages as a dark and backward time, characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. We believe that life was unchanging over the period, so if a peasant fell asleep in in the year 1000 and woke up six hundred years later, he would return to a world that was instantly recognisable. We hold that change is facilitated by science and technological innovation, and that it was the inventions of recent centuries, from the steam engine to the Internet, that created the modern world. We couldn't be more wrong. As Ian Mortimer shows in this fascinating introduction to the Middle Ages, people's horizons - their knowledge, experience and understanding of the world -- expanded dramatically. All aspects of life - politics and economics, religion and the arts - were utterly transformed between 1000 and 1600, in the process laying the foundations on which our modern lives rest. If Ian Mortimer's bestselling Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England revealed what it was like to live in the fourteenth century, Medieval Horizons provides the perfect primer to the period as a whole. It looks at the Middle Ages through the prism of a small range of topics - ranging from warfare to religion, travel to architecture, inequality to a new sense of self - thereby correcting misconceptions and presenting the period as one of the most important eras in our past, about which any reader with an interest in history should care. © Ian Mortimer 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023 Ian Mortimer Thu, 23 Feb 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612501 thebookvoice.com 10:23:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612501]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter Author: Ian Mortimer Narrator: Ian Mortimer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 23, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. We tend to think about the Middle Ages as a dark and backward time, characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. We believe that life was unchanging over the period, so if a peasant fell asleep in in the year 1000 and woke up six hundred years later, he would return to a world that was instantly recognisable. We hold that change is facilitated by science and technological innovation, and that it was the inventions of recent centuries, from the steam engine to the Internet, that created the modern world. We couldn't be more wrong. As Ian Mortimer shows in this fascinating introduction to the Middle Ages, people's horizons - their knowledge, experience and understanding of the world -- expanded dramatically. All aspects of life - politics and economics, religion and the arts - were utterly transformed between 1000 and 1600, in the process laying the foundations on which our modern lives rest. If Ian Mortimer's bestselling Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England revealed what it was like to live in the fourteenth century, Medieval Horizons provides the perfect primer to the period as a whole. It looks at the Middle Ages through the prism of a small range of topics - ranging from warfare to religion, travel to architecture, inequality to a new sense of self - thereby correcting misconceptions and presenting the period as one of the most important eras in our past, about which any reader with an interest in history should care. © Ian Mortimer 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612501]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter Author: Ian Mortimer Narrator: Ian Mortimer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 23, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. We tend to think about the Middle Ages as a dark and backward time, characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. We believe that life was unchanging over the period, so if a peasant fell asleep in in the year 1000 and woke up six hundred years later, he would return to a world that was instantly recognisable. We hold that change is facilitated by science and technological innovation, and that it was the inventions of recent centuries, from the steam engine to the Internet, that created the modern world. We couldn't be more wrong. As Ian Mortimer shows in this fascinating introduction to the Middle Ages, people's horizons - their knowledge, experience and understanding of the world -- expanded dramatically. All aspects of life - politics and economics, religion and the arts - were utterly transformed between 1000 and 1600, in the process laying the foundations on which our modern lives rest. If Ian Mortimer's bestselling Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England revealed what it was like to live in the fourteenth century, Medieval Horizons provides the perfect primer to the period as a whole. It looks at the Middle Ages through the prism of a small range of topics - ranging from warfare to religion, travel to architecture, inequality to a new sense of self - thereby correcting misconceptions and presenting the period as one of the most important eras in our past, about which any reader with an interest in history should care. © Ian Mortimer 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023 https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612322 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612322]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Kidnapped West: The Tragedy of Central Europe Author: Milan Kundera Narrator: Charles Constant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 25 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: “We should welcome the context Kundera gives for the struggles between Russia and Europe, and the plight of those caught between them. His defense of small languages, small cultures, and small nations feels pressing.”—Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine “Kundera focuses on the relationship of Europe’s central ‘small nations’ like Czechoslovakia and Ukraine to Western culture and argues that their cultural identities were increasingly threatened.”—New York Book Review  A short collection of brilliant early essays that offers a fascinating context for Milan Kundera’s subsequent career and holds a mirror to much recent European history.  It is also remarkably prescient with regard to Russia’s current aggression in Ukraine and its threat to the rest of Europe. Milan Kundera’s early nonfiction work feels especially resonant in our own time. In these pieces, Kundera pleads the case of the “small nations” of Europe who, by culture, are Western with deep roots in Europe, despite Russia imposing its own Communist political regimes in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Ukraine, and elsewhere. Kundera warns that the real tragedy here is not Russia but Europe, whose own identity and culture are directly challenged and threatened in a way that could lead to their destruction. He is sounding the alarm, which chimes loud and clear in our own twenty-first century. The 1983 essay translated by Edmund White (“The Tragedy of Central Europe”), and the 1967 lecture delivered to the Czech Writers’ Union in the middle of the Prague Spring by the young Milan Kundera (“Literature and the Small Nations”), translated for the first time by Linda Asher, are both written in a voice that is at once personal, vehement, and anguished. Here, Kundera appears already as one of our great European writers and truly our contemporary. Each piece is prefaced by a short presentation by French historian Pierre Nora and Czech-born French political scientist Jacques Rupnik. Milan Kundera Tue, 11 Apr 2023 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612322 thebookvoice.com 1:25:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612322]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Kidnapped West: The Tragedy of Central Europe Author: Milan Kundera Narrator: Charles Constant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 25 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: “We should welcome the context Kundera gives for the struggles between Russia and Europe, and the plight of those caught between them. His defense of small languages, small cultures, and small nations feels pressing.”—Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine “Kundera focuses on the relationship of Europe’s central ‘small nations’ like Czechoslovakia and Ukraine to Western culture and argues that their cultural identities were increasingly threatened.”—New York Book Review  A short collection of brilliant early essays that offers a fascinating context for Milan Kundera’s subsequent career and holds a mirror to much recent European history.  It is also remarkably prescient with regard to Russia’s current aggression in Ukraine and its threat to the rest of Europe. Milan Kundera’s early nonfiction work feels especially resonant in our own time. In these pieces, Kundera pleads the case of the “small nations” of Europe who, by culture, are Western with deep roots in Europe, despite Russia imposing its own Communist political regimes in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Ukraine, and elsewhere. Kundera warns that the real tragedy here is not Russia but Europe, whose own identity and culture are directly challenged and threatened in a way that could lead to their destruction. He is sounding the alarm, which chimes loud and clear in our own twenty-first century. The 1983 essay translated by Edmund White (“The Tragedy of Central Europe”), and the 1967 lecture delivered to the Czech Writers’ Union in the middle of the Prague Spring by the young Milan Kundera (“Literature and the Small Nations”), translated for the first time by Linda Asher, are both written in a voice that is at once personal, vehement, and anguished. Here, Kundera appears already as one of our great European writers and truly our contemporary. Each piece is prefaced by a short presentation by French historian Pierre Nora and Czech-born French political scientist Jacques Rupnik. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612322]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Kidnapped West: The Tragedy of Central Europe Author: Milan Kundera Narrator: Charles Constant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 25 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: “We should welcome the context Kundera gives for the struggles between Russia and Europe, and the plight of those caught between them. His defense of small languages, small cultures, and small nations feels pressing.”—Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine “Kundera focuses on the relationship of Europe’s central ‘small nations’ like Czechoslovakia and Ukraine to Western culture and argues that their cultural identities were increasingly threatened.”—New York Book Review  A short collection of brilliant early essays that offers a fascinating context for Milan Kundera’s subsequent career and holds a mirror to much recent European history.  It is also remarkably prescient with regard to Russia’s current aggression in Ukraine and its threat to the rest of Europe. Milan Kundera’s early nonfiction work feels especially resonant in our own time. In these pieces, Kundera pleads the case of the “small nations” of Europe who, by culture, are Western with deep roots in Europe, despite Russia imposing its own Communist political regimes in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Ukraine, and elsewhere. Kundera warns that the real tragedy here is not Russia but Europe, whose own identity and culture are directly challenged and threatened in a way that could lead to their destruction. He is sounding the alarm, which chimes loud and clear in our own twenty-first century. The 1983 essay translated by Edmund White (“The Tragedy of Central Europe”), and the 1967 lecture delivered to the Czech Writers’ Union in the middle of the Prague Spring by the young Milan Kundera (“Literature and the Small Nations”), translated for the first time by Linda Asher, are both written in a voice that is at once personal, vehement, and anguished. Here, Kundera appears already as one of our great European writers and truly our contemporary. Each piece is prefaced by a short presentation by French historian Pierre Nora and Czech-born French political scientist Jacques Rupnik. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611645 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611645]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women Of Auschwitz Author: Jim Colajuta Narrator: Chloe Jacobson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 8, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Over a million Auschwitz dead were Jews, and more than half of them were women. The Auschwitz concentration camp was one of the most horrific places ever conceived of by man, a place of constant torture. The experience was uniquely terrible for women, who were forced into some of the most unimaginable circumstances. Even years later, the mothers who survived couldn't escape the memory. This book examines eleven memoirs authored by female Jewish Auschwitz survivors to show how complex their experiences in the camp were. Though identical to men's, only women dealt with sex-specific concerns such as pregnancy, infertility, or amenorrhea. Other experiences, such as shaving their heads, had a different effect on women than on males. Sixty years after their liberation, these women's experiences in Auschwitz live on through their memoirs, even if the authors have long perished. Individuals who were not in the camps can gain an understanding of what daily life was like for Jewish women through the lens of these testimonies. Each of these people had a one-of-a-kind experience that needs to be remembered and commemorated. Jim Colajuta Fri, 08 Jul 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611645 thebookvoice.com 3:8:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611645]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women Of Auschwitz Author: Jim Colajuta Narrator: Chloe Jacobson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 8, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Over a million Auschwitz dead were Jews, and more than half of them were women. The Auschwitz concentration camp was one of the most horrific places ever conceived of by man, a place of constant torture. The experience was uniquely terrible for women, who were forced into some of the most unimaginable circumstances. Even years later, the mothers who survived couldn't escape the memory. This book examines eleven memoirs authored by female Jewish Auschwitz survivors to show how complex their experiences in the camp were. Though identical to men's, only women dealt with sex-specific concerns such as pregnancy, infertility, or amenorrhea. Other experiences, such as shaving their heads, had a different effect on women than on males. Sixty years after their liberation, these women's experiences in Auschwitz live on through their memoirs, even if the authors have long perished. Individuals who were not in the camps can gain an understanding of what daily life was like for Jewish women through the lens of these testimonies. Each of these people had a one-of-a-kind experience that needs to be remembered and commemorated. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611645]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women Of Auschwitz Author: Jim Colajuta Narrator: Chloe Jacobson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 8, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Over a million Auschwitz dead were Jews, and more than half of them were women. The Auschwitz concentration camp was one of the most horrific places ever conceived of by man, a place of constant torture. The experience was uniquely terrible for women, who were forced into some of the most unimaginable circumstances. Even years later, the mothers who survived couldn't escape the memory. This book examines eleven memoirs authored by female Jewish Auschwitz survivors to show how complex their experiences in the camp were. Though identical to men's, only women dealt with sex-specific concerns such as pregnancy, infertility, or amenorrhea. Other experiences, such as shaving their heads, had a different effect on women than on males. Sixty years after their liberation, these women's experiences in Auschwitz live on through their memoirs, even if the authors have long perished. Individuals who were not in the camps can gain an understanding of what daily life was like for Jewish women through the lens of these testimonies. Each of these people had a one-of-a-kind experience that needs to be remembered and commemorated. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610977 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610977]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty Author: Catherine Bailey Narrator: Gareth Armstrong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 8, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. An extraordinary tale of family feuds, forbidden love, civil unrest and the downfall of a mining dynasty Wentworth in Yorkshire was surrounded by 70 collieries employing tens of thousands of men. It is the finest and largest Georgian house in Britain and belonged to the Fitzwilliam family. England's forgotten palace, it belonged to Britain's richest aristocrats. Black Diamonds tells the story of its demise: family feuds, forbidden love, class war, and a tragic and violent death played their part. But coal, one of the most emotive issues in twentieth century British politics, lies at its heart. This is the extraordinary story of how the fabric of English society shifted beyond recognition in fifty turbulent years in the twentieth century. 'Magnificent . . . peels back the grand façade of Wentworth to reveal a family riven with fueds, mental illness and forbidden love' Tatler 'A compelling new history . . . fascinating insights into the dynasty that once ruled this Yorkshire roost' Daily Mail 'An aristocratic tale of epic proportions, this gripping novel cleverly interweaves interviews, letters and historical fact . . . Fascinating' Easy Living © Catherine Bailey 2007 (P) Penguin Audio 2022 Catherine Bailey Thu, 08 Sep 2022 02:22:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610977 thebookvoice.com 15:11:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610977]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty Author: Catherine Bailey Narrator: Gareth Armstrong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 8, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. An extraordinary tale of family feuds, forbidden love, civil unrest and the downfall of a mining dynasty Wentworth in Yorkshire was surrounded by 70 collieries employing tens of thousands of men. It is the finest and largest Georgian house in Britain and belonged to the Fitzwilliam family. England's forgotten palace, it belonged to Britain's richest aristocrats. Black Diamonds tells the story of its demise: family feuds, forbidden love, class war, and a tragic and violent death played their part. But coal, one of the most emotive issues in twentieth century British politics, lies at its heart. This is the extraordinary story of how the fabric of English society shifted beyond recognition in fifty turbulent years in the twentieth century. 'Magnificent . . . peels back the grand façade of Wentworth to reveal a family riven with fueds, mental illness and forbidden love' Tatler 'A compelling new history . . . fascinating insights into the dynasty that once ruled this Yorkshire roost' Daily Mail 'An aristocratic tale of epic proportions, this gripping novel cleverly interweaves interviews, letters and historical fact . . . Fascinating' Easy Living © Catherine Bailey 2007 (P) Penguin Audio 2022 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610977]]> to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty Author: Catherine Bailey Narrator: Gareth Armstrong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 8, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. An extraordinary tale of family feuds, forbidden love, civil unrest and the downfall of a mining dynasty Wentworth in Yorkshire was surrounded by 70 collieries employing tens of thousands of men. It is the finest and largest Georgian house in Britain and belonged to the Fitzwilliam family. England's forgotten palace, it belonged to Britain's richest aristocrats. Black Diamonds tells the story of its demise: family feuds, forbidden love, class war, and a tragic and violent death played their part. But coal, one of the most emotive issues in twentieth century British politics, lies at its heart. This is the extraordinary story of how the fabric of English society shifted beyond recognition in fifty turbulent years in the twentieth century. 'Magnificent . . . peels back the grand façade of Wentworth to reveal a family riven with fueds, mental illness and forbidden love' Tatler 'A compelling new history . . . fascinating insights into the dynasty that once ruled this Yorkshire roost' Daily Mail 'An aristocratic tale of epic proportions, this gripping novel cleverly interweaves interviews, letters and historical fact . . . Fascinating' Easy Living © Catherine Bailey 2007 (P) Penguin Audio 2022