- Asia (218)
Bestsellers
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
- A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917--2017
- By: Rashid Khalidi
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi, Rashid Khalidi - introduction
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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A landmark history of 100 years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history....
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Thoroughly Researched and Evidence-Based, but...
- By K on 05-24-21
By: Rashid Khalidi
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World on the Brink
- How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
- By: Dmitri Alperovitch, Garrett M. Graff - contributor
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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A leading national security expert lays out how the U. S. can keep its place as the world’s top superpower in the face of a rising China....
By: Dmitri Alperovitch, and others
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The Lemon Tree
- By: Sandy Tolan
- Narrated by: Sandy Tolan
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1967, not long after the Six-Day War, three young Arab men ventured into the town of Ramle, in what is now Jewish Israel....
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Steeping The Lemon Tree
- By Faithfull Fan on 04-11-18
By: Sandy Tolan
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¡Gracias!
- By: Andrés Manuel López Obrador
- Narrated by: Adrián Ogazón
- Length: 30 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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El recuento de lo que significó el sexenio de la transformación histórica del país y de cómo el compromiso con la ciudadanía marcó el camino de una nueva...
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debe escucharse
- By Carlos Suarez on 04-07-24
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Some People Need Killing
- A Memoir of Murder in My Country
- By: Patricia Evangelista
- Narrated by: Patricia Evangelista
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Journalist Patricia Evangelista came of age in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a new future for the Philippines. Three decades later, in the face of mounting inequality, the nation discovered the fragility of its democratic institutions under the regime of strongman Rodrigo Duterte.
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The Girl with Seven Names
- A North Korean Defector’s Story
- By: Hyeonseo Lee, David John
- Narrated by: Josie Dunn
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom....
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Did not like narrator
- By Linda H. Andreae on 10-09-19
By: Hyeonseo Lee, and others
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
- A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917--2017
- By: Rashid Khalidi
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi, Rashid Khalidi - introduction
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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A landmark history of 100 years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history....
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Thoroughly Researched and Evidence-Based, but...
- By K on 05-24-21
By: Rashid Khalidi
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World on the Brink
- How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
- By: Dmitri Alperovitch, Garrett M. Graff - contributor
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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A leading national security expert lays out how the U. S. can keep its place as the world’s top superpower in the face of a rising China....
By: Dmitri Alperovitch, and others
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The Lemon Tree
- By: Sandy Tolan
- Narrated by: Sandy Tolan
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1967, not long after the Six-Day War, three young Arab men ventured into the town of Ramle, in what is now Jewish Israel....
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Steeping The Lemon Tree
- By Faithfull Fan on 04-11-18
By: Sandy Tolan
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¡Gracias!
- By: Andrés Manuel López Obrador
- Narrated by: Adrián Ogazón
- Length: 30 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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El recuento de lo que significó el sexenio de la transformación histórica del país y de cómo el compromiso con la ciudadanía marcó el camino de una nueva...
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debe escucharse
- By Carlos Suarez on 04-07-24
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Some People Need Killing
- A Memoir of Murder in My Country
- By: Patricia Evangelista
- Narrated by: Patricia Evangelista
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Journalist Patricia Evangelista came of age in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a new future for the Philippines. Three decades later, in the face of mounting inequality, the nation discovered the fragility of its democratic institutions under the regime of strongman Rodrigo Duterte.
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The Girl with Seven Names
- A North Korean Defector’s Story
- By: Hyeonseo Lee, David John
- Narrated by: Josie Dunn
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom....
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Did not like narrator
- By Linda H. Andreae on 10-09-19
By: Hyeonseo Lee, and others
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Stalin
- The Court of the Red Tsar
- By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Narrated by: Jonathan Aris
- Length: 27 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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In a seamless meshing of exhaustive research, brilliant synthesis and narrative élan, Simon Sebag Montefiore chronicles the life and lives of Stalin’s court from the time of his acclamation as “leader” in 1929, five years after Lenin’s death, until his own death in 1953 at the age of 73....
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Stalinist Tyranny
- By Kindle Customer on 12-28-19
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War Against the Jews
- How to End Hamas Barbarism
- By: Alan Dershowitz
- Narrated by: James Gloucester
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Alan Dershowitz—#1 New York Times bestselling author and one of America’s most respected legal scholars—explains why the horrific attack of Oct 7 and Israel’s just response changes everything....
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Excellent Analysis
- By Peter G on 02-01-24
By: Alan Dershowitz
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The Genius of Israel
- The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
- By: Dan Senor, Saul Singer
- Narrated by: Dan Senor
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Why do Israelis have among the world’s highest life expectancies and lowest rates of “deaths of despair” from suicide and substance abuse? Why is Israel’s population young and growing while all other wealthy democracies are aging and shrinking?....
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An Optimistic Analysis of Success
- By So far so good on 11-09-23
By: Dan Senor, and others
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Blowout
- Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
- By: Rachel Maddow
- Narrated by: Rachel Maddow
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2010, the words “earthquake swarm” entered the lexicon in Oklahoma. That same year, a trove of Michael Jackson memorabilia—including his iconic crystal-encrusted white glove—was sold at auction for over $1 million....
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chilling...
- By Kindle Customer on 10-12-19
By: Rachel Maddow
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The Hundred-Year Marathon
- China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower
- By: Michael Pillsbury
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the US government's leading China experts reveals the hidden strategy fueling that country's rise - and how Americans have been seduced into helping China overtake us....
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Fascinating perspective.
- By Rocky Mackintosh on 01-05-17
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From Beirut to Jerusalem
- By: Thomas L. Friedman
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 25 hrs and 41 mins
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Rich with anecdote, history, analysis, and autobiography, From Beirut to Jerusalem will continue to shape how we see the Middle East for many years to come.
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Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
- By: Yossi Klein Halevi
- Narrated by: Yossi Klein Halevi
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Attempting to break the agonizing impasse between Israelis and Palestinians, the Israeli commentator and award-winning author of Like Dreamers directly addresses his Palestinian neighbors in this taut and provocative audiobook....
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Israel 101 - but for Jews
- By GoingGoingGone... on 06-13-18
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City of Death
- Humanitarian Warriors in the Battle of Mosul
- By: Ephraim Mattos, Scott McEwen
- Narrated by: Ephraim Mattos
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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This is the true story of Ephraim Mattos, a former US Navy SEAL, and what he witnessed while volunteering as a frontline combat medic during the historic battle to retake Mosul from ISIS - the deadliest urban combat the world has seen since WWII....
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An inspirational tour de force
- By Blue Cap Green Strap on 10-25-18
By: Ephraim Mattos, and others
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The Lumumba Plot
- The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
- By: Stuart A. Reid
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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It was supposed to be a moment of great optimism, a cause for jubilation. The Congo was at last being set free from Belgium—one of seventeen countries to gain independence in 1960 from ruling European powers....
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A brilliant, timely book
- By Margaret Young on 10-23-23
By: Stuart A. Reid
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The Romanovs
- 1613-1918
- By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Narrated by: Simon Beale
- Length: 28 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the intimate story of 20 tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition....
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Scholarly but gripping
- By William on 06-16-16
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Jerusalem
- The Biography
- By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 25 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today’s clash of civilizations....
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In-depth and gripping history of 3,000 years
- By A reader on 12-16-11
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Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
- By: Tony Judt
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 43 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world’s most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement.....
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Great book, but not terrific listening
- By History on 10-18-11
By: Tony Judt
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Catastrophe 1914
- Europe Goes to War
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 25 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: the dramatic stretch from the breakdown of diplomacy to the battles - the Marne, Ypres, Tannenberg - that marked the frenzied first year before the war bogged down in the trenches....
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I thought I knew the battle of the frontiers
- By Anonymous User on 04-02-21
By: Max Hastings
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The Afghanistan Papers
- A Secret History of the War
- By: Craig Whitlock, The Washington Post
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Unlike the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 had near-unanimous public support. At first, the goals were straightforward and clear: Defeat al-Qaeda and prevent a repeat of 9/11....
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Eye-Opening Book
- By David J Ray on 09-01-21
By: Craig Whitlock, and others
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Black Flags
- The Rise of ISIS
- By: Joby Warrick
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In a thrilling dramatic narrative, awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, Joby Warrick traces how the strain of militant Islam behind ISIS first arose in a remote Jordanian prison and spread with the unwitting aid of two American presidents....
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So much learned
- By mike flavin on 02-11-16
By: Joby Warrick
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Party of One
- The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future
- By: Chun Han Wong
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, Party of One is a vital account of the life and political vision of Xi Jinping, the authoritarian leader of the People’s Republic whose hard-edged tactics have set the rising superpower on a collision with Western liberal democracies....
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could they not find someone who actually speaks Chinese?
- By Lily Wong on 04-29-24
By: Chun Han Wong
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History of the Russian Revolution
- By: Leon Trotsky
- Narrated by: Jonathan Booth
- Length: 53 hrs and 6 mins
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The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most cataclysmic events in world history, profoundly shaping politics, international relations, social patterns, economics and science in the century that followed....
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Fantastic book, great narrator
- By Anonymous User on 12-04-22
By: Leon Trotsky
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A Day in the Life of Abed Salama
- Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
- By: Nathan Thrall
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Immersive and gripping, an intimate story of a deadly accident outside Jerusalem that unravels a tangle of lives, loves, enmities, and histories over the course of one revealing, heartbreaking day....
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We Must Look Deeper into this Struggle
- By Amazon Customer on 10-22-23
By: Nathan Thrall
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The New China Playbook
- Beyond Socialism and Capitalism
- By: Keyu Jin
- Narrated by: Jenapher Zheng
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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World-renowned economist and professor at the London School of Economics Keyu Jin presents a myth-dispelling, comprehensive guide to the Chinese economy and its path to ascendancy....
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Good content but missing important information
- By Anonymous User on 07-03-23
By: Keyu Jin
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The Billion Dollar Spy
- A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
- By: David E. Hoffman
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Dead Hand comes the riveting story of the CIA's most valuable spy in the Soviet Union and an evocative portrait of the agency's Moscow station....
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Compelling as historical thriller, character study
- By Mr. Pointy on 08-25-15
By: David E. Hoffman
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Without You, There Is No Us
- My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
- By: Suki Kim
- Narrated by: Janet Song
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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A haunting memoir of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il's reign....
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The King and I meets Mary Poppins
- By Michael on 02-22-15
By: Suki Kim
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Winter Is Coming
- Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped
- By: Garry Kasparov
- Narrated by: George Backman
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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Lest we be drawn into another prolonged conflict, Kasparov now urges a forceful stand - diplomatic and economic - against Putin....
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A polemic against Putin
- By David on 05-27-16
By: Garry Kasparov
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How to Stand Up to a Dictator
- The Fight for Our Future
- By: Maria Ressa
- Narrated by: Maria Ressa, Rebecca Mozo
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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From the recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, an impassioned and inspiring memoir of a career spent holding power to account....
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Compelling and concerning
- By Amazon Customer on 01-19-23
By: Maria Ressa
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Fateful Triangle
- The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians (Updated Edition)
- By: Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: Brian Jones
- Length: 30 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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From its establishment to the present day, Israel has enjoyed a special position in the American roster of international friends. In Fateful Triangle, Noam Chomsky explores....
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Ethical Right to the Point
- By Not-Professor know-it-all on 09-23-15
By: Noam Chomsky
New releases
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World on the Brink
- How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
- By: Dmitri Alperovitch, Garrett M. Graff - contributor
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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A leading national security expert, who publicly predicted Vladimir Putin's intention to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine months before it took place, lays out the case for why China's Xi Jinping is preparing to conquer Taiwan in the coming years and the dire stakes for America and the whole world if he is not deterred.
By: Dmitri Alperovitch, and others
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The Arab-Israeli Conflict
- American Influence and the Palestinian Movement
- By: Ryan Webb
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The complex and intransigent conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians has dominated the 20th century. While British support of Zionism facilitated the creation of the Jewish State, it is unclear whether a lack of British support would have prevented it. Nevertheless, following World War II, the British, deeply in debt, transferred world superpower status to the United States, which moved into Greece and Turkey and immediately recognized the Jewish state in 1948. Since then, the US influence has been beneficial towards Israel. Even so, in the 1990’s, the drive to broker a peace ...
By: Ryan Webb
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World War I
- British Entry and President Wilson’s Fourteen Points
- By: Ryan Webb
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1914, Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, explained to his Parliament the danger posed by German aggression. In The British Rational for Entering World War I, he said moral and security interests necessitated British involvement. Morally, Britain needed to defend Belgium and uphold independence for the Low Countries. As for security, a stronger Germany in control of Western Europe threatened British dominance. Grey pointed out that Britain would suffer whether or not she entered the war. Financing the war and British casualties would hurt her if she entered the war and, if ...
By: Ryan Webb
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Spin Doctors
- How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the Covid-19 Pandemic
- By: Nora Loreto
- Narrated by: Nora Loreto
- Length: 23 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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This book documents each month of the first year of the pandemic and examines the issues that emerged, from racialized workers to residential care to policing. It demonstrates how politicians and uncritical media shaped the popular understanding of these issues and helped to justify the maintenance of a status quo that created the worst ravages of the crisis. Spin Doctors argues alternative ways in which Canadians should understand the big themes of the crisis and create the necessary knowledge to demand large-scale change.
By: Nora Loreto
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The Shortest History of Italy
- 3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic―A Retelling for Our Times
- By: Ross King
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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A concise, star-studded retelling of Italy's past, from Caesar and Augustus to da Vinci and Michelangelo, tracing the story of a country with prodigious global influence—from a foremost author of historic Italy.
By: Ross King
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The Shortest History of Italy
- By: Ross King
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the prodigious global influence of il bel paese in this star-studded retelling of Italy's past-from a foremost author of historic Italy. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced book.
By: Ross King
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World on the Brink
- How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
- By: Dmitri Alperovitch, Garrett M. Graff - contributor
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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A leading national security expert, who publicly predicted Vladimir Putin's intention to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine months before it took place, lays out the case for why China's Xi Jinping is preparing to conquer Taiwan in the coming years and the dire stakes for America and the whole world if he is not deterred.
By: Dmitri Alperovitch, and others
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The Arab-Israeli Conflict
- American Influence and the Palestinian Movement
- By: Ryan Webb
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The complex and intransigent conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians has dominated the 20th century. While British support of Zionism facilitated the creation of the Jewish State, it is unclear whether a lack of British support would have prevented it. Nevertheless, following World War II, the British, deeply in debt, transferred world superpower status to the United States, which moved into Greece and Turkey and immediately recognized the Jewish state in 1948. Since then, the US influence has been beneficial towards Israel. Even so, in the 1990’s, the drive to broker a peace ...
By: Ryan Webb
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World War I
- British Entry and President Wilson’s Fourteen Points
- By: Ryan Webb
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1914, Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, explained to his Parliament the danger posed by German aggression. In The British Rational for Entering World War I, he said moral and security interests necessitated British involvement. Morally, Britain needed to defend Belgium and uphold independence for the Low Countries. As for security, a stronger Germany in control of Western Europe threatened British dominance. Grey pointed out that Britain would suffer whether or not she entered the war. Financing the war and British casualties would hurt her if she entered the war and, if ...
By: Ryan Webb
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Spin Doctors
- How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the Covid-19 Pandemic
- By: Nora Loreto
- Narrated by: Nora Loreto
- Length: 23 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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This book documents each month of the first year of the pandemic and examines the issues that emerged, from racialized workers to residential care to policing. It demonstrates how politicians and uncritical media shaped the popular understanding of these issues and helped to justify the maintenance of a status quo that created the worst ravages of the crisis. Spin Doctors argues alternative ways in which Canadians should understand the big themes of the crisis and create the necessary knowledge to demand large-scale change.
By: Nora Loreto
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The Shortest History of Italy
- 3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic―A Retelling for Our Times
- By: Ross King
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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A concise, star-studded retelling of Italy's past, from Caesar and Augustus to da Vinci and Michelangelo, tracing the story of a country with prodigious global influence—from a foremost author of historic Italy.
By: Ross King
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The Shortest History of Italy
- By: Ross King
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the prodigious global influence of il bel paese in this star-studded retelling of Italy's past-from a foremost author of historic Italy. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced book.
By: Ross King
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England
- Seven Myths That Changed a Country – and How to Set Them Straight
- By: Tom Baldwin, Marc Stears
- Narrated by: James Bartlett
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In England, Tom Baldwin, bestselling biographer of Keir Starmer, and Marc Stears, influential think tank head, unravel seven myths that have distorted ideas of this country and provided ammunition for charlatans or culture warriors from both left and right. Instead of vainly promising to solve everything all at once, Baldwin and Stears provide clues for how a humbler, less grandiose, set of ideas rooted in real lives can help fix some of the things that have gone so badly wrong in recent years.
By: Tom Baldwin, and others
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Fridays of Rage
- Al Jazeera, the Arab Spring, and Political Islam
- By: Sam Cherribi
- Narrated by: Shawn K. Jain
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Fridays of Rage provides a glimpse into how Al Jazeera strategically cast its journalists as martyrs in the struggle for Arab freedom while promoting itself as the mouthpiece and advocate of the Arab public.
By: Sam Cherribi
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The Yemen Model
- Why U.S. Policy Has Failed in the Middle East
- By: Alexandra Stark
- Narrated by: Emily Durante
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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A close look at failed US policies in the Middle East, offering a fresh perspective on how best to reorient goals in the region.
By: Alexandra Stark
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The Mountains Are High
- A Year of Escape and Discovery in Rural China
- By: Alec Ash
- Narrated by: Alec Ash
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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The Mountains Are High is a beautifully written, candid memoir about how reevaluating what is really important and taking a leap of faith to reach it can genuinely transform your life. As one of the ‘new migrants' tells Alec when he arrives: it is easy to change your environment, far more difficult to change your mind.
By: Alec Ash
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Some People Need Killing
- By: Patricia Evangelista
- Narrated by: Patricia Evangelista
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Journalist Patricia Evangelista came of age in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a new future for the Philippines. Three decades later, in the face of mounting inequality, the nation discovered the fragility of its democratic institutions under the regime of strongman Rodrigo Duterte.
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My Life in the Red Army
- By: Fred Virski
- Narrated by: Kevin Waits
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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"My Life in the Red Army" by Fred Virski offers a rare, firsthand account of a soldier's experiences within the Soviet military machine during a critical period of the 20th century. Through the lens of Virski's personal journey, the book sheds light on the inner workings, struggles, and day-to-day life of the Red Army from the perspective of an ordinary soldier.
By: Fred Virski
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From Beirut to Jerusalem
- By: Thomas L. Friedman
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 25 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most thought-provoking books ever written about the Middle East, From Beirut to Jerusalem remains vital to our understanding of this complex and volatile region of the world. Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman drew upon his 10 years of experience reporting from Lebanon and Israel to write this now-classic work of journalism.
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Lenin Lives?
- By: Christopher Read
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Lenin's work and influence have often been written off as no longer relevant, and many today consider this to be so. Lenin has, they claim, had his day, even though he is still revered in China, the world's most populous country. However, Lenin, like his mentor Marx, has had a tendency to rise from apparent decline and oblivion to renewed force and influence.
By: Christopher Read
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Collisions
- The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability
- By: Michael Kimmage
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 15 hrs
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In Collisions, Michael Kimmage, a historian and former State Department official who focused on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, offers a wide-angle, historically informed account of the origins of the current Russia-Ukraine war.
By: Michael Kimmage
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Quarterly Essay 93: Bad Cop
- Peter Dutton’s Strongman Politics
- By: Lech Blaine
- Narrated by: Angus McGruther
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
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Who is Peter Dutton, and what happened to the Liberal Party? In Bad Cop, Lech Blaine traces the making of a hardman – from Queensland detective to leader of the Opposition, from property investor to minister for Home Affairs. This is a story of ambition, race and power, and a politician with a plan.
By: Lech Blaine
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Balcony over Jerusalem
- A Middle East Memoir: Israel, Palestine and Beyond
- By: John Lyons
- Narrated by: Peter Houghton
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Leading Australian journalist John Lyons takes readers on a fascinating personal journey through the wonders and dangers of the Middle East. In this updated edition, Lyons draws from his years living in Jerusalem to give context to the devastating war between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza and gives listeners a behind-the-scenes look at the Israeli occupation of the West Bank.
By: John Lyons
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Balcony over Jerusalem
- A Middle East Memoir: Israel, Palestine and Beyond
- By: John Lyons
- Narrated by: Peter Houghton
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Leading Australian journalist John Lyons takes readers on a fascinating personal journey through the wonders and dangers of the Middle East. In this updated edition, Lyons draws from his years living in Jerusalem to give context to the devastating war between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza and gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the Israeli occupation of the West Bank.
By: John Lyons