Heart of American Darkness
Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier
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An acclaimed historian captures the true nature of imperialism in early America, demonstrating how the frontier shaped the nation.
We are divided over the history of the United States, and one of the central dividing lines is the frontier. Was it a site of heroism? Or was it where the full force of an all-powerful empire was brought to bear on Native peoples? In this startlingly original work, historian Robert Parkinson presents a new account of ever-shifting encounters between white colonists and Native Americans. Drawing skillfully on Joseph Conrad's famous novella, Heart of Darkness, he demonstrates that imperialism in North America was neither heroic nor a perfectly planned conquest. It was, rather, as bewildering, violent, and haphazard as the European colonization of Africa, which Conrad knew firsthand and fictionalized in his masterwork.
Parkinson argues that American history is, in fact, tied to the frontier, just not in the ways we are often told. Altering our understanding of the past, he also shows what this new understanding should mean for us today.
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- De Ryan S. en 02-09-25
De: Peter Cozzens
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The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic
- Reconstruction, 1860-1920
- De: Manisha Sinha
- Narrado por: Deepa Samuel
- Duración: 21 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 11
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11
A sweeping narrative that remakes our understanding of perhaps the most consequential period in American history, The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic shows how the great contest of that age is also the great contest of our age—and serves as a necessary reminder of how young and fragile our democracy truly is.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Managing through narration
- De Julie en 06-18-24
De: Manisha Sinha
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Covered with Night
- A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America
- De: Nicole Eustace
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
- Duración: 14 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
On the eve of a major treaty conference between Iroquois leaders and European colonists in the distant summer of 1722, two White fur traders attacked an Indigenous hunter and left him for dead near Conestoga, Pennsylvania. This act of brutality set into motion a remarkable series of criminal investigations and cross-cultural negotiations that challenged the definition of justice in early America. Leading historian Nicole Eustace reconstructs the crime and its aftermath, bringing us into the overlapping worlds of white colonists and Indigenous peoples in this formative period.
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2 out of 5 stars
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YES! I GET IT! I've read history before - JUST STOP!!!!! British settlers were arrogant jerks!! Aaaaaaaargh
- De Anonymous From MA en 06-02-22
De: Nicole Eustace
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Violence over the Land
- Indians and Empires in the Early American West
- De: Ned Blackhawk
- Narrado por: Curtis Michael Holland
- Duración: 12 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1
American Indians remain familiar as icons, yet poorly understood as historical agents. In this ambitious book that ranges across Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and eastern California (a region known as the Great Basin), Ned Blackhawk places Native peoples squarely at the center of a dynamic and complex story as he chronicles two centuries of Indian and imperial history that profoundly shaped the American West.
De: Ned Blackhawk
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The Puritans
- A Transatlantic History
- De: David D. Hall
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 21 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 27
This book is a sweeping transatlantic history of Puritanism from its emergence out of the religious tumult of Elizabethan England to its founding role in the story of America. Shedding critical new light on the diverse forms of Puritan belief and practice in England, Scotland, and New England, David Hall provides a multifaceted account of a cultural movement that judged the Protestant reforms of Elizabeth's reign to be unfinished.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent History and Legacy for today
- De GallowsJudge en 02-12-21
De: David D. Hall
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Independence Lost
- Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution
- De: Kathleen DuVal
- Narrado por: Susan Boyce
- Duración: 14 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Independence Lost reveals that individual motives counted as much as the ideals of liberty and freedom the Founders espoused: Independence had a personal as well as national meaning, and the choices made by people living outside the colonies were of critical importance to the war's outcome.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Reader who doesn't understand content
- De Heidi Rabel en 10-11-15
De: Kathleen DuVal
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A Brutal Reckoning
- Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South
- De: Peter Cozzens
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 16 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19
The Creek War is one of the most tragic episodes in American history, leading to the greatest loss of Native American life on what is now U.S. soil. A conflict involving not only white Americans and Native Americans, but also the British and the Spanish, the Creek War opened the Deep South to the Cotton Kingdom, setting the stage for the American Civil War yet to come. No other single Indian conflict had such significant impact on the fate of America—and A Brutal Reckoning is the definitive book on this forgotten chapter in our history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Non-political history
- De Ryan S. en 02-09-25
De: Peter Cozzens
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The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic
- Reconstruction, 1860-1920
- De: Manisha Sinha
- Narrado por: Deepa Samuel
- Duración: 21 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 11
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11
A sweeping narrative that remakes our understanding of perhaps the most consequential period in American history, The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic shows how the great contest of that age is also the great contest of our age—and serves as a necessary reminder of how young and fragile our democracy truly is.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Managing through narration
- De Julie en 06-18-24
De: Manisha Sinha
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Covered with Night
- A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America
- De: Nicole Eustace
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
- Duración: 14 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
On the eve of a major treaty conference between Iroquois leaders and European colonists in the distant summer of 1722, two White fur traders attacked an Indigenous hunter and left him for dead near Conestoga, Pennsylvania. This act of brutality set into motion a remarkable series of criminal investigations and cross-cultural negotiations that challenged the definition of justice in early America. Leading historian Nicole Eustace reconstructs the crime and its aftermath, bringing us into the overlapping worlds of white colonists and Indigenous peoples in this formative period.
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2 out of 5 stars
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YES! I GET IT! I've read history before - JUST STOP!!!!! British settlers were arrogant jerks!! Aaaaaaaargh
- De Anonymous From MA en 06-02-22
De: Nicole Eustace
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Violence over the Land
- Indians and Empires in the Early American West
- De: Ned Blackhawk
- Narrado por: Curtis Michael Holland
- Duración: 12 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1
American Indians remain familiar as icons, yet poorly understood as historical agents. In this ambitious book that ranges across Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and eastern California (a region known as the Great Basin), Ned Blackhawk places Native peoples squarely at the center of a dynamic and complex story as he chronicles two centuries of Indian and imperial history that profoundly shaped the American West.
De: Ned Blackhawk
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The Puritans
- A Transatlantic History
- De: David D. Hall
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 21 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 27
This book is a sweeping transatlantic history of Puritanism from its emergence out of the religious tumult of Elizabethan England to its founding role in the story of America. Shedding critical new light on the diverse forms of Puritan belief and practice in England, Scotland, and New England, David Hall provides a multifaceted account of a cultural movement that judged the Protestant reforms of Elizabeth's reign to be unfinished.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent History and Legacy for today
- De GallowsJudge en 02-12-21
De: David D. Hall
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Independence Lost
- Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution
- De: Kathleen DuVal
- Narrado por: Susan Boyce
- Duración: 14 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Independence Lost reveals that individual motives counted as much as the ideals of liberty and freedom the Founders espoused: Independence had a personal as well as national meaning, and the choices made by people living outside the colonies were of critical importance to the war's outcome.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Reader who doesn't understand content
- De Heidi Rabel en 10-11-15
De: Kathleen DuVal
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Continental Reckoning
- The American West in the Age of Expansion
- De: Elliott West
- Narrado por: Christopher Grove
- Duración: 23 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 11
In Continental Reckoning renowned historian Elliott West presents a sweeping narrative of the American West and its vital role in the transformation of the nation. In the 1840s, by which time the United States had expanded to the Pacific, what would become the West was home to numerous vibrant Native cultures and vague claims by other nations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Historian, Worth Listening
- De Janice en 01-19-25
De: Elliott West
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The Deerfield Massacre
- A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America
- De: James L. Swanson
- Narrado por: Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 17
In an obscure, two-hundred-year-old museum in a little town in western Massachusetts there stands what once was the most revered relic from the history of early New England: the massive, tomahawk-scarred door that came to symbolize the notorious Deerfield Massacre of 1704.
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2 out of 5 stars
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repetitive and bloated
- De DLR en 04-01-24
De: James L. Swanson
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The Cost of Free Land
- Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance
- De: Rebecca Clarren
- Narrado por: Rebecca Clarren
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 24
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 21
Growing up, Rebecca Clarren only knew the major plot points of her tenacious immigrant family’s origins. Her great-great-grandparents, the Sinykins, and their six children fled antisemitism in Russia and arrived in the United States at the turn of the 20th century, ultimately settling on a 160-acre homestead in South Dakota. Over the next few decades, despite tough years on a merciless prairie and multiple setbacks, the Sinykins became an American immigrant success story.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A disturbing history I was vaguely aware of.
- De dan en 06-22-24
De: Rebecca Clarren
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War Along the Wabash
- The Ohio Indian Confederacy’s Destruction of the U.S. Army, 1791
- De: Steven P. Locke
- Narrado por: Steven P. Locke
- Duración: 15 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 13
On November 4, 1791, a coalition of warriors determined to set the Ohio River as a permanent boundary between tribal lands and White settlements faced an army led by Arthur St. Clair—the resulting horrific struggle ended in the greatest defeat of an American army at the hands of Native Americans. The road to the battle of the Wabash began when Arthur St. Clair was appointed to lead an army into the heart of the Ohio Indian Confederacy while building a string of fortifications along the way. He would face difficulties in recruiting, training, feeding, and arming volunteer soldiers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic!
- De Anonymous User en 10-12-23
De: Steven P. Locke
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American Civil Wars
- A Continental History, 1850-1873
- De: Alan Taylor
- Narrado por: Graham Winton
- Duración: 17 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 22
The American Civil War stands at the center of the story, its military history and the drama of emancipation the highlights. Taylor relies on vivid characters to carry the story, from Joseph Hooker, whose timidity in crisis was exploited by Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the Union defeat at Chancellorsville, to Martin Delany and Mary Ann Shadd Cary, Black abolitionists whose critical work in Canada and the United States advanced emancipation and the enrollment of Black soldiers in Union armies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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fascinating!
- De Brandon Marken en 07-12-24
De: Alan Taylor
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Eden Undone
- A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II
- De: Abbott Kahler
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18
At the height of the Great Depression, Los Angeles oil mogul George Allan Hancock and his crew of Smithsonian scientists came upon a gruesome scene: two bodies, mummified by the searing heat, on the shore of a remote Galápagos island. For the past four years Hancock and other American elites had traveled the South Seas to collect specimens for scientific research. On one trip to the Galápagos, Hancock was surprised to discover an equally exotic group of humans: European exiles who had fled political and economic unrest, hoping to create a utopian paradise.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Abslutely enchanting
- De SBL en 10-15-24
De: Abbott Kahler
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Over the Edge of the World
- Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
- De: Laurence Bergreen
- Narrado por: Laurence Bergreen
- Duración: 6 h y 13 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 865
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 650
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 650
In 1519 Magellan and his fleet of five ships set sail from Seville, Spain, to discover a water route to the fabled Spice Islands in Indonesia, where the most sought-after commodities (cloves, pepper, and nutmeg) flourished. Three years later, a handful of survivors returned with an abundance of spices from their intended destination, but with just one ship carrying 18 emaciated men. During their remarkable voyage around the world the crew endured starvation, disease, mutiny, and torture. Many men died, including Magellan, who was violently killed in a fierce battle.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The Reading IS an Issue
- De mcbeene en 12-26-05
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Spice
- The 16th-Century Contest That Shaped the Modern World
- De: Roger Crowley
- Narrado por: Samuel Roukin
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Spices drove the early modern world economy, and for Europeans they represented riches on an unprecedented scale. Cloves and nutmeg could reach Europe only via a complex web of trade routes, and for decades Spanish and Portuguese explorers competed to find their elusive source. But when the Portuguese finally reached the spice islands of the Moluccas in 1511, they set in motion a fierce competition for control.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Spice or Megellan?
- De BarbieAlaska en 06-21-24
De: Roger Crowley
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Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood
- The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade
- De: Anthony Kaldellis
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 15 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 51
In the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests. By the early eleventh century, the empire was the most powerful state in the Mediterranean. Yet this imperial project came to a crashing collapse fifty years later, when political disunity, fiscal mismanagement, and defeat at the hands of the Seljuks and the Normans brought an end to Byzantine hegemony. By 1081, Byzantium's very existence was threatened.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Detailed but Tedious
- De Amazon Customer en 09-06-24
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Our First Civil War
- Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution
- De: H. W. Brands
- Narrado por: Steve Hendrickson
- Duración: 16 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 197
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 174
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 174
What causes people to forsake their country and take arms against it? What prompts their neighbors, hardly distinguishable in station or success, to defend that country against the rebels? That is the question H. W. Brands answers in his powerful new history of the American Revolution.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not a fresh take on the Revolution
- De James en 01-05-22
De: H. W. Brands
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The Rediscovery of America
- Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History (The Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity)
- De: Ned Blackhawk
- Narrado por: Jason Grasl
- Duración: 17 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
The most enduring feature of US history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. This long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changing, however, with a new generation of scholars insists that any full American history address the struggle, survival, and resurgence of American Indian nations. Indigenous history is essential to understanding the evolution of modern America.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting book marred by poor reading
- De Nathaniel Sterling en 03-04-24
De: Ned Blackhawk
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The Anglo-Saxons
- A History of the Beginnings of England: 400 - 1066
- De: Marc Morris
- Narrado por: Roy McMillan
- Duración: 13 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 963
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 845
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 841
Sixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Grand cities and luxurious villas were deserted and left to crumble, and civil society collapsed into chaos. Into this violent and unstable world came foreign invaders from across the sea, and established themselves as its new masters. The Anglo-Saxons traces the turbulent history of these people across the next six centuries. It explains how their earliest rulers fought relentlessly against each other for glory and supremacy, and then were almost destroyed by the onslaught of the vikings.
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3 out of 5 stars
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"Pretty Good"
- De Stephen en 05-30-21
De: Marc Morris