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The World of Sugar
- How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years
- By: Ulbe Bosma
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
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For most of history, humans did without refined sugar. Granulated sugar was first produced in India around the sixth century BC, yet for almost 2,500 years afterward sugar remained marginal in the diets of most people. Then, suddenly, it was everywhere....
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Important work well-told
- By Amazon Customer on 11-05-23
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The World of Sugar
- How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 06-06-23
- Language: English
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For most of history, humans did without refined sugar. Granulated sugar was first produced in India around the sixth century BC, yet for almost 2,500 years afterward sugar remained marginal in the diets of most people. Then, suddenly, it was everywhere....
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Floods, Famines, and Emperors
- El Nino and the Fate of Civilization
- By: Brian Fagan
- Narrated by: John Haag
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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In 1999, few people had thought to examine the effects of climate on civilization. Now, due in part to the groundbreaking work of archaeologist Brian Fagan, climate change is a central issue....
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Potentially excellent, heavily flawed
- By scmathew on 08-07-10
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Floods, Famines, and Emperors
- El Nino and the Fate of Civilization
- Narrated by: John Haag
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 09-22-09
- Language: English
- In 1999, few people had thought to examine the effects of climate on civilization. Now, due in part to the groundbreaking work of archaeologist Brian Fagan, climate change is a central issue....
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Holodomor Famine
- A History from Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
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The word "holodomor" derives from a combination of two Ukrainian words: holod (hunger) and mor (extermination). This term is used to describe one of the least-known events of state-sponsored mass starvation: the Great Famine of Soviet Ukraine in 1932-1933....
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Please, give this a listen
- By Charlotte on 07-25-23
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Holodomor Famine
- A History from Beginning to End
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Release date: 06-13-22
- Language: English
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The word "holodomor" derives from a combination of two Ukrainian words: holod (hunger) and mor (extermination). This term is used to describe one of the least-known events of state-sponsored mass starvation: the Great Famine of Soviet Ukraine in 1932-1933....
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Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century
- By: Alexandra Popoff
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
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Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate was seized by the Russian KGB. When it emerged posthumously, decades later, it was recognized as the War and Peace of the 20th century....
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What? Nazism = communism?
- By James Messelbeck on 06-25-19
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Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 03-26-19
- Language: English
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Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate was seized by the Russian KGB. When it emerged posthumously, decades later, it was recognized as the War and Peace of the 20th century....
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American History
- US History: An Overview of the Most Important People and Events in the History of United States, from Indians to Contemporary History of America
- By: William D. Willis
- Narrated by: Ronald Fox
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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From colonization to the space race, this is the story of America’s successes and failures. Learn how a little settlement of a few hundred colonists grew to be one of the most powerful nations in the world....
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Interesting Narration
- By Denise Campbell on 05-17-18
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American History
- US History: An Overview of the Most Important People and Events in the History of United States, from Indians to Contemporary History of America
- Narrated by: Ronald Fox
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 11-21-17
- Language: English
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From colonization to the space race, this is the story of America’s successes and failures. Learn how a little settlement of a few hundred colonists grew to be one of the most powerful nations in the world....
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The Great Famine
- The History of the Irish Potato Famine During the Mid-19th Century
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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In their long history of suffering, nothing was ever so terrible as what the Irish endured during the Great Potato Famine that struck the country in the 1840s....
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The Great Famine
- The History of the Irish Potato Famine During the Mid-19th Century
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Release date: 11-07-16
- Language: English
- In their long history of suffering, nothing was ever so terrible as what the Irish endured during the Great Potato Famine that struck the country in the 1840s....
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Defender of Walls
- Kingdom of Walls, Book 1
- By: Tanya Bird
- Narrated by: Timothy Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
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Keep her inside. Keep her alive. Blake Suttone has a stomach full of grief and no food. A decade of famine has taken its toll on the splintered kingdom, but it is the merchants who suffer most. A wall stands between the hungry and the food....
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A nice little romance
- By Zachary on 08-18-21
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Defender of Walls
- Kingdom of Walls, Book 1
- Narrated by: Timothy Campbell
- Series: Kingdom of Walls, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 08-16-21
- Language: English
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Keep her inside. Keep her alive. Blake Suttone has a stomach full of grief and no food. A decade of famine has taken its toll on the splintered kingdom, but it is the merchants who suffer most. A wall stands between the hungry and the food....
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British Empire: A History from Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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The British Empire comprised a bewildering collection of colonies, dominions, protectorates, and mandated possessions that spanned the planet....
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British Empire: A History from Beginning to End
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Release date: 02-27-23
- Language: English
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The British Empire comprised a bewildering collection of colonies, dominions, protectorates, and mandated possessions that spanned the planet....
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Where our Food Comes From
- Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End Famine
- By: Gary Paul Nabhan
- Narrated by: Mitchell Leopard
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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Jailed as a scapegoat for Stalin's famines, Vavilov had traveled over five continents, collected hundreds of thousands of seeds in an effort to outline the ancient centers of agricultural diversity...
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Fascinating history & cautionary tale for our time
- By Janet Pittman Henley on 03-03-11
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Where our Food Comes From
- Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End Famine
- Narrated by: Mitchell Leopard
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 02-23-10
- Language: English
- Jailed as a scapegoat for Stalin's famines, Vavilov had traveled over five continents, collected hundreds of thousands of seeds in an effort to outline the ancient centers of agricultural diversity...
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An American Famine
- A Rosetta Stone for the coming collapse
- By: Kurt Dahl
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs
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There are a thousand books out there that will tell you "how" to prepare for collapse - but this is the ONLY book that will tell you "what" to ...
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An American Famine
- A Rosetta Stone for the coming collapse
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs
- Release date: 05-23-24
- Language: English
- There are a thousand books out there that will tell you "how" to prepare for collapse - but this is the ONLY book that will tell you "what" to ...
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A Macat Analysis of Dikotter's Mao's Great Famine
- By: Dr. John Wagner Givens
- Narrated by: Macat.com
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
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Dikötter shows the disaster that engulfed China between 1958 and 1962 was much worse than previously thought, with a death toll of at least 45 million....
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A Macat Analysis of Dikotter's Mao's Great Famine
- Narrated by: Macat.com
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Release date: 06-27-16
- Language: English
- Dikötter shows the disaster that engulfed China between 1958 and 1962 was much worse than previously thought, with a death toll of at least 45 million....
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Climate Change in Human History
- How a Changing Climate Drove Human Evolution and the Rise of Civilization
- By: Francis Chapelle
- Narrated by: Jimmy Moreland
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
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Human history mirrors the history of climate change. Human origins, for example, can be traced to five million years ago when the climate of East Africa became progressively hotter and drier. This caused the lush tropical jungles to disappear and be replaced by arid plains and savannahs....
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Climate Change in Human History
- How a Changing Climate Drove Human Evolution and the Rise of Civilization
- Narrated by: Jimmy Moreland
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 03-30-23
- Language: English
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Human history mirrors the history of climate change. Human origins, for example, can be traced to five million years ago when the climate of East Africa became progressively hotter and drier. This caused the lush tropical jungles to disappear and be replaced by arid plains and savannahs....
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Lines in the Sand
- Narrated by: Susan Lyons
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 02-13-13
- Language: English
- In 1975, at the age of 20, Hannah Coady thinks she can change the world....
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With Blood and Flame
- How the British Empire changed Bengal
- By: Fazle Chowdhury
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 22 hrs and 19 mins
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A significant contribution to how the British empire left the richest Indian province in tatters as Fazle Chowdhury makes a sharp rebuttal to the ...
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With Blood and Flame
- How the British Empire changed Bengal
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 22 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 03-15-24
- Language: English
- A significant contribution to how the British empire left the richest Indian province in tatters as Fazle Chowdhury makes a sharp rebuttal to the ...
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Overheated
- How Climate Change Will Cause Floods, Famine, War, and Disease
- By: Andrew T. Guzman
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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Deniers of climate change sometimes quip that claims about global warming are more about political science than climate science. They are wrong on the science, but may be right with respect to its political implications....
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A must read!
- By Ted on 03-22-15
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Overheated
- How Climate Change Will Cause Floods, Famine, War, and Disease
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 12-17-13
- Language: English
- Deniers of climate change sometimes quip that claims about global warming are more about political science than climate science. They are wrong on the science, but may be right with respect to its political implications....
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Mao Zedong: A Life from Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Sean Tivenan
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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Mao Zedong was a Marxist revolutionary wishing to overthrow regimes he viewed as imperialist, and yet Mao, often referred to as the Red Emperor, behaved much like totalitarian emperors of China’s medieval past....
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An understated / careless summary
- By KM on 12-14-18
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Mao Zedong: A Life from Beginning to End
- Narrated by: Sean Tivenan
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Release date: 12-07-17
- Language: English
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Mao Zedong was a Marxist revolutionary wishing to overthrow regimes he viewed as imperialist, and yet Mao, often referred to as the Red Emperor, behaved much like totalitarian emperors of China’s medieval past....
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Breaking New Ground
- A Personal History
- By: Lester R. Brown
- Narrated by: Alpha Trivette
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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An inspirational memoir tracing Lester Brown’s life from a small-farm childhood to leadership as a global environmental activist....
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Breaking New Ground
- A Personal History
- Narrated by: Alpha Trivette
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 10-21-13
- Language: English
- An inspirational memoir tracing Lester Brown’s life from a small-farm childhood to leadership as a global environmental activist....
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THRIVING IN THE TIME OF FAMINE
- Following God's Path to Prosperity
- By: Michael Yeager
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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When famine strikes, it tests more than just your survival skills—it challenges your ability to thrive. "Thriving in the Time of Famine: ...
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THRIVING IN THE TIME OF FAMINE
- Following God's Path to Prosperity
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 05-30-24
- Language: English
- When famine strikes, it tests more than just your survival skills—it challenges your ability to thrive. "Thriving in the Time of Famine: ...
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Enough
- Why the World's Poorest Starve in An Age of Plenty
- By: Roger Thurow, Scott Kilman
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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For more than 30 years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide.....
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It's Time For Us To Be More Compassionate
- By James on 07-18-10
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Enough
- Why the World's Poorest Starve in An Age of Plenty
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 12-10-09
- Language: English
- For more than 30 years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide.....
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Eating People Is Wrong, and Other Essays on Famine, Its Past, and Its Future
- By: Cormac Ó Gráda
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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Thought-provoking and important, this is essential listening for historians, economists, demographers, and anyone else who is interested in the history and possible future of famine....
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Eating People Is Wrong, and Other Essays on Famine, Its Past, and Its Future
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 06-09-15
- Language: English
- Thought-provoking and important, this is essential listening for historians, economists, demographers, and anyone else who is interested in the history and possible future of famine....
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