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The Race for Paradise
- An Islamic History of the Crusades
- By: Paul M. Cobb
- Narrated by: Paul M. Cobb
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
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In The Race for Paradise, Paul M. Cobb offers a new history of the confrontations between Muslims and Franks we now call the "Crusades"....
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A heady piece of history and a romp.
- By Meeno on 05-28-15
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The Race for Paradise
- An Islamic History of the Crusades
- Narrated by: Paul M. Cobb
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 01-26-15
- Language: English
- In The Race for Paradise, Paul M. Cobb offers a new history of the confrontations between Muslims and Franks we now call the "Crusades"....
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Republic of Turkey
- The History of the Ottoman Empire’s Collapse and the Establishment of a New State
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Tim Planiden
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The long agony of the “sick man of Europe”, an expression used by the tsar of Russia to depict the falling Ottoman Empire, could almost blind people to its incredible power and history....
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Not for everyone but I loved it
- By Mary Ann on 05-31-23
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Republic of Turkey
- The History of the Ottoman Empire’s Collapse and the Establishment of a New State
- Narrated by: Tim Planiden
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 05-08-20
- Language: English
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The long agony of the “sick man of Europe”, an expression used by the tsar of Russia to depict the falling Ottoman Empire, could almost blind people to its incredible power and history....
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The Formation of Saudi Arabia
- The History of the Arabian Peninsula's Unification and the Discovery of Oil
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Ken Teutsch
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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At the conclusion of World War I, a once promised unified Arab state did not materialize....
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Dry, but satisfactory as an introduction
- By Philo on 11-11-16
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The Formation of Saudi Arabia
- The History of the Arabian Peninsula's Unification and the Discovery of Oil
- Narrated by: Ken Teutsch
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Release date: 10-24-16
- Language: English
- At the conclusion of World War I, a once promised unified Arab state did not materialize....
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Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood
- The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade
- By: Anthony Kaldellis
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
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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....
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Well researched, well written
- By 19levans on 03-06-24
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Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood
- The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 01-16-24
- Language: English
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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....
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Ibn Khaldun
- An Intellectual Biography
- By: Robert Irwin
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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In this groundbreaking intellectual biography, Robert Irwin provides the definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab genius who wrote the Muqaddima....
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Issues with accuracy, pronounciation
- By Moh 3aly on 01-02-19
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Ibn Khaldun
- An Intellectual Biography
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 11-13-18
- Language: English
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In this groundbreaking intellectual biography, Robert Irwin provides the definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab genius who wrote the Muqaddima....
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Books That Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- By: Leo Damrosch, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Leo Damrosch
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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Published in six volumes between 1776 and 1781, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - for all its renown - can be intimidating....
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Definitely Worth Your Time!
- By Carol on 03-16-17
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Books That Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Narrated by: Leo Damrosch
- Series: The Great Courses: Intellectual History
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 03-03-17
- Language: English
- Published in six volumes between 1776 and 1781, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - for all its renown - can be intimidating....
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The Ottoman Age of Exploration
- By: Giancarlo Casale
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
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In 1517, the Ottoman Sultan Selim "the Grim" conquered Egypt and brought his empire for the first time in history into direct contact with the trading world of the Indian Ocean.....
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Fascinating History-- keep a map handy
- By Colin on 04-27-12
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The Ottoman Age of Exploration
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 02-24-11
- Language: English
- In 1517, the Ottoman Sultan Selim "the Grim" conquered Egypt and brought his empire for the first time in history into direct contact with the trading world of the Indian Ocean.....
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The Byzantine Empire
- By: Charles Oman
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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This history by Charles Oman is a catalog of good, bad, and indifferent emperors who either pushed Byzantine Civilization to new heights or savagely drove it to defeat and dissolution....
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adequate good book. great reader
- By Felisa Kay on 01-30-21
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The Byzantine Empire
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 07-24-19
- Language: English
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This history by Charles Oman is a catalog of good, bad, and indifferent emperors who either pushed Byzantine Civilization to new heights or savagely drove it to defeat and dissolution....
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Civilization
- The West and the Rest
- By: Niall Ferguson
- Narrated by: Niall Ferguson
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
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The rise to global predominance of Western civilization is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five hundred years....
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Thoughtful analysis of the ascendancy of the West.
- By Patrick on 05-25-13
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Civilization
- The West and the Rest
- Narrated by: Niall Ferguson
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 11-01-11
- Language: English
- The rise to global predominance of Western civilization is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five hundred years....
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Story of the World, Vol. 2
- History for the Classical Child: The Middle Ages (Second Edition, Revised) (Vol. 2) (Story of the World)
- By: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: Jim Weiss
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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Now more than ever, other cultures are affecting our everyday lives—and our children need to learn about the other countries of the world and their history. Susan Wise Bauer has provided a captivating guide to the history of other lands....
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For all Ages
- By Christopher Pilch on 06-15-24
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Story of the World, Vol. 2
- History for the Classical Child: The Middle Ages (Second Edition, Revised) (Vol. 2) (Story of the World)
- Narrated by: Jim Weiss
- Series: The Story of the World, Book Volume 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 01-31-24
- Language: English
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Now more than ever, other cultures are affecting our everyday lives—and our children need to learn about the other countries of the world and their history. Susan Wise Bauer has provided a captivating guide to the history of other lands....
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The World
- A Family History of Humanity
- By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Narrated by: Simon Sebag Montefiore, full cast
- Length: 68 hrs and 9 mins
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Around 950,000 years ago, a family of five walked along the beach and left behind the oldest family footprints ever discovered. For award-winning historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, these poignant, familiar fossils serve as an inspiration for a new kind of world history....
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Had To Stop
- By Eugenia on 06-15-23
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The World
- A Family History of Humanity
- Narrated by: Simon Sebag Montefiore, full cast
- Length: 68 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 05-16-23
- Language: English
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Around 950,000 years ago, a family of five walked along the beach and left behind the oldest family footprints ever discovered. For award-winning historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, these poignant, familiar fossils serve as an inspiration for a new kind of world history....
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Midnight at the Pera Palace
- The Birth of Modern Istanbul
- By: Charles King
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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With beguiling prose and rich character portraits, Charles King brings to life a remarkable era when a storied city stumbled into the modern world....
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INTERESTING SUBJECT - CONFUSED WRITING
- By The Louligan on 01-18-15
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Midnight at the Pera Palace
- The Birth of Modern Istanbul
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 09-15-14
- Language: English
- With beguiling prose and rich character portraits, Charles King brings to life a remarkable era when a storied city stumbled into the modern world....
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The Lion House
- The Coming of a King
- By: Christopher de Bellaigue
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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Narrated through the eyes of the intimates of Suleyman the Magnificent, the 16th-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire, The Lion House animates with stunning immediacy the fears and stratagems of those brought into orbit around him....
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Amazing Magical Storytelling
- By Amazon Customer on 02-23-23
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The Lion House
- The Coming of a King
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 11-08-22
- Language: English
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Narrated through the eyes of the intimates of Suleyman the Magnificent, the 16th-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire, The Lion House animates with stunning immediacy the fears and stratagems of those brought into orbit around him....
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Ibn Saud
- The Desert Warrior Who Created the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- By: Michael Darlow, Barbara Bray
- Narrated by: Brian Bascle
- Length: 21 hrs and 52 mins
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Ibn Saud grew to manhood living the harsh traditional life of the desert nomad, a life that had changed little since the days of Abraham....
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Short-est Way to Learn about the Modern Day Saudia
- By Shah Alam on 02-18-14
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Ibn Saud
- The Desert Warrior Who Created the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Narrated by: Brian Bascle
- Length: 21 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 02-23-13
- Language: English
- Ibn Saud grew to manhood living the harsh traditional life of the desert nomad, a life that had changed little since the days of Abraham....
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Nights of Plague
- A Novel
- By: Orhan Pamuk, Ekin Oklap - translator
- Narrated by: Amira Ghazalla
- Length: 29 hrs and 8 mins
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It is April 1900, in the Levant, on the imaginary island of Mingheria—the twenty-ninth state of the Ottoman Empire—located in the eastern Mediterranean between Crete and Cyprus....
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TOO Long!!!
- By Rachel Bahadir on 07-31-23
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Nights of Plague
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Amira Ghazalla
- Length: 29 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 10-04-22
- Language: English
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It is April 1900, in the Levant, on the imaginary island of Mingheria—the twenty-ninth state of the Ottoman Empire—located in the eastern Mediterranean between Crete and Cyprus....
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The Accursed Tower
- The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades
- By: Roger Crowley
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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From a New York Times best-selling author, a stirring account of the siege of Acre in 1291, when the last Christian stronghold fell to the Muslim army....
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Another great book by Roger Crowley
- By tp on 03-13-20
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The Accursed Tower
- The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 11-05-19
- Language: English
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From a New York Times best-selling author, a stirring account of the siege of Acre in 1291, when the last Christian stronghold fell to the Muslim army....
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Desert Queen
- The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
- By: Janet Wallach
- Narrated by: Jean Gilpin
- Length: 20 hrs and 11 mins
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Turning her back on her privileged life in Victorian England, Gertrude Bell (1868-1926), fired by her innate curiosity, journeyed the world and became fascinated with all things Arab....
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Great beginning, then gets boring
- By Msz on 03-31-16
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Desert Queen
- The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
- Narrated by: Jean Gilpin
- Length: 20 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 09-04-12
- Language: English
- Turning her back on her privileged life in Victorian England, Gertrude Bell (1868-1926), fired by her innate curiosity, journeyed the world and became fascinated with all things Arab....
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The Loom of Time
- Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China
- By: Robert D. Kaplan
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
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Robert D. Kaplan explores Greater Middle East through reporting and travel writing to reveal deeper truths about the impacts of history on the present and how the requirements of stability over anarchy are often in conflict with the ideals of democratic governance.
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detailed primer on the greater 'Middle East'
- By Stevon on 02-01-24
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The Loom of Time
- Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 08-22-23
- Language: English
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Robert D. Kaplan explores Greater Middle East through reporting and travel writing to reveal deeper truths about the impacts of history on the present and how the requirements of stability over anarchy are often in conflict with the ideals of democratic governance.
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Revelations
- Assassin's Creed, Book 4
- By: Oliver Bowden
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
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The library holds not only hidden knowledge but also the most unsettling secret the world has ever known, a secret the Templars hope to use to control humankind's destiny....
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COULDVE BEEN GREAT
- By Mike Honcho on 10-24-12
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Revelations
- Assassin's Creed, Book 4
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Series: Assassin's Creed, Book 4
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 04-16-12
- Language: English
- The library holds not only hidden knowledge but also the most unsettling secret the world has ever known, a secret the Templars hope to use to control humankind's destiny....
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From Babel to Dragomans
- Interpreting the Middle East
- By: Bernard Lewis
- Narrated by: William Neenan
- Length: 23 hrs and 54 mins
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Bernard Lewis is recognized around the globe as one of the leading authorities on Islam....
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Fifty Years Of Good Stuff
- By David on 04-10-15
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From Babel to Dragomans
- Interpreting the Middle East
- Narrated by: William Neenan
- Length: 23 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 12-17-13
- Language: English
- Bernard Lewis is recognized around the globe as one of the leading authorities on Islam....
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