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  • The Germans and Europe - Peter Millar

    The Germans and Europe - Peter Millar
    Jan 25 2018
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    Title: The Germans and Europe
    Author: Peter Millar
    Narrator: Damian Lynch
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
    Language: English
    Release date: 01-25-18
    Publisher: Audible Studios
    Genres: History, European

    Summary:
    Based on a lifetime living in and reporting on Germany and Central Europe, award-winning journalist and author Peter Millar tackles the fascinating and complex story of the people at the heart of our continent. Focussing on nine cities (only six of which are in the Germany of today), he takes us on a zigzag ride back through time via the fall of the Berlin Wall through the horrors of two world wars and the patchwork states of the Middle Ages to the splendour of Charlemagne and the fall of Rome, with side swipes at everything on the way, from Henry VIII to the Spanish Empire. Included are mini portraits of aspects of German culture, from sex and money to food and drink. Not just a book about Germany but about Europe as a whole and how we got where we are today - and where we might be tomorrow.
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    15 ore e 32 min
  • Todo lo que debe saber sobre el Antiguo Egipto [Everything You Need to Know about Ancient Egypt] - Luis González González

    Todo lo que debe saber sobre el Antiguo Egipto [Everything You Need to Know about Ancient Egypt] - Luis González González
    Jan 23 2018
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    Título: Todo lo que debe saber sobre el Antiguo Egipto [Everything You Need to Know about Ancient Egypt]
    Autor: Luis González González
    Narrador: Eduardo Wasveiler
    Formato: Unabridged
    Duración: 20 hrs and 9 mins
    Idioma: Español
    Fecha de publicación: 01-23-18
    Editor: Audible Studios
    Categorías: History, Ancient

    Resumen:
    "Pionera en la arquitectura, la astronomía, la matemática, la medicina, la farmacopea, y con un credo que ha sido copiado por infinidad de religiones, incluyendo el cristianismo; la extraordinaria civilización del Nilo se resiste aún a revelarnos infinidad de secretos. La formación del Antiguo Egipto no estuvo exenta de crueles batallas y ritos salvajes, sin embargo, fue una civilización pionera que al día de hoy sigue fascinando a millones de personas en el mundo. Todo lo que debe saber sobre el Antiguo Egipto nos trae la historia de las XXXI Dinastías, de sus construcciones, de sus ritos, de su evolución política y de sus guerras de un modo accesible a cualquier oyente, ya sea especializado o lego, y en un estilo ágil y vivaz. Pero además nos descubre la epopeya que supuso el descubrimiento de esta civilización y las distintas excavaciones de tumbas desde Belzoni hasta el año 2008. Luis González nos detalla los conflictos entre familias y castas y la pugna por el control del pueblo entre la nobleza y el clero que se suceden en la formación de Egipto. Pero conoceremos también la intensa labor de el rey Menes que dará comienzo a las dinastías, creará el primer sistema teológico de la historia, y unificará los dos reinos de Egipto, el sistema de escritura, la clase administrativa, y el código de leyes; también asistiremos al periodo de esplendor, inigualable, que se vivió en la IV Dinastía de la mano de Djeser Netherijet, el primer gobernante que deja de ser un intermediario entre la divinidad y el pueblo para convertirse él mismo en carne de Dios, y del inmortalizado Imhotep, un titán de la sabiduría; nos deleitaremos con la majestuosidad de las construcciones de Ramsés II que pretende devolver la luz a Egipto tras la fuerte crisis del año 1000 a. C., y por último la decadencia de los llamados Periodos Intermedios, la fuerte crisis económica tras la muerte de Tut-Anj-Amón, la crueldad bajo el dominio de los persas y las intrigas políticas de la saga de los ptolomeos y el suicidio de Cleopatra en el año 30. Razones para comprar la obra: - La obra es un compendio valioso y estructurado de una inmensa bibliografía sobre Egipto, pero además el autor nos la presenta con un lenguaje accesible y cercano al oyente no especializado. - No sólo presenta la historia de todas las dinastías hasta que Egipto se convierte en provincia romana, sino que presenta también la historia de las excavaciones arqueológicas que nos han descubierto ese legado. - Incluye teorías que han sido, por un motivo u otro omitidas de los tratados de egiptología, como la transcripción literal de parte del credo egipcio al credo cristiano. - La obra está plagada de curiosidades y anécdotas que agilizan la narración y hacen que el audio libro vaya más allá de una tediosa enumeración de reyes y batallas. La cultura egipcia está plagada de misterios que se resiste a revelar, como la propia construcción de las pirámides, numerosos expertos consideran que en el S. XXI, con los medios de que se disponen sería imposible construir una pirámide como la de Kéops. Esta obra presenta una detallada descripción de ese Egipto que fascina aún a la humanidad y nos da las herramientas con las que abrirnos paso entre esos enigmas. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
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    20 ore e 9 min
  • R. E. Lee: Volume Three - Douglas Southall Freeman

    R. E. Lee: Volume Three - Douglas Southall Freeman
    Jan 22 2018
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    Title: R. E. Lee: Volume Three
    Author: Douglas Southall Freeman
    Narrator: Charlton Griffin
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 17 hrs and 51 mins
    Language: English
    Release date: 01-22-18
    Publisher: Audio Connoisseur
    Genres: History, American

    Summary:
    Volume three opens in May 1863 as Lee assessed his situation after the great Confederate victory at Chancellorsville and the loss of General Jackson. Lee quickly reorganized his army and headed north, hoping to inflict a war-ending defeat on the Union. But absent Jackson, his army was not the same. At Gettysburg, after three days of horrific fighting climaxed by Pickett's disastrous charge, almost one-third of Lee's entire army was killed, wounded, or captured. Meade's losses were identical, but he had greater reserves. Retreating to Virginia, Lee spent the next nine months bolstering his army with ever dwindling provisions. As the winter of 1863-64 came to an end, Lee prepared his troops for renewed action. But due to attrition, he had lost the initiative and could fight only a defensive war against an overwhelming, implacable foe: U. S. Grant. But Grant soon realized the valiant Army of Northern Virginia was like no army he had ever faced. With veteran troops numbering fewer than half those of Grant, Lee grimly managed to grind the Union army to a halt in front of Richmond. But for how long? Listeners are urged to follow battles using the maps Freeman himself drew, which are included in the accompanying downloadable PDF document.
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    17 ore e 51 min
  • Paul Revere - Online Studio Productions

    Paul Revere - Online Studio Productions
    Jan 22 2018
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    Título: Paul Revere
    Autor: Online Studio Productions
    Narrador: uncredited
    Formato: Unabridged
    Duración: 31 mins
    Idioma: Español
    Fecha de publicación: 01-22-18
    Editor: Online Studio Productions
    Categorías: History, American

    Resumen:
    En realidad esta debería ser la historia de uno de los más bellos poemas épicos de la historia de la independencia norteamericana, basada parcialmente en un hecho real: la cabalgata llevada a cabo la noche del 18 de abril de 1775 por el patriota Paul Revere...aquella su célebre frase: ¡Vienen los Ingleses!...nunca fue pronunciada a voz en cuello, aunque sí en el papel por el poeta romántico Henry W. Longfellow. Hijo de un inmigrante francés y criado en un modesto hogar americano de mediados del siglo XVIII, desde muy joven comprendió a cabalidad el significado del esfuerzo propio y de tener sólidas convicciones y sentido de la moral, puesto que debió hacerse cargo de su familia y el negocio de su padre, que falleciera dejando sobre sus hombros una gran responsabilidad. Fue por esos mismo valores que abrazó la causa libertaria de la nación que albergaba a su familia, sus sueños y esperanzas, sirviendo al ejército patriota y colaborando destacablemente en varias ocasiones hasta ver lograda la independencia de los Estados Unidos, no sin dejar tras su muerte un romántico legado que hoy forma parte del imaginario de su su patria. Please note: This item is in Spanish.
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    31 min
  • The Cult of the Apis Bull - Charles River Editors

    The Cult of the Apis Bull - Charles River Editors
    Jan 19 2018
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    Title: The Cult of the Apis Bull
    Author: Charles River Editors
    Narrator: Bill Hare
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
    Language: English
    Release date: 01-19-18
    Publisher: Charles River Editors
    Genres: History, Ancient

    Summary:
    Africa may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5,000 years later. From the Library and Lighthouse of Alexandria to the Great Pyramid at Giza, the Ancient Egyptians produced several wonders of the world, revolutionized architecture and construction, created some of the world’s first systems of mathematics and medicine, and established language and art that spread across the known world. With world-famous leaders like King Tut and Cleopatra, it’s no wonder that today’s world has so many Egyptologists. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of ancient Egyptian civilization was its inception from the ground up, as the ancient Egyptians had no prior civilization which they could use as a template. In fact, ancient Egypt itself became a template for the civilizations that followed. To the ancient Egyptians, the gods and goddesses were all around them and could be seen daily in nature. Nearly every animal found in ancient Egypt, both domestic and wild, were associated with a god or goddess, which can be seen in Egyptian art where deities are often depicted with human bodies and animal heads. Or sometimes the deities are portrayed as complete animals. Since deities were associated with certain animals, all animals of a specific species were given divine and protected status. The reverence that ancient Egyptians had for certain animals evolved during the long duration of Pharaonic history until the Late Period animals of specific species were mummified by the thousands as offerings for their associated deities. For instance, ibises were mummified for the god Thoth, while cats were mummified for the goddess Bastet. Modern archaeologists have uncovered most of the Late Period animal mummies in the region near the modern village of Saqqara, which has become known as the Sacred Animal Necropolis. Although most of the animal mummies discovered in the Sacred Animal Necropolis of Saqqara are the thousands of nameless ibises, falcons, crocodiles, and cats, the region was also home to another, more important animal cult. By the time the Greeks took control of Egypt in the late 4th century BCE, the Apis cult was certainly one of the most influential, if not the most influential, of all the many different religious institutions that existed in the country at that time. Through a combination of modern archaeological excavations as well as Egyptian texts and classical historical accounts, the meaning, scope, and importance of the Apis cult can be better understood.
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    1 ora e 17 min
  • Liver-Eating Johnson - Charles River Editors

    Liver-Eating Johnson - Charles River Editors
    Jan 19 2018
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    Title: Liver-Eating Johnson
    Author: Charles River Editors
    Narrator: Dan Gallagher
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
    Language: English
    Release date: 01-19-18
    Publisher: Charles River Editors
    Genres: History, American

    Summary:
    To possess and develop western North America became a high priority for the United States government even before its Constitution had been complete. For President Thomas Jefferson, the vast terrain of plains, mountains, and extensive coastlines offered both long-term prosperity and protection from competing international powers. Railroads were still some decades off, and passable roads were all but nonexistent. From its first interactions with numerous Indian cultures, the government understood that the western portion of the continent was already "owned" by a variety of indigenous tribes, despite their alternate concept of ownership. To gain possession of the coasts and the interior meant there would be new languages to be learned, hundreds of treaties to be struck, and wars to be fought over several regions. No familiar institutions of power were suitable for creating a foothold in the continent's interior, especially in the Rocky Mountain region. The US Army eventually made inroads to the Great Plains and beyond, but the first true explorers of the far west’s interior arose from within a relatively small culture embodied by the American mountain man. By the golden age of the mountain man in the mid-19th-century, there were perhaps only 3,000 living in the West. Their origins were disparate, although they included many Anglo-Americans. A good number hailed from wilderness regions of Kentucky and Virginia and throughout the newly purchased Louisiana Territory, which occupied the entire central section of the continent. French Canadians traveled from the north to work in the fur trade, while Creole-Europeans represented approximately 15% of the men known to be living the isolated mountain life. Although the most enduring accomplishments belonged to the mountain men who had discovered, charted, and helped build the great passes through the Rockies to the west, others have retained public fascination for simply being colorful and elusive historical personalities. Such was the case of a legend who came to be known by the singularly unappetizing moniker of Liver-Eating Johnson. One of the mountain men who was present from the peak of mountain culture to its twilight, his literal accomplishments are few and of limited scope in the sense of exploration; however, he is intimately associated with a dangerous life of intrigue, revenge, and physical horrors unspeakable in polite society. While his colleagues took steps to tame the American wilderness, he became a symbol of its savagery. Johnson’s protracted war of vengeance speaks of a constant interaction with the Crow culture of the northwest and the territories of Wyoming and Montana in particular. Liver-Eating Johnson: The Life and Legacy of the Famous Mountain Man looks at the life and legends of one of the West’s most famous men.
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    1 ora e 15 min
  • The War Scroll: The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness - Joseph Lumpkin

    The War Scroll: The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness - Joseph Lumpkin
    Jan 19 2018
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    Title: The War Scroll: The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness
    Author: Joseph Lumpkin
    Narrator: Dennis Logan
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
    Language: English
    Release date: 01-19-18
    Publisher: Fifth Estate
    Genres: History, Ancient

    Summary:
    Following in the apocalyptic visions of Daniel, Ezekiel, and Revelation, The War Scroll reveals the conflict between good and evil in the final days of mankind. Popularly known as "The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness", The War Scroll is one of the seven original Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in Qumran in 1947 and holds the Qumran library designator of "1QM", meaning it was produced from the dig of cave one. The War Scroll is a very important piece of literature in our understanding of the concepts of divine justice and retribution held by the Jewish community of the Essenes and the Qumran Community in the time of Jewish persecution by Rome. The scroll reflects a belief that in the end times, evil would be eradicated by the Power of God and his Sons of Light. The Qumran community saw itself as a righteous light in the world, solidly on the side of good. As God’s army, they would fight evil in the world, and with God's help, through his agent, Michael the Archangel, they would win the battle against the Sons of Darkness and bring back righteousness and peace. The text is replete with parallel biblical and apocryphal verses, commentary, and references to numerical symbolism, all intended to lead the listener into an appreciation and understanding of the text.
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    5 ore e 4 min
  • Aztec Civilization: A History from Beginning to End - Hourly History

    Aztec Civilization: A History from Beginning to End - Hourly History
    Jan 18 2018
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    Title: Aztec Civilization: A History from Beginning to End
    Author: Hourly History
    Narrator: Grant Finley
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
    Language: English
    Release date: 01-18-18
    Publisher: Hourly History
    Genres: History, Ancient

    Summary:
    The Aztec Empire did not recoil from the face of an impending doom, it struggled faithfully. Destined to emerge from humble beginnings, it grew into a highly complex devoted civilization refusing to live at the mercy of more neighboring powerful rulers. Its powerful pochteca combed the valley for luxury items while markets dotted their lands. Inside you will find.... Isolated from the Old World until the devastating Spanish conquest, the Aztec mācēhualtin (commoners) and nobles enhanced their positions while kings and relentless warriors dealt with the political realities of powerful dynasties and rivaling kingdoms. They developed a philosophy, an order, and a society built on loyalty, stoic honor, and sacrifice as they embraced the temporary nature of things. Investigate the era of the Fifth Sun and what defined the Aztecs and their relationship with the divine.
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    1 ora e 15 min