Bestsellers
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Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
- A New History of the Ancient Near East
- De: Amanda H. Podany
- Narrado por: Amanda H. Podany
- Duración: 18 h y 26 m
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In this sweeping history of the ancient Near East, Amanda Podany takes listeners on a gripping journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquests of Alexander the Great....
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word of advice
- De Jim Davis en 08-04-23
De: Amanda H. Podany
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The Thirty-Year Genocide
- Turkey's Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924
- De: Benny Morris, Dror Ze'evi, Claire Bloom
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 21 h y 56 m
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A reappraisal of the giant massacres perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire and then the Turkish Republic against their Christian minorities from 1894 to 1924....
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Pay Close Attention to This Stunning Achievement
- De J.Brock en 06-25-20
De: Benny Morris, y otros
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The Ottomans
- Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs
- De: Marc David Baer
- Narrado por: Jamie Parker
- Duración: 17 h y 31 m
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This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West....
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Great except for pronunt of Turkish names
- De Anonymous User en 11-04-22
De: Marc David Baer
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Sword and Scimitar
- Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West
- De: Raymond Ibrahim, Victor Davis Hanson - foreword
- Narrado por: John McLain
- Duración: 14 h y 2 m
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This sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West sheds a revealing light on current hostilities....
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Excellent read
- De Susan Stone en 01-25-19
De: Raymond Ibrahim, y otros
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1453
- The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
- De: Roger Crowley
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's listenable and comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmed II....
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A well written narrative with bizarre and biased commentary
- De Patrick D. Flynn en 08-17-17
De: Roger Crowley
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Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
- De: Bettany Hughes
- Narrado por: Bettany Hughes
- Duración: 24 h y 35 m
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Istanbul has long been a place where stories and histories collide, where perception is as potent as fact....
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A daunting undertaking pulled off superlatively
- De SGS en 12-24-17
De: Bettany Hughes
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Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
- A New History of the Ancient Near East
- De: Amanda H. Podany
- Narrado por: Amanda H. Podany
- Duración: 18 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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In this sweeping history of the ancient Near East, Amanda Podany takes listeners on a gripping journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquests of Alexander the Great....
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word of advice
- De Jim Davis en 08-04-23
De: Amanda H. Podany
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The Thirty-Year Genocide
- Turkey's Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924
- De: Benny Morris, Dror Ze'evi, Claire Bloom
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 21 h y 56 m
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A reappraisal of the giant massacres perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire and then the Turkish Republic against their Christian minorities from 1894 to 1924....
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Pay Close Attention to This Stunning Achievement
- De J.Brock en 06-25-20
De: Benny Morris, y otros
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The Ottomans
- Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs
- De: Marc David Baer
- Narrado por: Jamie Parker
- Duración: 17 h y 31 m
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This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West....
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Great except for pronunt of Turkish names
- De Anonymous User en 11-04-22
De: Marc David Baer
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Sword and Scimitar
- Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West
- De: Raymond Ibrahim, Victor Davis Hanson - foreword
- Narrado por: John McLain
- Duración: 14 h y 2 m
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This sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West sheds a revealing light on current hostilities....
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Excellent read
- De Susan Stone en 01-25-19
De: Raymond Ibrahim, y otros
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1453
- The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
- De: Roger Crowley
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's listenable and comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmed II....
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A well written narrative with bizarre and biased commentary
- De Patrick D. Flynn en 08-17-17
De: Roger Crowley
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Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
- De: Bettany Hughes
- Narrado por: Bettany Hughes
- Duración: 24 h y 35 m
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Istanbul has long been a place where stories and histories collide, where perception is as potent as fact....
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A daunting undertaking pulled off superlatively
- De SGS en 12-24-17
De: Bettany Hughes
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Destiny Disrupted
- A History of the World through Islamic Eyes
- De: Tamim Ansary
- Narrado por: Tamim Ansary
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
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Until about 1800, the West and the Islamic realm were like two adjacent, parallel universes, each assuming itself to be the center of the world while ignoring the other....
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A history of the world before the West mattered
- De David en 05-05-14
De: Tamim Ansary
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The Damascus Events
- The 1860 Massacre and the Making of the Modern Middle East
- De: Eugene Rogan
- Narrado por: Ronan Summers
- Duración: 9 h y 7 m
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An award-winning scholar’s account of an ancient city’s descent into unprecedented communal violence—an event that would mark the end of the old Ottoman order and the beginning of the modern Middle East
De: Eugene Rogan
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The Enemy at the Gate
- Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe
- De: Andrew Wheatcroft
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 11 h y 23 m
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A gripping work by a master historian, The Enemy at the Gate offers a timely examination of an epic clash of civilizations....
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Look elsewhere
- De Ben H. en 09-20-21
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Erdogan Rising
- The Battle for the Soul of Turkey
- De: Hannah Lucinda Smith
- Narrado por: Hannah Lucinda Smith
- Duración: 14 h y 33 m
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Everyone has heard of Erdogan: Turkey’s bullish, mercurial president is the original postmodern populist. Around the world, other strongmen are now following the path that he has blazed....
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Overall fascinating profile of Erdogan’s Turkey
- De Saul M en 09-18-20
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Midnight at the Pera Palace
- The Birth of Modern Istanbul
- De: Charles King
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 12 h y 12 m
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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
- De The Louligan en 01-18-15
De: Charles King
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Operation Nemesis
- The Assassination Plot That Avenged the Armenian Genocide
- De: Eric Bogosian
- Narrado por: Eric Bogosian
- Duración: 11 h y 7 m
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A masterful account of the conspiracy of assassins that hunted down the perpetrators of a genocide....
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Avenging Turkish Denial with Reason
- De PKsweets en 05-12-15
De: Eric Bogosian
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The Secret History
- De: Procopius
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 5 h y 2 m
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The Secret History, written by the sixth-century Byzantine historian Procopius, is one of the most extraordinary and scandalous documents to have survived from the early Byzantine period....
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A Bit Hyperbolic
- De HalfWit en 10-13-19
De: Procopius
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Lost to the West
- The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
- De: Lars Brownworth
- Narrado por: Lars Brownworth
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
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Filled with unforgettable stories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpses into the life of the ordinary citizen, Lost to the West reveals how much we owe to the Byzantine Empire that was the equal of any in its achievements, appetites, and enduring legacy....
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Just a delight for anyone interested in history !
- De Cinders en 05-28-13
De: Lars Brownworth
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Lawrence of Arabia on War
- The Campaign in the Desert 1916-18
- De: Robert Johnson
- Narrado por: Robert Johnson
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
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While Lawrence of Arabia himself has been the subject of many biographies and an award-winning film, the context of his war in the desert, and his ideas on war itself, are less well-known....
De: Robert Johnson
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Ottoman Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Fall of Constantinople, and the Life of Suleiman the Magnificent
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Desmond Manny, Duke Holm
- Duración: 5 h y 17 m
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If you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of the Ottoman Empire then pay attention....
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Narrators do not know how to pronounce words
- De Cynthia Clough en 11-08-23
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Byzantium
- The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
- De: Judith Herrin
- Narrado por: Phyllida Nash
- Duración: 16 h y 14 m
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Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism—gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization....
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Not a comprehensible history
- De kevin arsenault en 10-07-23
De: Judith Herrin
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Games Without Rules
- The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan
- De: Tamim Ansary
- Narrado por: Tamim Ansary
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
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Today, most Westerners still see the war in Afghanistan as a contest between democracy and Islamist fanaticism.....
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Very enlightening read
- De Massoud en 05-31-17
De: Tamim Ansary
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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
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Tim Planiden
- Duración: 2 h y 16 m
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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
- De Mary Ann en 05-31-23
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Peace Won by the Saber: The Crimean War, 1853-1856
- The Great Wars of the World
- De: History Nerds, Aleksa Vučković
- Narrado por: Charles Johnston
- Duración: 3 h y 9 m
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The Crimean War was a major conflict that took place between 1853 and 1856 involving Russia, the Ottoman Empire, France, and the United Kingdom. In this concise history book, you will delve into the causes, events, and consequences of this brutal war....
De: History Nerds, y otros
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Lords of the Horizons
- A History of the Ottoman Empire
- De: Jason Goodwin
- Narrado por: Grahame Edwards
- Duración: 12 h y 42 m
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The Ottoman Empire has long exerted a strong pull on Western minds and hearts....
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Good introduction to the Ottomans, bad narration
- De Skeptical en 06-06-18
De: Jason Goodwin
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The Grand Turk
- De: John Freely
- Narrado por: Robert Blumenfeld
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
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Mehmet was barely twenty-one when he conquered Byzantine Constantinople, which became Istanbul and the capital of his mighty empire....
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Good listen
- De Nasir en 09-27-10
De: John Freely
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The Confidence Men
- How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History
- De: Margalit Fox
- Narrado por: Richard Elfyn
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
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A gripping nonfiction thriller, The Confidence Men is the astonishing true story of two World War I prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of all time....
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Goofy Rendition
- De Chemar en 07-19-21
De: Margalit Fox
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The Ottoman-Portuguese Conflicts
- The History and Legacy of the Military Encounters Between the Ottoman Empire and Portugal in the Indian Ocean
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Steve Knupp
- Duración: 1 h y 52 m
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In terms of geopolitics, perhaps the most seminal event of the Middle Ages was the successful Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453....
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The Ottoman Empire
- Ancient Empires
- De: History Nerds
- Narrado por: Paul Maitrejean
- Duración: 3 h y 20 m
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Step into the enigmatic world of "The Ottoman Empire" a compelling exploration of the rise, zenith, and eventual decline of one of the most formidable empires in history.
De: History Nerds
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Istanbul
- Memories of a City
- De: Orhan Pamuk, Maureen Freely
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 9 h y 46 m
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Turkey's greatest living novelist guides us through the monuments and lost paradises, dilapidated Ottoman villas, back streets, and waterways of Istanbul - the city of his birth and the home of his imagination....
De: Orhan Pamuk, y otros
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The Slavs and the Slave Trade
- The History of Enslaved Slavs Across Eastern Europe and the Islamic World
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Colin Fluxman
- Duración: 1 h y 25 m
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Whereas for much of human history slavery was somewhat arbitrary, in its later forms, it often had a discriminatory component, typically based on race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. This distinction shows how the practitioners of slavery justified the practice in terms of ideology....
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We were taught to believe propaganda
- De Don Carter en 02-22-23
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The Lion House
- The Coming of a King
- De: Christopher de Bellaigue
- Narrado por: Barnaby Edwards
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
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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
- De Amazon Customer en 02-23-23
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Defenders of the Faith
- Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the Battle for Europe, 1520-1536
- De: James Reston Jr.
- Narrado por: Jim Meskimen
- Duración: 14 h y 48 m
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A best-selling historian recounts 16 years that shook the world - the epic clash between Europe and the Ottoman Turks that ended the Renaissance and brought Islam to the gates of Vienna....
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Good account of interesting period of history
- De ItalCali en 03-11-22
De: James Reston Jr.
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Joseph Naayem
- A Chaldean Priest's Story During the 1915 Genocide
- De: Weam Namou
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 2 h y 19 m
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In this modern adaptation of Shall This Nation Die?, Weam Namou uncovers the overlooked narrative of Reverend Joseph Naayem’s resilience in the ...
De: Weam Namou