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Books narrated by Aviva Skell

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    Practicing History

    Selected Essays

    by Barbara W. Tuchman ...
    Narrated by Aviva Skell ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 44 min

    The critically-acclaimed historian's insights, sense of humor, and sharp pen take on everything from Vietnam, Israel, and the Great War to writing history and its meaning. Includes these essays: Why Policy-Makers Do Not Listen; When Does History Happen?; Is History a Guide to the Future?; America as an Idea; How We Entered World War I; and more ... Read more

    $25.96 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    A Distant Mirror

    The Calamitous 14th Century

    by Barbara W. Tuchman ...
    Narrated by Aviva Skell ...

    Unabridged

    25 hours 35 min

    A “marvelous history”* of medieval Europe, from the bubonic plague and the Papal Schism to the Hundred Years’ War, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Guns of August*Lawrence Wright, author of The End of October**, in** The Wall Street JournalThe fourteenth century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering age of crusades, cathedrals... ... Read more

    $44.51 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Proud Tower

    A Portrait of the World before the War, 1890–1914

    by Barbara W. Tuchman ...
    Narrated by Wanda McCaddon ...

    Unabridged

    22 hours 13 min

    The fateful quarter century leading up to World War I was a time when the world of privilege still existed in Olympian luxury and the world of protest was “heaving in its pain, its power, and its hate.”The age was the climax of a century of the most accelerated rate of change to that point in history, a cataclysmic shaping of destiny.Barbara Tuchman brings to vivid life the people, places, and ... Read more

    $37.76 CAD

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    The First Salute

    by Barbara W. Tuchman ...
    Narrated by Wanda McCaddon ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 47 min

    Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, distinguished historian, and bestselling author Barbara W. Tuchman finally turns her sights homeward. Here she analyzes the American Revolution in a brilliantly original way, placing the war in the historical context of the centuries-long conflicts between England and both France and Holland, demonstrating how the aid of both of these nations made the triumph ... Read more

    $28.94 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Bible and Sword

    England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour

    by Barbara W. Tuchman ...
    Narrated by Wanda McCaddon ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 34 min

    Two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Barbara Tuchman explores the complex relationship of Britain to Palestine that led to the founding of the modern Jewish state—and to many of the problems that plague the Middle East today.From early times the British people have been drawn to the Holy Land through two major influences: the translation of the Bible into English and, later, the imperial need ... Read more

    $28.94 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The March of Folly

    From Troy to Vietnam

    by Barbara W. Tuchman ...
    Narrated by Wanda McCaddon ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 53 min

    In The March of Folly, two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Barbara Tuchman tackles the pervasive presence of folly in governments through the ages. Defining folly as the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives, Tuchman details four decisive turning points in history that illustrate the very heights of folly in ... Read more

    $35.24 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Empire

    The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power

    by Niall Ferguson ...
    Narrated by Sean Barrett ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 13 min

    The British Empire was the largest in all history: the nearest thing to global domination ever achieved. The world we know today is in large measure the product of Britain’s age of empire. The global spread of capitalism, telecommunications, the English language, and the institutions of representative government—all these can be traced back to the extraordinary expansion of Britain’s economy, ... Read more

    $28.94 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Empires of the Sea

    The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World

    by Roger Crowley ...
    Narrated by John Lee ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 18 min

    Empires of the Sea tells the story of the fifty-year world war between Islam and Christianity for the Mediterranean: one of the fiercest and most influential contests in European history. It traces events from the appearance on the world stage of Suleiman the Magnificent—the legendary ruler of the Ottoman Empire—through "the years of devastation" when it seemed possible that Islam might master the ... Read more

    $24.63 CAD

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    FDR

    by Jean Edward Smith ...
    Narrated by Marc Cashman ...

    Unabridged

    32 hours 52 min

    One of today’s premier biographers, Jean Edward Smith, has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.This is a portrait painted in broad strokes and fine details. We see how Roosevelt’s restless energy, fierce intellect, personal magnetism, and ability to project effortless grace permitted him to master countless challenges throughout his ... Read more

    $39.60 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    Narrated by Mike Grady ...
    Series series Time Traveler's Guide

    Unabridged

    17 hours 44 min

    An entertaining, accessible guide to Elizabethan England—the latest in the Time Traveler’s Guide seriesAcclaimed historian Ian Mortimer shows readers that the past is not just something to be studied; it is also something to be lived. Using diaries, letters, books, and other writings of the day, Mortimer offers a masterful portrait of daily life in Elizabethan England, re-creating the sights, ... Read more

    $38.18 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    1493

    Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

    by Charles C. Mann ...
    Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 46 min

    **From the author of 1491—the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas—a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs.More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically different suites of plants and animals. When Christopher Columbus ... Read more

    $26.06 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Practicing History

    Selected Essays

    by Barbara W. Tuchman ...
    Narrated by Wanda McCaddon ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 52 min

    Master historian Barbara W. Tuchman looks at history in a unique way and draws lessons from what she sees. This accessible introduction to the subject of history offers striking insights into American's past and present, trenchant observations on the international scene, and thoughtful pieces on the historian's role. History should not just be a series of facts, names, and dates—it should be a ... Read more

    $28.94 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook