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    A Promised Land

    The powerful political memoir from the former US President

    by Barack Obama ...
    Narrated by Barack Obama ...

    Unabridged

    29 hours 10 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES AND AUDIBLE BESTSELLERA riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy.In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free ... Read more

    28,65 €

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    Erebus: The Story of a Ship

    by Michael Palin ...
    Narrated by Michael Palin ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 5 min

    Random House presents the audiobook edition of Erebus, written and read by Michael Palin.N**_______________**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERIn the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time.On the first, she ventured further south than any human had ever been. On the second, she va... ... Read more

    14,45 €

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    Becoming

    The intimate, inspiring and award-winning memoir from the bestselling author and former First Lady

    by Michelle Obama ...
    Narrated by Michelle Obama ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 3 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Winner of the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word AlbumWinner of the 2020 Audie Award for Autobiography/MemoirAn intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir; 17 million copies sold worldwideTHE NO. 1 BESTSELLERBRITISH BOOK AWARDS, NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARTHE SUNDAY TIMES, MEMOIR OF THE YEAR</stro... ... Read more

    16,04 €

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    Kan vi ikke gøre det lidt bedre

    by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen ...
    Narrated by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Dan Schlosser ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 42 min

    I denne erindringsbog fortæller Poul Nyrup Rasmussen om hovedlinjerne i sit liv gennem de sidste 30 år, om det nationale, det globale og sindet. De tre hovedlinjer hænger alle uløseligt sammen med, hvad Nyrup er rundet af: Det aktive livs glæder og de tab og den magtesløshed, han har oplevet undervejs. Og de øjeblikke, hvor han genfandt meningen og skabte handling omkring nogle af livets ... Read more

    19,81 €

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    Mobilising Hate

    The Story of Hitler's Final Solution

    by Martin Davidson ...
    Narrated by Mandy Weston ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 59 min

    'Finally, eight decades on, there comes a convincing reason as to how an entire nation was able to swallow and then endorse the warped ideology of Hitler and the Nazis. Not only a brilliantly argued book, Mobilising Hate is also a grimly compelling and utterly absorbing examination of one of the most terrible events in world history. Martin Davidson's meticulous and scholarly research and ... Read more

    28,67 €

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    Det gælder Grønland

    by Mads Lidegaard ...
    Narrated by Peter Milling ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 41 min

    ”Problemerne omkring Grønland optager en stor plads i pressen og i den almindelige bevidsthed. Alligevel er forestillingerne om Grønland tit meget vage og uklare i den danske befolkning, og man tager derfor stilling til mange spørgsmål ud fra forkerte forudsætninger. Hensigten med nærværende bog er at give en bred og elementær orientering i de grønlandske spørgsmål, specielt ved behandling af de ... Read more

    11,33 €

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    SAS: My Trial By Fire: True Stories and Life Lessons from SAS Selection

    by Des Powell ...
    Narrated by Des Powell ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 56 min

    Des Powell left school with no qualifications and little in the way of formal education. At nineteen he signed up to join the Parachute Regiment.Famously, the Paras is home to the UK military's second-toughest training regime after the SAS. Des Powell knows all about both. In fact, Des knows SAS selection better than anyone because he's done it twice. In SAS: Trial by Fire he tells the story of ... Read more

    32,77 €

  • Audiobook

    Kissinger

    1923-1968: The Idealist

    by Niall Ferguson ...
    Narrated by Roy McMillan ...

    Unabridged

    33 hours 13 min

    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Kissinger: The Idealist by Niall Ferguson, read by Roy McMillan.'Riveting ... this will be his masterpiece' - Andrew Roberts, The New York Times'For big, bold and compelling, it is impossible to ignore Kissinger' - John Bew, New Statesman, Books of the Year'This is a superb history of the modern world as well as a ... ... Read more

    18,07 €

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    Leadership in War

    Lessons from Those Who Made History

    by Andrew Roberts ...
    Narrated by John Less ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 2 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Taking us from the French Revolution to the Cold War and the Falklands, Andrew Roberts presents us with a bracingly honest and insightful look at nine major figures in modern history: Napoleon Bonaparte, Horatio Nelson, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, George C. Marshall, Charles de Gaulle, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Margaret Thatcher.Each of these leaders ... Read more

    15,66 €

  • Audiobook

    Another Woman's Husband

    From the bestselling author of The Secret Wife and The Manhattan Girls, a captivating historical novel of the love and betrayal behind The Crown

    by Gill Paul ...
    Narrated by Laura Aikman ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 13 min

    ANOTHER WOMAN'S HUSBAND is the latest gripping novel from Gill Paul. 'A triumph' Dinah Jefferies on the USA Today bestselling The Secret WifeTwo women who challenged the Crown.Divided by time. Bound by a secret...1911At the age of fifteen, carefree Mary Kirk and indomitable Wallis Warfield meet at summer camp. Their friendship will survive heartbreaks, separ... ... Read more

    24,53 €

  • Audiobook

    Manden med de mange ansigter

    Richard Jensen og den røde underverden

    by Lars Halskov ...
    Narrated by Dan Schlosser ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 21 min

    Den dramatiske skæbnefortælling om en af Danmarks ledende kommunister, Richard Jensen, der op gennem 1930’erne levede et dobbeltliv som Kominterns og Moskvas mand i Danmark.Flere landes efterretningstjenester overvågede Richard Jensen og opbyggede hemmelige arkiver om hans aktiviteter. Mangeårig journalist og forfatter Lars Halskov har gennem en dybdeborende research fået adgang til fortrolige ... Read more

    32,68 €

  • Audiobook

    A Kim Jong-Il Production

    The Incredible True Story of North Korea and the Most Audacious Kidnapping in History

    by Paul Fischer ...
    Narrated by Stephen Park ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 26 min

    Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of A Kim Jong-Il Production, by Paul Fischer, read by Stephen Park.Before becoming the world's most notorious dictator, Kim Jong-Il ran North Korea's film industry. He directed every film made in the country but knew they were nothing compared to Hollywood. Then he hit on the perfect solution: order the kidnapping of South Korea's ... Read more

    14,41 €

  • Audiobook

    The Day We Found the Universe

    by Marcia Bartusiak ...
    Narrated by Erik Synnestvedt ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 32 min

    From one of our most acclaimed science writers: a dramatic narrative of the discovery of the true nature and startling size of the universe, delving back past the moment of revelation to trace the decades of work--by a select group of scientists--that made it possible.On January 1, 1925, thity-five-year-old Edwin Hubble announced findings that ultimately established that our universe was a ... Read more

    27,31 €

  • Audiobook

    The Book Forger

    The true story of a literary crime that fooled the world

    by Joseph Hone ...
    Narrated by Thomas Judd ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 4 min

    **Brought to you by Penguin.London, 1932.** Thomas James Wise is the toast of the literary establishment. A prominent collector and businessman, he is renowned on both sides of the Atlantic for unearthing the most stunning first editions and bringing them to market. Pompous and fearsome, with friends in high places, he is one of the most powerful men in the field of rare books.One night, two young ... Read more

    16,11 €

  • Audiobook

    Things We Forgot to Remember

    A BBC Radio 4 history series

    by Michael Portillo ...
    Narrated by Michael Portillo ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 4 min

    Michael Portillo uncovers the forgotten events concealed by famous moments in historyHistory is complicated, and to make sense of it, we construct a narrative, editing and shaping the past to form a coherent story. But in doing so, there is much we leave out, leading to gaps in our collective memory. In this series, broadcaster and former politician Michael Portillo revisits some of history's best ... Read more

    15,02 €

  • Audiobook

    The Long and the Short of It

    A BBC History of Ireland

    by Tim McGarry, David Hume ...
    Narrated by Tim McGarry, David Hume ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 22 min

    Comedian Tim McGarry and Orangeman Dr David Hume investigate Irish history from different perspectives'We're basically the Little and Large of Irish history' Tim McGarryTim McGarry and Dr David Hume couldn't be less alike. Tim's a six-foot-four funnyman from Belfast, while David's a vertically challenged historian from Ballycarry. But although they disagree about almost everything, they have a ... Read more

    18,49 €

  • Audiobook

    Inventors

    A Guide to the Lives of Isaac Newton, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, and Albert Einstein

    by Kelly Mass ...
    Narrated by Chris Newman ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 23 min

    This bundle of audiobooks contains the following topics:Isaac Newton - We often think about Newton when we see an apple falling from a tree: The man who came up with the gravity theory, a physics scientist who gave said event and others significant thought.Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and writer who was commonly seen as one of the best ... Read more

    5,46 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Us and Them

    Bengt Jangfeldt on the Idea of Russia

    by Bengt Jangfeldt ...
    Narrated by James Hogg ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 19 min

    From the time of Peter the Great to the reign of Vladimir Putin, the question of Russia's view of Europe and Western values has absorbed and divided the country's rulers, thinkers and people. One distinctive Russian idea, formulated almost 200 years ago, is that Russia not only differs from Western civilisation, but is morally superior to it. In the years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, ... Read more

    8,10 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Righting Wrongs

    Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments

    by Kenneth Roth ...
    Narrated by Kenneth Roth ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 3 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.In three decades under the leadership of Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch conducted investigations in 100 countries to uncover abuses – and pressured offending governments to stop them. Roth has grappled with the worst of humanity, taken on the most ruthless oppressors of our time, and persuaded leaders from around the globe to stand up to their repressive counterparts ... Read more

    16,04 €

  • Audiobook

    Det Tredje Riges øjne og ører - De hemmelige SS-rapporter 1939-1945

    by Peter Harmsen ...
    Narrated by Jesper Bøllehuus ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 15 min

    Den berygtede sikkerheds- og terrororganisation SS indsamlede fra 1939 til 1945 rapporter fra hele Tyskland om, hvad befolkningen tænkte, mente og følte. De endte hos propagandaminister Joseph Goebbels, som blandt andet brugte dem til at håndtere medierne. De tophemmelige rapporter, der blev til gennem et tæt netværk af informanter, handler om alt lige fra synet på dagligvaremangel til reaktionen ... Read more

    19,39 €

  • Audiobook

    Revolution

    The Rise of Arteta’s Arsenal

    by Charles Watts ...
    Narrated by Gavin Osborn ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 46 min

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERArsenal are Premier League champions. Revolution is the inside story of how they got there.When Mikel Arteta took over in December 2019, Arsenal were drifting – disconnected from their identity, short on belief and stuck outside the elite. What followed was not an overnight revival, but a bold, often brutal rebuild.From FA Cup glory and fan unrest to ruthless calls, ... Read more

    22,99 €

  • Audiobook

    Six Days of War

    June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East

    by Michael B. Oren ...
    Narrated by Simon Vance ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 57 min

    In Israel and the West, it is called the Six Day War. In the Arab world, it is known as the June War, or simply as “the Setback.” Never has a conflict so short, unforeseen, and largely unwanted by both sides so transformed the world. The Yom Kippur War, the war in Lebanon, the Camp David accords, the controversy over Jerusalem and Jewish settlements in the West Bank, the intifada, and the rise of ... Read more

    28,75 €

  • Audiobook

    The End of the Asian Century

    War, Stagnation, and the Risks to the World’s Most Dynamic Region

    by Michael R. Auslin ...
    Narrated by Dan Woren ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 38 min

    Since Marco Polo, the West has waited for the “Asian Century.” Today, the world believes that century has arrived. Yet from China’s slumping economy to war clouds over the South China Sea and from environmental devastation to demographic crisis, Asia’s future is increasingly uncertain.Historian and geopolitical expert Michael Auslin argues that far from being a cohesive powerhouse, Asia is a ... Read more

    17,95 €

  • Audiobook

    If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution

    'as good as journalism gets'

    by Vincent Bevins ...
    Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 54 min

    'A stunning history of now' GREG GRANDIN'Phenomenal . . . it would be criminally negligent not to read it if you'd like to change the world' ROB DELANEYFrom 2010 to 2020, more people took part in protests than at any other point in history. But what type of change did they deliver?From the so-called Arab Spring and Gezi Park in Turkey, to Ukraine's Euromaidan and student rebellions in Chile and ... Read more

    29,14 €