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Elizabeth

The No.1 Sunday Times Bestselling Biography of Britain’s Longest-Reigning Queen

by Gyles Brandreth ...

Narrated by Gyles Brandreth ...

Unabridged

20 hours 16 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.THE NO 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER NOW FEATURING EXCLUSIVE MATERIAL ABOUT CHARLES III's CORONATION WITH ADDED PHOTOGRAPHSA personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the writer who knew her family best**'Compelling . . . Fascinating' DAILY MAIL'The writer who got closest to the human truth about our long-serving senior royals' ... Read more

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**Brought to you by Penguin.THE NO 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER NOW FEATURING EXCLUSIVE MATERIAL ABOUT CHARLES III's CORONATION WITH ADDED PHOTOGRAPHSA personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the writer who knew her family best**'Compelling . . . Fascinating' DAILY MAIL'The writer who got closest to the human truth about our long-serving senior royals'
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What Is History For?

by Robert Gildea ...

Narrated by Robbie Stevens ...

Series series What Is It For?
Unabridged

4 hours 17 min

“History”, suggests Robert Gildea, “is a battlefield.” Questions of power, rights, identity and nationhood always have an ancient and modern historical dimension and countries still go to war over their interpretation of history. Yet accounts of history are just as prone to fabrication as fake news, so how can we tell good history from bad? How can history be critical, learning from the past and ... Read more

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“History”, suggests Robert Gildea, “is a battlefield.” Questions of power, rights, identity and nationhood always have an ancient and modern historical dimension and countries still go to war over their interpretation of history. Yet accounts of history are just as prone to fabrication as fake news, so how can we tell good history from bad? How can history be critical, learning from the past and
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1619

Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy

by James Horn ...

Narrated by Dan Woren ...

Unabridged

6 hours 47 min

The essential history of the extraordinary year in which American democracy and American slavery emerged hand in hand in Virginia“If anyone today knows colonial Virginia, it is James Horn.” —Wall Street JournalAlong the banks of the James River, during an oppressively hot spell in the middle of summer 1619, two events occurred within a month of one another that would profoundly shape the course of ... Read more

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The essential history of the extraordinary year in which American democracy and American slavery emerged hand in hand in Virginia“If anyone today knows colonial Virginia, it is James Horn.” —Wall Street JournalAlong the banks of the James River, during an oppressively hot spell in the middle of summer 1619, two events occurred within a month of one another that would profoundly shape the course of
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Three Days In June

The Incredible Minute-by-Minute Oral History of 3 Para's Deadly Falklands War Battle

by James O'Connell ...

Narrated by Brian Bowles, Colin Mace, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Freddie Gaminara, Geoffrey Lumb, Huw Parmenter, Joe Gaminara, Oseloka Obi, Paul Panting, Penelope Rawlins, Sam Newton ...

Unabridged

18 hours 30 min

***'An extraordinarily detailed account of the bloodiest battle of the Falklands war.' - Major General Jonathan Shaw CB CBEWhen 3 Para began their assault under cover of darkness on Mount Longdon in June 1982, nobody knew what to expect. The three platoons of B Company each approached the mountain silently, treading carefully through a series of defensive minefields. But following an explosion, ... Read more

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***'An extraordinarily detailed account of the bloodiest battle of the Falklands war.' - Major General Jonathan Shaw CB CBEWhen 3 Para began their assault under cover of darkness on Mount Longdon in June 1982, nobody knew what to expect. The three platoons of B Company each approached the mountain silently, treading carefully through a series of defensive minefields. But following an explosion,
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SBS – Silent Warriors

The Authorised Wartime History

by Saul David ...

Narrated by John Hopkins ...

Unabridged

14 hours 38 min

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘A terrific book … It really is one of the most enjoyable histories I’ve read in many a year’ JAMES HOLLAND‘Riveting … A brilliant account’ DAILY MAILTHE FIRST AUTHORISED HISTORY OF THE SBS.Britain’s SBS – or Special Boat Service – was the world’s first maritime special operations unit. Founded in the dark days of 1940, it started as a small and inexperienced outf... ... Read more

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘A terrific book … It really is one of the most enjoyable histories I’ve read in many a year’ JAMES HOLLAND‘Riveting … A brilliant account’ DAILY MAILTHE FIRST AUTHORISED HISTORY OF THE SBS.Britain’s SBS – or Special Boat Service – was the world’s first maritime special operations unit. Founded in the dark days of 1940, it started as a small and inexperienced outf...
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Sky Warriors

British Airborne Forces in the Second World War

by Saul David ...

Narrated by Adam James ...

Unabridged

14 hours 23 min

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War.The legendary ‘Red Devils’ were among the finest combat troops of the Second World War. Created at Churchill’s instigation in June 1940, they began as a single parachute battalion of 500 men and grew into three 10,000-strong airborne divisions: the ... Read more

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War.The legendary ‘Red Devils’ were among the finest combat troops of the Second World War. Created at Churchill’s instigation in June 1940, they began as a single parachute battalion of 500 men and grew into three 10,000-strong airborne divisions: the
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被誤解的臺灣史：1553～1860之史實未必是事實

by 駱芬美 ...

Narrated by 駱芬美 ...

Unabridged

9 hours 6 min

暢銷書作家駱芬美臺灣歷史故事講不完，精彩補充比原書內容更豐富。駱芬美向來主張應該從世界史的角度看臺灣，講臺灣史一定要將臺灣放在世界史的架構，才能說得清所有歷史事件的來龍去脈，有聲書裡你會聽到在當時不同國家對臺灣的看法。原來──鄭成功時代，臺灣人不瘋媽祖原住民頭目制度是荷蘭人所設立的三百年前，臺灣商人就懂得採用股份集資……篇篇精采翻案，讓你重新認識臺灣的真正歷史！臺灣地理位置特殊，歷經大航海時代，國際貿易發達，十七世紀曾被荷蘭、西班牙統治；明鄭敗亡後，納入清朝版圖，政權變動頻仍，族群融合多樣，文化發展多元。本書以歷史主題為縱軸、以近四百年時間為橫軸，立體架構真實的臺灣面貌，完整呈現三百多年來的臺灣真相。駱芬美親述的臺灣史，共分為◎被誤解的臺灣史：1553～1860之史實未必是事實◎被混淆的臺灣史：1861～1949之史... ... Read more

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暢銷書作家駱芬美臺灣歷史故事講不完，精彩補充比原書內容更豐富。駱芬美向來主張應該從世界史的角度看臺灣，講臺灣史一定要將臺灣放在世界史的架構，才能說得清所有歷史事件的來龍去脈，有聲書裡你會聽到在當時不同國家對臺灣的看法。原來──鄭成功時代，臺灣人不瘋媽祖原住民頭目制度是荷蘭人所設立的三百年前，臺灣商人就懂得採用股份集資……篇篇精采翻案，讓你重新認識臺灣的真正歷史！臺灣地理位置特殊，歷經大航海時代，國際貿易發達，十七世紀曾被荷蘭、西班牙統治；明鄭敗亡後，納入清朝版圖，政權變動頻仍，族群融合多樣，文化發展多元。本書以歷史主題為縱軸、以近四百年時間為橫軸，立體架構真實的臺灣面貌，完整呈現三百多年來的臺灣真相。駱芬美親述的臺灣史，共分為◎被誤解的臺灣史：1553～1860之史實未必是事實◎被混淆的臺灣史：1861～1949之史...
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Empires of the Sky

Zeppelins, Airplanes, and Two Men's Epic Duel to Rule the World

by Alexander Rose ...

Narrated by Jason Culp ...

Unabridged

22 hours 43 min

The Golden Age of Aviation is brought to life in this story of the giant Zeppelin airships that once roamed the sky—a story that ended with the fiery destruction of the Hindenburg.“Genius . . . a definitive tale of an incredible time when mere mortals learned to fly.”—Keith O’Brien, The New York TimesAt the dawn of the twentieth century, when human flight was still considered an impossibility, ... Read more

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The Golden Age of Aviation is brought to life in this story of the giant Zeppelin airships that once roamed the sky—a story that ended with the fiery destruction of the Hindenburg.“Genius . . . a definitive tale of an incredible time when mere mortals learned to fly.”—Keith O’Brien, The New York TimesAt the dawn of the twentieth century, when human flight was still considered an impossibility,
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The Prize

The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power

by Daniel Yergin ...

Narrated by Bob Jamieson ...

Abridged

2 hours 51 min

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and hailed as “the best history of oil ever written” by Business Week, Daniel Yergin’s “spellbinding…irresistible” (The New York Times) account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power addresses the ongoing energy crisis.Now with an epilogue that speaks directly to the current energy crisis, The Prize recounts the panoramic history of the world’s most important ... Read more

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and hailed as “the best history of oil ever written” by Business Week, Daniel Yergin’s “spellbinding…irresistible” (The New York Times) account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power addresses the ongoing energy crisis.Now with an epilogue that speaks directly to the current energy crisis, The Prize recounts the panoramic history of the world’s most important
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Carême

The First Celebrity Chef

by Ian Kelly ...

Narrated by Ian Kelly ...

Unabridged

6 hours 58 min

Bloomsbury presents Car**ême, written and read by Ian Kelly.NOW A MAJOR APPLE+ TV SERIES'Magnificent' ANTHONY BOURDAIN'Irresistible' HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL'A classic' DAMIAN BARRFrom historian and screenwriter, Ian Kelly, comes the legendary story of Carême, the original celebrity chef.Recounting the fairy-tale-like rise of Antonin Carême from Par... ... Read more

$22.00 USD

Bloomsbury presents Car**ême, written and read by Ian Kelly.NOW A MAJOR APPLE+ TV SERIES'Magnificent' ANTHONY BOURDAIN'Irresistible' HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL'A classic' DAMIAN BARRFrom historian and screenwriter, Ian Kelly, comes the legendary story of Carême, the original celebrity chef.Recounting the fairy-tale-like rise of Antonin Carême from Par...
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Chasing Chopin

A Musical Journey Across Three Centuries, Four Countries, and a Half-Dozen Revolutions

by Annik LaFarge ...

Narrated by Nancy Peterson ...

Unabridged

6 hours 59 min

A modern take on a classical icon: this “luminous book” (Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author of The Library Book) tells the story of when, where, and how Chopin composed his most famous work, uncovering many surprises along the way and showing how his innovative music still animates and thrives in our culture centuries later.In this widely-praised book, Annik LaFarge presents a very ... Read more

$19.99 USD

A modern take on a classical icon: this “luminous book” (Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author of The Library Book) tells the story of when, where, and how Chopin composed his most famous work, uncovering many surprises along the way and showing how his innovative music still animates and thrives in our culture centuries later.In this widely-praised book, Annik LaFarge presents a very
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul

A People's History of Afghanistan

by Lyse Doucet ...

Narrated by Lyse Doucet ...

Unabridged

13 hours 52 min

**A NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2026 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEThe story of a hotel. The story of a nation.**When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world.More than fifty years on, the ... Read more

$29.00 USD

**A NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2026 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEThe story of a hotel. The story of a nation.**When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world.More than fifty years on, the
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Desnoods met wapens

Hannie Schaft, Truus en Freddie Oversteegen: het indrukwekkende verhaal van drie jonge vrouwen in het Nederlandse gewapende verzet tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog

by Sophie Poldermans, Sophie Poldermans ...

Narrated by Charlotte Lap ...

Unabridged

10 hours 39 min

Drie jonge vrouwen in het gewapende verzet tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog – Desnoods met wapens vertelt hun uitzonderlijke verhaalVrijwel iedereen kent verzetsicoon Hannie Schaft, maar niet veel mensen weten dat ze intensief samenwerkte met twee zussen: Truus en Freddie Oversteegen. Desnoods met wapens is het verhaal van deze drie vrouwen, die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog de wapens opnamen tegen ... Read more

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Drie jonge vrouwen in het gewapende verzet tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog – Desnoods met wapens vertelt hun uitzonderlijke verhaalVrijwel iedereen kent verzetsicoon Hannie Schaft, maar niet veel mensen weten dat ze intensief samenwerkte met twee zussen: Truus en Freddie Oversteegen. Desnoods met wapens is het verhaal van deze drie vrouwen, die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog de wapens opnamen tegen
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The Nord Stream Conspiracy

The Inside Story of the Explosions That Shook the World

by Bojan Pancevski ...

Narrated by Michael Golab ...

Unabridged

11 hours 49 min

A riveting exposé of the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines, the largest act of sabotage in modern history, told through unprecedented access and deep investigative reporting—part geopolitical thriller, part true-crime detective story, part gritty war chronicleIn September 2022, Scandinavian seismologists detected what seemed to be an undersea earthquake near the Danish island of Bornholm. ... Read more

$26.99 USD

A riveting exposé of the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines, the largest act of sabotage in modern history, told through unprecedented access and deep investigative reporting—part geopolitical thriller, part true-crime detective story, part gritty war chronicleIn September 2022, Scandinavian seismologists detected what seemed to be an undersea earthquake near the Danish island of Bornholm.
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The Prize

The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

by Daniel Yergin ...

Narrated by Michael David Axtell ...

Unabridged

46 hours 11 min

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and hailed as “the best history of oil ever written” by Business Week, Daniel Yergin’s “spellbinding…irresistible” (The New York Times) account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power addresses the ongoing energy crisis.Now with an epilogue that speaks directly to the current energy crisis, The Prize recounts the panoramic history of the world’s most important ... Read more

$39.99 USD

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and hailed as “the best history of oil ever written” by Business Week, Daniel Yergin’s “spellbinding…irresistible” (The New York Times) account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power addresses the ongoing energy crisis.Now with an epilogue that speaks directly to the current energy crisis, The Prize recounts the panoramic history of the world’s most important
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Alle rafelranden van Europa

De geschiedenis van Europa en zijn buren

by Ivo van de Wijdeven, Ivo van de Wijdeven ...

Narrated by Chris Kijne ...

Unabridged

17 hours 8 min

Wie het heden én de toekomst wil begrijpen, kan niet om de geschiedenis heen Europa heeft een lange en roerige voorgeschiedenis met zijn buren. Waar de geografische grenzen al sinds mensenheugenis vastliggen, zijn de door de mens getrokken staatsgrenzen vrijwel voortdurend verschoven. Kijk maar naar Polen, het 'land op wieltjes' dat heen en weer schoof en zelfs lange tijd van de kaart verdween. Of ... Read more

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Wie het heden én de toekomst wil begrijpen, kan niet om de geschiedenis heen Europa heeft een lange en roerige voorgeschiedenis met zijn buren. Waar de geografische grenzen al sinds mensenheugenis vastliggen, zijn de door de mens getrokken staatsgrenzen vrijwel voortdurend verschoven. Kijk maar naar Polen, het 'land op wieltjes' dat heen en weer schoof en zelfs lange tijd van de kaart verdween. Of
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A Certain Idea of France

The Life of Charles de Gaulle

by Julian Jackson ...

Narrated by John Banks ...

Unabridged

35 hours 19 min

Brought to you by Penguin.In six weeks in 1940, France was over-run by German troops and surrendered. One junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England. On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots over the BBC, urging them to rally to him in London. At that moment, Charles de Gaulle entered into history. For the rest of the war, de Gaulle frequently bit the hand that fed him ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.In six weeks in 1940, France was over-run by German troops and surrendered. One junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England. On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots over the BBC, urging them to rally to him in London. At that moment, Charles de Gaulle entered into history. For the rest of the war, de Gaulle frequently bit the hand that fed him
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The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism

A New History

by Yanni Kotsonis ...

Narrated by Steven Crossley ...

Unabridged

13 hours 16 min

A sweeping global history of the birth of modern GreeceIn 1821, a diverse territory in the southern Balkans on the fringe of the Ottoman Empire was thrust into a decade of astounding mass violence. The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism traces how something new emerged from an imperial mosaic of myriad languages, religions, cultures, and localisms—the world’s first ethnic nation ... Read more

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A sweeping global history of the birth of modern GreeceIn 1821, a diverse territory in the southern Balkans on the fringe of the Ottoman Empire was thrust into a decade of astounding mass violence. The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism traces how something new emerged from an imperial mosaic of myriad languages, religions, cultures, and localisms—the world’s first ethnic nation
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All the Presidents' Wars

Twenty-Five Years of America's War on Terror

by Peter Bergen, David Sterman ...

Narrated by Peter L. Bergen ...

Unabridged

12 hours 12 min

From the New York Times best-selling author, an eye-opening history of the United States’ war on terror across four presidential administrations.2026 is the twenty-fifth anniversary of 9/11, the most devastating attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor. Within days, the United States began to declare its war on terror: “Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists,” President George W. ... Read more

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From the New York Times best-selling author, an eye-opening history of the United States’ war on terror across four presidential administrations.2026 is the twenty-fifth anniversary of 9/11, the most devastating attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor. Within days, the United States began to declare its war on terror: “Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists,” President George W.
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The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century

by Joel F. Harrington ...

Narrated by Jame Gillies ...

Unabridged

9 hours 39 min

Based on the rare and until now overlooked journal of a Renaissance-era executioner, the noted historian Joel F. Harrington's The Faithful Executioner takes us deep inside the alien world and thinking of Meister Frantz Schmidt of Nuremberg, who, during forty-five years as a professional executioner, personally put to death 394 individuals and tortured, flogged, or disfigured many hundreds more. ... Read more

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Based on the rare and until now overlooked journal of a Renaissance-era executioner, the noted historian Joel F. Harrington's The Faithful Executioner takes us deep inside the alien world and thinking of Meister Frantz Schmidt of Nuremberg, who, during forty-five years as a professional executioner, personally put to death 394 individuals and tortured, flogged, or disfigured many hundreds more.
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Finding Jackie

A Life Reinvented

by Oline Eaton ...

Narrated by Jo Anna Perrin ...

Unabridged

11 hours 4 min

Jackie. One name was all you needed. A paragon of femininity, fashion, ideal American wifeliness and motherhood, she was also fiercely independent, the first of the modern First Ladies. Then her husband was murdered, changing her world and ours.Traumatized and exposed, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy nonetheless built a new life for herself in an America similarly haunted by upheaval. She dated and ... Read more

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Jackie. One name was all you needed. A paragon of femininity, fashion, ideal American wifeliness and motherhood, she was also fiercely independent, the first of the modern First Ladies. Then her husband was murdered, changing her world and ours.Traumatized and exposed, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy nonetheless built a new life for herself in an America similarly haunted by upheaval. She dated and
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The Hong Kong Diaries

by Chris Patten ...

Narrated by Chris Patten ...

Unabridged

25 hours 41 min

Brought to you by Penguin.In June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to try to prepare it not - as other British colonies over the decades - for independence, but for handing back in 1997 to the Chinese, from whom most of its territory had been leased 99 years previously. Over the next five years he kept this diary, which describes in detail how Hong Kong was run as ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.In June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to try to prepare it not - as other British colonies over the decades - for independence, but for handing back in 1997 to the Chinese, from whom most of its territory had been leased 99 years previously. Over the next five years he kept this diary, which describes in detail how Hong Kong was run as
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De schaduw van Tambora

De grootste natuurramp sinds mensenheugenis

by Philip Dröge, Philip Dröge ...

Narrated by Philip Dröge ...

Unabridged

7 hours 34 min

Het meeslepende verhaal van een van de grootste vulkaanuitbarstingen aller tijden 'Dröge belicht zijn onderwerp van alle kanten en levert een meeslepend boek af.' Trouw In april 1815 vond op het eiland Soembawa, in het toenmalige Nederlands-Indië, de grootste vulkaanuitbarsting sinds mensenheugenis plaats. Deze uitbarsting verbijsterde behalve de plaatselijke bevolking ook de koloniale ... Read more

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Het meeslepende verhaal van een van de grootste vulkaanuitbarstingen aller tijden 'Dröge belicht zijn onderwerp van alle kanten en levert een meeslepend boek af.' Trouw In april 1815 vond op het eiland Soembawa, in het toenmalige Nederlands-Indië, de grootste vulkaanuitbarsting sinds mensenheugenis plaats. Deze uitbarsting verbijsterde behalve de plaatselijke bevolking ook de koloniale
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3): 1943-57

by Chips Channon ...

Narrated by Tom Ward ...

Unabridged

48 hours 17 min

Brought to you by Penguin.This third and final volume of the unexpurgated diaries of Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon begins as the Second World War is turning in the Allies' favour. It ends with a prematurely aged Chips descending into poor health but still socially active and able to turn a pointed phrase about the political events that swirl around him and the great and the good with whom he mingles ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.This third and final volume of the unexpurgated diaries of Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon begins as the Second World War is turning in the Allies' favour. It ends with a prematurely aged Chips descending into poor health but still socially active and able to turn a pointed phrase about the political events that swirl around him and the great and the good with whom he mingles
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What Is History For?

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Sky Warriors

被誤解的臺灣史：1553～1860之史實未必是事實

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The Prize

Carême

Chasing Chopin

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Desnoods met wapens

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The Prize

Alle rafelranden van Europa

A Certain Idea of France

The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism

All the Presidents' Wars

The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century

Finding Jackie

The Hong Kong Diaries

De schaduw van Tambora

Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3): 1943-57