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Shattered Sword

The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

by Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

24 hours 44 min

Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Prange's bestselling Miracle at Midway, Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully offer a new interpretation of this great naval engagement. Unlike previous accounts, Shattered Sword makes extensive use of Japanese ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Prange's bestselling Miracle at Midway, Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully offer a new interpretation of this great naval engagement. Unlike previous accounts, Shattered Sword makes extensive use of Japanese
... Read more
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China

A History

by John Keay ...

Narrated by Anne Flosnik ...

Unabridged

25 hours 31 min

Many nations define themselves in terms of territory or people; China defines itself in terms of history. Taking into account the country's unrivaled, voluminous tradition of history writing, John Keay has composed a vital and illuminating overview of the nation's complex and vivid past. Keay's authoritative history examines 5,000 years in China, from the time of the Three Dynasties through ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Many nations define themselves in terms of territory or people; China defines itself in terms of history. Taking into account the country's unrivaled, voluminous tradition of history writing, John Keay has composed a vital and illuminating overview of the nation's complex and vivid past. Keay's authoritative history examines 5,000 years in China, from the time of the Three Dynasties through
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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

$21.84 USD

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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The Anarchy

The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

by William Dalrymple ...

Narrated by Sid Sagar ...

Unabridged

15 hours 43 min

Bloomsbury presents The Anarchy by William Dalrymple, read by Sid Sagar.THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR‘Dalrymple is a superb ... Read more

$26.00 USD

Bloomsbury presents The Anarchy by William Dalrymple, read by Sid Sagar.THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR‘Dalrymple is a superb
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白话三国之13险走华容道

by 佚名 ...

Narrated by 孙大圣 ...

Series Audiobook 13 - 白话三国
Unabridged

10 hours 6 min

东汉末年，桓灵二帝昏庸无道，十侍作乱，外戚参政。天下大乱，上苍震怒，以“黄巾起义”为爆发点，刘备，曹操，孙坚，孙策，孙权，袁绍，马腾，吕布，关羽，张飞，赵云，荀彧，郭嘉，徐庶，诸葛亮，庞统，周瑜，鲁肃，张昭，黄盖，甘宁……各路英豪粉墨登场，一时间群雄逐鹿，遍地硝烟。汉献帝年幼登基，主弱臣强，西凉刺史董卓专权把持朝纲，引发十八路诸侯讨伐董卓，桃园结义誓同生死，刘关张初露锋芒，曹孟德奸雄显现；司徒王允巧献连环，义女貂蝉智斩国贼；中原大地几经反复，以曹操平灭袁绍告终，挟官渡大战之锐气，曹操亲统大军八十三万兵下江南，欲平孙权灭刘备一统天下。在诸葛亮和鲁肃的睿智研究下，孙刘两家联合抗曹操，却又同床异梦，各运机谋，在长江之上勾心斗角，上演了一系列惊心动魄的“江东十计”，创造出以弱胜强的奇迹——火烧赤壁，至此，曹，孙，刘三家鼎立之势初现，奠定了将来魏蜀吴三分天下的雏形。 ... Read more

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东汉末年，桓灵二帝昏庸无道，十侍作乱，外戚参政。天下大乱，上苍震怒，以“黄巾起义”为爆发点，刘备，曹操，孙坚，孙策，孙权，袁绍，马腾，吕布，关羽，张飞，赵云，荀彧，郭嘉，徐庶，诸葛亮，庞统，周瑜，鲁肃，张昭，黄盖，甘宁……各路英豪粉墨登场，一时间群雄逐鹿，遍地硝烟。汉献帝年幼登基，主弱臣强，西凉刺史董卓专权把持朝纲，引发十八路诸侯讨伐董卓，桃园结义誓同生死，刘关张初露锋芒，曹孟德奸雄显现；司徒王允巧献连环，义女貂蝉智斩国贼；中原大地几经反复，以曹操平灭袁绍告终，挟官渡大战之锐气，曹操亲统大军八十三万兵下江南，欲平孙权灭刘备一统天下。在诸葛亮和鲁肃的睿智研究下，孙刘两家联合抗曹操，却又同床异梦，各运机谋，在长江之上勾心斗角，上演了一系列惊心动魄的“江东十计”，创造出以弱胜强的奇迹——火烧赤壁，至此，曹，孙，刘三家鼎立之势初现，奠定了将来魏蜀吴三分天下的雏形。
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A Curious Madness

An American Combat Psychiatrist, a Japanese War Crimes Suspect, and an Unsolved Mystery from World War II

by Eric Jaffe ...

Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

Unabridged

9 hours 27 min

In the wake of World War II, the Allied forces charged twenty-eight Japanese men with crimes against humanity. Correspondents at the Tokyo trial thought the evidence fell most heavily on ten of the accused. In December 1948, five of these defendants were hanged, while four received sentences of life in prison. The tenth was a brilliant philosopher-patriot named Okawa Shumei. His story proved ... Read more

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In the wake of World War II, the Allied forces charged twenty-eight Japanese men with crimes against humanity. Correspondents at the Tokyo trial thought the evidence fell most heavily on ten of the accused. In December 1948, five of these defendants were hanged, while four received sentences of life in prison. The tenth was a brilliant philosopher-patriot named Okawa Shumei. His story proved
... Read more
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Confessions of a Mullah Warrior

by Masood Farivar ...

Narrated by Christopher Lane ...

Unabridged

10 hours 36 min

“If you liked The Kite Runner, you must read this riveting, firsthand account by one of the real Afghan mujahideen . . . An extraordinary tale.” —Leslie CockburnMasood Farivar was ten years old when his childhood in peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan was shattered by the Soviet invasion of 1979. Although he was born into a long line of religious and political leaders who had shaped his nation’s ... Read more

$14.99 USD

“If you liked The Kite Runner, you must read this riveting, firsthand account by one of the real Afghan mujahideen . . . An extraordinary tale.” —Leslie CockburnMasood Farivar was ten years old when his childhood in peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan was shattered by the Soviet invasion of 1979. Although he was born into a long line of religious and political leaders who had shaped his nation’s
... Read more
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The Global in the Local

A Century of War, Commerce, and Technology in China

by Xin Zhang ...

Narrated by David Lee Huynh ...

Unabridged

6 hours 36 min

Fear swept Zhenjiang as British soldiers gathered outside the city walls in the summer of 1842. Already suspicious of foreigners, locals had also heard of the suffering the British inflicted two months earlier, in Zhapu. A wave of suicides and mercy killings ensued: rather than leave their families to the invaders, hundreds of women killed themselves and their children or died at the hands of male ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Fear swept Zhenjiang as British soldiers gathered outside the city walls in the summer of 1842. Already suspicious of foreigners, locals had also heard of the suffering the British inflicted two months earlier, in Zhapu. A wave of suicides and mercy killings ensued: rather than leave their families to the invaders, hundreds of women killed themselves and their children or died at the hands of male
... Read more
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The Golden Road

How Ancient India Transformed the World

by William Dalrymple ...

Narrated by William Dalrymple ...

Unabridged

13 hours 54 min

Bloomsbury presents The Golden Road, written and read by William Dalrymple.The internationally bestselling author of The Anarchy returns with a sparkling, soaring history of ideas, tracing South Asia’s under-recognized role in producing the world as we know it.For a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its diverse civilization, creating around it a vast empire of ideas. Indian ... Read more

$27.00 USD

Bloomsbury presents The Golden Road, written and read by William Dalrymple.The internationally bestselling author of The Anarchy returns with a sparkling, soaring history of ideas, tracing South Asia’s under-recognized role in producing the world as we know it.For a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its diverse civilization, creating around it a vast empire of ideas. Indian
... Read more
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Battle of Red Cliffs, The: The History and Legacy of the Decisive Battle Fought Near the Start of Ancient China's Three Kingdoms Period

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Bill Hare ...

Unabridged

1 hour 22 min

At the forefront of the Three Kingdoms was one of ancient China’s most famous battles, fought in late 208 CE. An area of the Yangtze River located near modern Chibi City in the central Chinese province of Hubei was filled with ships as far as the eye could see. They were swift wooden vessels, built for speed and filled with hard faced men, arrows strung on their backs, ready to be released on the ... Read more

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At the forefront of the Three Kingdoms was one of ancient China’s most famous battles, fought in late 208 CE. An area of the Yangtze River located near modern Chibi City in the central Chinese province of Hubei was filled with ships as far as the eye could see. They were swift wooden vessels, built for speed and filled with hard faced men, arrows strung on their backs, ready to be released on the
... Read more
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The Last Commander

The Once and Future Battle for Afghanistan

by Sami Sadat ...

Narrated by GM Hakim ...

Unabridged

10 hours 7 min

The compelling inside story of how America abandoned Afghanistan.When America retreated from Kabul amid chaos in 2021, Lieutenant General Sami Sadat, the last commander of the army of the Afghan republic, was still fighting to the end. In this firsthand account, he reveals how his troops were starved of ammunition for two years before the final pullout, while America was glad-handing the Taliban. ... Read more

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The compelling inside story of how America abandoned Afghanistan.When America retreated from Kabul amid chaos in 2021, Lieutenant General Sami Sadat, the last commander of the army of the Afghan republic, was still fighting to the end. In this firsthand account, he reveals how his troops were starved of ammunition for two years before the final pullout, while America was glad-handing the Taliban.
... Read more
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Support Troops

Behind the scenes of the air war in Vietnam

by William Monger ...

Narrated by Jim Seybert ...

Unabridged

5 hours 12 min

This story is a chronicle of the year 1968 as seen through the eyes of the author while serving at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand, supporting the air war in Vietnam. It was an odd juxtaposition, repairing the fire-control systems on F-105s that were making twice-daily bombing runs over North Vietnam, while living in relative comfort and safety.For every combatant in a time of war, ... Read more

$15.99 USD

This story is a chronicle of the year 1968 as seen through the eyes of the author while serving at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand, supporting the air war in Vietnam. It was an odd juxtaposition, repairing the fire-control systems on F-105s that were making twice-daily bombing runs over North Vietnam, while living in relative comfort and safety.For every combatant in a time of war,
... Read more
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Daughter of the Samurai - Unabridged

by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto ...

Narrated by Sara Michiko Nichols ...

Unabridged

10 hours 13 min

The autobiographical first novel by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto, "A Daughter of the Samurai" tells the incredible true story of a young girl born into a high-status family in Nagaoka, Japan whose father, a samurai, is stripped of his power when the feudal system in Japan collapses and his family is thrown into turmoil and uncertainty.Originally destined to become a priestess, young Etsu is instead ... Read more

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The autobiographical first novel by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto, "A Daughter of the Samurai" tells the incredible true story of a young girl born into a high-status family in Nagaoka, Japan whose father, a samurai, is stripped of his power when the feudal system in Japan collapses and his family is thrown into turmoil and uncertainty.Originally destined to become a priestess, young Etsu is instead
... Read more
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Brief History of Tajikistan, A

by KJ Smith ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook 172 - A Brief History of - Around the World Edition
Unabridged

1 hour 26 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of Tajikistan takes readers on an enlightening journey through the rich and diverse history of this mountainous Central Asian nation. From its ancient roots as part of the Persian Empire and its significance along the Silk Road to the rise and fall of powerful empires like the Samanids, this book provides a concise yet comprehensive ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of Tajikistan takes readers on an enlightening journey through the rich and diverse history of this mountainous Central Asian nation. From its ancient roots as part of the Persian Empire and its significance along the Silk Road to the rise and fall of powerful empires like the Samanids, this book provides a concise yet comprehensive
... Read more
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Maailma liekeissä

by Maailman historia ...

Narrated by Panu Vauhkonen ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Historian käännekohtia
Unabridged

4 hours 12 min

Yhdysvaltalaislentäjä Charles W. Sweeney pudotti ydinpommin 9. elokuuta 1945 Nagasakiin Japaniin. Lentokoneen tappava lasti räjähti ilmassa satamakaupungin yllä ja muutti sen kukoistavan keskustan sulaneiksi raunioiksi. Noin 40 000 ihmistä menetti heti henkensä.Kahteen japanilaiskaupunkiin, Hiroshimaan ja Nagasakiin, pudotetut pommit olivat kuuden vuoden kauhujen huipentuma. Sen jälkeen kun natsi ... Read more

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Yhdysvaltalaislentäjä Charles W. Sweeney pudotti ydinpommin 9. elokuuta 1945 Nagasakiin Japaniin. Lentokoneen tappava lasti räjähti ilmassa satamakaupungin yllä ja muutti sen kukoistavan keskustan sulaneiksi raunioiksi. Noin 40 000 ihmistä menetti heti henkensä.Kahteen japanilaiskaupunkiin, Hiroshimaan ja Nagasakiin, pudotetut pommit olivat kuuden vuoden kauhujen huipentuma. Sen jälkeen kun natsi
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Ninja

by Søren Hemmingsen ...

Narrated by Thomas Jacob Clausen ...

Unabridged

6 min

Ved du, hvad en ninja er?Ninjaerne kommer fra Japan. I 1200-tallet kunne man betale en ninja for at myrde en fjende. En ninja har mange seje våben. Kender du nogle ninjavåben?I dag kan man kun være ninja for sjov i Japan. Men på museum kan man lære mere om de rigtige ninjaer og se deres tøj og våben. Søren Elmerdahl Hemmingsen (f. 1966) er cand.mag. i historie og dansk fra Københavns Universitet ... Read more

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Ved du, hvad en ninja er?Ninjaerne kommer fra Japan. I 1200-tallet kunne man betale en ninja for at myrde en fjende. En ninja har mange seje våben. Kender du nogle ninjavåben?I dag kan man kun være ninja for sjov i Japan. Men på museum kan man lære mere om de rigtige ninjaer og se deres tøj og våben. Søren Elmerdahl Hemmingsen (f. 1966) er cand.mag. i historie og dansk fra Københavns Universitet
... Read more
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Wu

The Chinese Empress Who Schemed, Seduced and Murdered Her Way to Become a Living God

by Jonathan Clements ...

Narrated by Kathleen Li ...

Unabridged

7 hours 4 min

Empress Wu Zetian (624-705 AD) was the only woman to be the sovereign ruler of imperial China. A teenage concubine of the Tang Emperor Taizong, she seduced his son while the emperor lay dying. Recalled from a nunnery as part of an intricate court power-game, she caused the deaths of two lady rivals, before securing her enthronement as the Emperor Gaozong's consort. She ruled in the name of her ... Read more

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Empress Wu Zetian (624-705 AD) was the only woman to be the sovereign ruler of imperial China. A teenage concubine of the Tang Emperor Taizong, she seduced his son while the emperor lay dying. Recalled from a nunnery as part of an intricate court power-game, she caused the deaths of two lady rivals, before securing her enthronement as the Emperor Gaozong's consort. She ruled in the name of her
... Read more
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Wars that Forged Imperial Japan, The: The History of the Conflicts that Established the Japanese Empire Before World War II

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Martin Taylor ...

Unabridged

4 hours 7 min

Completing the Meiji Restoration that heralded the dawn of a new era for both Japan and Asia, the island nation found itself thrust into the modern world, a world of industry and conquest. Flexing its new muscles, the burgeoning power soon came to blows with the regional power that for centuries dominated the area politically and culturally: China. In its first modern war, the modernized Japanese ... Read more

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Completing the Meiji Restoration that heralded the dawn of a new era for both Japan and Asia, the island nation found itself thrust into the modern world, a world of industry and conquest. Flexing its new muscles, the burgeoning power soon came to blows with the regional power that for centuries dominated the area politically and culturally: China. In its first modern war, the modernized Japanese
... Read more
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The Amur River

Between Russia and China

by Colin Thubron ...

Narrated by Jonathan Keeble ...

Unabridged

10 hours 12 min

""A gripping read with fascinating political insight."" (Sunday Times, London)""Elegant, elegiac and poignant...Thubron is an intrepid traveler, a shrewd observer and a lyrical guide... to the river, much of it along the border between these two powers at a time of rapid and tense reconfiguration of global geopolitics."" (Washington Post)The most admired travel writer of our time—author of Shadow ... Read more

$28.99 USD

""A gripping read with fascinating political insight."" (Sunday Times, London)""Elegant, elegiac and poignant...Thubron is an intrepid traveler, a shrewd observer and a lyrical guide... to the river, much of it along the border between these two powers at a time of rapid and tense reconfiguration of global geopolitics."" (Washington Post)The most admired travel writer of our time—author of Shadow
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Sixteen Stormy Days

The Story of the First Amendment to the Constitution of India

by Tripurdaman Singh ...

Narrated by Mikhail Sen ...

Unabridged

7 hours 31 min

Bloomsbury presents Sixteen Stormy Days by Tripurdaman Singh, read by Mikhail Sen.On 26th January 1950 India became a republic, shedding its last links with its colonial past and inaugurating a new era of liberty and freedom. With fundamental rights and civil liberties guaranteed by the state, the new constitution was universally acclaimed as the ‘world’s greatest experiment in liberal government’ ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Sixteen Stormy Days by Tripurdaman Singh, read by Mikhail Sen.On 26th January 1950 India became a republic, shedding its last links with its colonial past and inaugurating a new era of liberty and freedom. With fundamental rights and civil liberties guaranteed by the state, the new constitution was universally acclaimed as the ‘world’s greatest experiment in liberal government’
... Read more
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A Brief History of Japan

Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun

by Jonathan Clements ...

Narrated by Julian Elfer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 41 min

This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion.First revealed to Westerners in the chronicles of Marco Polo, Japan was a legendary faraway land defended by a fearsome Kamikaze storm and ruled by a ... Read more

$19.99 USD

This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion.First revealed to Westerners in the chronicles of Marco Polo, Japan was a legendary faraway land defended by a fearsome Kamikaze storm and ruled by a
... Read more
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Incarnations

India in 50 Lives

by Sunil Khilnani ...

Narrated by Sunil Khilnani ...

Unabridged

11 hours 18 min

The lives and afterlives of 50 incredible Indian people from ancient India to the 21st century'Essential... whoppingly aurally intense' New Statesman'... makes the mind fly across time, place and history. You may smile as, mentally, you walk alongside Khilnani up some flinty slope. You will keep thinking about what he said long after.' The TelegraphHistorian Sunil Khilnani, Professor of History ... Read more

$17.74 USD

The lives and afterlives of 50 incredible Indian people from ancient India to the 21st century'Essential... whoppingly aurally intense' New Statesman'... makes the mind fly across time, place and history. You may smile as, mentally, you walk alongside Khilnani up some flinty slope. You will keep thinking about what he said long after.' The TelegraphHistorian Sunil Khilnani, Professor of History
... Read more
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Milile Netajee

by ଡ. ବିବୁଧରଞ୍ଜନ ...

Narrated by Mohan Majithia ...

Unabridged

5 hours 17 min

ଡ. ବିବୁଧରଞ୍ଜନଙ୍କ ଗବେଷଣାଲବ୍ଧ ପୁସ୍ତକ 'ମିଳିଲେ ନେତାଜୀ' ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ସଂଗ୍ରାମର ଅନ୍ୟତମ ଜନନାୟକ ସୁଭାଷ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର ବୋଷଙ୍କ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଦ୍ଧାନ ରହସ୍ୟକୁ ନେଇ ଏକ ତଥ୍ୟଭିତ୍ତିକ ଦସ୍ତାବିଜ! ନେତାଜୀଙ୍କ ନିଖୋଜ ହେବା ପଛରେ କଣ ଥିଲା କାରଣ, ତାହାର ବିଶ୍ୱସନୀୟ ଅବତାରଣା ରହିଛି ଏ ପୁସ୍ତକରେ! ... Read more

$8.78 USD

ଡ. ବିବୁଧରଞ୍ଜନଙ୍କ ଗବେଷଣାଲବ୍ଧ ପୁସ୍ତକ 'ମିଳିଲେ ନେତାଜୀ' ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ସଂଗ୍ରାମର ଅନ୍ୟତମ ଜନନାୟକ ସୁଭାଷ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର ବୋଷଙ୍କ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଦ୍ଧାନ ରହସ୍ୟକୁ ନେଇ ଏକ ତଥ୍ୟଭିତ୍ତିକ ଦସ୍ତାବିଜ! ନେତାଜୀଙ୍କ ନିଖୋଜ ହେବା ପଛରେ କଣ ଥିଲା କାରଣ, ତାହାର ବିଶ୍ୱସନୀୟ ଅବତାରଣା ରହିଛି ଏ ପୁସ୍ତକରେ!
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No Wall Too High

One Man's Daring Escape from Mao's Darkest Prison

by Xu Hongci, Erling Hoh ...

Narrated by David Shih ...

Unabridged

11 hours 32 min

Mao Zedong's labor reform camps were notoriously brutal; modeled after the Soviet gulag, their inmates were subject to backbreaking labor, malnutrition, and vindictive wardens. They were thought to be impossible to escape—but one man did.Xu Hongci, a young medical student, was a loyal member of the Communist Party until he fell victim to Mao Zedong's Anti-Rightist Campaign in 1957. After posting a ... Read more

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Mao Zedong's labor reform camps were notoriously brutal; modeled after the Soviet gulag, their inmates were subject to backbreaking labor, malnutrition, and vindictive wardens. They were thought to be impossible to escape—but one man did.Xu Hongci, a young medical student, was a loyal member of the Communist Party until he fell victim to Mao Zedong's Anti-Rightist Campaign in 1957. After posting a
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