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Crown and Country

A History of England through the Monarchy

by David Starkey ...

Narrated by David Starkey, Tim Pigott-Smith, Jim Norton ...

Unabridged

15 hours 11 min

An exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day.The monarchy is one of Britain’s longest surviving institutions – as well as one of its most tumultuous and revered. In this masterful book, David Starkey looks at the monarchy as a whole, charting its history from Roman times, to the Wars of the Roses, the chaos of the Civil War, the fall of Charles I ... Read more

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An exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day.The monarchy is one of Britain’s longest surviving institutions – as well as one of its most tumultuous and revered. In this masterful book, David Starkey looks at the monarchy as a whole, charting its history from Roman times, to the Wars of the Roses, the chaos of the Civil War, the fall of Charles I
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A Renegade History of the United States

by Thaddeus Russell ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

16 hours 3 min

Historian Howard Zinn demonstrated that there are compelling, alternative histories that are both scholarly and valuable. Now, Thaddeus Russell provides a challenging new way of reading history that will turn convention on its head and is sure to elicit as much controversy as it does support.Russell shows that drunkards, laggards, prostitutes, and pirates were the real heroes of the American ... Read more

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Historian Howard Zinn demonstrated that there are compelling, alternative histories that are both scholarly and valuable. Now, Thaddeus Russell provides a challenging new way of reading history that will turn convention on its head and is sure to elicit as much controversy as it does support.Russell shows that drunkards, laggards, prostitutes, and pirates were the real heroes of the American
... Read more
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From Silk to Silicon

The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives

by Jeffrey E. Garten ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

11 hours 29 min

From Silk to Silicon tells the story of who these men and women were, what they did, how they did it, and how their achievements continue to shape our world today. They include:• Genghis Khan, who united east and west by conquest and by opening new trade routes built on groundbreaking transportation and management innovations.• Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who arose from oppression to establish the ... Read more

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From Silk to Silicon tells the story of who these men and women were, what they did, how they did it, and how their achievements continue to shape our world today. They include:• Genghis Khan, who united east and west by conquest and by opening new trade routes built on groundbreaking transportation and management innovations.• Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who arose from oppression to establish the
... Read more
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Chess Opening Names - Volume 1

by Nathan Rose ...

Narrated by Nathan Rose ...

Unabridged

4 hours 53 min

The people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their namesWhen we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You probably know the names already: the Sicilian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, the French Defense, the Caro-Kann, the Benoni, the London System, the Scandinavian Defense and so on.But most chess players don't know WHY the openings are called what they are. The tales are ... Read more

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The people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their namesWhen we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You probably know the names already: the Sicilian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, the French Defense, the Caro-Kann, the Benoni, the London System, the Scandinavian Defense and so on.But most chess players don't know WHY the openings are called what they are. The tales are
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The Neverending Empire

The Infinite Impact of Ancient Rome

by Aldo Cazzullo ...

Narrated by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart ...

Unabridged

8 hours 15 min

From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire.“The only way to narrate over a thousand years of history is to understand what it has left us. To tell the reasons, the things and the stories, thanks to which Roman civilization is alive”.From its ... Read more

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From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire.“The only way to narrate over a thousand years of history is to understand what it has left us. To tell the reasons, the things and the stories, thanks to which Roman civilization is alive”.From its
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Time’s Monster

How History Makes History

by Priya Satia ...

Narrated by Priya Satia, Tanya Rodriguez ...

Unabridged

16 hours 45 min

For generations, British thinkers told the history of an empire whose story was still very much in the making. While they wrote of conquest, imperial rule in India, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean was consolidated. While they described the development of imperial governance, rebellions were brutally crushed. As they reimagined empire during the two world wars, decolonization was ... Read more

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For generations, British thinkers told the history of an empire whose story was still very much in the making. While they wrote of conquest, imperial rule in India, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean was consolidated. While they described the development of imperial governance, rebellions were brutally crushed. As they reimagined empire during the two world wars, decolonization was
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The Doctrine Of Fascism Benito Mussolini

by Benito Mussolini ...

Narrated by Geoffrey Giuliano & The Icon Players ...

Unabridged

47 min

“It’s better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.”"I am the most terrible animal that's ever existed."“We become strongest, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look for moral guidance." ”MUSSOLINIBenito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini born on July 29, 1883 who went by the nickname “Il Duce” (“the Leader”), was a deeply unbalanced tyrannical Italian dictator who ... Read more

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“It’s better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.”"I am the most terrible animal that's ever existed."“We become strongest, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look for moral guidance." ”MUSSOLINIBenito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini born on July 29, 1883 who went by the nickname “Il Duce” (“the Leader”), was a deeply unbalanced tyrannical Italian dictator who
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Stories of Struggle

The Clash over Civil Rights in South Carolina

by Claudia Smith Brinson ...

Narrated by Linda Jones ...

Unabridged

13 hours 33 min

In this pioneering study of the long and arduous struggle for civil rights in South Carolina, longtime journalist Claudia Smith Brinson details the lynchings, beatings, bombings, cross burnings, death threats, arson, and venomous hatred that black South Carolinians endured—as well as those who risked their lives for equality.Through extensive research and interviews with more than 150 civil rights ... Read more

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In this pioneering study of the long and arduous struggle for civil rights in South Carolina, longtime journalist Claudia Smith Brinson details the lynchings, beatings, bombings, cross burnings, death threats, arson, and venomous hatred that black South Carolinians endured—as well as those who risked their lives for equality.Through extensive research and interviews with more than 150 civil rights
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Aves e peixes da província de Santa Cruz: Trechos selecionados de "História da província de Santa Cruz"

by Pero de Magalhães Gândavo ...

Narrated by Guga Almeida ...

Series series MiniPops
Abridged

21 min

Nesses tempos em que o leitor vê crescer diariamente a lista dos animais ameaçados de extinção, é nostálgico ler nesta seleção de textos do livro "História da província de Santa Cruz", do cronista Pero de Magalhães Gandavo, sobre "a grande variedade das finas e alegres cores das muitas aves que nesta província se criam", e que a "fertilidade [de peixes] bastará a sustentá-los [os habitantes] ... Read more

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Nesses tempos em que o leitor vê crescer diariamente a lista dos animais ameaçados de extinção, é nostálgico ler nesta seleção de textos do livro "História da província de Santa Cruz", do cronista Pero de Magalhães Gandavo, sobre "a grande variedade das finas e alegres cores das muitas aves que nesta província se criam", e que a "fertilidade [de peixes] bastará a sustentá-los [os habitantes]
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Freud and Beyond

A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought

by Stephen A. Mitchell, Margaret J. Black ...

Narrated by John Malone ...

Unabridged

12 hours 24 min

The definitive history of a century of psychoanalytic thought**“Absolutely crucial in reformulating the psychoanalytic project to meet the intellectual and emotional demands upon it a century after its birth.” —**The GuardianSigmund Freud's concepts have become a part of our psychological vocabulary: unconscious thoughts and feelings, the meaning of dreams, the sensuality of childhood. But ... Read more

$24.99 USD

The definitive history of a century of psychoanalytic thought**“Absolutely crucial in reformulating the psychoanalytic project to meet the intellectual and emotional demands upon it a century after its birth.” —**The GuardianSigmund Freud's concepts have become a part of our psychological vocabulary: unconscious thoughts and feelings, the meaning of dreams, the sensuality of childhood. But
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Liberty Street

A Savannah Family, Its Golden Boy, and the Civil War

by Jason K. Friedman ...

Narrated by David Marantz ...

Unabridged

11 hours 41 min

Purchasing a historic Savannah home unlocks the sweeping story of a Southern Jewish familyAs Jason K. Friedman renovated his flat in a grand townhouse in his hometown of Savannah, Georgia, he discovered a portal to the past. The Cohens, part of a Sephardic community in London, arrived in South Carolina in the mid-1700s; became founding members of Charleston's Jewish congregation; and went on to ... Read more

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Purchasing a historic Savannah home unlocks the sweeping story of a Southern Jewish familyAs Jason K. Friedman renovated his flat in a grand townhouse in his hometown of Savannah, Georgia, he discovered a portal to the past. The Cohens, part of a Sephardic community in London, arrived in South Carolina in the mid-1700s; became founding members of Charleston's Jewish congregation; and went on to
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Everything Explained That Is Explainable!

The Creation of the Encyclopedia Britannica’s Celebrated Eleventh Edition 1910-1911

by Denis Boyles ...

Narrated by Corrie James ...

Unabridged

13 hours 22 min

In Everything Explained that is Unexplainable, Denis Boyles tells the story of the American, entrepreneur, Horace Everett Hooper, a natural-born salesman who found an outdated set of reference books in a warehouse and sold them as "one-shelf libraries." His Western Book and Stationary Co. became one of the largest publishers in the Midwest, selling books directly to readers, and forging a business ... Read more

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In Everything Explained that is Unexplainable, Denis Boyles tells the story of the American, entrepreneur, Horace Everett Hooper, a natural-born salesman who found an outdated set of reference books in a warehouse and sold them as "one-shelf libraries." His Western Book and Stationary Co. became one of the largest publishers in the Midwest, selling books directly to readers, and forging a business
... Read more
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Im Rausch des Vergnügens

Eine Reise in das England von Jane Austen und Lord Byron

by Ian Mortimer ...

Narrated by Michael A. Grimm ...

Unabridged

17 hours 24 min

Willkommen im Regency, dem Übergang vom 18. ins 19. Jahrhundert! Ian Mortimer nimmt uns mit in diese kuriose Zeit, die für viele schlichtweg für Übermaß steht. Zwischen der leicht langweilig anmutenden Eleganz des 18. Jahrhunderts und der prüden moralischen Überlegenheit der Frühviktorianer wirkt diese Epoche liederlich, grell, gefährlich, schockierend und anstößig – doch dabei höchst unterhaltsam ... Read more

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Willkommen im Regency, dem Übergang vom 18. ins 19. Jahrhundert! Ian Mortimer nimmt uns mit in diese kuriose Zeit, die für viele schlichtweg für Übermaß steht. Zwischen der leicht langweilig anmutenden Eleganz des 18. Jahrhunderts und der prüden moralischen Überlegenheit der Frühviktorianer wirkt diese Epoche liederlich, grell, gefährlich, schockierend und anstößig – doch dabei höchst unterhaltsam
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The Ever-Changing Past

Why All History is Revisionist History

by James M. Banner, Jr. ...

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

Unabridged

11 hours

History is not, and has never been, inert, certain, merely factual, and beyond reinterpretation. Taking listeners from Thucydides to the origin of the French Revolution to the Civil War and beyond, James M. Banner, Jr. explores what historians do and why they do it.Banner shows why historical knowledge is unlikely ever to be unchanging, why history as a branch of knowledge is always a search for ... Read more

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History is not, and has never been, inert, certain, merely factual, and beyond reinterpretation. Taking listeners from Thucydides to the origin of the French Revolution to the Civil War and beyond, James M. Banner, Jr. explores what historians do and why they do it.Banner shows why historical knowledge is unlikely ever to be unchanging, why history as a branch of knowledge is always a search for
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Zeit - Vormoderne & Moderne

Vorlesung von Prof. Dr. Karlheinz A. Geißler

by Karlheinz A. Geißler ...

Narrated by Karlheinz A. Geißler ...

Series series uni auditorium
Abridged

1 hour 1 min

WAS IST ZEIT? Es gibt unterschiedliche Zeitverständnisse. Mit den jeweils herrschenden Zeitvorstellungen wird in der Gesellschaft Ordnung gemacht und auch die Individuen strukturieren mit ihrem Zeitverständnis ihr Leben und dessen Verlauf. DER UMGANG MIT DER ZEIT IN VERSCHIEDENEN EPOCHEN In der Vormodernde fand man die Zeit bei Gott, bzw. in den Regeln des kirchlichen Lebens und in der von Gott ... Read more

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WAS IST ZEIT? Es gibt unterschiedliche Zeitverständnisse. Mit den jeweils herrschenden Zeitvorstellungen wird in der Gesellschaft Ordnung gemacht und auch die Individuen strukturieren mit ihrem Zeitverständnis ihr Leben und dessen Verlauf. DER UMGANG MIT DER ZEIT IN VERSCHIEDENEN EPOCHEN In der Vormodernde fand man die Zeit bei Gott, bzw. in den Regeln des kirchlichen Lebens und in der von Gott
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New York Jew

by Alfred Kazin ...

Narrated by Steven Jay Cohen ...

Unabridged

16 hours 49 min

In this book, Alfred Kazin, who for more than thirty years has been one of the central figures of America's intellectual life, takes us into his own life and times. His autobiography encompasses a personal story openly told; an inside look at New York's innermost intellectual circles; strong and intimate revelations of many of the most important writers of the century; and brilliantly astute ... Read more

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In this book, Alfred Kazin, who for more than thirty years has been one of the central figures of America's intellectual life, takes us into his own life and times. His autobiography encompasses a personal story openly told; an inside look at New York's innermost intellectual circles; strong and intimate revelations of many of the most important writers of the century; and brilliantly astute
... Read more
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The History of College Nicknames, Mascots and School Colors

by Gary Hudson ...

Narrated by Joe Hernandez ...

Unabridged

4 hours 48 min

This book explains the history behind how colleges derived their nicknames, mascots, and school colors. Gary Hudson chose to focus the attention of his book on schools that have Division 1A Football programs, because all the athletic programs at those schools will also compete in Division 1A sports. Consequently, those schools tend to get more exposure in the media, thereby drawing more attention ... Read more

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This book explains the history behind how colleges derived their nicknames, mascots, and school colors. Gary Hudson chose to focus the attention of his book on schools that have Division 1A Football programs, because all the athletic programs at those schools will also compete in Division 1A sports. Consequently, those schools tend to get more exposure in the media, thereby drawing more attention
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Big Bucks the Benoit Way

Secrets from America's First Family of Whitetail Hunting

by Bryce M. Towsley ...

Narrated by Stephen Bel Davies ...

Unabridged

7 hours 44 min

See what it takes to track trophy-sized bucks like the legends do.If there is such a thing as hunting royalty, then the Benoit family is it. They have been raking in trophy-sized bucks since Larry Benoit first began to pioneer his unique tracking methods. As the family grew, so did the Benoit hunting repertoire, expanding beyond simple snow tracking to all-season tracking.Author Bryce M. Towsley ... Read more

$19.99 USD

See what it takes to track trophy-sized bucks like the legends do.If there is such a thing as hunting royalty, then the Benoit family is it. They have been raking in trophy-sized bucks since Larry Benoit first began to pioneer his unique tracking methods. As the family grew, so did the Benoit hunting repertoire, expanding beyond simple snow tracking to all-season tracking.Author Bryce M. Towsley
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Uma breve história dos príncipes na Torre: O desaparecimento mais famoso da Inglaterra

by Atílio Chagas ...

Narrated by Atílio Chagas ...

Unabridged

2 hours 16 min

Mergulhe no maior mistério da história britânica e investigue a sinistra conspiração real que abalou o século XV. Perfeito para ouvir durante o trajeto para o trabalho, este relato intrigante e sombrio transporta você diretamente para os corredores frios da Torre de Londres. Acompanhe a brutal disputa dinástica onde o poder absoluto valia muito mais do que os laços de sangue.Separando fatos ... Read more

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Mergulhe no maior mistério da história britânica e investigue a sinistra conspiração real que abalou o século XV. Perfeito para ouvir durante o trajeto para o trabalho, este relato intrigante e sombrio transporta você diretamente para os corredores frios da Torre de Londres. Acompanhe a brutal disputa dinástica onde o poder absoluto valia muito mais do que os laços de sangue.Separando fatos
... Read more
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Uma breve história de Troia: A verdade por trás da Guerra de Troia

by Albino Cardim ...

Narrated by Albino Cardim ...

Unabridged

2 hours 18 min

Explore o maior enigma da história antiga e separe o mito da evidência arqueológica por trás deste conflito épico. Embarque em uma jornada imersiva pelo Mediterrâneo da Idade do Bronze, onde o comércio, a geografia e a política ditavam o destino de impérios. Avalie como escavações e registros milenares desafiam as narrativas tradicionais sobre o passado.Ideal para transformar seu deslocamento ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Explore o maior enigma da história antiga e separe o mito da evidência arqueológica por trás deste conflito épico. Embarque em uma jornada imersiva pelo Mediterrâneo da Idade do Bronze, onde o comércio, a geografia e a política ditavam o destino de impérios. Avalie como escavações e registros milenares desafiam as narrativas tradicionais sobre o passado.Ideal para transformar seu deslocamento
... Read more
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A Walker in the City

by Alfred Kazin ...

Narrated by Steven Jay Cohen ...

Unabridged

5 hours 45 min

A literary icon's "singular and beautiful" memoir of growing up as a first-generation Jewish American in Brownsville, Brooklyn (The New Yorker).A classic portrait of immigrant life in the early decades of the twentieth century, A Walker in the City is a tour of tenements, subways, and synagogues—but also a universal story of the desires and fears we experience as we try to leave our small, ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A literary icon's "singular and beautiful" memoir of growing up as a first-generation Jewish American in Brownsville, Brooklyn (The New Yorker).A classic portrait of immigrant life in the early decades of the twentieth century, A Walker in the City is a tour of tenements, subways, and synagogues—but also a universal story of the desires and fears we experience as we try to leave our small,
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Magic in Merlin's Realm

A History of Occult Politics in Britain

by Francis Young ...

Narrated by Peter Noble ...

Unabridged

11 hours

Belief in magic was, until relatively recent times, widespread in Britain; yet the impact of such belief on determinative political events has frequently been overlooked. In his wide-ranging new book, Francis Young explores the role of occult traditions in the history of the island of Great Britain: Merlin's realm. He argues that while the great magus and artificer invented by Geoffrey of Monmouth ... Read more

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Belief in magic was, until relatively recent times, widespread in Britain; yet the impact of such belief on determinative political events has frequently been overlooked. In his wide-ranging new book, Francis Young explores the role of occult traditions in the history of the island of Great Britain: Merlin's realm. He argues that while the great magus and artificer invented by Geoffrey of Monmouth
... Read more
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Breve historia de los príncipes de la Torre: La desaparición más famosa de Inglaterra

by Ernesto Vergara ...

Narrated by Ernesto Vergara ...

Unabridged

2 hours 10 min

Explora el misterio histórico de traición y poder que sepultó a dos jóvenes herederos reales en la Torre de Londres. Ideal para transformar tu trayecto diario en un viaje al corazón de la corte inglesa del siglo XV, esta narración desentraña un enigma fascinante. Sumérgete en una atmósfera intrigante donde las ambiciones desmedidas y los secretos de Estado lo cambiaron todo.Con un tono sobrio y ... Read more

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Explora el misterio histórico de traición y poder que sepultó a dos jóvenes herederos reales en la Torre de Londres. Ideal para transformar tu trayecto diario en un viaje al corazón de la corte inglesa del siglo XV, esta narración desentraña un enigma fascinante. Sumérgete en una atmósfera intrigante donde las ambiciones desmedidas y los secretos de Estado lo cambiaron todo.Con un tono sobrio y
... Read more
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Die verlorenen Provinzen

Eine Geschichte des deutschen Ostens bis 1945

by Simon Wischhusen ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

Ostpreußen, Westpreußen und Danzig, Posen, Pommern, Ostbrandenburg und Schlesien: Über Jahrhunderte lebten hier Deutsche, Polen, Litauer, Kaschuben und Juden. Hier standen Ordensburgen und Hansestädte, hier wirkten Kopernikus und Kant, hier wüteten Kriege und Verbrechen. Das Jahr 1945 setzte einen Schlusspunkt. Dieses Hörbuch erzählt die Geschichte dieser Provinzen von den Anfängen bis zu diesem ... Read more

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Ostpreußen, Westpreußen und Danzig, Posen, Pommern, Ostbrandenburg und Schlesien: Über Jahrhunderte lebten hier Deutsche, Polen, Litauer, Kaschuben und Juden. Hier standen Ordensburgen und Hansestädte, hier wirkten Kopernikus und Kant, hier wüteten Kriege und Verbrechen. Das Jahr 1945 setzte einen Schlusspunkt. Dieses Hörbuch erzählt die Geschichte dieser Provinzen von den Anfängen bis zu diesem
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