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CIA, The: The History and Legacy of the Central Intelligence Agency

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Bill Hare ...

Unabridged

4 hours 11 min

In time, all the hard work led to the growth of the OSS into an organization with over 13,000 staff and 40 offices scattered across the world. Its purposes were initially similar to that of Britain’s Special Operations Executive, including espionage, sabotage, and intelligence assessments, but with time and experience, it expanded to include economic, psychological, and guerrilla warfare, as well ... Read more

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In time, all the hard work led to the growth of the OSS into an organization with over 13,000 staff and 40 offices scattered across the world. Its purposes were initially similar to that of Britain’s Special Operations Executive, including espionage, sabotage, and intelligence assessments, but with time and experience, it expanded to include economic, psychological, and guerrilla warfare, as well
... Read more
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Cinco de Mayo: The History of the Battle of Puebla and the Famous Holiday

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Bill Hare ...

Unabridged

1 hour 38 min

“We are so superior to the Mexicans in race, in organization, in discipline, in morality and in elevation of feeling, that I beg your Excellency to be so good as to inform the emperor that I am already master of Mexico.” - French General Charles de Lorencez before the Battle of PueblaThere are two great misconceptions about Cinco de Mayo in the United States, despite the fact it has become one of ... Read more

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“We are so superior to the Mexicans in race, in organization, in discipline, in morality and in elevation of feeling, that I beg your Excellency to be so good as to inform the emperor that I am already master of Mexico.” - French General Charles de Lorencez before the Battle of PueblaThere are two great misconceptions about Cinco de Mayo in the United States, despite the fact it has become one of
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Biggest Tank Battles of World War II, The: The History of the Most Decisive Tank Encounters between the Allies and Axis

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Bill Caufield ...

Unabridged

5 hours 11 min

The tank was first developed by the British and French during World War I as a means to break the deadlock on the Western Front. More so than any previous war, the balance of power lay with the defense, as machine guns, trenches, bunkers, barbed wire, and rapid-firing rifles all made frontal assaults on established positions prohibitively costly. In the closing months of the war, the tank ... Read more

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The tank was first developed by the British and French during World War I as a means to break the deadlock on the Western Front. More so than any previous war, the balance of power lay with the defense, as machine guns, trenches, bunkers, barbed wire, and rapid-firing rifles all made frontal assaults on established positions prohibitively costly. In the closing months of the war, the tank
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Civil Wars of the Late Roman Republic, The: The History of the Conflicts that Made Sulla and Caesar the Dictators of Rome

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Bill Caufield ...

Unabridged

6 hours

Julius Caesar is still remembered for winning a civil war and helping bring about the end of the Roman Republic, leaving a line of emperors in its place, but it’s quite possible that none of what Caesar did would’ve happened without the template for such actions being set 40 years earlier. At the time, when Caesar was in his teens, war was being waged both on the Italian peninsula and abroad, with ... Read more

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Julius Caesar is still remembered for winning a civil war and helping bring about the end of the Roman Republic, leaving a line of emperors in its place, but it’s quite possible that none of what Caesar did would’ve happened without the template for such actions being set 40 years earlier. At the time, when Caesar was in his teens, war was being waged both on the Italian peninsula and abroad, with
... Read more
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Crusading against Christians: The History and Legacy of the Catholic Church’s Crusades against Other Christians during the Middle Ages

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Narrated by Bill Caufield ...

Unabridged

5 hours 44 min

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, when Western Europe was governed by a Germanic warrior-caste, the theory of a just and virtuous war took root. The Roman Church enhanced its authority by sanctifying oaths taken for just military purposes, and Bishop Anselm of Lucca (d. 1086) was the first to suggest that military action for the cause of religion could remit sin. At ... Read more

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After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, when Western Europe was governed by a Germanic warrior-caste, the theory of a just and virtuous war took root. The Roman Church enhanced its authority by sanctifying oaths taken for just military purposes, and Bishop Anselm of Lucca (d. 1086) was the first to suggest that military action for the cause of religion could remit sin. At
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Railroad Robber Barons, The: The Lives of the Magnates Who Dominated America’s Rail Industry in the 19th Century

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Bill Caufield ...

Unabridged

5 hours 33 min

The Gilded Age and the dawn of the 20th century are often remembered as an era full of monopolies, trusts, and economic giants in heavy industries like oil and steel. Men like Andrew Carnegie built empires like Carnegie Steel, and financiers like J.P. Morgan merged and consolidated them. The era also made names like Astor, Cooke, and Vanderbilt instantly recognizable across the globe. Over time, ... Read more

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The Gilded Age and the dawn of the 20th century are often remembered as an era full of monopolies, trusts, and economic giants in heavy industries like oil and steel. Men like Andrew Carnegie built empires like Carnegie Steel, and financiers like J.P. Morgan merged and consolidated them. The era also made names like Astor, Cooke, and Vanderbilt instantly recognizable across the globe. Over time,
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Huitzilopochtli: The History of the Aztec God of War and Human Sacrifice

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Bill Hare ...

Unabridged

1 hour 59 min

As archaeologists quickly learned, there are numerous temples dedicated to gods all across Mesoamerica, from the Olmec and Toltec to the Aztec and Maya. Furthermore, thousands of people still gather in the ruins of Mesoamerican cities, even as researchers learn more about the civilizations that continue to fascinate modern societies.To the Aztec, Huitzilopochtli wore a blue-green hummingbird ... Read more

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As archaeologists quickly learned, there are numerous temples dedicated to gods all across Mesoamerica, from the Olmec and Toltec to the Aztec and Maya. Furthermore, thousands of people still gather in the ruins of Mesoamerican cities, even as researchers learn more about the civilizations that continue to fascinate modern societies.To the Aztec, Huitzilopochtli wore a blue-green hummingbird
... Read more
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Occupation and Liberation of France during World War II, The: The History of the Decisive Campaigns in 1940 and 1944

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Bill Caufield ...

Unabridged

3 hours 31 min

One of the most famous people in the world came to tour the city of Paris for the first time on June 28, 1940. Over the next three hours, he rode through the city’s streets, stopping to tour L’Opéra Paris. He rode down the Champs-Élysées toward the Trocadero and the Eiffel Tower, where he had his picture taken. After passing through the Arc de Triomphe, he toured the Pantheon and old medieval ... Read more

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One of the most famous people in the world came to tour the city of Paris for the first time on June 28, 1940. Over the next three hours, he rode through the city’s streets, stopping to tour L’Opéra Paris. He rode down the Champs-Élysées toward the Trocadero and the Eiffel Tower, where he had his picture taken. After passing through the Arc de Triomphe, he toured the Pantheon and old medieval
... Read more
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La Brea Tar Pits, The: The History and Legacy of One of the World’s Most Famous Fossil Sites

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Bill Hare ...

Unabridged

1 hour 30 min

Even at a distance, the acrid stench of asphalt and sulfur singes the hairs of people’s nostrils, and when the blustering winds subside, the potent miasma lingers in the air. To the untrained eye, the La Brea Tar Pits seem to be nothing more than simply pools of thick, viscous black sludge, its obsidian-like surface bestrewn with an assortment of autumn leaves and dirt. Gooey methane bubbles spurt ... Read more

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Even at a distance, the acrid stench of asphalt and sulfur singes the hairs of people’s nostrils, and when the blustering winds subside, the potent miasma lingers in the air. To the untrained eye, the La Brea Tar Pits seem to be nothing more than simply pools of thick, viscous black sludge, its obsidian-like surface bestrewn with an assortment of autumn leaves and dirt. Gooey methane bubbles spurt
... Read more
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Ty Cobb: The Life and Legacy of the Player Who Set the Most Major League Baseball Records

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Bill Hare ...

Unabridged

1 hour 17 min

"I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me, but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch." – Ty Cobb"Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit." – Babe RuthAs one of America’s oldest and most beloved sports, baseball has long been touted as the national pastime, but of all the millions of people who have played it over the last few centuries, ... Read more

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"I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me, but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch." – Ty Cobb"Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit." – Babe RuthAs one of America’s oldest and most beloved sports, baseball has long been touted as the national pastime, but of all the millions of people who have played it over the last few centuries,
... Read more
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NASA’s Space Race Programs: The History and Legacy of NASA Missions in the 1950s and 1960s

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Bill Caufield ...

Unabridged

8 hours 15 min

Today the Space Race is widely viewed poignantly and fondly as a race to the Moon that culminated with Apollo 11 “winning” the Race for the United States. In fact, it encompassed a much broader range of competition between the Soviet Union and the United States that affected everything from military technology to successfully launching satellites that could land on Mars or orbit other planets in ... Read more

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Today the Space Race is widely viewed poignantly and fondly as a race to the Moon that culminated with Apollo 11 “winning” the Race for the United States. In fact, it encompassed a much broader range of competition between the Soviet Union and the United States that affected everything from military technology to successfully launching satellites that could land on Mars or orbit other planets in
... Read more
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Gunpowder and the Printing Press: The History and Legacy of the Inventions that Modernized Europe

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Bill Caufield ...

Unabridged

3 hours 15 min

In addition to the wheelbarrow, the seismograph, the waterwheel, deep drilling, suspension bridges, and ship rudders, among countless other life-changing contraptions, the Chinese developed what were later dubbed the “Four Great Inventions of China.” Two of those were gunpowder and printing, which both spread through South Asia and the Middle East before making it to Europe.For a time, gunpowder ... Read more

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In addition to the wheelbarrow, the seismograph, the waterwheel, deep drilling, suspension bridges, and ship rudders, among countless other life-changing contraptions, the Chinese developed what were later dubbed the “Four Great Inventions of China.” Two of those were gunpowder and printing, which both spread through South Asia and the Middle East before making it to Europe.For a time, gunpowder
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CIA, The: The History and Legacy of the Central Intelligence Agency

Cinco de Mayo: The History of the Battle of Puebla and the Famous Holiday

Biggest Tank Battles of World War II, The: The History of the Most Decisive Tank Encounters between the Allies and Axis

Civil Wars of the Late Roman Republic, The: The History of the Conflicts that Made Sulla and Caesar the Dictators of Rome

Crusading against Christians: The History and Legacy of the Catholic Church’s Crusades against Other Christians during the Middle Ages

Railroad Robber Barons, The: The Lives of the Magnates Who Dominated America’s Rail Industry in the 19th Century

Huitzilopochtli: The History of the Aztec God of War and Human Sacrifice

Occupation and Liberation of France during World War II, The: The History of the Decisive Campaigns in 1940 and 1944

La Brea Tar Pits, The: The History and Legacy of One of the World’s Most Famous Fossil Sites

Ty Cobb: The Life and Legacy of the Player Who Set the Most Major League Baseball Records

NASA’s Space Race Programs: The History and Legacy of NASA Missions in the 1950s and 1960s

Gunpowder and the Printing Press: The History and Legacy of the Inventions that Modernized Europe

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