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    • By: Sun Tzu
    • Narrated by: Aidan Gillen
    • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
    • Release date: 31-03-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5,914 ratings
    • The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu....

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    • By: Edward Said
    • Narrated by: Peter Ganim
    • Length: 19 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 31-12-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 193 ratings
    • This landmark book, first published in 1978, remains one of the most influential books in the Social Sciences, particularly Ethnic Studies and Postcolonialism....

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    • A Deep History of the Earliest States
    • By: James C. Scott
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 21-02-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 127 ratings
    • Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains and governed by precursors of today's states? Find out....

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    • Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
    • By: Andrei Lankov
    • Narrated by: Steven Roy Grimsley
    • Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 09-05-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 224 ratings
    • Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been....

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    • The Ancient World Economy and the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia and Han China
    • By: Raoul McLaughlin
    • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
    • Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 18-09-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes investigates the trade routes between Rome and the powerful empires of inner Asia, including the Parthian regime which ruled ancient Persia (Iran)....

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    • Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors
    • By: Daniel Tudor, James Pearson
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 03-04-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
    • North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The country's 24 million people live under a violent dictatorship led by a single family, which relentlessly pursues the development of nuclear arms....

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    • By: Craig Benjamin, The Great Courses
    • Narrated by: Professor Craig Benjamin
    • Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 19-06-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 133 ratings
    • In 24 half-hour lectures delivered by award-winning teacher and historian Craig Benjamin of Grand Valley State University, explore the paradox of the Mongols’ extreme barbarity combined with their enlightened religious attitudes and respect for high civilization....

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    • A Modern History
    • By: Abbas Amanat
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 41 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 07-08-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 79 ratings
    • This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years....

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    • The Stories, Folklore, Fairy Tales, Folktales, and History of Korea
    • By: William Elliot Griffis, Im Bang, Yi Ryuk, Horace Newton Allen
    • Narrated by: James Francis Markert
    • Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 10-11-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Dive deep into the enchanting world of Korean mythology with this comprehensive collection that brings together three classic works on Korea's rich tapestry of tales, legends, and folklore. Whether you're a lover of mythology or otherwise, this collection offers a treasure trove of stories....

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    • By: Colin Thubron
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
    • Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 15-08-07
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 136 ratings
    • Colin Thubron undertakes a journey along the greatest land route on earth: the Silk Road....

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    • The Afghans Who Risked Everything to Fight the Taliban
    • By: Larisa Brown
    • Narrated by: Olivia Dowd
    • Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 31-08-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • The sudden withdrawal of British and American troops from Afghanistan in 2021, ended the 20 year war on terror, yet it also left Afghanistan to be reconquered by the Taliban....

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    • The US Air Force in Korea, 1950-53
    • By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
    • Narrated by: David de Vries
    • Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 19-11-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 26 ratings
    • In addition to the aerial combat over MiG Alley, this title covers the full range of US Air Force activities over Korea, including the failed strategic bombing campaign and the escalating nuclear threat. Incorporating first-hand accounts from those involved, both US and Soviet....

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    • How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
    • By: Jack Weatherford
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 16-02-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 70 ratings
    • The Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the greatest empire the world has ever known. Yet sometime near the end of the century, censors cut a section from The Secret History of the Mongols, leaving a single tantalizing quote from Genghis Khan: “Let us reward our female offspring”....

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    • The Classic Korean War History
    • By: T. R. Fehrenbach
    • Narrated by: Kevin Foley
    • Length: 24 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 26-07-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 26 ratings
    • A monumental study of the Korean conflict that began in June 1950. Successive generations of U.S. military officers have considered this book an indispensable part of their education....

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    • The Impossible Country
    • By: Daniel Tudor
    • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
    • Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 25-09-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
    • South Korea's amazing rise from the ashes: the inside story of an economic, political, and cultural phenomenon....

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    • By: Arthur Wiknik Jr.
    • Narrated by: Todd McLaren
    • Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 15-05-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 101 ratings
    • An honest tour of the Vietnam War from the soldier's eye view... Nam-Sense is the brilliantly written story of a combat squad leader in the 101st Airborne Division. Arthur Wiknik was a 19-year-old kid from New England when he was drafted into the US Army in 1968....

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    • Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955
    • By: Ronald H. Spector
    • Narrated by: BJ Harrison
    • Length: 24 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 18-10-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • With A Continent Erupts, acclaimed military historian Ronald H. Spector draws on letters, diaries, and international archives to provide a comprehensive military history and analysis of these little-known but decisive events....

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    • How the Mongols Changed the World
    • By: Marie Favereau
    • Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
    • Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 14-09-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • Favereau takes us inside one of the most powerful sources of cross-border integration in world history. The Horde was the central node in the Eurasian commercial boom of the 13th and 14th centuries and was a conduit for exchanges across thousands of miles....

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