When the first Dutch Calvinist settlers arrived in South Africa, they believed that they had been chosen by God to rule over the world. Their bloody and fervent saga would culminate three...
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Author: Lapierre, DominiqueSummary:Genre: History and geography, Social science
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Author: Durant, WillSummary:
This volume chronicles the history of ancient Greek civilization. Here Durant tells the whole story, from Crete's vast Aegean empire to the conquest of Greece by the Romans.
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Author: Durant, WillSummary:
This volume surveys the medieval achievements and modern significance of Christian, Islamic, and Judaic life and culture. It includes the dramatic stories of many fascinating historical figures....
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Author: Jackson, ShirleySummary:
"The Lottery," one of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, created a sensation when it was first published in the New Yorker. This collection unites "The Lottery" with twenty-four...
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Author: Durant, WillSummary:
This volume chronicles the history of European civilization from 1300 to 1564. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter the formation of early Protestantism, the rise of Humanism, and much...
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Author: Bova, BenSummary:
In the next century, the United States and Russia have joined forces to form the International Peacekeeping Force. The IPF is charged with controlling the satellite network and preventing nuclear...
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Author: Durant, Will, Durant, ArielSummary:
This volume chronicles the history of European civilization from 1648 to 1715. Listeners will encounter the tumultuous rule of the Louis XIV, the artists and leaders of England, the reign of Peter...
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Author: Bronny, SeverSummary:
This novel follows three friends as they navigate an ancient, abandoned castle, endure grueling training, challenge old mysteries, and learn that a bond forged in tragedy might just be the only...
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Author: Durant, Will, Durant, ArielSummary:
This volume centers on the passionate rebel--philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau condemned civilization as a disease, glorified the noble savage, and became the patron saint of the...
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Author: Bova, BenSummary:
In Ben Bova's New Earth, it was revealed to Jordan Kell that a deadly wave of radiation is headed toward Earth. Now, when Kell and his team return to Earth many years after their departure, he...
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Author: Durant, Will, Durant, ArielSummary:
This volume surveys the chain of events that wrenched Europe out of the Enlightenment and into the age of democracy. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter the French Revolution and its...
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Author: Delany, Samuel R.Summary:
Lorq von Ray is plenty willing to fly through the core of a recently imploded sun in order to obtain seven tons of Draco's most valuable natural resource. But, unknown to his crew, Lorq's quest is...
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Author: Rajchman, ChilSummary:
Originally written in Yiddish in 1945, Rajchman provides the only survivors' record of Treblinka.
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Author: Popoff, AlexandraSummary:
If Vasily Grossman's 1961 masterpiece, Life and Fate, had been published during his lifetime, it would have reached the world together with Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago and before Solzhenitsyn's...
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Author: Bova, BenSummary:
Humans have colonized all the worlds of the solar system. Now the tensions of a deep divide between the new worlds and the Earth are about to explode into open war.
Genre: Science fiction