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Author: Robert D. Kaplan |
Release Date: August 22, 2023
A stunning exploration of the Greater Middle East, where lasting stability has often seemed just out of reach but may hold the key to the shifting world order of the twenty-first century The Greater Middle East, which Robert D. Kaplan defines as...
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Author: Robert D. Kaplan | Narrator: Arthur Morey
Release Date: April 12, 2022
“[An] elegantly layered exploration of Europe’s past and future . . . a multifaceted masterpiece.”—The Wall Street Journal“A lovely, personal journey around the Adriatic, in which Robert Kaplan revisits places and people...
Author: Peter Frankopan | Narrator: Laurence Kennedy
Release Date: April 20, 2021
“This is history on a grand scale, with a sweep and ambition that is rare… A proper historical epic of dazzling range and achievement.” —William Dalrymple, The Guardian   The epic history of the crossroads...
Author: Will Hunt | Narrator: Will Hunt
Release Date: January 29, 2019
“[A] winningly obsessive history of our relationship with underground places” (The Guardian), from sacred caves and derelict subway stations to nuclear bunkers and ancient underground cities—an exploration of the history, scien...
Author: William Atkins | Narrator: Jonathan Cowley
Release Date: July 24, 2018
Winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year (UK)"William Atkins is an erudite writer with a wonderful wit and gaze and this is a new and exciting beast of a travel book."—Joy Williams  In the classic literary tradition of Bruce C...
Author: Tony Horwitz | Narrator: Tony Horwitz
Release Date: April 29, 2008
On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz makes an unsettling discovery. A history buff since early childhood, expensively educated at university—a history major, no less!—he’s reached middle age with a third-grader’s g...
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Author: Noah Adams | Narrator: Noah Adams
Release Date: March 20, 2001
With his sharp eye and gentle wit, Noah Adams doesn't just tell stories, he lets them unfold quietly, powerfully, and eloquently. Now the beloved host of NPR's All Things Considered and bestselling author of Piano Lessons takes us on a river journey ...
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