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Title: British Folk Magic

Subtitle: The History of Magical Practices Across Great Britain

Author: Charles River Editors, Sean MacLachlan

Narrator: Colin Fluxman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-16

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

Great Britain is an ancient land steeped in history and tradition. Its rolling countryside is dotted with prehistoric burial mounds and stone circles. Brooding castles hold tales of bloodshed and honor. Medieval churches have elaborate stained glass windows and gruesome carvings, reflecting a mixture of hope and darkness.

Through all of this runs a deep current of the practice of magic. Court magicians thrilled royal patrons with tales of communing with the dead in moldering graveyards, alchemists labored in hidden laboratories tried to turn base metals into gold, and in the countryside, local "cunning folk" mixed herbs and made incantations. These practices stand in contrast to high magic, including such occult arts as astrology, divination, necromancy, and alchemy, which required literacy, an extensive and expansive personal library, and a fair amount of education. As such, some magicians became important figures in the royal court, such as the famous John Dee, who practiced alchemy and wrote a dictionary documenting the language of angels. Most commoners were not literate and couldn't afford education or books, and thus their magic consisted of separate traditions and techniques that only occasionally overlapped with high magic.

Members Reviews:

A detailed introduction to British folk magic

the British Folk Magic: The History of Magical Practices across Great Britain e-book was very enlightening, I learned a lot about this subject. I learned the difference between "cunning folk" that used low magic and high magic which was primarily based on education. The book is primarily concerned with the folk magic of the illiterate population of Great Britain. Reading this book you will learn about love and fertile team magic, Witch bottles, Archbishop Dunbar's curse, the power of three, various cures for common ailments, and Holy Wells. All the stories are interesting though some of the cures for common ailments were revolting. Some of the traditions are so old that no one knows how or why the traditions were established. I really enjoyed this book.

A good general introduction to the subject of folklore and the ancient arts.

I think if you want to get some basic information on the subject of ancient British folklore,this is a great opportunity for you.I feel like I learned a great deal from this book and I will be looking for more on this topic.

This was a fun book that looks at the different ways people in ...

This was a fun book that looks at the different ways people in Britain were superstitious, and the ideas and things they came up with to help their daily lives, from sticking animal hearts in chimneys to chanting various phrases to help ward off witches.

British Folk Magic...learn about your ancestors beliefs.

I recommend British Folk Magic, so interesting and not long and drawn out. Loved it!

A Blending of Views

An interesting recap that reveals beliefs of the time.

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Title: A Brief History of the British Army

Author: Major Jock Haswell

Narrator: Ric Jerrom

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 09-15-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

The story of the British Army has many sides to it, being a tale of heroic successes and tragic failures, of dogged determination and drunken disorder.

It involves many of the most vital preoccupations in the history of the island - the struggle against continental domination by a single power, the battle for empire - and a cast of remarkable characters: Marlborough, Wellington and Montgomery among them.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Great read in good condition.

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Title: How to Be a Tudor

Subtitle: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Everyday Life

Author: Ruth Goodman

Narrator: Patience Tomlinson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-01-16

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

The Tudor era encompasses some of the greatest changes in our history. But while we know about the historical dramas of the times, what was life really like for a commoner?

To answer this question, the renowned 'method historian' Ruth Goodman has slept, washed and cooked as the Tudors did. She is your expert guide to this fascinating era, drawing on years of practical historical study to show how our ancestors coped with everyday life, from how they slept to how they courted.

Exploring how the Tudors learnt, danced and even sat and stood according to the latest fashion, she reveals what it all felt, smelt and tasted like, from morning until night.

Members Reviews:

Another Great Work by Ruth Goodman

What made the experience of listening to How to Be a Tudor the most enjoyable?

Patience Tomlinson does an excellent job narrating. This was best for times when I couldn't keep full attention on an audio book. If I missed a few words here and there I could still enjoy the experience.

What did you like best about this story?

This book is a collection of historical facts and Ms. Goodman's personal experiences trying to recreate Tudor life. So it's a fun mix of primary sources, historians data analysis, and her own anecdotal experiences on Tudor day to day life.

Any additional comments?

I love Ruth Goodman's work such as the BBC Historical farm series. So if you are already a fan then I think you would enjoy this audiobook.

Very good overall

What did you like most about How to Be a Tudor?

Interesting and thoroughly researched

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Any additional comments?

I found the book interesting but would have preferred more emphasis on general life and less on food. Although I suppose I should have expected this given the authors' background.

FULL OF INTERESING INFORMATION

I liked the book very much. I bought it not only because of an interesting theme but also because of te author, whom I consider to be a superb practical historian, spreading popularity of her subject among wide public. This book is full of information presented in a very readable/listenable form. It peeps into past people's lifes, both public and private, with some detailed descriptions of activities (cheese or clothes or ale making, for example) that are thus possible to be tried on your own, should you only wish to. I have to admit that some of these descriptions seemed too long and dragging for me, however it might be given by my particular taste. The narrator did a good job and I enjoyed listening to her a lot. I recommend this book for anybody interested in practical history.

BRILLIANT!

Fascinating insight into how we lived in Tudor times- And what we got up to !!!

Tudor Social History Brought To Life!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Anybody who is keen on history. Especially pupils who study the Tudor period in KS3. If the royal history of the period is the bones, births, deaths, marriages etc. Then this book, that shows life in the tudor period from waking in the morning, to going to bed at night, throughout the year is the meat! A succulent joint at that...

It tells in an interesting and informative way how all sections of Tudor society were born, lived and died.

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Title: A Macat Analysis of Georges Lefebvre's The Coming of the French Revolution

Author: Tom Stammers

Narrator: Macat.com

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-22-16

Publisher: Macat International Limited.

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

Georges Lefebvre's 1939 work The Coming of the French Revolution documents the collapse of the social order - and the monarchy - in France during the fateful year of 1789.

Based around a Marxist understanding of class struggle, Lefebvre sees the revolution not just as a political crisis, but also as an assault on inherited privilege and the social hierarchy. Ultimately, it succeeded because people at every level of society - from nobles and the elite bourgeois to peasants and the urban masses - found the will to defy the crown.

Lefebvre's book was later interpreted by some as simplistic and overly partisan, designed as a rallying call to his fellow countrymen to defend France's republican political system just as World War II was breaking out. Yet The Coming of The French Revolution is still important for anyone who wants to understand how historical analysis of the French Revolution evolved in the second half of the 20th century.

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Title: A Macat Analysis of Ian Kershaw's The "Hitler Myth": Image and Reality in the Third Reich

Author: Helen Roche

Narrator: Macat.com

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-19-16

Publisher: Macat International Limited.

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

First published in Germany in 1980, British historian Ian Kershaw's The "Hitler Myth" is recognized as one of the most important books ever written about Adolf Hitler and the Nazi State. Kershaw wanted to focus on what he called the "history of everyday life", and so investigated the attitude of the German public to Hitler at the time, rather than looking at the dictator from the perspective of those in positions of power. He was intrigued to find out how someone like Hitler could have become such a powerful figure during his rise, and why so many Germans appeared to permit the brutality of the Nazi regime.

Kershaw's work popularized the concept of the "Hitler myth" and his book was published in numerous editions and translated into many different languages. It has proved to be a useful tool for analyzing not only the Nazis, but also other movements or regimes with similar leadership cults, such as the Stalin-era Soviet Union.

Members Reviews:

Short, useless and exasperating

Don't bother with this book. It is a waste of time... To begin with, it is very short. And then much of what little time there is, is taken up by the narrator reading and re-reading the chapter titles and headings... Any information (and there is not much) is presented in generalities. And then the same information is often repeated again in the next chapter. It was just exasperating. I suggest you run from this one.

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Title: A Macat Analysis of Christopher Hill's The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution

Author: Harman Bhoghal, Liam Haydon

Narrator: Macat.com

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-30-16

Publisher: Macat International Limited.

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

English historian Christopher Hill turned thinking about the English Civil Wars (1642-51) on its head when he published The World Turned Upside Down in 1972. Instead of focusing on power struggles in the upper echelons of English society - on the battle between the monarchy and would-be republicans - Hill looked to develop "history from below", investigating the lives of ordinary people, the way they saw society, and their political hopes for the future. Hill uncovered dissent, unrest, and the desire for a fuller, permanent revolution in the social order. This desire for what ordinary people viewed as a fairer society was eventually squashed when the social elites were restored to their position of power.

A confirmed Marxist, Hill's interpretations of history have fallen out of favor with some in recent times. But The World Turned Upside Down remains arguably the best general history of popular radicalism of the time.

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Title: European History

Author: IntroBooks

Narrator: Tracy Tupman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-21-16

Publisher: IntroBooks

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

Europe's relationship with culture, even at the most basic level, dates back to at least 20,000 BCE. The Venus of Willedorf and the cave paintings of Altamira and Lascaux are examples of the presence of civilization in Europe thousands of years ago. By 5000 BC, evidence proves that areas of Europe had begun to show hierarchical societies and a firm agricultural background had been formed by many of these societies.

While a clear division of boundaries did not exist back then, the history of Europe if we go back to thousands of years ago, during the Neolithic age, can be mainly traced through their settlements and tools.

A strong political and social era did not emerge before the Roman and Byzantine period. Thus, Europe's history began to take form when the Roman's empire rose to its glory. Europe has undoubtedly seen different periods of settlement before the Roman Empire as well, but evidence, clear dates and archaeology is at its minimal during these periods.

While many people completely believe that history is somewhat similar to storytelling, the only thing that makes a difference is the presence of facts and evidence when it comes to history. Every historian has to comb through each fact closely before choosing what actually happened from what is being purported as may have happened.

The facts of European history have been put together in this book. The chapters are named primarily after an event that may have been the most prominent one during a period, but every chapter will cover more than just that event. It will cover the things that led to the event and the ones after the event as well.

Members Reviews:

The quality of the content is also good. The author has explained various events in a ...

This book offers complete understanding of European History and fundamentals. The quality of the content is also good. The author has explained various events in a simple way that makes our learning easier. If you are a history student, you should really go for this in order to get knowledge about different facts and events of European culture.

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Título: La Guerra de los Cristeros: La lucha entre el poder y la religión [The Cristero War: The Struggle Between Power and Religion]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 36 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 06-20-16

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Calificaciones: 3 de 5 de 1 votos

Categorías: History, European

Resumen del editor:

Fue una terrible lucha armada librada entre el gobierno mexicano y la Iglesia Católica entre 1926 y 1929. Durante esta, se produjeron severos enfrentamientos entre el gobierno de los presidentes Plutarco Elías Calles, y el de su sucesor, Emilio Portes Gil, contra numerosos grupos de laicos, presbíteros y religiosos, contrarios a las políticas que buscaban restringir la autonomía eclesiástica.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

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Título: La Guerra judeo romana: El desarrollo de las tres guerras [The Roman-Jewish War: The Development of the Three Wars]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 25 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 06-20-16

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Categorías: History, European

Resumen del editor:

La larga pugna entre el naciente Estado Judío de comienzos de la era cristiana, y la opresión de sus conquistadores, los romanos, en este audiolibro que pretende rescatar los momentos más álgido de estas guerras. Por las consecuencias de estos hechos, su escucha resulta imprescindible.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

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Título: El Siglo de Oro Español: La época dorada de la cultur [The Spanish Golden Age: The Golden Age of Culture]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 1 hr and 10 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 06-14-16

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Categorías: History, European

Resumen del editor:

Un audiolibro de profundo valor histórico, que Usted no puede perderse. El llamado 'Siglo de Oro', entendido como la época clásica o de apogeo de la cultura española, comprenden esencialmente el Renacimiento del siglo XVI y el Barroco del siglo XVII, tiempo en el que figuras como Lope de Vega, Góngora y Argote, Quevedo, Cervantes y muchos más, dieron a su patria un lugar dirigente y esencial.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.