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Title: War, States, and Contention

Subtitle: A Comparative Historical Study

Author: Sidney Tarrow

Narrator: Greg Tremblay

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-09-16

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Genres: History, Military

Publisher's Summary:

For the last two decades, Sidney Tarrow has explored "contentious politics" - disruptions of the settled political order caused by social movements. These disruptions range from strikes and street protests to riots and civil disobedience to revolution. In War, States, and Contention, Tarrow shows how such movements sometimes trigger, animate, and guide the course of war and how they sometimes rise during war and in war's wake to change regimes or even overthrow states.

In the 21st century, movements are becoming transnational, and globalization and internationalization are moving war beyond conflict between states. The radically new phenomenon is not that movements make war against states but that states make war against movements. Tarrow finds this an especially troublesome development in recent US history. He argues that that the United States is in danger of abandoning the devotion to rights it had expanded through two centuries of struggle and that Americans are now institutionalizing as a "new normal" the abuse of rights in the name of national security. He expands this hypothesis to the global level through what he calls "the international state of emergency."

Critic Reviews:

"War, States, and Contention is a necessary book for any serious discussion of our global future." (John R. Hall, University of California, Davis)

"Sidney Tarrow breaks important new ground."(David Cole, Georgetown University Law Center)

"An intellectually ambitious and deeply passionate book that ranges widely across time and space. It is a remarkable book." (Ronald R. Krebs, University of Minnesota)

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Title: Learn and Understand Theory of War

Author: IntroBooks

Narrator: Andrea Giordani

Format: Unabridged

Length: 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-06-16

Publisher: IntroBooks

Genres: History, Military

Publisher's Summary:

The following course, "theory of war", is a bit complex to understand, yet all the efforts have been made to make is easy to comprehend. It comprises of several chapters which talks on the following topics:

Listen to the course and discover the topic yourself!

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Title: O scurt istorie a românilor povestit celor tineri 1 - 10

Author: Neagu Djuvara

Narrator: Neagu Djuvara

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-16

Publisher: Humanitas

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

Editia integrala in varianta audio a volumului O scurta istorie a romanilor povestita celor tineri de Neagu Djuvara, in lectura autorului.

Autor al unor erudite studii de istorie si filozofia istoriei, premiat de Academia Franceza, profesorul Neagu Djuvara lasa la o parte tonul academic pentru a le povesti tinerilor - si celor mai putin tineri - istoria Romaniei. Cele audiobook prezinta intr-un mod sintetic si original momentele-cheie din trecutul nostru, fara tabuuri sau prejudecati, scotand la lumina intamplari mai putin cunoscute, dar revelatoare.

Please note: This audiobook is in Romanian.

©1999 Humanitas (P)2008 Humanitas

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Title: The Invention of Science

Subtitle: A New History of the Scientific Revolution

Author: David Wootton

Narrator: James Langton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-19-16

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 75 votes

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

A groundbreaking examination of the greatest event in history, the Scientific Revolution, and how it came to change the way we understand ourselves and our world.

We live in a world transformed by scientific discovery. Yet today science and its practitioners have come under political attack. In this fascinating history spanning continents and centuries, historian David Wootton offers a lively defense of science, revealing why the Scientific Revolution was truly the greatest event in our history.

The Invention of Science goes back 500 years in time to chronicle this crucial transformation, exploring the factors that led to its birth and the people who made it happen. Wootton argues that the Scientific Revolution was actually five separate yet concurrent events that developed independently but came to intersect and create a new worldview. Here are the brilliant iconoclasts - Galileo, Copernicus, Brahe, Newton, and many more curious minds from across Europe - whose studies of the natural world challenged centuries of religious orthodoxy and ingrained superstition.

From gunpowder technology, the discovery of the new world, movable type printing, perspective painting, and the telescope to the practice of conducting experiments, the laws of nature, and the concept of the fact, Wootton shows how these discoveries codified into a social construct and a system of knowledge ideas of truth, knowledge, progress. Ultimately he makes clear the link between scientific discovery and the rise of industrialization - and the birth of the modern world we know.

Members Reviews:

A Good Read Spoiled

I read the printed book shortly after it was released on trade paperback and was excited to see it on Audible.com a few months ago and put it on my list. That was a big mistake. After hearing 'Aristotlian' incorrectly as if it were two names, Aristotle Ian, I was forced to abandon it because it kept spiking my BP to levels dangerous for a man of my age and health. That is not the only horrendous mispronounciation, either. The title of the paradigm shifting Principia of Isaac Newton was equally disturbing to me. Perhaps I am a tad too sensitive about such things but I had to quit listening so as to increase the chances of me living at least long enough to purchase a new title.

New Postmodern Historiography of History o Science

Highly recommended textbook on Historiography of Scientific Thinking & Dialogue with Posmodern Turn in History.

Mind Numbing

Grindingly pedantic, clangingly anglocentric, a PhD thesis written to be read by history grad students. Wooten is proud to display a wide and shallow understanding of actual scientific principles. Then compensates by counting words in ancient manuscripts like Antonin Scalia on a meth bender.

Tedious, dryly academic

Would you try another book from David Wootton and/or James Langton?

I'd be very careful about trying another book from Wooton.

Has The Invention of Science turned you off from other books in this genre?

No, I'm happy to read other history books on science.

What character would you cut from The Invention of Science?

The author. He's there too much, lecturing us on every detail.

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Title: General Order Eleven, 1863

Subtitle: The Missouri Reprisal

Author: Meredith I. Anderson

Narrator: Alan Sisto

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-11-16

Publisher: Meredith I. Anderson

Genres: History, Military

Publisher's Summary:

The American Civil War, one of the most violent wars ever fought, started in reality in 1850, when the Compromise of 1850 deposed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and made "Popular Vote", by which the decision would be made, to designate a state free or slave. Kansas became the test, northerners and southerners both pour into the territory, voting to make that new state what either side preferred. Soon, bands of armed men rode through Kansas, some from the anti-slavery north, the Red Legs and Jayhawkers. Other bands, representing the pro-slavery point of view rode in from Missouri, these border ruffians, soon to become known as bushwhackers, like the red legs, killed and burned out people with an opposite point of view or loyalty.

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Title: Safe Place of Shells: Memories of Abdo Reza Alboghobeish [Persian Edition]

Author: Javad Kamvar Bakhshayesh, Abdo Reza Alboghobeish

Narrator: Mahyar Sattari

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-25-16

Publisher: H&S Media

Genres: History, Military

Publisher's Summary:

Memories of Abdo Reza Alboghobeish from the Iran-Iraq war, compiled by Javad Kamvar Bakhshayesh. This book is published in the Persian language by Soore Mehr Publication in Iran.

Please note: This audiobook is in Persian.

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Title: Boy Soldiers of the Great War

Author: Richard van Emden

Narrator: John Telfer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-23-16

Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, Military

Publisher's Summary:

The youngest soldier who fought in the Great War is believed to have been just 12 years old. Many thousands of other boys are known to have faked eye tests, inflated their small chests and stood on tiptoes to bluff their way into a war of unforeseen horror. How and why so many under-aged boys were able to get to the battlefields is a complex mystery of World War I, and until Richard van Emden's classic account, largely unexplored. Boy Soldiers of the Great War tells for the first time the incredible stories of the boys who went to fight for their country. Richard van Emden, having amassed a unique collection of personal testimonies and hitherto unpublished diaries and letters, brings to life their stories of heroism and sacrifice. This edition has been completely revised and updated.

Members Reviews:

super BOOK

If you could sum up Boy Soldiers of the Great War in three words, what would they be?

I cannot forget to his book it is poignant. Every one should read this book ,it just goes to show how how important those young heroes were.

What did you like best about this story?

the sympathetic way this book was written this book was well researched.

What about John Telfers performance did you like?

wonderful performance.

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Title: Dear Folks: Long-Lost Letters from a World War II Officer

Author: R.A. Schwartzman

Narrator: Karen-Eileen Gordon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-23-16

Publisher: R.A. Schwartzman

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, Military

Publisher's Summary:

Journey back in time to the 1930s, '40s, and '50s with United States military officer Ellis Gordon as his recently discovered in a shoebox letters to loved ones are brought to life. US Coast Guard captain Gordon's engineering work was crucial to establishing the LORAN (long-range navigation) towers that helped the Allies to achieve victory in World War II. In addition to transmitting a marvelous authentic voice from the past, these letters remind us all of the eternal importance of love, family, and connection.

Members Reviews:

Dear Folks

This audiobook was given by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Boom.

Dear Folks: Long-Lost Letters from a World War II Officer

: R.A. Schwartzman

This collection of letters from the 40's and 50's reminded me of communication between family when I was a child. Letter writing was a true art form that has been lost in this age of instant communication. This is an excellent way to spend an afternoon.

The narration was well done.The characters were well portrayed.

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Title: The Miracle of Normandy

Author: Alex Gerlis

Narrator: Nicholas Camm

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-03-15

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

D-Day marked the start of the Battle for Normandy, which in turn led to the liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe and the defeat of Germany. Although it is seen as an unqualified success, the Battle for Normandy was a much more closely fought affair.

It wasnt until the 1970s that details of the Allies' top-secret and audacious deception plan emerged.

Critic Reviews:

"Fascinating read." (Gavin Esler, broadcaster and author of A Scandalous Man)

Members Reviews:

Just right: heard as audio book

I I heard as audiobook and it was quite interesting. It was a good complement to an hour video documentary on Battle of Nirmandy I found on YouTube

Must-read for WWII history buffs

Horrific invasion losses on the June 6, 1944 Normandy beaches but without the allied trickery, deception, Hitler's ago, foul weather and superb planning... the outcome would have been disastrous. Book is well researched and told in fascinating style.

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Title: The Nazi Hunters

Author: Damien Lewis

Narrator: Leighton Pugh

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-15

Publisher: Quercus

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

The Nazi Hunters is the incredible, hitherto untold story of the most secret chapter in the SAS' history. Officially, the world's most elite special forces unit was dissolved at the end of the Second World War and not reactivated until the 1950s.

Among their last actions was a disastrous commando raid into occupied France in 1944, which ended in the capture, torture and execution of 31 soldiers. It can now be revealed that the SAS never was dissolved: it lived on, commanded personally by Churchill and hidden even from the British government.

They were tasked with hunting through the ruins of the Reich for the SS commanders responsible for the murder of their comrades, including many who had escaped the failed justice of the Nuremberg trials. Along the way they discovered before anyone else the full horror of Hitler's regime and the growing threat from Stalin's Russia.

Still studied by the SAS today and a central part of their founding myth, the story of the Nazi hunters is now told by best-selling author Damien Lewis.

Members Reviews:

Could not stop listening to this story about these brace men and women's fight for our freedom.

A must read for any WW2 interested person with a interest in special operations.

Best regards,

Lars P. Hansen

Fascinating story

This was a most intriguing story and makes me want to hear more about this period in history

nazi hunters

A bloody good listen content and speech first rate. I had no idea this had happened, what brave souls they were.

Fascinating true story

Would you consider the audio edition of The Nazi Hunters to be better than the print version?

I have not read the book but did enjoy the narration.

Who was your favorite character and why?

You cannot really have a favourite character as there are some many brave men in this.

Which character as performed by Leighton Pugh was your favourite?

Just the general narration which was very gripping and poignant.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I think you cannot fail to be moved when any part deals with the German atrocities whether singular or plural.

excellent.

loved it,no braver men than op loyton sas.let down by government after ninteen forty five (same old story)