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Title: History of Japan

Author: Chase Bailey

Narrator: Sean Lenhart

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-13-16

Publisher: Chase Bailey

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

Human habitation in the Japanese archipelago can be traced back to prehistoric times. The Jmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi in the first millennium BC, when new technologies were introduced from continental Asia. During this period, in the first century AD, the first known written reference to Japan was recorded in the Chinese Book of Han. Between the third century and the eighth century, Japan's many kingdoms and tribes gradually came to be unified under a centralized government, nominally controlled by the emperor. The imperial dynasty established at this time continues to reign over Japan to this day. In 794, a new imperial capital was established at Heian-ky (modern Kyoto), marking the beginning of the Heian period, which lasted until 1185. The Heian period is considered a golden age of classical Japanese culture. Japanese religious life from this time and onwards was a mix of Buddhism and native religious practices known as Shinto.

Over the following centuries the power of the emperor and the imperial court gradually declined and passed to the military clans and their armies of samurai warriors. The Minamoto clan under Minamoto no Yoritomo emerged victorious from the Genpei War of 118085. After seizing power, Yoritomo set up his capital in Kamakura and took the title of shogun. In 1274 and 1281, the Kamakura shogunate withstood two Mongol invasions, but in 1333 it was toppled by a rival claimant to the shogunate, ushering in the Muromachi period. During the Muromachi period regional warlords known as daimy grew in power at the expense of the shogun. Eventually, Japan descended into a period of civil war. Over the course of the late sixteenth century, Japan was reunified under the leadership of the daimy Oda Nobunaga and his successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed shogun by the emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (16001868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world.

The American Perry Expedition in 1853-54 ended Japan's seclusion; this in turn contributed to the fall of the shogunate and the return of power to the emperor in 1868. The new national leadership of the following Meiji period transformed their isolated, underdeveloped island country into an empire that closely followed western models and became a world power. Although democracy developed and modern civilian culture prospered during the Taish period (191226), Japan's powerful military had great autonomy and overruled Japan's civilian leaders in the 1920s and 1930s. The military invaded Manchuria in 1931, and from 1937 the conflict escalated into a prolonged war with China. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 led to war with the United States and its allies. Japan's forces soon became overextended, but the military held out in spite of Allied air attacks that inflicted severe damage on population centers. Japan's unconditional surrender on 14 August 1945 followed the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet invasion of Manchuria.

The Allies occupied Japan until 1952, during which a new constitution was enacted in 1947 that transformed Japan into a parliamentary monarchy.

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Title: Modern History in 50 Events

Subtitle: From the Industrial Revolution to the Present

Author: James Weber

Narrator: Kevin Theis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-04-16

Publisher: James Weber

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

Do you want to know how modern life got to where it is today? Hear about the 50 most important events in modern history, from the Industrial Revolution to the present day. This book is perfect for history lovers. Author James Weber did the research and compiled this huge list of events that changed the course of history forever. Some of them include:

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Members Reviews:

Book is rich in History

I love history and love what it took our fore fathers to be where we are. This book is rich with history and give us a great and wide understanding on industrial understanding. It is awesome to know how we have come, step by step to where we are. The 5 events are well written and create a good picture of how these events unfolded. Great History, thanks to James Weber.

You must read it

Here you can find the most important event to change the world, industrial word.

I find this book very very interesting and very important for my personal knowledge.

This book is write with a lot of details. Nothing has been released.

I recommend it, even just to brush up a bit 'of history in an interesting way

Brief but very informative!

If you love history in any events, this book is specially written for you. It has helpful brief history in every important events that happened. It was brief but, the whole content is intact with just a shorter version. Any historian or for those who are just starting to read history books this one is a must read.

It's ok--I would get another concise sourced in the future

Jumped over and sped through some very important historical events, but it's an outline, so it served its purpose.

Short easy to read summary of 50 events in Modern History.

Short and succinct review of 50 historical events of Modern History. Selecting 50 events that affected Modern history from the industrial revolution can be up for debate, I think the writer selected a wide spread of events that helped to change the world during this time. The event descriptions are not overly in depth and will not get you bogged down in details, however it does give an overview of the events and you can always then research the events that interested you more. Overall a good short read highlighting events that shape our world.

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Title: Today in History: August 23, 2016

Author: Camille Bohannon

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 08-23-16

Publisher: The Associated Press

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

Nazis and Soviets sign a non-aggression pact on eve of World War II; Sacco and Vanzetti executed; Defrocked priest John Geoghan killed; Movie star Rudolph Valentino and Broadway's Oscar Hammerstein die. (Aug. 23)

©2015 Associated Press (P)2015 Associated Press

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Title: The Teachings of Ptahhotep: The Original Ten Commandments

Author: unknown unknown

Narrator: Brittany Starr

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-26-16

Publisher: Brittany Starr

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

Ptahhotep was a vizier in ancient Egypt who was known for his influential wisdom literature. The teachings in this book emphasize the importance of humility, faithfulness to one's own duties, and that silence really can be golden. One of the major reasons why this book is so interesting is because it shows that Black people actually wrote in that time period. Furthermore, these teachings were originally written in hieroglyphics, which demonstrates the fact that we had our own writing style and language as well. In addition, this proves that there are written records showing how civilized and accommodating to one another Black people were since the beginning of time. The teachings of Ptahhotep are what I like to call the original 10 commandments.

Members Reviews:

Wow.... very interesting

Wow, I am blown away. This reminds me of reading the Proverbs, I can see where a lot of information was derived from.

Great Teachings from a Great Ancestor

This is a wonderful book! Ptah-Hotep's teachings are great even now, thousands of years later. It is especially good for young men to read and memorize. And the sister who read the Audible version did a great job! Amen!

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Título: La Guerra de emancipación de Cuba de 1898 [The Cuban War of Emancipation of 1898]

Subtitular: El desastre del 98 [The Disaster of 98]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 45 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 06-17-16

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Calificaciones: 2 de 5 de 1 votos

Categorías: History, World

Resumen del editor:

Para finales del siglo XIX, el momento de la rebelión para Cuba había llegado. Luego de tres siglos de dominación española, y dos décadas de influencia norteamericana, el pueblo de la isla unía sus fuerzas en secreto, previendo la forma de alcanzar la libertad. A comienzos del siglo XX, esta historia llegaría a su final.

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Título: La Independencia de Argentina: El grito de libertad argentino [The Independence of Argentina: The Argentine Cry of Freedom]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 36 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 06-15-16

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Calificaciones: 3 de 5 de 2 votos

Categorías: History, World

Resumen del editor:

Tras tres siglos ininterrumpidos de dominio español, la América Latina anhelaba la independencia definitiva de sus pueblos. La Argentina, en ese entonces perteneciente al Virreinato de La Plata, hacia comienzos del siglo XIX clamaba por libertad. En la aventura del Libertador José de San Martín y los suyos, estaría el comienzo de la gesta de la emancipación argentina.

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Titre: Les croisades

Auteur: Jules Michelet

Narrateur: Philippe Colin

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 2 hrs and 19 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 05-31-16

Éditeur: Compagnie du Savoir

Genres: History, World

Résumé de l'éditeur:

L'Histoire de France de Jules Michelet est un monument. Littéraire, d'abord, par le style envolé de ce digne héritier de Dumas et par sa puissance d'évocation : Michelet s'était donné pour mission de ressusciter le passé, de faire revivre personnages et coups d'éclat qui ont construit l'identité de la France pour mettre en évidence ce qui fait l'âme d'une nation. Historique dans tous les sens du terme, ensuite : ses dix-sept tomes publiés entre 1833 et 1867 constituent la première histoire exhaustive consacrée à la France, qui avant lui n'était décrite que par une "suite d'annales" sans qu'un sens global en ait jamais été dégagé.

Enfin, c'est l'exploit d'une vie : Michelet consacra plus de vingt ans à des recherches érudites, dans lesquelles il s'engagea corps et âme, oubliant la vie concrète pour faire revivre le passé auquel nous devons une nation. Découvrez cette œuvre légendaire à travers les moments les plus cruciaux de l'histoire de France, sélectionnés pour leur importance et leur force évocatoire.

© Compagnie du Savoir (P)2016 Compagnie du Savoir

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Title: Clio's Battles

Subtitle: Historiography in Practice

Author: Jeremy M. Black

Narrator: Ellery Truesdell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-21-16

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

To write history is to consider how to explicate the past, to weigh the myriad possible approaches to the past, and to come to terms with how the past can be and has been used. In this book, prize-winning historian, Jeremy Black, considers both popular and academic approaches to the past. His focus is on the interaction between the presentation of the past and current circumstances, on how history is used to validate one view of the present or to discredit another, and on readings of the past that unite and those that divide.

Black opens with an account that underscores the differences and developments in traditions of writing history from the ancient world to the present. Subsequent chapters take up more recent decades, notably the post-Cold War period, discussing how different perspectives can fuel discussions of the past by individuals interested in shaping public opinion or public perceptions of the past. Black then turns to the possible future uses of the then past as a way to gain perspective on how we use the past today.

Clio's Battles is an ambitious account of the engagement with the past across world history and of the clash over the content and interpretation of history and its implications for the present and future.

The book is published by Indiana University Press.

Critic Reviews:

"Refreshing . . . there is much to learn in the numerous small asides throughout the text. Taken together these form an impressive whole." (Spencer C. Tucker, VMI)

"Remarkable both for its geographical scope and historical scale, and for its command of scholarship on a breathtaking range of subjects. I can't imagine another historian who could attempt such an ambitious work or pull it off with such aplomb." (William Gibson, Oxford Brookes University)

Members Reviews:

Weaponized History

This is a book about historiography. Historiography is the study of historical writing. So, this book is a study of the study of historical writing, which is fairly self-referential, and sort of captures the feel of the book.

The author, Jeremy Black, starts with history writing in the ancient world and takes it into our future. His book is ordered chronologically so that each chapter covers some aspect of history. His technique is to jump to individual examples of history writing and the role that such writing fulfilled in that culture, time and nation. His insights are valid and interesting but since he covering the world and all of history, plus the future, the sense is of a superficial barrage of facts. Black ends each chapter with a conclusion, but I found the conclusions frustrating because he did not draw some broader or general overview or lesson from his innumerable examples. Instead, he would usually start with some new particular detail and talk about that instead of the rest of the chapter.

Given the broad topic that this book covers, it is hard to generalize, but if I must, I think that Black's examples show that historiography largely conforms to and supports and promotes the ideology of those in power or who want to be in power. How long has this been going on? Well, it has been going on in a self-conscious way for a long time:

"At the same time, history served as a way to strengthen the dynastic position because the very process of sponsoring history demonstrated appropriate conduct. Political legitimacy required a respect for history.

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Title: De Staat en zijn Recht

Subtitle: Een hoorcollege politieke geschiedenis van het recht in West-Europa

Author: Willem Zwalve

Narrator: Willem Zwalve

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-04-16

Publisher: Home Academy

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

Op energieke wijze vertelt Willem Zwalve over de nauwe verbondenheid tussen de historische ontwikkeling van het recht en de vorming van nationale staten in West-Europa. Over de invloed van het Romeins recht die veel verder reikt dan de eerste paar eeuwen na Christus. En hoe het samenstellen van wetboeken werd gebruikt voor het versterken van het nationale bewustzijn. Van de Romeinen tot aan de middeleeuwse koningen. Van de moderniserende staatslieden van de 19e eeuw tot aan de Europese ambtenaren van nu.

Dit product is tot stand gekomen in samenwerking met Studium Generale van de Universiteit Leiden.

Inhoud:

The PDF booklet that accompanies this selection will be automatically added to My Library after the purchase.

©2005 Home Academy (P)2005 Home Academy

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Title: Monty

Subtitle: His Part in My Victory

Author: Spike Milligan

Narrator: Spike Milligan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-04-16

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Monty: His Part in My Victory, written and read by Spike Milligan.

'It's all over. Von Arnheim has surrendered, and he's very angry.'

'This could mean war....'

The third volume of Spike Milligan's laugh-a-line account of life as a gunner in World War Two resumes on the eve of victory in North Africa. Now Britain's looniest war hero must combat some of the direst threats a soldier has ever faced - boredom ('Christ, I just thought of Catford'); a cold ('in this weather?' 'Yed.'); moving camp ('it's a sort of Brighton with camels'); relaxing on the beach ('life was golden, and we were the assayers'); moving camp again ('we're already somewhere else'); a visit to Carthage ('it's terrible, it's like Catford'); and a perilous encounter with the gloriously endowed Mademoiselle Villion ('Help! Massage,' I said weakly').

Against the odds they survive and are sent at last to Italy to be killed....

Members Reviews:

I love all of it

I loved all of the books so far and I am looking forward to the next one

Spike at his Best

What did you like most about Monty?

A war story in the authors inimitable style.

What did you like best about this story?

Everything

What does Spike Milligan bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you had only read the book?

His unique voice and range

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laugh out loud