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Title: Great Prince Ivan Vasilyevich [Russian Edition]

Author: Nikolay Kostomarov

Narrator: Leontina Brotskaya

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-13-12

Publisher: IDDK

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

The famous historical study of the outstanding Russian historian, one of the founders of Russian historical thought Kostomarov Nikolai Ivanovich (1817-1885), tells of the first Emperor of All Russia Ivan III.

Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

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Title: Prince Vladimir Monomakh [Russian Edition]

Author: Nikolay Kostomarov

Narrator: Natalya Gurevich, Leontina Brotskaya

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-13-12

Publisher: IDDK

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

The famous historical study of the outstanding Russian historian, one of the founders of Russian historical thought Kostomarov Nikolai Ivanovich (1817-1885), tells about the largest Russian commander, Prince Vladimir Monomakh.

Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

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Title: Boris Godunov [Russian Edition]

Author: Nikolay Kostomarov

Narrator: Leontina Brotskaya

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-13-12

Publisher: IDDK

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

The famous historical study of the outstanding Russian historian, one of the founders of Russian historical thought Kostomarov Nikolai Ivanovich (1817-1885), tells about one of the most incosistent Russian Tzar Boris Godunov.

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Title: Ramble On

Author: Sinclair McKay

Narrator: Jonathan Oliver

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 06-07-12

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

A history of walking and our relationship with the British countryside.

On the afternoon of Sunday April 24, 1932, a group of approximately 500 men and women set out for the summit of Kinder Scout, the highest point in Derbyshire's Peak District. They were not here to take in the fresh air and breath-taking vistas; they were here to make a stand. Kinder Scout, like almost every other site of natural beauty in Britain at that time, was privately owned and fiercely guarded. This wild, open landscape was one that they had absolutely no right to visit.

Ramble On tells the story of how country walks and rambling were transformed from a small and often illegal pastime to the most popular recreational activity in the country. But the story of rambling is not so much about parliamentary acts as it is about the remarkable people who campaigned for (and in some cases against) the pastime. There was a Lancastrian town council accountant called Alfred Wainwright, who in the 1950s changed his life, and the lives of many others, when he popularised walking in the Lake District with his series of guides. And any history of rambling would be incomplete without mentioning the resistant landowners - from the notorious Nicholas Van Hoogstraten to celebrities such as Madonna and Jeremy Clarkson - who have done their level best (and worst) to keep walkers off their land.

Above all, this tale is about the exhilaration of a gusty hill-top path; the curious unease that a labyrinthine dark forest floor can induce; the feel of different soil, peat and rock; the sight of alternating sunlight and shadow sweeping across vast valleys. Both a biography of Britain's favourite outdoor pursuit and a celebration of our wonderful countryside, Ramble On is for anyone who has ever pulled on a pair of walking boots or is partial to the taste of Kendal mint cake.

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Title: The Invention of Germany

Author: Misha Glenny

Narrator: Misha Glenny

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-12

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 27 votes

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

'Germany as we understand it, unified and strong, only came into existence a mere 140 years ago. Before then? Well, there was Bavaria and Prussia, Saxony, Baden Wurttemberg, Pomerania, Westfalia, Schleswig Holstein - this list is extremely long. And defining where one bit ended and the next began - well, it was utterly bewildering.' Misha Glenny presents a three-part history of Germany before the world wars. Starting with the siege of Magdeburg of 1631, she goes on to explore the rise of Prussia - from Frederick the Great in 1740 to humiliation by Napoleon in 1806 - and the coronation of the emperor of the newly unified German empire in 1871 at Versailles. Contributors include Simon Winder, Professor Norman Davies, Dr Abigail Green of Oxford University, and Professor Michael Sturmer, a former advisor to Helmut Kohl. Produced by Miles Warde.

Members Reviews:

enjoyable & interesting

Good audio story that was a worthy listen. Recommended for anyone interested in modern europe

Fascinating

Didn't realise I had already heard it on R4 but still enjoyed it. The romantic and cultural histories of the old principalities that made up present day Germany really came to life.

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Title: Ghosts of Empire

Subtitle: Britain's Legacies in the Modern World

Author: Kwasi Kwarteng

Narrator: Elliot Levey, Kwasi Kwarteng

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-16-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

The British Empire was the creation of a tremendous outpouring of energy and opportunism, when the British were at their most self-confident, and the wealth they gathered was prodigious. At its heart lay a sense of the rectitude of the British way of life, meted out to vast swathes of the rest of the world without let or hindrance.

Yet, as this book explains, the empire was not formed by coherent policy, and its decline reflected this: its later years were characterised by a series of accidental oversights, decisions taken without due consideration for the consequences, and uncertain pragmatism. Many of the world's trouble spots are those left behind by the chaotic retreat of empire, and its ghosts continue to haunt today's international scene.

This powerful book addresses the realities of the British Empire from its inception to its demise, questioning the nature of its glory and cataloguing both the inadequacies of its ideals and the short-termism of its actions.

Members Reviews:

Good addition to the history of empire

The structure of the book works well. Rather than give an over view of the empire it concentrates on telling the the story of British involvement in six different countries; Iraq, Kashmir Sudan, Burma, Nigeria, and Hong Kong. This allows a better understanding of the impact of imperial rule. The author looks to show how decisions made by imperial officials caused instability in these states, post empire. I enjoyed these potted histories which are told well and centre around key imperial characters. The author wants to show how the empire was not centrally coordinated and individuals on the ground could make momentus decisions, with far-reaching impacts. The problem is the author largely tells the story from the British perspective. He does not show how these decisions were reached in the context of the local situation, and that the local population were also important actors in the drama. A minor gripe is the author's obsession with which school and Oxbridge college the main protagonists went too. While it is important to show the narrow social structure that imperialism was based on, this could have been dealt with in a few pages, not dragged up continually throughout the book.

Excellent look at what happened next

clear, provocative - filled a huge gap in my knowledge. why don't we talk about this more?

Thought provoking.

A lot of history in different contexts. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Some of it was painful to read, however I had plenty of lightbulb moments and reassurances to my own thoughts of the British empire. I would have loved to read something regarding the British empire in Southern Africa or persons like Cecil John Rhodes. I will be reading this book again and again.

Disappointing

Despite being well written, researched and well read, this book is strangely disappointing. Theres too much instantly forgettable detail. And not much in the way of portraiture and exploration of important characters. Nor does it give much of a picture of the imperial subjects and the wider international politics of the time. Read in a cheerful, breathless middle class voice the overall effect seems to be more of a paeon to empire than an interesting critique.

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Title: The Royal British Legion

Subtitle: 90 Years of Heroes

Author: Matt Croucher, The Royal British Legion

Narrator: Keeley Hawes, Bernard Cribbins, Nicky Henson, Sean Barrett, Philip Franks

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-16-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

The Royal British Legion was founded in 1921. It is now the countrys leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to those who have served or who are currently serving in the British Armed Forces and their dependants. The RBL is behind the annual Poppy Appeal, the highest profile charity appeal in Britain. This superbly illustrated book has the full support of the Royal British Legion and will tell the complete story of its history through exclusive access to its archives, thus providing a celebratory, as well informative, tribute to their work over the past 90 years. It will be the definitive history of this much-loved organisation, charting its work with soldiers and ex-servicemen through the stories of its heroes, famous as well as unknown, during the highest-profile military campaigns of the past 90 years.

The book will be divided into nine chapters, each representing one decade in the RBLs existence. Each chapter will celebrate one hero per year; 1921, 1922, 1923, etc. giving an account of that particular person, and what they achieved. Within each chapter will be special spreads that emphasise also the social history of the evolution of the RBL as a charity, supported with iconic imagery and text. Each one of the heroes, from 1921 right through to 2011, has been personally chosen by decorated royal marine, and RBL ambassador, Lance Corporal Matt Croucher GC. Men such as Major Robert Henry Cain VC (1909-1974), who destroyed six tanks during Operation Market Garden at Arnhem in 1944 and was one of the only officers from his battalion to escape the German encirclement of the British 1st Airborne Division.

Critic Reviews:

"This book is a fitting tribute to recognise . . . the Royal British Legion. Long may the Legion stand shoulder to shoulder with all who serve within our Armed Forces." (Rt Hon David Cameron, Prime Minister)

"A remarkable organisation; as valued and needed today as when it was founded" (Jeremy Clarkson)

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Title: We Shall Never Surrender

Author: Penelope Middelboe, Donald Fry, Christopher Grace

Narrator: Lucy Briers, Glen McCready, Gina Murray, Paul Panting, Jane Whittenshaw

Format: Abridged

Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-18-11

Publisher: Macmillan Digital Audio

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

During the six long years of the Second World War the British psyche was changed irrevocably. British men and women on both the war front and at home were forced to take life-altering decisions, independently. What no-one could predict were the consequences on the family and on society of these independent journeys by husbands, wives, children, mothers, fathers, siblings. Nobody would ever be the same. We Shall Never Surrender takes us through key moments in that six- year conflict through a range of distinct voices, professions and geographical locations. Each of the diarists tell their own, fascinating stories.

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Title: Voices of the Powerless: The Wagoners at War

Subtitle: Sledmere, East Yorkshire and the First World War

Author: Melvyn Bragg

Narrator: Melvyn Bragg

Format: Original Recording

Length: 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-05-11

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

The story of British Tommies sent 'over the top' to fight the Germans in the trenches of the First World War is a vivid emblem of powerlessness in the face of military discipline - and social pressures - that required young men to join up and do their duty.

As the voices of the powerless become truly audible with the dawn of the recording era, we travel to East Yorkshire to tell the little-known story of the Wolds Wagoners, a regiment drawn up by the local landlord, almost feudally, from the men on his estate, and to the fallen whom he raised a strange and beguiling monument adorned with grotesque cartoon images of warfare, unique in Britain.

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Title: White City

Author: Donald James Wheal

Narrator: Michael Jayston

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-24-11

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

On the morning of 24th February 1944 following a devastating Luftwaffe raid, Donald Wheal and his family were homeless refugees with bulging suitcases and faces blackened by soot blast. In World's End, the first part of his bestselling childhood autobiography, he told of his upbringing during the Blitz in the rough working class community which was Chelsea's World's End. The morning after the Worlds End bombing he realized that the ties that had bound him to the past were now broken -- a new world and a new fate awaited him.

In White City he tells the story of how his family, now menaced by the V-bombs and rockets that were the last stage of London's war, were re-settled in an anonymous London suburb where later his adolescence was to begin amidst post war privation, sexual yearning and first love. In these dark years the quest for new experiences took him all around Britain and finally to war-ravaged France. A testing period of National Service in Germany and Italy completed his journey to adulthood.

Members Reviews:

Autobiography of Growing Up in Wartime and the PostWar Era

WHITE CITY recounts author Donald James Wheal's childhood in Chelsea and Shepherd's Bush, London, during the wartime era. Initially growing up in a poor household, he managed to survive in primitive conditions with a father who eventually became a turf account, working on both sides of the law. Wheal had an interesting childhood; he went to France, partly as a result of his professor's initiative, and partly out of his father's desire to see his son well-educated. The book recounts vividly the experience of growing up in a world where German bombing made life precarious and exhausting, to say the least. Nonetheless he manages to obtain a good education, going to theater, opera and ballet as well as obtaining a scholarship to go to Cambridge. The only snag about this book is that it becomes a little too mired in detail, to such an extent that the narrative becomes tedious. But it's an entertaining read nonetheless.