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Title: [Spanish] - Osama Bin laden: la espada de Alá

Author: Eric Frattini

Narrator: Arturo López

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Release date: May 13, 2020

Genres: World

Publisher's Summary:

-Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano Este libro, en el que Eric Frattini ha trabajado desde 1995 y para el que ha consultado más de 270 documentos de Agencias Federales de EE.UU, analiza documentos del FBI que, tras los atentados del 11 de septiembre, fueron de nuevo clasificados como secretos y es el único libro que analiza la gestación y ejecución de los ataques, con una información actualizada hasta el día 30 de octubre. En él se expone la posición del pueblo y el gobierno norteamericanos, se analizan las motivaciones del pueblo musulmán y se ofrece un relato pormenorizado del apoyo logístico, económico y social de Bin Laden, incluyendo el organigrama de todas las células terroristas del movimiento al-Qaeda. Bin Laden es el principal sospechoso, como lo son todos aquellos que le cobijan, le alimentan y le dan dinero. - Eric Frattini es un ensayista y novelista que fué durante bastantes años corresponsal en Oriente Medio, residiendo en Beirut y Jerusalem . Es autor de un gran número de ensayos fruto de sus experiencias como periodista, sobre servicios secretos, el Vaticano, espionaje, el terrorismo etc., utilizando la escritura como arma para luchar contra los oscuros entresijos del poder político y económico.

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Title: [Spanish] - Mi6

Author: Eric Frattini

Narrator: Arturo López

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Release date: May 13, 2020

Genres: World

Publisher's Summary:

-Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. Durante casi un siglo de existencia, el Servicio Secreto de Inteligencia (SIS), conocido también en el mundo del espionaje como el MI6 o la ‘Firma’, ha desarrollado una de las mayores labores en la tarea de recolección de información y operaciones de espionaje a lo largo y ancho de todo el planeta, siempre en defensa de los intereses del Imperio Británico y a las órdenes del Gobierno de Su Majestad británica. Sin duda conocer el papel cumplido por el MI6 y sus agentes es una de las claves para entender el papel político y militar jugado por el Imperio Británico en la reciente historia del mundo. - Eric Frattini es un ensayista y novelista que fué durante bastantes años corresponsal en Oriente Medio, residiendo en Beirut y Jerusalem . Es autor de un gran número de ensayos fruto de sus experiencias como periodista, sobre servicios secretos, el Vaticano, espionaje, el terrorismo etc., utilizando la escritura como arma para luchar contra los oscuros entresijos del poder político y económico.

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Title: History's 9 Most Insane Rulers

Author: Scott Rank

Narrator: Daniel Henning

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Release date: May 12, 2020

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1

Genres: World

Publisher's Summary:

Madness and PowerCan the insane rule? Can insanity be a leadership quality? Scott Rank says yes (well, sometimes) in this fascinating look atnine of history’s most notorious rulers, from the Roman emperor Caligula to the North Korean Communist dictator Kim Jong-il.Rank paints intimate portraits of these deeply flawed but powerful men, examining the role that madness played in theirlives, the repercussions of their madness on history, and what their madness can tell us about the times in which they lived.In History’s 9 Most Insane Rulers, you will meet:• King Charles VI of France, who thought he was made of glass• Sultan Ibrahim I, who was driven mad by the sadistic succession battles of the Ottoman Empire• Caligula, who built temples to himself and whose reign highlighted the lethal tensions between the power of the new Imperial Rome and the prerogatives of the old Roman Republic• The Russian tsar who became known as Ivan “the Terrible”• King George III of Britain, who not only lost his American colonies, but lost his mind as well• Bavaria’s “Mad” King Ludwig II, who left the world richer for his fabulous fairy tale castles and his patronage of the composer Richard WagnerInsane rulers did not die off with the last of the mad monarchs who inherited their power. Rank also examines the rise topower of crazed modern rulers, such as Idi Amin, who began as a lowly army cook and rose to the presidency of Uganda, andSaparmurat Niyazov, who ruled Turkmenistan and promoted a bizarre cult of personality around himself.Both entertaining and illuminating, History’s 9 Most Insane Rulers is a must-read for anyone interested in the role insanityhas played in history

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Title: How to Make Love to a Despot: An Alternative Foreign Policy for the Twenty-First Century

Author: Stephen D. Krasner

Narrator: David De Vries

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Release date: May 12, 2020

Genres: World

Publisher's Summary:

Since the end of the Second World War, the United States has sunk hundreds of billions of dollars into foreign economies in the hope that its investments would help remake the world in its own image—or, at the very least, make the world 'safe for democracy.' So far, the returns have been disappointing, to say the least. Pushing for fair and free elections in undemocratic countries has added to the casualty count, rather than taken away from it, and trying to eliminate corruption entirely has precluded the elimination of some of the worst forms of corruption. In the Middle East, for example, post-9/11 interventionist campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq have proved to be long, costly, and, worst of all, ineffective. Witnessing the failure of the utopian vision of a world full of market-oriented democracies, many observers, both on the right and the left, have begun to embrace a dystopian vision in which the United States can do nothing and save no one. Accordingly, calls to halt all assistance in undemocratic countries have grown louder. But, as Stephen D. Krasner explains, this cannot be an option: weak and poorly governed states pose a threat to our stability. In the era of nuclear weapons and biological warfare, ignoring troubled countries puts millions of American lives at risk.

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Title: The Habsburgs: The Rise and Fall of a World Power

Author: Martyn Rady

Narrator: Simon Bowie

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 14 hours 58 minutes

Release date: May 12, 2020

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: World

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. In The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built - and then lost - over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs grew in power to gain control of the Holy Roman Empire in the fifteenth century. Then, in just a few decades, their possessions rapidly expanded to take in a large part of Europe stretching from Hungary to Spain, and from the Far East to the New World. The family continued to dominate Central Europe until the catastrophe of the First World War. With its seemingly disorganized mass of large and small territories, its tangle of laws and privileges and its medley of languages, the Habsburg Empire has always appeared haphazard and incomplete. But here Martyn Rady shows the reasons for the family's incredible endurance, driven by the belief that they were destined to rule the world as defenders of the Roman Catholic Church, guarantors of peace and patrons of learning. The Habsburg emperors were themselves absurdly varied in their characters - from warlords to contemplatives, from clever to stupid, from idle to frenzied - but all driven by the same sense of family mission. Scattered around the world, countless buildings, institutions and works of art continue to bear witness to their overwhelming impact. The Habsburgs is the definitive history of a remarkable dynasty that, for better or worse, shaped Europe and the world. © Martyn Rady 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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Title: Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands: Penguin Classics

Author: Mary Seacole

Narrator: Yasmin Mwanza

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Release date: May 12, 2020

Genres: World

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Yasmin Mwanza. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Sarah Salih. Written in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's during the Crimean War. Seacole's offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war met with racism and refusal. Undaunted, Seacole set out independently to the Crimea where she acted as doctor and 'mother' to wounded soldiers while running her business, the 'British Hotel'. A witness to key battles, she gives vivid accounts of how she coped with disease, bombardment and other hardships at the Crimean battlefront. 'In her introduction to the very welcome Penguin edition, Sara Salih expertly analyses the rhetorical complexities of Seacole's book to explore the richness of her story. Traveller, entrepreneur, healer and woman of colour, Mary Seacole is a singular and fascinating figure, overstepping all conventional boundaries.' Jan Marsh, Independent 'It's hard to believe that this amazing adventure story is the true-life experience of a Jamaican woman - it would make a great film.' Andrea Levy, Sunday Times (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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Title: [Spanish] - CIA

Author: Eric Frattini

Narrator: Arturo López

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Release date: May 11, 2020

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1

Genres: World

Publisher's Summary:

-Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. Durante casi seis décadas, la CIA, conocida también en el mundo del espionaje como ‘La Compañía’, ha desarrollado una de las mayores labores en la recolección de información y operaciones de espionaje a lo largo de todo el planeta. Desde Chile a Vietnam, desde el Congo a Uruguay. Desde Camboya a la República Dominicana, desde Viena a la Unión Soviética, desde Irak a Afganistán. Sin duda, conocer el papel desempeñado por la CIA es una de las claves para entender la historia reciente del mundo. - Eric Frattini es un ensayista y novelista que fué durante bastantes años corresponsal en Oriente Medio, residiendo en Beirut y Jerusalem . Es autor de un gran número de ensayos fruto de sus experiencias como periodista, sobre servicios secretos, el Vaticano, espionaje, el terrorismo etc., utilizando la escritura como arma para luchar contra los oscuros entresijos del poder político y económico.

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Title: Underground: A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet

Author: Will Hunt

Narrator: Will Hunt

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Release date: May 7, 2020

Genres: World

Publisher's Summary:

'Anthropology goes underground in Will Hunt's unclassifiably brilliant foray into human cultures beneath the skin of city streets and rural scapes ... Hunt leads us into illuminating depths and darkness.' Nature 'Beautifully written. Hunt has attuned to the smells and textures of subterranean places (in the dark, visual comparisons don't get you very far) ... winningly obsessive history of our relationship with underground places.' The Guardian When Will Hunt was sixteen years old, he discovered an abandoned tunnel that ran beneath his house in Providence, Rhode Island. His first tunnel trips inspired a lifelong fascination with exploring underground worlds, from the derelict subway stations and sewers of New York City to sacred caves, catacombs, tombs, bunkers and ancient underground cities in more than twenty countries around the world. Underground is both a personal exploration of Hunt's obsession and a panoramic study of how we are all connected to the underground, how caves and other dark hollows have frightened and enchanted us through the ages. In a narrative spanning continents and epochs, Hunt follows a cast of subterraneaphiles who have dedicated themselves to investigating underground worlds. He tracks the origins of life with a team of NASA microbiologists a mile beneath the Black Hills, camps out for three days with urban explorers in the catacombs and sewers of Paris, descends with an Aboriginal family into a 35,000-year-old mine in the Australian outback, and glimpses a sacred sculpture moulded by Paleolithic artists in the depths of a cave in the Pyrenees. Each adventure is woven with findings in mythology and anthropology, natural history and neuroscience, literature and philosophy – this is a graceful meditation on the allure of darkness, the power of mystery, and our eternal desire to connect with what we cannot see. 'A unique history of a culturally and scientifically important netherworld most people barely know exists.' Booklist 'An unusual and intriguing travel book ... A vivid illumination of the dark and an effective evocation of its profound mystery.'Kirkus

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Title: Mussolini's War: Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943

Author: John Gooch

Narrator: Mark Elstob

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 21 hours 10 minutes

Release date: May 7, 2020

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: World

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. While staying closely aligned with Hitler, Mussolini remained carefully neutral until the summer of 1940. Then, with the wholly unexpected and sudden collapse of the French and British armies, Mussolini declared war on the Allies in the hope of making territorial gains in southern France and Africa. This decision proved a horrifying miscalculation, dooming Italy to its own prolonged and unwinnable war, immense casualties and an Allied invasion in 1943 which ushered in a terrible new era for the country. John Gooch's new book is the definitive account of Italy's war experience. Beginning with the invasion of Abyssinia and ending with Mussolini's arrest, Gooch brilliantly portrays the nightmare of a country with too small an industrial sector, too incompetent a leadership and too many fronts on which to fight. Everywhere - whether in the USSR, the Western Desert or the Balkans - Italian troops found themselves against either better-equipped or more motivated enemies. The result was a war entirely at odds with the dreams of pre-war Italian planners - a series of desperate improvizations against Allies who could draw on global resources and against whom Italy proved helpless. This remarkable book rightly shows the centrality of Italy to the war, outlining the brief rise and disastrous fall of the Italian military campaign. © John Gooch 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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Title: The Battle for Okinawa: A Japanese Officer's Eyewitness Account of the Last Great Campaign of World War II

Author: Colonel Hiromichi Yahara, Frank B. Gibney

Narrator: Brian Nishii

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Release date: May 5, 2020

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: World

Publisher's Summary:

This critically acclaimed account of the Battle for Okinawa is told through the eyes of Colonel Hiromichi Yahara, the senior staff officer of the 32nd Japanese Army. It features segments on the Japanese preparation for battle, the American assault, and a summary of how the battle ended. Following the events that occurred in the life of Colonel Hiromichi Yahara, journalist Frank Gibney is able to lay out the importance of the battle and the ways in which both parties fought hard and strategically.