Asia Audiobooks | History

Chinese Biographies: A Biography of Mao Zedong and of Confucius

"This is a book combo with the following subjects: Mao Zedong has had a tremendous impact on the Chinese nation. During his Great Leap Forward, he was responsible for more deaths than both Hitler and Stalin, making him the biggest mass murderer in history. Mao Zedong, typically called Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who functioned as the starting dad of peoples's Republic of China (PRC), judgment as the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from 1949 till his death in 1976. Maoism is a Marxist-- Leninist dogma that includes his theories, army operations, and political programs. What happened during the Great Leap Forward? Why did so many farmers starve to death? And what else did Mao Zedong do during his reign? You will find out more about those and other questions in this book. Confucius was a Chinese thinker and political leader who was considered as the apotheosis of Chinese sages. Confucius' theories and philosophy, commonly seen as one of the most essential and prominent individuals in human history, created the structure of East Asian civilization and civilization, and stay appropriate across China and East Asia today. Confucianism, his philosophical theories, highlighted personal and governmental morality, social connection precision, justice, generosity, and genuineness. Confucianism was instilled in Chinese civilization and way of living; for Confucians, daily life was a spiritual arena. Throughout the Hundred Schools of Thought age, his disciples contended efficiently with lots of other schools, only to be repressed in favor of the Legalists throughout the Qin dynasty. Confucius' ideas were formally approved in the new administration following Han's success over Chu after Qin's collapse. Confucianism developed into a system known in the West as Neo-Confucianism, and later as New Confucianism, at the time of the Tang and Tune dynasties."

Kelly Mass (Author), Doug Greene (Narrator)

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History of China: Specific Events, Causes, and Consequences

"This is a combo of 5 titles with different topics related to Chinese history. The topics are the following: Ancient China: It’s hard to cover all of China’s vast history in a short book, but for the sake of leaving out details, we will still give it a try. In this guide, you will be able to learn more about the most important turning events, eras, dynasties, leaders, wars, and cultural aspects of ancient China. Chinese Mythology: Chinese folklore is mythology from the geographical area now called China that has been given orally or documented. Several myths from different local and cultural customs are included in Chinese folklore. Much of folklore includes thrilling stories including impressive characters and beings, the use of magic powers, and normally occurs in a mythologically unique area or time. Confucius: Confucius was a Chinese thinker and political leader who was considered as the apotheosis of Chinese sages. Confucius' theories and philosophy, commonly seen as one of the most essential and prominent individuals in human history, created the structure of East Asian civilization and civilization, and stay appropriate across China and East Asia today. Confucianism, his philosophical theories, highlighted personal and governmental morality, social connection precision, justice, generosity, and genuineness. Mao Zedong: Mao Zedong has had a tremendous impact on the Chinese nation. During his Great Leap Forward, he was responsible for more deaths than both Hitler and Stalin, making him the biggest mass murderer in history. What happened during the Great Leap Forward? Why did so many farmers starve to death? And what else did Mao Zedong do during his reign? Portuguese Macau: Macau is known as the Las Vegas of China. It attracts many tourists every year, and it has a unique set of laws and history behind it. How did it become this way? Well, one of the reasons is that it used to be part of the Portuguese Empire."

Kelly Mass (Author), Doug Greene (Narrator)

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East Asia: History of China and Japan

Kelly Mass (Author), Doug Greene (Narrator)

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[Marathi] - Shivaji Maharajanchi Hervyavastha

"छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज अत्यंत मुत्सद्दी होते. त्यांनी आपल्या अलौकीक बुद्धीचातुर्याने व पराक्रमाने मावळ्यांच्या मदतीने स्वराज्य उभारुन अभिषिक्त छत्रपती बनले त्या कर्तुत्वाला जगात तोड नाही. यात त्यांनी दूरदृष्टीने उभारलेल्या हेरव्यवस्थेचा मोलाचा उपयोग करून घेतला. काय होती या महान छत्रपतीची हेरव्यवस्था? अवश्य ऐका - शिवाजी महाराजांची हेरव्यवस्था! संदीप कर्णिक यांच्या आवाजात."

Sanjay Sonawani (Author), Sandeep Karnik (Narrator)

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[Marathi] - Sambhaji Maharaj Aani Shahjada Akbar

"संभाजी महाराज आणि शाहजादा अकबर- स्वराज्यावर चारी बाजूंनी संकटे कोसळत असतांना शंभूराजांनी शाहजादा अकबराला आश्रय देऊन औरंगजेबाला डिवचले हा अविचार होता असे मानण्याचा प्रघात आहे. पण त्यामागे कोणती नीती होती? शिवरायांनी ठरवलेल्या दीर्घकालीन धोरणाचीच तर ती परिणती नव्हती ना? अवश्य ऐका इतिहासावर एक आगळा प्रकाश टाकणारे विलक्षण प्रकरण! संदीप कर्णिक यांच्या आवाजात."

Sanjay Sonawani (Author), Sandeep Karnik (Narrator)

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Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom

"WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY ‘A narrative of startling originality … As discussions of Britain’s colonial legacy become increasingly polarised, we are in ever more need of nuanced books like this one’ SAM DALRYMPLE, SPECTATOR Rebels Against the Raj tells the little-known story of seven people who chose to struggle for a country other than their own: foreigners to India who across the late 19th to late 20th century arrived to join the freedom movement fighting for independence. Of the seven, four were British, two American, and one Irish. Four men, three women. Before and after being jailed or deported they did remarkable and pioneering work in a variety of fields: journalism, social reform, education, organic agriculture, environmentalism. This book tells their stories, each renegade motivated by idealism and genuine sacrifice; each connected to Gandhi, though some as acolytes where others found endless infuriation in his views; each understanding they would likely face prison sentences for their resistance, and likely live and die in India; each one leaving a profound impact on the region in which they worked, their legacies continuing through the institutions they founded and the generations and individuals they inspired. Through the entwined lives, wonderfully told by one of the world’s finest historians, we reach deep insights into relations between India and the West, and India’s story as a country searching for its identity and liberty beyond British colonial rule."

Ramachandra Guha (Author), Sam Dastor (Narrator)

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China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy

"China's Civilian Army charts China's transformation from an isolated and impoverished communist state to a global superpower from the perspective of those on the front line: China's diplomats. They give a rare perspective on the greatest geopolitical drama of the last half century. Little is known or understood about the inner workings of the Chinese government as the country bursts onto the world stage, as the world's second largest economy and an emerging military superpower. China's Diplomats embody its battle between insecurity and self-confidence, internally and externally. To this day, Chinese diplomats work in pairs so that one can always watch the other for signs of ideological impurity. They're often dubbed China's 'wolf warriors' for their combative approach to asserting Chinese interests. Drawing for the first time on the memoirs of more than a hundred retired diplomats as well as author Peter Martin's first-hand reporting as a journalist in Beijing, this groundbreaking book blends history with current events to tease out enduring lessons about the kind of power China is set to become. It is required for anyone who wants to understand China's quest for global power, as seen from the inside."

Peter Martin (Author), Derek Perkins (Narrator)

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Kingdom of Characters: A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China

"Brought to you by Penguin. A riveting, masterfully researched account of the bold innovators who adapted the Chinese language to the modern world, transforming China into a super-power in the process What does it take to reinvent the world's oldest living language? China today is one of the world's most powerful nations, yet just a century ago it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for the elite few, left behind in the wake of Western technology. In Kingdom of Characters, Jing Tsu shows that China's most daunting challenge was a linguistic one: to make the formidable Chinese language - a 2,200-year-old writing system that was daunting to natives and foreigners alike - accessible to a globalised, digital world. Kingdom of Characters follows the bold innovators who adapted the Chinese script - and the value-system it represents - to the technological advances that would shape the 20th century and beyond, from the telegram to the typewriter to the smartphone. From the exiled reformer who risked death to advocate for Mandarin as a national language to the imprisoned computer engineer who devised input codes for Chinese characters on the lid of a teacup, generations of scholars, missionaries, librarians, politicians, inventors, nationalists and revolutionaries alike understood the urgency of their task and its world-shaping consequences. With larger-than-life characters and a thrilling narrative, Kingdom of Characters offers an astonishingly original perspective on one of the 20th century's most dramatic transformations. © Jing Tsu 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022"

Jing Tsu (Author), Jing Tsu (Narrator)

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The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order

"In The Long Game, Rush Doshi draws from a rich base of Chinese primary sources, including decades worth of party documents, leaked materials, memoirs by party leaders, and a careful analysis of China's conduct to provide a history of China's grand strategy since the end of the Cold War. Taking listeners behind the Party's closed doors, he uncovers Beijing's long, methodical game to displace America from its hegemonic position in both the East Asia regional and global orders through three sequential 'strategies of displacement.' Beginning in the 1980s, China focused for two decades on 'hiding capabilities and biding time.' After the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, it became more assertive regionally, following a policy of 'actively accomplishing something.' Finally, in the aftermath populist elections of 2016, China shifted to an even more aggressive strategy for undermining US hegemony, adopting the phrase 'great changes unseen in century.' After charting how China's long game has evolved, Doshi offers a comprehensive yet asymmetric plan for an effective US response. Ironically, his proposed approach takes a page from Beijing's own strategic playbook to undermine China's ambitions and strengthen American order without competing dollar-for-dollar, ship-for-ship, or loan-for-loan."

Rush Doshi (Author), Kyle Tait (Narrator)

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Genghis Khan: The Empire, Conquests, and Plunder of the Mongols

"Genghis Khan was the Mongol emperor who has expanded his region to the biggest empire on the face of the earth ever. His empire stretched from East Asia all the way to various European countries, the Middle East, and beyond. What made Genghis Khan so successful? Was he a brute, rapist, and pillaging dictator, or did he have a tolerant side as well? How do the people in Mongolia see him, or the people in China? All o these questions and more will be answered in this comprehensive overview of the history of Genghis Khan. You will learn more about his early life, his relationships, marriage, families and children, his attacks, his unification of the Mongolian Federations, his death, succession, and the continuing of the Mongolian Empire after his death."

Kelly Mass (Author), Doug Greene (Narrator)

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The Maurya Empire: History of Events, Causes and Consequences

"The Maurya Empire was a South Asian Iron Age historic empire centered in Magadha, created by Chandragupta Maurya in the year 322 before Christ and lasting till 185 before Christ in a loose-knit way. The conquest of the Indo-Gangetic Plain focused the Maurya Empire, and Pataliputra functioned as its capital city (modern-day Patna). Beyond this royal core, the empire's geographical reach was limited by the dedication of army leaders who ruled the armed cities that dot the landscape. Other than for the far south, the empire briefly controlled the significant city centers and arteries of the Indian subcontinent throughout Ashoka's rule (which was from around 268 to 232 before Christ). After Ashoka's reign, it sank for practically 50 years before liquifying in 185 before Christ with the murder of Brihadratha by Pushyamitra Shunga and the facility of the Shunga dynasty in Magadha. Let’s explore the details of this empire that’s relatively unknown in the west, but certainly something people in South Asia are often familiar with."

Kelly Mass (Author), Doug Greene (Narrator)

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The Punjab: Understanding the Sikh in India, Pakistan and Other Regions

"Punjab could be mainly in Pakistan at this moment, but the Punjabi people live and have resided in India also. As disputes emerged between the Indians and Pakistani, the border has moved from one area to another. Still, the Punjabi society is probably a vital aspect of India's history. Punjab is a geopolitical, cultural, and historic area in South Asia, situated in the northern area of the Indian subcontinent and incorporating parts of Pakistan and India. The area's limitations are ill-defined and based upon historic accounts. With time, the geographical definition of the name 'Punjab' has moved. It described a really minimal terrain between the Indus and the Sutlej rivers at the time of the Mughal Empire's 16th century reign. So, if this is your cup of tea, I invite you to get started with this book. You will learn about this interesting people, who value their religion and their traditions more than anything, and who stick to old habits despite of technological advances."

Kelly Mass (Author), Doug Greene (Narrator)

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