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Zulu War and Boer War, The: The History and Legacy of the Conflicts that Cemented British Control of
The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered the continent during a particularly hubristic and dynamic phase of European history. In 1884, Prince Otto von Bismarck, the German chancellor, brought the plenipotentiaries of all major powers of Europe together, to deal with Africa's colonization in such a manner as to avoid provocation of war. This event—known as the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885—galvanized a phenomenon that came to be known as the Scramble for Africa. The conference established two fundamental rules for European seizure of Africa. The first of these was that no recognition of annexation would granted without evidence of a practical occupation, and the second, that a practical occupation would be deemed unlawful without a formal appeal for protection made on behalf of a territory by its leader, a plea that must be committed to paper in the form of a legal treaty. This began a rush, spearheaded mainly by European commercial interests in the form of Chartered Companies, to penetrate the African interior and woo its leadership with guns, trinkets and alcohol, and having thus obtained their marks or seals upon spurious treaties, begin establishing boundaries of future European African colonies. The ease with which this was achieved was due to the fact that, at that point, traditional African leadership was disunited, and the people had just staggered back from centuries of concussion inflicted by the slave trade. Thus, to usurp authority, to intimidate an already broken society, and to play one leader against the other was a diplomatic task so childishly simple, the matter was wrapped up, for the most part, in less than a decade.
Charles River Editors (Author), Colin Fluxman (Narrator)
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Zu blau der Himmel im Februar: Die letzten Tage der Weißen Rose
Als Alexander Schmorell und Hans Scholl im Juni 1942 erstmals beginnen, Flugblätter gegen das Naziregime zu verfassen und zu verbreiten, ahnen sie noch nicht, welch tragisches Schicksal ihre kleine Widerstandsgruppe, die Weiße Rose, erleiden wird. Während Hans Scholl und seine Schwester Sophie im Februar 1943, nach einer Flugblattaktion verhaftet und vier Tage später zusammen mit Christoph Probst hingerichtet werden, befindet sich Alexander Schmorell auf der Flucht in die Schweiz. Dieser Roman erzählt von den letzten Tagen dieser verzweifelten Flucht, die am 24. Februar 1943 durch Verrat zur Verhaftung Alexander Schmorells führte. Dieser Roman erzählt auch die Geschichte eines jungen Mannes, welcher in der Erinnerung der Menschen heute und im Gedenken an die Weißen Rose beinahe völlig vergessen ist. Doch ohne ihn, hätte es die Weiße Rose wohl nie gegeben! Am 13. Juli 1943 wurde Alexander Schmorell, zusammen mit Kurt Huber hingerichtet.
Jutta Schubert (Author), Bettina Römer (Narrator)
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Z: Kurze Geschichte Russlands, von seinem Ende her gesehen
Spätestens mit dem Angriff auf die Ukraine stellt sich die Frage, wie Russland zu dem wurde, was es heute ist. Olaf Kühl, langjähriger Osteuropareferent der Regierenden Bürgermeister von Berlin, kennt das Land wie nur wenige; er hat es über Jahrzehnte intensiv bereist, auch abseits der großen Metropolen, bis nach Sibirien und in den Fernen Osten. In seinem Buch zeigt er, wie sich Russland seit dem Zerfall der Sowjetunion entwickelt hat - wie hellere, freiere Köpfe allmählich durch regimehörige Funktionäre ersetzt wurden, bevor eine mafiöse Geheimdienstelite die Macht an sich riss. Fassbar wird all das in den Schicksalen der Menschen, von denen Kühl erzählt: darunter ein erfolgreicher Unternehmer, der, weil er sich vom Geheimdienst nicht erpressen lassen wollte, im Gefängnis gefoltert und getötet wurde; oder auch ein Separatistenführer, der 2014 an der Annexion der Krim beteiligt war und mittlerweile auf Konfrontation zu Putin geht. Eines lässt sich schon jetzt erkennen: Die völkisch-nationalistische Außenpolitik wird zu heftigen, gewaltsamen inneren Umbrüchen führen, bis hin zum Zerfall des Landes - mit gefährlichen Konsequenzen auch für Europa. Ein ebenso fesselndes wie weitsichtiges Russland-Porträt.
Olaf Kühl (Author), Oliver Dupont (Narrator)
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Your Eyes Will Be My Window: Essays
Your Eyes Will Be My Window reclaims the two erasures of Esta Plat. Murdered in Ukraine by Nazi troops in 1942, evidence of the life of Esta Plat was preserved in a bundle of her letters until the letters were tossed into a dumpster and destroyed. Haunted by the inheritance of survivor's guilt and shame in a family that kept no Old World keepsakes except her grandmother's one-sentence memory of Esta Plat, Jodi Varonis compelled to sift through records of Europe's genocidal past. Pitting grandiose Holocaust memorials against the act of bearing witness, Varon confronts the limitations of history, folklore, archival data, and survivor testimonies. Seeking solace in ritual, she challenges her upbringing as an outlier Jew in the Rocky Mountain West to provide a window to the meaning of cultural displacement in immigrant communities. When an ethnic German woman's corpse was discarded across from Varon's rented flat in Baden-Württemberg, the homemade memorial for Nadine E. prompts a meditation on violence against women and girls as a weapon of suppression and war. The record of unfiltered emotions among Kindertransport survivors in Europe, journalists in Ludwigsburg, and archivists and guides in Jerusalem, Your Eyes Will Be My Window is a defiant exercise in honoring the lost.
Jodi Varon (Author), Sharon Freedman (Narrator)
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By looking deeply into the Führer's childhood, war experiences, and early political career, this rigorous narrative seeks to answer this question: How did the early, defining years of Hitler's life affect his rise to power? When Adolf Hitler went to war in 1914, he was just 25 years old. It was a time he would later call the "most stupendous experience of my life." That war ended with Hitler in a hospital bed, temporarily blinded by mustard gas. The world he eventually opened his newly healed eyes to was new and it was terrible: Germany had been defeated, the Kaiser had fled, and the army had been resolutely humbled. Hitler never accepted these facts. Out of his fury rose a white-hot hatred, an unquenchable thirst for revenge against the "criminals" who had signed the armistice, the socialists he accused of stabbing the army in the back, and, most violently, the Jews?a direct threat to the master race of his imagination?on whose shoulders he would pile all of Germany's woes. By peeling back the layers of Hitler's childhood, his war record, and his early political career, Paul Ham's Young Hitler: The Making of the Führer seeks the man behind the myth. More broadly, Paul Ham seeks to answer the question: Was Hitler's rise to power an extreme example of a recurring type of demagogue?a politician who will do and say anything to seize power; who thrives on chaos; and who personifies, in his words and in his actions, the darkest prejudices of humankind?
Paul Ham (Author), James Anderson Foster (Narrator)
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Young and Damned and Fair: The Life and Tragedy of Catherine Howard at the Court of Henry VIII
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017 Born into nobility and married into the royal family, Catherine Howard was attended every waking hour - secrets were impossible to keep. In this thrilling reappraisal of Henry VIII's fifth wife, Gareth Russell's history unfurls as if in real time to explain how the queen's career ended with one of the great scandals of Henry's reign. This is a grand tale of the Henrician court in its twilight, a glittering but pernicious sunset during which the king's unstable behaviour and his courtiers' labyrinthine deceptions proved fatal to many, not just to Catherine Howard.
Gareth Russell (Author), Jenny Funnell (Narrator)
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You May Never See Us Again: The Barclay Dynasty: A Story of Survival, Secrecy and Succession
Brought to you by Penguin. The untold story of post-war Britain. Told through the lives of the two men who helped shape it: Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay. You May Never See Us Again is the only definitive story of David and Frederick Barclay - commonly known as the Barclay brothers. Born poor, these enigmatic twins built one of the biggest fortunes in Britain together from scratch and spent six decades at the epicentre of British business, media and politics. Their empire, said to be worth £7bn at its height, included Littlewoods, the Ritz Hotel, The Daily Telegraph and the channel island of Brecqhou. They were major advocates for Brexit and well-connected with influential politicians including Margaret Thatcher, Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage. And yet despite their fortune and influence, their fiercely guarded desire for privacy has meant that their story remained largely unknown - until a very public family dispute pitched Barclay against Barclay in the High Court. Journalist Jane Martinson unravels the fascinating story of these once inseparable billionaire brothers. Through their lives she offers compelling insights into post-war Britain, from the conditions that enabled their way of doing business to thrive through to the tightly enmeshed webs of influence between capitalism, politics and the media that shape Britain today. ©2024 Jane Martinson (P)2024 Penguin Audio
Jane Martinson (Author), Olivia Poulet (Narrator)
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Yorkshire Ripper - The Secret Murders: The True Story of Serial Killer Peter Sutcliffe's Reign of Te
Published for the 30th anniversary of the arrest of Peter Sutcliffe, aka The Yorkshire Ripper. The Yorkshire Rippers' reign of terror is well known, but many remain unaware of the full truth behind the brutal attacks that shocked the nation many years ago. Countless crucial details of murder, manipulation and miscarriages of justice have been hidden from the public, and the true extent of the Ripper's crimes still remains hidden to this day. This book exposes the twist in the tale of the most notorious British serial killer of the last hundred years.
Chris Clark, Tim Tate (Author), Leighton Pugh (Narrator)
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X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos Who Helped Defeat the Nazis
Brought to you by Penguin. June 1942. The Third Reich is victorious everywhere. In desperation, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an unusual plan: a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria who escaped to Britain just before the War. Many have lost their families, their homes - their whole worlds. And now, in the crucial final battles against the Nazis, they will stop at nothing to defeat them. Trained in counterintelligence and advanced combat, this top secret unit becomes known as X Troop. Some simply call them a suicide squad. Drawing on extensive original research, including interviews with the last surviving members, Leah Garrett follows this unique band of brothers from Europe to England and back again, with stops at British internment camps, the beaches of Normandy, the battlefields of Italy and Holland, and the hellscape of Terezin concentration camp - the scene of one of the most dramatic, untold rescues of the war. For the first time, X Troop tells the astonishing story of these secret shock troops and their devastating blows against the Nazis. © Leah Garrett 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Leah Garrett (Author), John Lee (Narrator)
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WWI: An Overview of the First World War That Changed the World Forever.
Are you looking to learn more about the First World War? WWI: An Overview of the First World War That Changed the World Forever is the perfect book to start with. This book offers a comprehensive review of the First World War, beginning with an overview of the initial stages of the war, including the Western and Eastern fronts. It covers the main countries involved in the conflict, such as France, Russia, Germany, and Austria. Learn how the use of submarines during the war had a major impact on the course of the conflict. The book also looks at how the United States entered the war and how the Allied forces ultimately achieved victory. This book is not just a factual look at the war, but also a look at the human suffering and casualties that were a result of such a devastating conflict. The perfect book for readers looking to understand the consequences of war and appreciate the sacrifices of those who fought for peace. If you want to explore the history of WWI and gain a deeper understanding of its impact on the world, this is the book for you. Don’t wait any longer. Pick up your copy today and start exploring the history of the war that changed the world forever.
History Retold (Author), Henry Andersen (Narrator)
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In France, the simple act of eating bread is an exercise in creative problem solving and attempting to spell requires a degree of masochism. But that's just how the French like it-and in WTF, Oliver Magny reveals the France only the French know. From the latest trends in baby names, to the religiously observed division of church and state, prepare yourself for an insider's look at French culture that is surprising, insightful, and chock full of bons mots.
Olivier Magny (Author), Graham Halstead (Narrator)
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Worlds at War: The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West
In the tradition of Jared Diamond and Jacques Barzun, prize-winning historian Anthony Pagden presents a sweeping history of the long struggle between East and West, from the Greeks to the present day. The relationship between East and West has always been one of turmoil. In this historical tour de force, a renowned historian leads us from the world of classical antiquity, through the Dark Ages, to the Crusades, Europe's resurgence, and the dominance of the Ottoman Empire, which almost shattered Europe entirely. Pagden travels from Napoleon in Egypt to Europe's carving up of the finally moribund Ottomans—creating the modern Middle East along the way—and on to the present struggles in Iraq. Throughout we learn a tremendous amount about what "East" and "West" were and are, and how it has always been competing worldviews and psychologies, more than religion or power grabs, that have fed the mistrust and violence between East and West. In Pagden's dark but provocative view, this struggle cannot help but go on.
Anthony Pagden (Author), John Lee (Narrator)
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