Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China (Wasserstrom Jeffrey N. (Chancellor's Professor of History University of California Irvine))

The Fight at the Pass of Thermopylae: Great Battles of History (EN) - J. M. Gardner (mp3 audiokniha)

Audiobook The Fight at the Pass of Thermopylae: Great Battles of History written by J. M. Gardner. The Battle of Thermopylae is without doubt the most famous battle in European ancient history. It has inspired many poems, stories, and movies, most recently Frank Miller's 300. Vastly outnumbered

The History of Rasselas (EN) - Samuel Johnson (mp3 audiokniha)

The History of the Musical (EN) - Richard Fawkes (mp3 audiokniha)

Ice Cold Killers - The Rituals of Murderers (EN) - World History (mp3 audiokniha)

To the Island of Tides (EN) - Alistair Moffat (mp3 audiokniha)

In To the Island of Tides, Alistair Moffat travels to – and through the history of – the fated island of Lindisfarne. Walking from his home in the Borders, through the historical landscape of Scotland and northern England, he takes us on a pilgrimage in the footsteps of saints and scholars,

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion and The Natural History of Religion (EN) - David Hume (mp3 audiokniha)

The Communist Manifesto (EN) - Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels (mp3 audiokniha)

Without question one of the most significant books in modern history, The Communist Manifesto is a brief, populist pamphlet that distils the core ideas of Communism into accessible prose. Published just months before violent uprisings threatened to destabilise much of the European establishment,

History of the Conquest of Mexico (EN) - W.H. Prescott (mp3 audiokniha)

In 1519, Hernando Cortés arrived in Mexico to investigate stories of a wealthy empire. What he encountered was beyond his wildest dreams – an advanced civilisation with complex artistic, political and religious systems (involving extensive human sacrifice) and replete with gold. This was the

Biggest Blunders of WWII (EN) - World History (mp3 audiokniha)

In August 1940, Berlin was hit by British bombers. Hitler immediately ordered a series of gigantic air defences be built – each one more expensive than the city’s entire Olympic facilities – but they’re ineffective and resources are wasted. The Führer also has an opportunity to force

The History of English Literature (EN) - Perry Keenlyside (mp3 audiokniha)

Perry Keenlyside tells the remarkable story of the world’s richest literary resource. The story-telling, the poetry, the growth of the novel and the great histories and essays which have informed the language and the imagination wherever English is spoken. This is the fourth in the Naxos

The Island Race (EN) - Sir Winston Churchill (mp3 audiokniha)

Audiobook The Island Race, written by Sir Winston Churchill. Here is a history of Britain by one of its finest statesmen, a man who had himself crucially shaped events during perhaps the greatest crisis of modern times. Churchill’s resonant prose brings to vivid and compelling life the

History of Julius Caesar (EN) - Jacob Abbot (mp3 audiokniha)

The book chronicles the extraordinary life and leadership of Rome's Emperor Julius Caesar, from his early years to his assassination. History of Julius Caesar is one of many biographies aimed at young people written by Jacob Abbott and his brother. The biographies are written in such a way that

B. J. Harrison Reads A Chapter in the History of the Tyrone Family (EN) - Sheridan Le Fanu (mp3 audiokniha)

The History of Science (EN) - Peter Whitfield (mp3 audiokniha)

This is the foundation of all: that we are not to imagine or suppose, but to discover what nature does, or may be made to do. Thus did Francis Bacon, early in the 17th century, outline the future of science and technology. This drive for knowledge and power has now given us a world dominated by

The History of Western Art (EN) - Peter Whitfield (mp3 audiokniha)

What is art? Why do we value images of saints, kings, goddesses, battles, landscapes or cities from eras of history utterly remote from ourselves? This history of art shows how painters, sculptors and architects have expressed the belief systems of their age: religious, political and aesthetic

The Rise of the Third Reich (EN) - World History (mp3 audiokniha)

The name Adolf Hitler – even half a century after the fall of the Third Reich – continues to evoke disgust, contempt and astonishment. How was it possible for an amateur painter to seduce an entire people? How could he – from an insignificant party with 55 members – create a mass movement

The Old Testament 17 - Esther (EN) - Christopher Glyn (mp3 audiokniha)

The genre of the book of Esther is Narrative History. Its author is anonymous however; some believe Mordecai, (Esther’s cousin and guardian), wrote it. It was written approximately 470 B. C. in Persia. Esther became queen in 479 B. C. The key personalities are Esther, Mordecai, King

The Last of the Mohicans (EN) - James Fenimore Cooper (mp3 audiokniha)

This famous novel deals with the early frontier period of American history and is set in 1757 during the Seven Years War between the French and the British. Intrepid frontiersman and scout Natty ‘Hawkeye’ Bumppo, has lived among Indians for most of his life, respecting their customs and

The Last of the Mohicans (EN) - James Fenimore Cooper (mp3 audiokniha)

This famous novel deals with the early frontier period of American history and is set in 1757 during the Seven Years War between the French and the British. Hawkeye and his friends, Ghingachgook and Uncas, are the last remaining Mohican chieftains. When the evil Magua threatens the life of an

Opera Explained – The Ring of the Nibelung (EN) - Stephen Johnson (mp3 audiokniha)

Wagner’s Ring cycle is the most ambitious work in the history of music: four operas that combine to tell a single epic story. Based in legend, it has become a legend in its own right: a supreme challenge for conductors, singers, opera producers, and indeed for audiences. But for all its

Unsolved Mysteries of WWII (EN) - World History (mp3 audiokniha)

Nazi propaganda presented Adolf Hitler as ascetic, solitary and a brilliant Führer. Only a few knew the real man behind World War II. His mystery has fuelled numerous conspiracy theories – like why Hitler’s own decisions were sometimes was so strange that neither his contemporaries nor

The History of Classical Music (EN) - Richard Fawkes (mp3 audiokniha)

From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, the first living classical composer to get into the pop album charts, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and the composers who have sought to express in music the deepest of human feelings and emotions

The History of Opera (EN) - Richard Fawkes (mp3 audiokniha)

Since its origins in the sixteenth century, opera has been an extravagant, costly affair, arousing great passions. It has also produced some of the most sublime works of art, from Monteverdi to Wagner. Following the widely acclaimed History of Classical Music, Richard Fawkes traces the history of

The History of Theatre (EN) - David Timson (mp3 audiokniha)

This bold undertaking covers Western theatre from ancient Greece to the present day. It traces the development of dramatic art through the miracle plays, the great Shakespearean period, Molière and Racine in France, Goethe in Germany, through the nineteenth century and the main movements in the