Free Download The Lost World of Byzantium (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CDY3GXWL | 2023 | 12 hours and 29 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 353 MB
Author: Jonathan Harris
Narrator: Gareth Richards
For more than a millennium, the Byzantine Empire presided over the juncture between East and West, as well as the transition from the classical to the modern world. Rather than recounting the standard chronology of emperors and battles, leading Byzantium scholar Jonathan Harris focuses on a succession of archetypal figures, families, places, and events. Harris's introduction presents a civilization rich in contrasts, combining orthodox Christianity with paganism, and classical Greek learning with Roman power. Though frequently assailed by numerous armies, Byzantium survived by dint of its unorthodox foreign policy. Over time, its sumptuous art and architecture flourished, helping to establish a deep sense of Byzantine identity in its people. Synthesizing a wealth of sources to cover all major aspects of the empire's social, political, military, religious, cultural, and artistic history, Harris's study illuminates the heart of Byzantine civilization and explores its remarkable and lasting influence on the modern world.

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Free Download The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BT8QJ7J4 | 2023 | 14 hours and 49 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 431 MB
Author: Robert D. Kaplan
Narrator: Eric Jason Martin
A stunning exploration of the Greater Middle East, where lasting stability has often seemed just out of reach but may hold the key to the shifting world order of the twenty-first century. The Greater Middle East, which Robert D. Kaplan defines as the vast region between the Mediterranean and China, encompassing much of the Arab world, parts of northern Africa, and Asia, existed for millennia as the crossroads of empire: Macedonian, Roman, Persian, Mongol, Ottoman, British, Soviet, American.

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Free Download The Long Surrender (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CDXZQY1M | 2023 | 11 hours and 51 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 314 MB
Author: Burke Davis
Narrator: J. Rodney Turner
In April 1865, Richmond fell to the Union army and Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to his Northern counterpart, Ulysses S. Grant, at the Appomattox Court House. But the Civil War was far from over. Determined to keep Confederate dreams of secession alive, President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet fled the burning capital city. With Union troops in pursuit, the fugitives rallied loyalists across the South and made plans to escape to Cuba. In the aftermath of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, a $100,000 bounty was placed on Davis's head.

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Free Download The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor, Billie Fulford-Brown, Penguin Audio
English | 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BJ18TQYX | MP3@64 Kbps | Duration: 10:27 h | 291 Mb
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Inspired by a remarkable true story, a young teacher evacuates children to safety across perilous waters,in a moving and triumphant new novel from New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor.

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Free Download The Kentucky Cannibal: The True Story of an Outlaw, Murderer and Man-Eater: True Crime by Ryan Green, Steve White, Ryan Green Publishing
English | 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B089MG9LF1 | 3 hours and 53 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 106 Mb
In 1850, following a divorce and a number of encounters with the law, Boone Helm headed "Out West" to chase the Californian Gold Rush with his cousin. When his cousin pulled out at the last minute, Helm was incensed, and brutally stabbed him to death. Helm was detained in an asylum for the mentally disturbed but managed to escape.
Helm continued his journey west with renewed vigour, where he opportunistically killed and consumed the flesh of adversaries and travelling companions, earning him the nickname "The Kentucky Cannibal". After several brutal months in the wilderness, he finally made it California. At a time where violence was the law of the land, Helm's savage set of skills could finally be recognized and rewarded.

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Free Download The Josiah Manifesto (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CFM586RF | 2023 | 8 hours and 47 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 256 MB
Author: Jonathan Cahn
Narrator: Lawrence Richardson
Is there an answer, a guide, a blueprint that reveals what you need to know to survive, to stand, and to prevail in view of what's coming in the days ahead? Has it been revealed to us in the appearing of a sign from an ancient mystery playing out in modern times before our eyes? After seven explosive New York Times Bestsellers, Jonathan Cahn now releases his newest blockbuster-THE JOSIAH MANIFESTO - The Ancient Mystery & Guide for the End-Times-as mind-blowing as all his bestsellers-and with something different: the Blueprint, the Answer-the Manifesto! The Josiah Manifesto opens up the stunning mysteries that lie behind the dramatic events of recent times that have changed our world-and the message hidden within them with regard to what lies ahead.

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Free Download The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9798368955148 | 2023 | 6 hours and 6 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 338 MB
Author: Cory Doctorow
Narrator: Cory Doctorow
When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls. The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extaction. Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms hard to leave by design. They hold hostage the people we love, the communities that matter to us, the audiences and customers we rely on. The impossibility of staying connected to these people after you delete your account has nothing to do with technological limitations: it's a business strategy in service to commodifying your personal life and relationships. We can - we must - dismantle the tech platforms. In The Internet Con, Cory Doctorow explains how to seize the means of computation, by forcing Silicon Valley to do the thing it fears most: interoperate. Interoperability will tear down the walls between technologies, allowing users leave platforms, remix their media, and reconfigure their devices without corporate permission. Interoperability is the only route to the rapid and enduring annihilation of the platforms. The Internet Con is the disassembly manual we need to take back our internet.

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Free Download The Hourglass Throne: The Tarot Sequence, Book 3 (Audiobook)
English | May 17, 2022 | ASIN: B09ZK2GXDF | M4B@125 kbps | 14h 19m | 752.58 MB
Author: K. D. Edwards
Narrator: Josh Hurley
As Rune Saint John grapples with the challenges of assuming the Sun Throne, a powerful barrier appears around New Atlantis' famed rejuvenation center. But who could have created such formidable magic...what do they want from the immortality clinic...and what remains of the dozens trapped inside?

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Free Download The History of the United States Navy [TTC Audio]
English | August 11, 2023 | ASIN: B0CDQNYL2X | M4B@64 kbps | 12h 43m | 370 MB
Lecturer: Craig L. Symonds
The United States Navy has played an essential role both in resolving conflicts and in peacekeeping throughout the entire history of the United States. Today, the US Navy, the world's most powerful naval force, remains a critical tool of American foreign policy, and a key player in preserving geopolitical stability throughout the world.

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Free Download The History of Time: A Very Short Introduction by Leofranc Holford-Strevens, Ben Esner, Tantor Audio
English | 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B096WD83G2 | 3 hours and 56 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 108 Mb
Why do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come into being? Why are some calendars lunar and some solar?
The organization of time into hours, days, months, and years seems immutable and universal but is actually far more artificial than most people realize. For example, the French Revolution resulted in a restructuring of the French calendar, and the Soviet Union experimented with five- and then six-day weeks.

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