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Rorke's Drift
- By: Adrian Greaves
- Narrated by: Paul Herzberg
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
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On 22nd January 1879 a force of 20,000 Zulus overwhelmed and destroyed the British invading force at Isandlwana, killing and ritually disemboweling more than 1,200 troops. That afternoon, the same Zulu force turned their attention on a small outpost at Rorke's Drift....
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Good narration of a great story
- By Rob on 07-06-23
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Rorke's Drift
- Narrated by: Paul Herzberg
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 10-12-20
- Language: English
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On 22nd January 1879 a force of 20,000 Zulus overwhelmed and destroyed the British invading force at Isandlwana, killing and ritually disemboweling more than 1,200 troops. That afternoon, the same Zulu force turned their attention on a small outpost at Rorke's Drift....
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Cobalt Red
- How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
- By: Siddharth Kara
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
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An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo’s cobalt mining operation—and the moral implications that affect us all.
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Holds a mirror up to us all.
- By Anonymous User on 13-02-23
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Cobalt Red
- How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 31-01-23
- Language: English
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An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo’s cobalt mining operation—and the moral implications that affect us all.
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A Handful of Hard Men
- The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia
- By: Hannes Wessels
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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It is difficult to find another soldier's story to equal Captain Darrell Watt's in terms of time spent on the field of battle and challenges faced....
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Total rubbish don't waste your money!!
- By Chris on 20-02-18
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A Handful of Hard Men
- The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 08-08-17
- Language: English
- It is difficult to find another soldier's story to equal Captain Darrell Watt's in terms of time spent on the field of battle and challenges faced....
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
- By: Walter Rodney, Angela Y. Davis - foreword
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
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Powerfully introduced by Angela Davis, this is the classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis by Walter Rodney, Guyanese intellectual and leading thinker and activist of the anticolonial revolution....
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Essential Reading (Listening) by ALL Human Beings
- By Watch John Pilger on johnpilger dot com on 11-01-20
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 23-10-18
- Language: English
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Powerfully introduced by Angela Davis, this is the classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis by Walter Rodney, Guyanese intellectual and leading thinker and activist of the anticolonial revolution....
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We Dared to Win
- The SAS in Rhodesia
- By: Hannes Wessels, Andre Scheepers - with
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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In addition to Andre Scheepers' personal story, this book reveals more about some of the other men who were distinguished operators in SAS operations during the Rhodesian War....
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A Remarkable Book
- By Iolis on 15-04-20
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We Dared to Win
- The SAS in Rhodesia
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 17-03-20
- Language: English
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In addition to Andre Scheepers' personal story, this book reveals more about some of the other men who were distinguished operators in SAS operations during the Rhodesian War....
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The Boer War
- By: Winston Churchill
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
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Churchill tells the story of how he escaped and made a daring overland crossing, travelling only at night to avoid detection....
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Does Not Cut It
- By Hardy Wilson on 23-10-16
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The Boer War
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 15-09-15
- Language: English
- Churchill tells the story of how he escaped and made a daring overland crossing, travelling only at night to avoid detection....
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Carthage Must Be Destroyed
- The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
- By: Richard Miles
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
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An epic history of a doomed civilization and a lost empire.....
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poor narrator
- By Jon Simcox on 22-12-12
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Carthage Must Be Destroyed
- The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 18-08-11
- Language: English
- An epic history of a doomed civilization and a lost empire.....
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The Lumumba Plot
- The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
- By: Stuart A. Reid
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
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It was supposed to be a moment of great optimism, a cause for jubilation. The Congo was at last being set free from Belgium—one of seventeen countries to gain independence in 1960 from ruling European powers....
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Beautifully written and researched and well read too.
- By Clodagh Blain on 18-07-24
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The Lumumba Plot
- The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 17-10-23
- Language: English
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It was supposed to be a moment of great optimism, a cause for jubilation. The Congo was at last being set free from Belgium—one of seventeen countries to gain independence in 1960 from ruling European powers....
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Mukiwa
- A White Boy in Africa
- By: Peter Godwin
- Narrated by: Peter Godwin
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Rhodesia, 1964: a small boy witnesses the death of his neighbor, murdered by guerrillas - it is the beginning of the end of White rule in Africa. In Mukiwa, Peter Godwin, the witness to that murder, has written a vivid, moving account of growing up in a colony rapidly collapsing....
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By Gone Days
- By Ex Rhodie on 16-11-20
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Mukiwa
- A White Boy in Africa
- Narrated by: Peter Godwin
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 27-08-19
- Language: English
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Rhodesia, 1964: a small boy witnesses the death of his neighbor, murdered by guerrillas - it is the beginning of the end of White rule in Africa. In Mukiwa, Peter Godwin, the witness to that murder, has written a vivid, moving account of growing up in a colony rapidly collapsing....
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Congo Mercenary
- By: Mike Hoare
- Narrated by: Mike Hoare
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
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Col. Mike Hoare tells how his force of mercenaries, 5 Commando, put down a Comunist-backed rebel uprising in the Congo....
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Decent Listen Especially If You Are Of A Certain Age
- By Grapes of Wrath on 06-10-18
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Congo Mercenary
- Narrated by: Mike Hoare
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 14-12-12
- Language: English
- Col. Mike Hoare tells how his force of mercenaries, 5 Commando, put down a Comunist-backed rebel uprising in the Congo....
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Day of the Rangers
- The Battle of Mogadishu 25 Years On
- By: Leigh Neville, Matt Eversmann - foreword
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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On October 3, 1993, Task Force Ranger was dispatched to seize two high-profile lieutenants of a Somali warlord. The mission was meant to be over within the hour. They quickly found themselves under heavy fire, and two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down....
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Fantastic account of what really happened in Somalia
- By MR I J PHILLIPS on 04-09-24
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Day of the Rangers
- The Battle of Mogadishu 25 Years On
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 18-09-18
- Language: English
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On October 3, 1993, Task Force Ranger was dispatched to seize two high-profile lieutenants of a Somali warlord. The mission was meant to be over within the hour. They quickly found themselves under heavy fire, and two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down....
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The Pirate Coast
- Thomas Jefferson, The First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805
- By: Richard Zacks
- Narrated by: Raymond Todd
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
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After Tripoli declared war on the United States in 1801, Barbary pirates captured 300 U.S. sailors and marines....
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Very interesting book, some narration problems
- By Ali on 23-12-12
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The Pirate Coast
- Thomas Jefferson, The First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805
- Narrated by: Raymond Todd
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 01-07-05
- Language: English
- After Tripoli declared war on the United States in 1801, Barbary pirates captured 300 U.S. sailors and marines....
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
- A Soldier's War in Northern Ireland, Rhodesia, Mozambique and Iraq
- By: Gregory Michael Budd, Jake Harper-Ronald
- Narrated by: Pat Devon
- Length: 23 hrs and 54 mins
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Men in the furnace of adversity… Step into the extraordinary life of Jake Harper-Ronald, a man whose childhood dream of becoming a soldier led him on an unparalleled journey.
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
- A Soldier's War in Northern Ireland, Rhodesia, Mozambique and Iraq
- Narrated by: Pat Devon
- Length: 23 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 09-12-24
- Language: English
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Men in the furnace of adversity… Step into the extraordinary life of Jake Harper-Ronald, a man whose childhood dream of becoming a soldier led him on an unparalleled journey.
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Bush War Operator
- Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and Beyond
- By: A.J. Balaam
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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Anyone living in Rhodesia during the 1960s and 1970s would have had a father, husband, brother, or son called up in the defense of the war-torn, landlocked little country. This is the story of Andrew Balaam, a member of the Rhodesian Light Infantry and the Selous Scouts for 12 years....
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Please, please pronounce things properly!
- By Perry on 04-12-21
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Bush War Operator
- Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and Beyond
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 21-04-20
- Language: English
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Anyone living in Rhodesia during the 1960s and 1970s would have had a father, husband, brother, or son called up in the defense of the war-torn, landlocked little country. This is the story of Andrew Balaam, a member of the Rhodesian Light Infantry and the Selous Scouts for 12 years....
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A Savage War of Peace
- Algeria 1954-1962
- By: Alistair Horne
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 29 hrs and 56 mins
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The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. From the perspective of half a century, it looks less like the last colonial war than the first postmodern one....
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Just superb
- By Dave on 26-03-12
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A Savage War of Peace
- Algeria 1954-1962
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 29 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 25-01-08
- Language: English
- The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. From the perspective of half a century, it looks less like the last colonial war than the first postmodern one....
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White Malice
- The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
- By: Susan Williams
- Narrated by: Chanté McCormick
- Length: 21 hrs and 14 mins
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A revelatory history of how postcolonial African Independence movements were systematically undermined by one nation above all: the US....
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Very interesting book. Highly recommended
- By KayCee on 18-09-24
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White Malice
- The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
- Narrated by: Chanté McCormick
- Length: 21 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 13-08-21
- Language: English
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A revelatory history of how postcolonial African Independence movements were systematically undermined by one nation above all: the US....
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Benghazi: Know Thy Enemy
- A Cold Case Investigation
- By: Sarah Adams, Dave Benton
- Narrated by: Brian Sears
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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Starting on September 11th, 2012, al-Qa'ida carried out a series of terrorist attacks on the U.S. Consulate and CIA Annex in Benghazi, Libya, killing four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens....
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The Narration Is Terrible AI
- By Fergus Keogh on 19-06-24
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Benghazi: Know Thy Enemy
- A Cold Case Investigation
- Narrated by: Brian Sears
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 28-12-23
- Language: English
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Starting on September 11th, 2012, al-Qa'ida carried out a series of terrorist attacks on the U.S. Consulate and CIA Annex in Benghazi, Libya, killing four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens....
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The Mandela Brief
- Sydney Kentridge and the Trials of Apartheid
- By: Thomas Grant
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
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Through the great set-pieces of the legal struggle against apartheid—cases which made the headlines not just in South Africa but across the world—this biography is a portrait of enduring moral stature....
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Mandela years of S Kentridge
- By daniel machover on 30-12-22
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The Mandela Brief
- Sydney Kentridge and the Trials of Apartheid
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 21-07-22
- Language: English
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Through the great set-pieces of the legal struggle against apartheid—cases which made the headlines not just in South Africa but across the world—this biography is a portrait of enduring moral stature....
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
- A Memoir of Africa
- By: Peter Godwin
- Narrated by: Peter Godwin
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun is a stirring memoir of the disintegration of a family set against the collapse of a country. But it is also a vivid portrait of the profound strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love....
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An Epitaph of a Lost Country
- By Ex Rhodie on 09-01-21
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
- A Memoir of Africa
- Narrated by: Peter Godwin
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 18-05-20
- Language: English
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun is a stirring memoir of the disintegration of a family set against the collapse of a country. But it is also a vivid portrait of the profound strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love....
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Egyptian Mythology
- Captivating Stories of the Gods, Goddesses, Monsters and Mortals
- By: Matt Clayton
- Narrated by: JD Kelly
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
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This book on Egyptian mythology is part of the best-selling series, Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology - Greek Mythology....
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Egyptian Mythology
- Captivating Stories of the Gods, Goddesses, Monsters and Mortals
- Narrated by: JD Kelly
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Release date: 13-03-17
- Language: English
- This book on Egyptian mythology is part of the best-selling series, Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology - Greek Mythology....
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