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Did Britain Really Lose America Over a Cup of Tea?

Did Britain Really Lose America Over a Cup of Tea?

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Forget the storybook version of the American Revolution where a few pennies in taxes sparked a war for liberty; the real story is a 1770s corporate thriller about a "too big to fail" bailout. This two-part...

How the Black Death Remade Europe

How the Black Death Remade Europe

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The Black Death is usually remembered as a gothic horror story, but the real plot was a ruthless economic heist. When a third of Europe vanished in a heartbeat, the fundamental "math" of the world...

The Final Death of Rome

The Final Death of Rome

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Everyone knows Rome fell. What nobody agrees on is when — or why. For centuries, historians have cycled through villains: barbarian invaders, lead pipes, moral decay, climate shifts, a failing army. The...

The Hippos of Pablo Escobar

The Hippos of Pablo Escobar

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This is the bizarre, true story of how four smuggled zoo animals became a drug kingpin's most enduring and dangerous legacy. When Pablo Escobar’s empire fell, his hippos stayed—breeding in the Colombian...

The Night Chernobyl Exploded

The Night Chernobyl Exploded

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.It happened at 1:23 in the morning. By 1:24, the men in the control room already knew something had gone wrong. What they didn't know — what they couldn't bring themselves to believe — was that Reactor...

When the Vietnam War Stopped Making Sense

When the Vietnam War Stopped Making Sense

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.There was a precise moment when the United States knew it could not win the Vietnam War. The argument about exactly when that moment arrived has been running for fifty years. What is not really in argument...