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Red Scare

Blacklists, McCarthyism and the Making of Modern America

by Clay Risen ...

Narrated by Kevin R. Free ...

Unabridged

15 hours 30 min

Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, and Kirkus ReviewsFrom an award-winning historian and New York Times reporter comes the timely story about McCarthyism that both “lays out the many mechanisms of repression that made the Red Scare possible…[and] describes how something that once seemed so terrifying and interminable did, in fact, come to an end” .. ... Read more

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Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, and Kirkus ReviewsFrom an award-winning historian and New York Times reporter comes the timely story about McCarthyism that both “lays out the many mechanisms of repression that made the Red Scare possible…[and] describes how something that once seemed so terrifying and interminable did, in fact, come to an end” ..
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Stalingrad

by David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House ...

Narrated by Paul Woodson ...

Abridged

18 hours 39 min

Tantor Audio presents the complete audio version of the long awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi and Soviet forces at Stalingrad. Stalingrad is an abridged edition of the five-volume Stalingrad Trilogy. ... Read more

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Tantor Audio presents the complete audio version of the long awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi and Soviet forces at Stalingrad. Stalingrad is an abridged edition of the five-volume Stalingrad Trilogy.
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Stalin in Power

The Revolution from Above, 1928-1941

by Robert C. Tucker ...

Narrated by Paul Woodson ...

Unabridged

34 hours 4 min

In 1929, Stalin plunged Soviet Russia into a coercive "revolution from above," a decade-long effort to amass military-industrial power for a new war. He forced twenty-five million peasant families into state-run collectives and transformed the Communist Party into a servile instrument. In 1939, he concluded the pact with Hitler that enabled him to grasp at Eastern Europe while Hitler made war in ... Read more

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In 1929, Stalin plunged Soviet Russia into a coercive "revolution from above," a decade-long effort to amass military-industrial power for a new war. He forced twenty-five million peasant families into state-run collectives and transformed the Communist Party into a servile instrument. In 1939, he concluded the pact with Hitler that enabled him to grasp at Eastern Europe while Hitler made war in
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Gulag

A History

by Anne Applebaum ...

Narrated by Laural Merlington ...

Unabridged

27 hours 42 min

The Gulag—a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners—was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, ... Read more

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The Gulag—a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners—was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution,
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The House of Government

A Saga of the Russian Revolution

by Yuri Slezkine, Claire Bloom ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

Unabridged

45 hours 10 min

On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destructionThe House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment. Written in the tradition of Tolstoy’s War and Peace, Grossman’s Life and Fate, and Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago, Yuri ... Read more

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On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destructionThe House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment. Written in the tradition of Tolstoy’s War and Peace, Grossman’s Life and Fate, and Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago, Yuri
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When Titans Clashed

How the Red Army Stopped Hitler

by David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House ...

Narrated by James Romick ...

Unabridged

17 hours 49 min

Revised and updated to reflect recent Russian and Western scholarship on the subject, this new edition maintains the 1995 original's distinction as a crucial volume in the history of World War II and of the Soviet Union and the most informed and compelling perspective on one of the greatest military confrontations of all time.In 1941, when Pearl Harbor shattered America's peacetime pretensions, ... Read more

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Revised and updated to reflect recent Russian and Western scholarship on the subject, this new edition maintains the 1995 original's distinction as a crucial volume in the history of World War II and of the Soviet Union and the most informed and compelling perspective on one of the greatest military confrontations of all time.In 1941, when Pearl Harbor shattered America's peacetime pretensions,
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Ivan's War

Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945

by Catherine Merridale ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

16 hours

A powerful, groundbreaking narrative of the ordinary Russian soldier's experience of the worst war in history, based on newly revealed sources.Of the thirty million who fought in the eastern front of World War II, eight million died, driven forward in suicidal charges, shattered by German shells and tanks. They were the men and women of the Red Army, a ragtag mass of soldiers who confronted Europe ... Read more

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A powerful, groundbreaking narrative of the ordinary Russian soldier's experience of the worst war in history, based on newly revealed sources.Of the thirty million who fought in the eastern front of World War II, eight million died, driven forward in suicidal charges, shattered by German shells and tanks. They were the men and women of the Red Army, a ragtag mass of soldiers who confronted Europe
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March 1917

The Red Wheel: Node III, Book 1

by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn ...

Narrated by Daniel Henning ...

Unabridged

33 hours 18 min

The Red Wheel is Solzhenitsyn's magnum opus about the Russian Revolution. Solzhenitsyn tells this story in the form of a meticulously researched historical novel, supplemented by newspaper headlines of the day, fragments of street action, cinematic screenplay, and historical overview. The first two nodes—August 1914 and November 1916—focus on Russia's crises and recovery, on revolutionary ... Read more

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The Red Wheel is Solzhenitsyn's magnum opus about the Russian Revolution. Solzhenitsyn tells this story in the form of a meticulously researched historical novel, supplemented by newspaper headlines of the day, fragments of street action, cinematic screenplay, and historical overview. The first two nodes—August 1914 and November 1916—focus on Russia's crises and recovery, on revolutionary
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On to Stalingrad

Operation Winter Thunderstorm and the attempt to relieve Sixth Army, December 1942

by Horst Scheibert ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

5 hours 52 min

In late November 1942, Soviet forces surrounded Paulus' Sixth Army in a pocket outside the Russian city of Stalingrad. In response the Germans planned a relief operation, Operation Winter Storm, intended to break through the Soviet forces and open the pocket, releasing the encircled units. The 6th Panzer Division was the spearhead of the German relief force.The attack started on December 12th, ... Read more

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In late November 1942, Soviet forces surrounded Paulus' Sixth Army in a pocket outside the Russian city of Stalingrad. In response the Germans planned a relief operation, Operation Winter Storm, intended to break through the Soviet forces and open the pocket, releasing the encircled units. The 6th Panzer Division was the spearhead of the German relief force.The attack started on December 12th,
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The Reconstruction of Nations

Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus 1569-1999

by Timothy Snyder ...

Narrated by Rich Miller ...

Unabridged

13 hours 48 min

From the bestselling author of On Tyranny comes a revealing history of the four modern national ideas that arose from the Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthModern nationalism in northeastern Europe has often led to violence and then reconciliation between nations with bloody pasts. In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of On Tyranny comes a revealing history of the four modern national ideas that arose from the Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthModern nationalism in northeastern Europe has often led to violence and then reconciliation between nations with bloody pasts. In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood
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To Kill a Nation

The Attack on Yugoslavia

by Michael Parenti ...

Narrated by Rich Miller ...

Unabridged

5 hours 51 min

Drawing on a wide range of unpublished material and observations gathered from his visit to Yugoslavia in 1999, Michael Parenti challenges mainstream media coverage of the war, uncovering hidden agendas behind the Western talk of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and democracy. ... Read more

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Drawing on a wide range of unpublished material and observations gathered from his visit to Yugoslavia in 1999, Michael Parenti challenges mainstream media coverage of the war, uncovering hidden agendas behind the Western talk of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and democracy.
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The CIA Book Club

The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature

by Charlie English ...

Narrated by Michael David Axtell ...

Unabridged

10 hours 9 min

“A story as fascinating as it is undersung . . . a riveting account” (The New York Times Book Review, Best Books of 2025 So Far) of the CIA’s secret program to smuggle millions of books through the Iron Curtain during the Cold War“Brimming with poetic detail, spring-loaded with tradecraft, English’s account feels like it’s torn from the pages of Ian Fleming. . . . An indelible reminder that words ... Read more

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“A story as fascinating as it is undersung . . . a riveting account” (The New York Times Book Review, Best Books of 2025 So Far) of the CIA’s secret program to smuggle millions of books through the Iron Curtain during the Cold War“Brimming with poetic detail, spring-loaded with tradecraft, English’s account feels like it’s torn from the pages of Ian Fleming. . . . An indelible reminder that words
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Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1943-1945

Red Steamroller

by Robert A. Forczyk ...

Narrated by P.J. Ochlan ...

Unabridged

14 hours 42 min

The author of Case White offers an extensive history of German and Soviet armored warfare toward the end of World War II.By 1943, after the catastrophic German defeat at Stalingrad, the Wehmacht's panzer armies gradually lost the initiative on the Eastern Front. The tide of the war had turned. Their combined arms technique, which had swept Soviet forces before it during 1941 and 1942, had lost its ... Read more

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The author of Case White offers an extensive history of German and Soviet armored warfare toward the end of World War II.By 1943, after the catastrophic German defeat at Stalingrad, the Wehmacht's panzer armies gradually lost the initiative on the Eastern Front. The tide of the war had turned. Their combined arms technique, which had swept Soviet forces before it during 1941 and 1942, had lost its
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Not One Inch

America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate

by M.E. Sarotte ...

Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt ...

Unabridged

15 hours 54 min

A leading expert on foreign policy reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia transformed geopolitics in a Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2021"Sarotte is the unofficial dean of 'end of Cold War' studies. . . . With her latest book, she tackles head-on the not-controversial-at-all questions about NATO’s eastward growth and the effect it had on Russia's relations with the west." —Daniel W. ... Read more

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A leading expert on foreign policy reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia transformed geopolitics in a Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2021"Sarotte is the unofficial dean of 'end of Cold War' studies. . . . With her latest book, she tackles head-on the not-controversial-at-all questions about NATO’s eastward growth and the effect it had on Russia's relations with the west." —Daniel W.
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Red Road From Stalingrad

Recollections of a Soviet Infantryman

by Mansur Abdulin ...

Narrated by Alex Hyde-White ...

Unabridged

8 hours 51 min

Mansur Abdulin fought in the front ranks of the Soviet infantry against the German invaders at Stalingrad, Kursk and on the banks of the Dnieper. This is his extraordinary story. His vivid inside view of a ruthless war on the Eastern Front gives a rare insight into the reality of the fighting and into the tactics and mentality of the Red Army's soldiers.In his own words, and with a remarkable ... Read more

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Mansur Abdulin fought in the front ranks of the Soviet infantry against the German invaders at Stalingrad, Kursk and on the banks of the Dnieper. This is his extraordinary story. His vivid inside view of a ruthless war on the Eastern Front gives a rare insight into the reality of the fighting and into the tactics and mentality of the Red Army's soldiers.In his own words, and with a remarkable
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Spymaster's Prism

The Fight against Russian Aggression

by Jack Devine ...

Narrated by Noah Michael Levine ...

Unabridged

7 hours 23 min

In Spymaster's Prism the legendary former spymaster Jack Devine details the unending struggle with Russia and its intelligence agencies as it works against our national security. Devine tells this story through the unique perspective of a seasoned CIA professional who served more than three decades, some at the highest levels of the agency. He uses his gimlet-eyed view to walk us through the ... Read more

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In Spymaster's Prism the legendary former spymaster Jack Devine details the unending struggle with Russia and its intelligence agencies as it works against our national security. Devine tells this story through the unique perspective of a seasoned CIA professional who served more than three decades, some at the highest levels of the agency. He uses his gimlet-eyed view to walk us through the
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Catherine the Great & Potemkin

The Imperial Love Affair

by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...

Narrated by Sophie Roberts ...

Unabridged

27 hours 19 min

A widely acclaimed biography from thebestselling author of The Romanovs: "One of the great love stories of history” (The Economist) between Catherine the Great and the wildly flamboyant and talented Prince Potemkin. • "Captures the genius of two extraordinary Enlightenment figures—and of the age as well." —The Wall Street JournalCatherine the Great was a woman of notorious passion and imperial ... Read more

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A widely acclaimed biography from thebestselling author of The Romanovs: "One of the great love stories of history” (The Economist) between Catherine the Great and the wildly flamboyant and talented Prince Potemkin. • "Captures the genius of two extraordinary Enlightenment figures—and of the age as well." —The Wall Street JournalCatherine the Great was a woman of notorious passion and imperial
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Russia

The Story of War

by Gregory Carleton ...

Narrated by James Cameron Stewart ...

Unabridged

10 hours 35 min

No nation is a stranger to war, but for Russians war is a central part of who they are. Their "motherland" has been the battlefield where some of the largest armies have clashed, the most savage battles have been fought, the highest death tolls paid. Having prevailed over Mongol hordes and vanquished Napoleon and Hitler, many Russians believe no other nation has sacrificed so much for the world. ... Read more

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No nation is a stranger to war, but for Russians war is a central part of who they are. Their "motherland" has been the battlefield where some of the largest armies have clashed, the most savage battles have been fought, the highest death tolls paid. Having prevailed over Mongol hordes and vanquished Napoleon and Hitler, many Russians believe no other nation has sacrificed so much for the world.
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Очерки русской смуты

by Anton Denikin ...

Narrated by Yuriy Grigoriev ...

Unabridged

49 hours 25 min

Эта работа знаменитого вождя белого движения останется незаменимой для всякого, кто интересуется нашей историей этого периода. Надо признать эту блестящую монографию образцовой по детальности изложения трагических событий и по глубине их анализа. Деникин описывает явное самоизживание царского режима, что сделало революцию не только неотвратимой, но и горячо желанной всеми слоями тогдашнего ... Read more

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Эта работа знаменитого вождя белого движения останется незаменимой для всякого, кто интересуется нашей историей этого периода. Надо признать эту блестящую монографию образцовой по детальности изложения трагических событий и по глубине их анализа. Деникин описывает явное самоизживание царского режима, что сделало революцию не только неотвратимой, но и горячо желанной всеми слоями тогдашнего
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Soviet Union

by Kelly Mass ...

Narrated by Doug Greene ...

Unabridged

3 hours 5 min

This title consists of 3 books, which are about these topics:1 - Stalingrad has changed names. It's now called Volgograd and is still one of the largest cities in Russia. But we can't ignore the fact that for a significant time in history, it was called Stalingrad, named after the tyrant and leader of the Soviet Union in the Second World War, Joseph Stalin. Let's explore the history of this city ... Read more

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This title consists of 3 books, which are about these topics:1 - Stalingrad has changed names. It's now called Volgograd and is still one of the largest cities in Russia. But we can't ignore the fact that for a significant time in history, it was called Stalingrad, named after the tyrant and leader of the Soviet Union in the Second World War, Joseph Stalin. Let's explore the history of this city
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Putin's Wars

From Chechnya to Ukraine

by Mark Galeotti ...

Narrated by David Sibley ...

Unabridged

15 hours 12 min

Bloomsbury presents Putin's Wars by Mark Galeotti, read by David Sibley.THE FINANICAL TIMES – BEST BOOKS OF 2022'The prolific military chronicler and analyst Mark Galeotti has produced exactly the right book at the right time.' – The TimesA history of how Putin and his conflicts have inexorably reshaped Russia, including his devastating invasion of Ukraine.Putin's Wars is a timely overview of the ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Putin's Wars by Mark Galeotti, read by David Sibley.THE FINANICAL TIMES – BEST BOOKS OF 2022'The prolific military chronicler and analyst Mark Galeotti has produced exactly the right book at the right time.' – The TimesA history of how Putin and his conflicts have inexorably reshaped Russia, including his devastating invasion of Ukraine.Putin's Wars is a timely overview of the
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Бог не играет в кости. Моя теория относительности

by Альберт Эйнштейн ...

Narrated by Андрей Кузнецов ...

Unabridged

6 hours 49 min

Известный главным образом как создатель специальной и общей теории относительности, Альберт Эйнштейн стал, пожалуй, самым знаменитым ученым XX века, воплощением человеческого гения. Он коренным образом изменил наши взгляды на материю, пространство и время. Мы в благоговейном восхищении и растерянности стоим перед фигурой этого человека, чьи мысли лежат за пределами нашего разума, чей вклад в ... Read more

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Известный главным образом как создатель специальной и общей теории относительности, Альберт Эйнштейн стал, пожалуй, самым знаменитым ученым XX века, воплощением человеческого гения. Он коренным образом изменил наши взгляды на материю, пространство и время. Мы в благоговейном восхищении и растерянности стоим перед фигурой этого человека, чьи мысли лежат за пределами нашего разума, чей вклад в
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Dancing Bears

True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life under Tyranny

by Claire Bloom, Witold Szabłowski ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

Unabridged

6 hours 48 min

For hundreds of years, Bulgarian Gypsies trained bears to dance, welcoming them into their families and taking them on the road to perform. In the early 2000s, with the fall of Communism, they were forced to release the bears into a wildlife refuge. But even today, whenever the bears see a human, they still get up on their hind legs to dance.In the tradition of Ryszard Kapuściński, award-winning ... Read more

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For hundreds of years, Bulgarian Gypsies trained bears to dance, welcoming them into their families and taking them on the road to perform. In the early 2000s, with the fall of Communism, they were forced to release the bears into a wildlife refuge. But even today, whenever the bears see a human, they still get up on their hind legs to dance.In the tradition of Ryszard Kapuściński, award-winning
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Россия + Китай. Очерки по истории и современности отношений

by Иван Зуенко ...

Narrated by Иван Зуенко, Семён Ващенко ...

Series series Экономические миры
Unabridged

12 hours 45 min

Новая работа востоковеда и преподавателя МГИМО посвящена ключевым этапам взаимодействия России и Китая. Новая книга Ивана Зуенко посвящена истории и современности российско-китайских отношений. Автор не уходит от острых вопросов и разматывает самые сложные и запутанные сюжетные линии. Среди тем, разобранных в 18 очерках книги: -Как сформировалась граница между странами и почему она долгое время ... Read more

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Новая работа востоковеда и преподавателя МГИМО посвящена ключевым этапам взаимодействия России и Китая. Новая книга Ивана Зуенко посвящена истории и современности российско-китайских отношений. Автор не уходит от острых вопросов и разматывает самые сложные и запутанные сюжетные линии. Среди тем, разобранных в 18 очерках книги: -Как сформировалась граница между странами и почему она долгое время
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