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Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Bugville Critters Stay After School Subtitle: Lass Ladybug's Adventures, Book 3 Author: Robert Stanek Narrator: Ginny Westcott Format: Unabridged Length: 18 mins Language: English Release date: 05-07-09 Publisher: RP Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Kids, Ages 0-4 Publisher's Summary: In this story, Lass has to stay after school but she doesn't want to. She'd rather go outside and play with her friends. She is surprised when she has fun and makes a new best friend. The wonderfully crafted story is paired with playful examples that help children discover the world around them.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Water Kingdom Subtitle: A Secret History of China Author: Philip Ball Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins Language: English Release date: 04-25-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 12 votes Genres: History, World Publisher's Summary: From the Yangtze to the Yellow River, China is traversed by great waterways, which have defined its politics and ways of life for centuries. Water has been so integral to China's culture, economy, and growth and development that it provides a window on the whole sweep of Chinese history. In The Water Kingdom, renowned writer Philip Ball opens that window to offer an epic and powerful new way of thinking about Chinese civilization. Water, Ball shows, is a key that unlocks much of Chinese culture. In The Water Kingdom, he takes us on a grand journey through China's past and present, showing how the complexity and energy of the country and its history repeatedly come back to the challenges, opportunities, and inspiration provided by the waterways. Drawing on stories from travelers and explorers, poets and painters, bureaucrats and activists, all of whom have been influenced by an environment shaped and permeated by water, Ball explores how the ubiquitous relationship of the Chinese people to water has made it an enduring metaphor for philosophical thought and artistic expression. Critic Reviews: "This is a one-stop examination of water's primacy in Chinese history, and a well-written one at that." (Publishers Weekly)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Glass Universe Subtitle: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars Author: Dava Sobel Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins Language: English Release date: 12-06-16 Publisher: Penguin Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 60 votes Genres: History, American Publisher's Summary: Number-one New York Times best-selling author Dava Sobel returns with the captivating, little-known true story of a group of women whose remarkable contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe. In the mid-19th century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as calculators, or "human computers", to interpret the observations made via telescope by their male counterparts each night. At the outset this group included the wives, sisters, and daughters of the resident astronomers, but by the 1880s the female corps included graduates of the new women's colleges - Vassar, Wellesley, and Smith. As photography transformed the practice of astronomy, the ladies turned to studying the stars captured nightly on glass photographic plates. The "glass universe" of half a million plates that Harvard amassed in this period - thanks in part to the early financial support of another woman, Mrs. Anna Draper, whose late husband pioneered the technique of stellar photography - enabled the women to make extraordinary discoveries that attracted worldwide acclaim. They helped discern what stars were made of, divided the stars into meaningful categories for further research, and found a way to measure distances across space by starlight. Their ranks included Williamina Fleming, a Scottish woman originally hired as a maid who went on to identify 10 novae and more than 300 variable stars; Annie Jump Cannon, who designed a stellar classification system that was adopted by astronomers the world over and is still in use; and Dr. Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin, who in 1956 became the first ever woman professor of astronomy at Harvard - and Harvard's first female department chair. Elegantly written and enriched by excerpts from letters, diaries, and memoirs, The Glass Universe is the hidden history of a group of remarkable women who, through their hard work and groundbreaking discoveries, disproved the commonly held belief that the gentler sex had little to contribute to human knowledge.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Playing Through the Whistle Subtitle: Steel, Football, and an American Town Author: S. L. Price Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins Language: English Release date: 10-04-16 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 40 votes Genres: History, American Publisher's Summary: From a Sports Illustrated senior writer, a moving epic of football and industrial America, telling the story of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, its now-shuttered steel mill, and its legendary high school football team Aliquippa, Pennsylvania is famous for two things: the Jones and Laughlin Steel mill, an industrial behemoth that helped win World War II; and football, with a high school team that has produced numerous NFL stars, including Mike Ditka and Darrelle Revis. But the mill, once the fourth largest producer in America, closed for good in 2000. What happens to a town when a dream dies? Does it just disappear? In Playing Through the Whistle, celebrated sports writer S. L. Price tells the story of this remarkable place, its people, and its players and, through it, a wider story of American history from the turn of the 20th century. Aliquippa has been many things - a rigidly controlled company town, a booming racial and ethnic melting pot, and, for a brief time, a workers' paradise. Price expertly traces this history while also recounting the birth and development of high school sports, from a minor pastime to a source of civic pride to today, when it sometimes seems like the only way out of a life of poverty, drug abuse, and crime. Playing Through the Whistle is a masterpiece of narrative journalism that will make you cry and cheer in equal measure.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Boys in the Boat: Summary and Analysis Author: Summary Station Narrator: C.J. McAllister Format: Unabridged Length: 40 mins Language: English Release date: 02-05-16 Publisher: Summary Station Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: History, World Publisher's Summary: Learn About the Men Who Won the Gold Medal for Rowing in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in a Fraction of the Time! During the fourth year of the Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president of the United States, and Adolf Hitler was in power over Germany. Conditions in the United States were barely livable for most families, including Joe Rantz and his family. Joe was at the University of Washington in Seattle. Joe and his classmate, Roger Morris, were headed to the shell house on campus to try out for the Rowing team along with 175 other boys. Joe was particularly nervous about the tryouts. If he made the team, he had the promise of a part-time job on campus and would be able to marry his high school sweet heart, Joyce. Al Ulbrickson was the rowing team's head coach. He was always sharply dressed, which, along with his assertive demeanor, demanded respect from all of the boys on the team as well as the press. Joe knew how important this year's freshman team was; if he could train the boys properly, he would be able to take them to the 1936 Olympics. Although many other West Coast colleges had been to the Olympics before and even brought home medals, no University of Washington coach had ever come close. Royal Brougham was a particularly tenacious member of the press who tried the hardest to pry a statement out of Al. Royal saw the rowing team as an opportunity to improve his hometown's image and set out to be one of the biggest advocates for the team. At the same moment in Germany, Hitler and his staff were walking through a stadium built for the previous 1916 Olympics, which were cancelled because of the war. Hitler was not a fan of the Olympics. The idea of different races participating together in the games was appalling to him. However, when he toured the old stadium, he announced that he would have it expanded to fit 100,000 people, much to the shock of his staff.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Legendary Explorers: The Life and Legacy of Marco Polo Author: Charles River Editors Narrator: Colin Fluxman Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 06-04-15 Publisher: Charles River Editors Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 9 votes Genres: History, World Publisher's Summary: "I have not told half of what I saw." - Marco Polo A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In this series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. Marco Polo (1254-1324) is an instantly recognizable name, and he is known for his travels, but it's safe to say that his influence and importance has been greatly overlooked in the nearly 700 years since he died. Born in Venice, Marco Polo was in a fortuitous position to participate in the Mediterranean trade, but he was still a young man when he went on the journey that would make him famous and greatly inspire the Age of Exploration. Though he was destined to become famous, Marco Polo was simply following in the footsteps of his own family, and it's believed that he was already a teenager before he met his father and uncle, who had been traveling to the Far East and who, according to Marco Polo, had met Kublai Khan, the famous grandson of Genghis Khan. They set off for Asia again a few years later, this time with Marco Polo, and they would not return to Venice for 24 years. When they came back, they had allegedly traveled about 15,000 miles and brought back plenty of riches and treasure.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Women Physicians and Professional Ethos in Nineteenth-Century America Subtitle: Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms Author: Carolyn Skinner Narrator: Caroline Miller Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 03-18-15 Publisher: University Press Audiobooks Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: History, American Publisher's Summary: Women physicians in 19th-century America faced a unique challenge in gaining acceptance to the medical field as it began its transformation into a professional institution. The profession had begun to increasingly insist on masculine traits as signs of competency. Not only were these traits inaccessible to women according to 19th-century gender ideology, but showing competence as a medical professional was not enough. Whether women could or should be physicians hinged mostly on maintaining their femininity while displaying the newly established standard traits of successful practitioners of medicine. Women Physicians and Professional Ethos provides a unique example of how women influenced both popular and medical discourse. This volume is especially notable because it considers the work of African American and American Indian women professionals. Drawing on a range of books, articles, and speeches, Carolyn Skinner analyzes the rhetorical practices of 19th-century American women physicians. She redefines ethos in a way that reflects the persuasive efforts of women who claimed the authority and expertise of the physician with great difficulty.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Secret Game Subtitle: A Wartime Story of Courage, Change, and Basketball's Lost Triumph Author: Scott Ellsworth Narrator: Scott Ellsworth Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 03-10-15 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 24 votes Genres: History, American Publisher's Summary: The true story of the game that never should have happened. Something was happening to basketball. In the wartime fall of 1943, at the little-known North Carolina College for Negroes, Coach John McLendon was on the verge of changing the game forever. Within six months his Eagles would become the highest-scoring college basketball team in America, a fast-breaking, hard-pressing juggernaut that would shatter its opponents by as many as 60 points per game. The last student of James Naismith, basketball's inventor, McLendon had opened the door to its future. Across town, at Duke University, the best basketball squad on campus wasn't the Blue Devils but an all-white military team from the Duke medical school. Comprised of former college stars from across the country, they dismantled every team they faced, including the Duke varsity. They were prepared to play anyone - that was until an audacious invitation arrived, one that was years ahead of anything the South had ever seen before. Based on years of research, The Secret Game is a story of courage and determination and of an incredible, long-buried moment in the nation's sporting past. The riveting true account of a remarkable season, it is the story of how a handful of forgotten college basketball players not only changed the game forever but also helped to usher in a new America.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Mud and Khaki Author: Vernon Bartlett Narrator: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 10-28-14 Publisher: FNH Audio Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: History, World Publisher's Summary: FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of this collection of sketches from Flanders and France, during WWI. First published in 1917, during the latter part of the war, this book has captured the mood of the country at the time. By carefully selecting anecdotes and previously published articles relating the war taking place across the channel, the author created a blend of narrative that is by turns inspiring, insightful, funny, and bitter-sweet. Including the trench-wisdom of "Pongo" Simpson, and Margery Debenham's terrible tale of loss and heartache, this book will not fail to touch you.

Ascolta questo libro audio completo gratuitamente su https://hotaudiobook.com Titolo: L'origine dell'uomo rosso [Red Man's Origin] Autore: Donald N. Panther-Yates, William Eubanks, George Sahkiyah Sanders Narratore: Christian Vivi Formato: Unabridged Durata: 21 mins Lingua: Italiano Data di pubblicazione: 10-14-14 Editore: Panther's Lodge Categoria: History, World Riepilogo Editore: La storia leggendaria della sua ascesa e della sua caduta, le sue vittorie e le sue sconfitte e la profezia del suo futuro Non possediamo nulla di 'più autentico' di "Red Man's Origin". "Red Man's Origin" è semplicemente un articolo in lingua inglese dal anno 1896, tradotto ora per la prima volta in Italiano dalla artista veronese Francesca Bortolaso. E' un miracolo che sopravviva. Riproduce le parole Cherokee di George Sahkiyah (Soggy) Sanders così tradotte in lingua inglese da William Eubanks. Sanders era un purosangue che parlava poco l'inglese e sapeva leggere e scrivere solo in Cherokee. William Eubanks (1841-1921) era il figlio di un padre adottivo bianco e di una mamma Cherokee. Il suo nome Cherokee era Unenudi. Riconosciuto come uno degli intellettuali eccezionali Cherokee del tardo diciannovesimo secolo, usò lo pseudonimo Cornsilk nei suoi articoli di giornale, molti dei quali di genere politico o antropologico. Fu un membro della Keetoowah Priestly Society ed un traduttore per la Nazione Cherokee fino a quando non fu sciolta nel 1906. Non possediamo nulla di 'più autentico' di "Red Man's Origin". "Red Man's Origin" è semplicemente un articolo in lingua inglese dal anno 1896, tradotto ora per la prima volta in Italiano dalla artista veronese Francesca Bortolaso. E' un miracolo che sopravviva. Riproduce le parole Cherokee di George Sahkiyah (Soggy) Sanders così tradotte in lingua inglese da William Eubanks. Sanders era un purosangue che parlava poco l'inglese e sapeva leggere e scrivere solo in Cherokee. William Eubanks (1841-1921) era il figlio di un padre adottivo bianco e di una mamma Cherokee. Il suo nome Cherokee era Unenudi. Riconosciuto come uno degli intellettuali eccezionali Cherokee del tardo diciannovesimo secolo, usò lo pseudonimo Cornsilk nei suoi articoli di giornale, molti dei quali di genere politico o antropologico. Fu un membro della Keetoowah Priestly Society ed un traduttore per la Nazione Cherokee fino a quando non fu sciolta nel 1906. L'ORIGINE DELL'UOMO ROSSO è un prezioso frammento di narrativa nazionale Cherokee sul passato, presente e futuro di questo popolo. L'ORIGINE DELL'UOMO ROSSO è un prezioso frammento di narrativa nazionale Cherokee sul passato, presente e futuro di questo popolo. Please note: This audiobook is in Italian.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Phantom Terror Subtitle: The Threat of Revolution and the Repression of Liberty 1789-1848 Author: Adam Zamoyski Narrator: Geoff Holman Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins Language: English Release date: 10-09-14 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited Genres: History, World Publisher's Summary: A magnificent and timely examination of an age of fear, subversion, suppression and espionage, Adam Zamoyski explores the attempts of the governments of Europe to police the world in a struggle against obscure forces, seemingly dedicated to the overthrow of civilisation. The advent of the French Revolution confirmed the worst fears of the rulers of Europe. They saw their states as storm-tossed vessels battered by terrible waves from every quarter and threatened by horrific monsters from the deep. Rulers' nerves were further unsettled by the voices of the Enlightenment, envisaging improvement only through a radical transformation of the future role of the monarchy and the Church.Napoleon's arrival on the European stage intensified these fears, and the changes he wrought across Europe fully justified them. Yet he also brought some comfort to those rulers who managed to survive: he had tamed the revolution in France and the hegemony he exercised over Europe was a guarantee against subversion. Once Napoleon was toppled, the monarchs of Europe took over this role for themselves. But their attempts to impose order were not only ineffectual, they weakened the very bases of that order. Their obsessive hunt for hidden conspiracy became self-fulfilling. Their use of force and repressive measures alienated the very classes whose support they needed. Reliance on standing armies only served to politicise the military and to give potential revolutionaries the opportunity to get their hands on a ready armed force.Their policies led to the wave of revolutions in 1848, but these fell short of the long-dreaded Armageddon and revealed the groundlessness of their fears. The masses wanted bread and improved working conditions, not the overthrow of the social order. Nevertheless, the sense of a great, undefined, subversive threat never went away and re-surfaced in the form of various supposed conspiracies to take over the world: it still lingers in many quarters today. Adam Zamoyski's compelling history reveals how paranoia came to grip the minds of rulers and much of society, dictating policies that flew in the face of common sense, and continues to hold lessons for politicians.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Invisible History of the Human Race Subtitle: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures Author: Christine Kenneally Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 10-09-14 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 157 votes Genres: History, World Publisher's Summary: We are doomed to repeat history if we fail to learn from it, but how are we affected by the forces that are invisible to us? In The Invisible History of the Human Race, Christine Kenneally draws on cutting-edge research to reveal how both historical artifacts and DNA tell us where we come from and where we may be going. While some books explore our genetic inheritance and some popular television shows celebrate ancestry, this is the first book to explore how everything from DNA to emotions to names and the stories that form our lives are all part of our human legacy. Kenneally shows how trust is inherited in Africa, how silence is passed down in Tasmania, and how the history of nations is written in our DNA. From fateful ancient encounters to modern mass migrations and medical diagnoses, Kenneally explains how the forces that shaped the history of the world ultimately shape each human who inhabits it.

Escuche este audio libro completo gratis en https://hotaudiobook.com Título: La auténtica historia de Las minas del rey Salomón Autor: Carlos Roca Narrador: Daniel Angel Montalbo Centeno Formato: Unabridged Duración: 5 hrs and 8 mins Idioma: Español Fecha de publicación: 08-12-14 Editor: Audible Studios Categorías: History, World Resumen del editor: La historia que se esconde detrás de una de las mejores novelas de aventuras de todos los tiempos. En 1875, Henry Rider Haggard escribe Las minas del rey Salomón, probablemente una de las mejores novelas de aventuras de todos los tiempos. Muchos intuyen pero pocos conocen el correlato histórico que se oculta detrás de esta novela: la lucha entre colonos ingleses y holandeses contra las tribus africanas por el control de los recursos naturales y de los territorios. La historia auténtica de Las minas del rey Salomón es el audio libro que desvela los personajes reales que se esconden tras los novelescos y, sobre todo, la historia documentada y justificada que sirvió de inspiración a Haggard para su novela. La historia del pueblo zulú, la historia de la colonización europea y la historia de la fiebre del oro y las piedras preciosas, que trajo al reino de los matabeles a especuladores y mercenarios, es la historia que nos trae Carlos Roca en esta obra. Conoceremos la ambición de Cecil Rhodes y su British South Company, que utilizó engaños para conseguir la tierra de la tribu matabele, las actuales Zambia y Zimbabwe, porque estaba convencido de la riqueza de la tierra y de que allí se escondían los tesoros míticos del último rey de Israel; pero conoceremos también la resistencia del pueblo matabele, con un ejército propio del Neolítico pero con una preparación bélica espartana, que encabezados por su líder Lobengula dieron inmensos problemas al ejército colono, masacraron a los granjeros blancos y fueron reprimidos y exterminados por el ejército al servicio de la reina Victoria; y además de esta apasionante historia de resistencia, Carlos Roca retrata a las personalidades más relevantes de la época como el propio Rhodes, el jefe matabele Lobengula, el doctor Livingstone, el militar y creador de los boy scouts Robert Baden-Powell o el cazador Frederick Selous, el verdadero Alan Quatermain. Please Note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://hotaudiobook.com Titel: Tschö mit Ö Untertitel: Dumme Todesfälle aus der Geschichte Autor:: Philippe Charlier, David Alliot Erzähler: Umut Dirik Format: Unabridged Spieldauer: 4 hrs and 59 mins Sprache: Deutsch Veröffentlichungsdatum: 05-17-14 Herausgeber: ABOD Verlag Kategorien: History, World Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers: Auch berühmte Personen sind vor dummen Missgeschicken mit Todesfolge nicht sicher. Schlimmer noch: Wenn es Könige, Wissenschaftler oder Politiker trifft, wird es besonders lustig. Aufgeteilt nach Todesursachen werden 100 skurrile Unglücksfälle von der Antike bis heute erzählt: Da gibt es den wollüstigen Politiker, der sein Ende zwischen den Beinen einer Mätresse findet, den maßlosen König, dessen Herz keine 14 Portionen Nachtisch verträgt, und den überheblichen Dichter, der von herumfliegenden Schildkröten erschlagen wird... ©2014 Bastei Lübbe (P)2014 ABOD Verlag

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Fifth Impossibility Author: Norman Manea Narrator: Toby Riggle Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 04-28-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: History, World Publisher's Summary: Deported to a concentration camp from 1941 until the end of the war, Norman Manea again left his native Romania in 1986 to escape the Ceausescu regime. He now lives in New York. In this selection of essays, he explores the language and psyche of the exiled writer. Among pieces on the cultural-political landscape of Eastern Europe and on the North America of today, there are astute critiques of fellow Romanian and American writers. Manea answers essential questions on censorship and on linguistic roots. He unravels the relationship of the mother tongue to the difficulties of translation. Above all, he describes what homelessness means for the writer. These essays - many translated here for the first time - are passionate, lucid, and enriching, conveying a profound perspective on our troubled society.