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The Far Traveler
- Voyages of a Viking Woman
- By: Nancy Marie Brown
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing home. Or so the Icelandic sagas say....
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About Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir Viking Explorer
- By Kory KRICK on 03-21-23
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81. The Far Traveler
- Voyages of a Viking Woman
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 02-28-23
- Language: English
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Fatal Journey
- The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson
- By: Peter C. Mancall
- Narrated by: Christopher Prince
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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The English explorer Henry Hudson devoted his life to the search for a water route through America, becoming the first European to navigate the Hudson River in the process....
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Enjoyable
- By Chris on 02-28-10
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82. Fatal Journey
- The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson
- Narrated by: Christopher Prince
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 12-15-09
- Language: English
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Edison's Ghosts
- The Untold Weirdness of History's Greatest Geniuses
- By: Katie Spalding
- Narrated by: Susie Riddell
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Overturn everything you knew about history’s greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, where it turns out there's a finer line between "genius" and "idiot" than we've previously known....
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Wonderful Wonderful Read.
- By marc edge on 06-01-23
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83. Edison's Ghosts
- The Untold Weirdness of History's Greatest Geniuses
- Narrated by: Susie Riddell
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 05-16-23
- Language: English
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Papyrus
- The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
- By: Irene Vallejo, Charlotte Whittle - translator
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
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A rich exploration of the importance of books and libraries in the ancient world that highlights how humanity’s obsession with the printed word has echoed throughout the ages—from one of Spain’s most celebrated authors....
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Great read
- By Hunter Pechin on 12-15-22
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84. Papyrus
- The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 10-18-22
- Language: English
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On Savage Shores
- How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
- By: Caroline Dodds Pennock
- Narrated by: Caroline Dodds Pennock
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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We have long been taught to presume that modern global history began when the "Old World" encountered the "New", when Christopher Columbus “discovered” America in 1492. As Caroline Dodds Pennock shows, for tens of thousands of Aztecs, Maya, Inuit and others, the reverse was true....
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- By Mike on 08-01-23
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85. On Savage Shores
- How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
- Narrated by: Caroline Dodds Pennock
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 01-24-23
- Language: English
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Exploring Desert Stone
- John N. Macomb's 1859 Expedition to the Canyonlands of the Colorado
- By: Steven K. Madsen
- Narrated by: Jack de Golia
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
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The confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers, now in Canyonlands National Park, near popular tourist destination Moab, still cannot be reached or viewed easily. Much of the surrounding region remained remote and rarely visited for decades after settlement of other parts of the West....
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86. Exploring Desert Stone
- John N. Macomb's 1859 Expedition to the Canyonlands of the Colorado
- Narrated by: Jack de Golia
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 04-12-22
- Language: English
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To the Edges of the Earth
- 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration
- By: Edward J. Larson
- Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, an entwined narrative of the most adventurous year of all time, when three expeditions simultaneously raced to the top, bottom, and heights of the world....
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brutally honest accounts unbelievable stories
- By Troy Hamilton on 07-17-18
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87. To the Edges of the Earth
- 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration
- Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 03-13-18
- Language: English
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The Year 1000
- When Explorers Connected the World - and Globalization Began
- By: Valerie Hansen
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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Valerie Hansen, an award-winning historian, argues that the year 1000 was the world’s first point of major cultural exchange and exploration. Drawing on nearly 30 years of research, she presents a compelling account of first encounters between disparate societies....
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Long on Speculation, Short on Evidence
- By Phyllis on 10-10-20
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88. The Year 1000
- When Explorers Connected the World - and Globalization Began
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 04-14-20
- Language: English
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Zanzibar
- The History of the International Trade Center off the Coast of Africa
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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Situated about 25 miles off the Tanzanian coast, Zanzibar has captured the imagination of travelers and writers for hundreds of years....
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Not Very Comprehensive
- By Kindle Customer on 08-05-19
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89. Zanzibar
- The History of the International Trade Center off the Coast of Africa
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 10-28-16
- Language: English
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Pacific
- Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers
- By: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
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Best-selling author Simon Winchester offers an enthralling biography of the Pacific Ocean and its role in the modern world, exploring our relationship with this imposing force of nature....
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Political Asides Have Become Bombastic Didactic
- By Mark Patterson on 12-25-15
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90. Pacific
- Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 10-27-15
- Language: English
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Icebound
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- By: Andrea Pitzer
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
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In the best-selling tradition of Hampton Sides’ In the Kingdom of Ice, a “gripping adventure tale” (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explorer William Barents’ three harrowing Arctic expeditions....
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Great book - missing maps :(
- By Stephen on 01-20-21
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91. Icebound
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 01-12-21
- Language: English
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Conquering the Pacific
- An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery
- By: Andrés Reséndez
- Narrated by: Phil Morris
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
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The story of an uncovered voyage as colorful and momentous as any on record for the Age of Discovery - and of the Black mariner whose stunning accomplishment has been until now lost to history....
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Must Read, Excellent
- By Amazon Customer on 10-07-22
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92. Conquering the Pacific
- An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery
- Narrated by: Phil Morris
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 09-14-21
- Language: English
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The Kingdom of Speech
- By: Tom Wolfe
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
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The maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong....
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Takedown of a pseudointellectual bully!
- By Wayne on 09-01-16
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93. The Kingdom of Speech
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 08-30-16
- Language: English
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The Ship Beneath the Ice
- The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance
- By: Mensun Bound
- Narrated by: Mensun Bound - preface, Charles Armstrong
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
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On November 21, 1914, after sailing more than ten thousand miles from Norway to the Antarctic Ocean, the Endurance finally succumbed to the surrounding ice.
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Dragged out story
- By Bill on 09-14-23
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94. The Ship Beneath the Ice
- The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance
- Narrated by: Mensun Bound - preface, Charles Armstrong
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 02-28-23
- Language: English
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The Great Polar Fraud
- Cook, Peary, and Byrd - How Three American Heroes Duped the World into Thinking They Had Reached the North Pole
- By: Anthony Galvin
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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The Great Polar Fraud explores the history of the three men who claimed the pole, their claims, and the subsequent doubts of those claims....
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A good read
- By rjay on 09-08-17
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95. The Great Polar Fraud
- Cook, Peary, and Byrd - How Three American Heroes Duped the World into Thinking They Had Reached the North Pole
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 11-18-14
- Language: English
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The Best Land Under Heaven
- The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny
- By: Michael Wallis
- Narrated by: Michael Wallis
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
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Cutting through 160 years of mythmaking, best-selling historian Michael Wallis presents the ultimate cautionary tale of America's westward expansion....
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Well researched but performance is just mediocre
- By T. Redwood on 07-14-17
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96. The Best Land Under Heaven
- The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny
- Narrated by: Michael Wallis
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 06-27-17
- Language: English
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Against the Ice
- The Classic Arctic Survival Story
- By: Ejnar Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau - foreword, Maurice Michael - translator
- Narrated by: Tristan Wright
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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Ejnar Mikkelsen was devoted to Arctic exploration. In 1910 he decided to search for the diaries of the ill-fated Mylius-Erichsen expedition, which had set out to prove that Robert Peary’s outline of the East Greenland coast was a myth, erroneous and presumably self-serving....
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FABULOUS.
- By Lori J on 01-22-22
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97. Against the Ice
- The Classic Arctic Survival Story
- Narrated by: Tristan Wright
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 01-11-22
- Language: English
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The Suppressed History of America
- The Murder of Meriwether Lewis and the Mysterious Discoveries of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- By: Paul Schrag, Xaviant Haze
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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An investigation into the discoveries of Lewis and Clark and other early explorers of America and the terrible acts committed to suppress them....
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Don't Bother
- By Georgia Deardoff on 03-31-17
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98. The Suppressed History of America
- The Murder of Meriwether Lewis and the Mysterious Discoveries of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 12-15-15
- Language: English
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An Unsung Hero
- Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor
- By: Michael Smith
- Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
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Tom Crean was the farmer’s son from Kerry who sailed on three major expeditions to the unknown Antarctic over a century ago. He served with both Captain Robert Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton, spent longer on the ice than either and outlived them both....
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Excellent!
- By Laura Louise Bernadette on 04-05-24
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99. An Unsung Hero
- Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor
- Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 08-08-21
- Language: English
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Magellano: Un viaggio alla scoperta del mondo
- By: Sabrina Muzi
- Narrated by: Fabio Farnè
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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L'impresa di Ferdinando Magellano ha rappresentato un'incommensurabile scoperta ai fini della conoscenza: una nuova visione del mondo...
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100. Magellano: Un viaggio alla scoperta del mondo
- Narrated by: Fabio Farnè
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Release date: 12-08-15
- Language: Italian
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