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The original international woman of mystery, Mata Hari is maligned as a spy and a traitor. Having seduced a number of the most powerful men in Europe, she was accused of spying for both Allied and Central Powers during the First World War. Mata Hari’s biography tells a different story. From her remarkable transformation from a captain’s wife and mother in the Dutch East Indies to the most celebrated stage presence in Europe, Mata Hari fought for what she believed in. Yet what she believed in was neither France’s independence, nor Germany’s superiority, but her own personal quest for luxury, adventure, and love.
Inside you will hear about...
- A wife and mother
- The night of horror
- Code name H21
- Becoming a spy
- The trial and execution of Mata Hari
- And much more!
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Paris has always been a city of cultural excellence, fine wine and food, and the latest fashions. But it has also been a place of refuge for those fleeing persecution, never more so than before and after the Russian Revolution and the fall of the Romanov dynasty. For years, Russian aristocrats had enjoyed all that Belle Époque Paris had to offer, spending lavishly when they visited. It was a place of artistic experimentation, such as Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. But the brutality of the Bolshevik takeover forced Russians of all types to flee their homeland.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mildly interesting story of Russians exiles
- De Conrad Hastler en 05-20-22
De: Helen Rappaport
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Les Parisiennes
- How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved, and Died Under Nazi Occupation
- De: Anne Sebba
- Narrado por: Polly Stone
- Duración: 16 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 81
Paris in the 1940s was a place of fear, power, aggression, courage, deprivation, and secrets. During the occupation, the swastika flew from the Eiffel Tower and danger lurked on every corner. While Parisian men were either fighting at the front or captured and forced to work in German factories, the women of Paris were left behind where they would come face to face with the German conquerors on a daily basis, as waitresses, shop assistants, or wives and mothers, increasingly desperate to find food to feed their families as hunger became part of everyday life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Excellent Historical Perspective
- De Lulu en 10-28-16
De: Anne Sebba
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Heiresses
- The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies
- De: Laura Thompson
- Narrado por: Laura Thompson
- Duración: 13 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 68
Heiresses: Surely they are among the luckiest women on earth. Are they not to be envied, with their private jets and Chanel wardrobes and endless funds? Yet all too often those gilded lives have been beset with trauma and despair. Before the 20th century a wife’s inheritance was the property of her husband, making her vulnerable to kidnap, forced marriages, even confinement in an asylum. And in modern times, heiresses fell victim to fortune-hunters who squandered their millions.
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1 out of 5 stars
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tough listen and tough to keep track
- De Amazon Customer en 03-29-23
De: Laura Thompson
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Nazi Women
- The Attraction of Evil
- De: Paul Roland
- Narrado por: Gabrielle Glaister
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 67
After the failure of the Weimar Republic, the Nazis believed their mission was to "masculinize" life in Germany. Hermann Goering told women, "Take a pot, a dustpan and a broom, and marry a man", but many still became active participants in murder and mayhem. From the Reich Bride Schools through the Bund Deutscher Mädel and the bizarre Lebensborn Aryan breeding programme to the brothels of the Sicherheitsdienst, this book covers the lives of women in the Third Reich, concentrating on those who sought personal power and influence amid the chaos.
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3 out of 5 stars
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People are human
- De Stephen H en 07-04-18
De: Paul Roland
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When Paris Sizzled
- The 1920s Paris of Hemingway, Chanel, Cocteau, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, and Their Friends
- De: Mary McAuliffe
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld
- Duración: 11 h y 15 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 89
When Paris Sizzled vividly portrays the City of Light during the fabulous 1920s, les Annees folles, when Parisians emerged from the horrors of war to find that a new world greeted them - one that reverberated with the hard metallic clang of the assembly line, the roar of automobiles, and the beat of jazz. Mary McAuliffe traces a decade that saw seismic change on almost every front, from art and architecture to music, literature, fashion, entertainment, transportation, and, most notably, behavior.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Informative, but no sizzle
- De OzEnigma en 06-01-17
De: Mary McAuliffe
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Mengele
- The Complete Story
- De: Gerald Posner, John Ware, Michael Berenbaum - introduction
- Narrado por: Bruce Mann
- Duración: 15 h y 15 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 150
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 130
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 130
Based on exclusive and unrestricted access to more than 5,000 pages of personal writings and family photos, this definitive biography of German physician and SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Josef Mengele (1911-1979) probes the personality and motivations of Auschwitz's "Angel of Death". From May 1943 through January 1945, Mengele selected who would be gassed immediately, who would be worked to death, and who would serve as involuntary guinea pigs for his spurious and ghastly human experiments (twins were Mengele's particular obsession).
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1 out of 5 stars
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ONE OF THE WORST BOOKS I HAVE EVER READ
- De PAUL en 08-02-20
De: Gerald Posner, y otros
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Sleeping with the Enemy
- Coco Chanel's Secret War
- De: Hal Vaughan
- Narrado por: Susan Denaker, Mark Deakins
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 148
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 121
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 122
Coco Chanel created the look of the modern woman and was the high priestess of couture. She believed in simplicity, and elegance, and freed women from the tyranny of fashion. She inspired women to take off their bone corsets and cut their hair. She used ordinary jersey as couture fabric, elevated the waistline, and created bell-bottom trousers, trench coats, and turtleneck sweaters. In the 1920s, when Chanel employed more than 2,000 people in her workrooms, she had amassed a personal fortune of $15 million and went on to create an empire.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Wandering account, errors in French
- De Vivien Tarkirk-Smith en 07-04-13
De: Hal Vaughan
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Children of Nazis
- The Sons and Daughters of Himmler, Göring, Höss, Mengele, and Others - Living with a Father’s Monstrous Legacy
- De: Tania Crasnianski, Molly Grogan - translator
- Narrado por: Christa Lewis
- Duración: 7 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 61
In 1940, the German sons and daughters of infamous Nazi dignitaries Himmler, Göring, Hess, Frank, Bormann, Speer, and Mengele were children of privilege at four, five, or 10 years old, surrounded by affectionate, all-powerful parents. Although innocent and unaware of what was happening at the time, they eventually discovered the extent of their fathers' occupations: These men were leaders of the Third Reich and would later be convicted as monstrous war criminals.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Facts
- De Linda en 12-07-24
De: Tania Crasnianski, y otros
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Jackie Kennedy: A Captivating Guide to the Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Duke Holm
- Duración: 1 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Without a doubt, the name Jacqueline Kennedy draws multiple thoughts to mind. She is, perhaps, most well-known for her service as the first lady of the United States when her husband, John F. Kennedy, took office as the president, and for her role in restoring the White House. While she made major impacts on the White House, Jackie was much more than her title of first lady.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved this book. Love the Kennedys
- De Leroy en 09-29-17
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Emily Post
- Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners
- De: Laura Claridge
- Narrado por: Christine Williams
- Duración: 18 h y 12 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 42
From the excesses of the late 19th-century Gilded Age, through the horrors of World War I, to the transformations of the Roaring 20s that gave birth to her magisterial Etiquette, Emily Post unfailingly took the measure of her era. A Baltimore blue blood with a populist heart, she helped the masses live the American dream with her hugely popular book, which has been continuously in print for over 85 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Typical for Emily Post
- De Stephanie en 01-07-19
De: Laura Claridge
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Genius & Anxiety
- How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947
- De: Norman Lebrecht
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 18 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 68
Norman Lebrecht has devoted half of his life to pondering and researching the mindset of the Jewish intellectuals, writers, scientists, and thinkers who turned the tides of history and shaped the world today as we know it. In Genius & Anxiety, Lebrecht begins with the Communist Manifesto in 1847 and ends in 1947, when Israel was founded. This robust, magnificent volume, beautifully designed, is an urgent and necessary celebration of Jewish genius and contribution.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Post-anxiety
- De Amaze en 03-27-20
De: Norman Lebrecht
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Passing Strange
- A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line
- De: Martha A. Sandweiss
- Narrado por: Lorna Raver
- Duración: 14 h y 12 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 81
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 52
Brilliant scientist and witty conversationalist, best-selling author and architect of the great surveys that mapped the West after the Civil War, Clarence King was named by John Hay "the best and brightest of his generation". But King hid a secret from his Gilded Age cohorts and prominent family in Newport: for 13 years he lived a double life - as the celebrated White explorer, geologist, and writer Clarence King and as a Black Pullman porter and steelworker named James Todd.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Race and Identity
- De Roy en 03-22-10
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Nazi Wives
- The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany
- De: James Wyllie
- Narrado por: Dalya Raphael
- Duración: 9 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 181
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 156
Goering, Goebbels, Himmler, Heydrich, Hess, Bormann - names synonymous with power and influence in the Third Reich. Perhaps less familiar are Carin, Emmy, Magda, Margarete, Lina, Ilse, and Gerda. These are the women behind the infamous men - complex individuals with distinctive personalities who were captivated by Hitler and whose everyday lives were governed by Nazi ideology. Throughout the rise and fall of Nazism these women loved and lost, raised families, and quarreled with their husbands and each other, all the while jostling for position with the Fuhrer himself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Scary
- De Three River en 05-15-21
De: James Wyllie
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Bygone Badass Broads
- 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World
- De: Mackenzi Lee
- Narrado por: Lucy James
- Duración: 4 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 623
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 528
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 526
Based on Mackenzi Lee's popular weekly Twitter series of the same name, Bygone Badass Broads features 52 remarkable and forgotten trailblazing women from all over the world. With tales of heroism and cunning, in-depth bios and witty storytelling, Bygone Badass Broads gives new life to these historic female pioneers. Starting in the fifth century BC and continuing to the present, the book takes a closer look at bold and inspiring women who dared to step outside the traditional gender roles of their time.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Awesome history, heavy-handed political agenda
- De Charlie en 07-08-18
De: Mackenzi Lee
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Inga
- Kennedy's Great Love, Hitler's Perfect Beauty, and J. Edgar Hoover's Prime Suspect
- De: Scott Farris
- Narrado por: Scott Farris
- Duración: 12 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23
In addition to her romance with Kennedy, Arvad married four times - including to an Egyptian prince, the brilliant filmmaker Paul Fejos, and the famed cowboy movie star Tim McCoy. She had affairs with Wall Street financier Bernard Baruch, the noted surgeon Dr. William Cahan, and Winston Churchill's right hand man, Baron Robert Boothby. But by all accounts her admirers among the European and American elite loved Inga not for her physical beauty, but for her joie de vivre.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Kennedy Read
- De James P. Barraza en 04-14-17
De: Scott Farris
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The Black Russian
- De: Vladimir Alexandrov
- Narrado por: Peter Marinker
- Duración: 10 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
The Black Russian is the incredible story of Frederick Bruce Thomas, born in 1872 to former slaves who became prosperous farmers in Mississippi. After leaving the South and working as a waiter and valet in Chicago and Brooklyn, Frederick sought greater freedom in London, then crisscrossed Europe, and - in a highly unusual choice for a black American at the time - went to Russia in 1899. Because he found no color line there, Frederick made Moscow his home. He renamed himself Fyodor Fyodorovich Tomas, married twice, acquired a mistress, and took Russian citizenship.
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5 out of 5 stars
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US Born African Descendant 2 Russian Citizenship
- De Sheila Gibson en 03-14-15
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The Curse of Beauty
- The Scandalous & Tragic Life of Audrey Munson, America's First Supermodel
- De: James Bone
- Narrado por: Marianne Fraulo
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 86
As America was stepping into the modern era, one great beauty became the artist's model of choice. Her perfect form became the emblem of the Gilded Age and appears on the greatest monuments of New York and the nation. Supermodel, actress, icon - her beauty paved the way for a life of glamour, passion, and ultimately tragedy. Her name is Audrey Munson.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating
- De Аmazon Customer en 04-06-17
De: James Bone