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    • By: Sun Tzu
    • Narrated by: Aidan Gillen
    • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
    • Release date: 03-31-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 41,461 ratings
    • The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu....

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    • The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
    • By: Steve Coll
    • Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
    • Length: 26 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 10-27-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,260 ratings
    • The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan....

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    • A History of the World through Islamic Eyes
    • By: Tamim Ansary
    • Narrated by: Tamim Ansary
    • Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 04-28-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,966 ratings
    • Until about 1800, the West and the Islamic realm were like two adjacent, parallel universes, each assuming itself to be the center of the world while ignoring the other....

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    • Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane
    • By: S. Frederick Starr
    • Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
    • Length: 25 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 10-12-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 504 ratings
    • Lost Enlightenment chronicles this forgotten age of achievement, seeks to explain its rise, and explores the competing theories about the cause of its eventual demise....

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    • The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
    • By: George Crile
    • Narrated by: Christopher Lane
    • Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 06-23-04
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,268 ratings
    • Charlie Wilson's War is the untold story behind the last battle of the Cold War and how it fueled the rise of militant Islam....

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    • A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present
    • By: Adeeb Khalid
    • Narrated by: Aaqil Ahmed
    • Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 06-01-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 72 ratings
    • Adeeb Khalid provides the first comprehensive history of Central Asia from the mid-18th century to today, shedding light on the historical forces that have shaped the region under imperial and Communist rule....

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    • The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
    • By: Peter Hopkirk
    • Narrated by: Alex Wyndham
    • Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 08-29-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 720 ratings
    • The Great Game between Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia was fought across desolate terrain from the Caucasus to China, over the lonely passes of the Parmirs and Karakorams....

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    • Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China
    • By: Robert D. Kaplan
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 08-22-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
    • Robert D. Kaplan explores Greater Middle East through reporting and travel writing to reveal deeper truths about the impacts of history on the present and how the requirements of stability over anarchy are often in conflict with the ideals of democratic governance.

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    • His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy
    • By: Frank McLynn
    • Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon
    • Length: 24 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 09-04-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 172 ratings
    • Frank McLynn brings vividly to life the strange world of the Mongols and describes Temujin's rise from boyhood outcast to becoming Genghis Khan....

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    • Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China
    • By: Christopher I. Beckwith
    • Narrated by: Jim Lee
    • Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 01-17-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • This audiobook narrated by Jim Lee provides a rich, discovery-filled account of how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient world....

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    • How the Mongols Changed the World
    • By: Marie Favereau
    • Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
    • Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 09-14-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 69 ratings
    • Favereau takes us inside one of the most powerful sources of cross-border integration in world history. The Horde was the central node in the Eurasian commercial boom of the 13th and 14th centuries and was a conduit for exchanges across thousands of miles....

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    • By: G. I. Gurdjieff
    • Narrated by: Jim Wentland
    • Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 05-25-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • Exactly a month has elapsed since I finished the first series of my writings—just that period of the flow of time which I intended to devote exclusively to resting the parts of my common presence subordinate to my pure reason....

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    • A Concise Introduction to Chinese History, Culture, Dynasties, Mythology, Great Achievements & More of the Oldest Living Civilization
    • By: History Brought Alive
    • Narrated by: R. E. Harter
    • Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 05-26-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • While there are many books that explore China’s history, public knowledge is still lacking....

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    • A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present
    • By: Christopher I. Beckwith
    • Narrated by: Jim Lee
    • Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 01-17-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • With narration by Jim Lee, who tells the epic story of the rise and fall of the Silk Road empires....

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    • A Cultural and Political History
    • By: Thomas Barfield
    • Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
    • Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 09-21-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 237 ratings
    • Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the 16th century to the Taliban resurgence today....

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    • The Story of Two Charlie and the Arghandab River Valley
    • By: Andrew Bragg
    • Narrated by: Kevin P. Mullan
    • Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 10-15-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • This book shares the story of the men of Two Charlie and their fight for survival in the Arghandab River Valley, the Devil’s Playground.

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    • By: Colin Falconer
    • Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
    • Series: Epic Adventure
    • Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 12-04-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 136 ratings
    • From the Storehouse of Winds to the Palace of Myriad Tranquillities, from the Pamirs and Hindu Kush to the legendary Xanadu and the dazzling court of Khubilai Khan, this is romance and adventure on a breathtaking scale....

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    • The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan
    • By: Tamim Ansary
    • Narrated by: Tamim Ansary
    • Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 11-27-12
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 357 ratings
    • Today, most Westerners still see the war in Afghanistan as a contest between democracy and Islamist fanaticism.....

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    • One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations
    • By: Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
    • Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
    • Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 08-01-06
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2,740 ratings
    • In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya....

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