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Histories Vol. 1 by Herodotus of Halicarnassus ~ Full Audiobook [history]
Classic Audiobook Collection
10/18/22
•627m
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Histories Vol. 1 by Herodotus of Halicarnassus audiobook.
Genre: history
Herodotus of Halicarnassus opens his great inquiry into how peoples remember, explain, and wage war with one another. In Histories Vol. 1, he traces the rising power of Persia and the long chain of rivalries that will culminate in the great clashes between East and West. The narrative begins with stories of famous abductions and reprisals that ancient audiences treated as the roots of conflict, then turns to the formidable kings of Lydia, especially Croesus, whose wealth and ambition draw him into confrontation with a new imperial force. Along the way, Herodotus blends political history with vivid travel writing: customs, religions, marvels, and whispered anecdotes gathered from priests, soldiers, and local guides. His method is as much about questioning sources as it is about telling a gripping story, weighing competing accounts and pausing to reflect on fate, pride, and the dangers of overconfidence. By weaving together court intrigue, diplomacy, battlefield decisions, and cultural portraiture, this first volume establishes a sweeping world of interconnected kingdoms and sets the stage for a larger struggle that will reshape the ancient Mediterranean.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:15:47) Chapter 02
(00:41:46) Chapter 03
(01:10:41) Chapter 04
(01:35:20) Chapter 05
(02:00:30) Chapter 06
(02:22:52) Chapter 07
(02:51:58) Chapter 08
(03:15:53) Chapter 09
(03:41:43) Chapter 10
(04:21:41) Chapter 11
(04:42:22) Chapter 12
(05:02:31) Chapter 13
(05:32:40) Chapter 14
(05:57:34) Chapter 15
(06:21:52) Chapter 16
(06:46:58) Chapter 17
(07:09:00) Chapter 18
(07:40:25) Chapter 19
(08:00:53) Chapter 20
(08:21:59) Chapter 21
(08:43:03) Chapter 22
(09:05:49) Chapter 23
(09:24:38) Chapter 24
(09:44:59) Chapter 25
(10:02:19) Chapter 26
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Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago by Hannah Trager audiobook.
Genre: history
In Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago, Hannah Trager invites listeners into a series of vivid, intimate scenes that recreate everyday Jewish life as it was remembered and recorded half a century earlier. Framed through family conversation and letters read aloud in a modest London home, the book follows the Jacobs family as they prepare for Shabbat and wrestle with the pressures of fitting in while remaining faithful to tradition. The children, especially Benjamin, become a bridge between worlds: the crowded streets and schools of immigrant London, and the longing, idealized pull of Jerusalem. As letters from the Holy City are shared, daily routines open outward into a larger portrait of Jewish home practice, education, charity, and community life in Palestine: spring cleaning before Passover under conditions of scarcity, Sabbath meals and household arrangements, and the textures of neighborhood support and disagreement. Warmly observant and rich with cultural detail, Trager's sketches explore identity, environment, and the quiet heroism of keeping a way of life alive across distances and generations.
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(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:13:43) Chapter 02
(00:22:47) Chapter 03
(00:32:25) Chapter 04
(00:42:05) Chapter 05
(00:55:00) Chapter 06
(01:04:54) Chapter 07
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(01:17:11) Chapter 09
(01:24:27) Chapter 10
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Atlantis - The Antediluvian World by Ignatius Loyola Donnelly ~ Full Audiobook [history]
October 18, 2022
•1024m
Atlantis - The Antediluvian World by Ignatius Loyola Donnelly audiobook.
Genre: history
First published in 1882, Ignatius Loyola Donnelly's Atlantis - The Antediluvian World is a bold investigation into one of history's most enduring mysteries: was Plato's Atlantis a real place, and could it have been the lost cradle of civilization? Donnelly, a politician turned restless scholar, builds a sweeping case that an advanced island continent once existed in the Atlantic Ocean and that its destruction by a prehistoric catastrophe scattered survivors across the globe. Drawing on classical texts, early archaeology, comparative mythology, linguistics, and 19th-century geology, he links ancient Egypt, the Americas, and Europe through shared symbols, flood legends, and technological echoes that, he argues, point back to a single source. As Donnelly challenges the mainstream view of independent cultural development, readers are invited into a spirited debate over evidence, interpretation, and the human desire to connect the fragments of the distant past. Part detective story, part manifesto, and part tour of the world's oldest stories, this influential work remains a landmark of alternative history and a vivid portrait of Victorian-era curiosity about humanity's origins.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:09:59) Chapter 02
(00:37:31) Chapter 03
(01:07:45) Chapter 04
(01:30:18) Chapter 05
(01:54:28) Chapter 06
(02:04:29) Chapter 07
(02:22:38) Chapter 08
(02:31:35) Chapter 09
(02:52:14) Chapter 10
(03:23:24) Chapter 11
(03:49:03) Chapter 12
(04:14:02) Chapter 13
(04:40:45) Chapter 14
(05:02:26) Chapter 15
(05:18:18) Chapter 16
(05:44:10) Chapter 17
(06:16:32) Chapter 18
(06:27:03) Chapter 19
(06:52:39) Chapter 20
(07:18:23) Chapter 21
(07:58:14) Chapter 22
(08:21:21) Chapter 23
(09:09:58) Chapter 24
(09:48:48) Chapter 25
(09:58:35) Chapter 26
(10:12:03) Chapter 27
(10:34:37) Chapter 28
(10:57:41) Chapter 29
(11:07:22) Chapter 30
(11:15:34) Chapter 31
(11:46:18) Chapter 32
(12:14:12) Chapter 33
(12:27:13) Chapter 34
(12:40:43) Chapter 35
(13:05:03) Chapter 36
(13:26:26) Chapter 37
(13:33:08) Chapter 38
(14:00:01) Chapter 39
(14:09:59) Chapter 40
(14:37:40) Chapter 41
(15:23:15) Chapter 42
(16:02:58) Chapter 43
(16:36:41) Chapter 44
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