The World category has 419 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 2,940 ratings. The most-rated is A Short History of Nearly Everything.
Dramatische Tage in Hitlers Reich
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Dieses Hörbuch enthält umfangreiches Material und O-Töne zur Machtergreifung Adolf Hitlers (Jahre 1930 bis 1933) aus den wichtigsten Zeitungen des Jahres 1933, Dokumentensammlungen und der Veröffentlichung des Nürnberger Internationalen Militär-Tribunals (Erinnerungen und Darstellungen u.a. von Goebbels, Otto Dietrich, Göring, Otto Braun, Severing, Noske, Brüning, Brecht, Schwertfeger, Düsterberg, Kramer, Schlange-Schöningen, Meissner, Francois-Poncet) sowie ergänzende Mitteilungen von Persönlichkeiten, die in amtlicher Stellung im Reichswehrministerium, im Auswärtigen Amt und in anderen Reichsbehörden aus persönlicher Erinnerung über die damaligen Vorgänge Auskunft geben konnten, zum "Anschluss" Österreichs (1938), zur Sudeten- und Polenkrise (1938/1939) sowie zum Ausbruch des Zweiten Weltkrieges (1939). Anschließend kommentiert der Autor Erwin Wickert Hörerzuschriften und gibt Auskunft über die in der Reihe verwendeten Quellen. Regie: Walter Knaus.
©1951 SWR (P)1951 SWR
Farewell, Titanic
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On the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking, a prominent Titanic researcher offers a final chance to see the ship before it disappears forever. The Titanic was the biggest, most luxurious passenger ship the world had ever seen; the ads proclaimed it to be unsinkable. When it sank in April 1912 after hitting an iceberg, killing more than 1,500 people, the world was forever changed and the public has been spellbound ever since. Now, a century later, the Titanic is about to disappear again: its infrastructure is set to collapse in the next few years. In this book, scientist Charles Pellegrino offers what may be the last opportunity to see the ship before it is lost to the seas for eternity. The last book to be written while survivors were still alive and able to contribute details, Farewell, Titanic includes many untold stories about the sinking and exploration of the unsinkable ship. Author Charles Pellegrino provided source material for James Cameron's Oscar-winning Titanic film, which is being re-released in 3D at the same time as the book Written by a New York Times best-selling author who participated in the post-discovery analysis of the Titanic's remains during the expedition that immediately followed Robert Ballard's Titanic discovery in 1985
©2012 Charles Pellegrino (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Kurze Geschichte des Dritten Reiches
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Der bekannte Historiker Martin Kitchen gibt hier die Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Herrschaft in großen Zügen wieder und beantwortet die wichtigsten Fragen: Wie kam Hitler an die Macht? Wie wurde die Diktatur etabliert? Wo liegen die Gründe für Hitlers außerordentliche Popularität? Warum hat Deutschland den Krieg begonnen? Was führte zum Holocaust? Dem Leser wird ein knapper, aber hervorragender Überblick über die Geschichte des Dritten Reiches geboten.
©2008 SAGA Egmont (P)2008 SAGA Egmont
Germany 1919-1945 History GCSE Study Guide
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The significance of what occurred in Germany during our period of study needs no exaggeration. This GCSE series on Germany 1919-1945 really brings alive all the main themes that are required for your History GCSE course, giving you an in-depth knowledge of all the main points, including the establishment of the Weimar Republic, the problems faced by the Weimar Republic from 1919-1923, its recovery from those problems and, finally, the Third Reich. The final eight chapters deal with how to answer exam questions across the different exam boards. Bringing together Dr Mark Hurst, an honorary research fellow at the University of Kent, and Mr George Harrison, a history teacher with over 10 years' experience who has previously taught at Manchester Grammar School but now teaches at Kings Canterbury, our series has been designed to provide insights which will be invaluable for those studying and teaching this fascinating period by people who really understand the subject and how it should be taught. The key areas of study are as follows: Germany in 1918, problems faced by the Weimar Republic in 1919 Revolutions and putsches (1919-1923) Economic chaos, recovery and disaster (1922-1924) Economic, political and international recovery (1924-1930) The Nazi Party in the 1920s The effect of the Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression How Hitler came to power in 1933 How the Nazis turned 'office' into 'power' (January to March 1933) Creating a dictatorship (1933-1934) Nazi economic policies The Nazi totalitarian state Women's experience of the Third Reich (1933-1945) Young people's experience of the Third Reich (1933-1945) Nazi treatment of minorities, including Jewish people (1933-1941) Religion and the Third Reich (1933-1945) The Holocaust (1939-1945) The impact of the war on Germany Opposition to Hitler The end of the war Audiopi is a provider of educational resources for students, teachers and schools and believes in the power of audio to enhance the learning experience. Each of our tutorial series has been created by experts with the purpose of bringing a subject alive whilst ensuring they impart detailed knowledge to help across the duration of a course and prepare for those all-important examinations.
©2016 Audiopi Ltd (P)2016 Audiopi Ltd
This Country of Ours, Part 6
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This series, in seven parts, tells the story of America from the earliest founding through the days of Woodrow Wilson the Great War (World War I). Part 6 continues the series with the stories of the struggle for liberty: 1. The Boston Tea-Party 2. Paul Revere's Ride - The Unsheathing of the Sword 3. The First Thrust-The Battle of Bunker Hill 4. The War in Canada 5. The Birth of a Great Nation 6. The Darkest Hour - Trenton and Princeton 7. Burgoyne's Campaign - Bennington and Oriskany 8. Burgoyne's Campaign - Bemis Heights and Saratoga 9. Brandywine- Germantown - Vally Forge 10. War on the Sea 11. The Battle of Monmouth - The Story of Captain Molly 12. The Story of a Great Crime 13. A Turning Point in the World's History Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall (1867 – 1941) was a British author, most famous for her works of history for children. For decades, Marshall's books were ubiquitous in schools and home libraries. Much of the popularity of her works stems from her talent for making history read like good storytelling.
Public Domain (P)2004 Alcazar Audioworks
The Vikings
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The world of the Vikings is larger than life, filled with sagas of warriors who made fighting a career, but there's a lot more to Viking history than blood-letting and piracy. Their achievements, rich culture and craftsmanship contributed greatly to our world today, and their explorations helped make up the boundaries of nations. The Vikings: Raiders, Explorers, and Seafaring Warriors by author Lance Hightower will give you a glimpse of the battles that raged for more than 300 years, sparked by the cultural and religious differences that were the trigger for warring with the Franks, England and Ireland, and for trade and exploration into the Muslim empire, the Byzantine Empire, as far as Russia, Spain and North America. They came from Sweden, Norway and Denmark, not as one army, but as separate tribes who assaulted their way through Christendom as retaliation for the destruction of their holy icon. They came from the sea in a way that ingeniously allowed them to go where no conventional ship dared, and they were able to navigate waters without benefit of the sun to guide them. They used boats that made ship-building history - light, fast, and equally efficient in shallow rivers and mighty oceans. They terrorized, traded, bartered, took slaves, colonized, fought and died all in the name of Odin, god of the battle-slain. Perhaps in the end, they fought more for territory and riches than principle, but the history of the Vikings will always remain as one of the most enthralling of all Ages, where honor was crucial, death on the battlefield was preferred to idleness, and the stormy pantheon of their gods still held the greatest influence in their lives. The brilliant sagas come to life with snippets of modern translations, told like tales of old should be told, with dread, heroics and excitement. The author combines his own expertise with the latest archeological findings and information given to us from ancient text to present a first-rate portrayal of the Vikings.
©2016 Lance Hightower (P)2016 Lance Hightower
Yankee Come Home
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Yankee Come Home explores one family's history in Cuba, and through it, the intense, complex, smoldering relationship between the island nation and its leviathan neighbor. In Cuba's most entrancing, storied landscape, William Craig is searching for a history that his family has lost - and now needs to recover. He's looking for the truth about his mysterious great-grandfather, Thomas O'Brien, a self-proclaimed hero of the "splendid little war" who left a legacy of glorious, painful lies. Living a dream that haunts American hearts-the dream of escaping the past, of becoming who we say we are - "Papa" died leaving his own children wondering who he'd really been. Along the way, Craig searches for the place where Gilded Age America abandoned republican ideals in favor of imperial ambition - and where his own generation of Americans now preside over arbitrary imprisonment and systematized torture. "I needed to see Guantnamo the way some Americans needed to drive through the night to kneel at JFK's coffin, and others are drawn to Ground Zero," he writes. "Sometimes, we don't know what we've lost until we trace the scars." Traveling with Craig, listeners will join in present-day adventures: spirit-possession rituals, black market odysseys, roots-music epiphanies, and discovering the continuing impact of the war in 1898 on both Cuba and America. The story of the United States in Cuba is fascinating, but none too flattering. Like the reality of "Papa" O'Brien's identity, it reflects more hubris than heroism, more avarice than sacrifice. In the end, however, Craig's journey in Yankee Come Home is a transformation from disillusionment to redemption.
©2012 William Craig (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
The First Fleet
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A biography of unprecedented expedition under sail, from Australia's master of maritime history. The role of the sailor through history should never be underestimated. Over centuries battles were won and new lands discovered and settled by their skills and nerve. Rob Mundle is back on the ocean to tell one of the great stories of an expedition under sail: the extraordinary eight-month, 17-000-nautical mile voyage of the First Fleet. With customary sweep and swell, Mundle puts you alongside 48-year-old Captain Arthur Phillip on the quarterdeck of the Royal Navy escort, HMS Sirius, as he commands his small armada of 11 ships, carrying over 1420 men, women and children, to the other side of the world.
©2014 Rob Mundle (P)2018 Bolinda
1920
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One of the most dynamic eras in American history, the 1920s began with a watershed year that would set the tone for the century to follow. The Roaring Twenties is the only decade in American history with a widely applied nickname, and our collective fascination with this era continues. But how did this surge of innovation and cultural milestones emerge out of the ashes of World War I? Acclaimed author Eric Burns investigates the year 1920, which was not only a crucial 12-month period of its own but one that foretold the future. The year 1920 foreshadowed the rest of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, whether it was Sacco and Vanzetti or the stock market crash that brought this era to a close. Burns sets the record straight about this most misunderstood and iconic of periods. Despite being the first full year of armistice, 1920 was not a peaceful period - it contained the greatest act of terrorism in American history to that time. And while 1920 is thought of as the beginning of a prosperous era, for most people life had never been more unaffordable. Meanwhile, African Americans were putting their stamp on culture. And though people today imagine the frivolous image of the flapper dancing the night away, the truth was that a new kind of power had been bestowed on women, and it had nothing to do with the dance floor. From prohibition to immigration, the birth of jazz, the rise of expatriate literature, and the original Ponzi scheme, 1920 was truly a year like no other.
©2015 Eric Burns (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Breve historia de los persas
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La presentación completa de los persas, un pueblo casi desconocido que, no obstante, igualó y superó, en algunos aspectos, a Grecia y a Roma. La influencia de los persas en la historia es enorme, no sólo en la historia de Asia o del Oriente Próximo, sino en la historia universal ya que es una de las fuentes indiscutibles de la civilización. Es curioso, por ello, la escasez de estudios sobre la totalidad de la historia de este pueblo. Si bien podemos encontrar algunas monografías sobre los aqueménidas, no encontramos ninguna que repase completamente la historia del actual Irán, incluyendo todos sus pueblos: elamitas, medos y persas, aqueménidas, seleúcidas, partos y sasánidas. Dando cuenta así de la importancia del Imperio persa y ayudando a comprender que los persas, en realidad, fueron la contrapartida oriental de la cultura grecorromana para el occidente. Jorge Pisa traza un arco temporal que engloba completamente la historia de los pueblos que se situaron en el Oriente Medio y crearon un imperio que llegó a ocupar desde Anatolia hasta la India en su época de máximo esplendor. Comienza con los orígenes de una civilización, Elam, en el 3.000 a. C. y nos irá narrando las sucesivas transformaciones políticas de los pueblos hegemónicos: los medas que comenzaron la creación del Imperio persa; los aqueménidas que suponen el esplendor de los persas, con reyes tan importantes como Ciro II el Grande, Darío I, o Jerjes I; los partos que se enfrascarán en pugnas sucesorias tras la muerte de Alejandro Magno; o los sasánidas que recuperarán el poder para los persas y finalmente serán aniquilados por los ejércitos del islam. Un recorrido fascinante en el que aparecerán personalidades tan relevantes como Ciro, Jerjes, Darío I, Alejandro Magno… y nos llevará a ciudades tan suntuosas como Susa, Ecbatana y Persépolis. Un libro imprescindible para comprender la importancia de Persia en la civilización mundial.
©2011 Ediciones Nowtilus S.L. (P)2020 Audible Studios
Wind
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In the tradition of insightful investigations like Lewis Thomas’ Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, and Sue Hubbell’s A Country Year, widely respected nature writer Jan DeBlieu offers a compelling look at a natural force that touches our lives every day. With a scientist’s eye for detail and a poet’s ear for language, DeBlieu examines one of nature’s most elemental forces. From a light breeze cooling a hot brow to a gale that blows apart buildings, no other natural phenomenon affects people as directly as wind. DeBlieu explores how wind has aided the rise and fall of empires, the discovery of continents, and the establishment of religions. Wind provides surprising, delightful insights into a force that constantly reshapes who we are and how we live. Suzanne Toren’s narration lends a voice of quiet, thoughtful authority to a subject you’ll never view the same again.
©1998 Jan DeBlieu (P)2000 Recorded Books, LLC
The Ghetto
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For 300 years the ghetto defined Jewish culture in the late medieval and early modern period in Western Europe. In the 19th century it was a free-floating concept that traveled to Eastern Europe and the United States. Eastern European "ghettos", which enabled genocide, were crudely rehabilitated by the Nazis during World War Two as if they were part of a benign medieval tradition. In the United States, the word ghetto was routinely applied to endemic black ghettoization which has lasted from 1920 until the present. Outside of America "the ghetto" has been universalized as the incarnation of class difference, or colonialism, or apartheid, and has been applied to segregated cities and countries throughout the world. In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Bryan Cheyette unpicks the extraordinarily complex layers of contrasting meanings that have accrued over 500 years to ghettos, considering their different settings across the globe. He considers core questions of why and when urban, racial, and colonial ghettos have appeared and who they contain. Exploring their various identities, he shows how different ghettos interrelate, or are contrasted, across time and space, or even in the same place.
©2020 Bryan Cheyette (P)2020 Tantor
Maya Civilization: A Captivating Guide to Maya History and Maya Mythology
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In this captivating guide, you will discover why Maya have gained such worldwide admiration over the many other civilizations that existed in Mesoamerica at the time. You will learn how the Maya civilization developed, the major turning points in their 3,000-year-long history, the mysteries surrounding their demise, and some of the unique places where Maya exist to this day. In the first part of this audiobook, you will discover the origins of the Maya civilization and the Mesoamerican cultures that may have influenced them. You will find out why Maya (out of all the different tribes that existed in the region at the time) have captured the imagination of the West so much. The audiobook will reveal how they lived, ate, slept, whom they worshipped, and how they used herbal medicines and hallucinogenic plants to treat the sick. You learn about their trading routes and rivalries with another famous Mesoamerican tribe - the Aztecs. The audiobook will go into the decline of the Maya civilization and how their rivalries with the Aztecs aided the victory of the Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century, led by the famous Spaniard Hernán Cortés. You will also learn about the heroic efforts of the Maya to fend off the Spaniards, and why they were able to succeed at this task for much longer than the Aztecs. The audiobook will also track down the Maya living today, a population that is still six-million strong and adhere to many of the traditions that their ancestors once held. The audiobook will also cover battle tales and gore of human sacrifice. All this and much more will be discussed so listen to this captivating audiobook now to learn more about the Maya Civilization.
©2017 Captivating History (P)2017 Captivating History
Anne Boleyn: The Second Wife
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The complete story of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII. Historically accurate account of Anne’s life. Anne’s great-grandfather’s death at Bosworth with Richard III. Her grandfather jailed in the Tower of London. Her parent’s scandalous marriage. The death of her two brothers. Anne’s relationship to Henry VIII through their mutual aunt, Anne of a York. Anne’s life in the Flemish Court with her mentor Margaret of Austria. Anne’s education with the future Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, and the future Queens of France, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Hungary. Her mentors in the French Court - Louise of Savoy, Queen Marguerite of Navarre, and Queen Claude of France. Her friendship with Diane du Pointier. Anne’s trip to the Mediterranean Sea. Leonardo da Vinci influence on Anne. Anne’s relationships with the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the French King Francis I. Her sister’s love affairs with both Francis I and Henry VIII. Her near marriage to her cousin James Butler, the future Irish Earl. Anne’s love affair with Henry Percy, the future Duke of Northumberland. Anne’s banishment from court by Cardinal Wolsey. Her sister’s two children by Henry VIII. Anne’s return to the Tudor Court by becoming Henry’s favorite lady. Henry’s love letters to Anne. Anne Boleyn uphill battle for seven years trying to become the Queen of England. Anne’s near death from the sweating sickness. Henry’s devotion to Anne despite her rejecting his offers of a sexual relationship. Anne outmaneuvers Katherine of Aragon, Charles V, the Pope, and Wolsey when she persuades Henry to marry her. Henry’s abandonment of his first wife, Katherine of Aragon. Henry’s desire for Anne turns England upside down when Henry forced the separation of the Church of England from the Catholic Church. Charles V’s threat of an invasion of England. Thomas More and Cardinal Fisher’s beheadings. Henry declares his daughter, Mary Tudor, a bastard. Anne Boleyn triumph in 1533 when she became Henry’s second wife and Queen. The birth of her daughter, Elizabeth I. Cromwell’s betrayal. Henry’s near death at a jousting competition. The miscarriage of her son. Anne’s last letter to Henry pleading for her life. Anne’s execution that stunned the world and left her daughter a bastard. The aftermath of Anne’s death. Anne Boleyn’s biological relationship with the current Elizabeth II and today’s Royal Family of England.
©2020 B Lynn Blake (P)2020 B. Lynn Blake
Alzheimer 2000 - Toter Trakt
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Andreas Ammer und FM Einheit lassen in ihrer im Juni 2002 an der Oper Bonn uraufgeführten Originaltonoper die gealterten Bundesbürger Frau Meinhof und Herrn Baader sich erinnern - an die Zeiten des "legitimen Widerstands" gegen den "faschistischen" deutschen Staat. Viel mehr als die Reminiszenz, ein wenig Sex und ein schnelles Auto ist Frau Meinhof und Herrn Baader allerdings nicht geblieben. Doch dann treten die, zu Opernhelden mutierten Terroristen Ulrike M. und Andreas B. auf und mit ihnen erklingen jene Töne, die unvergesslich bleiben: Die schrillen Fahndungsmeldungen und die hetzerischen Kommentare in Radio und Fernsehen, die hilflosen Verlautbarungen der Politiker, und schließlich die Stimme von Ulrike Meinhof. Mit: Jennifer Minetti (Frau Meinhof), Günter Rüger (Herr Baader), Jasmin Tabatabai (Ulrike M.), Erik Biegel (Andreas B.) und dem Chor der Oper Bonn - Musik: F M Einheit, gespielt vom finnischen Kult-Elektronik-Duo Pansonic und Saskia von Klitzing.
©2016 FM 4.5.1. (P)2016 FM 4.5.1.
David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
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David Walker (1796-1830), the son of an enslaved man and a free black woman, was an entrepreneur, abolitionist, author and anti-slavery activist. In 1829, he published An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, a radical call for black solidarity and resistance to slavery. It raised awareness of the abuses of slavery, encouraged pride in its black readers and offered hope that change would eventually come. Being a radical anti-slavery document, it caused a stir upon publication, as it called upon readers to take an active role in fighting their oppression, regardless of the risk. Walker also criticized the American Colonization Society, which sought to deport all free and freed blacks from the United States to a colony in Africa.
Public Domain (P)2020 Museum Audiobooks
To Begin the World Over Again
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The first exploration of the profound and often catastrophic impact the American Revolution had on the rest of the world. While the American Revolution led to domestic peace and liberty, it ultimately had a catastrophic global impact - it strengthened the British Empire and led to widespread persecution and duress. From the opium wars in China to anti-imperial rebellions in Peru to the colonization of Australia - the inspirational impact the American success had on fringe uprisings was outweighed by the influence it had on the tightening fists of oppressive world powers. Here Matthew Lockwood presents, in vivid detail, the neglected story of this unintended revolution. It sowed the seeds of collapse for the preeminent empires of the early modern era, setting the stage for the global domination of Britain, Russia, and the United States. Lockwood illuminates the forgotten stories and experiences of the communities and individuals who adapted to this new world in which the global balance of power had been drastically altered.
©2019 Matthew Lockwood (P)2020 Tantor
Historiography for Beginners
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This guidebook provides a broad summary of Western historiography’s leading figures, theories and methods, from its origins in Classical Greek poetry to the "post-modern" present. It is suitable for students new to the study of historiography or established students who are seeking to consolidate their knowledge.
©2020 Ben Egginton (P)2020 Ben Egginton
The Scientific Revolution
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Smarter in sixty minutes.Get smarter in just 60 minutes with in60Learning. Concise and elegantly written nonfiction books and audiobooks help you learn the core subject matter in 20 percent of the time that it takes to read a typical book. Life is short, so explore a multitude of fascinating historical, biographical, scientific, political, and financial topics in only an hour each. The Scientific Revolution was a chain of events that unfolded during the 16th and 17th centuries, which brought about drastic changes in scientific thought. Modern science emerged as advances in astronomy, biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics transformed society’s perceptions of nature. The publication of Nicolaus Copernicus's On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is considered by many as the beginning of the Scientific Revolution. Science achieved an autonomous status, distinct from philosophy and technology, with its own goals. An experimental method arose, which sought definite answers to questions articulated in the framework of specific theories, while new criteria for explanation were introduced. The completion of the Scientific Revolution is associated with Isaac Newton's Principia of 1687, which formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation. The Scientific Revolution contributed to the progress of the Enlightenment in the 17th and 18th centuries by providing the philosophical tools necessary to challenge superstitious beliefs.
©2019 in60Learning (P)2020 in60Learning
The Path Between the Seas
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Winner of the National Book Award for history, The Path Between the Seas tells the story of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing an aquatic passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is a story of astonishing engineering feats, tremendous medical accomplishments, political power plays, heroic successes, and tragic failures. Applying his remarkable gift for writing lucid, lively exposition, McCullough weaves the many strands of the momentous event into a comprehensive and captivating tale.
©2003 David McCullough (P)2003 Simon and Schuster Inc. All rights reserved. AUDIOWORKS is an imprint of Simon and Schuster Audio Division, Simon and Schuster Inc.