Tag: History

Free Download A History of Video Games (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0864514ND | 2020 | 4 hours and 40 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 264 MB
Author: Jeremy Parish, The Great Courses
Narrator: Jeremy Parish
Since their arrival in the mid-20th century, video games have become a sprawling, multi-billion dollar business. On an annual basis, the industry is even more profitable than Hollywood. Today’s video games feature stunning, lifelike visuals and complex storylines – but they didn’t start out that way. The origin of video games can be traced back to World War II. In the 10 lectures of A History of Video Games, listeners will follow the development of the digital game from its roots in the war room to its proliferation in the 21st-century living room. Taught by journalist, podcast host, and video game historian Jeremy Parish, this lively course will track the tremendous leaps made in computing technology that allowed games to become increasingly sophisticated and the popular trends that pushed the boundaries of technology forward.

Free Download A Brief History of British Kings and Queens: Brief Histories (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B00BOTXSLE | 2013 | 14 hours and 41 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 401 MB
Author: Mike Ashley
Narrator: Roger Davis
Here is the whole of recorded British royal history, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom for over a thousand years. Fascinating portraits are expertly woven into a history of division and eventual union of the British Isles – even royals we think most familiar are revealed in a new and sometimes surprising light. This revised and shortened edition of The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens includes biographies of the royals of recorded British history, plus an overview of the semi-legendary figures of pre-history and the Dark Ages – an accessible source for students and general readers.

Free Download The World of Critical Role: The History Behind the Epic Fantasy (Audiobook)
English | 22 October 2020 | ASIN: B08KY7SWBN | MP3@64 kbps | 11h 8m | 305.97 MB
Author: Liz Marsham, Cast of Critical Role
Narrator: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Felicia Day – introduction
Brought to you by Penguin.

Free Download The Terror of History: Mystics, Heretics, and Witches in the Western Tradition [TTC Audio]
English | July 08, 2013 | ASIN: B00DTO4MI0 | M4B@128 kbps | 12h 15m | 682 MB
Lecturer: Teofilo F. Ruiz
Western civilization is closely associated with reason and science, and with exceptional accomplishments in art, architecture, music, and literature.Yet it has also been characterized by widespread belief in the supernatural and the irrational – with mystics who have visions of the divine and entire movements of people who wait in fervent anticipation of the apocalypse.

Free Download The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (Audiobook)
English | February 16, 2016 | ASIN: B01B6OC1J6 | M4B@64 kbps | 24h 13m | 660 MB
Author: Peter Frankopan | Narrator: Laurence Kennedy
The epic history of the crossroads of the world – the meeting place of East and West and the birthplace of civilization.

Free Download The Severan Dynasty: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Roman Empire’s Rulers Before Rome’s Imperial Crisis by Charles River Editors, Jim D. Johnston
English | 2009 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B07Q3XDS11 | MP3@64 kbps | 1.7 Hours | 46 Mb
"If a man were called upon to fix that period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the deaths of Domitian to the accession of Commodus." (Edward Gibbon)
"The Five Good Emperors," a reference to the five emperors who ruled the Roman Empire between 96 and 180 CE (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius), was a term first coined by Machiavelli and later adopted and popularized by historian Edward Gibbon, who said that under these men, the Roman Empire "was governed by absolute power under the guidance of wisdom and virtue."

Free Download The History of Science: 1700-1900 by Frederick Gregory, The Great Courses
English | 2013 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B00DTO6CO2 | MP3@64kbps | 18h17m | 502 Mb
The scientific theories that were first discovered and made public in the years 1700-1900 are some of the most pivotal in history. Landmark theories of planetary motion, the workings of nature, and the speed of light were all ideas that took the world by storm.
Now you can share in that story of discovery in a series of 36 lectures designed to give you a rock-solid understanding of the great discoveries of Newton, Darwin, Franklin, Pasteur, and so many others. You’ll see clearly how these great thinkers brought their ideas into a world and a time that resisted them, gaining a new admiration for their achievements in an atmosphere where scientific advancement had to struggle against established ways of both scientific and religious thinking.

Free Download The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CCW7PMMV | 2023 | 21 hours and 12 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 601 MB
Author: Bart van Loo
Narrator: Nigel Patterson
At the end of the fifteenth century, Burgundy was extinguished as an independent state. It had been a fabulously wealthy, turbulent region situated between France and Germany, with close links to the English kingdom. Torn apart by the dynastic struggles of early modern Europe, this extraordinary realm vanished from the map. But it became the cradle of what we now know as the Low Countries, modern Belgium and the Netherlands.

Free Download The Bronze Age in Europe: The History and Legacy of Civilizations Across Europe from 3200-600 BCE by Charles River Editors, Dan Gallagher
English | 2009 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B07QQFGNPF | MP3@64 kbps | 1.7 Hours | 45 Mb
While the Bronze Age is recognized as one of history’s most important phases, it’s been hard for historians to precisely date. The idea of the Bronze Age comes from a three-age system developed in the 19th century through which archaeologists and historians believe cultures evolved. These three ages are the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age, and the concept of the system stems from the simultaneous development of museums in Europe during that time. In the Royal Museum of Nordic Antiquities in Denmark, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, the director of the museum, began classifying objects of stone, bronze, or iron to better categorize and exhibit them.
Each archaeological artifact was thus sorted according to their materials and further organized by shape and style. Through such methodology, working alongside archaeological reports, he was able to show how certain objects changed over time (Fagan 1996, 712).

Free Download No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BNLWXZN6 | 2023 | 7 hours and 10 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 399 MB
Author: Alicia Kennedy
Narrator: Stina Nielsen
A culinary and cultural history of plant-based eating in the United States that delves into the subcultures and politics that have defined alternative food. The vegan diet used to be associated only with eccentric hippies and tofu-loving activists who shop at co-ops and live on compounds. We’ve come a long way since then. Now, fine-dining restaurants like Eleven Madison Park cater to chic upscale clientele with a plant-based menu, and Impossible Whoppers are available at Burger King. But can plant-based food keep its historical anti-capitalist energies if it goes mainstream? And does it need to? In No Meat Required, author Alicia Kennedy chronicles the fascinating history of plant-based eating in the United States, from the early experiments in tempeh production undertaken by the Farm commune in the 70s to the vegan punk cafes and anarchist zines of the 90s to the chefs and food writers seeking to decolonize vegetarian food today.