Communism in Decline: From Sputnik to Gorbachev by Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius / Narrated by Vejas Gabriel LiuleviciusRequirements: .M4B player, 205 mbOverview: Communism was more than a new philosophy to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels when they wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1848. They saw it as a brand-new way of life, a new civilization for […]
A History of Eastern Europe. Course Guidebook (The Great Courses) by Vejas Gabriel LiuleviciusRequirements: .PDF reader, 3.2mbOverview: Eastern Europe has long been thought of as the "Other Europe", a region rife with political upheaval, shifting national borders, an astonishing variety of ethnic diversity, and relative isolation from the centers of power in the West. It […]
A History of Eastern Europe by Vejas Gabriel LiuleviciusRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 503.5 MBOverview: Eastern Europe has long been thought of as the “Other Europe”, a region rife with political upheaval, shifting national borders, an astonishing variety of ethnic diversity, and relative isolation from the centers of power in the West. It has also been, and […]
History’s Greatest Voyages of Exploration by Vejas Gabriel LiuleviciusRequirements: .MP3 reader, 671.7 MBOverview: Mutiny. Disease. Starvation. Cannibals. From the ancient wayfarers to modern astronauts, world explorers have blazed trails fraught with danger. Yet, as History’s Greatest Voyages of Exploration vividly demonstrates, exploration continues to be one of humanity’s deepest impulses. Across 24 lectures that unveil […]
Communism in Power: From Stalin to Mao by Vejas Gabriel LiuleviciusRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 318 MBOverview: Trace the growth of communism from Stalin’s consolidation of power to the establishment of communist regimes in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, Vietnam, and elsewhere in Communism in Power: From Stalin to Mao. These 12 half-hour lessons shed intriguing light on […]