The Russian FSB: A Concise History of the Federal Security Service by Kevin P. Riehle / Narrated by Nigel PattersonRequirements: .MP3 player, 192 mbOverview: Since its founding in 1995, the FSB, Russia’s Federal Security Service, has regained the majority of the domestic security functions of the Soviet-era KGB. Under Vladimir Putin, who served as FSB […]
The Shortest History of Sex: Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation by David Baker, Simon WhistlerRequirements: .MP3 reader, 280 MbOverview: From the first microbial exchanges of DNA to Tinder and sexbots, how did sex begin, and how did it evolve to be so varied and complex in humans? What influence do our genetic ancestors […]
The History of Christianity: From the Disciples to the Dawn of the Reformation by Luke Timothy JohnsonRequirements: .MP3 reader, 491.1 MBOverview: How did a persecuted sect in 1st-century Palestine rise to command such a massive influence on human culture, imagination, and spirit? How did Christianity weather the first critical stages of its historical development and […]
American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850–1873 by Alan TaylorRequirements: .MP3 reader, 470 MbOverview: A MASTERFUL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR AND ITS REVERBERATIONS ACROSS THE CONTINENT BY A TWO-TIME PULITZER PRIZE WINNER. In a fast-paced narrative of soaring ideals and sordid politics, of civil war and foreign invasion, the award-winning historian Alan Taylor presents […]
British Food: An Extraordinary Thousand Years of History by Colin Spencer / Narrated by Mike CooperRequirements: .MP3 player, 518 mbOverview: A masterful and witty account of Britain’s culinary heritage. This is a revised and updated edition of an award-winning book, recognized as the authoritative work on the subject of British food. It is a breathtaking […]