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The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of conflicts between Scotland and England that spanned more than 60 years during the 13th and 14th centuries. These wars led directly to the establishment of Scotland as an independent, sovereign country and to the emergence of two of Scotland’s best-known national heroes, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. Yet these wars are much more than a simple struggle on the part of Scotland to free itself from English incursions.

J. R. R. Tolkien, an orphan in love with words, spent most of his life as an unassuming Professor of Literature at Oxford studying and teaching old languages. During his time there, he created his very own languages and a mythological world, Middle-earth. Middle-earth was inhabited by Hobbits, Dwarves, Elves, and other fascinating creatures. It was a world that became almost more real to Tolkien than the one he lived in. Tolkien’s two masterpieces, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, have set the standard in mythological literature.

Discover the remarkable history of the Maya Civilization...For more than one thousand years, the Maya people dominated areas of Central America and modern-day Mexico and made important advances in architecture, astronomy, mathematics, and medicine. Then, after the Spanish occupation in the 16th century, Maya culture and thinking were deliberately suppressed. Only in the 20th century did scientists appreciate just how advanced these people had been and how important they were in the history of Mesoamerica.

In the early 1800s, the five civilized tribes - the Cherokee, Seminole, Chickasaw, Muscogee-Creek, and Choctaw - were living in lands allocated to them by the United States government in present-day Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. In general, the Native American people lived in peace with the increasing numbers of white settlers coming to these areas, though there were occasional conflicts as settlers took lands that belonged to the tribes.

George Orwell, the son of a British civil servant, spent his life promoting social justice and equality, while fighting against totalitarianism and elitism. His two best-known novels 1984 and Animal Farm depict the ultimate horror of a totalitarian government. Orwell wrote with passion about what he believed. Eighty years after their publication, his novels are as relevant as ever. Citizens are spied on by CCTV cameras. Smartphones track people’s movements and activities.

I never meant to run away from home. I swear. I intended to stay in my cave, eat rocks, and wait around, bored, to finish growing up. Then, this mysterious human called Dibbins popped up in my cave with an intriguing offer. I just couldn’t refuse, you know? The world away from home was exciting! Soon, we were facing down evil dwarves and taking in the world’s smartest rabbit. Oh, and lifting curses and meeting with a king, a queen, and a whole encampment of soldiers.

Elite CIA-Agent Kent Steele damit beauftragt wird, eine biologische Waffe zu stoppen, bevor sie die Welt verwüstet - all das, während er sich mit seinem eigenen Gedächtnisverlust auseinandersetzen muss. Das Leben kehrt für Kent nur flüchtig zur Normalität zurück, bevor er von der CIA beauftragt wird, Terroristen zu jagen und eine weitere internationale Krise abzuwenden - die potenziell sogar nach verheerender ist als die Letzte.

Kent Steele, 38, ein brillanter Professor für Europäische Geschichte an der Columbia Universität, lebt mit seinen zwei Teenager Töchtern in einem New Yorker Vorort ein ruhiges Leben. All das verändert sich, als es eines Abends an seiner Tür klopft und er von drei Terroristen entführt wird - er wird quer über den Ozean geflogen, um in einem Pariser Keller verhört zu werden. Sie sind überzeugt davon, dass Kent der tödlichste Spion ist, den die CIA je kannte. Er ist sich sicher, dass sie den falschen Mann haben. Aber stimmt das?

Als Mitten in der Nacht radioaktiver Müll von Dschihadisten aus einem unbewachten New Yorker Krankenhaus gestohlen wird, bleibt der Polizei in ihrem Kampf gegen die Zeit nichts anderes übrig als das FBI zu verständigen. Luke Stone, der Kopf einer geheimen Eliteeinheit des FBIs wird dabei zu ihrem einzigen Hoffnungsträger. Luke ist schnell klar, dass es den Terroristen darum geht eine radioaktive Bombe zu bauen, um in den nächsten vierundzwanzig Stunden ein politisch brisantes Ziel anzugreifen.

The Hundred Years War was a series of conflicts waged between England and France between 1337 and 1453. The war involved several generations of kings on both sides and was fought over a single issue: whether the English had the right to rule the kingdom of France. The Hundred Years War was an important element in the creation of modern Europe and in the definition of the national characters of both England and France. This audiobook tells the story of this long, complex, and fascinating conflict.

Richard III has gone down in history as one of the most hated and vilified British monarchs of all time. His two-year-long reign as king of England ended in 1485 when he was defeated at the Battle of Bosworth by Henry Tudor, making him the last English king to die on the battlefield. Despite the brevity of his reign, Richard III managed to earn an enduring - albeit unflattering - reputation which lives on to this day. William Shakespeare painted him as a ruthless, hunch-backed usurper, who killed not only his brother but also his two young nephews to get his hands on the crown.

Author Patricia Dye's new book The Compelling Webbing: Truth of Lies is a collection of engrossing stories, offering the listener thrilling mysteries, murder, and science fiction with a little touch of romance that pulls at the imagination, taking the listener on a long journey, and just when you think you have it figured out, you will realize that it's nothing like what you had expected!

Queste Für Helden (Band 1 im Ring Der Zauberei) ist die epische Geschichte vom Erwachsenwerden eines besonderen Jungen, einem 14-jӓhrigen aus einem kleinen Dorf am Rande des Königreichs des Rings. Als der jϋngste von vier Brϋdern, am wenigsten vom Vater geliebt, von seinen Brϋdern gehasst, spϋrt Thorgrin, dass er anders ist als die anderen. Er trӓumt davon, ein großer Krieger zu werden, sich des Königs Mannen anzuschließen und den Ring vor den Horden der Kreaturen auf der anderen Seite des Canyon zu beschϋtzen.

Marsch Der Könige nimmt uns mit auf die nächste Etappe von Thors epischer Reise durch sein Schicksal, auf der er nach und nach mehr darüber erfährt, wer er ist, was seine Kräfte sind, und auf der er beginnt, ein Krieger zu werden. Nachdem er den Kerkern entkommt, erfährt Thor entsetzt von einem weiteren Mordanschlag auf König MacGil. Der Tod von MacGil versetzt das Königreich in Aufruhr. Während alle es auf den Thron abgesehen haben, ist Königshof mehr denn je von Familiendramen, Machtkämpfen, Ehrgeiz, Eifersucht, Gewalt und Verrat erfüllt.

Henry VII was not destined to be the well-known (or perhaps better described as infamous) king that his son was after him, but his place in history remains important. With his victory over Richard III in 1485, Henry brought England out of the Middle Ages and ushered it into the modern era. His reign ended decades of bloody civil wars and provided the wealth and stability necessary for commerce and art to thrive in England. When Henry’s son, Henry VIII, ascended the throne in 1509, it marked England’s first uncontested transfer of power in almost 90 years.

Jazz Survivor tells the story of Louis Bannet, the Dutch Louis Armstrong. Louis Bannet was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau during the was, but his skill as a musician saved his life: he became the "star" of the Auschwitz Orchestra, as well as the personal bandleader for Dr Josef Mengele and the founder of the Gypsy Camp Orchestra.

During my 20-year career, I have helped more than 4,000 doctors, 3,000 successful small business owners, and many other senior professionals with the strategies contained in this audiobook to reduce their taxes beyond what a typical CPA or an accountant can do for them, almost double their retirement income, and create a substantial inheritance for the family. Ironically, the financial services industry has contributed lots of information (and misinformation) in order to advance its own agenda.

William Wallace; if ever there was a champion in the annals of Scottish history, he was it. Known as a proud Scot who rose through the ranks to challenge the English king, Wallace was a mere man who became larger than life - large enough even for the likes of Mel Gibson to play him in Braveheart for movie-going audiences on the silver screen. But who was William Wallace? What separates the real man from the myth?

Until surprisingly recently, most history books noted that America was discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus. The truth was that by the time that Columbus arrived in America, people had been living there for more than 12,000 years. This is the story of the gradual rise, sudden destruction, and slow recovery of the native people of North America.

The Zapotecs formed one of the most important of the pre-Columbian civilizations. For 1,000 years, their main city of Monte Albán was one of the largest and most sophisticated in Mesoamerica. Building this city was an astonishing engineering feat - it involved flattening a hill in the center of the Oaxaca Valley to create an artificial plateau and then constructing a series of large, ornate buildings on this inaccessible site. Maintaining this large city on a site with no natural source of water must have required an enormous and willing workforce.