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In magisterial prose, Gibbon charts the gradual collapse of the Roman rule from Augustus (23 B.C. – A.D. 14) to the first of the Barbarian kings, Odoacer (A.D. 476 – A.D. 490). It is a remarkable account, with the extravagant corruption and depravity of emperors such as Commodus, Caracalla and Elagabalus contrasted by the towering work of Constantine, Julian and other remarkable men. It remains the standard work of scholarship on the subject two hundred years after it was written; yet equally important, in its sheer accessibility, it is an unforgettable story.","https://cdn2.curios.com/covers/partners/inaudio/26577/27180e7c91339e61c1e5a508.jpg","0xdeafa68b1c9090c4555e05f9823fbced5fae5197","YJ6PEQ","edwardgibbon","Edward Gibbon","https://cdn2.curios.com/avatars/partners/inaudio/person/edward-gibbon-c2c58af0.jpg",[222],[221],[477],[188],1005110,25,"https://www.curios.com/buy/1005110",[],[],1793054386000,"0x9bcf6f8f5458210fa5f9d3669b3ccd79cd602bad",72413,"Samurai!","Saburo Sakai became a living legend in Japan during World War II. Pilots everywhere spoke in awe of his incredible exploits in the air. Of all Japan’s aces, Saburo Sakai is the only pilot who never lost a wingman in combat. For a man who engaged in more than 200 aerial combats, this was an incredible achievement. His remarkable book Samurai! written by Martin Caiden but with the assistance of Sakai and Fred Saito is a brilliant account of life as a Japanese pilot in the Second World War. Samurai! charts Sakai’s remarkable life from his lowly, poor origins, to signing up with the military at the age of 16, to his conflicts with American aircraft over Guadalcanal where he had the heavy fragments of two 50-caliber machine gun bullets embedded in his skull, through to the moment when Japan eventually surrendered. For many listeners Samurai! will do much to bring the Pacific air war into new perspective. The story of Saburo Sakai provides for the first time an intimate look into the “other side”. Martin Caidin was an American author and an authority on aeronautics and aviation. Caidin was an airplane pilot as well, and bought and restored a 1936 Junkers Ju 52 airplane. Samurai! was first published in 1957, and Caidin passed away in 1997. Saburo Sakai was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace who had 64 aerial victories. He passed away in 2000.","https://cdn2.curios.com/covers/partners/inaudio/324360/ff2bb3f1cca3892406b4be09.jpg","0xab9c175959d16ffdead0b94769e49dcd97684cfe","R2379X","martincaidin","Martin Caidin","https://cdn2.curios.com/avatars/partners/inaudio/person/martin-caidin-c07655f0.jpg",[222],[221],[386],[188],1042274,24.99,"https://www.curios.com/buy/1042274",[],[],1793056314000,"0x509c9b9f784cfc4fbb0d69c758915d6435234d89",61309,"Unsettled","What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters","

\"Surging sea levels are inundating the coasts.\"

\"Hurricanes and tornadoes are becoming fiercer and more frequent.\"

\"Climate change will be an economic disaster.\"

You've heard all this presented as fact. But according to science, all of these statements are profoundly misleading.

When it comes to climate change, the media, politicians, and other prominent voices have declared that \"the science is settled.\" In reality, the long game of telephone from research to reports to the popular media is corrupted by misunderstanding and misinformation. Core questions—about the way the climate is responding to our influence, and what the impacts will be—remain largely unanswered. The climate is changing, but the why and how aren't as clear as you've probably been led to believe.

Now, one of America's most distinguished scientists is clearing away the fog to explain what science really says (and doesn't say) about our changing climate. In Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters, Steven Koonin draws upon his decades of experience—including as a top science advisor to the Obama administration—to provide up-to-date insights and expert perspective free from political agendas.

Fascinating, clear-headed, and full of surprises, this book gives readers the tools to both understand the climate issue and be savvier consumers of science media in general. Koonin takes readers behind the headlines to the more nuanced science itself, showing us where it comes from and guiding us through the implications of the evidence. He dispels popular myths and unveils little-known truths: despite a dramatic rise in greenhouse gas emissions, global temperatures actually decreased from 1940 to 1970. What's more, the models we use to predict the future aren't able to accurately describe the climate of the past, suggesting they are deeply flawed.

Koonin also tackles society's response to a changing climate, using data-driven analysis to explain why many proposed \"solutions\" would be ineffective, and discussing how alternatives like adaptation and, if necessary, geoengineering will ensure humanity continues to prosper. Unsettled is a reality check buoyed by hope, offering the truth about climate science that you aren't getting elsewhere—what we know, what we don't, and what it all means for our future.

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In this, the eleventh of the series, Dumas switches away from his usual narrative style and gives us, instead, a detailed review--almost a bibliographic essay--on the various ideas and theories advanced by historians, speculative writers and critics on one of the enduring fascinations of French royal history: the case of The Man in the Iron Mask.

Ever since the time of Louis XIV, the story has been told of a man mysteriously snatched out of the world and buried for life, not merely in a prison cell, but also in an mask of iron: an imprisonment designed to ensure that no one would ever know his name or even see his face. Dumas asks, who was the man in the iron mask? Why was he imprisoned? Why were such strange precautions taken, and why was he treated with such respect and care, given everything he asked for--except his freedom and his name?

Dumas is very scrupulous about his sources, carefully citing the full bibliographic details, while also indulging his novelist's flair for the dramatic. This recording preserves all that, to give the listener the full air of authenticity Dumas so carefully manufactures.

Enjoy!","https://cdn2.curios.com/covers/partners/inaudio/140062/b0e39db47be18909406fa8e5.jpg","0x19118ebbfe77f7f41be9ed90f21b42a01642cde2","Celebrated Crimes","MP619J","alexandredumas853","Alexandre Dumas","https://cdn2.curios.com/avatars/partners/inaudio/person/alexandre-dumas-7fef7798.jpg",[222,456,664],[221,455,663],[662,361],[188],1018081,23.95,"https://www.curios.com/buy/1018081",[],[],1793054912000,"crime__true-crime","crime","Crime","0x567073e6884d8a6a34ee8ebb269648af89cd530f",59532,"100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof","A Short Cut to the World History of the Negro","

First published in 1934 and revised in 1962, this book gathers journalist and historian Joel Augustus Rogers' columns from the syndicated newspaper feature titled Your History. Patterned after the look of Ripley's popular Believe It or Not the multiple vignettes in each episode recount short items from Rogers's research. The feature began in the Pittsburgh Courier in November 1934 and ran through the 1960s.

","https://cdn2.curios.com/covers/partners/inaudio/222891/fc76ee677e56617466d02c42.jpg","0x132dd2ab55c9f7fd9b6d95d56e10e90a7e98c37d","MP6QXJ","j.a.rogers","J. A. Rogers","https://cdn2.curios.com/avatars/partners/inaudio/person/j-a-rogers-c7405417.jpg",[222],[221],[411],[188],1029392,"https://www.curios.com/buy/1029392",[],[],1793055434000,"0xa9807738f3d056c57f7a656cb475a3bffcfc713f",74209,"Rights of Man","

\"“Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to possess.”

In 1789, the people of France decided to overtake the monarchy of their country in favor of a republic. The French Revolution played out like an echo of the American Revolution of the decade prior, with people rising against their governing bodies.

Like the American Revolution, the French revolution had its dissidents and supporters. Thomas Paine was one such supporter, and Rights of Man was his manifesto in support of people fighting for liberty.

Throughout this book’s 31 articles, Paine asserts revolutions are a valid way to rise against a government that does not protect the rights of its people. As one of the most revered political writers of the time, his words were impactful to the success and support of the French Revolution, and remain a fascinating exploration of 18th century political theory centuries later.

","https://cdn2.curios.com/covers/partners/inaudio/322217/7cc75a18202a94167182ce12.jpg","0x5a7f72de0c8e07470645de29eea23fabe7a385e6","BK8YLQ","thomaspaine","Thomas Paine","https://cdn2.curios.com/avatars/partners/inaudio/person/thomas-paine-4edd751a.jpg",[413,222],[412,221],[361],[188],1044070,"https://www.curios.com/buy/1044070",[],[],1793056452000,"0xac1a957dd926a34a729cae2ddda56274edb8ae41",79176,"The Bomber Mafia","A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War","

In The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War, Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times bestsellers including Talking to Strangers and host of the podcast Revisionist History, uses original interviews, archival footage and his trademark insight to weave together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard. As listeners hear these stories unfurl, Gladwell examines one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history.

Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. This “Bomber Mafia” asked: What if precision bombing could, just by taking out critical choke points — industrial or transportation hubs – cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal?

In Revisionist History, Gladwell re-examines moments from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time. In The Bomber Mafia, he employs all the production techniques that make Revisionist History so engaging, stepping back from the bombing of Tokyo, the deadliest night of the war, and asking, “Was it worth it?” The attack was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives but may have spared more by averting a planned US invasion.

Things might have gone differently had LeMay’s predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. As a key member of the Bomber Mafia, Haywood’s theories of precision bombing had been foiled by bad weather, enemy jet fighters, and human error. When he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II.

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In this harrowing memoir, Northrup describes the horrific conditions he and the other slaves lived in, the ways they were mistreated by their owners and were forced to mistreat one another, and the difficulty he had making his way out of slavery and back to his family. This tale is bleak, but eye-opening to the plights of slaves in the years leading up to the Civil War.

12 Years a Slave was a fast best-seller when it was published just 8 years before the Civil War, and is an integral text from the time period. This memoir was the basis for the 2013 Oscar-winning film of the same name.","https://cdn2.curios.com/covers/partners/inaudio/374921/86b0a0ef7833ec52e7e4ef32.jpg","0x83df54e94af569abd3a371b441f7a0c4e790e459","63RG8G","solomonnorthup","Solomon Northup","https://cdn2.curios.com/avatars/partners/inaudio/person/solomon-northup-b144b4fe.jpg",[456,222],[455,221],[411,361],[188],1026560,"https://www.curios.com/buy/1026560",[],[],1793055294000,"0xaaa0a6af57834202ba96c02827e46644a96661ba",64790,"Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden","Two Sisters Separated by China’s Civil War","Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden is a window into the lives of women in twentieth-century China, a time of traumatic change and unparalleled resilience. In this riveting and deeply personal account, linguist and East Asian scholar Zhuqing Li confronts the bitter political rivals of mainland China and Taiwan with elegance and unique insight, while celebrating her aunts’ remarkable legacies.

\"Beautifully woven family memories coalesce into a vivid history of two very different Chinas.\"
― Kirkus Reviews

Sisters separated by war forge new identities as they are forced to choose between family, nation, and their own independence.

Jun and Hong were scions of a once great southern Chinese family. Each other’s best friend, they grew up in the 1930s during the final days of Old China before the tumult of the twentieth century brought political revolution, violence, and a fractured national identity. By a quirk of timing, at the end of the Chinese Civil War, Jun ended up on an island under Nationalist control, and then settled in Taiwan, married a Nationalist general, and lived among fellow exiles at odds with everything the new Communist regime stood for on the mainland. Hong found herself an ocean away on the mainland, forced to publicly disavow both her own family background and her sister’s decision to abandon the party. A doctor by training, to overcome the suspicion created by her family circumstances, Hong endured two waves of “re-education” and internal exile, forced to work in some of the most desperately poor, remote areas of the country.

Ambitious, determined, and resourceful, both women faced morally fraught decisions as they forged careers and families in the midst of political and social upheaval. Jun established one of U.S.-allied Taiwan’s most important trading companies. Hong became one of the most celebrated doctors in China, appearing on national media and honored for her dedication to medicine. Niece to both sisters, Li tells her aunts’ story for the first time, honoring her family’s history with sympathy and grace.","https://cdn2.curios.com/covers/partners/inaudio/474969/1009d1eadee7370b99ebe3d8.jpg","0xc5a02a2d3ddce328e650459336ac67c2e18a3d53","63R5RG","zhuqingli","Zhuqing Li","https://cdn2.curios.com/avatars/partners/inaudio/person/zhuqing-li-7a42d81e.jpg",[222],[221],[361,362],[188],1034653,23.99,"https://www.curios.com/buy/1034653",[],[],1793055773000,"0x9f25a72c2c9de633e34d332e2dd622c7094e52a5",54787,"The Story of Wake Island","On December 8th, 1941, just hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, 36 Japanese bombers attacked Wake Island and destroyed eight of its 12 aircraft.

Two more raid shortly followed, further reducing the defensive possibilities for the men who were left to defend this small area of American soil in the center of the Pacific Ocean.

Major James P. S. Devereux was the Commanding Officer of the first Marine Defense Battalion who faced Japanese onslaught.

The first Japanese landing attempt on the morning of December 11th was repelled by a ferocious defense put forward by Devereux and his men.

Yet, although the Japanese had withdrawn without landing, they continued to bombard the island by air and sea, and there was little hope of resupply for the Americans.

For 15 days the American troops suffered endless bombardments until the second major Japanese offensive was launched on December 23rd.

Against overwhelming forces the Marines and other troops that were stationed on the island fought valiantly, but after 49 men had lost their lives in the fight, the remaining American men and civilians were captured by the Japanese.

.James P. S. Deveraux’s remarkable book The Story of Wake Island takes the listener to the heart of the action from the point of view of the commanding officer. It is a brilliant account of this tragic event that demonstrated the fighting spirit of the American soldier even in the face of unbeatable odds.

James P. S. Devereaux was a United States Marine Corps general, Navy Cross recipient, and Republican congressman. After the ferocious 15-day battle of Wake Island Devereux was interned for nearly four years in Japanese prison camps. His book The Story of Wake Island was first published in 1947 and he passed away in 1988.","https://cdn2.curios.com/covers/partners/inaudio/298173/d3b02e8565d8308579affc62.jpg","0x201cdad070441f99fa821e13a88e9e796be20727","78EM78","jamesp.s.devereux","James P. S. Devereux","https://cdn2.curios.com/avatars/partners/inaudio/person/james-p-s-devereux-a8a6bb13.jpg",[222],[221],[],[188],1024647,21.99,"https://www.curios.com/buy/1024647",[],[],1793055214000,"0x02731b506deeb7c6b6024312e82749d82d07345c",68781,"The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality","This classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization.","https://cdn2.curios.com/covers/partners/inaudio/292835/40c7d2e7e745ec1fdb750ffb.jpg","0x23f280f456e055d607bb534e88d52ade26d16c9a","YJ4JAQ","cheikhantadiop","Cheikh Anta Diop","https://cdn2.curios.com/avatars/partners/inaudio/person/cheikh-anta-diop-2b0f1802.jpg",[222],[221],[],[188],1038642,19.99,"https://www.curios.com/buy/1038642",[],[],"0xbe34949a33867ff46a4b4a1bb7ea234b883d367b",49026,"The Diary of Anne Frank","

This Drama Play is a wonderful addition to anyone who has a passion for Anne Frank related reading. A dramatization for the stage and ready for anyone, including schools, to use.

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