Bestsellers
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Breakneck
- China's Quest to Engineer the Future
- By: Dan Wang
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall386
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Performance359
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Story359
In Breakneck, Wang blends political, economic, and philosophical analysis with reportage to reveal a new framework for understanding China—one that helps us see America more clearly, too.
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Great Insights
- By Matthew on 01-18-26
By: Dan Wang
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Killed to Order
- China's Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America's Biggest Adversary
- By: Jan Jekielek
- Narrated by: Steve Quinn
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance13
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Story13
A crime the Chinese regime can no longer deny—Forced Organ Harvesting.
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Incredibly important and well researched
- By Amazon Customer on 03-21-26
By: Jan Jekielek
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Killed to Order
- China's Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America's Biggest Adversary
- By: Jan Jekielek
- Narrated by: Steve Quinn
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
A crime the Chinese regime can no longer deny—Forced Organ Harvesting.
By: Jan Jekielek
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Shadow Cell
- An Insider Account of America's New Spy War
- By: Andrew Bustamante, Jihi Bustamante
- Narrated by: Andrew Bustamante, Jihi Bustamante
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall493
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Performance469
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Story469
A thrilling firsthand account by husband-and-wife CIA operatives who, against all odds, triumphed in a deadly cat-and-mouse game against a mole within the agency—an unprecedented insider account of 21st-century spycraft in the tradition of Argo and Black Ops. Andrew and Jihi Bustamante were a...
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An interesting memoir
- By Dr. Darryl on 12-09-25
By: Andrew Bustamante, and others
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Seven Things You Can't Say About China
- By: Tom Cotton
- Narrated by: Orson Field
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall167
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Performance152
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Story152
#1 New York Times Bestseller Senator Tom Cotton offers an unflinching look at the deadly threat of Communist China and reveals the truth about America’s most dangerous enemy. “ “As a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I’m often asked if the threat from China is as bad as it...
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What a brilliant account of the evil empire of the CCP
- By Anonymous on 03-20-25
By: Tom Cotton
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Autocrats vs. Democrats
- China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder
- By: Michael McFaul
- Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall31
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Performance31
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Story31
"A history, an analysis, and a set of prescriptions for the greatest geopolitical challenge of our time: the threat to the democratic world posed by China and Russia." —Anne Applebaum, author of Autocracy, Inc. "A monumental account of contemporary geopolitics"—Francis Fukuyama, author of...
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If the Rule of Three Was a Book ...
- By JAKE on 11-05-25
By: Michael McFaul
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Breakneck
- China's Quest to Engineer the Future
- By: Dan Wang
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall386
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Performance359
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Story359
In Breakneck, Wang blends political, economic, and philosophical analysis with reportage to reveal a new framework for understanding China—one that helps us see America more clearly, too.
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Great Insights
- By Matthew on 01-18-26
By: Dan Wang
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Killed to Order
- China's Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America's Biggest Adversary
- By: Jan Jekielek
- Narrated by: Steve Quinn
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance13
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Story13
A crime the Chinese regime can no longer deny—Forced Organ Harvesting.
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Incredibly important and well researched
- By Amazon Customer on 03-21-26
By: Jan Jekielek
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Killed to Order
- China's Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America's Biggest Adversary
- By: Jan Jekielek
- Narrated by: Steve Quinn
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
A crime the Chinese regime can no longer deny—Forced Organ Harvesting.
By: Jan Jekielek
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Shadow Cell
- An Insider Account of America's New Spy War
- By: Andrew Bustamante, Jihi Bustamante
- Narrated by: Andrew Bustamante, Jihi Bustamante
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall493
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Performance469
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Story469
A thrilling firsthand account by husband-and-wife CIA operatives who, against all odds, triumphed in a deadly cat-and-mouse game against a mole within the agency—an unprecedented insider account of 21st-century spycraft in the tradition of Argo and Black Ops. Andrew and Jihi Bustamante were a...
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An interesting memoir
- By Dr. Darryl on 12-09-25
By: Andrew Bustamante, and others
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Seven Things You Can't Say About China
- By: Tom Cotton
- Narrated by: Orson Field
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall167
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Performance152
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Story152
#1 New York Times Bestseller Senator Tom Cotton offers an unflinching look at the deadly threat of Communist China and reveals the truth about America’s most dangerous enemy. “ “As a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I’m often asked if the threat from China is as bad as it...
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What a brilliant account of the evil empire of the CCP
- By Anonymous on 03-20-25
By: Tom Cotton
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Autocrats vs. Democrats
- China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder
- By: Michael McFaul
- Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall31
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Performance31
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Story31
"A history, an analysis, and a set of prescriptions for the greatest geopolitical challenge of our time: the threat to the democratic world posed by China and Russia." —Anne Applebaum, author of Autocracy, Inc. "A monumental account of contemporary geopolitics"—Francis Fukuyama, author of...
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If the Rule of Three Was a Book ...
- By JAKE on 11-05-25
By: Michael McFaul
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul
- A People's History of Afghanistan
- By: Lyse Doucet
- Narrated by: Lyse Doucet
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance15
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Story15
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION The story of a hotel. The story of a nation. When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected...
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Gut-Wrenching
- By Becky at One Literature Nut on 03-17-26
By: Lyse Doucet
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The Hundred-Year Marathon
- China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower
- By: Michael Pillsbury
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,606
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Performance2,250
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Story2,242
One of the US government's leading China experts reveals the hidden strategy fueling that country's rise - and how Americans have been seduced into helping China overtake us....
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Fascinating perspective.
- By Rocky Mackintosh on 01-05-17
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How to Stand Up to a Dictator
- The Fight for Our Future
- By: Maria Ressa
- Narrated by: Maria Ressa, Rebecca Mozo
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall423
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Performance375
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Story376
From the recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize comes an impassioned and inspiring memoir that chronicles her career fighting fascism, filled with insights and advice for standing against authoritarian bullies and confronting disinformation and lies. It includes a foreword by Amal Clooney...
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Wow
- By po on 01-29-23
By: Maria Ressa
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The Great Heist
- China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets
- By: David R. Shedd, Andrew Badger
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance14
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Story14
A definitive, headline-making exposé of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has carried out the largest-scale theft of intellectual property, technology, and data in history—reshaping the global balance of power and redrawing the geopolitical map for decades to come The Great Heist exposes...
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The worst own goal in human history
- By Amazon Customer on 02-28-26
By: David R. Shedd, and others
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On Xi Jinping
- How Xi's Marxist Nationalism Is Shaping China and the World
- By: Kevin Rudd
- Narrated by: Kevin Rudd
- Length: 21 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall31
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Performance28
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Story28
In On Xi Jinping, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd provides an authoritative account of the ideological worldview driving Chinese behaviour both domestically and on the world stage.
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Informed research with deep insights, but very hard to follow.
- By Josh Carter on 02-18-25
By: Kevin Rudd
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Three Tigers, One Mountain
- A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan
- By: Michael Booth
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall222
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Performance196
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Story197
There is an ancient Chinese proverb that states, "Two tigers cannot share the same mountain." However, in East Asia, there are three tigers on that mountain: China, Japan, and Korea, and they have a long history of turmoil and tension with each other....
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Not much new here if you are already familiar
- By Neil Richert on 07-13-20
By: Michael Booth
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Retribution
- The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 27 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall712
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Performance637
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Story627
In his critically acclaimed Armageddon, Hastings detailed the last twelve months of the struggle for Germany. Here, in what can be considered a companion volume, he covers the horrific story of the war against Japan. By the summer of 1944 it was clear that Japan’s defeat was inevitable, but...
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A superb study by one of the world's finest histor
- By Easton Reader on 12-22-16
By: Max Hastings
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Fly, Wild Swans
- My Mother, Myself and China
- By: Jung Chang
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Story6
The magnificent follow-up to Wild Swans, the multimillion copy, internationally bestselling sensation that traces the history of modern China through the true stories of three generations of courageous women in one family. “AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN MY GRANDMOTHER became the concubine of a warlord...
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Disappointing followup yo Wild Swans
- By gail on 02-22-26
By: Jung Chang
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Some People Need Killing
- A Memoir of Murder in My Country
- By: Patricia Evangelista
- Narrated by: Patricia Evangelista
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall125
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Performance111
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Story111
TIME’S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “Patricia Evangelista’s searing account is not only the definitive chronicle of a reign of terror in the Philippines, but a warning to the rest of the world about the true dangers of...
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Felt like a missed opportunity
- By Patrick Edward Shanahan on 10-31-24
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China and Japan
- Facing History
- By: Ezra F. Vogel
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 22 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall100
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Performance87
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Story87
China and Japan have cultural and political connections that stretch back 1,500 years. But today, their relationship is strained. Ezra Vogel's China and Japan examines key turning points in Sino-Japanese history....
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China & Japan is first rate by a top scholar
- By Louise Stone on 06-17-20
By: Ezra F. Vogel
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Fire in the Lake
- The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
- By: Frances FitzGerald
- Narrated by: Jeff Bottoms
- Length: 22 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall56
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Performance49
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Story50
Frances FitzGerald's landmark history of Vietnam and the Vietnam War, "A compassionate and penetrating account of the collision of two societies that remain untranslatable to one another." (New York Times Book Review) This magisterial work, based on Frances FitzGerald's many years of research...
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American Hubris; Vietnamese Misery
- By gunnerThrax on 01-24-21
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The Shortest History of China
- From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower: A Retelling for Our Times
- By: Linda Jaivin
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall66
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Performance58
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Story58
From kung-fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk, China has influenced cuisine, commerce, military strategy, aesthetics, and philosophy across the world for thousands of years. Chinese history is nothing if not messy. Heroes are also villains; prosperity mingles with violence; cultural...
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Loved it!
- By Emma on 10-23-24
By: Linda Jaivin
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The World Turned Upside Down
- A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
- By: Yang Jisheng, Stacy Mosher - translator, Guo Jian - translator
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 26 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall34
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Performance26
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Story26
Following his groundbreaking and award-winning history of the Great Famine, Yang Jisheng presents the only history of the Cultural Revolution by an independent scholar based in mainland China, and makes a crucial contribution to understanding those years' lasting influence today....
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Soooo much info...
- By BenRias on 05-26-21
By: Yang Jisheng, and others
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Made in America
- The Hidden History of How the U.S. Enabled Communist China and Created Our Greatest Threat
- By: Xi Van Fleet, Yu Jie
- Narrated by: Cora Chang, Xi Van Fleet
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
From the acclaimed author of Mao’s America comes the untold story of how misguided and selfish U.S. elites transformed China from a Communist wasteland into a global superpower—at America’s expense. One of the most effective anti-communist voices in America today, Xi Van Fleet made waves...
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True History I never learned in school
- By Mega Shopper on 03-05-26
By: Xi Van Fleet, and others
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World on the Brink
- How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
- By: Dmitri Alperovitch, Garrett M. Graff
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall111
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Performance100
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Story100
NATIONAL BESTSELLER The national security expert who predicted Putin’s invasion of Ukraine argues that Xi Jinping is preparing to conquer Taiwan—with dire global stakes if he is not deterred “An excellent source.” —Economist We are fully in the midst of Cold War II, this time with...
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a must read book!
- By Val Lendaro on 06-02-24
By: Dmitri Alperovitch, and others
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Surveillance State
- Inside China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control
- By: Josh Chin, Liza Lin
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall70
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Performance63
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Story61
Where is the line between digital utopia and digital police state? Surveillance State tells the gripping, startling, and detailed story of how China’s Communist Party is building a new kind of political control: shaping the will of the people through the sophisticated—and often...
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Excellent
- By DeeRod on 05-26-23
By: Josh Chin, and others
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The Cold War
- A World History
- By: Odd Arne Westad
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 22 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall445
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Performance386
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Story385
In The Cold War, Odd Arne Westad offers a new perspective on a century when a superpower rivalry and an ideological war transformed every corner of our globe....
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A lenghy treatise on the Cold War
- By Donald Hill on 11-21-17
By: Odd Arne Westad
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Phantom Plague
- How Tuberculosis Shaped History
- By: Vidya Krishnan
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall79
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Performance71
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Story71
The definitive social history of tuberculosis, from its origins as a haunting mystery to its modern reemergence that now threatens populations around the world. It killed novelist George Orwell, Eleanor Roosevelt, and millions of others – rich and poor. Desmond Tutu, Amitabh Bachchan, and...
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Excellent
- By M. Flanigan on 06-07-23
By: Vidya Krishnan
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The Story of China
- The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream
- By: Michael Wood
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 20 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance41
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Story41
Michael Wood has travelled the length and breadth of China, the world's oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity, and deep humanity that stretches back thousands of years. After a century and a half of foreign invasion, civil...
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Well researched, balanced, and informative
- By Chinmay Aladangady on 04-25-23
By: Michael Wood
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On Practice and Contradiction: Slavoj Zizek Presents Mao
- Revolutions
- By: Mao Zedong, Slavoj Žižek
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall87
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Performance74
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Story76
These early philosophical writings underpinned the Chinese revolutions....
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Fascinating Historical Documents
- By Nelson Alexander on 05-21-11
By: Mao Zedong, and others
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The New China Playbook
- Beyond Socialism and Capitalism
- By: Keyu Jin
- Narrated by: Jenapher Zheng
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall100
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Performance90
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Story90
“Keyu Jin is a brilliant thinker.” —Tony Blair, former prime minster of the United Kingdom A myth-dispelling, comprehensive guide to the Chinese economy and its path to ascendancy. China's economy has been booming for decades now. A formidable and emerging power on the world stage, the...
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Good content but missing important information
- By Anonymous on 07-03-23
By: Keyu Jin
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Age of Ambition
- Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
- By: Evan Osnos
- Narrated by: Evan Osnos, George Backman
- Length: 16 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,492
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Performance1,286
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Story1,281
A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a moment of profound transformation....
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Come back when you have a warrant!
- By Neuron on 11-06-15
By: Evan Osnos
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The Troublemaker
- How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong's Greatest Dissident, and China's Most Feared Critic
- By: Mark L. Clifford
- Narrated by: Kayden Lukakis
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance10
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Story10
The “extraordinary life story” (Publishers Weekly) of the billionaire businessman Jimmy Lai, a leading Hong Kong democracy activist fighting for freedom of speech who became China’s most famous political prisoner. Jimmy Lai escaped mainland China when he was twelve years old, at the height...
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A wonderful overview of a man’s wonderful struggle
- By Alice in Dallas on 08-25-25
By: Mark L. Clifford
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Breaking the Engagement
- How China Won & Lost America
- By: David Shambaugh
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
By focusing on the role of perceptions and US expectations in fueling the shift towards competition and rivalry in the last decade, Shambaugh provides a unique new perspective on this critical global relationship.
By: David Shambaugh