Bestsellers
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The Future Is Peace
- A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land
- By: Aziz Abu Sarah, Maoz Inon
- Narrated by: Aziz Abu Sarah, Magen Inon
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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Story9
Two lifelong peace activists and guides to Israel/Palestine, both of whom have lost family in the conflict, take readers on a revealing life-changing journey across this holy, bloodstained land and discover the mythic, political, and personal history that divides but also binds them and their...
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Eye Opening!
- By S. Pinzon on 04-15-26
By: Aziz Abu Sarah, and others
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On the Hippie Trail
- Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer
- By: Rick Steves
- Narrated by: Rick Steves
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall354
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Performance317
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Story317
A 2026 Audie Awards Finalist! Stow away with Rick Steves for a glimpse into the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and memories of his 1978 journey on the legendary Hippie Trail. In the 1970s, the ultimate trip for any backpacker was the storied “Hippie Trail” from Istanbul to Kathmandu...
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Wonderful Travel Story
- By Eva S. Nichols on 03-30-25
By: Rick Steves
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Secrets of Divine Love
- A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam
- By: A. Helwa
- Narrated by: A. Helwa
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall560
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Performance480
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Story482
Secrets of Divine Love is the #1 international bestselling book on Islam that draws upon spiritual secrets of the Qur’an, ancient mystical poetry, and stories from the world’s greatest prophets and spiritual masters to help you reignite your faith....
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Best Audiobook I have ever heard!
- By LiveLaughLove on 05-06-21
By: A. Helwa
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Learn Arabic Ultimate Bundle
- Lessons 1-44, Modern Standard Arabic Level 1: Essentials of Grammar, Conversation, & Vocabulary
- By: Global Citizen Language Learning
- Narrated by: Mehdi Ben Mahmoud
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall90
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Performance90
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Story90
Step into the world of Arabic language mastery with confidence through structured guidance, and embark on your language-learning journey today....
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A comprehensive Arabic language oasis
- By Mike Gulgowski on 10-22-24
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The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi
- My Journey into the Heart of Scriptural Faith and the Land Where It All Began
- By: Kathie Lee Gifford, Rabbi Jason Sobel
- Narrated by: Kathie Gifford, Jason Sobel
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,294
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Performance1,139
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Story1,131
An instant New York Times bestseller! Journey with Kathie Lee Gifford and Messianic Rabbi Jason Sobel into Israel and explore the deep roots of the Christian faith. As a lifelong student of Scripture, Kathie Lee Gifford has always desired a deeper understanding of God’s Word and a deeper...
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Faith Changer
- By Kristen Lawler on 03-12-18
By: Kathie Lee Gifford, and others
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Arabian Sands
- By: Wilfred Thesiger
- Narrated by: Laurence Kennedy
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall112
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Performance95
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Story94
Arabian Sands is Wilfred Thesiger’s stunning account of five years spent crossing the Arabian Peninsula by foot and on camels, with nomadic Bedouin tribesmen as guides....
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Wonderful Cross-Cultural Exploration of Yore
- By H. Kumar-G on 07-27-20
By: Wilfred Thesiger
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The Future Is Peace
- A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land
- By: Aziz Abu Sarah, Maoz Inon
- Narrated by: Aziz Abu Sarah, Magen Inon
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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Story9
Two lifelong peace activists and guides to Israel/Palestine, both of whom have lost family in the conflict, take readers on a revealing life-changing journey across this holy, bloodstained land and discover the mythic, political, and personal history that divides but also binds them and their...
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Eye Opening!
- By S. Pinzon on 04-15-26
By: Aziz Abu Sarah, and others
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On the Hippie Trail
- Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer
- By: Rick Steves
- Narrated by: Rick Steves
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall354
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Performance317
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Story317
A 2026 Audie Awards Finalist! Stow away with Rick Steves for a glimpse into the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and memories of his 1978 journey on the legendary Hippie Trail. In the 1970s, the ultimate trip for any backpacker was the storied “Hippie Trail” from Istanbul to Kathmandu...
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Wonderful Travel Story
- By Eva S. Nichols on 03-30-25
By: Rick Steves
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Secrets of Divine Love
- A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam
- By: A. Helwa
- Narrated by: A. Helwa
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall560
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Performance480
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Story482
Secrets of Divine Love is the #1 international bestselling book on Islam that draws upon spiritual secrets of the Qur’an, ancient mystical poetry, and stories from the world’s greatest prophets and spiritual masters to help you reignite your faith....
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Best Audiobook I have ever heard!
- By LiveLaughLove on 05-06-21
By: A. Helwa
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Learn Arabic Ultimate Bundle
- Lessons 1-44, Modern Standard Arabic Level 1: Essentials of Grammar, Conversation, & Vocabulary
- By: Global Citizen Language Learning
- Narrated by: Mehdi Ben Mahmoud
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall90
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Performance90
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Story90
Step into the world of Arabic language mastery with confidence through structured guidance, and embark on your language-learning journey today....
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A comprehensive Arabic language oasis
- By Mike Gulgowski on 10-22-24
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The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi
- My Journey into the Heart of Scriptural Faith and the Land Where It All Began
- By: Kathie Lee Gifford, Rabbi Jason Sobel
- Narrated by: Kathie Gifford, Jason Sobel
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,294
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Performance1,139
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Story1,131
An instant New York Times bestseller! Journey with Kathie Lee Gifford and Messianic Rabbi Jason Sobel into Israel and explore the deep roots of the Christian faith. As a lifelong student of Scripture, Kathie Lee Gifford has always desired a deeper understanding of God’s Word and a deeper...
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Faith Changer
- By Kristen Lawler on 03-12-18
By: Kathie Lee Gifford, and others
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Arabian Sands
- By: Wilfred Thesiger
- Narrated by: Laurence Kennedy
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall112
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Performance95
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Story94
Arabian Sands is Wilfred Thesiger’s stunning account of five years spent crossing the Arabian Peninsula by foot and on camels, with nomadic Bedouin tribesmen as guides....
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Wonderful Cross-Cultural Exploration of Yore
- By H. Kumar-G on 07-27-20
By: Wilfred Thesiger
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The Monk of Mokha
- By: Dave Eggers
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall971
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Performance878
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Story879
From the bestselling author of The Circle and What Is the What, the true story of a young Yemeni-American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war. Mokhtar Alkhanshali grew up in San Francisco, one...
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MOVING THE NEEDLE
- By Dog Fish on 02-20-18
By: Dave Eggers
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Istanbul
- City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World
- By: Thomas F. Madden
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall318
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Performance282
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Story282
The first single-volume history of Istanbul in decades: a biography of the city at the center of civilizations past and present. For more than two millennia, Istanbul has stood at the crossroads of the world, perched at the very tip of Europe, gazing across the shores of Asia. The history of...
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A History Without People
- By SeanO on 04-02-19
By: Thomas F. Madden
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The Capsarius
- Legion XXII, Book 1
- By: Simon Turney
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall102
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Performance92
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Story92
Warrior and combat medic, Titus Cervianus, must lead a legion and quell the uprisings in Egypt in a new Roman adventure from Simon Turney. Egypt. 25 BC. Titus Cervianus is no ordinary soldier. A former surgeon from the city of Ancyra, he's now a capsarius—a combat medic. Cervianus is a...
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Amazing start
- By Todd on 08-17-22
By: Simon Turney
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House of Stone
- A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East
- By: Anthony Shadid
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall90
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Performance80
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Story78
When Anthony Shadid—one of four New York Times reporters captured in Libya as the region erupted—was freed, he went home, not to Boston, Beirut, or Oklahoma.....
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Bit depressing
- By Astrid Dahl on 03-17-12
By: Anthony Shadid
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In the Footsteps of the Savior
- Following Jesus Through the Holy Land
- By: Max Lucado
- Narrated by: Ben Holland
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance27
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Story27
Have you ever wondered what the Holy Land might have looked like through Jesus's eyes? Join pastor and New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado as he takes you on an unforgettable journey following Jesus through his life on earth, giving you a chance to see the Holy Land and God’s heart...
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Great practical applications of the Word of God
- By christina snellings on 01-02-24
By: Max Lucado
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The Land Beyond
- A Thousand Miles on Foot through the Heart of the Middle East
- By: Leon McCarron
- Narrated by: Leon McCarron
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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Story9
There are many reasons why it might seem unwise to walk, mostly alone, through the Middle East. That, in part, is exactly why Leon McCarron did it....
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Enjoyable tour through the West Bank and Jordan
- By Misfit on 03-18-21
By: Leon McCarron
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Learn Conversational Arabic
- Palestine, Jordan, Syria: Master Essential Levantine Dialect Phrases & Vocabulary to Speak Like a Local, Converse with Confidence, & Navigate Daily Interactions with Ease
- By: Global Citizen Language Learning
- Narrated by: Rania Al Hanini, Tom Holmes, Mais Salah, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall42
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Performance42
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Story42
Language learning, especially for Arabic, can seem overwhelming. Still, it doesn’t have to be complicated, especially with a guide specifically tailored to help you overcome these hurdles, with practicality and fun in equal measure!
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Most courses focus on Modern Standard
- By Kurt Delgado on 01-29-26
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The Buried
- An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution
- By: Peter Hessler
- Narrated by: Peter Hessler
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall312
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Performance270
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Story269
A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist "Extraordinary...Sensitive and perceptive, Mr. Hessler is a superb literary archaeologist, one who handles what he sees with a bit of wonder that he gets to watch the history of this grand city unfold, one day at a time.” —Wall Street Journal...
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A Fascinating, Funny, and Moving Account of Egypt
- By Jefferson on 07-23-19
By: Peter Hessler
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Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones
- A Memoir
- By: Priyanka Mattoo
- Narrated by: Priyanka Mattoo
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance13
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Story13
From a wry, insightful, and very funny new voice, here is one woman’s search for home, from Kashmir to England to Saudi Arabia to Michigan to Rome and, finally, to Los Angeles—standalone essays that together form a sweeping portrait of a peripatetic life. "I would follow Priyanka Mattoo to...
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college essay type not ready for publication
- By Betsy Hershman on 07-25-24
By: Priyanka Mattoo
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Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia
- By: Tony Horwitz
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Brooks Horwitz
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance16
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Story16
“A very funny and frequently insightful look at the world’s most combustible region.”—The New York Times Book Review NATIONAL BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Tony Horwitz's 1991 classic account of his travels across the Middle East and through the Arabian Peninsula, now in...
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Absolutely Horrible Narration
- By TeddyDog on 10-23-23
By: Tony Horwitz
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Shadow of the Silk Road
- By: Colin Thubron
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall299
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Performance172
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Story177
Colin Thubron undertakes a journey along the greatest land route on earth: the Silk Road....
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prose meets poetry
- By Paul on 11-05-07
By: Colin Thubron
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The Nine Lives of Pakistan
- Dispatches from a Precarious State
- By: Declan Walsh
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall115
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Performance99
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Story99
Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times's most distinguished international correspondents. His electrifying portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this strange, wondrous, and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals. On...
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A Fascinating Look at a Troubled Country
- By Dipam on 07-11-21
By: Declan Walsh
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The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi: Audio Bible Studies
- Come to the Land Where It All Began
- By: Kathie Lee Gifford, Rabbi Jason Sobel
- Narrated by: Kathie Gifford, Jason Sobel
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance16
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Story16
Are you ready to begin your journey to a deeper faith? In this six-session Bible study, Kathie Lee invites you to join her as she visits sites in Israel that have impacted her life. As she shares her story, coauthor Rabbi Jason Sobel, a messianic Jewish rabbi, provides fascinating background...
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Absolutely wonderful!
- By CapeKel on 01-03-24
By: Kathie Lee Gifford, and others
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Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms
- Journeys into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East
- By: Gerard Russell
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall100
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Performance89
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Story88
Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths. These religions represent the last vestiges of the magnificent civilizations in ancient history: Persia, Babylon, Egypt in the time of the pharaohs. Their followers have...
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Increase your understanding of the Middle East
- By Shaun on 03-17-15
By: Gerard Russell
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Into Iraq
- By: Michael Palin
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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Story8
Brought to you by Penguin. In March 2022, Michael Palin travelled the length of the River Tigris through Iraq to get a sense of what life is like in a region of the world that once formed the cradle of civilisation, but that in recent times has witnessed turmoil and appalling bloodshed. It was a...
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Another Compelling Travelogue
- By WhittlessB on 06-18-25
By: Michael Palin
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Revenge
- A Story of Hope
- By: Laura Blumenfeld
- Narrated by: Laura Blumenfeld
- Length: 6 hrs
- Abridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
In 1986, Laura Blumenfeld's father was shot in Jerusalem by a member of a rebel faction of the PLO responsible for attacks on several tourists in the Old City. Her father lived, but Blumenfeld's desire for revenge haunted her. This is her story. Traveling to Israel, Blumenfeld gathers stories...
By: Laura Blumenfeld
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In an Antique Land
- History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale
- By: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall89
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Performance73
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Story70
Once upon a time an Indian writer name Amitav Ghosh set out to find an Indian slave, name unknown, who some 700 years before had traveled to the Middle East....
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Mixed Worlds
- By Roger on 10-26-10
By: Amitav Ghosh
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All Strangers Are Kin
- Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World
- By: Zora O'Neill
- Narrated by: Julia Farhat, Zora O'Neill
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
Join Zora O’Neill for a grand tour through the Middle East, to laugh with her in Egypt, delight in the stories she passes on from the Gulf region, and find yourself transformed by her experiences in Lebanon and Morocco.
By: Zora O'Neill
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Legion XXII: Bellatrix
- Book 2
- By: Simon Turney
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall66
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Performance62
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Story62
Titus Cervianus is no ordinary soldier. And the Twenty Second is no ordinary legion... Egypt, 25 BC. Titus Cervianus marches into the unknown as he and the Twenty Second Legion contend with the armies of the Bellatrix: the Warrior Queen of Kush. The Kushites and the Egyptians are united against...
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Book 3 please!
- By zaccheus jammer on 04-16-26
By: Simon Turney
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Tel Aviv Noir
- By: Assaf Gavron - editor, Etgar Keret - editor
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Elizabeth Evans, Victor Bevine, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance19
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Story19
For Tel Aviv Noir, Etgar Keret and Assaf Gavron have masterfully assembled some of Israel's top contemporary writers into a compulsively readable collection....
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Character sketches in noir style
- By Alyda on 09-01-22
By: Assaf Gavron - editor, and others
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Discover Morocco: The Ultimate Travel Guide for Exploring Morocco Like a Local
- Discover Travel Guides
- By: Joe Stanton
- Narrated by: Don Wang
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance13
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Story13
Are you planning a vacation in Morocco? Do you want to be well prepared and well informed before you leave? Now you can ready to enjoy the delights of this fascinating and historical country....
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informative brief
- By LFairriesC on 02-16-26
By: Joe Stanton
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Out of Istanbul
- A Journey of Discovery Along the Silk Road
- By: Bernard Ollivier, Dan Golembeski - translator
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance19
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Story19
Upon retirement at the age of sixty-two, and grieving his deceased wife, renowned journalist Bernard Ollivier felt a sense of profound emptiness: What do I do now? While some see retirement as a chance to cash in their chips and settle into a comfy armchair, Ollivier still longed for more...
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A cerebral quest and a physical test.
- By Warren on 10-05-23
By: Bernard Ollivier, and others
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The Road to Oxiana
- By: Robert Byron
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance18
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Story18
Robert Byron set off from Venice with friend Christopher Sykes to explore the architecture of the Middle East. They travel by any means necessary and encounter several setbacks, but their risks are rewarded as they encounter some of the greatest examples of Eastern art and architecture....
By: Robert Byron
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Bitter Lemons of Cyprus
- By: Lawrence Durrell
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Abridged
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Overall96
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Performance74
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Story73
Lawrence Durrell's evocative memoir of living in Cyprus, just before the Greek/Turkish partition....
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Interesting listening
- By Peggyo on 05-28-13
By: Lawrence Durrell