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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2838653, member: 82322&quot;]I sometimes struggle with history books.&nbsp; They seem to always be either too short or too long.&nbsp; I often mispronounce everything I have read.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recommend ancient history podcasts by Dan Carlin.&nbsp; The series is <i>Hardcore History</i>.&nbsp; The three-part <i>King of Kings</i> episodes, on the Achaemenid Persians, is particularly good if you are interested in that period because there isn&#039;t much on those guys that isn&#039;t an introduction or a thesis.&nbsp; The latest episode is on Caesar&#039;s wars in Gaul.</p><p><br /></p><p>The episodes I mention are free.&nbsp; They can be played on your phone with a free player like Podcast Addict.&nbsp; There are other episodes on modern an ancient history and some cost $2.&nbsp; These podcasts will greatly improve long car rides.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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