Comments | athena799: Random World History Rant (Warning: contains sweeping generalizations)

athena799

Random World History Rant (Warning: contains sweeping generalizations)

Apr 27, 2010 02:31

-Why is it so difficult to find books on world history that aren't about how it ties to the U.S? Example, no books about the Caliphate period of the Middle East on Audible, out of 50+ books in the history section Audible.com with the Middle East as a keyword, maybe 4 offered actual histories of the Middle East rather than the history of US ( Read more... )

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little_mage April 27 2010, 10:27:20 UTC

I don't think you actually want rational answers, but I'm going to give them to you anyway:
1. Your sample selection. Audible is going to have a much smaller selection then a bigger, more conventional store.
2. Location. Try looking for books published in Europe instead of in the US. Again, though, Audible is probably not the best place to look.