Best Sellers
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
- Written by: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 24 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us - an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings....
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Audio engineers need to be fired - buy the book
- By Ashton on 2020-04-14
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Written by: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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Great story, annoying music
- By Rob Smith on 2020-07-18
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Long Walk to Freedom
- The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
- Written by: Nelson Mandela
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 27 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time....
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An intriguing, captivating life of Mandela
- By Lorenzo RS on 2019-08-04
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The Indifferent Stars Above
- The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
- Written by: Daniel James Brown
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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In early December 1846, starving and desperate, Sarah Graves and 14 other pioneers led by George Donner set out for California on snowshoes and over the next 32 days endured almost unfathomable hardships and horrors....
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Immersive and Affecting
- By Langer MD on 2021-08-05
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Bush Runner
- The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson
- Written by: Mark Bourrie
- Narrated by: Jeff Burling
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Sourced from Pierre-Esprit Radisson’s journals, which are the best firsthand accounts of 17th-century Canada, Bush Runner tells the extraordinary true story of this protean 17th-century figure, a man more trading partner than colonizer....
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So disappointed.
- By Mary Louise Colquhoun on 2020-02-08
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Leonardo da Vinci
- Written by: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and engineering....
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Incredible way to learn about history science and art
- By Kate's Creative Kitchen on 2018-03-20
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
- Written by: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 24 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us - an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings....
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Audio engineers need to be fired - buy the book
- By Ashton on 2020-04-14
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Written by: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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Great story, annoying music
- By Rob Smith on 2020-07-18
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Long Walk to Freedom
- The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
- Written by: Nelson Mandela
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 27 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time....
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An intriguing, captivating life of Mandela
- By Lorenzo RS on 2019-08-04
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The Indifferent Stars Above
- The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
- Written by: Daniel James Brown
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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In early December 1846, starving and desperate, Sarah Graves and 14 other pioneers led by George Donner set out for California on snowshoes and over the next 32 days endured almost unfathomable hardships and horrors....
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Immersive and Affecting
- By Langer MD on 2021-08-05
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Bush Runner
- The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson
- Written by: Mark Bourrie
- Narrated by: Jeff Burling
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Sourced from Pierre-Esprit Radisson’s journals, which are the best firsthand accounts of 17th-century Canada, Bush Runner tells the extraordinary true story of this protean 17th-century figure, a man more trading partner than colonizer....
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So disappointed.
- By Mary Louise Colquhoun on 2020-02-08
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Leonardo da Vinci
- Written by: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and engineering....
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Incredible way to learn about history science and art
- By Kate's Creative Kitchen on 2018-03-20
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
- Written by: Edmund Morris
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 26 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time. Described by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic", The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time....
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Very nice listen
- By Robert on 2019-08-17
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The Power Broker
- Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
- Written by: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 66 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew: that Robert Moses was the single most powerful man of his time in the City and in the State of New York....
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Thorough and incredible
- By Anonymous User on 2018-04-01
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Dead Mountain
- The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
- Written by: Donnie Eichar
- Narrated by: Donnie Eichar
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain....
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In depth and gripping story
- By toby snelgrove on 2018-08-12
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Rebel Yell
- The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
- Written by: S. C. Gwynne
- Narrated by: Cotter Smith
- Length: 24 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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In April of 1862 he was merely another Confederate general with only a single battle credential in an army fighting in what seemed to be a losing cause....
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Civil War historians must read
- By Mark on 2020-08-04
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Autopsie des morts célèbres
- Hitler, Chopin, Saint Louis... De quoi sont-ils morts ?
- Written by: Philippe Charlier, David Alliot
- Narrated by: François Nuyttens
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Comment est morte Lucy ? Pourquoi et comment le corps de Saint Louis a été dispersé à travers le monde ? Que nous apprend l'étude du cerveau de Descartes...
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The River of Doubt
- Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
- Written by: Candice Millard
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The River of Doubt brings alive extraordinary events in a powerful nonfiction narrative thriller that happens to feature one of the most famous Americans who ever lived....
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Phenomenal narration, and amazing survival story
- By Ben on 2018-01-31
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
- Written by: Jon Meacham
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann, Jon Meacham
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary man and his remarkable times....
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Thomas Jefferson
- By Carole Morey on 2018-09-14
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Northerners
- A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day
- Written by: Brian Groom
- Narrated by: Nicholas Camm
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive history of the North of England, Northerners is told through the lives of its inhabitants....
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Alexander the Great
- Written by: Philip Freeman
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Alexander was born into the royal family of Macedonia, the kingdom that would soon rule over Greece. Tutored as a boy by Aristotle, Alexander had an inquisitive mind....
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Edifying
- By Langer MD on 2021-08-03
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The King's Assassin
- The Secret Plot to Murder King James I
- Written by: Benjamin Woolley
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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An absorbing account of the conspiracy to kill King James I by his handsome lover, the duke of Buckingham, a historical crime that has remained hidden for 400 years....
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The Harvard Psychedelic Club
- How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
- Written by: Don Lattin
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Journalist Don Lattin provides the funny, moving inside story of the "Cambridge Quartet"....
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Profiles in Courage
- Written by: John F. Kennedy
- Narrated by: John F. Kennedy Jr., Caroline Kennedy
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
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During 1954-1955, John F. Kennedy, then a US senator, chose eight of his historical colleagues to profile for their acts of astounding integrity in the face of overwhelming opposition....
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Timeless!
- By Robert Peck on 2019-12-08
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Assata
- Written by: Assata Shakur, Angela Davis - foreword
- Narrated by: Sirena Riley
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2013 Assata Shakur, founding member of the Black Liberation Army, former Black Panther and godmother of Tupac Shakur, became the first ever woman to make the FBI's most wanted list....
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Brilliant autobiography
- By Kindness Ambassador on 2021-02-25
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El Hombre en Busca de Sentido
- Written by: Viktor E. Frankl
- Narrated by: Rafael Cruz Motta
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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"El hombre en busca de sentido" es el estremecedor relato en el que Viktor Frankl nos narra su experiencia en los campos de concentración...
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Excellente.
- By Teresa on 2022-02-16
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The Fields of Home
- Little Britches #5
- Written by: Ralph Moody
- Narrated by: Cameron Beierle
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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The fatherless Moody family moves from Colorado to Massachusetts in 1912, as Ralph enters his teen years....
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Papillon
- Written by: Henri Charrière
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana for a crime he did not commit, Henri Charriere became obsessed with one goal: escape....
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Awesome
- By Ugo on 2020-10-29
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Kick
- The True Story of JFK's Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth
- Written by: Paula Byrne
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The biography of the vivacious, unconventional - and nearly forgotten - young Kennedy sister who charmed American society and the English aristocracy and would break with her family for love....
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The Professor and the Madman
- Written by: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Hidden within the rituals of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary is a fascinating mystery...
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Proper Heavy
- By Mentally Guitarded on 2020-04-23
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Léopold Sédar Senghor, Le poète-président
- Les figures de l'Histoire
- Written by: Elara Bertho
- Narrated by: Elara Bertho
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Premier Africain agrégé de grammaire, poète célébré dans le monde entier, premier président du Sénégal, académicien : Senghor a eu...
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An Unfinished Life
- John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
- Written by: Robert Dallek
- Narrated by: Richard McGonagle
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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An Unfinished Life describes the birth of the Kennedy dynasty...
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A great memoriam.
- By Stephen on 2021-02-09
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
- Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
- Written by: Douglas Brunt
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever....
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I now know
- By Charlie on 2024-05-12
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Anne Boleyn
- 500 Years of Lies
- Written by: Hayley Nolan
- Narrated by: Hayley Nolan
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In this electrifying exposé, Hayley Nolan explores for the first time the full, uncensored evidence of Anne Boleyn’s life and relationship with Henry VIII, revealing the shocking suppression of a powerful woman....
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interesting perspective
- By robkamm on 2022-08-07
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Justinian
- Emperor, Soldier, Saint
- Written by: Peter Sarris
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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In Justinian, a definitive new biography of the Byzantine emperor Justinian, Peter Sarris offers a radical reassessment of an emperor and his times....
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Shakespeare
- The World as Stage
- Written by: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition....
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Wonderful
- By PDubya on 2021-05-16
New Releases
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The Autobiography of a Designated “Memorial Candle” Holocaust Lessons, Volume II
- A Never-Ending Field to Study
- Written by: Mayer Jacobovits
- Narrated by: Sean Lester
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Children of concentration camp survivors are also known as "memorial candles" because they are usually named after relatives who have been killed in the Holocaust. This is Volume II of an autobiography and is dedicated exclusively to how a son of Concentration Camp survivors dealt with the ever-present topic in such people's life: the Holocaust.
Written by: Mayer Jacobovits
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American Bloods
- The Untamed Dynasty That Shaped a Nation
- Written by: John Kaag
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The Bloods were one of America’s first and most expansive pioneer families. They explored and laid claim to the frontiers―geographic, political, intellectual, and spiritual―that would become the very core of the United States. John Kaag’s American Bloods is the account of a remarkable American family, of its participation in the making of a nation, and of how its members embodied the elusive ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence.
Written by: John Kaag
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COINTELPRO
- The History and Legacy of the FBI’s Most Controversial Covert Operation
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Few things have colored J. Edgar Hoover's reputation quite like COINTELPRO, which has become the FBI's most notorious operation, one that still has lasting ramifications. From 1956-1971, the FBI waged a secret war in America through a series of projects against groups believed to be potentially subversive, including various people and organizations involved in women's rights, civil rights, Native American rights, anti-war groups, and even groups that supported animal rights.
Written by: Charles River Editors
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The One Armed Whiskey Man of Jackass Canyon
- The Unbelievably True Life and Times of Bay Area Pioneer Thomas D Carneal III
- Written by: Thomas C. Reinstein
- Narrated by: Thomas C. Reinstein
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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The One-Armed Whiskey Man of Jackass Canyon daylights a newly excavated vein in the Golden State of mind. It follows the unbelievably true life and times of accidental California pioneer Thomas D Carneal III. His prominent Northern Kentucky clan carved an ironic notch into the whiskey rebellion of 1790's and beyond. Out of the blue, tragedy struck, and the family legacy ricocheted off to the wilds of 1850’s Northern California, landing on a historic rancho, shortly after California statehood.
Written by: Thomas C. Reinstein
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Uncrowned
- Royal Heirs Who Didn't Take the Throne
- Written by: Ashley Mantle
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Through the centuries, succession to the English throne has largely been dictated by blood. Children were born to the role, their destinies entwined with that of the nation. They would be raised with the expectation that they would eventually take their place on the throne and rule the land. But not all those expected to wear the crown completed this journey. Ashley Mantle explores the lives of several heirs apparent, from the Norman Conquest to the present day, who were destined to assume the throne of England but, for one reason or another, did not.
Written by: Ashley Mantle
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Lydia Maria Child
- A Radical American Life
- Written by: Lydia Moland
- Narrated by: Lydia Moland
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A compelling biography of Lydia Maria Child, one of nineteenth-century America's most courageous abolitionists. By 1830, Lydia Maria Child had established herself as something almost unheard of in the American nineteenth century: a beloved and self-sufficient female author.
Written by: Lydia Moland
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The Autobiography of a Designated “Memorial Candle” Holocaust Lessons, Volume II
- A Never-Ending Field to Study
- Written by: Mayer Jacobovits
- Narrated by: Sean Lester
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Children of concentration camp survivors are also known as "memorial candles" because they are usually named after relatives who have been killed in the Holocaust. This is Volume II of an autobiography and is dedicated exclusively to how a son of Concentration Camp survivors dealt with the ever-present topic in such people's life: the Holocaust.
Written by: Mayer Jacobovits
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American Bloods
- The Untamed Dynasty That Shaped a Nation
- Written by: John Kaag
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The Bloods were one of America’s first and most expansive pioneer families. They explored and laid claim to the frontiers―geographic, political, intellectual, and spiritual―that would become the very core of the United States. John Kaag’s American Bloods is the account of a remarkable American family, of its participation in the making of a nation, and of how its members embodied the elusive ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence.
Written by: John Kaag
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COINTELPRO
- The History and Legacy of the FBI’s Most Controversial Covert Operation
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Few things have colored J. Edgar Hoover's reputation quite like COINTELPRO, which has become the FBI's most notorious operation, one that still has lasting ramifications. From 1956-1971, the FBI waged a secret war in America through a series of projects against groups believed to be potentially subversive, including various people and organizations involved in women's rights, civil rights, Native American rights, anti-war groups, and even groups that supported animal rights.
Written by: Charles River Editors
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The One Armed Whiskey Man of Jackass Canyon
- The Unbelievably True Life and Times of Bay Area Pioneer Thomas D Carneal III
- Written by: Thomas C. Reinstein
- Narrated by: Thomas C. Reinstein
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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The One-Armed Whiskey Man of Jackass Canyon daylights a newly excavated vein in the Golden State of mind. It follows the unbelievably true life and times of accidental California pioneer Thomas D Carneal III. His prominent Northern Kentucky clan carved an ironic notch into the whiskey rebellion of 1790's and beyond. Out of the blue, tragedy struck, and the family legacy ricocheted off to the wilds of 1850’s Northern California, landing on a historic rancho, shortly after California statehood.
Written by: Thomas C. Reinstein
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Uncrowned
- Royal Heirs Who Didn't Take the Throne
- Written by: Ashley Mantle
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Through the centuries, succession to the English throne has largely been dictated by blood. Children were born to the role, their destinies entwined with that of the nation. They would be raised with the expectation that they would eventually take their place on the throne and rule the land. But not all those expected to wear the crown completed this journey. Ashley Mantle explores the lives of several heirs apparent, from the Norman Conquest to the present day, who were destined to assume the throne of England but, for one reason or another, did not.
Written by: Ashley Mantle
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Lydia Maria Child
- A Radical American Life
- Written by: Lydia Moland
- Narrated by: Lydia Moland
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A compelling biography of Lydia Maria Child, one of nineteenth-century America's most courageous abolitionists. By 1830, Lydia Maria Child had established herself as something almost unheard of in the American nineteenth century: a beloved and self-sufficient female author.
Written by: Lydia Moland
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The Scandal of the Century
- Written by: Lisa Hilton
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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There are few labels not attached to Aphra Behn - playwright, poet, a spy, a scarlet woman condemned for loose morals. And yet, for all her notoriety Aphra Behn is an enigma. Born in around 1640, her early life isn't well recorded and facts about her are continually disputed. Her birth name may have been Eaffrey Johnson and she could have been the daughter of a Canterbury barber, although neither fact is certain. And, just after the Restoration she probably briefly lived in the English colony of Surinam in South America, where she was perhaps embroiled in political espionage.
Written by: Lisa Hilton
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Silent Pigeons Coo
- The Story of Anthony Lawton’s Fight Against Progressive Sensory Loss
- Written by: John Moore
- Narrated by: David Gurney
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Born deaf and discovering encroaching blindness at the age of 16, Anthony Lawton’s future appeared to be full of locked doors. Prejudice. Delayed education. Distorted speech. Limited sight. But when benign strangers intercede and inner gifts reveal themselves the opportunity to pursue a childhood dream of speaking and participating in mainstream society become a realisable vision. He would need to do this before the consequences of dual sensory loss would again close the doors.
Written by: John Moore
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Why Hitler Lost World War II
- The Story of How Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely (The WW2 History Journals)
- Written by: The History Journals, Liam Dale
- Narrated by: Liam Dale
- Length: 41 mins
- Unabridged
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When you look through the history books, even those of more recent years, the pages are full of wars, and whether between ancient dynasties or modern states, the horrific consequences always leave readers and listeners wondering how such atrocities can happen. However, to learn from the past is of vital importance for the generations that follow, despite on occasion, humanity, seeming to make the same mistakes, over and over again.
Written by: The History Journals, and others
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A Child of the Revolution
- William Henry Harrison and His World, 1773-1798
- Written by: Hendrik Booraem V
- Narrated by: Ray Montecalvo
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The American Revolution gave birth to a nation, forever changed the course of political thought, and shattered and transformed the lives of the citizens of the new republic. An iconic figure of the Old Northwest, governor, Indian fighter, general in the War of 1812, and ultimately president, William Henry Harrison was one such citizen. The son of a rich Virginia planter, Harrison saw his family mansion burned and his relatives scattered.
Written by: Hendrik Booraem V
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Wolves of Russia
- Written by: R M Mace
- Narrated by: Sam Burns
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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From the court of Imperial Russia to Foxley Manor in Herefordshire, the story begins with the First World War. Part One takes the listener through the Russian Revolution to the formation of the Second Polish Republic and the Polish-Bolshevik war. Part Two begins at the outset to World War Two with the German invasion on September 1st, 1939, and the subsequent invasion by the Soviet Union on the 17th of the same month. The listener is taken through the early months of soviet occupation and then on to the first wave of Polish deportations to Siberia.
Written by: R M Mace
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The Quality of Love
- Twin Sisters at the Heart of the Century
- Written by: Ariane Bankes
- Narrated by: Deryn Edwards
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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When her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes inherited a battered trunk stuffed with letters and diaries belonging to Celia and her twin Mamaine. This correspondence charted the remarkable lives of the Paget sisters and their friends and lovers, including Arthur Koestler, Albert Camus, Sartre and de Beauvoir, Edmund Wilson and George Orwell.
Written by: Ariane Bankes
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The Hidden Package
- Written by: Claire Baum, Carolyne Van Der Meer - introduction, Naomi Azrieli
- Narrated by: Claire Baum, Carolyne Van Der Meer, Naomi Azrieli
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Almost forty years after the end of the war, Claire Baum opens a package from a stranger in Rotterdam, unleashing a flood of repressed memories from her childhood. As Claire delves into her past, she uncovers the personal sacrifice and bravery of her parents, the Dutch resistance and the families that selflessly gave shelter to her and her sister, Ollie. The Hidden Package portrays Claire’s years spent in hiding and pays tribute to all those who played a part in saving her life and ensuring a future for the next generations of her family.
Written by: Claire Baum, and others
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Julian, Ancient Lives Series
- Rome's Last Pagan Emperor
- Written by: Philip Freeman
- Narrated by: Jonathan Johns
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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As emperor, Julian set about reforming the administration, conquering new territories, and reviving ancient religions. He was scorned in his time for repudiating Christianity and demonized as an apostate for willfully rejecting Christ. Through the centuries, Julian has been viewed by many as a tragic figure who sought to save Rome from its enemies and the corrupting influence of Christianity. Christian writers and historians have seen Julian much differently: as a traitor to God and violent oppressor of Christians.
Written by: Philip Freeman
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Chester Alan Arthur
- The American Presidents
- Written by: Zachary Karabell, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. - editor
- Narrated by: Zachary Karabell
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Elected alongside James A. Garfield, Arthur found his life transformed just four months into his term, when an assassin shot and killed Garfield, catapulting Arthur into the presidency. The assassin was a deranged man who thought he deserved a federal job through the increasingly corrupt "spoils system." To the surprise of many, Arthur, a longtime beneficiary of that system, saw that the time had come for reform. His opportunity came in the winter of 1882-83, when he pushed through the Pendleton Act, which created a professional civil service and set America on a course toward greater reforms.
Written by: Zachary Karabell, and others
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Vladimir Lenin - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- Written by: George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of the Soviet Union: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
Written by: George Fritsche
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The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865
- Written by: Eliza Frances Andrews
- Narrated by: Aundrea Cery
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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"The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865" is an evocative and historically significant diary penned by Eliza Frances Andrews, which vividly captures the tumult and transformation of the American South during the waning days of the Civil War and the onset of Reconstruction.
Written by: Eliza Frances Andrews
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The Great Abolitionist
- Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union
- Written by: Stephen Puleo
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
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The Great Abolitionist is the first major biography of Charles Sumner to be published in over fifty years. Acclaimed historian Stephen Puleo relates the story of one of the most influential non-presidents in American history with evocative and accessible prose, transporting listeners back to an era when our leaders exhibited true courage and authenticity in the face of unprecedented challenges.
Written by: Stephen Puleo