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  • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

  • The Definitive Edition
  • Auteur(s): Anne Frank
  • Narrateur(s): Selma Blair
  • Durée: 9 h et 55 min
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THE DEFINITIVE EDITION Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, the remarkable diary that has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. Updated for the 75th Anniversary of the Diary’s...

  • An important and beautiful story

  • Écrit par Lisa le 2021-01-15
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  • The Indifferent Stars Above

  • The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
  • Auteur(s): Daniel James Brown
  • Narrateur(s): Michael Prichard
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From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat and Facing the Mountain comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier “An ideal pairing of talent and material.… Engrossing.… A deft and ambitious storyteller.” — Mary Roach, New York Times...

  • Immersive and Affecting

  • Écrit par Langer MD le 2021-08-05
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  • Leonardo da Vinci

  • Auteur(s): Walter Isaacson
  • Narrateur(s): Alfred Molina
  • Durée: 17 h et 1 min
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Now a docuseries from Ken Burns on PBS! The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and...

  • Incredible way to learn about history science and art

  • Écrit par Kate's Creative Kitchen le 2018-03-20
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  • Long Walk to Freedom

  • The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
  • Auteur(s): Nelson Mandela, Sharon Gelman
  • Narrateur(s): Michael Boatman
  • Durée: 27 h et 39 min
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The autobiography of global human rights icon Nelson Mandela is "riveting . . . both a brilliant description of a diabolical system and a testament to the power of the spirit to transcend it" (Washington Post). Nelson Mandela was one of the great moral and political leaders of his time: an...

  • An intriguing, captivating life of Mandela

  • Écrit par Lorenzo RS le 2019-08-04
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  • Team of Rivals

  • The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
  • Auteur(s): Doris Kearns Goodwin
  • Narrateur(s): Suzanne Toren
  • Durée: 41 h et 32 min
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One of the most influential books of the past fifty years, Team of Rivals is Pulitzer Prize–winning author and esteemed presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s modern classic about the political genius of Abraham Lincoln, his unlikely presidency, and his cabinet of former political...

  • A great book

  • Écrit par Peter le 2021-03-11
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  • The Blood Countess

  • Murder, Betrayal, and the Making of a Monster
  • Auteur(s): Shelley Puhak
  • Narrateur(s): Vivienne Leheny
  • Durée: 8 h et 7 min
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From the author of the national bestseller The Dark Queens, an incandescent work of true crime and feminist history about Elizabeth Bathory, the woman alleged to be the world's most prolific female serial killer.

Page de couverture de Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
  • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

  • The Definitive Edition
  • Auteur(s): Anne Frank
  • Narrateur(s): Selma Blair
  • Durée: 9 h et 55 min
  • Version intégrale
  • Au global
    317
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    269
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    266

THE DEFINITIVE EDITION Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, the remarkable diary that has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. Updated for the 75th Anniversary of the Diary’s...

  • An important and beautiful story

  • Écrit par Lisa le 2021-01-15
Page de couverture de The Indifferent Stars Above
  • The Indifferent Stars Above

  • The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
  • Auteur(s): Daniel James Brown
  • Narrateur(s): Michael Prichard
  • Durée: 10 h et 55 min
  • Version intégrale
  • Au global
    86
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    75
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From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat and Facing the Mountain comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier “An ideal pairing of talent and material.… Engrossing.… A deft and ambitious storyteller.” — Mary Roach, New York Times...

  • Immersive and Affecting

  • Écrit par Langer MD le 2021-08-05
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  • Leonardo da Vinci

  • Auteur(s): Walter Isaacson
  • Narrateur(s): Alfred Molina
  • Durée: 17 h et 1 min
  • Version intégrale
  • Au global
    386
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    333
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    328

Now a docuseries from Ken Burns on PBS! The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and...

  • Incredible way to learn about history science and art

  • Écrit par Kate's Creative Kitchen le 2018-03-20
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  • Long Walk to Freedom

  • The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
  • Auteur(s): Nelson Mandela, Sharon Gelman
  • Narrateur(s): Michael Boatman
  • Durée: 27 h et 39 min
  • Version intégrale
  • Au global
    532
  • Performance
    460
  • Histoire
    461

The autobiography of global human rights icon Nelson Mandela is "riveting . . . both a brilliant description of a diabolical system and a testament to the power of the spirit to transcend it" (Washington Post). Nelson Mandela was one of the great moral and political leaders of his time: an...

  • An intriguing, captivating life of Mandela

  • Écrit par Lorenzo RS le 2019-08-04
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  • Team of Rivals

  • The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
  • Auteur(s): Doris Kearns Goodwin
  • Narrateur(s): Suzanne Toren
  • Durée: 41 h et 32 min
  • Version intégrale
  • Au global
    130
  • Performance
    111
  • Histoire
    111

One of the most influential books of the past fifty years, Team of Rivals is Pulitzer Prize–winning author and esteemed presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s modern classic about the political genius of Abraham Lincoln, his unlikely presidency, and his cabinet of former political...

  • A great book

  • Écrit par Peter le 2021-03-11
Page de couverture de The Blood Countess
  • The Blood Countess

  • Murder, Betrayal, and the Making of a Monster
  • Auteur(s): Shelley Puhak
  • Narrateur(s): Vivienne Leheny
  • Durée: 8 h et 7 min
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From the author of the national bestseller The Dark Queens, an incandescent work of true crime and feminist history about Elizabeth Bathory, the woman alleged to be the world's most prolific female serial killer.

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  • Madhouse at the End of the Earth

  • The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
  • Auteur(s): Julian Sancton
  • Narrateur(s): Vikas Adam
  • Durée: 13 h et 28 min
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The “exquisitely researched and deeply engrossing” (The New York Times) true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry—with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter “The energy of...

  • One of the best of this genre!

  • Écrit par Nicholas Yaremchuk le 2023-09-22
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  • Martin Luther

  • Auteur(s): Martin E. Marty
  • Narrateur(s): Paul Michael
  • Durée: 5 h et 38 min
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A superb work of intellectual history, this slim volume by one of today's foremost theologians takes you through the mind and times of Europe's firebrand, Martin Luther. Deeply convinced that man and God could have a spiritual relationship unmediated by the pomp, offices, money and power of the...

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  • Born Survivors

  • Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope
  • Auteur(s): Wendy Holden
  • Narrateur(s): Elizabeth Wiley
  • Durée: 13 h et 8 min
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Europe, 1944: Three women believe they are pregnant, but are torn from their husbands before they can be certain. Rachel is sent to Auschwitz, unaware that her husband has been shot....

  • Narrator was Excellent

  • Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2018-05-17
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  • Diana

  • Her True Story in Her Own Words
  • Auteur(s): Andrew Morton
  • Narrateur(s): Michael Maloney, Caroline Langrishe
  • Durée: 13 h et 2 min
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The sensational biography of Princess Diana, written with her cooperation and now featuring exclusive new material to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death. When Diana: Her True Story was first published in 1992, it forever changed the way the public viewed the British monarchy. Greeted...

  • Liked the story but not the readers

  • Écrit par Mia le 2021-03-28
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  • The River of Doubt

  • Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
  • Auteur(s): Candice Millard
  • Narrateur(s): Paul Michael
  • Durée: 12 h et 17 min
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At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth. The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes...

  • Phenomenal narration, and amazing survival story

  • Écrit par Ben le 2018-01-31
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  • The Happiest Man on Earth

  • The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor
  • Auteur(s): Eddie Jaku
  • Narrateur(s): Raphael Corkhill
  • Durée: 3 h et 47 min
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A New York Times Bestseller In this uplifting memoir in the vein of The Last Lecture and Man’s Search for Meaning, a Holocaust survivor pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story, sharing his wisdom, and living his best possible life. Born in Leipzig, Germany, into a Jewish...

  • What an incredible story!

  • Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2023-01-29
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  • Bush Runner

  • The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson
  • Auteur(s): Mark Bourrie
  • Narrateur(s): Jeff Burling
  • Durée: 12 h et 7 min
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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....

  • So disappointed.

  • Écrit par Mary Louise Colquhoun le 2020-02-08
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  • Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

  • Auteur(s): Jack Weatherford
  • Narrateur(s): Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
  • Durée: 14 h et 20 min
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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....

  • Great story, annoying music

  • Écrit par Rob Smith le 2020-07-18
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  • John & Paul

  • A Love Story in Songs
  • Auteur(s): Ian Leslie
  • Narrateur(s): Chris Addison
  • Durée: 14 h et 10 min
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Instant New York Times bestseller * A New York Times Notable Book of 2025 * Named a Best Book of 2025 by NPR, Kirkus Reviews, The Economist, and The Financial Times "We think we know everything, but author Ian Leslie proves otherwise. His new book, 'John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,' is...

  • A Great Story

  • Écrit par PDubya le 2025-05-30
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  • The Nine

  • The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany
  • Auteur(s): Gwen Strauss
  • Narrateur(s): Juliet Stevenson
  • Durée: 13 h et 55 min
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The Nine follows the true story of the author’s great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of World War II from Germany back to Paris. This program includes a...

  • An Important History Carefully Researched

  • Écrit par Belinda Burston le 2022-12-27
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  • The Medici

  • Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance
  • Auteur(s): Paul Strathern
  • Narrateur(s): Derek Perkins
  • Durée: 16 h et 21 min
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Against the background of an age that saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning, Paul Strathern explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family....

  • Medici vision

  • Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2025-09-17
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  • Prairie Fires

  • The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Auteur(s): Caroline Fraser
  • Narrateur(s): Christina Moore
  • Durée: 21 h et 26 min
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The first comprehensive historical biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the beloved author of the Little House on the Prairie book series....

  • Betwixt and Between

  • Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2018-06-16
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  • Frederick Douglass

  • Prophet of Freedom
  • Auteur(s): David W. Blight
  • Narrateur(s): Prentice Onayemi
  • Durée: 36 h et 57 min
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* Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times * Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History * “Extraordinary…a great American biography” (The New Yorker) of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became...

  • Detailed, Thorough, Sobering

  • Écrit par Nick Spector le 2019-03-18
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  • Titan

  • The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
  • Auteur(s): Ron Chernow
  • Narrateur(s): Grover Gardner
  • Durée: 35 h et 3 min
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Titan is the first full-length biography based on unrestricted access to Rockefeller’s exceptionally rich trove of papers. A landmark publication full of startling revelations, the book indelibly alters our image of this most enigmatic capitalist....

  • Thouroughly enjoyed every minute!!

  • Écrit par Andrea le 2020-01-30
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  • Alexander the Great

  • Auteur(s): Philip Freeman
  • Narrateur(s): Michael Page
  • Durée: 12 h et 34 min
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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....

  • Edifying

  • Écrit par Langer MD le 2021-08-03
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  • Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

  • Auteur(s): Walter Isaacson
  • Narrateur(s): Nelson Runger
  • Durée: 24 h et 40 min
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In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Einstein and Steve Jobs, shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character. Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made...

  • Audio engineers need to be fired - buy the book

  • Écrit par Ashton le 2020-04-14
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  • Augustus

  • First Emperor of Rome
  • Auteur(s): Adrian Goldsworthy
  • Narrateur(s): Roger Davis
  • Durée: 20 h et 3 min
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“Superb....Augustus is a first-rate popular biography by a skilled and knowing hand.” (Washington Post) Caesar Augustus created the Roman Empire and forever associated the name Caesar with power. Heir to Julius Caesar, he thrust himself into the middle of Roman politics at its most violent...

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  • Dead Mountain

  • The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
  • Auteur(s): Donnie Eichar
  • Narrateur(s): Donnie Eichar
  • Durée: 6 h et 23 min
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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....

  • In depth and gripping story

  • Écrit par toby snelgrove le 2018-08-12
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  • Papillon

  • Auteur(s): Henri Charriere
  • Narrateur(s): Michael Prichard
  • Durée: 18 h et 19 min
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Henri Charrière, called ""Papillon,"" for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. After planning and executing a series of...

  • Awesome

  • Écrit par Ugo le 2020-10-29
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  • Assata

  • Auteur(s): Assata Shakur, Angela Davis - foreword
  • Narrateur(s): Sirena Riley
  • Durée: 12 h et 18 min
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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....

  • Fantastic

  • Écrit par shadea le 2022-05-24
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  • Hell's Angel

  • The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club
  • Auteur(s): Sonny Barger
  • Narrateur(s): John Pruden
  • Durée: 7 h et 41 min
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Narrated by the visionary founding member, Hell's Angel provides a fascinating all-access pass to the secret world of the notorious Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club. Sonny Barger recounts the birth of the original Oakland Hell's Angels and the four turbulent decades that followed. Hell's Angel also...

  • very enjoyable read.

  • Écrit par Brad Horning le 2017-11-21
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  • The War We Won Apart

  • The Untold Story of Two Elite Agents Who Became One of the Most Decorated Couples of WWII
  • Auteur(s): Nahlah Ayed
  • Narrateur(s): Nahlah Ayed
  • Durée: 11 h et 22 min
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INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER Love, betrayal, and a secret war: the untold story of two elite agents, one Canadian, one British, who became one of the most decorated couples of WWII. On opposite sides of the pond, Sonia Butt, an adventurous young British woman, and Guy d’Artois, a...

  • Made me bored of a fascinating story.

  • Écrit par Genevieve le 2026-01-19
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  • The Path to Power

  • The Years of Lyndon Johnson
  • Auteur(s): Robert A. Caro
  • Narrateur(s): Grover Gardner
  • Durée: 40 h et 29 min
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This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country....

  • Awesome.

  • Écrit par Kevin le 2018-07-22
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  • The Black Count

  • Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
  • Auteur(s): Tom Reiss
  • Narrateur(s): Paul Michael
  • Durée: 13 h et 30 min
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A “richly imagined biography” (The New York Times Book Review) of General Alex Dumas, who rose from slavery to command vast armies in the French Revolutionary Wars—and whose exploits were immortalized in his son’s novels The Count...

  • Very enjoyable dive into the forgotten father

  • Écrit par Alex Martin le 2020-11-05
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