American History Biographies

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    • A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
    • Auteur(s): Adam Hochschild
    • Narrateur(s): Geoffrey Howard
    • Durée: 12 h et 34 min
    • Date de publication: 2010-07-13
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 66 évaluations
    • In the late 1890s, Edmund Dene Morel, a young British shipping company agent, noticed something strange about the cargoes of his company’s ships as they arrived from and departed for the Congo, Leopold II’s vast new African colony. Incoming ships were crammed with valuable ivory and rubber...

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    • The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume III (Part 1 of a 3-Part Recording)
    • Auteur(s): Robert A. Caro
    • Narrateur(s): Grover Gardner
    • Série: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Livre 3.1
    • Durée: 18 h et 39 min
    • Date de publication: 2005-08-01
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 21 évaluations
    • Master of the Senate, Book Three of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, carries Johnson’s story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate. A Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of the Last 30 Years At the heart of the book is its...

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    • Lessons I Learned from My Family
    • Auteur(s): Robert F. Kennedy
    • Narrateur(s): Stephen Graybill
    • Durée: 15 h et 43 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-05-15
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 7 évaluations
    • With rich detail, compelling honesty, and a storyteller’s gift, RFK Jr. describes growing up Kennedy in a tumultuous time in history that eerily echoes the issues of nuclear confrontation, religion, race, and inequality that we confront today. This powerful book combines the best aspects of...

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    • Inside the Private World of the White House
    • Auteur(s): Kate Andersen Brower
    • Narrateur(s): Karen White
    • Durée: 10 h et 16 min
    • Date de publication: 2015-04-07
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 8 évaluations
    • #1 New York Times Bestseller The inspiration for the Netflix series streaming now! “A revealing look at life inside the White House. . . it’s Downton Abbey for the White House staff.”— The Today Show A remarkable history with elements of both In the President’s Secret Service...

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    • The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People
    • Auteur(s): Tim Reiterman
    • Narrateur(s): Mitch Horowitz
    • Durée: 29 h et 52 min
    • Date de publication: 2017-04-04
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 15 évaluations
    • The basis for the upcoming HBO miniseries and the "definitive account of the Jonestown massacre" (Rolling Stone) -- now available for the first time in paperback. Tim Reiterman’s Raven provides the seminal history of the Rev. Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and the murderous ordeal at Jonestown...

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    • Auteur(s): Tyler Perry
    • Narrateur(s): Dominic Hoffman
    • Durée: 4 h et 39 min
    • Date de publication: 2017-11-14
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 37 évaluations
    • In this intimate book of inspiration, Tyler Perry writes of how his faith has sustained him in hard times, centered him in good times, and enriched his life. Higher Is Waiting is a spiritual guidebook, a collection of teachings culled from the experiences of a lifetime, meant to inspire...

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    • Auteur(s): Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
    • Narrateur(s): Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
    • Durée: 4 h et 53 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-03-24
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 11 évaluations
    • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST One of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard reveals the hidden lives of her fellow undocumented Americans in this deeply personal and groundbreaking portrait of a nation. “Karla’s book sheds light on people’s personal experiences and...

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    • A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption
    • Auteur(s): Gabrielle Glaser
    • Narrateur(s): Kathe Mazur, Gabrielle Glaser, Margaret Katz
    • Durée: 10 h et 37 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-01-26
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 évaluations
    • A New York Times Notable Book The shocking truth about postwar adoption in America, told through the bittersweet story of one teenager, the son she was forced to relinquish, and their search to find each other. “[T]his book about the past might foreshadow a coming shift in the future… ‘I...

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    • The Story of My Experiments with Truth
    • Auteur(s): Mohandas - Mahatma K. Gandhi
    • Narrateur(s): Bill Wallace
    • Durée: 18 h et 42 min
    • Date de publication: 2010-04-25
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 40 évaluations
    • A holy man to Hindus, a hero to Muslims, and a criminal to the British, Mohandas K. Gandhi was an inspiring figure of the 20th century....

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    • Auteur(s): Edmund Morris
    • Narrateur(s): Mark Deakins
    • Série: Theodore Roosevelt, Livre 3
    • Durée: 24 h et 44 min
    • Date de publication: 2010-11-23
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 19 évaluations
    • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK “Colonel Roosevelt is compelling reading, and [Edmund] Morris is a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level. . . . A moving, beautifully rendered account.”—Fred Kaplan, The Washington Post This...

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    • Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits
    • Auteur(s): Karrine Steffans, Karen Hunter
    • Narrateur(s): Karrine Steffans
    • Série: Confessions of a Video Vixen, Livre 1
    • Durée: 5 h et 42 min
    • Date de publication: 2005-06-28
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 14 évaluations
    • Part tell-all, part cautionary tale, this emotionally charged memoir from a former video vixen nicknamed 'Superhead' goes beyond the glamour of celebrity to reveal the inner workings of the hip-hop dancer industry—from the physical and emotional abuse that's rampant in the industry, and which...

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    • How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It
    • Auteur(s): Scott Patterson
    • Narrateur(s): Mike Chamberlain
    • Durée: 14 h et 10 min
    • Date de publication: 2010-02-02
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 35 évaluations
    • In March 2006, the world’s richest men sipped champagne in an opulent New York hotel. They were preparing to compete in a poker tournament with ­million-dollar stakes. At the card table that night was Peter Muller, who managed a fabulously successful hedge fund called PDT. With him was Ken...

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    • A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
    • Auteur(s): Laurence Leamer
    • Narrateur(s): Carrington MacDuffie
    • Durée: 10 h et 25 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-10-12
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 16 évaluations
    • DON’T MISS FX’s FEUD: CAPOTE VS. THE SWANS—THE ORIGINAL SERIES BASED ON THE BESTSELLING BOOK—NOW AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON HULU! New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scandalous true stories behind Truman Capote's never-published...

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    • The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers
    • Auteur(s): Ian O'Connor
    • Narrateur(s): Charles Constant
    • Durée: 13 h et 4 min
    • Date de publication: 2024-08-20
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 2 évaluations
    • Instant New York Times Bestseller ""A masterwork. ... O'Connor answers every question, deftly and deeply, that we've had about the most controversial person in America's biggest game."" —Peter King Four-time New York Times bestselling sport biographer Ian O’Connor pulls back the curtain on...

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    • An American History Book for Kids
    • Auteur(s): Jenifer Bazzit
    • Narrateur(s): Therese Plummer
    • Durée: 2 h et 45 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-04-28
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • Women have always been at the forefront of American history - and now it's time to hear their stories! This look into American history for kids is bursting with engaging biographies that explore the lives of these inspiring women from different backgrounds and a wide array of fields....

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    • A Tribal Memoir
    • Auteur(s): Deborah A. Miranda
    • Narrateur(s): Deborah Miranda
    • Durée: 8 h et 3 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-07-12
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 3 évaluations
    • Deborah A. Miranda tells stories of her Ohlone Costanoan Esselen family as well as the experience of California Indians as a whole through oral histories, newspaper clippings, anthropological recordings, personal reflections, and poems....

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    • Auteur(s): Bruce Catton
    • Narrateur(s): Kevin T. Collins
    • Série: Grant, Livre 3
    • Durée: 25 h et 21 min
    • Date de publication: 2016-05-04
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 évaluations
    • A thrilling account of the final years of the War Between the States and the great general who led the Union to victory....

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    • From Cowpox to mRNA, the Remarkable Story of Vaccines
    • Auteur(s): Paul A. Offit
    • Narrateur(s): Tim Dixon
    • Durée: 8 h et 29 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-02-01
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 évaluations
    • Updated with a New Foreword ""Medical writing at its finest.""—David Oshinsky, author of Polio and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History Respected physician Paul Offit tells a fascinating story of modern medicine and pays tribute to one of the greatest lifesaving...

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    • Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
    • Auteur(s): Fiona Hill
    • Narrateur(s): Fiona Hill
    • Durée: 15 h et 35 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-10-05
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 52 évaluations
    • ""This book has a miraculous quality.... As a memoir this is hard to put down; if you are seeking a better American future you should pick it up.”—Timothy Snyder, New York Times best-selling author of On Tyranny INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A celebrated foreign policy expert...

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    • A Novel
    • Auteur(s): C. W. Gortner
    • Narrateur(s): Ell Potter
    • Durée: 12 h et 59 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-09-20
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 3 évaluations
    • ""No one writes bright, bold, bad, and beautiful women of history like C.W. Gortner, and he outdoes himself with his latest heroine: Jennie Jerome, American heiress, royal mistress, and mother of Winston Churchill. The American Adventuress shines on every page with Jennie's irrepressible thirst...

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