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Oscar Wilde
- A Life
- Written by: Matthew Sturgis
- Narrated by: John Pirkis
- Length: 34 hrs and 27 mins
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The fullest, most textural, most accurate - most human - account of Oscar Wilde's unique and dazzling life - based on extensive new research and newly discovered materials, from Wilde's personal letters and transcripts of his first trial to newly uncovered papers of his early romantic (and dangerous) escapades and the two-year prison term that shattered his soul and his life.
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Oscar Wilde
- A Life
- Narrated by: John Pirkis
- Length: 34 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2021-10-12
- Language: English
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
- Written by: Edmund Morris
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 26 hrs and 36 mins
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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. The publication of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt on September 14th, 2001 marks the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt becoming president.
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Very nice listen
- By Robert on 2019-08-17
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Series: Theodore Roosevelt, Book 1
- Length: 26 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2010-06-22
- Language: English
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Master of the Senate
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume III (Part 3 of a 3-Part Recording)
- Written by: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 18 hrs and 29 mins
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Master of the Senate carries Lyndon Johnson's story through one of its most remarkable periods: his 12 years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate. Once the most august and revered body in politics, by the time Johnson arrived the Senate had become a parody of itself and an obstacle that for decades had blocked desperately needed liberal legislation. Caro shows how Johnson's brilliance, charm, and ruthlessness enabled him to become the youngest and most powerful Majority Leader in history.
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Shouldn't be split into three
- By Kevin on 2019-01-09
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Master of the Senate
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume III (Part 3 of a 3-Part Recording)
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Series: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Book 3.3
- Length: 18 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2005-08-01
- Language: English
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The Black Count
- Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
- Written by: Tom Reiss
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
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General Alex Dumas is a man almost unknown today, yet his story is strikingly familiar—because his son, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, used his larger-than-life feats as inspiration for such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.
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Very enjoyable dive into the forgotten father
- By Alex Martin on 2020-11-05
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The Black Count
- Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 2012-09-18
- Language: English
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The Tudors
- The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
- Written by: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 24 hrs and 34 mins
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For the first time in decades, here, in a single volume, is a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. Acclaimed historian G. J. Meyer reveals the flesh-and-bone reality in all its wild excess.
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Excellent and Entertaining overview of the Tudor Era
- By Jason Gacek on 2023-03-14
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The Tudors
- The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 24 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2010-02-23
- Language: English
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The Warburgs
- The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family
- Written by: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Jonathan Reese
- Length: 35 hrs and 21 mins
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Bankers, philanthropists, scholars, socialites, artists, and politicians, the Warburgs stood at the pinnacle of German (and, later, German American) Jewry. They forged economic dynasties, built mansions and estates, assembled libraries, endowed charities, and advised a German kaiser and two American presidents. But their very success made the Warburgs lightning rods for anti-Semitism, and their sense of patriotism became increasingly dangerous in a Germany that had declared Jews the enemy.
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The Warburgs
- The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family
- Narrated by: Jonathan Reese
- Length: 35 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2016-11-15
- Language: English
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The First Tycoon
- The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Written by: T.J. Stiles
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 28 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism. Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, creator of an impossibly vast fortune, Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt is an American icon. Humbly born on Staten Island during George Washington’s presidency, he rose from boatman to builder of the nation’s largest fleet of steamships to lord of a railroad empire.
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Amazing story told very well.
- By Mark T on 2023-10-30
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The First Tycoon
- The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 28 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2009-04-21
- Language: English
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Robert Oppenheimer
- A Life Inside the Center
- Written by: Ray Monk
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 35 hrs and 17 mins
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Robert Oppenheimer was among the most brilliant and divisive of men. As head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, he oversaw the successful effort to beat the Nazis in the race to develop the first atomic bomb – a breakthrough that was to have eternal ramifications for mankind and that made Oppenheimer the “Father of the Atomic Bomb.” But with his actions leading up to that great achievement, he also set himself on a dangerous collision course with Senator Joseph McCarthy and his witch-hunters. In Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center, Ray Monk, author of peerless biographies of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell, goes deeper than any previous biographer in the quest to solve the enigma of Oppenheimer’s motivations and his complex personality.
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Robert Oppenheimer
- A Life Inside the Center
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 35 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 2013-05-14
- Language: English
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Rush
- Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father
- Written by: Stephen Fried
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 22 hrs and 18 mins
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By the time he was 30, Dr. Benjamin Rush had signed the Declaration of Independence, edited Common Sense, toured Europe as Benjamin Franklin’s protégé, and become John Adams’s confidant, and was soon to be appointed Washington’s surgeon general. And as with the greatest Revolutionary minds, Rush was only just beginning his role in 1776 in the American experiment.
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Rush
- Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 22 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2018-09-04
- Language: English
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Reagan
- The Life
- Written by: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 31 hrs and 41 mins
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Ronald Reagan today is a conservative icon, celebrated for transforming the American domestic agenda and playing a crucial part in ending communism in the Soviet Union. In his masterful new biography, H. W. Brands argues that Reagan, along with FDR, was the most consequential president of the 20th century. Reagan took office at a time when the public sector, after a half century of New Deal liberalism, was widely perceived as bloated and inefficient, an impediment to personal liberty.
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Iron Man
- By MichaelO on 2022-10-21
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Reagan
- The Life
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 31 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-12
- Language: English
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Nero
- Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
- Written by: Anthony Everitt, Roddy Ashworth
- Narrated by: Greg Patmore
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The Roman emperor Nero’s name has long been a byword for cruelty, decadence, and despotism. As the stories go, he set fire to Rome and thrummed his lyre as it burned. He then cleared the charred ruins and built a vast palace. He committed incest with his mother, who had schemed and killed to place him on the throne, and later murdered her. But these stories, left behind by contemporary historians who hated him, are hardly the full picture, and in this nuanced biography, celebrated historian Anthony Everitt and investigative journalist Roddy Ashworth reveal the contradictions inherent in Nero
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Nero
- Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
- Narrated by: Greg Patmore
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 2022-11-08
- Language: English
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The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
- How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
- Written by: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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The Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the greatest empire the world has ever known. Yet sometime near the end of the century, censors cut a section from The Secret History of the Mongols, leaving a single tantalizing quote from Genghis Khan: “Let us reward our female offspring.”
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Well narrated glimpse of fascinating topic
- By Colibri on 2023-09-30
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The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
- How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2010-02-16
- Language: English
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Desert Queen
- The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
- Written by: Janet Wallach
- Narrated by: Jean Gilpin
- Length: 20 hrs and 11 mins
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Turning her back on her privileged life in Victorian England, Gertrude Bell (1868-1926), fired by her innate curiosity, journeyed the world and became fascinated with all things Arab. Traveling the length and breadth of the Arab region, armed with a love for its language and its people, she not only produced several enormously popular books based on her experiences but became instrumental to the British foreign office. When World War I erupted, and the British needed the loyalty of the Arab leaders, it was Gertrude Bell's work and connections that helped provided the brain for T. E. Lawrence's military brawn.
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Desert Queen
- The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
- Narrated by: Jean Gilpin
- Length: 20 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2012-09-04
- Language: English
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Marie Antoinette
- The Journey
- Written by: Antonia Fraser
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 20 hrs and 27 mins
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France's iconic queen, Marie Antoinette, wrongly accused of uttering the infamous "Let them eat cake", was alternately revered and reviled during her lifetime. For centuries since, she has been the object of debate, speculation, and the fascination so often accorded illustrious figures in history. Married in mere girlhood, this essentially lighthearted child was thrust onto the royal stage and commanded by circumstance to play a significant role in European history.
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History Buffs Delight!
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-02-27
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Marie Antoinette
- The Journey
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 20 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2006-09-11
- Language: English
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Hero of the Empire
- The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
- Written by: Candice Millard
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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At age 24 Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England one day, despite the fact he had just lost his first election campaign for Parliament. He believed that to achieve his goal, he had to do something spectacular on the battlefield. Despite deliberately putting himself in extreme danger as a British army officer in colonial wars in India and Sudan and as a journalist covering a Cuban uprising against the Spanish, glory and fame had eluded him.
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Incredible story!
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-10-22
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Hero of the Empire
- The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2016-09-20
- Language: English
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On Gold Mountain
- The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
- Written by: Lisa See
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
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Out of the stories heard in her childhood in Los Angeles's Chinatown and years of research, See has constructed this sweeping chronicle of her Chinese-American family, a work that takes in stories of racism and romance, entrepreneurial genius and domestic heartache, secret marriages and sibling rivalries, in a powerful history of two cultures meeting in a new world.
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On Gold Mountain
- The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2011-03-01
- Language: English
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Isabella
- The Warrior Queen
- Written by: Kirstin Downey
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
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An engrossing and revolutionary biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition, and became one of the most influential female rulers in history.
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A Balanced Biography
- By DGFeijoo on 2024-02-01
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Isabella
- The Warrior Queen
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2014-10-28
- Language: English
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A Great Improvisation
- Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
- Written by: Stacy Schiff
- Narrated by: Susan Denaker
- Length: 21 hrs and 54 mins
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"In December of 1776 a small boat delivered an old man to France." So begins an enthralling account of how Benjamin Franklin - 70 years old, without any diplomatic training, and possessed of the most rudimentary French - convinced France, an absolute monarchy, to underwrite America's experiment in democracy. When Franklin stepped onto French soil, he understood he was embarking on the greatest gamble of his career. By virtue of fame, charisma, and ingenuity, Franklin outmaneuvered British spies, French informers, and hostile colleagues....
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A Great Improvisation
- Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
- Narrated by: Susan Denaker
- Length: 21 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 2012-04-30
- Language: English
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Stalin
- The Court of the Red Tsar
- Written by: Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Narrated by: Jonathan Aris
- Length: 27 hrs and 50 mins
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In a seamless meshing of exhaustive research, brilliant synthesis and narrative élan, Simon Sebag Montefiore chronicles the life and lives of Stalin’s court from the time of his acclamation as “leader” in 1929, five years after Lenin’s death, until his own death in 1953 at the age of 73. Through the lens of personality - Stalin’s as well as those of his most notorious henchmen, Molotov, Beria and Yezhov among them - the author sheds new light on the oligarchy that attempted to create a new world by exterminating the old.
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A very informative read.
- By Robert Hoskins on 2021-03-26
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Stalin
- The Court of the Red Tsar
- Narrated by: Jonathan Aris
- Length: 27 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2019-08-06
- Language: English
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Lust for Life
- Written by: Irving Stone
- Narrated by: Steve West
- Length: 19 hrs and 37 mins
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Lust for Life is Irving Stone's biographical novel about the life of the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. Largely based on the letters Van Gogh wrote to his brother, Theo, the novel details the artist's difficult life, as well as describing the origins of many of his famous paintings, such as The Potato Eaters, Sunflowers, and others.
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Poor Van Gogh
- By Sherrie Webster-Rosen on 2024-05-22
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Lust for Life
- Narrated by: Steve West
- Length: 19 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 2012-03-06
- Language: English
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