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American Legends: The Life of Harry Truman
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bob Johnson
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
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Among America's presidents, Harry Truman's presidency produced some of the nation's most crucial decisions and left one of the nation's most unique legacies. When President Franklin Roosevelt died in April 1945, Vice President Truman, somewhat unprepared for the Presidency, now had to fill some of the biggest shoes in American history.
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American Legends: The Life of Harry Truman
- Narrated by: Bob Johnson
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2015-06-17
- Language: English
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Niccolo Machiavelli
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Kelly Rhodes
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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Ever since Machiavelli penned The Prince, his 1513 treatise on princely rule and the politics of reality, a work that infamously advises rulers to abandon virtue and morality when necessary, his name has been synonymous with deceit, duplicity, and amoral pragmatism. Since then a sinister reputation has posthumously plagued the controversial Florentine. But is this depiction of Machiavelli as wicked and immoral accurate?
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Niccolo Machiavelli
- Narrated by: Kelly Rhodes
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Release date: 2015-06-10
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of Katharine Hepburn
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Cira Larkin
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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Hepburn acted in some capacity from the start of the 1930s through the early-1990s, and it is important to view how the nature of Hepburn's roles changed from her youth to old age. Aside from being one of the most recognized and acclaimed actresses in history, Hepburn's career is also of great importance because she forced Americans to reevaluate their expectations for female behavior, both in films themselves and off the movie set as well.
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American Legends: The Life of Katharine Hepburn
- Narrated by: Cira Larkin
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Release date: 2015-06-16
- Language: English
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Rousseau and Voltaire
- The Lives of the Two Most Famous Intellectuals of the Enlightenment
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Mark Linsenmayer
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
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Alongside the Renaissance, the Enlightenment is credited with the transition to an adherence to reason, secularism, and promotion of values such as the value of the individual, collective freedom, and liberty. At the heart of the movement in France was François-Marie Arouet, better known by the pen name Voltaire, whose writings advocated for greater liberalism, including freedom of religion and separation of church and state. Voltaire was a biting polemic whose satirical attacks on the Catholic Church were among the fiercest of his day.
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Rousseau and Voltaire
- The Lives of the Two Most Famous Intellectuals of the Enlightenment
- Narrated by: Mark Linsenmayer
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2015-06-05
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of P.T. Barnum
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Johanna Oosterwyk
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
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Americans have loved traveling circuses for generations, and none represents the country's love of entertainment quite like the most famous of them all, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Circus promoters have long been viewed as somewhat shady hucksters, but none could top Phineas Taylor Barnum, who used a blend of traditional circus entertainment, freak show exhibits, and outright hoaxes to create "The Greatest Show on Earth".
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American Legends: The Life of P.T. Barnum
- Narrated by: Johanna Oosterwyk
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Release date: 2015-06-18
- Language: English
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Legends of Hollywood: The Life of Woody Allen
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Robin McKay
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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Since Woody Allen has been prolific in his output and transparent in his presentation to the public, it is easy to lose sight of the remarkable breadth of his career. Indeed, over his career, Woody has excelled at slapstick humor while also tackling philosophical themes, often in the same films. His films have appealed to both a mass audience as well as an international art house audience.
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Legends of Hollywood: The Life of Woody Allen
- Narrated by: Robin McKay
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Release date: 2015-04-24
- Language: English
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Notorious Assassins: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Brutus
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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Throughout the annals of history, there have been few men as reviled as Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger. To this day he is associated with murder, betrayal, violence, and infamy, so much so that in modern English his name provides the root for the words "brute" and "brutal", as it does in several other Romance languages. Indeed Brutus' reputation was so infamous that when Dante composed his timeless Divine Comedy, he relegated Brutus to the very nethermost depths of hell.
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Notorious Assassins: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Brutus
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-07
- Language: English
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The World's Greatest Generals: The Life and Career of Robert E. Lee
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Kelly Rhodes
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
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Robert E. Lee is remembered today for constantly defeating the Union's Army of the Potomac in the Eastern theater from 1862-1865, considerably frustrating Lincoln and his generals. His leadership of his army led to him being deified after the war by some of his former subordinates, especially Virginians, and he came to personify the lost cause's ideal Southern soldier. His reputation was secured, in the decades after the war, as a general who brilliantly led his men to amazing victories against all odds.
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The World's Greatest Generals: The Life and Career of Robert E. Lee
- Narrated by: Kelly Rhodes
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 2015-07-13
- Language: English
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Legends of The Enlightenment
- The Life and Legacy of Voltaire
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Mark Linsenmayer
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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The Enlightenment is looked upon fondly, and it serves to reinforce the notion that the present is superior to the past, but things did not change as rapidly or as completely as many believe. In fact, some recent historians have challenged the belief that the Enlightenment was responsible for the French Revolution, which is a vital issue when it comes to Voltaire. After all, Voltaire, as his contemporaries and as most of his modern listeners know him, is widely regarded as the pinnacle of Enlightenment thought.
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Legends of The Enlightenment
- The Life and Legacy of Voltaire
- Narrated by: Mark Linsenmayer
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Release date: 2015-07-02
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of Sitting Bull
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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In 1872, during a fight along the Yellowstone River between US troops protecting railroad workers and Sioux warriors, one of the Sioux did something both unusual and inspiring. At the height of the battle, with bullets whizzing all around him, this warrior sat down, loaded his cannupa (sacred pipe), and began to smoke, partaking in his people's religious sacrament.
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American Legends: The Life of Sitting Bull
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Release date: 2015-06-10
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of Louis Armstrong
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Alex L. Vincent
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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While performing, Louis Armstrong appeared lost in a reverie. It was a condition that imbued his performances with a kind of mythical flair, as if one were watching a man consumed by a moment of transcendence.
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American Legends: The Life of Louis Armstrong
- Narrated by: Alex L. Vincent
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Release date: 2015-04-22
- Language: English
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Betty Grable & Rita Hayworth: The Most Famous Pin-Up Models of World War II
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Kelly Rhodes
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
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No history of American pop culture in the 1940s would be complete without mention of Betty Grable, the most popular pinup girl of the World War II era. Grable possessed the outstanding fortune of not only having an ideal body, but of arriving at the most fortuitous time imaginable. Not only were her legs famously adored by American soldiers, they were actually insured to the tune of one million dollars. Meanwhile, Rita Hayworth's life and career remain fascinating to both the general public and avid movie fans alike.
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Betty Grable & Rita Hayworth: The Most Famous Pin-Up Models of World War II
- Narrated by: Kelly Rhodes
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-11
- Language: English
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Joseph McCarthy
- The Controversial Life and Career of 20th Century America's Most Notorious Senator
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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Shortly after World War II, Congress' House Committee on Un-American Activities began investigating Americans across the country for suspected ties to Communism. The most famous victims of these witch hunts were Hollywood actors, such as Charlie Chaplin, whose "Un-American activity" was being neutral at the beginning of World War II. By the late 1950s, the hysteria had waned, recognized in large measure as an overreaction.
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Joseph McCarthy
- The Controversial Life and Career of 20th Century America's Most Notorious Senator
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Release date: 2017-02-10
- Language: English
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Secretariat
- The Life of the Most Famous Triple Crown Winner in American History
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
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It is not difficult to drive through Laurel, Maryland, and never know that it was once the site of races where thundering thoroughbreds ran at top speeds in search of victory. In fact, thousands of people do each day, on their way from Baltimore to Washington, DC, or vice versa. But there was a time, not that long ago, when champions ran at the now largely disused Laurel Race Course, when four-footed athletes raced for a prize that would go not to themselves but to their two-footed owners.
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Secretariat
- The Life of the Most Famous Triple Crown Winner in American History
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Release date: 2017-02-07
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of Dick Van Dyke
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Nick Hart
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
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The first 40 years of Van Dyke's career would be impressive enough, but Van Dyke has also appeared in hit films, most notably Mary Poppins, over a span of about 50 years. Van Dyke has noted over the course of a career now spanning eight decades that he's "retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit," but as he once joked, "I've won several Emmys, a Tony and a Grammy, so maybe somebody will let me have an Oscar, and then I'll have a full set."
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American Legends: The Life of Dick Van Dyke
- Narrated by: Nick Hart
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-20
- Language: English
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Caligula
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Doron Alon
- Length: 55 mins
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Given how bad some of Rome's emperors were, it's a testament to just how insane and reviled Caligula was that he is still remembered, nearly 2,000 years later, as the epitome of everything that could be wrong with a tyrant. The Romans had high hopes for him after he succeeded Tiberius in AD 37, and by all accounts he was a noble and just ruler during his first few months in power. But after that, he suffered a mysterious illness that apparently rendered him insane. Indeed, the list of Caligula's strange actions is long.
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Caligula
- Narrated by: Doron Alon
- Length: 55 mins
- Release date: 2015-06-08
- Language: English
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Legends of the West: The Life and Legacy of Kit Carson
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
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Of all the legends and folk heroes who lived in the 19th century, men such as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, few actually accomplished as much as Kit Carson. A frontier boy who hopped onto the Santa Fe Trail as a teen, Carson became the quintessential mountain man during the 1830s and was literally a trailblazer for John C. Fremont's historic expeditions through the West in the 1840s.
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Legends of the West: The Life and Legacy of Kit Carson
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-19
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of Helen Keller
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Shana M. Buck
- Length: 1 hr
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To say Helen Keller is one of the most unique figures in American history would be an understatement. As a young child, Helen lost both her vision and hearing, leaving her deaf and blind: an almost hopelessly debilitating condition that left her literally trapped, unable to communicate with anyone.
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American Legends: The Life of Helen Keller
- Narrated by: Shana M. Buck
- Length: 1 hr
- Release date: 2015-04-23
- Language: English
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Russian Legends: The Life and Legacy of Peter the Great
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Diane Lehman
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
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For anyone trying to understand the origins of modern Russia, the search should begin with Tsar Peter I (1672-1725), who titled himself Peter the Great during his lifetime. The moniker is fitting, considering the manner in which Peter brought Russia out of the Middle Ages and into the 18th century.
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Russian Legends: The Life and Legacy of Peter the Great
- Narrated by: Diane Lehman
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-20
- Language: English
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Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla: The Pioneers of Electricity
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Barbara H. Scott
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
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Thomas Edison holds a unique legacy in the United States, but there's no denying that his inventions have benefited the world as a whole.
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Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla: The Pioneers of Electricity
- Narrated by: Barbara H. Scott
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-14
- Language: English
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