Best Sellers
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Mother of God
- An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon
- Written by: Paul Rosolie
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Paul Rosolie’s extraordinary adventure in the uncharted tributaries of the Western Amazon - a tale of discovery that vividly captures the awe, beauty, and isolation of this endangered land....
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Recommend listen!
- By Troy Chubbs on 2024-02-14
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Open Veins of Latin America
- Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
- Written by: Eduardo Galeano, Isabel Allende - Foreward
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America....
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Galeano goes hard
- By Cadence on 2019-08-08
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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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The Corporation
- An Epic Story of the Cuban American Underworld
- Written by: T. J. English
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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By the mid 1980s, the criminal underworld in the United States had become an ethnic polyglot; one of the most powerful illicit organizations was none other than the Cuban mob....
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Great Book
- By Isaac on 2018-12-28
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River of Darkness
- Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon
- Written by: Buddy Levy
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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In 1541, the brutal conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro and his well-born lieutenant Francisco Orellana set off from Quito in search of La Canela, South America's rumored Land of Cinnamon....
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Great story and great voice
- By Luc on 2023-06-25
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The Lost City of Z
- A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
- Written by: David Grann
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy of the Amazon....
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Interesting but convoluted.
- By Mona_Lisa on 2023-01-30
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Mother of God
- An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon
- Written by: Paul Rosolie
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Paul Rosolie’s extraordinary adventure in the uncharted tributaries of the Western Amazon - a tale of discovery that vividly captures the awe, beauty, and isolation of this endangered land....
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Recommend listen!
- By Troy Chubbs on 2024-02-14
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Open Veins of Latin America
- Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
- Written by: Eduardo Galeano, Isabel Allende - Foreward
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America....
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Galeano goes hard
- By Cadence on 2019-08-08
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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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The Corporation
- An Epic Story of the Cuban American Underworld
- Written by: T. J. English
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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By the mid 1980s, the criminal underworld in the United States had become an ethnic polyglot; one of the most powerful illicit organizations was none other than the Cuban mob....
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Great Book
- By Isaac on 2018-12-28
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River of Darkness
- Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon
- Written by: Buddy Levy
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1541, the brutal conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro and his well-born lieutenant Francisco Orellana set off from Quito in search of La Canela, South America's rumored Land of Cinnamon....
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Great story and great voice
- By Luc on 2023-06-25
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The Lost City of Z
- A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
- Written by: David Grann
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy of the Amazon....
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Interesting but convoluted.
- By Mona_Lisa on 2023-01-30
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The Lost City of the Monkey God
- A True Story
- Written by: Douglas Preston
- Narrated by: Bill Mumy
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City....
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great story w some questions re: politics
- By hasen on 2019-11-10
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Patria 2
- Written by: Paco Ignacio Taibo II
- Narrated by: Pedro de Aguillón Jr.
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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El valor, como el miedo, son contagiosos. De uno y otro lado los defensores y los atacantes realizan hazañas sorprendentes....
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¡Tequila!: Distilling the Spirit of Mexico
- Written by: Marie Gaytán
- Narrated by: Darren Roebuck
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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¡Tequila! Distilling the Spirit of Mexico traces how and why tequila became and remains Mexico's national drink and symbol....
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The Maya Book of Creation: The Sacred Text of the Maya
- A New Translation of the Popol Vuh
- Written by: Joaquin De la Sierra
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Schmidt
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
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The Popol Vuh is undoubtedly the most important Maya text that survived the systematic destruction of the Maya codices at the hands of the Spanish. This is the definitive edition of the Popol Vuh, a new translation that makes the text accessible and enjoyable to listen to....
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When I Was Puerto Rican
- Written by: Esmerelda Santiago
- Narrated by: Esmeralda Santiago
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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Esmeralda Santiago reminisces about her childhood in Puerto Rico and her early years in Brooklyn as the oldest of seven (soon to be 11) children. Her upbringing is turbulent on account of her parents’ relentless fighting, which only ever seems to stop when they have another baby....
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Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)
- An American History
- Written by: Ada Ferrer
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo, Ada Ferrer - prologue
- Length: 23 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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An epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex ties to the United States—from before the arrival of Columbus to the present day—written by one of the world’s leading historians of Cuba....
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Excellent Book
- By Allan Cain on 2023-04-09
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¡Gracias!
- Written by: Andrés Manuel López Obrador
- Narrated by: Adrián Ogazón
- Length: 30 hrs and 31 mins
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El recuento de lo que significó el sexenio de la transformación histórica del país y de cómo el compromiso con la ciudadanía marcó el camino de una nueva...
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Road to Jonestown
- Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
- Written by: Jeff Guinn
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
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In the 1950s a young Indianapolis minister named Jim Jones preached a curious blend of the Gospel and Marxism....
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Incredibly thorough and informative.
- By Shawn Hartigan on 2021-05-04
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The Complete History of South America
- Covering Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Machu Picchu, the Inca Empire, Peru, Venezuela, Simon Bolivar, and Much More
- Written by: David Robbins
- Narrated by: Bill Ayers, Steven Barnett
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
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Delving into the vibrant history and beautiful culture of the South American continent, inside this guide you’ll be taken on a journey into the past, uncovering a richly woven story that has played out through the ages....
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Default
- The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
- Written by: Gregory Makoff, Lee C. Buchheit - foreword
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
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Default is the riveting story of Argentina's sovereign debt drama, which reveals the obscure inner workings of sovereign debt restructuring. This detailed case study describes the intense fight over the role of the IMF in Argentina's 2005 debt restructuring.
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The Spanish Conquest of the Americas
- An Enthralling Overview of the Conquistadors and Their Conquests of the Aztec and Inca Empires (Mesoamerica)
- Written by: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook tells the story of how Spain managed to conquer the Americas in the span of half a century, from the late 1400s to the mid-1500s....
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Cuba Libre!
- Che, Fidel, and the Improbable Revolution That Changed World History
- Written by: Tony Perrottet
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
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Historian and journalist Tony Perrottet chronicles the events of the Cuban Revolution and the figures at the center of the guerrilla uprising: Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, and the scrappy band of rebel men and women who followed them....
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Fascinating details of the Cuban Revolution
- By J. Pinewood on 2022-06-06
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Bolivar
- American Liberator
- Written by: Marie Arana
- Narrated by: David Crommett
- Length: 20 hrs and 11 mins
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The definitive English-language biography of Simón Bolívar, the, "George Washington of South America," who remains strangely unknown in the United States....
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An admirable biography
- By heptaskelion on 2020-01-07
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Conquistador
- Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
- Written by: Buddy Levy
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
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It was a moment unique in human history: the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart....
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Book Ruined by Illiterate Reader.
- By RV'er on 2022-10-17
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History of Mexico
- A Captivating Guide to Mexican History, Starting from the Rise of Tenochtitlan Through Maximilian's Empire to the Mexican Revolution and the Zapatista Indigenous Uprising
- Written by: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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This fascinating journey through Mexico’s history, from its amazing pre-Hispanic past to the end of the 20th century, will reveal more surprises than the listener can imagine....
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The Broken Spears Revised Edition
- The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
- Written by: Miguel Leon-Portilla
- Narrated by: Jason Manu Olazabal
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. In this updated edition of his classic The Broken Spears, Miguel León-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries....
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Los cimientos del cielo [The Foundations of Heaven]
- Written by: Juan Miguel Zunzunegui
- Narrated by: Jaime Alberto Carrillo
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Guerra santa contra el islam en España, persecuciones religiosas y herejes quemados a lo largo del Imperio germánico, los ídolos de piedra destruidos en el Templo Mayor de los mexicas....
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Fear Is Just a Word
- A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance
- Written by: Azam Ahmed
- Narrated by: Sheldon Romero
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times Global Investigative Correspondent and former New York Times Mexico Bureau Chief comes a riveting true story of a vigilante mother in Mexico who fought back against the drug cartels to avenge the murder of her daughter, and a portrait of violence-wracked Mexico....
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The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization
- Written by: Robert Drysdale
- Narrated by: David Morden
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
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Robert Drysdale explores the history of jiu-jitsu by concentrating on the major events and characters that were responsible for turning BJJ into a global phenomenon....
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so much history to be heard
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-08-27
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The Motorcycle Diaries
- Notes on a Latin American Journey
- Written by: Ernesto Che Guevara, Aleida Guevara - foreword
- Narrated by: Jason Manuel Olazabal
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
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The Motorcycle Diaries is Che Guevara's diary of his journey to discover the continent of Latin America while still a medical student, setting out in 1952 on a vintage Norton motorcycle together with his friend Alberto Granado, a biochemist....
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The Formation of The Man to Come
- By P on 2022-03-13
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Confesiones desde el exilio - Enrique Peña Nieto
- Written by: Mario Maldonado
- Narrated by: Paris Roa
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Los secretos y escándalos del último gobierno del PRI. A través de entrevistas exclusivas con el propio Enrique Peña Nieto, quien durante años no había...
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Brazil: A Biography
- Written by: Lilia M. Schwarcz, Heloisa M. Starling
- Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Length: 28 hrs and 27 mins
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In an extraordinary journey that spans 500 years, from European colonization to the 2016 Summer Olympics, Lilia M. Schwarcz and Heloisa M. Starling's Brazil offers a rich, dramatic history of this complex country....
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Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War
- Written by: Ernesto Che Guevara
- Narrated by: Jason Manuel Olazabal
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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Che's definitive account of the Cuban revolutionary war....
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The background and minutia of the Cuban Revolution
- By P on 2021-08-31
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Alive
- The Story of the Andes Survivors
- Written by: Piers Paul Read
- Narrated by: Paul Ansdell
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes....
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Good story but spoiled by the narration
- By polka7532 on 2021-04-18
New Releases
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Default
- The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
- Written by: Gregory Makoff, Lee C. Buchheit - foreword
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Default is the riveting story of Argentina's sovereign debt drama, which reveals the obscure inner workings of sovereign debt restructuring. This detailed case study describes the intense fight over the role of the IMF in Argentina's 2005 debt restructuring and the ensuing bitter decade of litigation with holdout creditors, demonstrating that outcomes for sovereign debt are determined by a complex interplay between financial markets, governments, the IMF, the press, and the courts.
Written by: Gregory Makoff, and others
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Magical/Realism
- Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders
- Written by: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
- Narrated by: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Upon becoming a new mother, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal was called to Mexico to reconnect with her ancestors and recover her grandmother’s story, only to return to the sudden loss of her marriage, home, and reality. In Magical/Realism, Villarreal crosses into the erasure of memory and self, fragmented by migration, borders, and colonial and intimate violence, reconstructing her story with pieces of American pop culture, and the music, video games, and fantasy that have helped her make sense of it all.
Written by: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
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The Way That Leads Among the Lost
- Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City's Anexos
- Written by: Angela Garcia
- Narrated by: Inés del Castillo
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The Way That Leads Among the Lost reveals a hidden place where care and violence are impossible to separate: the anexos of Mexico City. The prizewinning anthropologist Angela Garcia takes us deep into the world of these small rooms, informal treatment centers for alcoholism, addiction, and mental illness, spread across Mexico City’s tenements and reaching into the United States.
Written by: Angela Garcia
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Latin America's Democratic Crusade
- The Transnational Struggle against Dictatorship, 1920s-1960s
- Written by: Allen Wells
- Narrated by: Allen Wells
- Length: 29 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Scholars persist in framing the Cold War as a battle between left and right, one in which the Global South is cast as either witting or unwitting proxies of Washington and Moscow. What if the era is told from the perspective of the many who preferred reform to revolution? Scholars have routinely neglected, dismissed, or caricatured moderate politicians. In this book, Allen Wells argues that until the Cuban Revolution, the struggle was not between capitalism and communism—that was Washington's abiding preoccupation—but between democracy and dictatorship.
Written by: Allen Wells
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We Are Home
- Becoming American in the 21st Century: An Oral History
- Written by: Ray Suarez
- Narrated by: Ray Suarez
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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We are a nation of immigrants, never more than now. In recent decades, the numbers have skyrocketed, thanks to people coming from many continents—especially Asia, Africa, and South America. Just like their predecessors, they face countless obstacles, including political hatred. And yet, just like their predecessors, they work hard. They persist. And they become us. Veteran journalist, broadcaster, and interviewer Ray Suarez has crisscrossed the country to speak to new Americans from all corners of the globe, and to record their stories.
Written by: Ray Suarez
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Inca History
- 500 Interesting Facts About the Incas (Curious Histories Collection)
- Written by: Ahoy Publications
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
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Discover the mysteries of Inca history with 500 fascinating facts! Come along with us as we explore Inca history, from the rise of the Inca civilization in the 1200s to its decline in the 1500s. Discover the inner workings of their political and social structures, their spiritual beliefs, and their unique burial customs. Uncover their clothing and arts that adorned their land and the laws and justice that ruled it. Learn about their medical practices, agriculture and aquaculture, architecture, technology, language, trade, and so much more!
Written by: Ahoy Publications
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Default
- The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
- Written by: Gregory Makoff, Lee C. Buchheit - foreword
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Default is the riveting story of Argentina's sovereign debt drama, which reveals the obscure inner workings of sovereign debt restructuring. This detailed case study describes the intense fight over the role of the IMF in Argentina's 2005 debt restructuring and the ensuing bitter decade of litigation with holdout creditors, demonstrating that outcomes for sovereign debt are determined by a complex interplay between financial markets, governments, the IMF, the press, and the courts.
Written by: Gregory Makoff, and others
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Magical/Realism
- Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders
- Written by: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
- Narrated by: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Upon becoming a new mother, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal was called to Mexico to reconnect with her ancestors and recover her grandmother’s story, only to return to the sudden loss of her marriage, home, and reality. In Magical/Realism, Villarreal crosses into the erasure of memory and self, fragmented by migration, borders, and colonial and intimate violence, reconstructing her story with pieces of American pop culture, and the music, video games, and fantasy that have helped her make sense of it all.
Written by: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
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The Way That Leads Among the Lost
- Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City's Anexos
- Written by: Angela Garcia
- Narrated by: Inés del Castillo
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The Way That Leads Among the Lost reveals a hidden place where care and violence are impossible to separate: the anexos of Mexico City. The prizewinning anthropologist Angela Garcia takes us deep into the world of these small rooms, informal treatment centers for alcoholism, addiction, and mental illness, spread across Mexico City’s tenements and reaching into the United States.
Written by: Angela Garcia
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Latin America's Democratic Crusade
- The Transnational Struggle against Dictatorship, 1920s-1960s
- Written by: Allen Wells
- Narrated by: Allen Wells
- Length: 29 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Scholars persist in framing the Cold War as a battle between left and right, one in which the Global South is cast as either witting or unwitting proxies of Washington and Moscow. What if the era is told from the perspective of the many who preferred reform to revolution? Scholars have routinely neglected, dismissed, or caricatured moderate politicians. In this book, Allen Wells argues that until the Cuban Revolution, the struggle was not between capitalism and communism—that was Washington's abiding preoccupation—but between democracy and dictatorship.
Written by: Allen Wells
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We Are Home
- Becoming American in the 21st Century: An Oral History
- Written by: Ray Suarez
- Narrated by: Ray Suarez
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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We are a nation of immigrants, never more than now. In recent decades, the numbers have skyrocketed, thanks to people coming from many continents—especially Asia, Africa, and South America. Just like their predecessors, they face countless obstacles, including political hatred. And yet, just like their predecessors, they work hard. They persist. And they become us. Veteran journalist, broadcaster, and interviewer Ray Suarez has crisscrossed the country to speak to new Americans from all corners of the globe, and to record their stories.
Written by: Ray Suarez
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Inca History
- 500 Interesting Facts About the Incas (Curious Histories Collection)
- Written by: Ahoy Publications
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the mysteries of Inca history with 500 fascinating facts! Come along with us as we explore Inca history, from the rise of the Inca civilization in the 1200s to its decline in the 1500s. Discover the inner workings of their political and social structures, their spiritual beliefs, and their unique burial customs. Uncover their clothing and arts that adorned their land and the laws and justice that ruled it. Learn about their medical practices, agriculture and aquaculture, architecture, technology, language, trade, and so much more!
Written by: Ahoy Publications
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Our Man in Panama
- The Shrewd Rise and Brutal Fall of Manuel Noriega
- Written by: John Dinges
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Written by a prize-winning NPR veteran who spent years covering Latin America, this blend of biography, history, and political reporting details the events that lead to the American invasion of Panama.
Written by: John Dinges
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The Garza War in South Texas
- A Military History, 1890–1893
- Written by: Thomas Ty Smith
- Narrated by: Paul Seyler
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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South Texas and northern Mexico formed a seedbed of revolt in the late nineteenth century. In the 1890s, two decades after he had launched his own successful revolution from South Texas, Mexican president Porfirio Díaz faced a cross-border insurgency intent on toppling his government. The Garza War, so named for the revolutionary firebrand and editor Catarino Erasmo Garza, actually comprised three concerted Texas-based attempts to overthrow Díaz: a June 1890 raid led by Francisco Ruiz Sandoval, the Garza Raid of September 1891, and the San Ignacio Raid of December 1892.
Written by: Thomas Ty Smith
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The Untold Stories of a Chinese and Puerto Rican Woman
- Written by: Kimberly Ming
- Narrated by: Kimberly Ming
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
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Meet Regional Emmy nominated Kimberly Ming in one of the most intimate settings, her speaking to you. Ming takes you on a journey using short stories and spoken word poetry to explore concepts of race, culture, and belonging as someone who is Chinese and Puerto Rican. She uses writing as a tool to create a home for herself and others within mixed and multicultural spaces.
Written by: Kimberly Ming
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Freedom's Mirror
- Cuba and Haiti in the Age of Revolution
- Written by: Ada Ferrer
- Narrated by: Vivia Font
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
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During the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804, arguably the most radical revolution of the modern world, slaves and former slaves succeeded in ending slavery and establishing an independent state. Yet on the Spanish island of Cuba barely fifty miles distant, the events in Haiti helped usher in the antithesis of revolutionary emancipation. When Cuban planters and authorities saw the devastation of the neighboring colony, they rushed to fill the void left in the world market for sugar, to buttress the institutions of slavery and colonial rule, and to prevent "another Haiti".
Written by: Ada Ferrer
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LatinoLand
- A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority
- Written by: Marie Arana
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 18 hrs and 3 mins
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LatinoLand is an exceptional, all-encompassing overview of Hispanic America based on personal interviews, deep research, and Marie Arana’s life experience as a Latina. At present, Latinos comprise 20 percent of the US population, a number that is growing. By 2050, census reports project that one in every three Americans will claim Latino heritage. LatinoLand unabashedly celebrates Latino resilience and character and shows us why we must understand the fastest-growing minority in America.
Written by: Marie Arana
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Sito
- An American Teenager and the City That Failed Him
- Written by: Laurence Ralph
- Narrated by: Andre Santana
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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In September of 2019, Luis Alberto Quiñonez—known as Sito— was shot to death as he sat in his car in the Mission District of San Francisco. He was nineteen. His killer, Julius Williams, was seventeen. It was the second time the teens had encountered one another. The first, five years before, also ended in tragedy, when Julius watched as his brother was stabbed to death by an acquaintance of Sito’s. The two murders merited a few local news stories, and then the rest of the world moved on. But for the families of the slain teenagers, it was impossible to move on.
Written by: Laurence Ralph