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Foreign Bodies
By: Simon Schama
Narrated by: Simon Schama
Length: 16 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
A vibrant cultural history investigating pandemics and vaccines, by bestselling author and historian Simon SchamaCities and countries engulfed by panic and death, desperate for vaccines but fearful of what inoculation may bring. This is what the world has just gone through with Covid-19. But as Simon Schama shows in his epic history of... Read more
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Bartleby and Me
By: Gay Talese
Narrated by: Mike Ortego
Length: 8 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
“Literary Legend” (New York) Gay Talese retraces his pioneering career, marked by his fascination with the world's hidden characters.In the concluding act of this ""incomparable"" (Air Mail) capstone book, Talese introduces readers to one final unforgettable story: the strange and riveting all new tale of Dr. Nicholas Bartha, who blew up his... Read more
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The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz
By: Eti Elboim & Sara Leibovits
Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
Length: 6 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
‘You are no longer a number’ Poland, 1944 The train slowed and halted with a squeal of the breaks. It felt like we waited in the carriage for an eternity, but eventually, the heavy doors opened, directly into the chaos inside. Sara Leibovitz, a 16-year-old Jewish girl, was a... Read more
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Necessary Trouble
By: Drew Gilpin Faust
Narrated by: Drew Gilpin Faust
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
To grow up in the 1950s was to enter a world of polarized national alliances, nuclear threat, and destabilized social hierarchies. Two world wars and the depression that connected them had unleashed a torrent of expectations and dissatisfactions?not only in global affairs but in American society and Americans’ lives. To be a privileged white... Read more
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Empress of the Nile
By: Lynne Olson
Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
Length: 13 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • The remarkable story of the intrepid French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam, by the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade’s Secret War
“A female version of the Indiana Jones story . . . [Christiane... Read more
A Regency Guide to Modern Life
By: Carly Lane
Narrated by: Helen Philips
Length: 1 hour 48 minutes
Abridged: No
What would Darcy do? How can you be more Bridgerton? Take the Regency approach and be prepared for anything life throws at you - from dates to duels, manners to matters of the heart. You'll soon find yourself the catch of the season.
Sick of indecent proposals from untrustworthy rakes? Be more discerning with your dance card and swipe right on... Read more
In the Garden of the Righteous
By: Richard Hurowitz
Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
Length: 14 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
“In the Garden of the Righteous brilliantly describes how in the midst of the brutality of the Holocaust and the collaboration, acquiescence and passivity of millions, there were people who risked their lives to save others out of a sense of shared humanity. This book is more timely than ever.”—Stuart E. Eizenstat, author of Imperfect Justice:... Read more
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Fighting For YES! (Audio Descriptive)
By: Maryann Cocca-Leffler & Judith Heumann
Narrated by: Ali Stroker & Judith Heumann
Length: 31 minutes
Abridged: No
From a very young age, Judy Heumann heard the word NO. When she wanted to attend public school, the principal said NO. When she wanted her teaching license, the New York Board of Education said NO. Judy and people with disabilities everywhere were tired of hearing “NO.” In the 1970s, an important disability rights law, Section 504 of The... Read more
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The McCartney Legacy
By: Allan Kozinn & Adrian Sinclair
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 29 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1: 1969-73 captures the life of Paul McCartney in the years immediately following the dissolution of the Beatles, a period in which McCartney recreated himself as both a man and a musician. Informed by hundreds of interviews, extensive ground up research, and thousands... Read more
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New York Jew
By: Alfred Kazin
Narrated by: Steven Jay Cohen
Length: 16 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
In this book, Alfred Kazin, who for more than thirty years has been one of the central figures of America's intellectual life, takes us into his own life and times. His autobiography encompasses a personal story openly told; an inside look at New York's innermost intellectual circles; strong and intimate revelations of many of the most important... Read more
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The Abyss
By: Max Hastings
Narrated by: Max Hastings & John Hopkins
Length: 19 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tense international events in modern history—the Cuban Missile Crisis—providing a people-focused narrative that explores the attitudes and conduct of Russians, Cubans, Americans, and a terrified world that followed each moment as it unfolded.In The... Read more
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Inventor of the Future
By: Alec Nevala-Lee
Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
Length: 18 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
From Alec Nevala-Lee, the author of the Hugo and Locus Award finalist Astounding, comes a revelatory biography of the visionary designer who defined the rules of startup culture and shaped America’s idea of the future.During his lifetime, Buckminster Fuller was hailed as one of the greatest geniuses of the twentieth century. As the architectural... Read more
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The Divorce Colony
By: April White
Narrated by: April White & Lisa Flanagan
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
From a historian and senior editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth-century women who moved to South Dakota to divorce their husbands and start living on their own termsFor a woman traveling without her husband in the late nineteenth century, there was only one reason to take the train all the way to Sioux Falls,... Read more
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The Watermen
By: Michael Loynd
Narrated by: Will Damron
Length: 12 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
The feel-good underdog story of the first American swimmer to win Olympic gold, set against the turbulent rebirth of the modern Games, that “bring[s] to life an inspiring figure and illuminate[s] an overlooked chapter in America’s sports history” (The Wall Street Journal)
“Once or twice in a decade, one of these stories . . . like Laura... Read more
Hitler's Boy Soldiers
By: Helene Munson
Narrated by: Caitlin Cavannaugh
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Helene Munson resurrects her father’s WWII journals and embarks on a meticulous investigation, exposing how the Nazis trained 300,000 impressionable children as soldiers. In 1937, Munson’s father, Hans, was enrolled in an elite German school whose students were destined to take leadership roles in the Reich. At fifteen, he was drafted as an... Read more
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The War on the West
By: Douglas Murray
Narrated by: Douglas Murray
Length: 12 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
An Instant New York Times Bestseller!China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim our sins are unique?It is now in vogue to celebrate non-Western cultures and disparage Western ones. Some of this is a much-needed reckoning, but much of it fatally undermines the very things that created the greatest, most humane civilization in the... Read more
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Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born
By: Evan Ross Katz
Narrated by: Evan Ross Katz & Deanna Anthony
Length: 11 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
Explore the history and cultural impact of a groundbreaking television show adored by old and new fans alike: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Over the course of its seven-year run, Buffy the Vampire Slayer cultivated a loyal fandom and featured a strong, complex female lead, at a time when such a character was a rarity. Evan Ross Katz explores the... Read more
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The Road to Eleusis
By: Albert Hofmann
Narrated by: David Bendena
Length: 6 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
The secretive Mysteries conducted at Eleusis in Greece for nearly two millennia have long puzzled scholars with strange accounts of initiates experiencing otherworldly journeys. In this groundbreaking work, three experts—a mycologist, a chemist, and a historian—argue persuasively that the sacred potion given to participants in the course of the... Read more
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By the Grace of the Game
By: Dan Grunfeld
Narrated by: Chris Lutkin
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
When Lily and Alex entered a packed gymnasium in Queens, New York, in 1972, they barely recognized their son. The boy who escaped to America with them, who was bullied as he struggled to learn English and cope with family tragedy, was now a young man who had discovered and secretly honed his basketball talent on the outdoor courts of New York... Read more
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Woke Up This Morning
By: Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa
Narrated by: Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa & Full Cast
Length: 13 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
The definitive oral history of the landmark television series and streaming hit The Sopranos, packed with untold stories from behind the scenes and on the set. Stars Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa—whose Talking Sopranos podcast has become a sensational fan favorite—talk intimately with virtually everyone who has been involved with the... Read more
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The Lost Café Schindler
By: Meriel Schindler
Narrated by: Caitlin Cavannaugh
Length: 14 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Meriel Schindler spent her adult life trying to keep her father, Kurt, at bay. But when he died in 2017, he left behind piles of Nazi-era documents related to her family’s fate in Innsbruck, Austria, and a treasure trove of family albums reaching back to before World War I. Meriel was forced to confront not only their fractured relationship but... Read more
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A Jewish Founding Father?
By: Andrew Porwancher
Narrated by: Andrew Porwancher
Length: 48 minutes
Abridged: No
One Day University presents a series of audio lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice. Thousands of miles from the Old World, on a... Read more
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The Appalachian Trail
By: Philip D'Anieri
Narrated by: Jason Culp
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
The Appalachian Trail is America’s most beloved trek, with millions of hikers setting foot on it every year. Yet few are aware of the fascinating backstory of the dreamers and builders who helped bring it to life over the past century.
The conception and building of the Appalachian Trail is a story of unforgettable characters who explored it,... Read more
When Weather Changed the Course of History
By: Caroline Winterer
Narrated by: Caroline Winterer
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
One Day University presents a series of audio lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice. Weather and climate have been shaping human history... Read more
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