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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors - Abridged
By: James D. Hornfischer
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 6 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: Yes
“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.”
With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland addressed the crew of the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts on the morning of October 25, 1944, off the Philippine Island of Samar. On the horizon loomed the... Read more
Murdering Mr. Lincoln
By: Charles Higham
Narrated by: Dan Cashman
Length: 10 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
In this startling and original work, best-selling author Charles Higham (Howard Hughes: The Secret Life) addresses one of the greatest historical mysteries: Did John Wilkes Booth act alone on the night of Good Friday, 1865, or was he part of a wide conspiracy? Drawing from letters, diaries, previously unstudied records of official hearings,... Read more
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Tour of Duty - Abridged
By: Douglas Brinkley
Narrated by: Douglas Brinkley
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: Yes
One of our most acclaimed historians explores the decorated military service of one of America’s most intriguing politicians—the leading Democratic presidential candidate for 2004—and its profound effects on his career and lifeIn Tour of Duty, Brinkley explores Senator John Kerry’s career and deftly deals with such explosive issues as U.S.... Read more
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Over the Edge of the World - Abridged
By: Laurence Bergreen
Narrated by: Laurence Bergreen
Length: 6 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A majestic tale of discovery thatchanged many long-held views about the world In 1519 Magellan and his fleet of five ships set sail from Seville, Spain, to discover a water route to the fabled Spice Islands in Indonesia, where the most sought-after commodities -- cloves, pepper, and nutmeg -- flourished. Three years later, a handful of survivors... Read more
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America's Women - Abridged
By: Gail Collins
Narrated by: Jane Alexander
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Rich in detail, filled with fascinating characters, and panoramic in its sweep, this magnificent, comprehensive work tells for the first time the complete story of the American woman from the Pilgrims to the 21st-centuryIn this sweeping cultural history, Gail Collins explores the transformations, victories, and tragedies of women in America over... Read more
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The Meaning of Everything
By: Simon Winchester
Narrated by: Simon Winchester
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
From the best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and Krakatoa comes a truly wonderful celebration of the English language and of its unrivaled treasure house, the Oxford English Dictionary.
Writing with marvelous brio, Winchester first serves up a lightning history of the English language--""so vast,... Read more
Krakatoa
By: Simon Winchester
Narrated by: Simon Winchester
Length: 12 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa.The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa -- the name has since become a byword... Read more
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The Professor and The Madman
By: Simon Winchester
Narrated by: Simon Winchester
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times Notable Book The Professor and the Madman is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary—and literary history.The making of the OED was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the... Read more
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Professor and The Madman - Abridged
By: Simon Winchester
Narrated by: Simon Jones
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
A New York Times Notable Book The Professor and the Madman is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary—and literary history.The making of the OED was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the... Read more
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Ted Williams
By: Leigh Montville
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 21 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
He was The Kid. The Splendid Splinter. Teddy Ballgame. One of the greatest figures of his generation, and arguably the greatest baseball hitter of all time. But what made Ted Williams a legend – and a lightning rod for controversy in life and in death? What motivated him to interrupt his Hall of Fame career twice to serve his country as a... Read more
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George Washington - Abridged
By: James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn
Narrated by: Richard Rohan
Length: 5 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Leading scholars define the special contributions and qualifications of our first president
Washington's legacy is a successful experiment in collective leadership, great initiatives in establishing a strong executive branch and the formulation of innovative and lasting economic and foreign policies. Along with highlighting these accomplishments,... Read more
Elizabeth and Mary - Abridged
By: Jane Dunn
Narrated by: Isla Blair
Length: 6 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The first dual biography of two of the world’s most remarkable women—Elizabeth I of England and Mary Queen of Scots—by one of Britain’s “best biographers” (The Sunday Times).
In a rich and riveting narrative, Jane Dunn reveals the extraordinary rivalry between the regal cousins. It is the story of two queens ruling on one island, each with a... Read more
Martin Luther
By: Martin E. Marty
Narrated by: Paul Michael
Length: 5 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
A superb work of intellectual history, this slim volume by one of today's foremost theologians takes you through the mind and times of Europe's firebrand, Martin Luther. Deeply convinced that man and God could have a spiritual relationship unmediated by the pomp, offices, money and power of the Catholic Church, he strove ceaselessly to gain an... Read more
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Les plus belles Histoires de Haim - Vol 6
By: Yossef Brami & Haim Nisenbaum
Narrated by: Yossef Brami
Length: 1 hour 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Vivez comme si vous y étiez de merveilleuses histoires juives jouées pour vous par des comédiens professionnels.1 - La pierre précieuse2 - La bonté victorieuse3 - La bénédiction du tailleur4 - Le jour où un homme vola Read more
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The 9/11 Commission Report
By: Multiple Authors
Narrated by: Multiple Narrators
Length: 22 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Over the course of 20 months, the bipartisan 9/11 Commission, five Democrats and five Republicans held 12 public hearings and received testimony from 160 witnesses. Dozens of government agencies and other entities provided the Commission with more than 2.5 million pages of documents and other material. The report and its recommendations can save... Read more
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Democracy Matters
By: Cornel West
Narrated by: Cornel West
Length: 7 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
“Uncompromising and unconventional . . . Cornel West is an eloquent prophet with attitude.” — Newsweek“
"A timely analysis about the current state of democratic systems in America." — The Boston Globe
In Democracy Matters, Cornel West argues that if America is to become a better steward of democratization around the world, we must first wake up to... Read more
The Fallen Forts of America
By: Jimmy Gray
Narrated by: Rick Lance & Cam Cornelius
Length: 3 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
American territory in the 19th century: a time of uneasy Army-Indian relations and fiercely fluid borders. Welcome to Tales of Americana: America's Fallen Forts; over three hours of historical audio. Chronicling the lives and times of a cast of characters both strategic and star-crossed, America's Fallen Forts takes the listener on an evocative... Read more
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Name of the Enemy
By: Quintan Wiktorowicz
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 1 hour 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Over the past several decades, Islamic terrorists have transformed themselves into a sophisticated global network of self-proclaimed holy warriors. These fighters no longer confine themselves to local battles against incumbent Muslim regimes in a bid to establish theocratic states. The Jihadi Salafis (a name they would use to describe... Read more
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Scurvy
By: Stephen Bown
Narrated by: Dan Cashman
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
From the 15th to the mid-19th centuries, scurvy caused more deaths at sea than storms, shipwrecks, combat, and all other diseases combined. The cure for scurvy ranks among the greatest of military successes, yet its impact on history has mostly been ignored. In this intriguing book, Stephen R. Brown delivers a lively recounting of how three... Read more
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A Thousand Shall Fall
By: Susi Hasel Mundy
Narrated by: Lauren Mazzio & Nicholas Mazzio
Length: 7 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
The Electrifying True Testimony of Franz Hasel Dramatically narrated with original cinematic score.Pacifist Franz Hasel was drafted into one of Hitler’s elite troops to build bridges at the front lines. Just before he was sent deep into Russia – where all but seven of his 1,200 man unit would die – he secretly discarded his gun, fearing that, as... Read more
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All Brave Sailors - Abridged
By: J. Revell Carr
Narrated by: George K. Wilson
Length: 6 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In the darkness before moonrise on the Atlantic Ocean off the African coast on August 21, 1940, the night erupted in a fusillade of bullets and shells. The victim was a stalwart English tramp steamer, Anglo Saxon, part of the lifeline that was keeping besieged England in supplies. The attacker appeared to be a merchant ship from a neutral... Read more
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Mornings On Horseback - Abridged
By: David McCullough
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 8 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The National Book Award–winning biography that tells the story of how young Teddy Roosevelt transformed himself from a sickly boy into the vigorous man who would become a war hero and ultimately president of the United States, told by master historian David McCullough.
Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore... Read more
An End to Evil
By: David Frum & R. Perle
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
Length: 7 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
An End to Evil charts the agenda for what’s next in the war on terrorism, as articulated by David Frum, former presidential speechwriter and bestselling author of The Right Man, and Richard Perle, former assistant secretary of defense and one of the most influential foreign-policy leaders in Washington.
This world is an unsafe place for... Read more
An End to Evil - Abridged
By: David Frum & Richard Perle
Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson
Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: Yes
An End to Evil charts the agenda for what’s next in the war on terrorism, as articulated by David Frum, former presidential speechwriter and bestselling author of The Right Man, and Richard Perle, former assistant secretary of defense and one of the most influential foreign-policy leaders in Washington.
This world is an unsafe place for... Read more