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The Black Man on the Titanic
By: Serge Bilé
Narrated by: Mirron Willis
Length: 4 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Joseph Laroche was an anomaly among the passengers of the Titanic. He was exceptionally well-educated in a time when few black men had access to an education―and when even fewer were able to travel on a luxurious ship in first or second class. When his family arrived in the United States without him after the Titanic’s tragic crash, they were... Read more
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Napoleonic Wars
By: Captivating History
Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
Length: 7 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
If you want to discover the captivating history of the Napoleonic Wars, then pay attention...Two captivating manuscripts in one audiobook: The Napoleonic Wars: A Captivating Guide to the Conflicts That Began Between the United Kingdom and France During the Rule of Napoleon Bonaparte and How They Stemmed from the French Revolution The War of... Read more
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The Boston Massacre
By: Serena Zabin
Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
Length: 8 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
A dramatic untold ‘people’s history’ of the storied event that helped trigger the American RevolutionThe story of the Boston Massacre—when on a late winter evening in 1770, British soldiers shot five local men to death—is familiar to generations. But from the very beginning, many accounts have obscured a fascinating truth: the Massacre arose... Read more
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Death in the A Shau Valley
By: Larry Chambers
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
Length: 6 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Featuring a new introduction by the author about his return to Vietnam, his reflections on the war, and his humanitarian work in Cambodia.
"The enemy had a single purpose: kill me and my teammates."
Larry Chambers was still new to Vietnam in early 1969 when the LRRPs of the 101st Airborne Division became L Company, 75th (Rangers). But his... Read more
Fighting for Space
By: Amy Shira Teitel
Narrated by: Amy Shira Teitel
Length: 11 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Spaceflight historian Amy Shira Teitel tells the riveting story of the female pilots who each dreamed of being the first American woman in space.
When the space age dawned in the late 1950s, Jackie Cochran held more propeller and jet flying records than any pilot of the twentieth century—man or woman. She had led the Women's Auxiliary Service... Read more
The Pentagon
By: Steve Vogel
Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
Length: 19 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
The creation of the Pentagon in seventeen whirlwind months during World War II is one of the great construction feats in American history, involving a tremendous mobilization of manpower, resources, and minds. In astonishingly short order, Brigadier General Brehon B. Somervell conceived and built an institution that ranks with the White House,... Read more
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Dark Towers
By: David Enrich
Narrated by: BJ Harrison
Length: 13 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
“In Dark Towers, David Enrich tells the story of how one of the world’s mightiest banks careened off the rails, threatening everything from our financial system to our democracy through its reckless entanglement with Donald Trump. Darkly fascinating and yet all too real, it’s a tale that will keep you up at night.”
— John Carreyrou, Pulitzer... Read more
Reckonings
By: Mary Fulbrook
Narrated by: Christa Lewis
Length: 29 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Mary Fulbrook's encompassing book explores the lives of individuals across a full spectrum of suffering and guilt, each one capturing one small part of the greater story. Using "reckoning" in the widest possible sense to evoke how the consequences of violence have expanded almost infinitely through time. Fulbrook exposes the disjuncture between... Read more
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Operation Chastise
By: Max Hastings
Narrated by: Max Hastings & Peter Noble
Length: 11 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
One of the most lauded historians of our time returns to the Second World War in this magnificent retelling of the awe-inspiring raid on German dams conducted by the Royal Army Force’s 617 Squadron.The attack on Nazi Germany’s dams on May 17, 1943, was one of the most remarkable feats in military history. The absurdly young men of the Royal Air... Read more
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100 Bible Verses That Made America
By: Robert J. Morgan
Narrated by: Robert Morgan
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Bestselling author Robert Morgan explores 100 Bible verses that powerfully impacted our leaders during defining moments in American history and reflects upon what these verses mean for us as a nation today.100 Bible Verses That Made America is a tour through the biblical roots of American history—a powerful exploration of our country’s founders,... Read more
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The Things They Cannot Say
By: Kevin Sites
Narrated by: Kevin Sites
Length: 7 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
What is it like to kill? What is it like to be under fire? How do you know what's right? What can you never forget?
In The Things They Cannot Say, award-winning journalist and author Kevin Sites asks these difficult questions of eleven soldiers and marines, who—by sharing the truth about their wars—display a rare courage that transcends... Read more
Uncommon Valor
By: Stephen L. Moore
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
Length: 15 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Uncommon Valor is a look into the formation and operation of an advanced Special Forces recon company during the Vietnam War.
Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most covert US military unit in its time and contained only volunteers from such elite units as the Army's Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and Air Force Air... Read more
The Age of Football
By: David Goldblatt
Narrated by: David Goldblatt
Length: 24 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
A monumental exploration of soccer and society in our time—by its preeminent historian.
In the twenty-first century, soccer commands the allegiance, interest, and engagement of more people in more places than any other phenomenon in the world. David Goldblatt—author of the acclaimed, bestselling The Ball Is Round—charts the sport's global... Read more
Russians Among Us
By: Gordon Corera
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Length: 12 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
With intrigue that rivals the best le Carre novels, Russians Among Us tells the urgent story of Russia’s espionage efforts against the United States and the West from the end of the Cold War to the presentSpies have long been a source of great fascination in the world of fiction, but sometimes the best spy stories happen in real life. Russians... Read more
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Screening Reality
By: Jon Wilkman
Narrated by: Bob Souer
Length: 15 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
Amidst claims of a new "post-truth" era, documentary filmmaking has experienced a golden age. Today, more documentaries are made and widely viewed than ever before, illuminating our increasingly fraught relationship with what's true in politics and culture. For most of our history, Americans have depended on motion pictures to bring the... Read more
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America’s First Freedom Rider
By: Jerry Mikorenda
Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
Length: 6 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
In 1854, traveling was full of danger. Omnibus accidents were commonplace. Pedestrians were regularly attacked by the Five Points’ gangs. Rival police forces watched and argued over who should help. Pickpockets, drunks, and kidnappers were all part of the daily street scene in old New York. Yet somehow, they endured and transformed a trading... Read more
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War Is a Racket
By: Smedley Butler
Narrated by: Victor Craig
Length: 40 minutes
Abridged: No
‘War Is a Racket’ is a 1935 book by Smedley D. Butler (1881 –1940), a retired United States Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient who became an outspoken critic of American wars and their consequences. During his 34-year career as a Marine, he took part in military actions in the Philippines, China, Central America,... Read more
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Policing the Open Road
By: Sarah A. Seo
Narrated by: Nancy Wu
Length: 11 hours
Abridged: No
How the rise of the car, the symbol of American personal freedom, inadvertently led to ever more intrusive policing―with disastrous consequences for racial equality in our criminal justice system.When Americans think of freedom, they often picture the open road. Yet nowhere are we more likely to encounter the long arm of the law than in our... Read more
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St. Patrick
By: Neil Xavier O'Donoghue
Narrated by: Tom Parks
Length: 3 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Translated by Father Neil Xavier O\'Donoghue, St. Patrick: His Confession and Other Works from Catholic Book Publishing gives the reader an excellent perspective on this beloved Saint, making him even more relevant for modern times. This book details two of the Saint\'s written works: Confession and Letter to Coroticus, providing a deeper... Read more
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The Man in the Red Coat
By: Julian Barnes
Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
Length: 9 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
From the Man Booker Prize–winning author of The Sense of an Ending, a rich, witty, revelatory tour ofBelle Epoque Paris, via the remarkable life story of the pioneering surgeon Samuel PozziIn the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days’ intellectual shopping: a prince, acount, and a commoner with an Italian name. In... Read more
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The Cost of Loyalty
By: Tim Bakken
Narrated by: Lance C Fuller
Length: 12 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020
A courageous and damning look at the destruction wrought by the arrogance, incompetence, and duplicity prevalent in the U.S. military—from the inside perspective of a West Point professor of law.
Veneration for the military is a deeply embedded but fatal flaw in America’s collective identity. In twenty years at... Read more
The Ones We've Been Waiting For
By: Charlotte Alter
Narrated by: Charlotte Alter
Length: 10 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
An optimistic look at the future of American leadership by a brilliant young reporter
A new generation is stepping up. There are now twenty-six millennials in Congress--a fivefold increase gained in the 2018 midterms alone. They are governing Midwestern cities and college towns, running for city councils, and serving in state legislatures. They... Read more
Beneath the Sands of Egypt
By: Donald P. Ryan
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
A real-life "Indiana Jones," Donald P. Ryan, PhD, offers a breathtaking personal account of his adventures in archaeology in Beneath the Sands of Egypt. Fans of The Lost City of Z will thrill to the exploits of this "unconventional archaeologist" as he retrieves the remains of Egypt's past—including his breakthrough discovery in the Valley of... Read more
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Conversations in Black
By: Ed Gordon
Narrated by: Ed Gordon, Tracey Leigh, Zeno Robinson, Kamali ...
Length: 9 hours
Abridged: No
An award-winning journalist envisions the future of leadership, excellence, and prosperity in Black America with this "urgent and pathbreaking" work (Marc Lamont Hill).
Hard-hitting, thought-provoking, and inspiring, Conversations in Black offers sage wisdom for navigating race in a radically divisive America, and, with help from his mighty team... Read more