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Taking Fire
By: Ron Alexander & Charles W. Sasser
Narrated by: Corey M. Snow
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Nicknamed "Mini-Man" for his diminutive stature, a mere five-foot-three and 125 pounds in his flight boots, chopper pilot Ron Alexander proved to be a giant in the eyes of the men he rescued from the jungles and paddies of Vietnam. With an unswerving concern for every American soldier trapped by enemy fire, and a fearlessness that became... Read more
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Shakespeare and the Resistance
By: Clare Asquith
Narrated by: Allan Corduner
Length: 7 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Shakespeare's largely misunderstood narrative poems contain within them an explosive commentary on the political storms convulsing his country
The 1590s were bleak years for England. The queen was old, the succession unclear, and the treasury empty after decades of war. Amid the rising tension, William Shakespeare published a pair of poems... Read more
Exact Thinking in Demented Times
By: Karl Sigmund
Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
Length: 13 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
A dazzling group biography of the early twentieth-century thinkers who transformed the way the world thought about math and science
Inspired by Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and Bertrand Russell and David Hilbert's pursuit of the fundamental rules of mathematics, some of the most brilliant minds of the generation came together in... Read more
Walls
By: David Frye
Narrated by: Arthur Morey
Length: 9 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
“A lively popular history of an oft-overlooked element in the development of human society” (Library Journal)—walls—and a haunting and eye-opening saga that reveals a startling link between what we build and how we live.
With esteemed historian David Frye as our raconteur-guide in Walls, which Publishers Weekly praises as “informative, relevant,... Read more
The Bedroom
By: Michelle Perrot
Narrated by: Christa Lewis
Length: 13 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
The winner of France's prestigious Prix Femina Essai (2009), this imaginative and captivating book explores the many dimensions of the room in which we spend so much of our lives—the bedroom. Eminent cultural historian Michelle Perrot traces the evolution of the bedroom from the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans to today, examining its... Read more
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Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic
By: Isaac Kramnick & R. Laurence Moore
Narrated by: Matthew Boston
Length: 9 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
From colonial times into the twentieth century, our laws and court cases ignored atheism, assuming that all good Americans were religious. Americans came to associate atheism with radical social philosophies that advocated violence—especially anarchism and communism. Avowed nonbelievers were derided, even the famous patriot Thomas Paine. Only in... Read more
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The Chosen Wars
By: Steven R. Weisman
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 12 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
The Chosen Wars tells the dramatic story of how Judaism redefined itself in America in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—the personalities that fought each other and shaped its evolution and, importantly, the force of the American dynamic that prevailed over an ancient religion.The struggles that led to a radical redefinition of Judaism... Read more
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Playing to the Gods
By: Peter Rader
Narrated by: Amanda Carlin
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
The riveting story of the rivalry between the two most renowned actresses of the nineteenth century: legendary Sarah Bernhardt, whose eccentricity on and off the stage made her the original diva, and mystical Eleonora Duse, who broke all the rules to popularize the natural style of acting we celebrate today.
Audiences across Europe and the... Read more
Underbug
By: Lisa Margonelli
Narrated by: Christina Moore
Length: 9 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
The award-winning journalist Lisa Margonelli, national bestselling author of Oil on the Brain: Petroleum's Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank, investigates the environmental and economic impact termites inflict on human societies in this fascinating examination of one of nature's most misunderstood insects. Are we more like termites than we ever... Read more
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The Turbulent Crown
By: Roland Hui
Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
Length: 22 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Ten remarkable women. One remarkable era.
In the Tudor period, 1485–1603, a host of fascinating women sat on the English throne. The dramatic events of their lives are told in The Turbulent Crown: The Story of the Tudor Queens.
The Turbulent Crown begins with the story of Elizabeth of York, who survived conspiracy, and dishonor to become the... Read more
A History of Judaism
By: Martin Goodman
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Length: 23 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
A sweeping history of Judaism over more than three millenniaJudaism is one of the oldest religions in the world, and it has preserved its distinctive identity despite the extraordinarily diverse forms and beliefs it has embodied over the course of more than three millennia. A History of Judaism provides the first truly comprehensive look in one... Read more
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Temp
By: Louis Hyman
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 14 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the William G. Bowen Prize
Named a "Triumph" of 2018 by New York Times Book Critics
Shortlisted for the 800-CEO-READ Business Book Award
The untold history of the surprising origins of the "gig economy"--how deliberate decisions made by consultants and CEOs in the 50s and 60s upended the stability of the workplace and the lives of... Read more
An Address to the Slaves of the United States
By: Henry Highland Garnet
Narrated by: Andre Giles
Length: 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Henry Highland Garnet delivered this address at the National Negro Convention of 1843. In it, Garnet declares that mourning on behalf of slaves is no longer enough. He urges the slaves of the South to rise against their oppressors, saying, “let it no longer be a debatable question whether it is better to choose Liberty or death.” While the... Read more
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The Meaning of Surah Al-Araf (The Heights Border Between Hell & Paradise) From Noble Quran Bilingual Edition English & Spanish
By: Muhammad Vandestra
Narrated by: Muhammad Ibnu Adam
Length: 5 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Surah al-Araf (The Heights Border Between Hell & Paradise) is the seventh surah of the Qur'an, with 206 verses. It is a Meccan sura. Its final verse, verse 206, requires a sajdah, or prostration.Al-Araf is one of the most detailing Surah about the origins of creation and revealing prophecies about the judgment day, it starts by telling us... Read more
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Sky Girls
By: Gene Nora Jessen
Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
The inspiring, true story of the first female pilots taking their rightful place in the exciting world of aviation. In 1929, nineteen gutsy women blazed out of the darkness by setting out from California in propeller-driven planes, each competing to be the winner of the first female cross-country air race. The hazards were many, from disastrous... Read more
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Cast Away : For These Reasons
By: Jo M. Sekimonyo
Narrated by: Joe Messina
Length: 5 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Do we need an Economic Jihad? What can you say about the boring cock-fights between Capitalism deities of our time? You should be as disgusted as I am of these clown shows that chip away the substance of economic disparity dialogues. I have left to the class of economist sloppy cerebral sloths, to tiptoeing around of serious issues. Instead,... Read more
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Scotland Yard Casebook
By: Joan Lock
Narrated by: Richard Fox
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
In 1878 the Criminal Investigation Department replaced Scotland Yard's corrupt and discredited Detective Branch. In this classic story of the early days of detection, Joan Lock tells the fascinating story of the creation of the CID, the scandal which preceded it, and the successes and failures of the new organisation, including early cases such... Read more
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Bonnie and Clyde
By: Karen Blumenthal
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Length: 5 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
Bonnie and Clyde may be the most notorious—and celebrated—outlaw couple America has ever known. This is the true story of how they got that way.Bonnie and Clyde—we’ve been on a first name basis with them for almost a hundred years. Immortalized in movies, songs, and pop-culture references, they are remembered mostly for their storied romance... Read more
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Scarface and the Untouchable
By: Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Schwartz
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Sc...
Length: 18 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
A THRILLING MAGNUM OPUS ON AMERICA’S GREAT CRIME EPICA Mystery Writers of America “Grand Master”—author of the gangster classic Road to Perdition, long-time Dick Tracy writer, and multiple Shamus Award winner—teams with an acclaimed rising young historian, in this riveting, myth-shattering dual portrait of Al Capone, America’s most notorious... Read more
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What Is Life Worth?
By: Kenneth R. Feinberg
Narrated by: James Lurie
Length: 5 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Soon to be a major motion picture: the true story of the man put in charge of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, and a testament to the enduring power of family, grief, love, fear, frustration, and courage.
Just days after September 11, 2001, Kenneth Feinberg was appointed to administer the federal 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, a unique,... Read more
The Great Mortality
By: John Kelly
Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
Length: 12 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
La moria grandissima began its terrible journey across the European and Asian continents in 1347, leaving unimaginable devastation in its wake. Five years later, twenty-five million people were dead, felled by the scourge that would come to be called the Black Death. The Great Mortality is the extraordinary epic account of the worst natural... Read more
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No Good Alternative
By: William T. Vollmann
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
Length: 22 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
The second volume of William T. Vollmann's epic book about the factors and human actions that have led to global warming begins in the coal fields of West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, where "America's best friend" is not merely a fuel, but a "heritage." Over the course of four years Vollmann finds hollowed out towns with coal-polluted streams... Read more
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Ancient Rome
By: Thomas R. Martin
Narrated by: John Lescault
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
With commanding skill, Thomas R. Martin tells the remarkable and dramatic story of how a tiny, poor, and threatened settlement grew to become, during its height, the dominant power in the Mediterranean world for five hundred years. Encompassing the period from Rome’s founding in the eighth century BC through Justinian’s rule in the sixth century... Read more
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On the Courthouse Lawn
By: Sherrilyn Ifill
Narrated by: LisaGay Hamilton
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Nearly 5,000 black Americans were lynched between 1890 and 1960. Over forty years later, Sherrilyn Ifill's On the Courthouse Lawn examines the numerous ways that this racial trauma still resounds across the United States. While the lynchings and their immediate aftermath were devastating, the little-known contemporary consequences, such as the... Read more
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