Martin W. Sandler

Experience the race of rails to link the country - and meet the men behind this incredible feat - in a riveting story about the building of the transcontinental railroad....

Vast, mysterious, and endlessly rich in human history, the ocean floor is hometo millions of shipwrecks … each with its own fascinating story to tell. From the dramatic discovery of the world’s first analog computer to the incredible secrets uncovered in a sailor’s good luck charm...

Bloomsbury presents 1919 The Year That Changed America by Martin W. Sandler, read by Jeff Harding. WINNER OF THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 1919 was a world-shaking year. America was recovering from World War I and black soldiers returned to racism so violent that that summer would become known as...

A nation in need of hope, the most powerful rocket ever launched, and the first three men to break the bounds of Earth: Apollo 8 was headed to the moon....

Had the Beatles been simply the most successful musical group of all time, their place in history would be secure. But they were much, much more....

This is the exciting true story of the captaincy, wreck, and discovery of the Whydah - the only pirate ship ever found - and the incredible mysteries it revealed....

Whaling in the Arctic waters off Alaska’s coast was as dangerous as it was lucrative in 1897....

Stories that history forgot . . . but listeners will remember "The only thing new in the world," said Harry S. Truman, "is the history you don't know." In this fresh and fascinating collection of historical vignettes, Martin W. Sandler (author of Resolute and Atlantic Ocean) restores to memory...