Best Sellers
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The Radical King
- Written by: Cornel West - editor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton, Gabourey Sidibe, Cornel West,
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Much of America did not know the radical King - and too few know today - but the FBI and US government did. They called him "the most dangerous man in America"....
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Great Writing, Underwhelming Narration
- By Ajit Nair on 24-02-20
Written by: Cornel West - editor,
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The Audacity of Hope
- Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
- Written by: Barack Obama
- Narrated by: Barack Obama
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Abridged
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In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum....
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incredibly motivating, it's from his heart
- By Amazon Customer on 06-09-20
Written by: Barack Obama
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Poor Richard's Almanack
- Written by: Benjamin Franklin
- Narrated by: Jacques Richey
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Poor Richard's Almanack contained the calendar, astronomical and astrological information, poems, and sayings....
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excellent book
- By Anuraj on 03-02-24
Written by: Benjamin Franklin
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- Written by: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Laurence Fishburne
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement....
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Oh.. the passion of Lawrence Fishburne!
- By Srijoy Kanjilal on 20-10-23
Written by: Malcolm X,
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Operation Paperclip
- The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
- Written by: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In the chaos following World War II, the US government faced many difficult decisions, including what to do with the Third Reich's scientific minds. These were the brains behind the Nazis' once-indomitable war machine. So began Operation Paperclip, a decades-long, covert project....
Written by: Annie Jacobsen
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Barbarians at the Gate
- The Fall of RJR Nabisco
- Written by: Bryan Burrough, John Helyar
- Narrated by: Bryan Burrough, John Helyar
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Abridged
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Barbarians at the Gate has been called one of the most influential business books of all time, the definitive account of the largest takeover in Wall Street history....
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Not the Complete Book
- By Sadhana Dalela on 16-08-20
Written by: Bryan Burrough,
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The Radical King
- Written by: Cornel West - editor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton, Gabourey Sidibe, Cornel West,
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Much of America did not know the radical King - and too few know today - but the FBI and US government did. They called him "the most dangerous man in America"....
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Great Writing, Underwhelming Narration
- By Ajit Nair on 24-02-20
Written by: Cornel West - editor,
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The Audacity of Hope
- Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
- Written by: Barack Obama
- Narrated by: Barack Obama
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Abridged
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In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum....
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incredibly motivating, it's from his heart
- By Amazon Customer on 06-09-20
Written by: Barack Obama
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Poor Richard's Almanack
- Written by: Benjamin Franklin
- Narrated by: Jacques Richey
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Poor Richard's Almanack contained the calendar, astronomical and astrological information, poems, and sayings....
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excellent book
- By Anuraj on 03-02-24
Written by: Benjamin Franklin
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- Written by: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Laurence Fishburne
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement....
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Oh.. the passion of Lawrence Fishburne!
- By Srijoy Kanjilal on 20-10-23
Written by: Malcolm X,
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Operation Paperclip
- The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
- Written by: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In the chaos following World War II, the US government faced many difficult decisions, including what to do with the Third Reich's scientific minds. These were the brains behind the Nazis' once-indomitable war machine. So began Operation Paperclip, a decades-long, covert project....
Written by: Annie Jacobsen
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Barbarians at the Gate
- The Fall of RJR Nabisco
- Written by: Bryan Burrough, John Helyar
- Narrated by: Bryan Burrough, John Helyar
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
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Barbarians at the Gate has been called one of the most influential business books of all time, the definitive account of the largest takeover in Wall Street history....
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Not the Complete Book
- By Sadhana Dalela on 16-08-20
Written by: Bryan Burrough,
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Feminism Is for Everybody
- Passionate Politics
- Written by: bell hooks
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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What is feminism?
In this short, accessible primer, Bell Hooks explores the nature of feminism and its positive promise to eliminate sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. With her....
Written by: bell hooks
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Kissinger
- A Biography
- Written by: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 34 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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When Henry Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had already become the most admired person in the US and one of the most unlikely celebrities to capture the world’s imagination....
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Facets of a genius
- By Nithin on 08-02-19
Written by: Walter Isaacson
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Hero of Two Worlds
- The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
- Written by: Mike Duncan
- Narrated by: Mike Duncan
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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From the massively popular podcaster and New York Times best-selling author comes the story of the Marquis de Lafayette's lifelong quest to protect the principles of democracy, told through the lens of the three revolutions he participated in....
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plus ca change, plus cest la meme choze
- By Dhruva Narayan on 12-10-21
Written by: Mike Duncan
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The Passage of Power
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Book 4
- Written by: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 32 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The Passage of Power follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career - 1958 to 1964....
Written by: Robert A. Caro
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How Fascism Works
- The Politics of Us and Them
- Written by: Jason Stanley
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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As the child of refugees of World War II Europe and a renowned philosopher and scholar of propaganda, Jason Stanley has a deep understanding of how democratic societies can be vulnerable to fascism: Nations don’t have to be fascist to suffer from fascist politics....
Written by: Jason Stanley
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Killers of the Flower Moon (French Edition)
- Written by: David Grann
- Narrated by: Damien Witecka
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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1921, Oklahoma. Dépossédés de leurs terres, les Indiens Osages ont été parqués dans une réserve aride. Mais sous leurs pieds coule un océan de pétrole. De quoi rameuter, en quelques mois, les vautours blancs assoiffés d'or noir....
Written by: David Grann
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Hegemony or Survival
- America's Quest for Global Dominance
- Written by: Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: Brian Jones, Noam Chomsky
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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For more than half a century, the United States has been pursuing a grand imperial strategy with the aim of staking out the globe...
Written by: Noam Chomsky
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Between the World and Me
- Written by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
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In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis....
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Listened to this audiobook for Black History Month
- By HU on 03-03-23
Written by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Failed States
- The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
- Written by: Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
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The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against "failed states" around the globe....
Written by: Noam Chomsky
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Beyond Fear
- A Toltec Guide to Freedom and Joy: The Teachings of Don Miguel Ruiz
- Written by: Miguel Angel Ruiz, Mary Carroll Nelson
- Narrated by: Francis Rico, Jessica Varga McKay
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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A comprehensive guide to the foundations of Toltec wisdom, Beyond Fear is essential reading for fans of Don Miguel Ruiz’s New York Times best-selling book, The Four Agreements, which has sold over 8 million copies and has been translated into 46 languages worldwide....
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Life changing book
- By Gouri on 14-06-23
Written by: Miguel Angel Ruiz,
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The Go-Go Years
- The Drama and Crashing Finale of Wall Street's Bullish 60s
- Written by: John Brooks, Michael Lewis - foreword
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The Go-Go Years is the harrowing and humorous story of the growth stocks of the 1960s and how their meteoric rise caused a multitude of small investors to thrive....
Written by: John Brooks,
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Private Empire
- ExxonMobil and American Power
- Written by: Steve Coll
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 24 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Steve Coll investigates the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States, revealing the true extent of its power....
Written by: Steve Coll
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How Ike Led
- The Principles Behind Eisenhower's Biggest Decisions
- Written by: Susan Eisenhower
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne, Susan Eisenhower
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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How Dwight D. Eisenhower led America through a transformational time — by a DC policy strategist, security expert, and his granddaughter. Few people have made decisions as momentous as Eisenhower, nor has one person had to make such a varied range of them....
Written by: Susan Eisenhower
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The Oil Kings
- How the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East
- Written by: Andrew Scott Cooper
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Struggling with a recession... European nations at risk of defaulting on their loans... A possible global financial crisis. It happened before, in the 1970s....
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A fascinating saga. Very well narrated
- By Dinesh Singh on 23-08-19
Written by: Andrew Scott Cooper
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Albion's Seed
- Four British Folkways in America, Vol. 1
- Written by: David Hackett Fischer
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 29 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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This fascinating audiobook is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time....
Written by: David Hackett Fischer
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Mason-Dixon
- Crucible of the Nation
- Written by: Edward G. Gray
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of the Mason-Dixon Line is the story of America's colonial beginnings, nation building, and conflict over slavery....
Written by: Edward G. Gray
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The Fourth Turning
- What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
- Written by: William Strauss, Neil Howe
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play....
Written by: William Strauss,
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The Exile
- The Flight of Osama bin Laden
- Written by: Cathy Scott-Clark, Adrian Levy
- Narrated by: Chris Kayser
- Length: 24 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The Exile joins Osama bin Laden as he escapes into Pakistan in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, bringing to vivid life the years leading up to his death spent on the run and in exile....
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Excellent read about the Al Qaeda leader's Run
- By Subhash S N on 01-01-19
Written by: Cathy Scott-Clark,
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The Looming Tower
- Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
- Written by: Lawrence Wright
- Narrated by: Lawrence Wright
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas that culminated in the assault on America....
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What an amazing effort !
- By Abhijit Pradhan on 24-11-21
Written by: Lawrence Wright
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The Money Kings
- The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America
- Written by: Daniel Schulman
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 22 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Joseph Seligman arrived in the United States in 1837, with the equivalent of $100 sewn into the lining of his pants. Then came the Lehman brothers, who would open a general store in Montgomery, Alabama....
Written by: Daniel Schulman
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Personal History
- A Memoir
- Written by: Katharine Graham
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 30 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In this widely acclaimed memoir ("Riveting, moving...a wonderful book" The New York Times Book Review), Katharine Graham tells her story—one that is extraordinary both for the events it encompasses and for the courage, candor, and dignity of its telling....
Written by: Katharine Graham
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Americana
- A 400-Year History of American Capitalism
- Written by: Bhu Srinivasan
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Bhu Srinivasan
- Length: 21 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Americana takes us on a 400-year journey of the spirit of innovation and ambition through a series of Next Big Things....
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Wow what a book!
- By Be Happy on 16-01-24
Written by: Bhu Srinivasan
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The Rise and Fall of American Growth
- The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War
- Written by: Robert J. Gordon
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 30 hrs and 14 mins
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In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. This book provides an in-depth account of this era....
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Must read for business students
- By Pramod on 26-12-22
Written by: Robert J. Gordon
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Made in America
- Written by: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
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In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land....
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William Roberts is King of Voice
- By Ram KR on 27-01-23
Written by: Bill Bryson
New Releases
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Awakening to Justice
- Faithful Voices from the Abolitionist Past
- Written by: The Dialogue on Race and Faith Project, Jemar Tisby, Christopher P. Momany,
- Narrated by: Diana Blue
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2015, the historian Chris Momany helped discover a manuscript that had been forgotten in a storage closet at Adrian College in Michigan. He identified it as the journal of a nineteenth-century Christian abolitionist and missionary, David Ingraham. As Momany and a fellow historian Doug Strong pored over the diary, they realized that studying this document could open new conversations for twenty-first-century Christians to address the reality of racism today. They invited a multiracial team of fourteen scholars to join in, thus launching the Dialogue on Race and Faith Project.
Written by: The Dialogue on Race and Faith Project,
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An Emancipation of the Mind
- Radical Philosophy, the War Over Slavery, and the Refounding of America
- Written by: Matthew Stewart
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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How a band of antislavery leaders recovered the radical philosophical inspirations of the first American Revolution to defeat the slaveholders' oligarchy in the Civil War.
Written by: Matthew Stewart
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Dusty Booze
- In Search of Vintage Spirits
- Written by: Aaron Goldfarb
- Narrated by: Dean Gallagher
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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In Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits, journalist Aaron Goldfarb goes on an adventure in vintage spirits. This is an intoxicating story of obsessives on the hunt for old bottles of whiskey, tequila, rum, chartreuse—you name it—from estate sales, grandpa's liquor cabinet, and out-of-the-way and inner-city liquor stores that may just have a case or a few bottles lying around in the basement.
Written by: Aaron Goldfarb
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Muslim Cool
- Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States
- Written by: Su'ad Abdul Khabeer
- Narrated by: Ja'Air Bush
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Muslim Cool is a way of being an American Muslim-displayed in ideas, dress, social activism in the 'hood, and in complex relationships to state power. Constructed through hip hop and the performance of Blackness, Muslim Cool is a way of engaging with the Black American experience by both Black and non-Black young Muslims that challenges racist norms in the U.S., as well as dominant ethnic and religious structures within American Muslim communities.
Written by: Su'ad Abdul Khabeer
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Shopping All the Way to the Woods
- How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America
- Written by: Rachel S. Gross
- Narrated by: Melissa Redmond
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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No escape to nature is complete without a trip to an outdoor recreational store or a browse through online offerings. This is the irony of the American outdoor experience: visiting wild spaces supposedly untouched by capitalism first requires shopping.
Written by: Rachel S. Gross
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A Hard Rain
- America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence Lost
- Written by: Frye Gaillard
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 25 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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With A Hard Rain, Gaillard gives us a deeply personal history, bringing his keen storyteller's eye to this pivotal time in American life. He explores the competing story arcs of tragedy and hope through the political and social movements of the times: civil rights, black power, women's liberation, the war in Vietnam, and the protests and movements against it.
Written by: Frye Gaillard
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Awakening to Justice
- Faithful Voices from the Abolitionist Past
- Written by: The Dialogue on Race and Faith Project, Jemar Tisby, Christopher P. Momany,
- Narrated by: Diana Blue
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2015, the historian Chris Momany helped discover a manuscript that had been forgotten in a storage closet at Adrian College in Michigan. He identified it as the journal of a nineteenth-century Christian abolitionist and missionary, David Ingraham. As Momany and a fellow historian Doug Strong pored over the diary, they realized that studying this document could open new conversations for twenty-first-century Christians to address the reality of racism today. They invited a multiracial team of fourteen scholars to join in, thus launching the Dialogue on Race and Faith Project.
Written by: The Dialogue on Race and Faith Project,
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An Emancipation of the Mind
- Radical Philosophy, the War Over Slavery, and the Refounding of America
- Written by: Matthew Stewart
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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How a band of antislavery leaders recovered the radical philosophical inspirations of the first American Revolution to defeat the slaveholders' oligarchy in the Civil War.
Written by: Matthew Stewart
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Dusty Booze
- In Search of Vintage Spirits
- Written by: Aaron Goldfarb
- Narrated by: Dean Gallagher
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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In Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits, journalist Aaron Goldfarb goes on an adventure in vintage spirits. This is an intoxicating story of obsessives on the hunt for old bottles of whiskey, tequila, rum, chartreuse—you name it—from estate sales, grandpa's liquor cabinet, and out-of-the-way and inner-city liquor stores that may just have a case or a few bottles lying around in the basement.
Written by: Aaron Goldfarb
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Muslim Cool
- Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States
- Written by: Su'ad Abdul Khabeer
- Narrated by: Ja'Air Bush
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Muslim Cool is a way of being an American Muslim-displayed in ideas, dress, social activism in the 'hood, and in complex relationships to state power. Constructed through hip hop and the performance of Blackness, Muslim Cool is a way of engaging with the Black American experience by both Black and non-Black young Muslims that challenges racist norms in the U.S., as well as dominant ethnic and religious structures within American Muslim communities.
Written by: Su'ad Abdul Khabeer
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Shopping All the Way to the Woods
- How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America
- Written by: Rachel S. Gross
- Narrated by: Melissa Redmond
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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No escape to nature is complete without a trip to an outdoor recreational store or a browse through online offerings. This is the irony of the American outdoor experience: visiting wild spaces supposedly untouched by capitalism first requires shopping.
Written by: Rachel S. Gross
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A Hard Rain
- America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence Lost
- Written by: Frye Gaillard
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 25 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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With A Hard Rain, Gaillard gives us a deeply personal history, bringing his keen storyteller's eye to this pivotal time in American life. He explores the competing story arcs of tragedy and hope through the political and social movements of the times: civil rights, black power, women's liberation, the war in Vietnam, and the protests and movements against it.
Written by: Frye Gaillard
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Preserved
- A Cultural History of the Funeral Home in America
- Written by: Dean G. Lampros
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Funeral homes are immediately recognizable features of the American landscape, and yet the history of how these spaces emerged remains largely untold. In Preserved, Dean Lampros uses the history of this uniquely American architectural icon to explore the twentieth century's expanding consumer landscape and reveal how buildings can help construct identities.
Written by: Dean G. Lampros
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The Last American Frontier
- Written by: Frederic Logan Paxton
- Narrated by: Joseph Tabler
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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From the Author’s Preface: I have told here the story of the last frontier within the United States, trying at once to preserve the picturesque atmosphere that has given to the “Far West” a definite and well-understood meaning and to indicate those forces which have shaped the history of the country beyond the Mississippi.
Written by: Frederic Logan Paxton
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Before the Movement
- The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights
- Written by: Dylan C. Penningroth
- Narrated by: Terrence Kidd
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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In Before the Movement, Dylan C. Penningroth brilliantly revises the conventional story. Drawing on long-forgotten sources found in the basements of county courthouses across the nation, Penningroth reveals that African Americans, far from being ignorant about law until the middle of the twentieth century, have thought about, talked about, and used it going as far back as even the era of slavery.
Written by: Dylan C. Penningroth
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Facts the Historians Leave Out
- A Confederate Primer
- Written by: John S. Tilley
- Narrated by: Joel Shrank
- Length: 45 mins
- Unabridged
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"Facts the Historians Leave Out" is a book that delves into lesser-known aspects and perspectives of American history, particularly focusing on the Confederate side of the Civil War. This work seeks to shed light on events, figures, and narratives that the author argues have been overlooked or underrepresented in mainstream historical accounts.
Written by: John S. Tilley
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The Constitution of the United States of America, Declaration of Independence and the United States Bill of Rights
- Written by: Founding Fathers
- Narrated by: Jason McCoy
- Length: 45 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook offers an immersive journey into the foundational documents of the United States of America, masterfully narrated by Jason McCoy. Instead of merely presenting the text, McCoy brings to life the Constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights through his engaging and thoughtful narration. This unique auditory experience allows listeners to delve deep into the essence of these pivotal documents, which are the bedrock of American democracy and encapsulate the nation's ideals and aspirations.
Written by: Founding Fathers
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Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1
- Written by: Angela Y. Davis
- Narrated by: Angela Y. Davis
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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An icon of revolutionary politics, Angela Y. Davis has been at the forefront of collective movements for prison abolition for over fifty years. Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, the first of two important new volumes, brings together an essential collection of Davis’s essays, conversations, and interviews over the years, showing how her thinking has sharpened and evolved even as she has remained uncompromising in her commitment to collective liberation.
Written by: Angela Y. Davis
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Service with the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers
- Four Years with the Iron Brigade
- Written by: Rufus R. Dawes
- Narrated by: Robert Anthony
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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"Service With the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers: Four Years with the Iron Brigade" is a compelling memoir penned by Rufus R. Dawes, offering a vivid portrayal of his experiences as a soldier during the American Civil War.
Written by: Rufus R. Dawes
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The Strenuous Life
- Essays and Addresses
- Written by: Theodore Roosevelt
- Narrated by: John Hemilton
- Length: 29 mins
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The speech "The Strenuous Life" by Theodore Roosevelt, is one of his most famous and enduring speeches. Delivered in Chicago on April 10, 1899, to the Hamilton Club, it served as a call to action for Americans to embrace hard work, duty, and perseverance as the foundation of a prosperous and strong nation.
Written by: Theodore Roosevelt
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The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Vol. 1
- Written by: Jefferson Davis
- Narrated by: John Riddle
- Length: 24 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Former Confederate President Jefferson Davis penned "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government" in 1881, offering a historical perspective and justification for the Confederacy's formation and actions during the Civil War. While serving as a valuable primary source for understanding Confederate leadership's motivations, the work is also recognized for its biased defense of the Confederacy and its "Lost Cause" narrative.
Written by: Jefferson Davis
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Our Man in Panama
- The Shrewd Rise and Brutal Fall of Manuel Noriega
- Written by: John Dinges
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Written by a prize-winning NPR veteran who spent years covering Latin America, this blend of biography, history, and political reporting details the events that lead to the American invasion of Panama.
Written by: John Dinges
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A Mystery from the Mummy-Pits
- The Amazing Journey of Ankh-Hap
- Written by: Frank L. Holt
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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As the world recently commemorated the hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, our fascination with the pharaoh begs for a balanced view. Most recovered mummies have not escaped the modern trafficking in ancient bodies and body parts. The story of Ankh-Hap, a Ptolemaic-era mummy seized in the nineteenth century from the infamous mummy-pits of Egypt, provides a salutary example of what most mummies have endured.
Written by: Frank L. Holt
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The Witch of New York
- The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice
- Written by: Alex Hortis
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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The Witch of New York is the first narrative history about the dueling trial lawyers, ruthless newsmen, and shameless hucksters who turned the Polly Bodine case into America’s formative tabloid trial. An origin story of how America became addicted to sensationalized reporting of criminal trials, The Witch of New York vividly reconstructs an epic mystery from Old New York—and uses the Bodine case to challenge our system of tabloid justice of today.
Written by: Alex Hortis