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Long Way Back to the River Kwai
- A Harrowing True Story of Survival in World War II
- Written by: Loet Velmans
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
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The astounding memoir of a World War II veteran who spent three and a half years in the slave-labor camps made famous by The Bridge on the River Kwai.
Loet Velmans was 17 when the Germans invaded Holland. He and his family fled to London on the Dutch Coast Guard cutter Seaman’s Hope and then sailed to the Dutch East Indies - now Indonesia - where he joined the Dutch army. In March 1942, the Japanese invaded the archipelago and made prisoners of the Dutch soldiers. For the next three and a half years Velmans and his fellow POWs toiled in slave-labor camps.
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Long Way Back to the River Kwai
- A Harrowing True Story of Survival in World War II
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Release Date: 04-02-13
- Language: English
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The Braided River
- A Journey Along the Brahmaputra
- Written by: Samrat Choudhury
- Narrated by: Ranjit Madgavkar
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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The Brahmaputra is by some margin the largest river in India. After its confluence with the Ganga in Bangladesh, it becomes the largest in Asia. In The Braided River, journalist Samrat Choudhury sets out to follow its braided course from the edge of Tibet where it enters India down to where it...
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The Braided River
- A Journey Along the Brahmaputra
- Narrated by: Ranjit Madgavkar
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Release Date: 22-12-21
- Language: English
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Rivers in the Desert
- William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles
- Written by: Margaret Leslie Davis
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Rivers in the Desert follows the remarkable career of William Mulholland, the visionary who engineered the rise of Los Angeles as the greatest American city west of the Mississippi. He sought to transform the sparse and barren desert into an inhabitable environment by designing the longest aqueduct in the Western Hemisphere, bringing water from the mountains to support a large city. This "fascinating history" chronicles Mulholland's dramatic ascension to wealth and fame - followed by his tragic downfall after the sudden collapse of the dam he had constructed.
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Rivers in the Desert
- William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Release Date: 28-12-21
- Language: English
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In Search of the River Jordan
- A Story of Palestine, Israel and the Struggle for Water
- Written by: James Fergusson
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Access to water has played a pivotal role in the Israel-Palestine dispute. Israel has diverted the River Jordan via pipes and canals to build a successful modern state. But this has been at the expense of the region's cohabitants. Gaza is now so water-stressed that the United Nations has warned it could soon become uninhabitable; its traditional water source has been ruined by years of over-extraction and mismanagement, the effects exacerbated by years of crippling blockade.
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In Search of the River Jordan
- A Story of Palestine, Israel and the Struggle for Water
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Release Date: 29-08-23
- Language: English
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River of Dark Dreams
- Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom
- Written by: Walter Johnson
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 19 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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When Jefferson acquired the Louisiana Territory, he envisioned an "empire for liberty" populated by self-sufficient white farmers. Cleared of Native Americans and the remnants of European empires by Andrew Jackson, the Mississippi Valley was transformed instead into a booming capitalist economy commanded by wealthy planters, powered by steam engines, and dependent on the coerced labor of slaves.
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River of Dark Dreams
- Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 19 hrs and 18 mins
- Release Date: 19-10-21
- Language: English
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In Praise of Floods
- The Untamed River and the Life It Bring
- Written by: James C. Scott
- Narrated by: William Hope
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Rivers, on a long view, are alive. They are born; they change; they shift their channels; they forge new routes to the sea; they move both gradually and violently; they can teem (usually) with life; they may die a quasi-natural death; they are frequently maimed and even murdered. It is the annual flood pulse—the brief time when the river occupies the floodplain—that gives a river its vitality, but it is human engineering that kills it, suppressing the flood pulse with dams, irrigation, siltation, dikes, and levees.
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In Praise of Floods
- The Untamed River and the Life It Bring
- Narrated by: William Hope
- Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Release Date: 12-06-25
- Language: English
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Across the River
- Life, Death, and Football in an American City
- Written by: Kent Babb
- Narrated by: Ryan Vincent Anderson, Kent Babb
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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On the west bank of the Mississippi lies the New Orleans neighborhood of Algiers. Short on hope but big on dreams, its mostly poor and marginalized residents find joy on Friday nights when the Cougars of Edna Karr High School take the field. For years, this football program has brought glory to...
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Across the River
- Life, Death, and Football in an American City
- Narrated by: Ryan Vincent Anderson, Kent Babb
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Release Date: 10-08-21
- Language: English
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The River Home
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Olivia Dowd
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Release Date: 04-08-20
- Language: English
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Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River
- Nature and Power in the People's Republic of China
- Written by: R. Edward Grumbine
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
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China’s meteoric rise to economic powerhouse might be charted with dams. Every river in the country has been tapped to power exploding cities and factories - every river but one. Running through one of the richest natural areas in the world, the Nujiang’s raging waters were on the verge of being dammed when a 2004 government moratorium halted construction. Might the Chinese dragon bow to the "Angry River"? Would Beijing put local people and their land ahead of power and profit? Could this remote region actually become a model for sustainable growth? Ed Grumbine traveled to the far corners of China’s Yunnan province to find out.
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Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River
- Nature and Power in the People's Republic of China
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Release Date: 29-10-13
- Language: English
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River Songs
- Moments of Wild Wonder in Fly Fishing
- Written by: Steve Duda
- Narrated by: Steve Duda
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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River Songs is rich with bracing, authentic, generous stories-writing that revels in language and spirit. Avoiding most of fly fishing's cliches—the romantic elegies, the Moby-Dick-like conquests, the play-by-play detailing a "victory" over a fish—Steve Duda instead offers pieces that breathe lived experience, reveal vulnerabilities, and convey a broad perspective of what it means to have "a long run with a tight crew."
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River Songs
- Moments of Wild Wonder in Fly Fishing
- Narrated by: Steve Duda
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Release Date: 12-11-24
- Language: English
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Dreams from Many Rivers
- A Hispanic History of the United States Told in Poems
- Written by: Margarita Engle
- Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon, Frankie Corzo
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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From Juana Briones and Juan Ponce de León to 18th-century slaves and modern-day sixth graders, the many and varied people depicted here speak to the experiences and contributions of Latinos throughout the history of the United States, from the earliest known stories up to the present day. A portrait of a great, enormously varied, and enduring heritage, this is a compelling treatment of an important topic. Some voices are composite characters, not historical figures.
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Dreams from Many Rivers
- A Hispanic History of the United States Told in Poems
- Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon, Frankie Corzo
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Release Date: 08-10-19
- Language: English
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Windswept: Life, Nature and Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands
- Life, Nature and Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands
- Written by: Annie Worsley
- Narrated by: Carolyn Bonnyman
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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‘Windswept is a wonderful work, prose painted in bold, bright strokes like a Scottish Colourist's canvas’ ROBERT MACFARLANE ‘An instant classic of British nature-writing’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH A few years ago, Annie Worsley traded a busy life in academia to take on a small-holding or croft on...
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Windswept: Life, Nature and Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands
- Life, Nature and Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands
- Narrated by: Carolyn Bonnyman
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Release Date: 03-08-23
- Language: English
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The Captivity of the Oatman Girls
- The History of the Young Sisters Who Were Abducted by Native Americans in the 1850s
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
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On the North American continent, Native American tribes carried out abductions against the new European settlers from the time they first set foot on eastern shores. Some of the women taken in the colonial to early American period went on to become respected figures in their new environments, while others lived out their lives as slaves.
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The Captivity of the Oatman Girls
- The History of the Young Sisters Who Were Abducted by Native Americans in the 1850s
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Release Date: 10-07-17
- Language: English
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All the Water in the World
- A Novel
- Written by: Eiren Caffall
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In the tradition of Station Eleven, a literary thriller set partly on the roof of New York’s Museum of Natural History in a flooded future. "Eunice Wong narrates the band of survivors with tenderness while also conveying their gritty determination as they seek a new life in a world forever...
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All the Water in the World
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release Date: 07-01-25
- Language: English
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Damnation Island
- Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York
- Written by: Stacy Horn
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Today it is known as Roosevelt Island. In 1828, when New York City purchased this narrow, two-mile-long island in the East River, it was called Blackwell's Island. There, over the next hundred years, the city would build a lunatic asylum, prison, hospital, workhouse, and almshouse. Stacy Horn has crafted a compelling and chilling narrative told through the stories of the poor souls sent to Blackwell's, as well as the period's city officials, reformers, and journalists (including the famous Nellie Bly). Damnation Island re-creates what daily life was like on the island....
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Damnation Island
- Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Release Date: 15-05-18
- Language: English
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Flower in the River: A Family Tale Finally Told
- Written by: Natalie Zett
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"Flower in the River" podcast, inspired by my book of the same name, explores the 1915 Eastland Disaster in Chicago and its enduring impact, particularly on my family's history. We'll explore the intertwining narratives of others impacted by this tragedy as well, and we'll dive into writing and genealogy and uncover the surprising supernatural elements that surface in family history research. Come along with me on this journey of discovery.
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A Long Way From Home
- Growing Up in the American Heartland
- Written by: Tom Brokaw
- Narrated by: Dan Cashman
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
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Reflections on America and the American experience as he has lived and observed it, by the bestselling author of The Greatest Generation. In this beautiful memoir, Tom Brokaw writes of America and of the American experience. From his parents’ life in the 1930s, on to his boyhood along the...
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A Long Way From Home
- Growing Up in the American Heartland
- Narrated by: Dan Cashman
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Release Date: 15-04-04
- Language: English
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Whales in the City
- Written by: Nancy F. Castaldo, Chuck Groenink
- Narrated by: Tara Novie
- Length: 22 mins
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Whales in the City features sound design and special effects to enhance your listening enjoyment. Listen out for the sounds of New York City and the songs of whales! For fans of If Sharks Disappeared, this kid-friendly audiobook is a true story about how community action saved the whales of New...
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Whales in the City
- Narrated by: Tara Novie
- Length: 22 mins
- Release Date: 18-03-25
- Language: English
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