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Alysee is four years old when her father begs her in a panic, for God's sake, not to fall asleep. But the little girl's eyes flutter shut. When she wakes up, her father is dead. Brutally murdered. The fear of sleep never leaves her. Years later, Alysee learns that her father has left her a former luxury hotel on the German-Polish border.

To enjoy this immersive experience on binaural sound, we recommend you listen to this title through earphones. Looking for Notre Dame takes us into the mind of the young Victor Hugo as he begins his research before writing his "cathedral novel" Notre-Dame de Paris. The year is 1828. Victor Hugo is 26 years old. Notre-Dame was then a church in a dilapidated state. Its renovation by Viollet-le-Duc and Jean-Baptiste Lassus will only take place in 1843. Notre-Dame is dying and Hugo wants to resurrect it, bring it back to its past splendor.

How has the Supreme Court impacted your life? Can the police search your emails? What made desegregation possible? Who is entitled to equal protection under the law? What are your essential rights and freedoms? What are the government’s responsibilities and limits? 16 Supreme Court cases have...

Join bestselling author and constitutional scholar David L. Hudson, Jr. for awe-inspiring listening on the life and career of one of the most revered Supreme Court justices in U.S. history. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman ever to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, was already a legendary...

Join bestselling biographer and sports author David L. Hudson for an inspirational view into the lives and triumphs of the world’s greatest athletes. We love them. We cheer for them like we know them personally. We name roads, buildings, and even towns after them. These are the sports heroes...

The definitive series on America’s boxing greats by a renowned boxing expert, author of over 40 books, and world-champion boxing judge. The bare-knuckle boxer John L. Sullivan in the late 1800s, the ferocious fists of “Iron” Mike Tyson in the 1980s, the culture shock of the legendary Jack...

Free speech lies at the heart of our American identity. The Founding Fathers enshrined this right in the first 45 words of the Bill of Rights. But what does the First Amendment really mean? How have views of its provisions evolved since 1791? The First Amendment grants us freedom of religion and...

Which flashpoint moment in US sports history stays with you the most? Whether we witness these moments of greatness ourselves or hear about them secondhand, these images become etched in our minds, indelibly imprinted in our national collective consciousness. Now, in this compelling 15-lecture...

A captivating 24-lecture audio series on the US Constitution by award-winning law professor David L. Hudson Jr. Written more than 200 years ago, the Constitution remains the backbone of American government and an example of freedom and democracy the world over. Once called the “Miracle at Philadelphia,” it remains America’s vital governing force today. Your audio course will begin in the summer of 1787, as the Founding Fathers met to revise the Articles of Confederation, then explore the ratification process and James Madison’s championing of the Bill of Rights.

Known as “Mr. Civil Rights” for his advocacy on behalf of racial justice, Thurgood Marshall argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education, arguably the most important Supreme Court decision in history. He later became the first African American to serve as U.S...

In the stunning follow-up to The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love & Truth, award-winning Black authors and artists come together to create a moving anthology collection celebrating Black love, Black creativity, Black resistance, and Black life. "A multifaceted, sometimes disheartening, yet...