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Lost in America
By: Sherwin B. Nuland
Narrated by: Sherwin B. Nuland
Length: 7 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
He walks with me through every day of my life, in that unsteady, faltering gait that so embarrassed me when I was a boy. Always, he is holding fast to the upper part of my right arm . . . As we make our way together, my father—I called him Daddy when I was small, because it sounded American and that is how he so desperately wanted things to... Read more
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Les plus belles Histoires de Haim - Vol 5
By: Yossef Brami & Haim Nisenbaum
Narrated by: Yossef Brami
Length: 1 hour 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Vivez comme si vous y étiez de merveilleuses histoires juives jouées pour vous par des comédiens professionnels.1 - Quand Bouni devint Nakdimon2 - Le gouverneur qui ne gouverna plus3 - Pour l'amour de la Torah (histoire de Hillel Ha Zaken)4 - Le miracle de Kippour Read more
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Captured by Indians
By: Mary Rowlandson
Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
Length: 1 hour 53 minutes
Abridged: No
In February of 1675 Narragansett Indians lay siege to Mary Rowlandson's village. Most were killed. "The bullets flying thick, one went through my side, and the same through the bowels of my dear child in my arms." This marvelous reading of her account, descriptive and mindful of the will of God, is a very powerful audiobook. Mary White was... Read more
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Sea of Glory
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 12 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
"A treasure of a book."—David McCullough
The harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing Lewis and Clark with its discoveries, from the New York Times bestselling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane's Eye.
A New York Times Notable Book
America's first frontier was not the... Read more
Kate Remembered
By: A. Scott Berg
Narrated by: Tony Goldwyn
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 New York Times bestseller!
For seven decades Katharine Hepburn played a leading role in the popular culture of the twentieth century—reigning as an admired actress, a beloved movie star, and a treasured icon of the modern American woman. She also remained one of the most private of all the public figures of her time.
In 1983—at the age of 75,... Read more
Sea of Glory - Abridged
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
Length: 5 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: Yes
"A treasure of a book."—David McCullough
The harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing Lewis and Clark with its discoveries, from the New York Times bestselling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane's Eye.
A New York Times Notable Book
America's first frontier was not the... Read more
Into Africa
By: Martin Dugard
Narrated by: John Lee
Length: 11 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
With the utterance of a single line—“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”—a remote meeting in the heart of Africa was transformed into one of the most famous encounters in exploration history. But the true story behind Dr. David Livingstone and journalist Henry Morton Stanley is one that has escaped telling. Into Africa is an extraordinarily ... Read more
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The Majesty of the Law
By: Sandra Day O'Connor
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 9 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Shows us why Sandra Day O’Connor is so compelling as a human being and so vital as a public thinker.”—Michael Beschloss
In this remarkable book, Sandra Day O’Connor explores the law, her life as a Supreme Court Justice, and how the Court has evolved and continues to function, grow, and change as an American institution.... Read more
The Sea Hunters II - Abridged
By: Clive Cussler & Craig Dirgo
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 5 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: Yes
From the authors of the #1 bestselling The Sea Hunters come more unforgettable true adventures with famous shipwrecks.
Abridged, five CDs, 6 hours Read more
Power Failure
By: Mimi Swartz & Sherron Watkins
Narrated by: Karen White
Length: 16 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
“They’re still trying to hide the weenie,” thought Sherron Watkins as she read a newspaper clipping about Enron two weeks before Christmas, 2001. . . It quoted [CFO] Jeff McMahon addressing the company’s creditors and cautioning them against a rash judgment. “Don’t assume that there is a smoking gun.”
Sherron knew Enron well enough to know that... Read more
Lost Discoveries
By: Dick Teresi
Narrated by: Peter Johnson
Length: 14 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Lost Discoveries, Dick Teresi's innovative history of science, explores the unheralded scientific breakthroughs from peoples of the ancient world -- Babylonians, Egyptians, Indians, Africans, New World and Oceanic tribes, among others -- and the non-European medieval world. They left an enormous heritage in the fields of mathematics, astronomy,... Read more
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A Long Way from Home - Abridged
By: Tom Brokaw
Narrated by: Tom Brokaw
Length: 2 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Reflections on America and the American experience as he has lived and observed it by the bestselling author of The Greatest Generation, whose iconic career in journalism has spanned more than fifty years
From his parents’ life in the Thirties, on to his boyhood along the Missouri River and on the prairies of South Dakota in the Forties, into... Read more
Bush at War - Abridged
By: Bob Woodward
Narrated by: James Naughton
Length: 6 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: Yes
With his unmatched investigative skill, Bob Woodward tells the behind-the-scenes story of how President George W. Bush and his top national security advisers, after the initial shock of the September 11 attacks, led the nation to war.
Extensive quotations from the secret deliberations of the National Security Council - -- and firsthand... Read more
To America - Abridged
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
Narrated by: Jeffrey DeMunn
Length: 4 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Completed shortly before Ambrose's untimely death, To America is a very personal look at our nation's history through the eyes of one of the twentieth century's most influential historians.
Ambrose roams the country's history, praising the men and women who made it exceptional. He considers Jefferson and Washington, who were progressive thinkers... Read more
The Conquerors - Abridged
By: Michael R. Beschloss
Narrated by: Michael R. Beschloss
Length: 6 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A New York Times bestseller, The Conquerors reveals how Franklin Roosevelt's and Harry Truman's private struggles with their aides and Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin affected the unfolding of the Holocaust and the fate of vanquished Nazi Germany.
With monumental fairness and balance, The Conquerors shows how Roosevelt privately refused... Read more
Blood Warriors - Abridged
By: Col. Michael Lee Lanning
Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
Length: 2 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Rangers, Green Berets, SEALs, Delta Force, LRRPs, Force Recon—
and the struggle of the best and the bravest to keep America free
They’re some of the toughest and most highly trained fighting men in the world—going where no ordinary soldier would go and doing what no ordinary soldier would dare. Outnumbered and outgunned, operating in small teams... Read more
Raising the Hunley - Abridged
By: Brian Hicks & Schuyler Kropf
Narrated by: Harry Chase
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Two prize-winning journalists, Brian Hicks and Schulyer Kropf, have chronicled this fascinating story of military daring, momentary victory, sudden death, buried secrets, persistence, and ultimate payoff. Read more
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No End Save Victory Volume 2 - Abridged
By: Various
Narrated by: Leo Burmester
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: Yes
This second set of essays from No End Save Victory will find a large and appreciative audience eager to learn more about his most crucial of 20th-century conflicts, World War II. Read more
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No End Save Victory - Abridged
By: Various
Narrated by: Leo Burmester
Length: 5 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: Yes
No End Save Victory will find a large and appreciative audience eager to hear what our era's most distinguished historical thinkers and writers have to say about this most crucial of 20th-century conflicts, World War II. Read more
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Live from New York - Abridged
By: James Andrew Miller & Tom Shales
Narrated by: Ensemble Cast
Length: 8 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Live from New York does what no other book about the show has ever done: It lets the people who were there tell the story in their own words, blunt and loving and uncensored. Read more
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Secrets - Abridged
By: Daniel Ellsberg
Narrated by: Dan Cashman & Daniel Ellsberg
Length: 10 hours
Abridged: Yes
Covering the decade between his entry into the Pentagon and Nixon's resignation, Secrets is Ellsberg’s meticulously detailed insider's account of the secrets and lies that shaped American foreign policy during the Vietnam era. Read more
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The Demon in the Freezer - Abridged
By: Richard Preston
Narrated by: James Naughton
Length: 5 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: Yes
“The bard of biological weapons captures the drama of the front lines.”—Richard Danzig, former secretary of the navy
The first major bioterror event in the United States-the anthrax attacks in October 2001-was a clarion call for scientists who work with “hot” agents to find ways of protecting civilian populations against biological weapons.... Read more
The Measure of All Things - Abridged
By: Ken Alder
Narrated by: Brian Jennings
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
In June 1792, amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions on an extraordinary journey. Starting in Paris, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre would make his way north to Dunkirk, while Pierre-François-André Méchain voyaged south to Barcelona. Their mission was to measure the world, and their... Read more
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt - Abridged
By: Edmund Morris
Narrated by: Harry Chase
Length: 8 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time
Described by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic," The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time. The publication of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt on September 14th, 2001 marks the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt ... Read more