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Platoon Leader - Abridged
By: James R. McDonough
Narrated by: Joel Rooks
Length: 1 hour 55 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A remarkable memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam.'
"Using a lean style and a sense of pacing drawn from the tautest of novels, McDonough has produced a gripping account of his first command, a U.S. platoon taking part in the 'strategic hamlet' program. . . . Rather than present a potpourri... Read more
13 Cent Killers - Abridged
By: John Culbertson
Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
Length: 2 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: Yes
“It’s not easy to stay alive with a $1,000 bounty on your head.”
In 1967, a bullet cost thirteen cents, and no one gave Uncle Sam a bigger bang for his buck than the 5th Marine Regiment Sniper Platoon. So feared were these lethal marksmen that the Viet Cong offered huge rewards for killing them. Now noted Vietnam author John J. Culbertson, a... Read more
Blood on the Risers - Abridged
By: John Leppelman
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 2 hours 1 minute
Abridged: Yes
In three straight years he was a paratropper, and army seaman, and a LRRP—and he lived to tell about it.
As an FNG paratrooper in the 173d Airborne, John Leppelman made that unit's only combat jump in Vietnam. Then he spent months in fruitless search of the enemy, watching as his buddies died because of poor leadership and lousy weapons. Often... Read more
Grover Cleveland
By: Henry F. Graff
Narrated by: Ira Claffey
Length: 4 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
A fresh look at the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms.
Though often overlooked, Grover Cleveland was a significant figure in American presidential history. Having run for President three times and gaining the popular vote majority each time -- despite losing the electoral college in 1892 -- Cleveland was unique in the line of... Read more
Theodore Roosevelt
By: Louis Auchincloss
Narrated by: Ira Claffey
Length: 3 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
An intimate portrait of the first president of the 20th century
The warm and knowing biography traces Roosevelt's involvement in the politics of New York City and New York State, his celebrated, military career, and his ascent to the national political stage. Caricatured through history as the "bull moose", Roosevelt was in fact a man of... Read more
William McKinley
By: Kevin Phillips
Narrated by: Richard Rohan
Length: 5 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
A bestselling historian and political commentator reconsiders McKinley's overshadowed legacy
By any serious measurement, bestselling historian Kevin Phillips argues, William McKinley was a major American president. It was during his administration that the United States made its diplomatic and military debut as a world power. McKinley was one of... Read more
Supreme Command
By: Eliot A. Cohen
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 10 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
The relationship between military leaders and political leaders has always been a complicated one, especially in times of war. When the chips are down, who should run the show, the politicians or the generals?In Supreme Command, Eliot Cohen examines four great democratic war statesmen, Abraham Lincoln, Georges Clemenceau, Winston Churchill, and... Read more
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Vote.com - Abridged
By: Dick Morris
Narrated by: Dick Morris
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
As the print and broadcast media-commonly referred to as the Fourth Estate-falters and fails, a new social and political force is rising in power. The Fifth Estate, as Morris has dubbed it, is made up of the rapidly growing number of voters who use Internet technology. This army of younger citizens with easy access to information and a direct... Read more
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Longitudes and Attitudes - Abridged
By: Thomas L. Friedman
Narrated by: Thomas L. Friedman
Length: 5 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: Yes
America's leading observer of the international scene on the minute-by-minute events of September 11, 2001--before, during and after.
As the Foreign Affairs columnist for the The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman is in a unique position to interpret the world for American readers. Twice a week, Friedman's celebrated commentary provides the most... Read more
Adventure Capitalist
By: Jim Rogers
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
Length: 12 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Drive . . . and grow rich!
The bestselling author of Investment Biker is back from the ultimate road trip: a three-year drive around the world that would ultimately set the Guinness record for the longest continuous car journey. In AdventureCapitalist, legendary investor Jim Rogers, dubbed “the Indiana Jones of finance” by Time magazine, proves... Read more
What Liberal Media? - Abridged
By: Eric Alterman
Narrated by: Eric Alterman
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Is media bias keeping us from getting the whole story? If so, who is at fault? Is it the Liberals who are purported to be running the newsrooms, television and radio stations of this country, duping an unsuspecting public into mistaking their party line for news? Or is it the conservatives who have identified media bias as a rallying cry around... Read more
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Serdar Somuncu liest E.A. Poe
By: Serdar Somuncu
Narrated by: Serdar Somuncu
Length: 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Die unerforschten Tiefen menschlicher Abgründe für den 21st Century Hörer. Mit Musik von Holger Czukay und Doc Walker. Read more
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Condi - Abridged
By: Antonia Felix
Narrated by: Antonia Felix
Length: 4 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: Yes
This is the remarkable and galvanizing true story of Condoleezza Rice—sixty-sixth United States Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, who once said about his close confidante, “Dr. Rice is not only a brilliant person, she is an experienced person. . . . America will find that she is a wise person.”With the current release of her own... 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
American
By: Chris Matthews
Narrated by: Chris Matthews
Length: 3 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
From Chris Matthews, former host of MSNBC’s Hardball and NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show, and New York Times bestselling author of Bobby Kennedy, Jack Kennedy, and Tip and the Gipper, comes a definitive work on the lifeblood of America—its enduring spirit.
People have often wondered what makes America truly great. With a citizenry of vastly... Read more
When You Ride Alone You Ride with Bin Laden
By: Bill Maher
Narrated by: Bill Maher
Length: 2 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Political provocateur Bill Maher tells it like it is in a useful and hilarious guide for the many Americans who want to do more here at home to help the war effort, but are at a loss as to what. Thirty-three dynamic posters and several classics from our government's archive—accompanied by text from one of our leading pundits and cutting-edge... Read more
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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
Future Wealth - Abridged
By: Stan Davis & Christopher Meyer
Narrated by: Alan Sklar
Length: 2 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Optimistic and provocative, Future Wealth looks forward to a society rich in the human, financial, and real aspects of wealth. Read more
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The One Minute Millionaire - Abridged
By: Mark Victor Hansen & Robert G. Allen
Narrated by: Mark Victor Hansen & Robert G. Allen
Length: 3 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Two mega-bestselling authors with decades of experience in teaching people how to achieve extraordinary wealth and success share their secrets.
Mark Victor Hansen, cocreator of the phenomenal Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and Robert G. Allen, one of the world’s foremost financial experts, have helped thousands of people become ... Read more
No Such Thing as a Bad Day - Abridged
By: Hamilton Jordan
Narrated by: Hamilton Jordan
Length: 4 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Since serving in the Carter White House in the late 1970s, Hamilton Jordan has survived non-Hodgkins lymphoma, melanoma, and prostate cancer. 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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What's So Great about America
By: Dinesh Souza
Narrated by: Dinesh D'Souza
Length: 6 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
What's So Great About America isn't a question—it's a statement. From the unique perspective that perhaps only an immigrant can have, Dinesh D'Souza says that America is a land of opportunity and freedom. A leading conservative thinker, D'Souza trumpets the science, democracy, and capitalism that he believes have led the West to global... 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
I May Be Wrong But I Doubt It - Abridged
By: Charles Barkley
Narrated by: Charles Barkley
Length: 2 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: Yes
If there’s one thing Charles Barkley knows, it’s the crying need for honest, open discussion in this country—the more uncomfortable the subject, the more necessary the dialogue. And if the discussion leader can be as wise, irreverent, (occasionally) profane and (consistently) funny as Charles Barkley, so much the better. Many people are going to... Read more
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