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Rites of Passage - Abridged
By: Robert Peterson
Narrated by: Eric Conger
Length: 1 hour 49 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A raw, powerful account of an infantryman’s life during wartime– complete with all the horrors and the heroism . . .
Robert Peterson arrived in Vietnam in the fall of 1966, a young American ready to serve his country and seize his destiny. What happened in that jungle war would change his life forever. Peterson vividly relives the tense patrols... Read more
What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response
By: Bernard Lewis
Narrated by: John Lee
Length: 6 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
For many centuries, the world of Islam was at the forefront of human achievement—the foremost military and economic power in the world, the leader in the arts and sciences of civilization. Christian Europe, a remote land beyond its northwestern frontier, was seen as an outer darkness of barbarism and unbelief from which there was nothing to... Read more
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Shadow Warriors
By: Tom Clancy & General Carl Stiner
Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz
Length: 21 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Teams of dedicated, highly specialized soldiers trained to a higher standard than regular forces; an armamentarium of advanced weapons and tactics; a variety of exotic, critical assignments for the good of the nation; in short, the U.S. Special Forces seem tailor-made for Tom Clancy, progenitor of the techno-thriller. In this factual account... Read more
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Pope John XXIII
By: Thomas Cahill
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 8 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
No other pope of this century has aroused so much interest and universal affection throughout the world as has Pope John XXIII. Journal of a Soul is an inspiring reading experience that records this pope's thoughts and traces his spiritual development from adolescence to the seminary to a career as a priest, a European papal diplomat, Patriarch... Read more
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The 1960'S Live On In The 21St Century
By: James Fadiman
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
In this dynamic conversation, James Fadiman revisits that seminal moment in our history, and talks about the power and impact of the sixties and why the decade was so important. "Most of everything that we're doing that we're proud of today - the ecology movement, civil rights, and alternative medicine, feminism and more began then. Without... Read more
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Les plus belles Histoires de Haim - Vol 4
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 - Le héros de Burgwald2 - Rabbi 'Hanina et les poules perdues3 - Le secret de Tzvi4 - La guerre des éponges5 - La 'hanoucciah d'argent Read more
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War Paint - Abridged
By: Bill Goshen
Narrated by: Jake Robards
Length: 2 hours
Abridged: Yes
The men who served with in the 1st Infantry Division with F company, 52nd Infantry, (LRP) later redesignated as Company I, 75th Infantry (Ranger) --engaged in some of the fiercest, bloodiest fighting during the Vietnam War, suffering a greater relative aggregate of casualties that any other LRRP/LRP/ Ranger company. Their base was Lai Khe,... Read more
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Guns Up! - Abridged
By: Johnnie Clark
Narrated by: Jimmy Starace
Length: 1 hour 58 minutes
Abridged: Yes
THIS GUT-WRENCHING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IS A CLASSIC IN THE ANNALS OF VIETNAM LITERATURE.
"Guns up!" was the battle cry that sent machine gunners racing forward with their M60s to mow down the enemy, hoping that this wasn't the day they would meet their deaths. Marine Johnnie Clark heard that the life expectancy of a machine gunner in... Read more
Global Jihad
By: Quintan Wiktorowicz
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 1 hour 44 minutes
Abridged: No
A Middle East scholar writes in a clear straightforward manner, carefully explaining who the terrorists are, where they come from, how they justify killing civilians in the name of God, and why the United States has become the latest target. "Grover Gardner is flawless in some difficult pronunciations, measured in his speed as if listeners were... Read more
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Theodore Rex
By: Edmund Morris
Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz
Length: 25 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A shining portrait of a presciently modern political genius maneuvering in a gilded age of wealth, optimism, excess and American global ascension.”—San Francisco Chronicle
WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY • “[Theodore Rex] is one of the great histories of the American presidency, worthy of... Read more
Les plus belles Histoires de Haim - Vol 3
By: Yossef Brami & Haim Nisenbaum
Narrated by: Yossef Brami
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Vivez comme si vous y étiez de merveilleuses histoires juives jouées pour vous par des comédiens professionnels.1 - Le jour où les arbres parlèrent2 - Le noble de Damas3 - Le mariage des orphelins4 - Le secret de l'arbre Read more
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Rediscovering America's Founding Principles
By: Jacob Needleman
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
American democracy has existed for more than two hundred years, surviving challenges, betrayals, bashing, bloody wars, and the tragic attacks of September 11, 2001.Here Jacob Needleman explores the sacred meaning of America. Read more
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World War II: The Pacific - Abridged
By: The History Channel
Narrated by: Fritz Weaver & Edward Herrmann
Length: 3 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Relive history as the men who experienced some of the most intense battles of World War II share their stories. The WWII Battle Classics, produced as major TV specials by Lou Reda Productions for the past twenty years, have been brilliantly adapted for thrilling audio presentation. It's more than fascinating listening, it's essential history,... Read more
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Unabridged Selections from How Did this Happen?
By: James F. Hoge, Jr. & Gideon Rose
Narrated by: Chris Gannon
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on September 11, one question has been on everyone's mind: "How did this happen?" This book seeks to answer this question in all its critical aspects--the motives and actions of the terrorists, the status of the U.S. military, the context of the Middle East, bioterrorism, airport security, diplomatic... Read more
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Theodore Rex - Abridged
By: Edmund Morris
Narrated by: Harry Chase
Length: 8 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The most eagerly awaited presidential biography in years, Theodore Rex is a sequel to Edmund Morris’s classic bestseller The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. It begins by following the new President (still the youngest in American history) as he comes down from Mount Marcy, New York, to take his emergency oath of office in Buffalo, one hundred years... Read more
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Mark Twain - Abridged
By: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns & Dayton Duncan
Narrated by: Bill Meisle
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Ernest Hemingway called Huckleberry Finn “the best book we’ve ever had. There was nothing before. There’s been nothing as good since.” Critical opinion of this book hasn’t dimmed since Hemingway uttered these words; as author Russell Banks says in these pages, Twain “makes possible an American literature which would otherwise not have been... Read more
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Love Stories - Abridged
By: Larry King
Narrated by: Jill Eikenberry
Length: 4 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Larry King, whose previous books have sold more than one million copies, tells the moving and heartwarming stories of couples who met by chance and fell in love during World War II, based on his original interviews.
Poignant, inspiring, humorous, and unforgettable, these are the stories of men and women who, amid the chaos of a devestating war,... Read more
Germs - Abridged
By: Judith Miller
Narrated by: Murphy Guyer
Length: 6 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In this “engrossing, well-documented, and highly readable” (San Francisco Chronicle) New York Times bestseller, three veteran reporters draw on top sources inside and outside the U.S. government to reveal Washington's secret strategies for combating germ warfare and the deadly threat of biological and chemical weapons.
Today Americans have begun... Read more
Reaching for Glory - Abridged
By: Michael R. Beschloss
Narrated by: Michael R. Beschloss
Length: 6 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Reaching for Glory lets us eavesdrop on LBJ's private, often tortured thoughts during the most crucial year of his presidency -- when his dreams of being hailed as the equal of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt were destroyed by the war in Vietnam.
As Reaching for Glory opens, LBJ is campaigning for the greatest presidential landslide in... Read more
What If...? Vol 2 - Abridged
By: Robert Cowley
Narrated by: Murphy Guyer
Length: 4 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: Yes
There is no surer way to feel the danger or the good fortune of our collective past than to contemplate those moments when the world's future hung in the balance. Our brightest historians speculate on some of these intriguing crossroads and the ways in which our lives might have been changed for the better -- or the worse.
These unabridged essays... Read more
Andy Warhol
By: Wayne Koestenbaum
Narrated by: Arthur Addison
Length: 6 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
In his bravura account of Warhol's life and work, scholar and culture critic Wayne Koestenbaum gets past the contradictions and reveals the man behind the blond wig and dark glasses. Nimbly weaving brilliant and witty analysis into an absorbing narrative, Koestenbaum makes a convincing case for Warhol as a serious artist, one whose importance... Read more
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The Soul Of America
By: Jacob Needleman, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Jacob Needleman, internationally acclaimed author and philosopher, takes us on a journey back to the beginning of America and re-tells the story of America in a way that inspires and invites us to explore the lives of our forefathers and the sacred dimension of their founding principles. Read more
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Riddle of the Compass - Abridged
By: Amir D. Aczel
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 3 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The story of the compass is shrouded in mystery and myth, yet most will agree it begins around the time of the birth of Christ in ancient China. A mysterious lodestone whose powers affected metal was known to the Chinese emperor. When this piece of metal was suspended in water, it always pointed north. This unexplainable occurrence led to the... Read more
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The Big Enchilada
By: Stuart P. Stevens
Narrated by: Edward Holland
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Six years ago he owned a baseball team. Now he's the leader of the free world. "The Big Enchilada" is a comic anthem to the wild and improbable crusade that propelled George W. Bush into the White House and to the close-knit group of Texans who made it happen, written by "the Bush campaign's Renaissance man" (Time magazine).
Writer and political... Read more