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Desire of the Everlasting Hills by Thomas Cahill
Desire of the Everlasting Hills
Thomas Cahill
Desire of the Everlasting Hills by Thomas Cahill

Desire of the Everlasting Hills

By: Thomas Cahill

Narrated by: Brian F. O'Byrne

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization comes a compelling historical narrative about Jesus—an obscure rabbi from a backwater of the Roman Empire who became the central figure in Western Civilization.

"Divertingly instructive...gratifying...[Cahill] makes Jesus a still-living literary presence." —The...
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How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
How the Irish Saved Civilization
Thomas Cahill
How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill

How the Irish Saved Civilization

By: Thomas Cahill

Narrated by: Donal Donnelly

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent... Read more

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Don't Know Much About the Civil War - Abridged by Kenneth C. Davis
Don't Know Much About the Civil War - Abridged
Kenneth C. Davis
Don't Know Much About the Civil War - Abridged by Kenneth C. Davis

Don't Know Much About the Civil War - Abridged

By: Kenneth C. Davis

Narrated by: Kenneth C. Davis

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Distinct, clear, and balanced. . . . Davis has a gift for deftly rendering the essentials.”—New York Times Book Review

“Lively and relevant.” —USA Today

 
Millions of Americans, bored by dull textbooks, are in the dark about the most significant event in our history. Now New York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes to the rescue,... Read more

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The End of the Road - Abridged by Tom Bodett
The End of the Road - Abridged
Tom Bodett
The End of the Road - Abridged by Tom Bodett

The End of the Road - Abridged

By: Tom Bodett

Narrated by: Tom Bodett

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Culled from Bodett's syndicated radio show, these interconnected stories captures the essence of life in America--especially Homer, Alaska, the sort of place where the keys are left in the snowplow in case someone gets stuck after hours. Read more

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Notes From a Small Island - Abridged by Bill Bryson
Notes From a Small Island - Abridged
Bill Bryson
Notes From a Small Island - Abridged by Bill Bryson

Notes From a Small Island - Abridged

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: Bill Bryson

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bill Bryson is an unabashed Anglophile who, through a mistake of history, happened to be born and bred in Iowa. Righting that error, he spent 20 years in England before deciding to repatriate. This was partly to let his wife and children experience life in Bryson's homeland - and partly because he had read that 3.7 million Americans believed... Read more

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How the Irish Saved Civilization - Abridged by Thomas Cahill
How the Irish Saved Civilization - Abridged
Thomas Cahill
How the Irish Saved Civilization - Abridged by Thomas Cahill

How the Irish Saved Civilization - Abridged

By: Thomas Cahill

Narrated by: Liam Neeson

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent... Read more

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Seven Years in Tibet - Abridged by Heinrich Harrer
Seven Years in Tibet - Abridged
Heinrich Harrer
Seven Years in Tibet - Abridged by Heinrich Harrer

Seven Years in Tibet - Abridged

By: Heinrich Harrer

Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dramatized in a motion picture starring Brad Pitt, Seven Years in Tibet is the autobiographical account of a young Austrian adventurer and the escape from an internment camp that changed his life forever. In 1943, Heinrich Harrer, a noted mountain climber and skier, slipped out of captivity in India and made his way through the Himalayan passes... Read more

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Flags of Our Fathers - Abridged by James Bradley & Ron Powers
Flags of Our Fathers - Abridged
James Bradley & Ron Powers
Flags of Our Fathers - Abridged by James Bradley & Ron Powers

Flags of Our Fathers - Abridged

By: James Bradley & Ron Powers

Narrated by: Barry Bostwick

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Now abridged for young people, Flags of Our Fathers is the unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history: the raising of the U. S. flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America.

In February 1945, American... Read more

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The Book of Honor - Abridged by Ted Gup
The Book of Honor - Abridged
Ted Gup
The Book of Honor - Abridged by Ted Gup

The Book of Honor - Abridged

By: Ted Gup

Narrated by: Frank Muller

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A national bestseller, this extraordinary work of investigative reporting uncovers the identities, and the remarkable stories, of the CIA secret agents who died anonymously in the service of their country.

In the entrance of the CIA headquarters looms a huge marble wall into which seventy-one stars are carved-each representing an agent who has... Read more

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Stalin - Abridged by Edvard Radzinsky
Stalin - Abridged
Edvard Radzinsky
Stalin - Abridged by Edvard Radzinsky

Stalin - Abridged

By: Edvard Radzinsky

Narrated by: David McCallum

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the author of The Last Tsar, the first full-scale life of Stalin to have what no previous biography has fully obtained: the facts. Granted privileged access to Russia's secret archives, Edvard Radzinsky paints a picture of the Soviet strongman as more calculating, ruthless, and blood-crazed than has ever been described or imagined. Stalin... Read more

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The Great Republic - Abridged by Winston S. Churchill
The Great Republic - Abridged
Winston S. Churchill
The Great Republic - Abridged by Winston S. Churchill

The Great Republic - Abridged

By: Winston S. Churchill

Narrated by: Winston S. Churchill

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Great Republic is Sir Winston Churchill's personal vision of American history, from the arrival of the first European settlers to the dawn of the Cold War, edited by his grandson, the historian and journalist Winston S. Churchill. The book is a magnificent retelling of the American story, including some of the best short histories of the  ... Read more

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The Greatest Generation - Abridged by Tom Brokaw
The Greatest Generation - Abridged
Tom Brokaw
The Greatest Generation - Abridged by Tom Brokaw

The Greatest Generation - Abridged

By: Tom Brokaw

Narrated by: Tom Brokaw

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The instant classic that changed the way we saw World War II and an entire generation of Americans, from the beloved journalist whose own iconic career has lasted more than fifty years.

In this magnificent testament to a nation and her people, Tom Brokaw brings to life the extraordinary stories of a generation that gave new meaning to courage,... Read more

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The Greatest Generation Speaks - Abridged by Tom Brokaw
The Greatest Generation Speaks - Abridged
Tom Brokaw
The Greatest Generation Speaks - Abridged by Tom Brokaw

The Greatest Generation Speaks - Abridged

By: Tom Brokaw

Narrated by: Tom Brokaw

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful selection of the letters Tom Brokaw received in response to his towering #1 bestseller The Greatest Generation.
 
“When I wrote about the men and women who came out of the Depression, who won great victories and made lasting sacrifices in World War II and then returned home to begin building the world we have... Read more

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Confederates in the Attic - Abridged by Tony Horwitz
Confederates in the Attic - Abridged
Tony Horwitz
Confederates in the Attic - Abridged by Tony Horwitz

Confederates in the Attic - Abridged

By: Tony Horwitz

Narrated by: Michael Beck

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When prize-winning war correspondent Tony Horwitz leaves the battlefields of Bosnia and the Middle East for a peaceful corner of the Blue Ridge Mountains, he thinks he's put war zones behind him. But awakened one morning by the crackle of musket fire, Horwitz starts filing front-line dispatches again this time from a war close to home, and to... Read more

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Seabiscuit - Abridged by Laura Hillenbrand
Seabiscuit - Abridged
Laura Hillenbrand
Seabiscuit - Abridged by Laura Hillenbrand

Seabiscuit - Abridged

By: Laura Hillenbrand

Narrated by: Campbell Scott

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend.

Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than ... Read more

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Howard Hughes by Peter Harry Brown & Pat H. Broeske
Howard Hughes
Peter Harry Brown & Pat H. Broeske
Howard Hughes by Peter Harry Brown & Pat H. Broeske

Howard Hughes

By: Peter Harry Brown & Pat H. Broeske

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 18 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In this luminous memoir, Rita Moreno shares her remarkable journey from a young girl with simple beginnings in Puerto Rico to Hollywood legend—and one of the few performers, and the only Hispanic, to win an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and two Emmys.

Born Rosita Dolores Alverio in the idyll of Puerto Rico, Moreno, at age five, embarked on a harrowing sea... Read more

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Rosa Parks by Douglas Brinkley
Rosa Parks
Douglas Brinkley
Rosa Parks by Douglas Brinkley

Rosa Parks

By: Douglas Brinkley

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1955, Rosa Parks, an African American seamstress, had no idea she was changing history when, fed up and tired, she refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a bus in segregated Alabama. Today, she is immortalized for the defiance that sent her to jail and triggered a bus boycott that catapulted Martin Luther King Jr. into the... Read more

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Herman Melville by Elizabeth Hardwick
Herman Melville
Elizabeth Hardwick
Herman Melville by Elizabeth Hardwick

Herman Melville

By: Elizabeth Hardwick

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A single novel, an eternal classic, established him as a founding father of American literature. Now, a century after his death, a new popular surge of interest in Herman Melville calls for Elizabeth Hardwick's rich analysis of "the whole of Melville's works, uneven as it is, and the challenging shape of his life . . . a story of the creative... Read more

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Microsoft First Generation by Cheryl Tsang
Microsoft First Generation
Cheryl Tsang
Microsoft First Generation by Cheryl Tsang

Microsoft First Generation

By: Cheryl Tsang

Narrated by: Mary Woods

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a story with all the ingredients of a modern legend, representing nothing less than the proverbial American Dream—writ extra-large. It is a story of hard work, brilliance, and extraordinary commitment, featuring the story’s original cast members, who could not possibly have foreseen the unprecedented success that awaited them: the... Read more

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What If...? Vol 3 - Abridged by Robert Cowley
What If...? Vol 3 - Abridged
Robert Cowley
What If...? Vol 3 - Abridged by Robert Cowley

What If...? Vol 3 - Abridged

By: Robert Cowley

Narrated by: Murphy Guyer

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Historians and inquisitive laymen alike love to ponder the dramatic what-ifs of history. In these never-before-published essays, some of the keenest minds of our time ask the big, tantalizing questions: Where might we be if history had not unfolded the way it did? Why, how, and when was our fortune made real? The answers are surprising,... Read more

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Harry Hoxsey, Healer Before His Time by Kenny Ausubel
Harry Hoxsey, Healer Before His Time
Kenny Ausubel
Harry Hoxsey, Healer Before His Time by Kenny Ausubel

Harry Hoxsey, Healer Before His Time

By: Kenny Ausubel

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Kenny Ausubel presents cutting edge data about an unsung hero: Harry Hoxsey, who was an ex-coal miner who claimed a cure for cancer back in 1924, using herbal remedies inherited from his great grandfather. Read more

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Anton Chekhov by Donald Rayfield
Anton Chekhov
Donald Rayfield
Anton Chekhov by Donald Rayfield

Anton Chekhov

By: Donald Rayfield

Narrated by: Fred Williams

Length: 28 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Anton Chekhov’s life was short, intense, and dominated by battles, both with his dependents and with the tuberculosis that killed him at age forty-four. The traditional image of Chekhov is that of the restrained artist torn between medicine and literature, but Donald Rayfield’s biography reveals the life long hidden behind the noble facade. Here... Read more

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Woodrow Wilson by Louis Auchincloss
Woodrow Wilson
Louis Auchincloss
Woodrow Wilson by Louis Auchincloss

Woodrow Wilson

By: Louis Auchincloss

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Woodrow Wilson sheds new light on Wilson’s upbringing and career and shows the grim determination that carried him to the presidency just before World War I. From the dynamic figure whose ringing speeches hypnotized vast crowds, to the gentle voice reading poetry to his children, to the rising academic and president of Princeton who made the... Read more

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Joan of Arc by Mary Gordon
Joan of Arc
Mary Gordon
Joan of Arc by Mary Gordon

Joan of Arc

By: Mary Gordon

Narrated by: Mari Devon

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Celebrated novelist Mary Gordon brings Joan of Arc alive as a complex figure full of contradictions and desires, as well as spiritual devotion. A humble peasant girl, Joan transformed herself into the legendary Maid of Orléans, knight, martyr, and saint. Following the voice of God, she led an army to victory and crowned the king of France, only... Read more

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