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Operation Barras
By: William Fowler
Narrated by: Matt Addis
Length: 8 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
The inside story of the most daring SAS rescue mission ever
In September 2000 eleven British soldiers were captured by a notorious militia gang in Sierra Leone. The so-called 'West Side Boys' had subjected their part of the country to a long reign of terror, murdering, kidnapping and mutilating anyone who stood in their way.
Now British soldiers... Read more
Things We Forgot to Remember
By: Michael Portillo
Narrated by: Michael Portillo & Various
Length: 10 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Michael Portillo uncovers the forgotten events concealed by famous moments in history
History is complicated, and to make sense of it, we construct a narrative, editing and shaping the past to form a coherent story. But in doing so, there is much we leave out, leading to gaps in our collective memory. In this series, broadcaster and former... Read more
Omoiyari
By: Amadeus Sorensen
Narrated by: M. Alexandria Steeves
Length: 36 minutes
Abridged: No
Omoiyari is the philosophy of selfless compassion.
This is the audiobook to help you see the beauty in omoiyari and bring harmony into your own life. All simply by bringing happiness into the lives of others. Understanding the foundations of omoiyari will give an even greater sense of embodiment and appreciation. From the main branch omoi and... Read more
The History of Wales
By: History Nerds
Narrated by: Theodore Zephyr
Length: 3 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Wales has a long and storied history, filled with heroic deeds, legendary figures, and pivotal moments. In this concise history book, you will discover the fascinating story of Wales, from its ancient Celtic origins to the modern-day nation. From the reign of King Arthur and the battles of the Welsh princes to the industrial revolution and the... Read more
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Meditaciones
By: Marco Aurelio
Narrated by: Dario Matamoros
Length: 4 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
Las meditaciones de Marco Aurelio contienen los pensamientos y creencias esenciales de la filosofía estoica. El libro contiene los pensamientos privados del gran emperador Marco Aurelio. Él nunca publicó la obra en su vida. La forma de escritura es única y rica. Todos se necesitan oír esta obra clásica escrita por Marco Aurelio. Esta rendición... Read more
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The Only Woman in the Room
By: Pnina Lahav
Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
Length: 13 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
A feminist biography of the only woman to become Prime Minister of IsraelIn this authoritative and empathetic biography, Pnina Lahav reexamines the life of Golda Meir (1898–1978) through a feminist lens, focusing on her recurring role as
a woman standing alone among men. The Only Woman in the Room is the first book to contend with Meir’s full... Read more
To Love and Be Loved
By: Jim Towey
Narrated by: Jim Towey
Length: 7 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
From a trusted advisor and devoted friend of Mother Teresa comes a “powerful” (The Washington Free Beacon) firsthand account of the miraculous woman behind the saint and a book that is “rich in reflection on contemporary sanctity” (George Weigel).
Mother Teresa was one of the most admired women of the 20th century, and her memory continues to... Read more
Need to Know
By: Nicholas Reynolds
Narrated by: Fred Sanders
Length: 13 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
Historian and former CIA officer Nicholas Reynolds, the New York Times bestselling author of Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy, uncovers the definitive history of American intelligence during World War II, illuminating its key role in securing victory. “Need to Know is the most thorough and detailed history available on the origins of U.S.... Read more
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To Make Our World Anew
By: Robin D.G. Kelley & Earl Lewis
Narrated by: Terrence Kidd
Length: 17 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
Here is a panoramic view of African American life, rich in gripping first-person accounts and short character sketches that invite readers to relive history as African Americans experienced it. We begin in Africa, with the growth of the slave trade, and follow the forced migration of what is estimated to be between ten and twenty million people,... Read more
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The Chaos Machine
By: Max Fisher
Narrated by: Peter Ganim
Length: 15 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
From a New York Times investigative reporter, this “authoritative and devastating account of the impacts of social media” (New York Times Book Review) tracks the high-stakes inside story of how Big Tech’s breakneck race to drive engagement—and profits—at all costs fractured the world, and is “an essential book for our times” (Ezra Klein). We... Read more
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Becoming FDR
By: Jonathan Darman
Narrated by: Will Damron
Length: 12 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
“An illuminating account of how Franklin D. Roosevelt’s struggles with polio steeled him for the great struggles of the Depression and of World War II.”—Jon Meacham
“A valuable book for anyone who wants to know how adversity shapes character. By understanding how FDR became a deeper and more empathetic person, we can nurture those traits in... Read more
Everyday Life in Medieval London
By: Toni Mount
Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
Length: 10 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
London has always been a thriving and colorful place, full of diverse and determined individuals developing trade and finance, exchanging gossip, and doing business.Abandoned by the Romans, rebuilt by the Saxons, occupied by the Vikings, and reconstructed by the Normans, the city would become the largest trade and financial center, dominating... Read more
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The Godmother
By: Barbie Latza Nadeau
Narrated by: Barbie Latza Nadeau
Length: 6 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
“The Godmother [is a] crisply written, dutifully researched book exploring the role of women in the…underbelly of Italian life.”
—New York Times Book Review
The chilling story of one woman’s rise to prominence in the Italian Mafia, and the as-yet untold stories of the women who followed in her footsteps.
For as long as it has gripped our... Read more
Working 9 to 5
By: Ellen Cassedy
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Length: 7 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
9 to 5 wasn’t just a comic film—it was a movement built by Ellen Cassedy and her friends.Ten office workers in Boston started out sitting in a circle and sharing the problems they encountered on the job. In a few short years, they had built a nationwide movement that united people of diverse races, classes, and ages.They took on the corporate... Read more
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The Daughter of Auschwitz
By: Tova Friedman & Malcolm Brabant
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 7 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
WITH A FOREWORD BY SIR BEN KINGSLEY
A powerful memoir by one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz, Tova Friedman, following her childhood growing up during the Holocaust and surviving a string of near-death experiences in a Jewish ghetto, a Nazi labor camp, and Auschwitz.
"I am a survivor. That comes with a... Read more
Skirts
By: Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
Narrated by: Sarah Welborn
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
In a sparkling social history, Skirts traces the shifting roles of women over the twentieth century through the era's most iconic and influential dresses.
While the story of women's liberation has often been framed by the growing acceptance of pants over the twentieth century, the most important and influential female fashions of the era... Read more
Black Snow
By: James M. Scott
Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
Length: 12 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were... Read more
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New Democracy
By: William J. Novak
Narrated by: A.W. Miller
Length: 12 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
The activist state of the New Deal started forming decades before the FDR administration, demonstrating the deep roots of energetic government in America.
In the period between the Civil War and the New Deal, American governance was transformed, with momentous implications for social and economic life. A series of legal reforms gradually... Read more
Coffee with Hitler
By: Charles Spicer
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 11 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
The fascinating story of how an eccentric group of intelligence agents used amateur diplomacy to penetrate the Nazi high command in an effort to prevent the start of World War II“How might the British have handled Hitler differently?” remains one of history’s greatest “what ifs."Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding story of how a handful of... Read more
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The Weary Blues
By: Langston Hughes
Narrated by: Rhett Samuel Price
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Langston Hughes is a widely celebrated African American writer and important leader of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance. Deeply inspired by the great poet Walt Whitman, Hughes’ own writings gave voice to the Black community in the American literary canon. His assertion that “I, too, sing America” echoes through history and continues to be a battle... Read more
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Oceans of Grain
By: Scott Reynolds Nelson
Narrated by: Jason Arnold
Length: 9 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
An "incredibly timely" global history journeys from the Ukrainian steppe to the American prairie to show how grain built and toppled the world's largest empires (Financial Times).
To understand the rise and fall of empires, we must follow the paths traveled by grain—along rivers, between ports, and across seas. In Oceans of Grain, historian... Read more
Off with Her Head
By: Eleanor Herman
Narrated by: Erin Bennett
Length: 10 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times bestseller Eleanor Herman, author of Sex with Kings and Sex with Presidents, returns with another work of popular history, exploring the history of misogyny against women with power from Cleopatra to Kamala Harris.
Imagine Donald Trump as a woman, called Donna. Would Donna Trump have been viewed as blunt, honest, and refreshing?... Read more
The Fight in the Clouds
By: James P. Busha
Narrated by: Adam Grupper
Length: 8 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Get as close as you’ll get to a World War II–era P-51 Mustang without flying one yourself with this spellbinding collection of tales from the men who actually flew the planes into war. The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang first started appearing in real numbers in 1943, at the climax of the Allied campaign in World War II. Able to fly long... Read more
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The Princess and the Political Agent
By: Binodini Devi
Narrated by: L. Somi Roy
Length: 8 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
The Manipuri writer Binodini's Sahitya Akademi Award-winning historical novel The Princess and the Political Agent tells the love story of her aunt Princess Sanatombi and Lt. Col. Henry P. Maxwell, the British representative in the subjugated Tibeto-Burman kingdom of Manipur. A poignant story of love and fealty, treachery andvalour, it is set in... Read more
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