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The Real James Dean
By: Peter L. Winkler
Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
Length: 12 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
In the decades following his death, many of those who knew James Dean best––actors, directors, friends, lovers (both men and women), photographers, and Hollywood columnists––shared stories of their first-person experiences with him in interviews and in the articles and autobiographies they wrote. Their recollections of Dean became lost in... Read more
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Blown To Hell
By: Walter Pincus
Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
Length: 12 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
The most important place in American nuclear history are the Marshall Islands—an idyllic Pacific paradise that served as the staging ground for over sixty US nuclear tests. It was here, from 1946 to 1958, that America perfected the weapon that preserved the peace of the post-war years. It was here—with the 1954 Castle Bravo test over Bikini... Read more
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Patient Zero
By: Lydia Kang & Nate Pedersen
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Length: 14 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks—how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us.
Written in the authors’ lively and accessible style, chapters... Read more
The Suicide Battalion
By: J.L. McWilliams & R. James Steel
Narrated by: Graham Rowat
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
The men of the 46th Canadian Infantry Battalion were some of the most effective shock troops of the Allied forces in the Great War. They drove back German forces wherever they met and refused ever to surrender. Such tactics struck fear in their enemies, yet, it came at a tremendous cost. Of the 5374 officers and men who passed through the unit,... Read more
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Rez Rules
By: Chief Clarence Louie
Narrated by: Chief Clarence Louie
Length: 13 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
A common-sense blueprint for what the future of First Nations should look like as told through the fascinating life and legacy of a remarkable leader.
In 1984, at the age of twenty-four, Clarence Louie was elected Chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band in the Okanagan Valley. Nineteen elections later, Chief Louie has led his community for nearly four... Read more
Russia at War, 1941–1945
By: Alexander Werth
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Length: 38 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
In 1941, Russian-born British journalist Alexander Werth observed the unfolding of the Soviet-German conflict with his own eyes. What followed was the widely acclaimed book, Russia at War, first printed in 1964. At once a history of facts, a collection of interviews, and a document of the human condition, Russia at War is a stunning, modern... Read more
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A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce
By: Massimo Montanari
Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
Length: 1 hour 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Intellectually engaging and deliciously readable, a stereotype-defying history of how one of the most recognisable symbols of Italian cuisine and national identity is the product of centuries of encounters, dialogue, and exchange. Is it possible to identify a starting point in history from which everything else unfolds—a single moment that can... Read more
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By the Grace of the Game
By: Dan Grunfeld
Narrated by: Chris Lutkin
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
When Lily and Alex entered a packed gymnasium in Queens, New York, in 1972, they barely recognized their son. The boy who escaped to America with them, who was bullied as he struggled to learn English and cope with family tragedy, was now a young man who had discovered and secretly honed his basketball talent on the outdoor courts of New York... Read more
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The Week
By: David M. Henkin
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 8 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
We take the seven-day week for granted, rarely asking what anchors it or what it does to us. Yet weeks are not dictated by the natural order. They are, in fact, an artificial construction of the modern world. With meticulous archival research that draws on a wide array of sources—including newspapers, restaurant menus, theater schedules,... Read more
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Around the World in 80 Books
By: David Damrosch
Narrated by: David Damrosch
Length: 12 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
A transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, through classic and modern literary works that are in conversation with one another and with the world around them
*Featured in the Chicago Tribune's Great 2021 Fall Book Preview * One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Books About Travel of 2021*
Inspired by Jules Verne’s hero Phileas Fogg,... Read more
Raise a Fist, Take a Knee
By: John Feinstein
Narrated by: John Feinstein
Length: 10 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Based on dozens of shocking interviews with some of the most influential names in sports, this is the urgent and revelatory examination of racial inequality in professional athletics America has been waiting for.
Commentators, coaches, and fans alike have long touted the diverse rosters of leagues like the NFL and MLB as sterling examples of a... Read more
Muhammad, the World-Changer
By: Mohamad Jebara
Narrated by: John Pirkis
Length: 14 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
“A beautifully written, immaculately researched meditation on the impact of the Prophet Muhammad on the modern world. I loved this book!” —Reza Aslan, author of No God but God and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
A six-year-old cries in his mother’s arms as she draws her last breaths to urge him: “Muhammad, be a world-changer!” The... Read more
Women in the Picture
By: Catherine McCormack
Narrated by: Patty Nieman
Length: 6 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Art historian Catherine McCormack challenges how culture teaches us to see and value women, their bodies, and their lives.
Venus, maiden, wife, mother, monster—women have been bound so long by these restrictive roles, codified by patriarchal culture, that we scarcely see them. Catherine McCormack illuminates the assumptions behind these... Read more
The Nuremberg Interviews
By: Leon Goldensohn
Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine & Joshua Kane
Length: 19 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
The Nuremberg Interviews reveals the chilling innermost thoughts of the former Nazi officials under indictment at the famous postwar trial. The architects of one of history’s greatest atrocities speak out about their lives, their careers in the Nazi Party, and their views on the Holocaust. Their reflections are recorded in a set of interviews... Read more
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Reclamation
By: Gayle Jessup White
Narrated by: Karen Chilton
Length: 9 hours
Abridged: No
A Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings’ family explores America’s racial reckoning through the prism of her ancestors—both the enslaver and the enslaved.Gayle Jessup White had long heard the stories passed down from her father’s family, that they were direct descendants of Thomas Jefferson—lore she firmly believed, though... Read more
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Welcome to Dunder Mifflin
By: Brian Baumgartner & Ben Silverman
Narrated by: Brian Baumgartner, Ben Silverman, Greg Daniels,...
Length: 11 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Join the entire Dunder Mifflin gang on a journey back to Scranton: here's the hilarious inside story of how a little show that barely survived its first season became the most watched series in the universe.Based on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with the cast and creators of The Office—the actors, writers, producers, directors,... Read more
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Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus
By: Laura M. Fabrycky
Narrated by: Rachel Perry
Length: 8 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
In Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus, Laura M. Fabrycky, an American guide of the Bonhoeffer-Haus in Berlin, takes listeners on a tour of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's home, city, and world. She shares the keys she has discovered there—the many sources of Bonhoeffer's identity, his practices of Scripture meditation and prayer, his willingness to cross... Read more
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The Next Apocalypse
By: Chris Begley
Narrated by: Chris Begley & Keith Sellon-Wright
Length: 8 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
In this insightful book, an underwater archaeologist and survival coach shows how understanding the collapse of civilizations can help us prepare for a troubled future.
Pandemic, climate change, or war: our era is ripe with the odor of doomsday. In movies, books, and more, our imaginations run wild with visions of dreadful, abandoned cities and... Read more
Twelve Tribes
By: Ethan Michaeli
Narrated by: Steven Jay Cohen
Length: 13 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
“Ethan Michaeli has a gimlet eye for the people, texture, and contradictions of modern Israel. I’m in awe of his powers of observation and his ability as a modern-day Tocqueville to take us inside one of the most complex and confounding countries in the world."" — Jonathan Alter, bestselling author of His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a LifeAn... Read more
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Some Gave it All
By: Danny Lane & Mark Bowser
Narrated by: Bert DeCoy
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Based on an incredible true story, a young Marine fights an unbelievable battle in the abyss of Vietnam. Get a front row seat to the intense action, courage, and sacrifice that he and other Marines endured.Experience the ferocity of battle, the deep bonds of brotherhood, and the stinging sweat of fear that hangs persistently over the jungle... Read more
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Manual de vida
By: Epicteto
Narrated by: Miguel Ángel Jenner
Length: 2 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Conocer lo que puedes controlar y lo que no, intentar llevar una vida plena, definir la persona que queremos ser... Cualquiera que se acerque a los textos recogidos en esta obra descubrirá que la contemplación del mundo implica un conocimiento activo —los ejemplos de Epicteto están extraídos de la vida cotidiana— y que contemplar es, en un... Read more
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The Sinner and the Saint
By: Kevin Birmingham
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Length: 15 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
*A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * One of The East Hampton Star's 10 Best Books of the Year*
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Most Dangerous Book, the true story behind the creation of another masterpiece of world literature, Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment.
The Sinner and the Saint is the deeply researched... Read more
The Music and Mythocracy of Col. Bruce Hampton
By: Jerry Grillo
Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
Length: 7 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
Col. Bruce Hampton was a charismatic musical figure who launched and continued to influence the jam band genre over his fifty-plus years performing. Part bandleader, soul singer, storyteller, conjuror, poet, preacher, comedian, philosopher, and trickster, Col. Bruce actively sought out and dealt in the weird, wild underbelly of the American... Read more
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Blood in the Water
By: Silver Donald Cameron
Narrated by: David Ferry
Length: 7 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
“Fascinating! [A] must-read for all concerned about how humans manage to live together. Or not.” —Margaret Atwood
“Superb... an instant true crime classic.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A masterfully told true story, perfect for fans of Say Nothing and Furious Hours: a brutal murder in a small Nova Scotia fishing community raises urgent... Read more
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