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The Plateau
By: Maggie Paxson
Narrated by: Maggie Paxson
Length: 14 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
During World War II, French villagers offered safe harbor to countless strangers - mostly children - as they fled for their lives. The same place offers refuge to migrants today. Why?
In a remote pocket of Nazi-held France, ordinary people risked their lives to rescue many hundreds of strangers, mostly Jewish children. Was this a fluke of... Read more
Early Balloons and Airships: The History and Legacy of Dirigibles Before the Invention of Airplanes
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: David Bernard
Length: 1 hour 31 minutes
Abridged: No
The Wright Brothers initially underestimated the difficulties involved in flying, and they were apparently surprised by the fact that so many others were working on solving the “problem of human flight” already. Decades before their own historic plane would end up in the National Air & Space Museum, Wilbur and Orville asked the Smithsonian... Read more
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The Livonian Brothers of the Sword: The History of the Medieval Catholic Military Order that Fought Pagans in Eastern Europe
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Mark Norman
Length: 1 hour 43 minutes
Abridged: No
Although many have heard of the Crusades and some of the more famous orders like the Templars, few know about the Livonian Crusade or the Livonian Brothers of the Sword. This organization was one of many Catholic military orders that sprung up during the Middle Ages in response to the papacy’s call for holy war, and the Livonian Crusade is the... Read more
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On Hallowed Ground
By: Bill McWilliams
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
Length: 21 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
“Brilliantly reveals the extraordinary courage of those who fought the final, bitter, bloody, costly days of the Korean War” (Gen. Jack I. Gregory, USAF Ret.).By the summer of 1953, the Korean War had long since reached a stalemate. As peace negotiations dragged on, units of the US 7th Infantry Division rebuilt the defenses of Hill 255, one of... Read more
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Homegrown
By: Alex Speier
Narrated by: George Newbern
Length: 10 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
The captivating inside story of the historic 2018 Boston Red Sox, as told through the assembly and ascendancy of their talented young core—the culmination of nearly a decade of reporting from one of the most respected baseball writers in the country.The 2018 season was a coronation for the Boston Red Sox. The best team in Major League... Read more
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Kochland
By: Christopher Leonard
Narrated by: Jacques Roy
Length: 23 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
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“Superb…Among... Read more
Sudden Courage
By: Ronald C. Rosbottom
Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
The author of the acclaimed When Paris Went Dark, longlisted for the National Book Award, returns to World War II once again to tell the incredible story of the youngest members of the French Resistance—many only teenagers—who waged a hidden war against the Nazi occupiers and their collaborators in Paris and across France.On June 14, 1940,... Read more
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How Carriers Fought
By: Lars Celander
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
Length: 11 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
In November 1921 the first purpose-built aircraft carrier was launched by the Japanese, followed a year later by the launch of the British Hermes. The conversion of battle cruisers into aircraft carriers after World War I required the consideration of issues including handling aircraft on the flight deck and the techniques of attacking enemy... Read more
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Amelia Earhart
By: Andrew Prentice
Narrated by: Elizabeth Cottle
Length: 2 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Before Amelia Earhart (1897–1939) became a world-famous pilot, she was a little tomboy from Kansas with a taste for adventure. When she visited an airfield and took a short plane ride, she knew she had to be a pilot. She signed up for flying lessons and cropped her hair short so that the other pilots would take her seriously. She became the... Read more
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Broken Bargain
By: Kathleen Day
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 15 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
A history of major financial crises—and how taxpayers have been left with the billIn the 1930s, battered and humbled by the Great Depression, the US financial sector struck a grand bargain with the federal government. Bankers gained a safety net in exchange for certain curbs on their freedom: transparency rules, record-keeping and anti-fraud... Read more
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The Transpacific Experiment
By: Matt Sheehan
Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
Length: 11 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Tensions between the world's superpowers are mounting in Washington, D.C., and Beijing. But between these hubs of high-level politics, an entirely new reality is emerging. Yet the People's Republic of China and the state of California have built deep and interdependent socioeconomic exchanges that reverberate across the globe, and these... Read more
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Patria 3
By: Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Narrated by: Pedro de Aguillón Jr.
Length: 16 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
«Fue en una de aquellas jornadas, que en la memoria se te empastaba como un continuo sin descansos y donde las anécdotas se te apelmazaban en el recuerdo, todo perseguido por un sueño que nunca llegaba, que te descubriste, al pie de un cañón y animando a los artilleros a que corrigieran la alzada, tomando la mano de un muerto. Retiraste la mano... Read more
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Lives Reclaimed
By: Mark Roseman
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Length: 10 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
In the early 1920s amidst the upheaval of Weimar Germany, a small group of peaceable idealists began to meet, practicing a quiet, communal life focused on self-improvement. For the most part, they had come to know each other while attending adult education classes in the city of Essen. But "the Bund," as they called their group, had lofty... Read more
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Entrepreneurship the Disney Way
By: Michael G. Goldsby & Rob Mathews
Narrated by: Barry Abrams
Length: 14 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
This book focuses on the business story of Walt Disney and the company he built. Combining a unique blend of entrepreneurship, creativity, innovation, and a relentless drive to bring out the best in his teams, Walt Disney created one of the most successful ventures in business history. Outlining the specific processes of the company, Goldsby and... Read more
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T.R.
By: H. W. Brands
Narrated by: Matt Kugler
Length: 35 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
From the New York Times bestselling author, an acclaimed biography of President Teddy Roosevelt
Lauded as "a rip-roaring life" (Wall Street Journal), TR is a magisterial biography of Theodore Roosevelt by bestselling author H.W. Brands. In his time, there was no more popular national figure than Roosevelt. It was not just the energy he brought to... Read more
Queen of Sheba: A Captivating Guide to a Mysterious Queen Mentioned in the Bible and Her Relationship with King Solomon
By: Captivating History
Narrated by: Daniel Junior Sabwelera
Length: 1 hour 15 minutes
Abridged: No
If you want to discover the captivating history of the Queen of Sheba, then pay attention...Piecing together an account of the life of Queen of Sheba from varied sources gives one a fascinating glimpse into the ancient world, and from the turmoil of this chaos of information rises one constant figure: the queen herself. In every account, she is... Read more
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El Vaticano vs Hitler.
By: Papa Pio XI & Pablo Claret
Narrated by: Colaborador VCRM
Length: 3 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
•¿Deseas descubrir verdades olvidadas sobre la relación de Roma y el Nacional-Socialismo?•¿Ansias saber los datos precisos para defenderte de los que mienten al decir que Roma era Pro-Hitler?
¡NO BUSQUES MAS!Con la edición de este libro que hemos creado especialmente para ti podras encontrar entre otras cosas lo siguiente:
1. La poderosa sabiduría... Read more
Celts: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Celtic History and Mythology, Including Their Battles Against the Roman Republic in the Gallic Wars
By: Captivating History
Narrated by: Randy Whitlow
Length: 3 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
If you want to discover the captivating history of the Celts, then pay attention...Today, the word Celtic means so many things. To most of us, it means something related to Ireland. We think of intricately designed Irish crosses, four-leaf clovers, and some of the more well-known stories of Celtic mythology. However, while Celtic culture has... Read more
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Hannah Duston: A Captivating Guide to the First American Woman to Have a Statue Built in Her Honor
By: Captivating History
Narrated by: Kevin Hung-Liang
Length: 1 hour 11 minutes
Abridged: No
If you want to discover the captivating history of Hannah Duston, then pay attention...In a time very different from our own, there lived a woman that led an extraordinary life. The single most important event in her existence has stood the test of time. Her character, her actions, and her deepest thoughts and desires are still debated to this... Read more
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Lady Diana - Top Secret
By: Sergio Felleti
Narrated by: Ian A Miller
Length: 4 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
What and who caused the death of Lady Diana? Was she a victim of a fatal accidental car crash, or was she violently murdered through a precise and well organized plot? According to the authors of many books it is an extremely mysterious event, and it will remain so forever, however this book gives out evidence, testimonies and accuracies about... Read more
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L'incontaminata origine egiziana – L’importanza dell’antico Egitto
By: Moustafa Gadalla
Narrated by: Federico Foglia
Length: 1 hour 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Una breve panoramica concisa di alcuni aspetti della civiltà egizia che ci può servire bene al giorno d'oggi nella nostra vita quotidiana, non importa dove siamo in questo mondo. Il libro intende fornire una breve panoramica su alcuni aspetti della civiltà dell’Antico Egitto che possono essere utili anche nella vita quotidiana moderna,... Read more
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Lincoln's Spies
By: Douglas Waller
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
Length: 18 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
This major addition to the history of the Civil War is a “fast-paced, fact-rich account” (The Wall Street Journal) offering a detailed look at President Abraham Lincoln’s use of clandestine services and the secret battles waged by Union spies and agents to save the nation—filled with espionage, sabotage, and intrigue.
Veteran CIA correspondent... Read more
The Cello Suites
By: Eric Siblin
Narrated by: David de Vries
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
One fateful evening, journalist Eric Siblin attended a recital of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites and began an epic quest that would unravel three centuries of intrigue, politics, and passion. Winner of the Mavis Gallant Prize for Nonfiction and the McAuslan First Book Prize, The Cello Suites weaves together three dramatic narratives: the... Read more
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A Great and Noble Scheme
By: John Mack Faragher
Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
Length: 17 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
In 1755, New England troops embarked on a "great and noble scheme" to expel 18,000 French-speaking Acadians ("the neutral French") from Nova Scotia, killing thousands, separating innumerable families, and driving many into forests where they waged a desperate guerrilla resistance. The right of neutrality—to live in peace from the imperial wars... Read more
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