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Patria 2
By: Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Narrated by: Pedro de AguillĆ³n Jr.
Length: 16 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
El valor, como el miedo, son contagiosos. De uno y otro lado los defensores y los atacantes realizan hazaƱas sorprendentes. Si, en el caso del ejĆ©rcito francĆ©s, su notable disciplina les da ventaja, en el caso mexicano los oficiales y suboficiales que combaten en la primera lĆnea dan una consistencia enorme a la defensa. GonzĆ”lez Ortega aƱade:... Read more
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Conspiracies of Conspiracies
By: Thomas Milan Konda
Narrated by: Charles Constant
Length: 11 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
It's tempting to think that we live in an unprecedentedly fertile age for conspiracy theories, with seemingly each churn of the news cycle bringing fresh manifestations of large-scale paranoia. But the sad fact is that these narratives of suspicionāand the delusional psychologies that fuel themāhave been a constant presence in American life for... Read more
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Sisters and Rebels
By: Jacquelyn Dowd Hall
Narrated by: Karen White
Length: 25 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Descendants of a prominent slaveholding family, Elizabeth, Grace, and Katharine Lumpkin grew up in a culture of white supremacy. But while Elizabeth remained a lifelong believer, her younger sisters chose vastly different lives. Seeking their fortunes in the North, Grace and Katharine reinvented themselves as radical thinkers whose literary... Read more
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Irrational Man
By: William Barrett
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
Length: 13 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
Widely recognized as the finest definition of existentialist philosophy ever written, this book introduced existentialism to America in 1958. Barrett speaks eloquently and directly to concerns of the 1990s: a period when the irrational and the absurd are no better integrated than before and when humankind is in even greater danger of destroying... Read more
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The Lost River
By: Michel Danino
Narrated by: Vishal Menon
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
The Indian subcontinent was the scene of dramatic upheavals a few thousand years ago. The Northwest region entered an arid phase, and erosion coupled with tectonic events played havoc with river courses. One of them disappeared. Celebrated as -Sarasvati' in the Rig Veda and the Mahabharata, this river was rediscovered in the early nineteenth... Read more
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Surprised at Being Alive
By: Robert F. Curtis
Narrated by: David Colacci
Length: 12 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Sometimes you do everything right, but it just isn't your day. A part fails and your helicopter comes apart in flight, or, another aircraft runs into you and the pieces of both fall to the ground below, or the enemy gunner pulls the trigger at just the right moment and his rounds find your aircraft in exactly the right spot to take it out of the... Read more
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Our Beloved Kin
By: Lisa Brooks
Narrated by: Rainy Fields
Length: 16 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
A compelling and original recovery of Native American resistance and adaptation to colonial America
With rigorous original scholarship and creative narration, Lisa Brooks recovers a complex picture of war, captivity, and Native resistance during the "First Indian War" (later named King Philip's War) by relaying the stories of Weetamoo, a... Read more
An Empire of Wealth
By: John Steele Gordon
Narrated by: Bob Souer
Length: 14 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Throughout time, from ancient Rome to modern Britain, the great empires built and maintained their domination through force of arms and political power. But not the United States. America has dominated the world in a new, peaceful, and pervasive wayāthrough the continued creation of staggering wealth. In this authoritative, engrossing history,... Read more
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High Heel
By: Summer Brennan
Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
Length: 4 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Fetishized, demonized, celebrated, and outlawed, the high heel is central to the iconography of modern womanhood. But are high heels good? Are they feminist? What does it mean for a woman (or, for that matter, a man) to choose to wear them?
Meditating on the labyrinthine nature of sexual identity and the performance of gender, High Heel moves... Read more
The Ultimate Yankee Book
By: Harvey Frommer
Narrated by: Kyle Tait
Length: 16 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
The perfect gift for the diehard fan, an enviable treasure for yourself, The Ultimate Yankee Book is the most current and comprehensive source of trivia, people, and stories from the team's creation in 1901 to today. Harvey Frommer, the celebrated baseball historian and author of eight books about the Yankees, including The New York Yankee... Read more
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The Collapse of the Soviet Union: The History of the USSR Under Mikhail Gorbachev
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
Length: 2 hours
Abridged: No
The Cold War moved into one of its most dangerous phases after Brezhnevās death as both sides deployed nuclear weapons within alarming proximity in Europe. A NATO exercise, āOperation Able Archer,ā almost led to a Soviet miscalculation, and when the Soviets shot down a South Korean airliner in September 1983, claiming it had strayed into Soviet... Read more
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Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Jason Thompson
Narrated by: Kevin Theis
Length: 5 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Martin Luther King Jr. is easily one of the most famous and influential figures in history. But just how much do you know about this manās life and achievements?Inside this powerful account of Dr. Kingās life, youāll learn about his early childhood and upbringing, his education and journey to become a doctor and minister, and his first brushes... Read more
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Strategic Agility
By: Introbooks Team
Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
Length: 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Strategic agility has emerged as an important concept in todayās markets. Production processes are reformed with the help of strategic agility. Technology and innovation are used to develop new products and markets. Strategic agility is crucial to avail the first mover advantage in the market and getting the maximum share of the customers. Also... Read more
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Moses Fleetwood Walker: The Life and Legacy of the Last Black Man to Play Major League Baseball Before Jackie Robinson
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Bill Hare
Length: 1 hour 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Given his legacy, many Americans today believe Jackie Robinson was the first black man to play in Major League Baseball, but that answer is wrong. As far back as the late 19th century, there had been professional baseball leagues that were every bit as segregated as any other aspect of society, but before that, there were, for a brief shining... Read more
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La vie des FranƧais sous l'occupation
By: Henri Amouroux
Narrated by: Emmanuelle LemƩe
Length: 23 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Les FranƧais ? Ils sont plus de quarante millions en juin quarante lorsque les Allemands occupent la France. Et ce livre raconte leur vie quotidienne. Au moment d'entamer le longues recherches, Henri Amouroux s'est aperƧu, lorsqu'il Ć©voquait les annĆ©es d'Occupation, que ceux-lĆ mĆŖmes qui doutaient de l'opportunitĆ© d'un tel travail Ć©taient trĆØs... Read more
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Cosa Nostra: The Notorious History and Legacy of the Sicilian Mafia
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Jim Johnston
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Over the course of the 19th century, the people of Sicily found themselves at the center of a struggle for freedom, one that ended up being long and often very bloody. It was during these crucial years of struggle that the Sicilian mafia, La cosa nostra (āOur thingā), started to take shape. The original word āmafiaā was a part of Palermitan... Read more
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The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon: The History and Legacy of Franceās Administration of the Levant after World War I
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
Length: 1 hour 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Although the League of Nations was short-lived and clearly failed in its primary mission, it did essentially spawn the United Nations at the end of World War II, and many of the UNās structures and organizations came straight from its predecessor, with the concepts of an International Court and a General Assembly coming straight from the... Read more
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Mythology
By: Bernard Hayes
Narrated by: Kyle Walton & Zachary Dylan Brown
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Book 1: In Chinese mythology, there is so much symbolism, and there are so many wise lessons to discover. Itās almost criminal that Western civilization studies Greek or Roman myths but leaves all the Chinese gods and goddesses to themselves. In this guide, weāll delve deeper into these mystical beings and the beliefs surrounding them, whether... Read more
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Huitzilopochtli: The History of the Aztec God of War and Human Sacrifice
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Bill Hare
Length: 1 hour 59 minutes
Abridged: No
As archaeologists quickly learned, there are numerous temples dedicated to gods all across Mesoamerica, from the Olmec and Toltec to the Aztec and Maya. Furthermore, thousands of people still gather in the ruins of Mesoamerican cities, even as researchers learn more about the civilizations that continue to fascinate modern societies.Ā To the... Read more
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The Flavian Dynasty: The History of the Roman Empire during the Reigns of Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Gregory T. Luzitano
Length: 2 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
The 12 months known in history as the Year of the Four Emperors was a pivotal chapter in the long epoch of the Roman Empire. It marked the tumultuous end of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and the advent of a year of civil war, renewal and realignment, the result of which was the establishment of a new era and the founding of a new (and arguably more... Read more
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Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller: The Lives and Careers of Americaās Most Famous Big Band Leaders
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Scott Clem
Length: 2 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
When the phrase āthe Kingā is used in the context of American music, most people think of Elvis Presley, but Presley was just a baby when the title was first conferred upon Benny Goodman as the King of Swing in 1935. The Swing Era was a magical period in American history between the hedonism of the Roaring Twenties and the rebelliousness sparked... Read more
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Legacy
By: Michael Gillard
Narrated by: Ben Elliot
Length: 9 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
'Reveals criminal corruption on a scale that the Kray twins would never have dreamt of' John Pearson, Profession of Violence, The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins
'Gillard's detailed investigation makes for a stunning and shocking read' Barry Keeffe, The Long Good Friday
'Legacy illustrates the sordid links between business, politics and organised... Read more
Psychedelic Apes
By: Alex Boese
Narrated by: Jared Zeus
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Elephant's on Acid comes a collection of the wackiest theories from science and history.
What if weāre living inside a black hole? What if weāve already found extraterrestrial life? What if the dinosaurs died in a nuclear war? What if Jesus Christ was actually a mushroom?
In Psychedelic Apes, bestselling... Read more
Una historia de EspaƱa
By: Arturo PĆ©rez-Reverte
Narrated by: Arturo LĆ³pez
Length: 8 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Un relato Ć”cido, divertido, personal y poco ortodoxo de Arturo PĆ©rez-Reverte sobre la historia de EspaƱa. A lo largo de los 91 capĆtulos mĆ”s el epĆlogo de los que consta el libro, Arturo PĆ©rez-Reverte narra los principales acontecimientos ocurridos desde los orĆgenes de nuestra historia y hasta el final de la TransiciĆ³n con una mirada subjetiva,... Read more
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