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Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 47 mins)
• By David R. Montgomery
• Narrated By Tim Lundeen

Dirt, soil, call it what you want - it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations explores the compelling idea that we are - and have long been - using up Earth's soil.

Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years

• UNABRIDGED (46 hrs and 35 mins)
• By Diarmaid MacCulloch
• Narrated By Walter Dixon
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Once in a generation, a historian will redefine his field, producing a book that demands to be read or heard - a product of electrifying scholarship conveyed with commanding skill. Diarmaid MacCulloch's Christianity is such a book. Breathtaking in ambition, it ranges back to the origins of the Hebrew Bible and covers the world, following the three main strands of the Christian faith.

The Zimmermann Telegram

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 11 mins)
• By Barbara W. Tuchman
• Narrated By Wanda McCaddon

In the dark winter of 1917, as World War I was deadlocked, Britain knew that Europe could be saved only if the United States joined the war. But President Wilson remained unshakable in his neutrality. Then, with a single stroke, the tool to propel America into the war came into a quiet British office. One of countless messages intercepted by the crack team of British decoders, the Zimmermann telegram was a top-secret message from Berlin inviting Mexico to join Japan in an invasion of the United States.

Thinking, Fast and Slow

• UNABRIDGED (20 hrs and 2 mins)
• By Daniel Kahneman
• Narrated By Patrick Egan
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The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors, including Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman at last offers his own, first book for the general public. It is a lucid and enlightening summary of his life's work. It will change the way you think about thinking. Two systems drive the way we think and make choices, Kahneman explains....

The Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900

• UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 49 mins)
• By Mike Cox
• Narrated By Jonathan Hogan

Mike Cox, journalist and Texas Ranger grand master, recounts enthralling tales of men who proudly wore the silver Lone Star - once hand-carved from the Mexican five peso. Whether facing Indians, banditos, or Yankees, TexasRangers earned a reputation for being some of the most formidable lawmen in U.S. history.

Empire of the Summer Moon

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 4 mins)
• By S. C. Gwynne
• Narrated By David Drummond
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Few people realize that the Comanche Indians were the greatest warring tribe in American history. Their 40-year battle with settlers held up the development of the new nation. Empire of the Summer Moon tells of the rise and fall of this fierce, powerful, and proud tribe, and begins in 1836 with the kidnapping of a lovely nine-year-old girl with cornflower blue eyes named Cynthia Ann Parker.

Opie & Anthony

• NONE (3 hrs and 47 mins)

The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes

• UNABRIDGED (22 hrs and 10 mins)
• By Bryan Burrough
• Narrated By James Jenner
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Best-selling author Bryan Burrough reveals how four Texas oil tycoons transformed America. Rising from humble beginnings through hard work and shrewd dealings, they shifted the balance of power in American politics. While hobnobbing with movie stars and presidents, the Big Rich also created the legend of the swaggering Texas oilman with island hideaways and sprawling ranches.

1812: The Navy's War

• UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 50 mins)
• By George C. Daughan
• Narrated By Marc Vietor
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At the outbreak of the War of 1812, America's prospects looked dismal. It was clear that the primary battlefield would be the open ocean but America's war fleet, only 20 ships strong, faced a practiced British navy of more than a thousand men-of-war. Still, through a combination of nautical deftness and sheer bravado, the American navy managed to take the fight to the British and turn the tide of the war.

Genghis: Birth of an Empire

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 46 mins)
• By Conn Iggulden
• Narrated By Stefan Rudnicki
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He was born Temujin, son of a khan, raised in a clan of hunters migrating across the steppe. Temujin's young life was shaped by a series of brutal acts: the betrayal of his father by a neighboring tribe, his family left to die on the harsh plain. But Temujin endured, and from then on, he was driven by a fury to survive in the face of death, to kill before being killed, and to conquer enemies from beyond the horizon.

The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron De Steuben and the Making of the American Army

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 11 mins)
• By Paul Lockhart
• Narrated By Norman Dietz
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The image of the Baron de Steuben training Washington's ragged, demoralized troops in the snow at Valley Forge is part of the iconography of our Revolutionary heritage, but most history fans know little more about this fascinating figure.