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  • All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel | Anthony Doerr
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    All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel

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    • By Anthony Doerr
    • Narrated By Zach Appelman
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    Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is 12, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel.

    Annie M. says: "Time well spent"
    Pulitzer Winner, Fiction, 2015
  • The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History | Elizabeth Kolbert
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    The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 59 mins)
    • By Elizabeth Kolbert
    • Narrated By Anne Twomey
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    A major audiobook about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes. Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on Earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.

    Regina says: "Lifts you out of the ordinary"
    Pulitzer Winner, General Nonfiction, 2015
  • Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People | Elizabeth A. Fenn
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    • By Elizabeth A. Fenn
    • Narrated By Christine Marshall
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    Encounters at the Heart of the World concerns the Mandan Indians, iconic Plains people whose teeming, busy towns on the upper Missouri River were, for centuries, at the center of the North American universe. We know of them mostly because Lewis and Clark spent the winter of 1804-1805 with them, but why don't we know more? Who were they really? In this extraordinary book, Elizabeth A. Fenn retrieves their history by piecing together important new discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, geology, climatology, epidemiology, and nutritional science.

    Chris says: "Just okay"
    Pulitzer Winner, History, 2015
  • The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe | David I. Kertzer
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    The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe

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    • By David I. Kertzer
    • Narrated By Stefan Rudnicki
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    From National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer comes the gripping story of Pope Pius XI’s secret relations with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. This groundbreaking work, based on seven years of research in the Vatican and Fascist archives, including reports from Mussolini’s spies inside the highest levels of the Church, will forever change our understanding of the Vatican’s role in the rise of Fascism in Europe.

    Alan says: "A good listen"
    Pulitzer Winner, Biography, 2015
  • The Goldfinch | Donna Tartt
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    • By Donna Tartt
    • Narrated by David Pittu
    • Length:32 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release Date: 10-22-13
    • 4.20  (18326 ratings)
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    The Goldfinch

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    • By Donna Tartt
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    The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America and a drama of enthralling force and acuity. It begins with a boy. Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his unbearable longing for his mother, he clings to one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art.

    Bonny says: "Boy, am I in the minority on this one."
    Pulitzer Winner, Fiction, 2014
  • Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation | Dan Fagin
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    • By Dan Fagin
    • Narrated by Dan Woren
    • Length:18 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release Date: 03-19-13
    • 4.30  (176 ratings)
    Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

    Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

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    • By Dan Fagin
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    One of New Jersey’s seemingly innumerable quiet seaside towns, Toms River became the unlikely setting for a decades-long drama that culminated in 2001 with one of the largest legal settlements in the annals of toxic dumping. A town that would rather have been known for its Little League World Series champions ended up making history for an entirely different reason: a notorious cluster of childhood cancers scientifically linked to local air and water pollution.

    Beezie Reader says: "Toms River Resident"
    Pulitzer Winner, General Nonfiction, 2014
  • The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 | Alan Taylor
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    • By Alan Taylor
    • Narrated By Bronson Pinchot
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    This searing story of slavery and freedom in the Chesapeake reveals the pivot in the nation’s path between the founding and civil war. Frederick Douglass recalled that slaves living along Chesapeake Bay longingly viewed sailing ships as "freedom’s swift-winged angels." In 1813 those angels appeared in the bay as British warships coming to punish the Americans for declaring war on the empire. Drawn from new sources, Alan Taylor's riveting narrative re-creates the events that inspired black Virginians, haunted slaveholders, and set the nation on a new and dangerous course.

    D. Littman says: "one of the best audiobooks I've read recently"
    Pulitzer Winner, History, 2014
  • The Orphan Master's Son: A Novel of North Korea | Adam Johnson
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    The Orphan Master's Son: A Novel of North Korea

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    • By Adam Johnson
    • Narrated By Tim Kang, Josiah D. Lee, James Kyson Lee, and others
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    Pak Jun Do is the haunted son of a lost mother - a singer “stolen” to Pyongyang - and an influential father who runs Long Tomorrows, a work camp for orphans. There the boy is given his first taste of power, picking which orphans eat first and which will be lent out for manual labor. Recognized for his loyalty and keen instincts, Jun Do comes to the attention of superiors in the state, rises in the ranks, and starts on a road from which there will be no return.

    Darwin8u says: "My favorite novel set primarily in North Korea"
    Pulitzer Winner, Fiction, 2013
  • Disgraced: A Play | Ayad Akhtar
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    Disgraced: A Play

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    • By Ayad Akhtar
    • Narrated By Aasif Mandvi, January LaVoy, Kevin T. Collins
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    "Sparkling and combustible" (Bloomberg Businessweek). "Disgraced rubs all kinds of unexpected raw spots with intelligence and humor." (Newsday). "In dialogue that bristles with wit and intelligence, Akhtar puts contemporary attitudes toward religion under a microscope, revealing how tenuous self-image can be for people born into one way of being who have embraced another…. Everyone has been told that politics and religion are two subjects that should be off-limits at social gatherings. But watching these characters rip into these forbidden topics, there's no arguing that they make for ear-tickling good theater." (New York Times).

    Nancy says: "Wonderful play"
    Pulitzer Winner, Drama, 2013
  • The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo | Tom Reiss
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    • By Tom Reiss
    • Narrated by Paul Michael
    • Length:13 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release Date: 09-18-12
    • 4.30  (662 ratings)
    The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

    The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

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    • By Tom Reiss
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    Father of the novelist Alexandre Dumas, Alex Dumas has become, through his son's books, the model for a captivating modern protagonist: The wronged man in search of justice. Born to a black slave mother and a fugitive white French nobleman in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti), Alex Dumas was briefly sold into bondage but then made his way to Paris where he was schooled as a sword-fighting member of the French aristocracy. He was only 32 when he was given command of 53,000 men, the reward for series of triumphs that many regarded as impossible, and then topped his previous feats by leading a raid up a frozen cliff face....

    Jean says: "Truth more unbelivable than fiction"
    Pulitzer Winner, Biography, 2013
  • Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America | Gilbert King
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    Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

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    • By Gilbert King
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    Devil in the Grove is the winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Arguably the most important American lawyer of the 20th century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court when he became embroiled in an explosive and deadly case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and cost him his life. Despite death threats, the clan, and the urging of his associates, Marshall knew he had to defend "the Groveland Boys".

    Bill says: "Stunning history of the Jim Crow south. Essential"
    Pulitzer Winner, General Nonfiction, 2013
  • Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention | Manning Marable
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    Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention

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    • By Manning Marable
    • Narrated By G. Valmont Thomas
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    Of the great figure in 20th-century American history perhaps none is more complex and controversial than Malcolm X. Constantly rewriting his own story, he became a criminal, a minister, a leader, and an icon, all before being felled by assassins' bullets at age 39. Through his tireless work and countless speeches he empowered hundreds of thousands of black Americans to create better lives and stronger communities while establishing the template for the self-actualized, independent African American man.

    connie says: "invites further reading on Malcolm X"
    Pulitzer Winner, History, 2012
  • George F. Kennan: An American Life | John Lewis Gaddis
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    George F. Kennan: An American Life

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    • By John Lewis Gaddis
    • Narrated By Malcolm Hilgartner
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    Drawing on extensive interviews with George Kennan and exclusive access to his archives, an eminent scholar of the Cold War delivers a revelatory biography of its troubled mastermind. This is a landmark work of history and biography that reveals the vast influence and rich inner landscape of a life that both mirrored and shaped the century it spanned.

    Amazon Customer says: "Kennan: a man who needs to be studied"
    Pulitzer Winner, Biography or Autobiography, 2012
  • The Swerve: How the World Became Modern | Stephen Greenblatt
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    The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

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    • By Stephen Greenblatt
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    Nearly six hundred years ago, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late 30s took a very old manuscript off a library shelf, saw with excitement what he had discovered, and ordered that it be copied. That book was the last surviving manuscript of an ancient Roman philosophical epic by Lucretius—a beautiful poem containing the most dangerous ideas: that the universe functioned without the aid of gods, that religious fear was damaging to human life, and that matter was made up of very small particles.

    Ethan M. says: "Very compelling history, a less compelling thesis"
    Pulitzer Winner, General Nonfiction, 2012
  • A Visit from the Goon Squad | Jennifer Egan
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    A Visit from the Goon Squad

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    • By Jennifer Egan
    • Narrated By Roxana Ortega
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    Jennifer Egan brings her unique gifts as a novelist and short story writer to a compulsively listenable narrative that centers on Bennie Salazar, an aging punk rocker and record executive, and the beautiful Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs.

    Laurene says: "Excellent, subtle, moving"
    Pulitzer Winner, Fiction, 2011
  • The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery | Eric Foner
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    The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

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    • By Eric Foner
    • Narrated By Norman Dietz
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    Eric Foner gives us the definitive history of Abraham Lincoln and the end of slavery in America. Foner's Lincoln emerges as a leader, one whose greatness lies in his capacity for moral and political growth through real engagement with allies and critics alike. This powerful work will transform our understanding of the nation's greatest president and the issue that mattered most.

    D. Littman says: "great book about slavery and lincoln"
    Pulitzer Winner, History, 2011
  • Washington: A Life | Ron Chernow
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    • By Ron Chernow
    • Narrated by Scott Brick
    • Length:41 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release Date: 10-05-10
    • 4.60  (3179 ratings)
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    Washington: A Life

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    • By Ron Chernow
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    In Washington: A Life celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation. This crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his troubled boyhood, his precocious feats in the French and Indian War, his creation of Mount Vernon, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention, and his magnificent performance as America's first president.

    Jack Merritt says: "Great book!"
    Pulitzer Winner, Biography or Autobiography, 2011
  • Tinkers | Paul Harding
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    • By Paul Harding
    • Narrated By Christian Rummel
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    An old man lies dying. Confined to bed in his living room, he sees the walls around him begin to collapse, the windows come loose from their sashes, and the ceiling plaster fall off in great chunks, showering him with a lifetime of debris: newspaper clippings, old photographs, wool jackets, rusty tools, and the mangled brass works of antique clocks. Soon, the clouds from the sky above plummet down on top of him, followed by the stars, till the black night covers him like a shroud. He is hallucinating.

    Joanne says: "Unique but valuable read"
    Pulitzer Winner, Fiction, 2010
  • Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World | Liaquat Ahamed
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    Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

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    • By Liaquat Ahamed
    • Narrated By Stephen Hoye
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    It is commonly believed that the Great Depression that began in 1929 resulted from a confluence of events beyond any one person's or government's control. In fact, as Liaquat Ahamed reveals, it was the decisions made by a small number of central bankers that were the primary cause of the economic meltdown, the effects of which set the stage for World War II and reverberated for decades.

    Toru says: "interesting insight into interwar period!"
    Pulitzer Winner, History, 2010
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