Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir

The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy

• UNABRIDGED (31 hrs)
• By David Nasaw
• Narrated By Malcolm Hillgartner
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy - whose life spanned the First World War, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, the Second World War, and the Cold War - was the patriarch of America’s greatest political dynasty. The father of President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert and Edward Kennedy, 'Joe' Kennedy was an indomitable and elusive figure whose dreams of advancement for his nine children were matched only by his extraordinary personal ambition and shrewd financial skills.

The Kennedy Brothers: The Rise and Fall of Jack and Bobby

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 16 mins)
• By Richard D. Mahoney
• Narrated By Peter Altschuler
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Books about the Kennedys are legion. Yet missing until now has been the exploration of the bond between Jack and Bobby, and the part that it played in their rise and fall. Richard D. Mahoney gives us Jack and Bobby in all their hubris and humanity, youthfulness and fatalism. Here is American history as it unfolds. The Kennedy Brothers is a fresh and masterful account of the men whose legacy continues to hold the American imagination.

Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 5 mins)
• By Gore Vidal
• Narrated By Paul Hecht, Gore Vidal

Volumes have been written about George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, but no previous work captures the intimate and vital details the way Inventing a Nation does. Vidal's consummate skill takes you into the minds and private rooms of these great men, illuminating their opinions of one another and their concerns about crafting a workable democracy.

The Golden Age

• UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 30 mins)
• By Gore Vidal
• Narrated By Anne Twomey

The Golden Age is a vibrant tapestry of American political and cultural life from 1939 to 1954, when the epochal events of World War II and the Cold War transformed America, once and for all, for good or ill, from a republic into an empire.

Also available abridged.

Hollywood's Celebrity Gangster: The Incredible Life and Times of Mickey Cohen

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 29 mins)
• By Brad Lewis
• Narrated By Kevin Fabian

Mickey Cohen, who died in 1976, was a colorful, feared West Coast gangster-gambler who knew the biggest names in Hollywood including the Rat Pack, was a confidant of Bugsy Siegel, a friend of Las Vegas' late Liz Renay and on first names with the biggest guys in the Mafia, plus Frank Sinatra, Richard Nixon and Billy Graham. Brad Lewis' book about Cohen draws from thousands of resources - a virtual treasure trove of Mafia-related books, articles and interviews.