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The War on Warriors
- Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free
- By: Pete Hegseth
- Narrated by: Pete Hegseth
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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The War on Warriors uncovers the deep roots of our dysfunction—a society that has forgotten the men who take risks, cut through red tape, and get their hands dirty.
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The real truth to power book.
- By Amazon Customer on 06-10-24
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21. The War on Warriors
- Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free
- Narrated by: Pete Hegseth
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 06-04-24
- Language: English
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The Situation Room
- The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
- By: George Stephanopoulos, Lisa Dickey - contributor
- Narrated by: George Stephanopoulos, Peter Ganim, Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
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George Stephanopoulos, the legendary political news host and former advisor to President Clinton, recounts the history-making crises from the place where twelve presidents made their highest-pressure decisions: the White House Situation Room.
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A must read for all no matter your politics
- By Lynne on 05-21-24
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22. The Situation Room
- The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
- Narrated by: George Stephanopoulos, Peter Ganim, Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 05-14-24
- Language: English
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Empire of the Summer Moon
- Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- By: S. C. Gwynne
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
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This exhilarating account delivers a sweeping narrative that encompasses Spanish colonialism, the Civil War, the destruction of the buffalo herds, and the arrival of the railroads....
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Difficult to endure narrator
- By fowler on 12-21-19
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23. Empire of the Summer Moon
- Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 09-20-16
- Language: English
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Talking to Strangers
- What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
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Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the number-one New York Times best seller Outliers, reinvents the audiobook in this immersive production of Talking to Strangers, a powerful examination of our interactions with people....
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Enjoyable listen with some facts incorrect
- By Jim on 09-11-19
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24. Talking to Strangers
- What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 09-10-19
- Language: English
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The Devil in the White City
- Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
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The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death....
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A Rich Read!
- By D on 09-18-03
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25. The Devil in the White City
- Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 12-29-02
- Language: English
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To Besiege a City
- Leningrad 1941–42
- By: Prit Buttar
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 20 hrs and 1 min
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A ground-breaking history of one of the greatest ever sieges. Masterfully brought to life by a leading expert using original Russian and German source material, To Besiege a City is a ground-breaking history of one of the greatest ever sieges....
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Outstanding
- By E. Ronakov on 09-30-23
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26. To Besiege a City
- Leningrad 1941–42
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 20 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 09-14-23
- Language: English
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Al Capone
- His Life, Legacy, and Legend
- By: Deirdre Bair
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
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Rigorous and intimate, Al Capone provides new answers to the enduring questions about this fascinating figure, who was equal parts charismatic gangster, and devoted patriarch....
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Not the Capone story you want to read
- By Helmut F Hoyer on 08-26-19
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27. Al Capone
- His Life, Legacy, and Legend
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 10-25-16
- Language: English
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1774
- The Long Year of Revolution
- By: Mary Beth Norton
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
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From one of our most acclaimed and original colonial historians, a groundbreaking book - the first to look at the critical "long year" of 1774 and the revolutionary change that took place from December 1773 to mid-April 1775....
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The US revolutionary war was baked in by 1775
- By Randall Parker on 04-18-20
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28. 1774
- The Long Year of Revolution
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 02-11-20
- Language: English
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The End of Everything
- How Wars Descend into Annihilation
- By: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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A New York Times-bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the modern era chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible in our time....
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Short, sharp, informative.
- By Amazon Customer on 05-13-24
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29. The End of Everything
- How Wars Descend into Annihilation
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 05-07-24
- Language: English
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Secondhand Time
- The Last of the Soviets
- By: Svetlana Alexievich, Bela Shayevich - translator
- Narrated by: Amanda Carlin, Mark Bramhall, Cassandra Campbell, and others
- Length: 22 hrs and 58 mins
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When the Swedish Academy awarded Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize, it cited her for inventing "a new kind of literary genre", describing her work as "a history of emotions - a history of the soul"....
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The Heart, Soul & Iron Fist Of Russia
- By Sara on 02-22-17
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30. Secondhand Time
- The Last of the Soviets
- Narrated by: Amanda Carlin, Mark Bramhall, Cassandra Campbell, Kimberly Farr, Kirby Heyborne, Hillary Huber, Rebecca Lowman, Jorjeana Marie, Coleen Marlo, Kathleen McInerney, Fred Sanders
- Length: 22 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 05-24-16
- Language: English
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The Pursuit of Happiness
- How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America
- By: Jeffrey Rosen
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Jeffrey Rosen
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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The Pursuit of Happiness is more than an elucidation of the Declaration’s famous phrase; it is a revelatory journey into the minds of the Founders, and a deep, rich, and fresh understanding of the foundation of our democracy.
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Great book; highly recommended
- By Eric Moore Schneider on 02-21-24
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31. The Pursuit of Happiness
- How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Jeffrey Rosen
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 02-13-24
- Language: English
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Richard Matthews
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
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Bill Bryson has been an enormously popular author both for his travel books and for his books on the English language. Now, this beloved comic genius turns his attention to science...
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The Only Book I reread imediatley after reading
- By Andrew on 11-09-09
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32. A Short History of Nearly Everything
- Narrated by: Richard Matthews
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 05-04-03
- Language: English
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When the Clock Broke
- Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
- By: John Ganz
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
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Acclaimed political writer John Ganz looks back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era—and their dark legacy today....
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Amazing history of the early 90s
- By Aaron R. Isaacson on 06-25-24
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33. When the Clock Broke
- Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 06-18-24
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- By: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 57 hrs and 11 mins
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Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1961, this worldwide bestselling classic chronicles the most infamous era of our times.
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Held my interest for 57 hours and 13 minutes
- By Jonnie on 11-08-10
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34. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 57 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 07-16-10
- Language: English
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A People's History of the United States
- By: Howard Zinn
- Narrated by: Jeff Zinn
- Length: 34 hrs and 8 mins
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For much of his life, historian Howard Zinn chronicled American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version taught in schools - with its emphasis on great men in high places - to focus on the street, the home, and the workplace....
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Amateur hour in the production booth
- By Thomas on 11-09-10
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35. A People's History of the United States
- Narrated by: Jeff Zinn
- Length: 34 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 12-14-09
- Language: English
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When the Sea Came Alive
- An Oral History of D-Day
- By: Garrett M. Graff
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Garrett M. Graff, full cast
- Length: 19 hrs and 33 mins
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Watergate comes the most up-to-date and complete account of D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history and the moment that secured the Allied victory in World War II.
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Simply Fabulous. One of the best audiobooks I’ve EVER listened to!!!!!
- By Will Wyatt on 06-09-24
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36. When the Sea Came Alive
- An Oral History of D-Day
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Garrett M. Graff, full cast
- Length: 19 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 06-04-24
- Language: English
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The Forever War
- America’s Unending Conflict with Itself
- By: Nick Bryant
- Narrated by: Nick Bryant
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
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Nick Bryant explains how the hate, divisiveness and paranoia we see today are in fact a core part of America’s story. Combining storytelling, historical research and first-hand reportage, Bryant argues that insurrections, massacres and civil disturbances should sadly not be seen as abnormalities.
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37. The Forever War
- America’s Unending Conflict with Itself
- Narrated by: Nick Bryant
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 06-06-24
- Language: English
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Against the Grain
- A Deep History of the Earliest States
- By: James C. Scott
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains and governed by precursors of today's states? Find out....
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World without Women
- By Paul Richards on 04-28-18
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38. Against the Grain
- A Deep History of the Earliest States
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 02-21-18
- Language: English
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
- By: Thomas S. Kuhn
- Narrated by: Dennis Holland
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is essential listening for understanding the history, philosophy, and evolution of science....
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The problem is not with the book
- By Marcus on 08-09-09
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39. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
- Narrated by: Dennis Holland
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 01-12-16
- Language: English
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The Wide Wide Sea
- Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
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From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day....
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Detailed story of third voyage
- By Sammi on 04-18-24
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40. The Wide Wide Sea
- Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 04-09-24
- Language: English
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