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The Sword and the Shield
- By: Christopher Andrew, Vasilli Mitrokhin
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 31 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 532
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 449
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 446
This book reveals the most complete picture ever of the KGB and its operations in the United States and Europe. It is based on an extremely top secret archive which details the full extent of its worldwide network....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book on the history of the KGB
- By Clydene on 05-28-12
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81. The Sword and the Shield
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 31 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 05-18-12
- Language: English
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Between the World and Me
- By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 31,022
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27,389
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Story5 out of 5 stars 27,203
In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Heartfelt Self-aware Literary Masterpiece
- By T Spencer on 07-30-15
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82. Between the World and Me
- Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 07-14-15
- Language: English
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
- Why Nations Succeed or Fail
- By: Ray Dalio
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb, Ray Dalio
- Length: 16 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,846
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,042
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,018
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Ray Dalio, Chinas New Minister of Propoganda
- By Dudley on 01-04-22
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83. Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
- Why Nations Succeed or Fail
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb, Ray Dalio
- Length: 16 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 11-30-21
- Language: English
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Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me
- Debunking the False Narratives Defining America’s School Curricula
- By: Wilfred Reilly
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 93
In 1995, James W. Loewen penned the classic work of criticism Lies My Teacher Told Me, a left-leaning corrective that addressed much of what was sanitized and omitted from American history books.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Must Read for Parents With Children in our Public Schools
- By john bogush on 09-05-24
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84. Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me
- Debunking the False Narratives Defining America’s School Curricula
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 06-11-24
- Language: English
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A Fever in the Heartland
- The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
- By: Timothy Egan
- Narrated by: Timothy Egan
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,098
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 989
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Story5 out of 5 stars 988
A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the riveting story of the Klan's rise to power in the 1920s, the cunning con man who drove that rise, and the woman who stopped them....
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is a must read!
- By V. Richmond on 04-14-23
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85. A Fever in the Heartland
- The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
- Narrated by: Timothy Egan
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 04-04-23
- Language: English
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D DAY Through German Eyes
- The Hidden Story of June 6th 1944
- By: Holger Eckhertz
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,426
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,094
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,093
We see a perspective of D-Day which deserves to be added to the historical record, in which ordinary German troops struggled to make sense of the onslaught that was facing them....
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1 out of 5 stars
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A work of fiction
- By John Lindsey on 05-22-16
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86. D DAY Through German Eyes
- The Hidden Story of June 6th 1944
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Series: D Day Through German Eyes, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 04-19-16
- Language: English
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Bonhoeffer
- Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
- By: Eric Metaxas, Timothy Keller
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner, Eric Metaxas
- Length: 23 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,271
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,036
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,035
In the first major biography of Bonhoeffer in 40 years, New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas takes both strands of Bonhoeffer's life - the theologian and the spy - to tell a searing story of incredible moral courage in the face of monstrous evil....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mandatory Reading
- By cmb on 03-10-20
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87. Bonhoeffer
- Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner, Eric Metaxas
- Length: 23 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 01-14-20
- Language: English
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Jim Bridger
- Trailblazer of the American West
- By: Jerry Enzler
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 357
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 316
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 315
Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Fremont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger stands out. A mountain man of the American West, straddling the fur trade era and the age of exploration, he lived the life legends are made of....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting
- By Jon Evans on 07-19-23
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88. Jim Bridger
- Trailblazer of the American West
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 01-31-23
- Language: English
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The Path to Power
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson
- By: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 40 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3,606
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,204
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,194
This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Best of all Biographies
- By David C. Daggett on 12-14-13
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89. The Path to Power
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Series: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Book 1
- Length: 40 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 12-10-13
- Language: English
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The Dawn of Everything
- A New History of Humanity
- By: David Graeber, David Wengrow
- Narrated by: Mark Williams
- Length: 24 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,835
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,378
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,367
A trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of agriculture and cities to the emergence of "the state", political violence, and social inequality—revealing new possibilities for human emancipation....
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5 out of 5 stars
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exactly what I've been looking for
- By DankTurtle on 11-10-21
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90. The Dawn of Everything
- A New History of Humanity
- Narrated by: Mark Williams
- Length: 24 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 11-09-21
- Language: English
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A People’s Tragedy
- By: Orlando Figes
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 47 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 614
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 526
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 527
A People’s Tragedy follows workers, soldiers, intellectuals and villagers as their world is consumed by revolution and then degenerates into violence and dictatorship....
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4 out of 5 stars
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It would be 5 stars
- By Michael Polevoy on 01-31-19
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91. A People’s Tragedy
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 47 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 10-09-18
- Language: English
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Alexander Hamilton
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 35 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 24,501
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 21,236
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Story5 out of 5 stars 21,106
Historians have long told the story of America’s birth as the triumph of Jefferson’s democratic ideals over the aristocratic intentions of Hamilton....
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Outstanding & Riveting Book!
- By Kevin on 03-04-05
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92. Alexander Hamilton
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 35 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 12-26-04
- 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
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 309
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 279
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Too good to only listen to
- By Betsy Aldrich on 05-10-24
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93. 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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The Only Plane in the Sky
- An Oral History of September 11, 2001
- By: Garrett M. Graff
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,715
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,352
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,344
The first comprehensive oral history of September 11, 2001 - a panoramic narrative woven from the voices of Americans on the front lines of an unprecedented national trauma....
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5 out of 5 stars
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This should be required listening
- By LManc on 09-13-19
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94. The Only Plane in the Sky
- An Oral History of September 11, 2001
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-10-19
- Language: English
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The Fourth Turning
- What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
- By: William Strauss, Neil Howe
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4 out of 5 stars 47
Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Repetitive
- By Ben on 12-29-23
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95. The Fourth Turning
- What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 12-05-23
- Language: English
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Comanches
- The History of a People
- By: T. R. Fehrenbach
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 24 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Authoritative and immediate, this is the classic account of the most powerful of the American Indian tribes. T. R. Fehrenbach traces the Comanches' rise to power....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Historical accuracy
- By Anonymous User on 07-23-24
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96. Comanches
- The History of a People
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 24 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 01-30-24
- Language: English
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One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 1
- The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein
- By: Whitney Alyse Webb
- Narrated by: Grace Noble
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 278
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 236
Volume one of One Nation Under Blackmail traces the origin of the network behind Jeffrey Epstein and his associates to the merging of organized crime and intelligence networks during World War II, following their most notable activities through the decades....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must have
- By Steven Gerweck on 04-04-23
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97. One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 1
- The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein
- Narrated by: Grace Noble
- Series: One Nation Under Blackmail, Book 1
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 03-21-23
- Language: English
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Down the Great Unknown
- John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon
- By: Edward Dolnick
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 237
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 237
On May 24, 1869 a one-armed Civil War veteran, John Wesley Powell, and a ragtag band of nine mountain men embarked on the last great quest in the American West. The Grand Canyon, not explored before, was as mysterious as Atlantis - and as perilous....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Modern references take away
- By HC-2 NAS Norfolk '92 on 08-17-19
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98. Down the Great Unknown
- John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 06-11-19
- Language: English
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The Way I Heard It
- By: Mike Rowe
- Narrated by: Mike Rowe
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9,954
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8,785
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8,724
Emmy-award winning gadfly Mike Rowe presents a ridiculously entertaining, seriously fascinating collection of his favorite episodes from America’s number one short-form podcast, The Way I Heard It, along with a host of memories, ruminations, and insights....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I could listen to Mike read all day. And I am!
- By Amazon Customer on 10-15-19
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99. The Way I Heard It
- Narrated by: Mike Rowe
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 10-15-19
- Language: English
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Vanderbilt
- The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
- By: Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe
- Narrated by: Anderson Cooper
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,725
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,967
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,940
New York Times best-selling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times best-selling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty - his mother’s family, the Vanderbilts....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting Approach to a Well Known History
- By HistoryNerd on 09-24-21
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100. Vanderbilt
- The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
- Narrated by: Anderson Cooper
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 09-21-21
- Language: English
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