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A Promised Land
- By: Barack Obama
- Narrated by: Barack Obama
- Length: 29 hrs and 10 mins
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In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world....
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Color me grateful.
- By Angela on 11-19-20
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21. A Promised Land
- Narrated by: Barack Obama
- Length: 29 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 11-17-20
- 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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22. 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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Madness
- Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
- By: Antonia Hylton
- Narrated by: Antonia Hylton
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a compelling 93-year history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the nation’s last segregated asylums, told by an award-winning journalist on her decade-long search for sanity in America’s mental healthcare system....
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Glad to have added this to my cerebral quarters
- By Alednam A Uonopk on 04-25-24
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23. Madness
- Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
- Narrated by: Antonia Hylton
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 01-23-24
- Language: English
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Guns, Germs and Steel
- The Fate of Human Societies
- By: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Doug Ordunio
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history....
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Compelling pre-history and emergent history
- By Doug on 08-25-11
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24. Guns, Germs and Steel
- The Fate of Human Societies
- Narrated by: Doug Ordunio
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 01-18-11
- 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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25. 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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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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26. 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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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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27. 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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The Case for Christ, Revised & Updated
- A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
- By: Lee Strobel
- Narrated by: Lee Strobel
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Is there credible evidence that Jesus of Nazareth really is the son of God? Retracing his own spiritual journey from atheism to faith, Lee Strobel cross-examines a dozen experts....
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Wow
- By Jeff Wedding on 09-07-17
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28. The Case for Christ, Revised & Updated
- A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
- Narrated by: Lee Strobel
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 10-18-16
- Language: English
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Rise and Kill First
- The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
- By: Ronen Bergman
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 25 hrs and 58 mins
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The Talmud says: “If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.” This instinct to take every measure, even the most aggressive, to defend the Jewish people is hardwired into Israel’s DNA....
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Eye Opening
- By Ari Safari on 02-09-18
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29. Rise and Kill First
- The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 25 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 01-30-18
- Language: English
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Caste
- The Origins of Our Discontents
- By: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions....
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Brilliant, articulate, highly listenable.
- By GM on 08-05-20
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30. Caste
- The Origins of Our Discontents
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 08-04-20
- Language: English
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MeatEater's American History: The Long Hunters (1761-1775)
- By: Steven Rinella, Clay Newcomb
- Narrated by: Steven Rinella, Clay Newcomb
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
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From the creators of the New York Times bestselling series Campfire Stories: Close Calls comes a new original audiobook that brings to life the bold, hair-raising, and often tragic adventures of a generation of eighteenth-century frontiersmen: the Long Hunters....
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History is wonderful
- By Marjo on 01-22-24
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31. MeatEater's American History: The Long Hunters (1761-1775)
- Narrated by: Steven Rinella, Clay Newcomb
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 01-09-24
- Language: English
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Mythos
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
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Here are the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the Greek myths, stylishly retold by Stephen Fry. The legendary writer, actor, and comedian breathes life into ancient tales, from Pandora's box to Prometheus's fire, and transforms the adventures of Zeus and the Olympians....
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Please, will you tell me a story?
- By L. Kampp on 09-24-19
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32. Mythos
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Series: Mythos, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 08-27-19
- Language: English
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Autocracy, Inc.
- The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
- By: Anne Applebaum
- Narrated by: Anne Applebaum
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
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From the Pulitzer-prize winning, New York Times bestselling author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them.
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Legerdemain
- By Cosmo on 07-26-24
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33. Autocracy, Inc.
- The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
- Narrated by: Anne Applebaum
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 07-23-24
- Language: English
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The Unseen Truth
- When Race Changed Sight in America
- By: Sarah Lewis
- Narrated by: Sarah Lewis
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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The award-winning art historian and founder of the Vision & Justice project uncovers a pivotal era in the story of race in the United States when Americans came to ignore the truth about the false foundations of the nation’s racial regime.
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34. The Unseen Truth
- When Race Changed Sight in America
- Narrated by: Sarah Lewis
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 09-17-24
- Language: English
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Barbarians at the Gate
- The Fall of RJR Nabisco
- By: Bryan Burrough, John Helyar
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 22 hrs and 18 mins
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A number-one New York Times best seller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco....
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Timeless.
- By Jeremy Repanich on 07-22-23
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35. Barbarians at the Gate
- The Fall of RJR Nabisco
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 22 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 06-22-21
- Language: English
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The Warmth of Other Suns
- The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
- By: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 22 hrs and 40 mins
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From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history....
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Superior non-fiction
- By Lila on 05-20-11
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36. The Warmth of Other Suns
- The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 22 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 12-26-10
- Language: English
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The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History)
- By: Craig L. Symonds
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
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There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway....
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You may knock US down, but you can't knock US out
- By Matthew on 12-04-13
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37. The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History)
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Series: Pivotal Moments in American History Series
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 05-22-12
- Language: English
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Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- By: Alfred Lansing
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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For five months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world....
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The best book I've had
- By Thomas Allen on 09-17-08
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38. Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 04-08-08
- Language: English
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Homo Deus
- A Brief History of Tomorrow
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
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Yuval Noah Harari returns with an original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity's future and our quest to upgrade humans into gods....
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Fun But With A Couple O' Caveats--
- By Gillian on 02-22-17
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39. Homo Deus
- A Brief History of Tomorrow
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Series: Sapiens
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 02-21-17
- Language: English
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Black AF History
- The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
- By: Michael Harriot
- Narrated by: Michael Harriot
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
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From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot comes a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans....
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LOVE It!
- By KMB on 09-29-23
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40. Black AF History
- The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
- Narrated by: Michael Harriot
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 09-19-23
- Language: English
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