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    Alexander Hamilton Audiobook By Ron Chernow cover art
    • Alexander Hamilton

    • By: Ron Chernow
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 35 hrs and 58 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 23,028
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 20,001
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 19,877

    Historians have long told the story of America’s birth as the triumph of Jefferson’s democratic ideals over the aristocratic intentions of Hamilton....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • we've dealt with people like number 45 before

    • By EvaPhiletaWright on 06-01-17
    Alexander Hamilton

    By: Ron Chernow

    Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Audiobook By Walter Isaacson cover art
    • Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

    • By: Walter Isaacson
    • Narrated by: Nelson Runger
    • Length: 24 hrs and 40 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,823
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,907
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,877

    Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us - an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • My kinda founding father...mostly...

    • By Brad Barker on 06-08-13
    Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

    By: Walter Isaacson

    Frederick Douglass Audiobook By David W. Blight cover art
    • Frederick Douglass

    • Prophet of Freedom
    • By: David W. Blight
    • Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
    • Length: 36 hrs and 57 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,229
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,998
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,985

    The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Excellent work

    • By S.E.B. on 03-04-19
    Frederick Douglass

    By: David W. Blight

    Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Audiobook By Jack Weatherford cover art
    • Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

    • By: Jack Weatherford
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
    • Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 18,484
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 15,297
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 15,299

    The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • I guess the Mongols needed a cheerleader?

    • By Mike Reiter on 06-29-16
    Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

    By: Jack Weatherford

    Washington Audiobook By Ron Chernow cover art
    • Washington

    • A Life
    • By: Ron Chernow
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 41 hrs and 54 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 11,807
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 10,284
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 10,234

    From National Book Award winner Ron Chernow, a landmark biography of George Washington....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • FANTASTIC!!

    • By Roy on 03-15-11
    Washington

    By: Ron Chernow

    The River of Doubt Audiobook By Candice Millard cover art
    • The River of Doubt

    • Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
    • By: Candice Millard
    • Narrated by: Paul Michael
    • Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,252
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,668
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,665

    The River of Doubt brings alive extraordinary events in a powerful nonfiction narrative thriller that happens to feature one of the most famous Americans who ever lived....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Excellent Writing, Story and Narration

    • By Philip on 11-03-05
    The River of Doubt

    By: Candice Millard

    Alexander Hamilton Audiobook By Ron Chernow cover art
    • Alexander Hamilton

    • By: Ron Chernow
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 35 hrs and 58 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 23,028
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 20,001
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 19,877

    Historians have long told the story of America’s birth as the triumph of Jefferson’s democratic ideals over the aristocratic intentions of Hamilton....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • we've dealt with people like number 45 before

    • By EvaPhiletaWright on 06-01-17
    Alexander Hamilton

    By: Ron Chernow

    Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Audiobook By Walter Isaacson cover art
    • Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

    • By: Walter Isaacson
    • Narrated by: Nelson Runger
    • Length: 24 hrs and 40 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,823
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,907
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,877

    Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us - an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • My kinda founding father...mostly...

    • By Brad Barker on 06-08-13
    Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

    By: Walter Isaacson

    Frederick Douglass Audiobook By David W. Blight cover art
    • Frederick Douglass

    • Prophet of Freedom
    • By: David W. Blight
    • Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
    • Length: 36 hrs and 57 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,229
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,998
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,985

    The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Excellent work

    • By S.E.B. on 03-04-19
    Frederick Douglass

    By: David W. Blight

    Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Audiobook By Jack Weatherford cover art
    • Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

    • By: Jack Weatherford
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
    • Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 18,484
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 15,297
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 15,299

    The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • I guess the Mongols needed a cheerleader?

    • By Mike Reiter on 06-29-16
    Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

    By: Jack Weatherford

    Washington Audiobook By Ron Chernow cover art
    • Washington

    • A Life
    • By: Ron Chernow
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 41 hrs and 54 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 11,807
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 10,284
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 10,234

    From National Book Award winner Ron Chernow, a landmark biography of George Washington....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • FANTASTIC!!

    • By Roy on 03-15-11
    Washington

    By: Ron Chernow

    The River of Doubt Audiobook By Candice Millard cover art
    • The River of Doubt

    • Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
    • By: Candice Millard
    • Narrated by: Paul Michael
    • Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,252
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,668
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,665

    The River of Doubt brings alive extraordinary events in a powerful nonfiction narrative thriller that happens to feature one of the most famous Americans who ever lived....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Excellent Writing, Story and Narration

    • By Philip on 11-03-05
    The River of Doubt

    By: Candice Millard

    In the Garden of Beasts Audiobook By Erik Larson cover art
    • In the Garden of Beasts

    • Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
    • By: Erik Larson
    • Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
    • Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 8,312
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,006
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 6,998

    Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • I loved it ... and hated it ... simultaneously

    • By History on 11-21-11
    In the Garden of Beasts

    By: Erik Larson

    Titan Audiobook By Ron Chernow cover art
    • Titan

    • The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
    • By: Ron Chernow
    • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
    • Length: 35 hrs and 3 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,863
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,970
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,946

    Titan is the first full-length biography based on unrestricted access to Rockefeller’s exceptionally rich trove of papers. A landmark publication full of startling revelations, the book indelibly alters our image of this most enigmatic capitalist....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • WOW! What a fascinating story!

    • By martha on 12-17-13
    Titan

    By: Ron Chernow

    Last Train to Memphis Audiobook By Peter Guralnick cover art
    • Last Train to Memphis

    • The Rise of Elvis Presley
    • By: Peter Guralnick
    • Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
    • Length: 22 hrs and 33 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 491
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 430
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 428

    From the moment that he first shook up the world in the mid 1950s, Elvis Presley has been one of the most vivid and enduring myths of American culture....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • True fans will be delighted.

    • By Joachim Møller on 04-24-15
    Last Train to Memphis

    By: Peter Guralnick

    Leonardo da Vinci Audiobook By Walter Isaacson cover art
    • Leonardo da Vinci

    • By: Walter Isaacson
    • Narrated by: Alfred Molina
    • Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 10,804
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,519
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,444

    Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and engineering....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Wish the sample was not from the preface!

    • By Chris M. on 11-13-17
    Leonardo da Vinci

    By: Walter Isaacson

    Team of Rivals Audiobook By Doris Kearns Goodwin cover art
    • Team of Rivals

    • The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
    • By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
    • Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
    • Length: 41 hrs and 32 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 9,904
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,767
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 8,778

    On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Lincoln Comes Alive Through His Realtionships

    • By Wolfpacker on 06-22-15
    Team of Rivals

    By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

    John Adams Audiobook By David McCullough cover art
    • John Adams

    • By: David McCullough
    • Narrated by: Nelson Runger
    • Length: 29 hrs and 54 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,314
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,596
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 6,582

    In this powerful, epic biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Gasping for air.

    • By PaddlerRich on 08-15-18
    John Adams

    By: David McCullough

    Napoleon Audiobook By Andrew Roberts cover art
    • Napoleon

    • A Life
    • By: Andrew Roberts
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Length: 32 hrs and 56 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,065
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,401
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,372

    The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times best-selling author of The Storm of War....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • What a dynamo!

    • By Tad Davis on 01-16-15
    Napoleon

    By: Andrew Roberts

    The Power Broker Audiobook By Robert A. Caro cover art
    • The Power Broker

    • Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
    • By: Robert A. Caro
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 66 hrs and 9 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 3,549
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 3,123
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 3,128

    Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew: that Robert Moses was the single most powerful man of his time in the City and in the State of New York....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Superb Narration of an Essential Story

    • By Jenny Jenkins on 06-29-14
    The Power Broker

    By: Robert A. Caro

    Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Audiobook By Jon Meacham cover art
    • Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

    • By: Jon Meacham
    • Narrated by: Edward Herrmann, Jon Meacham
    • Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,040
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,325
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,292

    In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary man and his remarkable times....

    • 2 out of 5 stars
    • A Superficial Read

    • By Gordon Shumway on 10-06-16
    Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

    By: Jon Meacham

    Churchill Audiobook By Andrew Roberts cover art
    • Churchill

    • Walking with Destiny
    • By: Andrew Roberts
    • Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
    • Length: 50 hrs and 28 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 3,596
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 3,209
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 3,195

    In this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based on extensive new material, the true genius of the man, statesman, and leader can finally be fully understood - by the best-selling, award-winning author of Napoleon and The Storm of War....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Superb Biography

    • By Jean on 03-03-19
    Churchill

    By: Andrew Roberts

    Stamped from the Beginning Audiobook By Ibram X. Kendi cover art
    • Stamped from the Beginning

    • The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
    • By: Ibram X. Kendi
    • Narrated by: Christopher Dontrell Piper
    • Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 3,740
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,276
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 3,250

    Some Americans cling desperately to the myth that we are living in a post-racial society....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Fabulous book, poor reader

    • By EBMason on 11-15-17
    Stamped from the Beginning

    By: Ibram X. Kendi

    Bonhoeffer Audiobook By Eric Metaxas, Timothy Keller cover art
    • Bonhoeffer

    • Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
    • By: Eric Metaxas, Timothy Keller
    • Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner, Eric Metaxas
    • Length: 23 hrs and 23 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1,475
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,312
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,314

    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....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Mandatory Reading

    • By cmb on 03-10-20
    Bonhoeffer

    By: Eric Metaxas, and others

    The Wright Brothers Audiobook By David McCullough cover art
    • The Wright Brothers

    • By: David McCullough
    • Narrated by: David McCullough
    • Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 12,924
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 11,554
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 11,515

    Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story behind the story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great book

    • By S. Thurman on 06-17-15
    The Wright Brothers

    By: David McCullough

    The Black Count Audiobook By Tom Reiss cover art
    • The Black Count

    • Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
    • By: Tom Reiss
    • Narrated by: Paul Michael
    • Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,826
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,645
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,648

    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....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • The story behind the greatest novelist of all time

    • By Melinda on 01-13-13
    The Black Count

    By: Tom Reiss

    The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt Audiobook By Edmund Morris cover art
    • The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

    • By: Edmund Morris
    • Narrated by: Mark Deakins
    • Length: 26 hrs and 36 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,072
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 3,554
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 3,536

    Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time. Described by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic", The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Very, very good, but very, very long.

    • By Mike From Mesa on 03-29-13
    The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

    By: Edmund Morris

    Long Walk to Freedom Audiobook By Nelson Mandela cover art
    • Long Walk to Freedom

    • The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
    • By: Nelson Mandela
    • Narrated by: Michael Boatman
    • Length: 27 hrs and 39 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 4,253
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 3,791
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 3,778

    Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great book, great narration.

    • By Nothing really matters on 03-20-14
    Long Walk to Freedom

    By: Nelson Mandela

    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Audiobook By Benjamin Franklin cover art
    • The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

    • By: Benjamin Franklin
    • Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
    • Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,400
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,208
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,204

    Left unfinished at the time of his death, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin has endured as one of the most well-known and influential autobiographies ever written....

    • 2 out of 5 stars
    • Egregious omission of important passage.

    • By Walking Man on 02-14-19
    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

    By: Benjamin Franklin

    Founding Brothers Audiobook By Joseph J. Ellis cover art
    • Founding Brothers

    • The Revolutionary Generation
    • By: Joseph J. Ellis
    • Narrated by: Bob Walter
    • Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 781
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 697
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 695

    An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic - Adams, Burr, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, and Washington....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great!

    • By Gotta Tellya on 08-10-16
    Founding Brothers

    By: Joseph J. Ellis

    The Path to Power Audiobook By Robert A. Caro cover art
    • The Path to Power

    • The Years of Lyndon Johnson
    • By: Robert A. Caro
    • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
    • Length: 40 hrs and 29 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 3,191
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 2,854
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 2,845

    This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Just fantastic...

    • By Casper Paludan on 07-30-14
    The Path to Power

    By: Robert A. Caro

    Rebel Yell Audiobook By S. C. Gwynne cover art
    • Rebel Yell

    • The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
    • By: S. C. Gwynne
    • Narrated by: Cotter Smith
    • Length: 24 hrs and 58 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 3,952
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 3,549
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 3,538

    In April of 1862 he was merely another Confederate general with only a single battle credential in an army fighting in what seemed to be a losing cause....

    • 1 out of 5 stars
    • Just another meme to rewrite history

    • By Mark Rissman on 02-24-20
    Rebel Yell

    By: S. C. Gwynne

    About Face Audiobook By Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., Julie Sherman cover art
    • About Face

    • By: Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., Julie Sherman
    • Narrated by: John Pruden
    • Length: 40 hrs and 38 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 2,223
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,953
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,949

    From age 15 to 40, David Hackworth devoted himself to the US Army and fast became a living legend. In 1971, however, he appeared on television to decry the doomed war effort in Vietnam....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • An excellent adaptation of an excellent book

    • By Tom Rogneby on 07-18-19
    About Face

    By: Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., and others

    Truman Audiobook By David McCullough cover art
    • Truman

    • By: David McCullough
    • Narrated by: Nelson Runger
    • Length: 54 hrs and 11 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 4,352
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,875
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 3,863

    Hailed by critics as an American masterpiece, David McCullough's sweeping biography of Harry S. Truman captured the heart of the nation....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • That Mousy Little Man From Missouri Revisited

    • By Sara on 07-23-15
    Truman

    By: David McCullough

    Cleopatra Audiobook By Stacy Schiff cover art
    • Cleopatra

    • A Life
    • By: Stacy Schiff
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 1,477
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 997
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 1,011

    Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Not "just" a Biography!

    • By Joshua on 10-16-13
    Cleopatra

    By: Stacy Schiff

    The Indifferent Stars Above Audiobook By Daniel James Brown cover art
    • The Indifferent Stars Above

    • The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
    • By: Daniel James Brown
    • Narrated by: Michael Prichard
    • Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,352
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,184
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,184

    In early December 1846, starving and desperate, Sarah Graves and 14 other pioneers led by George Donner set out for California on snowshoes and over the next 32 days endured almost unfathomable hardships and horrors....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Absolutely enthralling

    • By Sasha Anscum on 06-07-19
    The Indifferent Stars Above

    By: Daniel James Brown

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    • Bernard and Avis DeVoto and the Forgotten Fight to Save the Wild
    • By: Nate Schweber
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    In late-1940s America, few writers commanded attention like Bernard DeVoto. Alongside his brilliant wife and editor, Avis, DeVoto was a firebrand of American liberty, free speech, and perhaps our greatest national treasure: public lands. But when a corrupt band of lawmakers, led by Senator Pat McCarran, sought to quietly cede millions of acres of national parks and other Western lands to logging, mining, and private industry, the DeVotos entered the fight of their lives. 

    This America of Ours

    By: Nate Schweber

    The Death of Manolete Audiobook By Barnaby Conrad cover art
    • The Death of Manolete

    • By: Barnaby Conrad
    • Narrated by: Barnaby Conrad
    • Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
    • Unabridged
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    On Thursday, August 28, 1947, a 30-year-old millionaire named Manuel Laureano Rodriguez—Manolete—and a Miura bull named Islero killed each other. The Death of Manolete recounts the extraordinary life and demise of this young bullfighter, from the childhood that made the Spanish boy and the sacrifice that made the man to the girl who brought him love and the acclaim that brought him incredible success. 

    The Death of Manolete

    By: Barnaby Conrad

    Cockroaches Audiobook By Scholastique Mukasonga cover art
    • Cockroaches

    • By: Scholastique Mukasonga
    • Narrated by: Akrosia Samson Demetrios
    • Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Imagine being born into a world where everything about you—the shape of your nose, the look of your hair, the place of your birth—designates you as an undesirable, an inferior, a menace, no better than a cockroach, something to be driven away and ultimately exterminated. Imagine being thousands of miles away while your family and friends are brutally and methodically slaughtered. Imagine being entrusted by your parents with the mission of leaving everything you know and finding some way to survive, in the name of your family and your people. 

    Cockroaches

    By: Scholastique Mukasonga

    The Interpreter's Daughter Audiobook By Teresa Lim cover art
    • The Interpreter's Daughter

    • A remarkable true story of feminist defiance in 19th Century Singapore
    • By: Teresa Lim
    • Narrated by: Teresa Lim
    • Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
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    In the last years of her life, Teresa Lim's mother, Violet Chang, had copies of a cherished family photograph made for those in the portrait who were still alive. The photo is mounted on cream card with the name of the studio stamped at the bottom in Chinese characters. The place and date on the back: Hong Kong, 1935. Teresa would often look at this photograph, enticed by the fierceness and beauty of her great-aunt Fanny looking back at her. But Fanny never seemed to feature in the told and retold family stories. Why? she wondered. 

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Singapore Story

    • By Josh Koehn on 07-02-22
    The Interpreter's Daughter

    By: Teresa Lim

    Sisters in Resistance Audiobook By Tilar J. Mazzeo cover art
    • Sisters in Resistance

    • How a German Spy, a Banker's Wife, and Mussolini's Daughter Outwitted the Nazis
    • By: Tilar J. Mazzeo
    • Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
    • Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 3
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      4 out of 5 stars 3
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    In 1944, Benito Mussolini's daughter, Edda, gave Hitler and her father an ultimatum: release her husband, Galeazzo Ciano, from prison, or risk her leaking her husband's journals to the press. To avoid the peril of exposing Nazi lies, Hitler and Mussolini hunted for the diaries for months, determined to destroy them. Hilde Beetz, a German spy, was deployed to seduce Ciano to learn the diaries' location and take them from Edda. Drawing from in‑depth research and first-person interviews, Mazzeo gives listeners a riveting look into this little‑known moment in history.

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Excellent

    • By Dale JENKINS on 06-25-22
    Sisters in Resistance

    By: Tilar J. Mazzeo

    The Importance of Not Being Ernest Audiobook By Mark Kurlansky cover art
    • The Importance of Not Being Ernest

    • A Writing Life with an Uninvited Hemingway
    • By: Mark Kurlansky
    • Narrated by: Adam Grupper
    • Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
    • Unabridged
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    By a series of coincidences, Mark Kurlansky’s life has always been intertwined with Ernest Hemingway's legend, starting with being in Idaho the day of Hemingway’s death. The Importance of Not Being Ernest explores the intersections between Hemingway’s and Kurlansky’s lives, resulting in creative accounts of two inspiring writing careers. Travel the world with Mark Kurlansky and Ernest Hemingway in this personal memoir, where Kurlansky details his ten years in Paris and his time as a journalist in Spain.

    The Importance of Not Being Ernest

    By: Mark Kurlansky

    This America of Ours Audiobook By Nate Schweber cover art
    • This America of Ours

    • Bernard and Avis DeVoto and the Forgotten Fight to Save the Wild
    • By: Nate Schweber
    • Narrated by: Fred Sanders
    • Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
    • Unabridged
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    In late-1940s America, few writers commanded attention like Bernard DeVoto. Alongside his brilliant wife and editor, Avis, DeVoto was a firebrand of American liberty, free speech, and perhaps our greatest national treasure: public lands. But when a corrupt band of lawmakers, led by Senator Pat McCarran, sought to quietly cede millions of acres of national parks and other Western lands to logging, mining, and private industry, the DeVotos entered the fight of their lives. 

    This America of Ours

    By: Nate Schweber

    The Death of Manolete Audiobook By Barnaby Conrad cover art
    • The Death of Manolete

    • By: Barnaby Conrad
    • Narrated by: Barnaby Conrad
    • Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
    • Unabridged
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    On Thursday, August 28, 1947, a 30-year-old millionaire named Manuel Laureano Rodriguez—Manolete—and a Miura bull named Islero killed each other. The Death of Manolete recounts the extraordinary life and demise of this young bullfighter, from the childhood that made the Spanish boy and the sacrifice that made the man to the girl who brought him love and the acclaim that brought him incredible success. 

    The Death of Manolete

    By: Barnaby Conrad

    Cockroaches Audiobook By Scholastique Mukasonga cover art
    • Cockroaches

    • By: Scholastique Mukasonga
    • Narrated by: Akrosia Samson Demetrios
    • Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Imagine being born into a world where everything about you—the shape of your nose, the look of your hair, the place of your birth—designates you as an undesirable, an inferior, a menace, no better than a cockroach, something to be driven away and ultimately exterminated. Imagine being thousands of miles away while your family and friends are brutally and methodically slaughtered. Imagine being entrusted by your parents with the mission of leaving everything you know and finding some way to survive, in the name of your family and your people. 

    Cockroaches

    By: Scholastique Mukasonga

    The Interpreter's Daughter Audiobook By Teresa Lim cover art
    • The Interpreter's Daughter

    • A remarkable true story of feminist defiance in 19th Century Singapore
    • By: Teresa Lim
    • Narrated by: Teresa Lim
    • Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1
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      5 out of 5 stars 1
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      5 out of 5 stars 1

    In the last years of her life, Teresa Lim's mother, Violet Chang, had copies of a cherished family photograph made for those in the portrait who were still alive. The photo is mounted on cream card with the name of the studio stamped at the bottom in Chinese characters. The place and date on the back: Hong Kong, 1935. Teresa would often look at this photograph, enticed by the fierceness and beauty of her great-aunt Fanny looking back at her. But Fanny never seemed to feature in the told and retold family stories. Why? she wondered. 

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Singapore Story

    • By Josh Koehn on 07-02-22
    The Interpreter's Daughter

    By: Teresa Lim

    Sisters in Resistance Audiobook By Tilar J. Mazzeo cover art
    • Sisters in Resistance

    • How a German Spy, a Banker's Wife, and Mussolini's Daughter Outwitted the Nazis
    • By: Tilar J. Mazzeo
    • Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
    • Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 3
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 3
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      4.5 out of 5 stars 3

    In 1944, Benito Mussolini's daughter, Edda, gave Hitler and her father an ultimatum: release her husband, Galeazzo Ciano, from prison, or risk her leaking her husband's journals to the press. To avoid the peril of exposing Nazi lies, Hitler and Mussolini hunted for the diaries for months, determined to destroy them. Hilde Beetz, a German spy, was deployed to seduce Ciano to learn the diaries' location and take them from Edda. Drawing from in‑depth research and first-person interviews, Mazzeo gives listeners a riveting look into this little‑known moment in history.

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Excellent

    • By Dale JENKINS on 06-25-22
    Sisters in Resistance

    By: Tilar J. Mazzeo

    The Importance of Not Being Ernest Audiobook By Mark Kurlansky cover art
    • The Importance of Not Being Ernest

    • A Writing Life with an Uninvited Hemingway
    • By: Mark Kurlansky
    • Narrated by: Adam Grupper
    • Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      2 out of 5 stars 1
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    By a series of coincidences, Mark Kurlansky’s life has always been intertwined with Ernest Hemingway's legend, starting with being in Idaho the day of Hemingway’s death. The Importance of Not Being Ernest explores the intersections between Hemingway’s and Kurlansky’s lives, resulting in creative accounts of two inspiring writing careers. Travel the world with Mark Kurlansky and Ernest Hemingway in this personal memoir, where Kurlansky details his ten years in Paris and his time as a journalist in Spain.

    The Importance of Not Being Ernest

    By: Mark Kurlansky

    The Fascination of What's Difficult Audiobook By Kim Bendheim cover art
    • The Fascination of What's Difficult

    • A Life of Maud Gonne
    • By: Kim Bendheim
    • Narrated by: Owen Laheen
    • Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Maud Gonne, the legendary woman known as the Irish Joan of Arc, left her mark on everyone she met. What motivated this extraordinary person? Kim Bendheim has long been fascinated by Maud Gonne’s perplexing character, and here gives us an intensely personal assessment of her thrilling life. The product of much original research, including interviews with Gonne’s equally vivid, unconventional descendants, The Fascination of What’s Difficult is a portrait of a powerful woman who, despite her considerable flaws, continues to inspire. 

    The Fascination of What's Difficult

    By: Kim Bendheim

    The Fall of the House of Borgia Audiobook By E.R. Chamberlin cover art
    • The Fall of the House of Borgia

    • By: E.R. Chamberlin
    • Narrated by: Tim Campbell
    • Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Beginning with Rodrigo Borgia, Chamberlin charts this intelligent but ruthless man's passage to the top. He uncovers how, as Pope Alexander VI, he directed his family to carve out a Borgia kingdom in the heart of Italy. The chaotic intrigues, alliances, and wars that Cesare and Lucrezia became embroiled with are exposed in fascinating detail as competing dynasties and cities struggled for survival before the family's fortunes crumbled. 

    The Fall of the House of Borgia

    By: E.R. Chamberlin

    Grigori Rasputin Audiobook By Kelly Mass cover art
    • Grigori Rasputin

    • History of the Russian Mystic and Self-Proclaimed Holy Man
    • By: Kelly Mass
    • Narrated by: Doug Greene
    • Length: 37 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was a Russian mystic and self-declared holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II, Russia's last emperor, and achieved massive power in late Imperial Russia. Rasputin was born into a peasant family in the Siberian town of Pokrovskoye. In the year 1897, while on a journey to an abbey, he had a spiritual conversion experience. In the year 1903 or the winter of 1904-1905, he checked out Saint Petersburg, where he drew in certain church and social leaders. In November 1905, he met Emperor Nicholas and Empress Alexandra, and ended up a social figure.

    Grigori Rasputin

    By: Kelly Mass

    A Note on the Lives and Impact of These Great Minds & Historical Figures Audiobook By Patrick Marcus cover art
    • A Note on the Lives and Impact of These Great Minds & Historical Figures

    • 20 Game Changers in History, Series 1
    • By: Patrick Marcus
    • Narrated by: Robin LaRose
    • Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Contained in this book are short summaries of the stories of the great visionaries and great minds of humanity that changed the game and changed the world. Rather than information overload like regular history textbooks (focused on dates, facts, and place names), this book series tells the unique stories of the characters. The adversities and setbacks they faced. The moments of inspiration. Rare characteristics and not-so-well-known facts. See these stories from a different angle in a new, exciting way, with their most inspirational quotes.

    A Note on the Lives and Impact of These Great Minds & Historical Figures

    By: Patrick Marcus

    Metternich Audiobook By Wolfram Siemann, Daniel Steuer - translator cover art
    • Metternich

    • Strategist and Visionary
    • By: Wolfram Siemann, Daniel Steuer - translator
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Length: 36 hrs and 57 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Metternich has a reputation as the epitome of reactionary conservatism. Historians treat him as the archenemy of progress, a ruthless aristocrat who used his power as the dominant European statesman of the first half of the nineteenth century to stifle liberalism, suppress national independence, and oppose the dreams of social change that inspired the revolutionaries of 1848. Wolfram Siemann paints a fundamentally new image of the man who shaped Europe for over four decades. He reveals Metternich as more modern and his career much more forward-looking than we have ever recognized.

    Metternich

    By: Wolfram Siemann, and others

    Bonhoeffer Abridged Audiobook By Eric Metaxas, Timothy Keller - foreword contributor cover art
    • Bonhoeffer Abridged

    • Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
    • By: Eric Metaxas, Timothy Keller - foreword contributor
    • Narrated by: John Behrens
    • Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
    • Abridged
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    A definitive, deeply moving narrative, Bonhoeffer is a story of moral courage in the face of monstrous evil. As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe, a young pastor named Dietrich Bonhoeffer become one of the first to speak out against Hitler. As a double agent, he joined the plot to assassinate the Führer, and he was hanged in Flossenberg concentration camp at age thirty-nine. Since his death, Bonhoeffer has grown to be one of the most fascinating, complex figures of the twentieth century. 

    Bonhoeffer Abridged

    By: Eric Metaxas, and others

    My Boy Jack? Audiobook By Tonie Holt, Valmai Holt cover art
    • My Boy Jack?

    • The Search for Kipling's Only Son
    • By: Tonie Holt, Valmai Holt
    • Narrated by: Bruce Cullen
    • Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
    • Unabridged
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    My Boy Jack is the extraordinary story of Kipling's search for his son. John Kipling was reported missing in the Battle of Loos on the Western Front in 1915. His father, Rudyard, had pulled strings to get his myopic son into the firing line. Devastated at the loss of his only son, Rudyard undertook the sad mission to find John's grave but tragically never succeeded in his quest.

    My Boy Jack?

    By: Tonie Holt, and others

    Charlie Chaplin: A Political Biography from Victorian Britain to Modern America Audiobook By Richard Carr cover art
    • Charlie Chaplin: A Political Biography from Victorian Britain to Modern America

    • Routledge Historical Biographies
    • By: Richard Carr
    • Narrated by: Simon Schatzberger
    • Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Richard Carr’s Charlie Chaplin places politics at the centre of the filmmaker’s life as it looks beyond Chaplin’s role as a comedic figure to his constant political engagement both on and off the screen. Drawing from a wealth of archival sources from across the globe, Carr provides an in-depth examination of Chaplin’s life as he made his way from Lambeth to Los Angeles. From his experiences in the workhouse to his controversial romantic relationships and his connections with some of the leading political figures of his day, this book sheds new light on Chaplin’s private life.

    Charlie Chaplin: A Political Biography from Victorian Britain to Modern America

    By: Richard Carr

    Mary Churchill’s War Audiobook By Mary Churchill, Emma Soames - editor, Erik Larson - introduction cover art
    • Mary Churchill’s War

    • The Wartime Diaries of Churchill’s Youngest Daughter
    • By: Mary Churchill, Emma Soames - editor, Erik Larson - introduction
    • Narrated by: Beth Eyre, Emma Soames
    • Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
    • Unabridged
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    In 1939, seventeen-year-old Mary found herself in an extraordinary position at an extraordinary time: it was the outbreak of World War II and her father, Winston Churchill, had been appointed First Lord of the Admiralty; within months he would become prime minister. The young Mary Churchill was uniquely placed to observe this remarkable historical moment, and her diaries—most never published until now—provide an immediate view of the great events of the war, as well as intimate moments with her father. These diaries also capture what it was like to be a young woman during wartime.

    Mary Churchill’s War

    By: Mary Churchill, and others

    Jennie Audiobook By Ralph G. Martin cover art
    • Jennie

    • The Life of the American Beauty Who Became the Toast—and Scandal—of Two Continents, Ruled an Age and Raised a Son—Winston Churchill—Who Shaped History
    • By: Ralph G. Martin
    • Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
    • Length: 26 hrs and 24 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Sourcebooks is bringing the internationally acclaimed New York Times bestseller back for a new generation of listeners. Jennie Churchill was not merely Winston’s mother. She was the most captivating and desired woman of her age. Originally from Brooklyn, Jennie became the reigning queen of British society. Beautiful and defiant, she lived with an honesty that made her the talk of two continents.

    Jennie

    By: Ralph G. Martin

    The Revolutionary Paul Revere Audiobook By Joel J. Miller cover art
    • The Revolutionary Paul Revere

    • By: Joel J. Miller
    • Narrated by: John Behrens
    • Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Always smack dab in the thick of things, he was an ordinary citizen living in extraordinarily turbulent times. Revere played key roles in colonial tax fights and riots, the infamous Boston Massacre, the Tea Party, the Battle of Lexington and Concord, and even the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. In this fast-paced, dramatic account, Paul Revere’s life pulses with energy as author Joel J. Miller explores his family and church life along with his revolutionary contribution as a spy, entrepreneur, express rider, freemason, and commercial visionary.

    The Revolutionary Paul Revere

    By: Joel J. Miller

    Lived to Tell Audiobook By Elizabeth Wright cover art
    • Lived to Tell

    • Three Generations of Dreams and Reality, Volume 1
    • By: Elizabeth Wright
    • Narrated by: Joshua Mesnik
    • Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
    • Unabridged
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    In Romania, times were tough back in 1919. As Cecilia and her husband, a preacher,