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The astonishing story of Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg—a Jewish mathematician who saved thousands of lives in Nazi-occupied Poland by masquerading as a Polish aristocrat—drawing on Mehlberg’s own unpublished memoir.
World War II and the Holocaust have given rise to many stories of resistance and rescue, but The Counterfeit Countess is unique. It tells the remarkable, unknown story of “Countess Janina Suchodolska,” a Jewish woman who rescued more than 10,000 Poles imprisoned by Poland’s Nazi occupiers.
Mehlberg operated in Lublin, Poland, headquarters of Aktion Reinhard, the SS operation that murdered 1.7 million Jews in occupied Poland. Using the identity papers of a Polish aristocrat, she worked as a welfare official while also serving in the Polish resistance. With guile, cajolery, and steely persistence, the “Countess” persuaded SS officials to release thousands of Poles from the Majdanek concentration camp. She won permission to deliver food and medicine—even decorated Christmas trees—for thousands more of the camp’s prisoners. At the same time, she personally smuggled supplies and messages to resistance fighters imprisoned at Majdanek, where 63,000 Jews were murdered in gas chambers and shooting pits. Incredibly, she eluded detection, and ultimately survived the war and emigrated to the US.
Drawing on the manuscript of Mehlberg’s own unpublished memoir, supplemented with prodigious research, Elizabeth White and Joanna Sliwa, professional historians and Holocaust experts, have uncovered the full story of this remarkable woman. They interweave Mehlberg’s sometimes harrowing personal testimony with broader historical narrative. Like The Light of Days, Schindler’s List, and Irena’s Children, The Counterfeit Countess is an unforgettable account of inspiring courage in the face of unspeakable cruelty.
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- By José de Ribera on 12-17-20
By: King James Bible
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The Book of Enoch
- From the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament
- By: Robert Bagley III
- Narrated by: Steve Cook
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,538
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,302
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,298
Why is The Book of Enoch so important to anyone interested in Biblical history? The answer is simple: It is directly quoted in the New Testament by Jude (vv.14-15). Themes of the book referenced in 2 Peter 2:1. Jesus also used content from The Book of Enoch in many of his sermons in Matthew and Luke. In this text, you will hear the word of God through this amazing document. We will take this amazing journey together and learn why this text is not an official book of the Bible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing and disturbingly accurate celestial calc.
- By Susan I Carter on 12-05-17
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The Bhagavad Gita
- By: Eknath Easwaran
- Narrated by: Paul Bazely
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,515
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,829
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,804
The Bhagavad Gita, "The Song of the Lord", is the best known of all the Indian scriptures, and Easwaran's reliable and accessible version has consistently been the best-selling translation. Easwaran's introduction places the Gita in its historical setting and brings out the universality and timelessness of its teachings. Chapter introductions give clear explanations of key concepts in that chapter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Content and narration reduced me to tears
- By Lauriesland on 01-11-16
By: Eknath Easwaran
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Healing Through Breathing
- Four Lessons for Lasting Health and Happiness
- By: Eddie Stern
- Narrated by: Eddie Stern
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 197
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 188
Learn four simple, slow breathing techniques to calm your emotions and leave you stress-free. In addition, these forms of breathing will improve cardiovascular health and your sleep and will also reduce inflammation. Breathing expert Eddie Stern guides you through these practices and also explains exactly how and why they work. These techniques are also a boon to mindfulness and meditation. So tune in, relax, and get ready to take some deep, life-changing breaths through Eddie Stern’s excellent coaching.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Breath is life!
- By Marie on 01-21-24
By: Eddie Stern
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The Mastery of Self
- A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom
- By: Don Miguel Ruiz Jr.
- Narrated by: Charlie Varon
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,322
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,572
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,552
The ancient Toltecs believed that life, as we perceive it, is a dream. We each live in our own personal dream, and these come together to form the dream of the planet, or the world in which we live. Problems arise when our perception of the dream becomes clouded with negativity, drama, and judgment (of ourselves and others), because it's in these moments of suffering that we have forgotten that we are the architects of our own reality and we have the power to change our dream if we choose.
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5 out of 5 stars
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listen.. .then listen again
- By Casiano on 12-22-16
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The Books of Enoch: The Angels, The Watchers and The Nephilim
- With Extensive Commentary
- By: Joseph Lumpkin
- Narrated by: Dennis Logan
- Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 558
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 469
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 458
The well-known and acclaimed work of Dr. Joseph Lumpkin has been enlarged to include new research on the Books of Enoch, Fallen Angels, the Watchers, and the Nephilim. After presenting extensive historical backgrounds and brilliant translations of The First, Second, and Third Books of Enoch, Lumpkin takes time to piece together a historical narrative of Fallen Angels, the Watcher, and the Nephilim, using his extensive knowledge of ancient texts.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Lose the echo effect
- By Mark Medbery on 10-29-17
By: Joseph Lumpkin
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The Pursuit of God
- By: A. W. Tozer
- Narrated by: Mark Moseley
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,935
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,449
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,428
During a train trip from Chicago to Texas in the late 1940s, A.W. Tozer began to write The Pursuit of God. He wrote all night, and when the train arrived at his destination, the rough draft was done. The depth of this book has made it an enduring favorite.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Mature Theology
- By Douglas on 04-18-13
By: A. W. Tozer
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Self Care by the Signs
- By: Valerie Tejeda
- Narrated by: Valerie Tejeda
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,608
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,220
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,205
Astrology has exploded in popularity as more people look to the stars for career, relationship, and self-improvement advice. Now, in this uplifting production, beloved astrology writer Valerie Tejeda shows us how to tap into the energy of the zodiac to enhance our well-being all year long.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A new favorite!
- By Shauna on 03-25-22
By: Valerie Tejeda
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Buddhism for Beginners
- By: Thubten Chodron, His Holiness the Dalai Lama - foreword
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,154
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,834
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,814
This user’s guide to Buddhist basics takes the most commonly asked questions - beginning with “What is the essence of the Buddha’s teachings?” - and provides simple answers in plain English. Thubten Chodron’s responses to the questions that always seem to arise among people approaching Buddhism make this an exceptionally complete and accessible introduction - as well as a manual for living a more peaceful, mindful, and satisfying Life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing introduction to Buddhism
- By chad d on 07-02-15
By: Thubten Chodron, and others
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The Pagan World
- Ancient Religions Before Christianity
- By: Hans-Friedrich Mueller, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Hans-Friedrich Mueller
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,350
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,170
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,160
In The Pagan World: Ancient Religions Before Christianity, you will meet the fascinating, ancient polytheistic peoples of the Mediterranean and beyond, their many gods and goddesses, and their public and private worship practices, as you come to appreciate the foundational role religion played in their lives. Professor Hans-Friedrich Mueller, of Union College in Schenectady, New York, makes this ancient world come alive in 24 lectures with captivating stories of intrigue, artifacts, illustrations, and detailed descriptions from primary sources of intriguing personalities.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Pagan World
- By arnold e andersen md Dr Andersen on 03-28-20
By: Hans-Friedrich Mueller, and others
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Letter to the American Church
- By: Eric Metaxas
- Narrated by: Eric Metaxas
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,111
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,014
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,010
Turning the other cheek does not mean standing by while the enemies of God dismantle Christian civilization and brainwash our children. Decrying the cowardice that masquerades as meekness, Eric Metaxas summons the Church to battle. An attenuated and unbiblical “faith” based on what Bonhoeffer called “cheap grace” has sapped the spiritual vitality of millions of Americans. Paying lip service to an insipid “evangelism,” they shrink from combating the evils of our time. Metaxas refutes the pernicious lie that fighting evil politicizes Christianity.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Buy a physical copy of this book
- By Kaitlin Kalkwarf on 10-05-22
By: Eric Metaxas
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Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
- Voiced by Brian Cox
- By: Brian Cox
- Narrated by: Brian Cox
- Length: 37 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 451
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 393
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 390
Our Bedtime Stories are designed to let you drift off with no nagging feeling that you need to listen through to the end. Their purpose is to let you slowly fall into peaceful, restful sleep. With that in mind, we present actor Brian Cox—Golden Globe winner for his portrayal of media tycoon Logan Roy in HBO’s Succession—returning to his Scottish roots with these evocative tales from the Scottish Highlands.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Thin
- By A Stewart on 10-19-22
By: Brian Cox
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Girl, Stop Apologizing (Audible Exclusive Edition)
- A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
- By: Rachel Hollis
- Narrated by: Rachel Hollis
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20,571
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,733
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17,606
Rachel Hollis has seen it too often: women not living into their full potential. They feel a tugging on their hearts for something more, but they’re afraid of embarrassment, of falling short of perfection, of not being enough. In Girl, Stop Apologizing, number-one New York Times best-selling author and founder of a multimillion-dollar media company, Rachel Hollis sounds a wake-up call. She knows that many women have been taught to define themselves in light of other people - whether as wife, mother, daughter, or employee....
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1 out of 5 stars
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girl, listen.
- By Johanna on 03-08-19
By: Rachel Hollis
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Super Attractor
- Methods for Manifesting a Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
- By: Gabrielle Bernstein
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Bernstein
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,844
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,716
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,666
Ready to turn what you want into the life that you live? The number-one New York Times best-selling author of The Universe Has Your Back shows you how. In Super Attractor, Gabrielle Bernstein lays out the essential methods for manifesting a life beyond your wildest dreams. This book is a journey of remembering where your true power lies. You'll learn how to co-create the life you want. You'll accept that life can flow, that attracting is fun, and that you don't have to work so hard to get what you want.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not a huge fan
- By Pamela H on 09-30-19
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No Mud, No Lotus
- The Art of Transforming Suffering
- By: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrated by: Saunil Daru
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Story5 out of 5 stars 110
The secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it. Here, Thich Nhat Hanh offers practices and inspiration transforming suffering and finding true joy. Thich Nhat Hanh acknowledges that because suffering can feel so bad, we try to run away from it or cover it up by consuming. We find something to eat or turn on the television. But unless we’re able to face our suffering, we can’t be present and available to life, and happiness will continue to elude us.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful book, needs narration change
- By Dansk Ridder on 06-21-23
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
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Medieval Myths & Mysteries
- By: Dorsey Armstrong, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Dorsey Armstrong
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,665
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,120
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,094
The 10 enlightening (and often humorous) lectures of Medieval Myths and Mysteries will show you how far from the “dark” times of legend these centuries were. Uncover the facts about the Knights Templar. Reveal the truth behind the tales of legendary creatures like the Questing Beast and the unicorn. Trace the events of the Black Death and the ways it altered the world in its wake, and much more. With Professor Armstrong, you will dig deep into the ways that later generations reshaped the narrative of the medieval years and perpetuated the myths.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, but centered on Britain
- By Ximena on 04-10-20
By: Dorsey Armstrong, and others
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Happy Days
- By: Gabrielle Bernstein
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Bernstein
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,180
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,025
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,019
What if you could wake up every day without anxiety? View your past with purpose, not regret? Live happy, peaceful, and free from fear? You can - and Gabrielle Bernstein will show you the way. Gabby has long been loved by her listeners as a spiritual teacher, motivational speaker, and catalyst for profound inner change. Her new book presents her most powerful teaching yet: a plan for transforming the pain of your past, whatever that may be, into newfound strength and freedom.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Healing is privileged
- By Tina Clayton on 02-26-22
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Journeys Out of the Body
- By: Robert Monroe
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,369
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,165
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,161
With more than 300,000 copies sold to date, this is the definitive work on the extraordinary phenomenon of out-of-body experiences, by the founder of the internationally known Monroe Institute.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Methodical, Revealing, Fascinating exploration . .
- By Diana on 05-03-14
By: Robert Monroe
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- By: John Eglin
- Narrated by: Dan Calley
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Gambling captures as nothing else the drama of the "long eighteenth century" between the age of religious wars and the age of revolutions. The society that was confronted with games of chance pursued as commercial ventures also came to grips with unprecedented social mobility, floated by new wealth from new sources created fortunes from trade in sugar, cotton, ivory, silk, tea, or enslaved human beings. The Gambling Century focuses like no previous work on those who enabled, facilitated, and profited from gambling, as well as on efforts to regulate or outlaw it.
By: John Eglin
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Among the Reeds
- The True Story of How a Family Survived the Holocaust
- By: Tammy Bottner
- Narrated by: Tammy Bottner
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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A young Jewish mother. A Nazi occupation bent on genocide. A heart-breaking decision that will tear a young family apart. Among the Reeds is a deeply personal family memoir that is part biography, part psychological observation of the extraordinary wartime lives of a persecuted people. If you like true stories of courage, heart-stopping near misses, and tear-jerking choices, then you’ll love Tammy Bottner’s compelling account.
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Wonderful way to learn history from a family’s view
- By K. Martin on 01-04-22
By: Tammy Bottner
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Fritzie
- The Invented Life and Violent Murder of a Flapper
- By: Amy Absher
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Frieda "Fritizie" Mann had several identities during her brief life, and the mysterious circumstances of her death raise as many questions as they do answers. She was born in 1903 near the present border between Poland and Ukraine. And in the last year of her life, Mann became locally famous. She had reinvented herself as a flapper and "Oriental" dancer. She claimed to have friends in Hollywood and a movie contract. On the night of her murder, she said she was going to a party to meet her Hollywood friends; instead she traveled to an isolated roadside hotel where she met her death.
By: Amy Absher
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Forbidden Strawberries
- By: Cipora Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Cipora Hurwitz (Fela Rozensztajn) was less than six years old when the Second World War erupted. All at once the life of her tranquil family became a Hell. FORBIDDEN STRAWBERRIES is the riveting auto-biography of Cipora Hurwitz, an innocent young girl caught up in the Maelstrom of the Holocaust. Her eldest brother survived the war by the skin of his teeth by fleeing to the Soviet Union. The second brother was murdered when only sixteen. Her parents, by great efforts, succeeded in hiding their little daughter and thereby save her life. Devastatingly, they themselves were unable to escape the...
By: Cipora Hurwitz
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Fake Papers
- The Survival Lessons
- By: Aaron Rockett
- Narrated by: Aaron Rockett
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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When World War II began, seventeen-year-old Letty from a rigid Orthodox Jewish family in Belgium is trapped in a resort nestled in the French Pyrenees with her mother and two sisters. Her oldest sister disowns the family to save herself as her mother’s distress turns into violent panic attacks. Ahead of Letty lay razzias, the French police round-ups of Jews, Nazi aircraft, young love, and uncertainty about who to trust or where to go in a country hell-bent on capturing her. Now her family’s fate, whether triumph or catastrophe, hinges on Letty’s escape plan.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A glimmer of hope during the worst of times
- By frank zeno on 02-24-24
By: Aaron Rockett
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Anything but a Wasted Life
- By: Sita Kaylin
- Narrated by: Sita Kaylin
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Working as a stripper and escort is anything but easy. You are often treated like a living blow-up doll and a therapist simultaneously. It’s a life that many judge easily…until you know more. Sita Kaylin, a California native who’s been in the sex industry since 1992, has lived the pitfalls of being naked in front of strangers and the absurdities that arise when you fake intimacy for a living. Anything But a Wasted Life is the autobiography of an unorthodox journey about a woman who has rarely said “no” to life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Relateable in a way that few experiences are
- By Miss kay on 03-26-24
By: Sita Kaylin
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- Michell Rene
- 03-29-24
Very different Holocaust story
This is unlike any other stories of the Holocaust that I have read. Told by a Jewish woman from a very different perspective. Bless her.
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- C. C.
- 03-11-24
This story makes you want to be better 
An incredible story of a woman who made a difference. It is a lesson for each of us, even today. 
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- Huge Daw
- 02-05-24
Inspiration during evil times
The human spirit never ceases to amaze in its capacity for good and evil. The Countess proves courage can rise above fear. To face death daily hour to hour, minute to minute is hard to fathom what that takes.
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- MAK
- 02-24-24
Thought provoking
A great deal of detailed information on the atrocities of WW2. & the bravery of one woman & all those that supported her efforts.
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