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The Man Who Invented Christmas
- How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
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Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at bay. His publisher turned it down, so Dickens used what little money he had to put out A Christmas Carol himself. He worried it might be the end of his career as a novelist. The book immediately caused a sensation. And it breathed new life into a holiday that had fallen into disfavor, undermined by lingering Puritanism and the cold modernity of the Industrial Revolution.
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Beautifully Told!
- By JodyB on 12-01-17
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The Man Who Invented Christmas
- How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 04-25-17
- Language: English
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Last Train to Paradise
- Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Del Roy
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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The paths of the great American robber barons were paved with riches, and though ordinary citizens paid for them, they also profited. Les Standiford, author of the John Deal thrillers, tells how the man who turned Florida's swamps into the playgrounds of the rich performed the almost superhuman feat of building a railroad from the mainland to Key West at the turn of the century.
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A Pleasant Surprise
- By Roy on 04-05-09
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Last Train to Paradise
- Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean
- Narrated by: Del Roy
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 12-11-03
- Language: English
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Meet You in Hell
- Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership that Transformed America
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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Here is history that reads like fiction: the riveting story of two founding fathers of American industry, Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick, and the bloody steelworkers' strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Author Les Standiford begins at the bitter end, when the dying Carnegie proposes a final meeting after two decades of separation. Frick's reply: "Tell him that I'll meet him in hell."
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an extended journalistic tour
- By D. Littman on 06-08-05
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Meet You in Hell
- Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership that Transformed America
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 05-27-05
- Language: English
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Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago, and the Rise of America's Xanadu
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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Looking at the island of Palm Beach today, with its unmatched mansions, tony shops, and pristine beaches, one is hard pressed to visualize the dense tangle of Palmetto brush and mangroves that it was when visionary entrepreneur and railroad tycoon Henry Flagler first arrived there in April 1893. With the authority and narrative prose style that has gained Standiford's work widespread acclaim, Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago, and the Rise of America's Xanadu tells the history of this fabled landscape intertwined with the colorful lives of its famous protagonists.
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Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago, and the Rise of America's Xanadu
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 11-05-19
- Language: English
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The 39 Clues: Unstoppable, Book 3
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- By: Natalie Standiford
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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The 39 Clues is unstoppable! The best-selling series returns with an adventure spanning four explosive volumes and a website that places listeners right in the action.
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Dragging....unprofessional
- By Anonymous User on 01-13-19
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The 39 Clues: Unstoppable, Book 3
- Countdown
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Series: The 39 Clues: Unstoppable, Book 3
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 05-01-14
- Language: English
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Bringing Adam Home
- The Abduction That Changed America
- By: Les Standiford, Joe Matthews
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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Before Adam Walsh there were no faces on milk cartons, no Amber Alerts, no National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, no federal databases of crimes against children, no pedophile registry. His 1981 abduction and murder, unsolved for over a quarter of a century, forever changed America.
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Well-told from the Law Enforcement Perspective
- By Jackie Cross on 03-12-11
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Bringing Adam Home
- The Abduction That Changed America
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 03-01-11
- Language: English
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Last Train to Paradise
- Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Richmond Hoxie
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler, partner to John D. Rockefeller, dreamed of a railway connecting the island of Key West to the Florida mainland, crossing a staggering 153 miles of open ocean - an engineering challenge beyond even that of the Panama Canal. Many considered the project impossible, but build it they did. The railroad stood as a magnificent achievement for more than 22 years, heralded as “the Eighth Wonder of the World”, until its total destruction in 1935's deadly storm of the century.
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Last Train to Paradise
- Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean
- Narrated by: Richmond Hoxie
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 08-02-19
- Language: English
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Water to the Angels
- William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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The author of Last Train to Paradise tells the story of the largest public water project ever created - William Mulholland's Los Angeles aqueduct - a story of Gilded Age ambition, hubris, greed, and one determined man whose vision shaped the future and continues to impact us today.
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Great story of building of the aquaduct.
- By Joe on 05-06-18
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Water to the Angels
- William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 03-31-15
- Language: English
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Desperate Sons
- Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the Secret Bands of Radicals Who Led the Colonies to War
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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More than 200 years ago, a group of British colonists in America decided that the conditions under which they were governed had become intolerable. Angry and frustrated that King George III and the British Parliament had ignored their lawful complaints and petitions, they decided to take action. Knowing that their deeds - often directed at individuals and property - were illegal, and punishable by imprisonment and even death, these agitators plotted and conducted their missions in secret to protect their identities as well as the identities of those who supported them.
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Sons of Liberty
- By Jean on 02-21-13
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Desperate Sons
- Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the Secret Bands of Radicals Who Led the Colonies to War
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 02-12-13
- Language: English
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Miami Noir
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, William Dufris, Joe Barrett, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
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From the introduction by Les Standiford: "The truth is that Miami, though naturally lovely, is a frontier town, perched on the border between the known and the rarely before experienced. The poet Richard Hugo once said that the natural place for the writer was on the edge, and 'edge' might well be the definitive word when it comes to this city... We are not only on the edge of the continent, we are to this country what New York was in Ellis Island's heyday, what the West Coast was in the middle of the 20th century.
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A perfect logistical nightmare.
- By Richard Delman on 02-23-15
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Miami Noir
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, William Dufris, Joe Barrett, Jonathan Davis, Ray Porter, R.C. Bray, Elizabeth Evans
- Series: Akashic Books: Noir
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 11-25-14
- Language: English
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Done Deal
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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Done Deal is filled with gripping characters, unforgettable encounters and unexpected twists. As the Miami sun shines down on a brutal world of corruption and violence, Johnny Deal is salvaging what is left of his family’s contracting business. His four-plex will be completed once he pays off a few more inspectors, and he is rejoicing in his wife’s pregnancy. But he’s about to find himself standing in the way of investors who will do anything, and eliminate anyone, that keeps them from the property they want.
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Disappointing Storyline...
- By Stephen on 03-04-19
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Done Deal
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Series: John Deal, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 06-13-11
- Language: English
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Meet You in Hell
- Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: John Dossett
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
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Here is history that reads like fiction: the riveting story of two founding fathers of American industry, Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick, and the bloody steelworkers' strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Author Les Standiford begins at the bitter end, when the dying Carnegie proposes a final meeting after two decades of separation. Frick's reply: "Tell him that I'll meet him in hell."
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A story filled with errors
- By Kismet on 11-18-06
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Meet You in Hell
- Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America
- Narrated by: John Dossett
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 05-27-05
- Language: English
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How to Say Goodbye in Robot
- By: Natalie Standiford
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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New to town, Bea is expecting her new best friend to be one of the girls she meets on the first day. You know the type: very cheery, very friendly, very average. But instead, the alphabet conspires to seat her next to Jonah, aka Ghost Boy, a quiet observer who hasn’t made a new friend since third grade. He’s not a big fan of people in general... but he’s willing to make an exception for her. Maybe.
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OUTSTANDING
- By K. Sowa on 04-10-13
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How to Say Goodbye in Robot
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 12-01-10
- Language: English
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Raw Deal
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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If you like audiobooks laced with dark, gritty suspense, you won’t be disappointed by this addition to the adventures of Johnny Deal. Set in Miami, each novel in Les Standiford’s gripping series glows with the heat of danger and deception. In the wake of a major hurricane, Johnny Deal, a Miami contractor, is busy with renovations and enjoying new prosperity. But the ambitious plans of a Cuban sugar baron are about to remove the sweet taste of success from Johnny’s life. Hired thugs send Deal’s plans up in flames, but it’s not just the contracting business that is at stake.
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Disjointed Storyline
- By Stephen on 03-16-19
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Raw Deal
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Series: John Deal, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 01-23-12
- Language: English
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Bone Key
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
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On a trip to Key West to talk with a wealthy developer about a new building project, Deal stops to help a young black man who is being rousted by police on a lonely beach road. The young man is appreciative, which makes it all the more shocking two days later, when he turns up dead. What happened? The police won't say. The locals won't talk.
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Bone Key
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Series: John Deal, Book 7
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 12-13-05
- Language: English
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Black Mountain
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
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When Presidential Deal hit the best-seller lists, fans of Les Standiford’s other books, including Done Deal, and Raw Deal rejoiced. They already knew what new readers would find: taut suspense, tough characters, and a superb sense of mood. Now in Black Mountain, Standiford combines high-country adventure with a tale of ruthless revenge.
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Black Mountain
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 04-20-12
- Language: English
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Havana Run
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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Many writers have highlighted South Florida's colorful characters, but John Deal is a remarkably normal man, put in extraordinary situations. Deal has spent much of his adult life trying to rebuild the Miami construction firm that his late father ruined.
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Current History thriller
- By Richard on 04-11-05
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Havana Run
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Series: John Deal, Book 8
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 02-03-05
- Language: English
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Presidential Deal
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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Johnny Deal is about to receive a presidential award for heroically rescuing 20 people from Miami waters. At the ceremony, however, as the president’s wife stands in for her husband, terrorists attack the stage. Now Johnny and the First Lady are hostages, and Johnny’s chances to remain a hero are rapidly slipping away. As each scene unfolds, it is sure to satisfy your thirst for brawny, fast-paced suspense. Standiford crafts a fascinating vision of one man determined to keep his equilibrium amidst the twisted residents of the Florida underworld.
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Presidential Deal
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Series: John Deal, Book 5
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 10-04-11
- Language: English
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Deal with the Dead
- A John Deal Novel
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
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Les Standiford is the best-selling author of the famous John Deal suspense series, including Presidential Deal. The quickly paced plot, intriguing characters, and electric dialogue found in Deal With the Dead will please longtime fans and enthrall newcomers. John Deal is attempting to resurrect his late father’s failed building firm when he makes an awesome discovery. Now he faces the strong-arm tactics of the same secret organization that ruined his father.
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Deal with the Dead
- A John Deal Novel
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Series: John Deal, Book 6
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 09-21-11
- Language: English
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Deal to Die For
- A John Deal Novel
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
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While John Deal is busy with his thriving construction business, he is shocked to learn that his closest friend, Barbara, is dead. Although the police tag it as suicide, Deal is suspicious. And when Barbara’s sister, a beautiful film star, disappears, he is driven to find the relationship between the two cases. The link is one that will put Deal in the midst of Chinese gangsters and piles of tainted cash.
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Deal to Die For
- A John Deal Novel
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Series: John Deal, Book 3
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 05-27-11
- Language: English
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