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Unlikely Heroes
- Franklin Roosevelt, His Four Lieutenants, and the World They Made
- By: Derek Leebaert
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
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Drawing on new materials, Unlikely Heroes constructs an entirely fresh understanding of FDR and his presidency by spotlighting the powerful, equally wounded figures whom he raised up to confront the Depression, then to beat the Axis....
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Long but worth every minute
- By Anthony Pierulla on 03-09-23
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Unlikely Heroes
- Franklin Roosevelt, His Four Lieutenants, and the World They Made
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 02-28-23
- Language: English
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Drawing on new materials, Unlikely Heroes constructs an entirely fresh understanding of FDR and his presidency by spotlighting the powerful, equally wounded figures whom he raised up to confront the Depression, then to beat the Axis....
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World War Two: History in an Hour
- By: Rupert Colley
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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History for busy people....
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Very good, quick revision
- By Lisa on 04-28-12
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World War Two: History in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Release date: 02-02-12
- Language: English
- History for busy people....
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In the Shadow of Fear
- America and the World in 1950
- By: Nick Bunker
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
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Prizewinning historian Nick Bunker shows us a polarized nation facing crises at home and abroad in this evocative portrait of a divided America at the dawn of the Cold War....
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In the Shadow of Fear
- America and the World in 1950
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 10-03-23
- Language: English
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Prizewinning historian Nick Bunker shows us a polarized nation facing crises at home and abroad in this evocative portrait of a divided America at the dawn of the Cold War....
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V Is for Victory
- By: Craig Nelson
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 15 hrs
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New York Times bestselling historian Craig Nelson reveals how FDR confronted an American public disinterested in going to war in Europe, skillfully won their support, and pushed government and American industry to build the greatest war machine in history....
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Great Story!
- By christopher gray on 07-15-23
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V Is for Victory
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 15 hrs
- Release date: 05-23-23
- Language: English
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New York Times bestselling historian Craig Nelson reveals how FDR confronted an American public disinterested in going to war in Europe, skillfully won their support, and pushed government and American industry to build the greatest war machine in history....
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Blackett's War
- The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare
- By: Stephen Budiansky
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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In March 1941, after a year of unbroken and devastating U-boat onslaughts, the British War Cabinet decided to try a new strategy in the foundering naval campaign....
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First time science used to fight a war
- By Jean on 08-20-14
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Blackett's War
- The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 03-25-13
- Language: English
- In March 1941, after a year of unbroken and devastating U-boat onslaughts, the British War Cabinet decided to try a new strategy in the foundering naval campaign....
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Prevail
- The Inspiring Story of Ethiopia's Victory over Mussolini's Invasion, 1935-1941
- By: Jeff Pearce, Richard Pankhurst - foreword
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 24 hrs and 34 mins
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It was the war that changed everything, and yet it's been mostly forgotten: in 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia. It dominated newspaper headlines and newsreels....
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This is not a history, it's a package of anecdotes
- By M2 on 02-03-15
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Prevail
- The Inspiring Story of Ethiopia's Victory over Mussolini's Invasion, 1935-1941
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 24 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 11-17-14
- Language: English
- It was the war that changed everything, and yet it's been mostly forgotten: in 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia. It dominated newspaper headlines and newsreels....
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FDR
- By: Jean Edward Smith
- Narrated by: Richard McGonagle
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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One of today’s premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt....
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a Man for our time
- By Mimsy on 11-24-08
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FDR
- Narrated by: Richard McGonagle
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 04-20-07
- Language: English
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One of today’s premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt....
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Inventing Japan [Modern Library Chronicles]
- By: Ian Buruma
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
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LA Times Book Award winner and expert on the past and present Japan, Ian Buruma examines the transformation of a country....
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Excellent Primer on Modern Japan
- By John Pavliga on 06-13-06
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Inventing Japan [Modern Library Chronicles]
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 07-15-05
- Language: English
- LA Times Book Award winner and expert on the past and present Japan, Ian Buruma examines the transformation of a country....
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Over Here
- The First World War and American Society
- By: David M. Kennedy
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
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The Great War of 1914-1918 confronted the United States with one of the most wrenching crises in the nation's history....
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Good HISTORY AWFUL READING
- By Magyar on 02-05-20
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Over Here
- The First World War and American Society
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 06-14-17
- Language: English
- The Great War of 1914-1918 confronted the United States with one of the most wrenching crises in the nation's history....
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Year Zero
- A History of 1945
- By: Ian Buruma
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
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A work of enormous range and stirring human drama, conjuring both the Asian and European theaters with equal fluency....
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Great historical overview
- By marykk on 10-14-13
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Year Zero
- A History of 1945
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 09-26-13
- Language: English
- A work of enormous range and stirring human drama, conjuring both the Asian and European theaters with equal fluency....
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Against the World
- Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars
- By: Tara Zahra
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
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In this sweeping work of history, Tara Zahra examines how nationalism, rather than internationalism, came to ensnare world politics in the early twentieth century....
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Reactionary sovereign-i-ty
- By marc on 04-03-24
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Against the World
- Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 07-11-23
- Language: English
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In this sweeping work of history, Tara Zahra examines how nationalism, rather than internationalism, came to ensnare world politics in the early twentieth century....
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A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich
- By: Lucas Delattre
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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A work of remarkable scholarship that moves with the swift pace of a John le Carre thriller, A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich is a chilling addition to the literature of espionage....
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100% very good
- By Coco on 06-11-07
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A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 05-20-05
- Language: English
- A work of remarkable scholarship that moves with the swift pace of a John le Carre thriller, A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich is a chilling addition to the literature of espionage....
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Charles de Gaulle
- By: Don Cook
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 22 hrs and 45 mins
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This magnificent volume offers fresh evaluations and sheds new light on Europe's most controversial and enigmatic general, politician, and statesman....
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A great book about a complex person
- By Wallen on 04-20-11
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Charles de Gaulle
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 22 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 04-09-09
- Language: English
- This magnificent volume offers fresh evaluations and sheds new light on Europe's most controversial and enigmatic general, politician, and statesman....
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Centuries Will Not Suffice
- A History of the Lithuanian Holocaust
- By: Prit Buttar
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
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Centuries Will Not Suffice explores how different people responded to the Lithuanian Holocaust and the roles that they played....
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An unexpected gem
- By Ryan on 03-31-24
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Centuries Will Not Suffice
- A History of the Lithuanian Holocaust
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 07-25-23
- Language: English
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Centuries Will Not Suffice explores how different people responded to the Lithuanian Holocaust and the roles that they played....
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Krueger's Men
- The Secret Nazi Counterfeit Plot and the Prisoners of Block 19
- By: Lawrence Malkin
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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The true story of the greatest counterfeiting scheme in history and the men the Nazis called upon to help it succeed a group of concentration-camp Jews....
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very interesting chapter in history
- By Daniel on 11-25-06
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Krueger's Men
- The Secret Nazi Counterfeit Plot and the Prisoners of Block 19
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 10-26-06
- Language: English
- The true story of the greatest counterfeiting scheme in history and the men the Nazis called upon to help it succeed a group of concentration-camp Jews....
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Strategy and the Second World War
- How the War Was Won, and Lost
- By: Jeremy Black
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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In this timely book, Black engages with the strategic issues of the time - as they developed chronologically and interacted - and relates these to subsequent debates about the choices made, revealing their continued political resonances....
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Interesting Read
- By David A on 10-31-21
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Strategy and the Second World War
- How the War Was Won, and Lost
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 07-01-21
- Language: English
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In this timely book, Black engages with the strategic issues of the time - as they developed chronologically and interacted - and relates these to subsequent debates about the choices made, revealing their continued political resonances....
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The Day of Battle
- The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
- By: Rick Atkinson
- Narrated by: Rick Atkinson
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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The Italian campaign's outcome was never certain; in fact, Roosevelt, Churchill, and their military advisers engaged in heated debate....
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Breathtaking
- By Alexis on 05-17-08
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The Day of Battle
- The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
- Narrated by: Rick Atkinson
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 09-24-07
- Language: English
- The Italian campaign's outcome was never certain; in fact, Roosevelt, Churchill, and their military advisers engaged in heated debate....
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Friendly Fascism
- The New Face of Power in America
- By: Bertram Gross, Mark Crispin Miller - editor, Chris Hedges - introduction
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 21 hrs and 16 mins
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In 1980, US capitalist politics wore a "nice-guy mask," a troubling disguise to cover up a creeping despotism....
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Left wing pablum
- By Vinny on 09-15-21
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Friendly Fascism
- The New Face of Power in America
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 21 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 01-18-17
- Language: English
- In 1980, US capitalist politics wore a "nice-guy mask," a troubling disguise to cover up a creeping despotism....
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The Book at War
- How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading
- By: Andrew Pettegree
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
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A top literary historian illuminates how books were used in war across the twentieth century—both as weapons and as agents for peace....
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Important, Moving Book and Topic; Performance, Hoarse and Haunting at Times.
- By Quijotic on 12-26-23
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The Book at War
- How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 12-05-23
- Language: English
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A top literary historian illuminates how books were used in war across the twentieth century—both as weapons and as agents for peace....
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On Fascism
- 12 Lessons from American History
- By: Matthew C. MacWilliams
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
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On Fascism exposes the divisive rhetoric, strongman tactics, violent othering, and authoritarian attitudes that course through American history and compete with our egalitarian, democratic aspirations....
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Concise view of Fascism & Authoritarianism
- By Corinne Radziejewski on 10-11-20
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On Fascism
- 12 Lessons from American History
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 09-29-20
- Language: English
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On Fascism exposes the divisive rhetoric, strongman tactics, violent othering, and authoritarian attitudes that course through American history and compete with our egalitarian, democratic aspirations....
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