Bestsellers
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Trump: The Art of the Deal
- By: Donald J. Trump, Tony Schwartz
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith, Donald J. Trump
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Here is Trump in action—how he runs his organization and how he runs his life....
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The Man Who Would be President
- By Jose on 03-20-17
By: Donald J. Trump, and others
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- By: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Laurence Fishburne
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement....
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it's Nearly perfect
- By Kerry on 09-16-20
By: Malcolm X, and others
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Becoming
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her....
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Didn't know what I was getting into
- By Kenneth Woodward on 12-05-18
By: Michelle Obama
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Ask Not
- The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
- By: Maureen Callahan
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan comes a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kennedy Curse—the family’s generations-long legacy of misogyny, murder, and mayhem.
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Amazing
- By cathy in maryland on 07-29-24
By: Maureen Callahan
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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
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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....
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AMAZING read
- By jeff on 09-15-11
By: Robert A. Caro
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Lawrence in Arabia
- War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
- By: Scott Anderson
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 23 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th century history - the Arab Revolt and the secret “great game” to control the Middle East....
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A Comprehensive, Compelling Biography
- By Lester Gesteland on 10-05-20
By: Scott Anderson
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Trump: The Art of the Deal
- By: Donald J. Trump, Tony Schwartz
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith, Donald J. Trump
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Here is Trump in action—how he runs his organization and how he runs his life....
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The Man Who Would be President
- By Jose on 03-20-17
By: Donald J. Trump, and others
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- By: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Laurence Fishburne
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement....
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it's Nearly perfect
- By Kerry on 09-16-20
By: Malcolm X, and others
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Becoming
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her....
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Didn't know what I was getting into
- By Kenneth Woodward on 12-05-18
By: Michelle Obama
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Ask Not
- The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
- By: Maureen Callahan
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan comes a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kennedy Curse—the family’s generations-long legacy of misogyny, murder, and mayhem.
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Amazing
- By cathy in maryland on 07-29-24
By: Maureen Callahan
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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
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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....
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AMAZING read
- By jeff on 09-15-11
By: Robert A. Caro
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Lawrence in Arabia
- War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
- By: Scott Anderson
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 23 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th century history - the Arab Revolt and the secret “great game” to control the Middle East....
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A Comprehensive, Compelling Biography
- By Lester Gesteland on 10-05-20
By: Scott Anderson
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Washington
- A Life
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 41 hrs and 54 mins
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From National Book Award winner Ron Chernow, a landmark biography of George Washington....
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A sad day when my book was done!
- By ButterLegume on 12-13-10
By: Ron Chernow
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Alexander the Great
- His Life and His Mysterious Death
- By: Anthony Everitt
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world’s greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial revisionist portrait....
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Alexander never gets...old.
- By Douglas Knops on 09-04-19
By: Anthony Everitt
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I Wish Someone Had Told Me . . .
- The Best Advice for Building a Great Career and a Meaningful Life
- By: Dana Perino
- Narrated by: Dana Perino, Stephanie Gish, Roger Wayne
- Length: 12 hrs
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Terrific advice, insightful stories, and powerful life lessons curated by Dana Perino the #1 New York Times bestselling author of And the Good News Is . . . and beloved co-host of Fox News' The Five and America’s Newsroom, inspired by her friends and colleagues.
By: Dana Perino
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For Love of Country
- Leave the Democrat Party Behind
- By: Tulsi Gabbard
- Narrated by: Tulsi Gabbard
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Tulsi Gabbard was the rising star of the Democratic Party. But the growing wokeness, racism, and intolerance were more than she could stomach, and she left. This is her story....
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Honest, passionate, and the most American book of 2024
- By Zach on 05-01-24
By: Tulsi Gabbard
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Alexander Hamilton
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 35 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Historians have long told the story of America’s birth as the triumph of Jefferson’s democratic ideals over the aristocratic intentions of Hamilton....
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An Outstanding & Riveting Book!
- By Kevin on 03-04-05
By: Ron Chernow
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James Monroe
- A Life
- By: Tim McGrath
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 28 hrs and 54 mins
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The extraordinary life of James Monroe: Soldier, senator, diplomat, and the last Founding Father to hold the presidency, a man who helped transform 13 colonies into a vibrant and mighty republic....
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Large and inconsistent, much like Monroe himself.
- By Kindle Customer on 01-31-21
By: Tim McGrath
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The Black Panthers Speak
- By: Philip S. Foner - editor, Clayborne Carson - introduction, Barbara Ransby - foreword
- Narrated by: Korey Jackson, Robin Miles, Cary Hite
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
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This is the first and only collection of the most vital, representative writings of the party. Here are Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, David Hilliard, and Fred Hampton; Kathleen Cleaver and other Panther women; the party's court battles and acquittals; and more....
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great book
- By Douglas Stewart on 09-28-20
By: Philip S. Foner - editor, and others
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The Devil's Chessboard
- Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
- By: David Talbot
- Narrated by: Peter Altschuler
- Length: 25 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the most powerful - and secretive - colossus in Washington....
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Disturbing. Makes you question the company line.
- By KTS on 02-06-16
By: David Talbot
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Napoleon
- A Life
- By: Andrew Roberts
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 32 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times best-selling author of The Storm of War....
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What a dynamo!
- By Tad Davis on 01-16-15
By: Andrew Roberts
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 24 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Good book, not crazy about the narrator
- By Cathi on 07-20-13
By: Walter Isaacson
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Team of Rivals
- The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
- By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 41 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Beautiful, Heartbreaking, and Informative
- By JJ on 09-10-12
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The Operator
- Firing the Shots That Killed Osama Bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior
- By: Robert O'Neill
- Narrated by: Robert O'Neill
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Stirringly evocative, thought provoking, and often jaw dropping, The Operator ranges across SEAL Team Operator Robert O'Neill's awe-inspiring 400-mission career....
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One of the best
- By Tim on 04-28-17
By: Robert O'Neill
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Too Much and Never Enough
- How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
- By: Mary L. Trump PhD
- Narrated by: Mary L. Trump PhD
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald’s only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world’s health, economic security, and social fabric....
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I almost feel sorry Donald Trump.
- By Deb on 07-15-20
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Grant
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 48 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant....
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Excellent Book (BUT WHERE IS THE PDF FILES)????
- By Amazon Customer on 10-25-17
By: Ron Chernow
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American Sphinx
- The Character of Thomas Jefferson
- By: Joseph J. Ellis
- Narrated by: Susan O'Malley
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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Historian Joseph J. Ellis sifts the facts shrewdly from the legends and the rumors, treading a path between vilification and hero worship in order to formulate a plausible portrait of Thomas Jefferson....
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Jefferson, As Seen By Big Government
- By FredZarguna on 06-01-23
By: Joseph J. Ellis
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Hiding in Plain Sight
- The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
- By: Sarah Kendzior
- Narrated by: Sarah Kendzior
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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New York Times best-selling author Sarah Kendzior documents the truth about the calculated rise to power of Donald Trump since the 1980s and how the erosion of our liberties made an American demagogue possible....
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Not as good as she thinks it is
- By Douglas A. Greenberg on 05-01-20
By: Sarah Kendzior
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Churchill
- Walking with Destiny
- By: Andrew Roberts
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 50 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Superb Biography
- By Jean on 03-03-19
By: Andrew Roberts
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
- By: Jon Meacham
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann, Jon Meacham
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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A Man and Biography Relevant to Our Day
- By Darwin8u on 11-14-12
By: Jon Meacham
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The United States of Trump
- How the President Really Sees America
- By: Bill O'Reilly
- Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly, Rick Adamson
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In this thrilling narrative, O’Reilly blends primary, never-before-released interview material with a history that recounts Trump’s childhood and family and the factors from his life and career that forged the worldview that the president of the United States has taken....
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Excellent insight....
- By missimpala on 04-13-20
By: Bill O'Reilly
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Oath and Honor
- A Memoir and a Warning
- By: Liz Cheney
- Narrated by: Liz Cheney
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to the Constitution....
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Most important book I've ever read.
- By James m Finamore jr on 12-07-23
By: Liz Cheney
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Something Lost, Something Gained
- Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty
- By: Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Narrated by: Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinton? In Something Lost, Something Gained, Hillary offers her candid views on life and love, politics, liberty, democracy, the threats we face, and the future within our reach.
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She Gives Me Hope - Always
- By IrishB17 on 09-22-24
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George Washington
- The Political Rise of America's Founding Father
- By: David O. Stewart
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 18 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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A fascinating and illuminating account of how George Washington became the dominant force in the creation of the United States of America, from award-winning author David O. Stewart....
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The man I never knew.
- By Paul on 05-18-22
By: David O. Stewart
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- An American Slave
- By: Frederick Douglass
- Narrated by: Raymond Hearn
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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This classic of American literature, a dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave, was first published in 1845, when its author had just achieved his freedom....
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Appropriate Audio
- By Gigi P on 05-23-16
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The River of Doubt
- Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
- By: Candice Millard
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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This audiobook deserves 6 stars
- By D. Littman on 11-15-05
By: Candice Millard
New releases
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Presidents at War
- How World War II Shaped a Generation of Presidents, from Eisenhower and JFK Through Reagan and Bush
- By: Steven M. Gillon
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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World War II loomed over the twentieth century, transforming every level of American society and international relationships and searing itself onto the psyche of an entire generation, including that of seven American presidents: John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. In Presidents at War, bestselling author of America's Reluctant Prince Steven Gillon examines what these men took away from the war and how they then applied it to Cold War policies that proceeded to change America, and the world, forever.
By: Steven M. Gillon
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Get In
- The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer
- By: Patrick Maguire, Gabriel Pogrund
- Narrated by: Matthew Spencer
- Length: 20 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing on their unrivalled access throughout the Labour party, the Times and Sunday Times investigative duo behind Left Out now present the explosive inside story of Labour’s transformation and general election under Starmer. This is the definitive telling of a momentous time for the party: either their election as the first Labour government since the Blair/Brown era, or a catastrophic mishandling of a huge lead in the opinion polls. Either way, the story centres on Starmer's relentless and single-minded pursuit of power, and on the inevitable turmoil and carnage.
By: Patrick Maguire, and others
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Sovereign District?
- DOJ Dismissal of Eric Adams
- By: Matthew Russell Lee
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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They used to have their own building, the Sovereign District of New York. Built in the same style as the notorious jail next to it, where Jeffrey Epstein died, it still stands but empty in front of NYPD's One Police Plaza. The Southern District prosecutors now share 26 Federal Plaza with a plethora of other agencies. The building hired an outside security firm. One of their guards coerced a Burmese asylum seeker into sex in a second floor storage room.The Sovereign District let him plead out to false statements. It was unclear if the victim of the crime-that-went away was even notified, ...
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Matters of the Heart
- By: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Sue Smethurst
- Narrated by: John Howard, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was nine months pregnant and due to give birth the night she attended her high school formal. With her baby tucked in her arms, she completed year 12 from her hospital bed. Early in their relationship, she took her future husband, Colin, to the Alice Springs morgue to identify the body of a family member who'd been killed. Nothing about the life of this passionate and steely Warlpiri woman could ever be described as ordinary.
By: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, and others
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I Will Scream to the World
- My Story. My Fight. My Hope for Girls Everywhere.
- By: Jaha Marie Dukureh
- Narrated by: Jaha Marie Dukureh
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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This extraordinary memoir details the monumental journey of one young Gambian woman from survivor of FGM and forced child marriage, to global activist and political leader who became UN Women's first Goodwill Ambassador for Africa, one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, and among the youngest people nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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George Hearst
- Silver King of the Gilded Age
- By: Matthew Bernstein
- Narrated by: Douglas R Pratt
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Rising from a Missouri boyhood and meager prospecting success to owning the most productive copper, silver, and gold mines in the world and being elected a United States senator, George Hearst (1820–91) spent decades veering between the heights of prosperity and the depths of financial ruin.
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Presidents at War
- How World War II Shaped a Generation of Presidents, from Eisenhower and JFK Through Reagan and Bush
- By: Steven M. Gillon
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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World War II loomed over the twentieth century, transforming every level of American society and international relationships and searing itself onto the psyche of an entire generation, including that of seven American presidents: John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. In Presidents at War, bestselling author of America's Reluctant Prince Steven Gillon examines what these men took away from the war and how they then applied it to Cold War policies that proceeded to change America, and the world, forever.
By: Steven M. Gillon
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Get In
- The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer
- By: Patrick Maguire, Gabriel Pogrund
- Narrated by: Matthew Spencer
- Length: 20 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing on their unrivalled access throughout the Labour party, the Times and Sunday Times investigative duo behind Left Out now present the explosive inside story of Labour’s transformation and general election under Starmer. This is the definitive telling of a momentous time for the party: either their election as the first Labour government since the Blair/Brown era, or a catastrophic mishandling of a huge lead in the opinion polls. Either way, the story centres on Starmer's relentless and single-minded pursuit of power, and on the inevitable turmoil and carnage.
By: Patrick Maguire, and others
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Sovereign District?
- DOJ Dismissal of Eric Adams
- By: Matthew Russell Lee
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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They used to have their own building, the Sovereign District of New York. Built in the same style as the notorious jail next to it, where Jeffrey Epstein died, it still stands but empty in front of NYPD's One Police Plaza. The Southern District prosecutors now share 26 Federal Plaza with a plethora of other agencies. The building hired an outside security firm. One of their guards coerced a Burmese asylum seeker into sex in a second floor storage room.The Sovereign District let him plead out to false statements. It was unclear if the victim of the crime-that-went away was even notified, ...
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Matters of the Heart
- By: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Sue Smethurst
- Narrated by: John Howard, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was nine months pregnant and due to give birth the night she attended her high school formal. With her baby tucked in her arms, she completed year 12 from her hospital bed. Early in their relationship, she took her future husband, Colin, to the Alice Springs morgue to identify the body of a family member who'd been killed. Nothing about the life of this passionate and steely Warlpiri woman could ever be described as ordinary.
By: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, and others
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I Will Scream to the World
- My Story. My Fight. My Hope for Girls Everywhere.
- By: Jaha Marie Dukureh
- Narrated by: Jaha Marie Dukureh
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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This extraordinary memoir details the monumental journey of one young Gambian woman from survivor of FGM and forced child marriage, to global activist and political leader who became UN Women's first Goodwill Ambassador for Africa, one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, and among the youngest people nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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George Hearst
- Silver King of the Gilded Age
- By: Matthew Bernstein
- Narrated by: Douglas R Pratt
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Rising from a Missouri boyhood and meager prospecting success to owning the most productive copper, silver, and gold mines in the world and being elected a United States senator, George Hearst (1820–91) spent decades veering between the heights of prosperity and the depths of financial ruin.
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Femeile dictatorilor
- Femeile dictatorilor - Vol. 1
- By: Diane Ducret, Doina Jela Despois - traducător
- Narrated by: Emilia Bebu
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Prenumele lor sunt banale: Inessa, Clara, Nadia, Magda, Felismina, Elena, Jiang Qing, Catherine, dar numele de familie spun totul: Mussolini, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Salazar, Mao, Ceauşescu, Bokassa. Unele sunt femei puternice, în stare să influenţeze decisiv hotărârile bărbaţilor din vieţile lor, pe când altele sunt doar victime şi au parte de un destin tragic. Unele se află în lumina reflectoarelor, sunt seducătoare sau stârnesc atenţie, în vreme ce altele sunt sortite să rămână mereu în umbră.
By: Diane Ducret, and others

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Ich dachte, bis dahin bin ich tot - Meine Zeit als RAF-Terroristin und mein Leben danach (ungekürzt)
- By: Silke Maier-Witt, André Groenewoud
- Narrated by: Irina Scholz, Erich Wittenberg
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Schonungslos, ehrlich, reuevoll - die ehemalige RAF-Terroristin Silke Maier-Witt erzählt ihr Leben. Die RAF ist ein deutsches Trauma. Viele Verbrechen der Roten Armee Fraktion aus den 70er- bis 90er-Jahren sind bis heute unaufgeklärt, noch immer ranken sich Mythen um die Mitglieder, die die Bundesrepublik terrorisierten. Silke Maier-Witt gibt in diesem Buch einzigartige Einblicke in das Innere der Gruppe: Am 7. April 1977 - dem Tag des Mordes an Siegfried Buback - schloss Silke Maier-Witt sich der RAF an und tauchte unter.
By: Silke Maier-Witt, and others
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A Man of Bad Reputation
- The Murder of John Stephens and the Contested Landscape of North Carolina Reconstruction
- By: Drew A. Swanson
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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Five years after the Civil War, North Carolina Republican state senator John W. Stephens was found murdered inside the Caswell County Courthouse. Stephens fought for the rights of freedpeople, and his killing by the Ku Klux Klan ultimately led to insurrection, Governor William W. Holden's impeachment, and the early unwinding of Reconstruction in North Carolina.
By: Drew A. Swanson
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Friedrich Merz
- Sein Weg zur Macht
- By: Volker Resing
- Narrated by: Sebastian Dunkelberg
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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Der nächste Kanzler? Friedrich Merz hat es gegen alle Widerstände und nach mehreren Anläufen an die Spitze der CDU geschafft. Jetzt hat der Kandidat der Union gute Aussichten, der nächste Bundeskanzler zu werden. Wer ist dieser Friedrich Merz, der nach seinem Ausstieg aus der Politik ein beispielloses Comeback versucht? Er provoziert mit Debatten über die »Leitkultur« und hat sich als Gegenentwurf zu Angela Merkel präsentiert. Wie verlief sein Weg an die Macht? Was sind seine politischen Standpunkte? Und was hätten wir von einem Kanzler Merz zu erwarten?
By: Volker Resing
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Dangerous Company
- The Misadventures of a “Foreign Agent”
- By: Sam Patten
- Narrated by: Sam Patten
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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Pulsating with action from the first chapter to the last, Dangerous Company: Misadventures of a “Foreign Agent” is a memoir that reads like a thriller. Sam Patten left US politics behind when he went overseas to promote democracy during George W. Bush's first administration. Then he became an advisor to political leaders in countries like Iraq, Georgia, Ukraine, the Congo, Nigeria, and Mexico.
By: Sam Patten
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A Boy from Kryvyi Rih
- The Volodymyr Zelenskyy story
- By: Stu Armstrong
- Narrated by: Tony Hunt
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
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THE VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY STORY chronicles the extraordinary life of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a man who rose from humble beginnings in a small Ukrainian town to become a global symbol of courage and resistance. Combining elements of biography, drama, and historical insight, this book offers an intimate look at the personal and political journey of Ukraine’s wartime president.
By: Stu Armstrong