Bestsellers
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Liberty Is Sweet
- The Hidden History of the American Revolution
- By: Woody Holton
- Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
- Length: 22 hrs and 29 mins
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Using more than a thousand eyewitness records, Liberty Is Sweet is a “spirited account” (Gordon S. Wood, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Radicalism of the American Revolution) that explores countless connections between the Patriots of 1776 and other Americans....
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The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same
- By M. H. Raful on 11-03-21
By: Woody Holton
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The Pursuit of Happiness
- How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America
- By: Jeffrey Rosen
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Jeffrey Rosen
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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The Pursuit of Happiness is more than an elucidation of the Declaration’s famous phrase; it is a revelatory journey into the minds of the Founders, and a deep, rich, and fresh understanding of the foundation of our democracy.
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Great book; highly recommended
- By Eric Moore Schneider on 02-21-24
By: Jeffrey Rosen
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The Fate of the Day
- The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780
- By: Rick Atkinson
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner, Rick Atkinson
- Length: 32 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In the second volume of the landmark American Revolution trilogy by the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The British Are Coming, George Washington’s army fights on the knife edge between victory and defeat.
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Excellent and captivating narrative
- By Robert Jackmore on 06-01-25
By: Rick Atkinson
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The British Are Coming
- The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (The Revolution Trilogy, Book 1)
- By: Rick Atkinson
- Narrated by: George Newbern, Rick Atkinson - introduction
- Length: 26 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Rick Atkinson recounts the first 21 months of America’s violent war for independence, from the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777....
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Where are the Maps?
- By George Reid on 07-08-19
By: Rick Atkinson
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Alexander Hamilton
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 35 hrs and 58 mins
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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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Travels with George
- In Search of Washington and His Legacy
- By: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Does George Washington still matter? Best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington’s unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new president through all 13 former colonies, which were now an unsure nation....
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Fun listen but too much about slavery
- By Paul W. Brazis on 09-19-21
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Liberty Is Sweet
- The Hidden History of the American Revolution
- By: Woody Holton
- Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
- Length: 22 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Using more than a thousand eyewitness records, Liberty Is Sweet is a “spirited account” (Gordon S. Wood, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Radicalism of the American Revolution) that explores countless connections between the Patriots of 1776 and other Americans....
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The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same
- By M. H. Raful on 11-03-21
By: Woody Holton
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The Pursuit of Happiness
- How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America
- By: Jeffrey Rosen
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Jeffrey Rosen
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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The Pursuit of Happiness is more than an elucidation of the Declaration’s famous phrase; it is a revelatory journey into the minds of the Founders, and a deep, rich, and fresh understanding of the foundation of our democracy.
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Great book; highly recommended
- By Eric Moore Schneider on 02-21-24
By: Jeffrey Rosen
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The Fate of the Day
- The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780
- By: Rick Atkinson
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner, Rick Atkinson
- Length: 32 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In the second volume of the landmark American Revolution trilogy by the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The British Are Coming, George Washington’s army fights on the knife edge between victory and defeat.
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Excellent and captivating narrative
- By Robert Jackmore on 06-01-25
By: Rick Atkinson
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The British Are Coming
- The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (The Revolution Trilogy, Book 1)
- By: Rick Atkinson
- Narrated by: George Newbern, Rick Atkinson - introduction
- Length: 26 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Rick Atkinson recounts the first 21 months of America’s violent war for independence, from the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777....
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Where are the Maps?
- By George Reid on 07-08-19
By: Rick Atkinson
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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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Travels with George
- In Search of Washington and His Legacy
- By: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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Does George Washington still matter? Best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington’s unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new president through all 13 former colonies, which were now an unsure nation....
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Fun listen but too much about slavery
- By Paul W. Brazis on 09-19-21
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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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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 24 hrs and 40 mins
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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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John Adams
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 29 hrs and 54 mins
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In this powerful, epic biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams....
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An outstanding biography
- By Davis on 07-10-06
By: David McCullough
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The Pioneers
- The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The number one New York Times best seller by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that's "as resonant today as ever" (The Wall Street Journal) - the settling of the Northwest Territory....
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i would prefer david reading it
- By hooterwah on 05-07-19
By: David McCullough
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To Rescue the Constitution
- George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment
- By: Bret Baier
- Narrated by: Bret Baier
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
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George Washington rescued the nation three times.
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Never disappointed in the historical accounts of our countries accounts.
- By Terri Anderson on 10-13-23
By: Bret Baier
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Killing England
- The Brutal Struggle for American Independence
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Killing England chronicles the path to independence in gripping detail, taking the listener from the battlefields of America to the royal courts of Europe....
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Everyone in the U. S. Should read this book.
- By Barbara J. Daly on 12-31-17
By: Bill O'Reilly, and others
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The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution: 1763-1789
- By: Robert Middlekauff
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 26 hrs and 56 mins
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The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically-acclaimed volume - a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize - offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic....
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Strong History Rich With Behind The Scenes Details
- By John on 10-06-11
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Founding Brothers
- The Revolutionary Generation (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- By: Joseph J. Ellis
- Narrated by: Bob Walter
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
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An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic - Adams, Burr, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, and Washington....
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Great!
- By Gotta Tellya on 08-10-16
By: Joseph J. Ellis
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The British Are Coming
- The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
- By: Rick Atkinson
- Narrated by: George Newbern, Rick Atkinson - introduction
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
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Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn, has long been admired for his deeply researched, vivid narrative histories. Now, in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy, he recounts the first 21 months of America’s violent war for independence....
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Good book, Bad reader.
- By Sandy McCall on 08-01-21
By: Rick Atkinson
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Hero of Two Worlds
- The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
- By: Mike Duncan
- Narrated by: Mike Duncan
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
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From the massively popular podcaster and New York Times best-selling author comes the story of the Marquis de Lafayette's lifelong quest to protect the principles of democracy, told through the lens of the three revolutions he participated in....
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Thrillingly storytelling — brilliant narration
- By Byron on 08-24-21
By: Mike Duncan
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Washington's Spies
- The Story of America's First Spy Ring
- By: Alexander Rose
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
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Based on remarkable new research, acclaimed historian Alexander Rose brings to life the true story of the spy ring that helped America win the Revolutionary War.....
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Kinda boring
- By Randall on 07-10-19
By: Alexander Rose
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots
- By: Bill O'Reilly, David Fisher
- Narrated by: Holter Graham, Bill O'Reilly
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama Legends and Lies: The Patriots, an exciting and eye-opening look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leaders....
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Couldn't stop listening!
- By Erin on 08-05-16
By: Bill O'Reilly, and others
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George Washington's Secret Six
- The Spy Ring That Saved America
- By: Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger
- Narrated by: Brian Kilmeade
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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From the cohost of Fox & Friends, the true story of the anonymous spies who helped win the Revolutionary War....
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Pretty good
- By Thomas on 09-24-15
By: Brian Kilmeade, and others
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Blood and Treasure
- Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier
- By: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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The explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America's frontier by two best-selling authors at the height of their writing power - Bob Drury and Tom Clavin....
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Review
- By David S. on 07-04-21
By: Bob Drury, and others
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John Adams
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann, Jan Maxwell
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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In this powerful, epic biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent...
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fantastic
- By Thomas on 07-06-06
By: David McCullough
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The Swamp Fox
- How Francis Marion Saved the American Revolution
- By: John Oller
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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In the darkest days of the American Revolution, Francis Marion and his band of militia freedom fighters kept hope alive for the patriot cause during the critical British southern campaign....
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The Swamp Fox - Francis Marion
- By Stephen on 06-07-17
By: John Oller
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The First Conspiracy
- The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
- By: Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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This program includes a bonus conversation with the authors. In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington’s bodyguards. Washington trusted them; relied on them. But unbeknownst to Washington, some of them were part of a treasonous plan....
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Brilliantly written and narrated!
- By Wayne on 01-09-19
By: Brad Meltzer, and others
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The Words That Made Us
- America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840
- By: Akhil Reed Amar
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 27 hrs and 6 mins
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In The Words That Made Us, Akhil Reed Amar unites history and law in a vivid narrative of the biggest constitutional questions early Americans confronted, and he expertly assesses the answers they offered....
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And the words that made Us
- By Anonymous User on 10-17-22
By: Akhil Reed Amar
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The Counter-Revolution of 1776
- Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America
- By: Gerald Horne
- Narrated by: Larry Herron
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
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Gerald Horne shows that in the prelude to 1776, the abolition of slavery seemed all but inevitable in London, delighting Africans as much as it outraged slaveholders....
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A revelation, a paradigm shift and a new view
- By Diana Black Kennedy on 03-28-18
By: Gerald Horne
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Never Caught
- By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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A startling and eye-opening look into America's first family, Never Caught is the powerful narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave....
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Wonderful audiobook
- By Brad Turner on 03-07-17
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Bunker Hill
- A City, a Siege, a Revolution
- By: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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In the opening volume of his acclaimed American Revolution series, Nathaniel Philbrick turns his keen eye to pre-Revolutionary Boston and the spark that ignited the American Revolution....
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Another Fantastic Story by Philbrick
- By Rick on 09-30-13
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1776
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: David McCullough
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
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In this stirring audiobook, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence....
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Great
- By Greg Lacey on 05-27-05
By: David McCullough
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James Monroe
- A Life
- By: Tim McGrath
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 28 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Friends Divided
- John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
- By: Gordon S. Wood
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
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Arguably, no relationship in this country's history carries as much freight as that of John Adams of Massachusetts and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia....
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A Great Read
- By Jean on 12-22-17
By: Gordon S. Wood
New releases
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The Road That Made America
- Travels on America's First Frontier Highway
- By: James Dodson
- Narrated by: James Dodson
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In the bestselling tradition of Rinker Buck’s The Oregon Trail and Tony Horwitz’s Confederates in the Attic, The Road That Made America is a lively, epic account of one of the greatest untold stories in our nation’s history—the eight-hundred-mile long Great Wagon Road that 18th-century American settlers forged from Philadelphia to Georgia that expanded the country dramatically in the decades before we ventured west.
By: James Dodson
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The Book that Made America Great
- By: Eddie Hyatt
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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This volume documents the prominent role the Bible played in the founding of America. From the Pilgrims to Winthrop to Whitefield, Edwards, Washington, Madison, and Jefferson, this new book by Dr. Eddie L. Hyatt documents where America's founding generation derived their values and ideals for bringing into existence the freest and most powerful nation in history. j
By: Eddie Hyatt
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The Greatest American
- Benjamin Franklin, the World’s Most Versatile Genius
- By: Mark Skousen
- Narrated by: Great Lakes Voiceover and Narration
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Benjamin Franklin was the oldest of the founding fathers—he was indeed a whole generation ahead of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson—and yet he was the most forward-looking of the group and the most modern of the founders. The Greatest American shows just how much of an impact Benjamin Franklin had on American politics and daily life.
By: Mark Skousen
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Virginia Patriots
- Their Lives, Contributions, and Burial Sites
- By: Joe Farrell, Lawrence Knorr, Joe Farley
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. This special volume includes those who lived, worked, and or died in Virginia. Included in this volume are biographies and grave information for 30 of these luminaries who made significant contributions to the Revolutionary cause. In this volume: George Washington: Cincinnatus Americanus Thomas Jefferson: The Founder of the Virginia Dynasty James Madison: The Father of the Constitution Dolley ...
By: Joe Farrell, and others
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We the People and Our Freedom Charters
- By: John Pitkethly
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Pitkethly draws on decades of study in sociology, mental health counseling, and history to provide what he calls a “human-centered evaluation” of America’s origin story. He analyzes the country as one might a person—its family tree, family of origin, conception, birth, infancy, personality, character development, and current identity crisis.
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Tanya Eby
- By John Pitkethly on 07-29-25
By: John Pitkethly
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The First State
- A History of Delaware
- By: Daniel Hardy
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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A sweeping history of the state of Delaware. Small in size but mighty in significance, Delaware earned its nickname "The First State" by boldly stepping into history on December 7, 1787—the first to ratify the new Constitution and set the United States on its path to nationhood. But Delaware's story reaches far beyond that pivotal moment. In this captivating installment of the Hardy Histories series, Daniel Hardy uncovers the remarkable tale of a state that has consistently punched above its weight. From the Swedish and Dutch settlements along the Delaware River to the Underground ...
By: Daniel Hardy
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The Road That Made America
- Travels on America's First Frontier Highway
- By: James Dodson
- Narrated by: James Dodson
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In the bestselling tradition of Rinker Buck’s The Oregon Trail and Tony Horwitz’s Confederates in the Attic, The Road That Made America is a lively, epic account of one of the greatest untold stories in our nation’s history—the eight-hundred-mile long Great Wagon Road that 18th-century American settlers forged from Philadelphia to Georgia that expanded the country dramatically in the decades before we ventured west.
By: James Dodson
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The Book that Made America Great
- By: Eddie Hyatt
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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This volume documents the prominent role the Bible played in the founding of America. From the Pilgrims to Winthrop to Whitefield, Edwards, Washington, Madison, and Jefferson, this new book by Dr. Eddie L. Hyatt documents where America's founding generation derived their values and ideals for bringing into existence the freest and most powerful nation in history. j
By: Eddie Hyatt
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The Greatest American
- Benjamin Franklin, the World’s Most Versatile Genius
- By: Mark Skousen
- Narrated by: Great Lakes Voiceover and Narration
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Benjamin Franklin was the oldest of the founding fathers—he was indeed a whole generation ahead of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson—and yet he was the most forward-looking of the group and the most modern of the founders. The Greatest American shows just how much of an impact Benjamin Franklin had on American politics and daily life.
By: Mark Skousen
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Virginia Patriots
- Their Lives, Contributions, and Burial Sites
- By: Joe Farrell, Lawrence Knorr, Joe Farley
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. This special volume includes those who lived, worked, and or died in Virginia. Included in this volume are biographies and grave information for 30 of these luminaries who made significant contributions to the Revolutionary cause. In this volume: George Washington: Cincinnatus Americanus Thomas Jefferson: The Founder of the Virginia Dynasty James Madison: The Father of the Constitution Dolley ...
By: Joe Farrell, and others
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We the People and Our Freedom Charters
- By: John Pitkethly
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Pitkethly draws on decades of study in sociology, mental health counseling, and history to provide what he calls a “human-centered evaluation” of America’s origin story. He analyzes the country as one might a person—its family tree, family of origin, conception, birth, infancy, personality, character development, and current identity crisis.
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Tanya Eby
- By John Pitkethly on 07-29-25
By: John Pitkethly
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The First State
- A History of Delaware
- By: Daniel Hardy
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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A sweeping history of the state of Delaware. Small in size but mighty in significance, Delaware earned its nickname "The First State" by boldly stepping into history on December 7, 1787—the first to ratify the new Constitution and set the United States on its path to nationhood. But Delaware's story reaches far beyond that pivotal moment. In this captivating installment of the Hardy Histories series, Daniel Hardy uncovers the remarkable tale of a state that has consistently punched above its weight. From the Swedish and Dutch settlements along the Delaware River to the Underground ...
By: Daniel Hardy