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    • Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
    • By: Robert A. Caro
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 66 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 05-20-11
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4,439 ratings
    • 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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    • By: Jon Meacham
    • Narrated by: Edward Herrmann, Jon Meacham
    • Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 11-13-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,704 ratings
    • 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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    • The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
    • By: Katherine May
    • Narrated by: Rebecca Lee
    • Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 11-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,673 ratings
    • An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down....

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    • My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
    • By: Nancy Pelosi
    • Narrated by: Nancy Pelosi
    • Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 08-06-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 552 ratings
    • The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker—how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and the most visible leader of the Trump resistance.

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    • The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
    • By: Jon Meacham
    • Narrated by: Paul Michael
    • Length: 25 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 11-10-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,607 ratings
    • In this brilliant biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham chronicles the life of George Herbert Walker Bush....

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    • How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America and Lost His Party
    • By: Michael Tackett
    • Narrated by: Fred Sanders
    • Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 10-29-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • The first definitive biography of Mitch McConnell, revealing an intimate look at the personal and political life of one of the most powerful senators in American history.

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    • Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
    • By: Stephen Kotkin
    • Narrated by: Paul Hecht
    • Series: Stalin, Book 1
    • Length: 38 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 12-04-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 874 ratings
    • A magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world....

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    • Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance
    • By: Paul Strathern
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 03-15-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,542 ratings
    • Against the background of an age that saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning, Paul Strathern explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family....

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    • Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
    • By: Sonia Purnell
    • Narrated by: Louise Brealey
    • Length: 16 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 09-17-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 56 ratings
    • From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of A Woman of No Importance comes an electrifying re-examination of one of the 20th century’s greatest unsung power players.

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    • By: John Perkins
    • Narrated by: Jeff Hoyt
    • Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 04-25-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 67 ratings
    • In this shocking exposé, former EHM John Perkins gives an insider view into the corrupt system that cheats and strong-arms countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars and ultimately causes staggering income inequality and ecological devastation....

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    • Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy
    • By: Paul Strathern
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 08-06-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 150 ratings
    • The Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice, and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. And yet, paradoxically, this family lived when the Renaissance was coming into its full flowering in Italy....

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    • The Power and the Glory
    • By: Josephine Wilkinson
    • Narrated by: Kate Reading
    • Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 07-09-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 35 ratings
    • This stylish and incisive narrative presents listeners with a fresh perspective on one of the most fascinating kings in European history. Louis XIV's story has all the ingredients of a Dumas classic....

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    • The Authorized Biography of Sergeant Darrell “Shifty” Powers, the Legendary Sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers
    • By: Marcus Brotherton
    • Narrated by: Graham Halstead
    • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 08-25-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 224 ratings
    • From D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and more, here is the authorized biography of one of the most celebrated paratroopers of Easy Company, Sergeant Shifty Powers, the legendary sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers....

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    • How a Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Street
    • By: Max Frumes, Sujeet Indap
    • Narrated by: Chris Kipiniak
    • Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 03-16-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 397 ratings
    • It was the most brutal corporate restructuring in Wall Street history. The 2015 bankruptcy brawl for the storied casino giant, Caesars Entertainment, pitted brilliant and ruthless private equity legends against the world's most relentless hedge fund wizards....

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    • Wizard at War: The Genius, the Particle Beam Weapon, and the Pursuit of Power
    • By: Marc J. Seifer
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 06-29-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
    • Drawing on 40 years of research and a treasure trove of new information, Tesla: Wizard at War provides a comprehensive view of Tesla's discoveries, which continue to influence today's military technology and diplomatic strategies....

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    • On the Path of Joni Mitchell
    • By: Ann Powers
    • Narrated by: Hillary Huber
    • Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 06-11-24
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • Celebrated NPR music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of Joni Mitchell in a lyrical style as fascinating and ethereal as the songs of the artist herself....

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    • The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Book 4
    • By: Robert A. Caro
    • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
    • Series: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Book 4
    • Length: 32 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 05-01-12
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3,481 ratings
    • The Passage of Power follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career - 1958 to 1964....

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    • Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America's Year of Upheaval
    • By: Kyle Longley
    • Narrated by: Paul Brion
    • Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 12-12-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 61 ratings
    • 1968 was an unprecedented year in terms of upheaval on numerous scales. In the US, perhaps no one was more undone by the events of 1968 than President LBJ. Kyle Longley leads his listeners on a behind-the-scenes tour of what Johnson characterized as the 'year of a continuous nightmare'....

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