Library History

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    • A Fragile History
    • By: Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen
    • Narrated by: Sean Barrett
    • Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 11-09-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 63 ratings
    • Perfect for book lovers, this is a fascinating exploration of the history of libraries and the people who built them, from the ancient world to the digital age....

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    • A Catalogue of Wonders
    • By: Stuart Kells
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 01-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Libraries are much more than mere collections of volumes. The best are magical, fabled places whose fame has become part of the cultural wealth they are designed to preserve....

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    • The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
    • By: John Green
    • Narrated by: John Green
    • Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 03-18-25
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1,009 ratings
    • John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease.

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    • Major Great Civilizations of Antiquity
    • By: Taylor Quinn
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 04-08-25
    • Language: English
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    • Discover the secrets of our past and unlock a deeper understanding of human development. Immerse yourself in the legacies of ancient civilizations ...

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    • The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum
    • By: James Gardner
    • Narrated by: Graham Halstead
    • Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 08-04-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
    • The fascinating and little-known story of the Louvre, from its inception as a humble fortress to its transformation into the palatial residence of the kings of France and then into the world's greatest art museum....

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    • A History [Modern Library Chronicles]
    • By: Gordon S. Wood
    • Narrated by: Jack Garrett
    • Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-05
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 137 ratings
    • Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood discusses the character and consequences of the revolution....

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    • The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
    • By: Irene Vallejo, Charlotte Whittle - translator
    • Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
    • Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 10-18-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 61 ratings
    • Long before books were mass-produced, hand-copied scrolls made from Nile River reeds were the treasures of the ancient world. Emperors and pharaohs, determined to possess them, dispatched emissaries to the edges of the known world to bring them back.

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    • Living History Library
    • By: Allen French
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 06-10-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 84 ratings
    • Rolf, son of Hiarandi the Unlucky, is a character who exemplifies the effect of Christ's teachings upon the Icelandic people during their heroic age....

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    • The Struggle for Sacred Ground (Penguin Library of American Indian History)
    • By: Jeff Ostler
    • Narrated by: George Wilson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 03-31-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 62 ratings
    • In this enthralling narrative, professor and award-winning author Jeffrey Ostler recounts the Lakota Sioux’s loss of their spiritual homeland and their remarkable legal battle to regain it.....

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    • By: Mark Mazower
    • Narrated by: Robert O'Keefe
    • Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 07-15-05
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 190 ratings
    • In this fascinating work, winner of the Wolfson Prize for History Mark Mazower uncovers the history of the Balkans with detail and clarity....

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    • And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
    • By: Joshua Hammer
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 04-19-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 455 ratings
    • This audiobook tells the incredible story of how Haidara, a mild-mannered archivist and historian from the legendary city of Timbuktu, later became one of the world's greatest and most brazen smugglers....

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    • Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World
    • By: Selena Wisnom
    • Narrated by: Catherine Bailey
    • Length: 12 hrs
    • Release date: 05-02-25
    • Language: English
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    • A tour of an ancient library transports us to Mesopotamia, introducing us to its people, their ideas, and their humanity.

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    • Living History Library
    • By: Robert Reilly
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 04-11-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 46 ratings
    • Red Hugh was a true champion for Irish liberty from Queen Elizabeth's constricting reign in the late 1580's and beyond....

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    • History Smashers
    • By: Kate Messner
    • Narrated by: Annette Amelia Oliveira
    • Series: History Smashers
    • Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 05-17-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • In 1620, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock and made friends with Wampanoag people who gave them corn. RIGHT? WRONG! It was months before the Pilgrims met any Wampanoag people, and nobody gave anybody corn that day....

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    • By: Amy Goldsmith
    • Narrated by: Laoise Sweeney
    • Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 07-30-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • A teen girl’s attempt to make amends with her former friend group takes a sinister turn during a weekend getaway at an ancestral Irish estate in this atmospheric, literary horror from the author of Those We Drown.

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    • History Smashers
    • By: Kate Messner
    • Narrated by: James Malloch
    • Series: History Smashers
    • Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 05-17-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • On December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a completely unpredictable attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Right? Well, that's not quite the real deal. Some military experts had suggested that Pearl Harbor was a likely target....

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    • Living History Library
    • By: Ian Serrailier
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Length: 1 hr
    • Release date: 12-06-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • Beowulf the Warrior is an outstanding modern version of the oldest epic in the English language. Ian Serraillier has retold in verse the story of the hero Beowulf and his three memorable exploits....

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