Real Life History

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    • The Real Life of Robert Johnson
    • By: Bruce Conforth, Gayle Dean Wardlow
    • Narrated by: Leon Nixon
    • Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 06-04-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 141 ratings
    • Robert Johnson is the subject of the most famous myth about the blues: he allegedly sold his soul at the crossroads in exchange for his incredible talent, and this deal led to his death at age 27. But the actual story of his life remains unknown save for a few inaccurate anecdotes....

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    • The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of Wrestling's Original Sheik
    • By: Brian R. Solomon
    • Narrated by: Brian R. Solomon
    • Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 05-31-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 95 ratings
    • He was the most vicious, bloodthirsty, reviled villain in the history of the ring. During the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, he drew record crowds everywhere he went and left a trail of burned and bloody opponents in his wake....

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    • The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society
    • By: Judy Christie, Lisa Wingate
    • Narrated by: Emily Rankin
    • Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 10-22-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,715 ratings
    • The compelling, poignant true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal - some of whom learned the truth from Lisa Wingate’s best-selling novel Before We Were Yours and were reunited with birth family members as a result of its wide reach....

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    • Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
    • By: Andrei Lankov
    • Narrated by: Steven Roy Grimsley
    • Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 05-09-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 600 ratings
    • Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been....

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    • Scary Stories Not for Kids
    • By: Robert Manton
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 08-28-24
    • Language: English
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    • Ghost Stories Book & Poltergeists Scary Stories Not For Kids Paperback version: 100 scary stories Kindle version: 148 scary stories Step into the ...

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    • The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel
    • By: Julie Satow
    • Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
    • Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 06-04-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 291 ratings
    • The Plaza is the account of one vaunted New York City address that has become synonymous with wealth and scandal, opportunity and tragedy. With glamour on the surface and strife behind the scenes, it is the story of how one hotel became a mirror reflecting New York's place....

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    • And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
    • By: Douglas Preston, David Grann - foreword
    • Narrated by: Will Collyer
    • Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 12-05-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 257 ratings
    • Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, presents this collection of the most jaw-dropping true stories from his career as a journalist and explorer....

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    • The Real-Life Witches and Witch Hunts in the Centuries-Long Fight for Abortion
    • By: Sophie Saint Thomas
    • Narrated by: Hayden Bishop, Sophie Saint Thomas
    • Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 10-15-24
    • Language: English
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    • A provocative pop history that explores the witches—and witch hunts—in the untold story of abortion, from the days of Socrates through the Salem Witch Trials and the 1980s Satanic Panic, all the way to our fraught post-Roe present.

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    • The Real Life of the Man Who Ruled Israel
    • By: Jonathan Kirsch
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Kirsch
    • Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 12-13-05
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 100 ratings
    • At the center of this taut, dramatic narrative stands a hero of flesh and blood....

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    • The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the Man who Was Shakespeare
    • By: Mark Anderson
    • Narrated by: Simon Prebble
    • Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 09-09-05
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 151 ratings
    • Journalist Mark Anderson's biography offers tantalizing proof that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford was the real "Shakespeare"....

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    • A Spine-Chilling Maritime Chronicle from the Mid-19th to Early 20th Century Along America's Treacherous Northeastern Shores
    • By: Russell Evans
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 06-13-24
    • Language: English
    • 1 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • A Historical Nonfiction book set in Cape Cod, New England during the mid-19th to early 20th century. *Tragic Shipwrecks of Cape Cod* whisks readers...

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    • The True Story of Dusko Popov: Word War II Spy, Patriot, and the Real-Life Inspiration for James Bond
    • By: Larry Loftis
    • Narrated by: Eric G. Dove
    • Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 06-14-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 231 ratings
    • A double agent for the Abwehr, MI5 and MI6, and the FBI during World War II, Popov seduced numerous women, spoke five languages, and was a crack shot....

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    • The True Story of the Life & TIme of the Great Author
    • By: The History Journals, Liam Dale
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 40 mins
    • Release date: 07-22-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • “A dog began to howl somewhere in a farmhouse far down the road, a long, agonized wailing, as if from fear. The sound was taken up by another dog...

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    • Real Life on the Front Lines
    • By: Ryan A. Conklin
    • Narrated by: Ryan A. Conklin
    • Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 04-23-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • Ryan A. Conklin enlisted in the U.S. Army at age seventeen, following 9/11, and joined Angel Company....

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    • A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece
    • By: Roseanne Montillo
    • Narrated by: Cat Gould
    • Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 03-31-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • The Lady and Her Monsters by Roseanne Motillo brings to life the fascinating times, startling science, and real-life horrors behind Mary Shelley's gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein....

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    • The Lives of Real Women in a Vibrant Age of Transition
    • By: Frances Gies, Joseph Gies
    • Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
    • Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 05-24-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Reissued for the first time in decades, this ambitious work of Medieval scholarship by bestselling historians Frances and Joseph Gies traces the stories and fates of women in Medieval Europe over the course of a millennium.

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    • A Novel
    • By: Cody Franklin
    • Narrated by: Chip Hurley
    • Series: The Atlantropa Articles, Book 1
    • Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 09-26-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • In an alternate history timeline, World War II never takes place. Instead, a plan is put into effect by Hitler and the Nazi party to drain the Mediterranean Sea. They promise fertile land, millions of jobs and endless energy, new land to be settled, and living space for a crowded continent....

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    • Part 3: Civilization or Death (Washington's Northwest Indian Wars)
    • By: Norbert Aubrey
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 03-08-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The American settlers believed the native American Indians were savages. The Indians believed the settlers were invaders trying to take their land....

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    • Real-Life Ghost Stories
    • By: Aubre Andrus
    • Narrated by: uncredited
    • Length: 22 mins
    • Release date: 04-18-24
    • Language: English
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    • The legend of the ghostly Bloody Mary involves seeing a woman's bloody image appear in the mirror. But where does this eerie legend originate?

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    • By: Cyndi Parker
    • Narrated by: Emily Ellet
    • Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 01-01-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • Encountering Jesus in the Real World of the Gospels draws listeners into a deeper understanding of ancient Israel and first-century Judaism to better understand Jesus' ministry....

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