Roots History

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    • The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership
    • By: Brea Baker
    • Narrated by: Brea Baker
    • Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 06-18-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • Why is less than 1% of rural land in the U.S. owned by Black people? An acclaimed writer and activist explores the impact of land theft and violent displacement on racial wealth gaps, arguing that justice stems from the literal roots of the earth....

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    • The Saga of an American Family
    • By: Alex Haley
    • Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
    • Length: 27 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 02-09-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 347 ratings
    • Roots is a groundbreaking story of history and family that spanned continents and touched generations. One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, Roots galvanized the US and created an extraordinary political, racial, social and cultural dialogue....

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    • Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left
    • By: Dinesh D'Souza
    • Narrated by: David Cochran Heath
    • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 07-31-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3,688 ratings
    • What is "the big lie" of the Democratic Party? That conservatives - and President Donald Trump in particular - are fascists. Nazis, even....

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    • An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
    • By: Stephen Kinzer
    • Narrated by: Michael Prichard, Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 02-26-04
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,600 ratings
    • Half a century ago, the United States overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, whose "crime" was nationalizing the country's oil industry....

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    • ZE Series, Book 6
    • By: Joe Boyd
    • Narrated by: Joe Boyd
    • Length: 40 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 01-06-25
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • From the legendary producer of Nick Drake, R.E.M., Toots and the Maytals, and Pink Floyd and author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s comes a riveting, world-spanning tour de force illuminating the artists, histories, controversies, and collaborations that shaped global music.

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    • By: Ahmir Khalib Thompson, Questlove
    • Narrated by: Questlove
    • Length: 11 hrs
    • Release date: 10-19-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 245 ratings
    • Best-selling author and Sundance award-winning director Questlove offers a thrilling, music-driven ride through the last 50 years of American history....

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    • Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
    • By: Aviva Chomsky
    • Narrated by: Aida Reluzco
    • Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 04-20-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 87 ratings
    • At the center of the current immigration debate are migrants from Central America fleeing poverty, corruption, and violence in search of refuge in the United States....

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    • The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland
    • By: Bryan Sykes
    • Narrated by: Dick Hill
    • Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 03-07-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 426 ratings
    • WASPs finally get their due in this stimulating history by one of the world's leading geneticists....

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    • The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity
    • By: James C. Cobb
    • Narrated by: David Stifel
    • Length: 20 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 09-28-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • This crescent of bottomlands between Memphis and Vicksburg, lined by the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers, remains in some ways what it was in 1860: a land of rich soil, wealthy planters, and desperate poverty - the blackest and poorest counties in all the South....

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    • By: Questlove, Ben Greenman - contributor
    • Narrated by: Questlove
    • Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 06-11-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 88 ratings
    • Recorded at the legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York City, the audiobook features narration and storytelling by Questlove, who expertly weaves together a rich sonic tapestry of hip-hop tales large and small, well-known and obscure.

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    • The Roots of Today's Revolution
    • By: Susan Stryker
    • Narrated by: Emily Cauldwell
    • Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 12-14-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 547 ratings
    • Covering American transgender history from the mid-20th century to today, Transgender History takes a chronological approach to the subject of transgender history....

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    • Revealing the Jewish Roots of Christianity
    • By: John Bergsma
    • Narrated by: Mark Deakins
    • Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 09-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 323 ratings
    • From award-winning scholar John Bergsma comes an intriguing audiobook that reveals new insights on the Essenes, a radical Jewish community predating Christianity, whose existence, beliefs, and practices are often overlooked in the annuls of history....

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    • Exploring the Judeo-Christian Roots of American Law
    • By: Patrick Henry
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
    • Release date: 05-23-25
    • Language: English
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    • “The Bible and the Constitution: Exploring the Judeo-Christian Roots of American Law.” Discover the Deep Connection Between Faith and Law in ...

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    • The Roots of the Black Working Class
    • By: Blair L.M. Kelley
    • Narrated by: Anika Noni Rose
    • Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 09-19-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • In this brilliant corrective, Black Folk, acclaimed historian Blair LM Kelley restores the Black working class to the center of the American story....

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    • A Juneteenth Holiday Inspired Novella
    • By: Marlee Rae
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 4 hrs
    • Release date: 06-24-25
    • Language: English
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    • Rooting… when familiar souls meet in soil and grow. For years, Dana Parks and Reed Day circled one another as family friends and quiet witnesses ...

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    • A History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia
    • By: Luke Manget
    • Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
    • Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 04-26-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Based on extensive research, Ginseng Diggers: A History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia is the first book to unearth the unique relationship between the Appalachian region and the global trade in medicinal plants....

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    • Roots, Rights, and the Struggle for Peace
    • By: David Brog
    • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
    • Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 03-20-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 280 ratings
    • The myth of the perfect Israel has been supplanted by a far more deleterious myth: the myth of the evil Israel....

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    • Connect to the Ancient Spirit of Africa and Explore the Timeline, Culture, Roots, Spells, & More from the World’s Richest Continent: 2 Books in 1
    • By: History Brought Alive
    • Narrated by: Brian Jeffords, Theodore Rose
    • Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 06-21-23
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Step into the heart of Africa and uncover the true story of one of the world’s richest and most resilient continents—its people, civilizations, legends, and spiritual traditions.

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    • The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
    • By: Oren Kessler
    • Narrated by: Shawn K. Jain
    • Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 02-06-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 81 ratings
    • Palestine 1936 is the origin story of the world's most intractable conflict, but it is also more than that. It reveals world-changing events through extraordinary individuals on all sides....

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