HISTORY
WINNER: You Never Forget Your First
Performed by Brittany Pressley, Alexis Coe
The year of the pandemic, #BLM demonstrations, and our presidential election encouraged a lot of us to ask the questions of history with new eyes: how did we get here? And what do we need to know for the future?
Best of the Year Alexis Coe’s You Never Forget Your First portrays our first president come alive as a man who suffered and overcame physical ailments, enslaved others unflinchingly, and somehow also established the mechanism of a peaceful transfer of power. Through the lens of James Baldwin’s life and work, Eddie S. Glaude's Begin Again declaims with passion and urgency that American democracy has never valued Black lives as ''created equal.'' As role models, Winston Churchill and Jimmy Carter stand out as intelligent, forceful leaders willing to take great risk in the service of freedom. In their sweeping and richly detailed audios, Erik Larson and Jonathan Alter place Churchill and Carter, respectively, within the context of their times, their families, and their limitations and triumphs. Finally, Brian C. Muraresku zones out a bit in The Immortality Key, because throughout human history, people need inspiration to continue the fight for progress.
Best of History: Four More
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The Splendid and the Vile
- A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: John Lee, Erik Larson
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12,237
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Performance10,471
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Story10,393
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2020 BY The Washington Post HuffPost The Seattle Times Lit...
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John Lee’s narration is a struggle
- By Leslie Rathjens on 03-05-20
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His Very Best
- Jimmy Carter, a Life
- By: Jonathan Alter
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 31 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall617
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Performance534
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Story530
From one of America’s most respected journalists and modern historians comes the highly acclaimed, “splendid” (The Washington Post) biography of Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States and Nobel Prize–winning humanitarian. Jonathan Alter tells the epic story of an...
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Unbiased biography of a complex president
- By P Willis on 10-08-20
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The Immortality Key
- The Secret History of the Religion with No Name
- By: Brian C. Muraresku, Graham Hancock - foreword
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock, Brian C. Muraresku
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6,510
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Performance5,738
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Story5,709
A groundbreaking dive into the role psychedelics have played in the origins of Western civilization, and the real-life quest for the Holy Grail that could shake the Church to its foundations.
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A Fun ‘Trip’—But Not a Sober One
- By Joshua on 11-28-20
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Begin Again
- James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
- By: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
- Narrated by: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,699
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Performance1,457
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Story1,446
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A powerful study of how to bear witness in a moment when America is being called to do the same.”—Time James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil rights movement to force America to confront its lies about race. What can we learn from his...
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I Understand.
- By Carrie Johnson on 07-01-20
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The Splendid and the Vile
- A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: John Lee, Erik Larson
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall12,237
-
Performance10,471
-
Story10,393
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2020 BY The Washington Post HuffPost The Seattle Times Lit...
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John Lee’s narration is a struggle
- By Leslie Rathjens on 03-05-20
-
His Very Best
- Jimmy Carter, a Life
- By: Jonathan Alter
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 31 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall617
-
Performance534
-
Story530
From one of America’s most respected journalists and modern historians comes the highly acclaimed, “splendid” (The Washington Post) biography of Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States and Nobel Prize–winning humanitarian. Jonathan Alter tells the epic story of an...
-
-
Unbiased biography of a complex president
- By P Willis on 10-08-20
-
The Immortality Key
- The Secret History of the Religion with No Name
- By: Brian C. Muraresku, Graham Hancock - foreword
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock, Brian C. Muraresku
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall6,510
-
Performance5,738
-
Story5,709
A groundbreaking dive into the role psychedelics have played in the origins of Western civilization, and the real-life quest for the Holy Grail that could shake the Church to its foundations.
-
-
A Fun ‘Trip’—But Not a Sober One
- By Joshua on 11-28-20
-
Begin Again
- James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
- By: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
- Narrated by: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall1,699
-
Performance1,457
-
Story1,446
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A powerful study of how to bear witness in a moment when America is being called to do the same.”—Time James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil rights movement to force America to confront its lies about race. What can we learn from his...
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I Understand.
- By Carrie Johnson on 07-01-20