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The United States in the Cold War: 1945-1989
- The Drama of America History Series
- By: Christopher Collier, James Lincoln Collier
- Narrated by: Jim Manchester
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
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Beginning with the effects of World War II, the narrative follows the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the rise and fall of Communism....
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The United States in the Cold War: 1945-1989
- The Drama of America History Series
- Narrated by: Jim Manchester
- Series: The Drama of American History
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 09-06-13
- Language: English
- Beginning with the effects of World War II, the narrative follows the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the rise and fall of Communism....
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The Last 100 Days
- FDR at War and at Peace
- By: David B. Woolner
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
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The first 100 days of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency are justly famous, viewed as a period of political action without equal in American history. Yet as historian David B. Woolner reveals....
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The last 100 days
- By no comment on 04-11-18
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The Last 100 Days
- FDR at War and at Peace
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 12-12-17
- Language: English
- The first 100 days of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency are justly famous, viewed as a period of political action without equal in American history. Yet as historian David B. Woolner reveals....
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American Indians in U.S. History
- The Civilization of the American Indian Series
- By: Roger L. Nichols
- Narrated by: Todd Curless
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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This history of American Indians in the United States traces the experiences of indigenous peoples from early colonial times to the present day....
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Excellent Overview
- By David Court on 07-30-15
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American Indians in U.S. History
- The Civilization of the American Indian Series
- Narrated by: Todd Curless
- Series: The Civilization of the American Indian
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 06-16-15
- Language: English
- This history of American Indians in the United States traces the experiences of indigenous peoples from early colonial times to the present day....
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After the Music Stopped
- The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead
- By: Alan S. Blinder
- Narrated by: Graham Vick
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
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In After the Music Stopped, Blinder delivers a masterful narrative of how the worst economic crisis in postwar American history happened, what the government did to fight it, and what we must do to recover from it....
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Irresponsible, corrupt, and confused book
- By Thomas on 12-22-14
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After the Music Stopped
- The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead
- Narrated by: Graham Vick
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 06-17-14
- Language: English
- In After the Music Stopped, Blinder delivers a masterful narrative of how the worst economic crisis in postwar American history happened, what the government did to fight it, and what we must do to recover from it....
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Jackie, Janet & Lee
- The Secret Lives of Janet Auchincloss and Her Daughters, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill
- By: J. Randy Taraborrelli
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
- Length: 20 hrs and 16 mins
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A dazzling audiobook biography of three of the most glamorous women of the 20th century: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, Janet Lee Auchincloss, and Princess Lee Radziwill....
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Terrible narration! No way to give no stars.
- By Linda on 02-19-18
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Jackie, Janet & Lee
- The Secret Lives of Janet Auchincloss and Her Daughters, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
- Length: 20 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 01-30-18
- Language: English
- A dazzling audiobook biography of three of the most glamorous women of the 20th century: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, Janet Lee Auchincloss, and Princess Lee Radziwill....
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Cowboys and Gangsters
- Stories of an Untamed Southwest
- By: Samuel K. Dolan
- Narrated by: Pete Bradbury
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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Cowboys and Gangsters tells the story of the untamed "Wild West" of the Prohibition era of the 1920s and early 1930s and introduces a rogues' gallery of six-gun-packing Western gunfighters....
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A fun listen to a exciting corner of history
- By William on 07-03-17
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Cowboys and Gangsters
- Stories of an Untamed Southwest
- Narrated by: Pete Bradbury
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 05-03-16
- Language: English
- Cowboys and Gangsters tells the story of the untamed "Wild West" of the Prohibition era of the 1920s and early 1930s and introduces a rogues' gallery of six-gun-packing Western gunfighters....
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Isolationism
- A History of America's Efforts to Shield Itself from the World
- By: Charles A. Kupchan
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 20 hrs and 4 mins
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Isolationism is making a comeback as Americans tire of foreign entanglement. In this definitive and magisterial analysis, Charles Kupchan explores the enduring connection between the isolationist impulse and the American experience....
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Isolationism
- A History of America's Efforts to Shield Itself from the World
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 20 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 03-30-21
- Language: English
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Isolationism is making a comeback as Americans tire of foreign entanglement. In this definitive and magisterial analysis, Charles Kupchan explores the enduring connection between the isolationist impulse and the American experience....
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Impossible Subjects
- Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America
- By: Mae M. Ngai
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
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This book traces the origins of the "illegal alien" in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in US immigration policy - a process that shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in the 20th century....
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Excellent introduction to USA immigration
- By David on 03-17-23
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Impossible Subjects
- Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 02-26-19
- Language: English
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This book traces the origins of the "illegal alien" in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in US immigration policy - a process that shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in the 20th century....
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Heaven’s Ditch
- God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal
- By: Jack Kelly
- Narrated by: Andrew Reilly
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
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The technological marvel of its age, the Erie Canal grew out of a sudden fit of inspiration. Proponents didn't just dream; they built a 360-mile waterway entirely by hand....
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An under told story of the United States.
- By JayHey on 08-28-16
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Heaven’s Ditch
- God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal
- Narrated by: Andrew Reilly
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 07-05-16
- Language: English
- The technological marvel of its age, the Erie Canal grew out of a sudden fit of inspiration. Proponents didn't just dream; they built a 360-mile waterway entirely by hand....
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Progressivism, the Great Depression, and the New Deal
- 1901 - 1941
- By: Christopher Collier, James Lincoln Collier
- Narrated by: Jim Manchester
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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History is dramatic - and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young listeners....
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Short and pithy CAUTIONARY TALE
- By Sarah on 10-26-22
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Progressivism, the Great Depression, and the New Deal
- 1901 - 1941
- Narrated by: Jim Manchester
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 09-06-13
- Language: English
- History is dramatic - and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young listeners....
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If We Can Keep It
- How the Republic Collapsed and How it Might Be Saved
- By: Michael Tomasky
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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Why has American politics fallen into such a state of horrible dysfunction? Can it ever be fixed? These are the questions that motivate Michael Tomasky’s deeply original examination into the origins of our hopelessly polarized nation....
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Republican MONSTERS broke our politics.
- By Mike Shelby on 03-29-19
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If We Can Keep It
- How the Republic Collapsed and How it Might Be Saved
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 02-19-19
- Language: English
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Why has American politics fallen into such a state of horrible dysfunction? Can it ever be fixed? These are the questions that motivate Michael Tomasky’s deeply original examination into the origins of our hopelessly polarized nation....
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If You Can Keep It
- The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
- By: Eric Metaxas
- Narrated by: Eric Metaxas
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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If You Can Keep It is at once a thrilling review of America's uniqueness, and a reminder that America's greatness cannot continue unless we understand what our founding fathers meant....
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Exceptional book
- By Trish Legarth on 07-26-16
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If You Can Keep It
- The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
- Narrated by: Eric Metaxas
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 06-14-16
- Language: English
- If You Can Keep It is at once a thrilling review of America's uniqueness, and a reminder that America's greatness cannot continue unless we understand what our founding fathers meant....
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War, Peace, and All That Jazz, 1918-1945, A History of US, Book 9
- By: Joy Hakim
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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From woman?s suffrage to Babe Ruth?s home runs, from Louis Armstrong?s jazz to Franklin Delano Roosevelt?s four presidential terms....
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Perfect For Kids
- By Paul on 11-26-05
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War, Peace, and All That Jazz, 1918-1945, A History of US, Book 9
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 02-18-05
- Language: English
- From woman?s suffrage to Babe Ruth?s home runs, from Louis Armstrong?s jazz to Franklin Delano Roosevelt?s four presidential terms....
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The Majesty of the Law
- Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice
- By: Sandra Day O'Connor
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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In this remarkable book, Sandra Day O’Connor explores the law, her life as a Supreme Court Justice, and how the Court has evolved and continues to function, grow, and change as an American institution.
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Informative and well-written
- By James on 07-11-05
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The Majesty of the Law
- Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 07-28-04
- Language: English
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In this remarkable book, Sandra Day O’Connor explores the law, her life as a Supreme Court Justice, and how the Court has evolved and continues to function, grow, and change as an American institution.
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Baptists in America
- A History
- By: Thomas S. Kidd, Barry Hankins
- Narrated by: Jonathan Walker
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
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In Baptists in America, Thomas S. Kidd and Barry Hankins explore the long-running tensions between church, state, and culture that Baptists have shaped and navigated....
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Baptist critics
- By Paul on 11-27-16
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Baptists in America
- A History
- Narrated by: Jonathan Walker
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 06-01-15
- Language: English
- In Baptists in America, Thomas S. Kidd and Barry Hankins explore the long-running tensions between church, state, and culture that Baptists have shaped and navigated....
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The Patriarch
- The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
- By: David Nasaw
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 30 hrs and 55 mins
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Historian David Nasaw brings to life the story of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, in this, the first and only biography based on unrestricted and exclusive access to the Joseph P. Kennedy papers....
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Commissioned by the Kennedy Family...
- By E.R. on 09-09-13
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The Patriarch
- The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 30 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 11-13-12
- Language: English
- Historian David Nasaw brings to life the story of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, in this, the first and only biography based on unrestricted and exclusive access to the Joseph P. Kennedy papers....
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FDR, Dewey, and the Election of 1944
- By: David M. Jordan
- Narrated by: Robert Ferraro
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
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Although the presidential election of 1944 placed FDR in the White House for an unprecedented fourth term, historical memory of the election itself has been overshadowed by the war, Roosevelt’s health, Truman's ascendancy, and the decision to drop the atomic bomb....
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Very enjoyable “listen”.
- By Ronald Meisburg on 11-23-22
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FDR, Dewey, and the Election of 1944
- Narrated by: Robert Ferraro
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 09-26-19
- Language: English
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Although the presidential election of 1944 placed FDR in the White House for an unprecedented fourth term, historical memory of the election itself has been overshadowed by the war, Roosevelt’s health, Truman's ascendancy, and the decision to drop the atomic bomb....
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U.S. Grant
- American Hero, American Myth
- By: Joan Waugh
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
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At the time of his death, Ulysses S. Grant was the most famous person in America, considered by most citizens to be equal in stature to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln....
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Good Book, Weaker Audio
- By Erik on 01-22-10
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U.S. Grant
- American Hero, American Myth
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 09-10-10
- Language: English
- At the time of his death, Ulysses S. Grant was the most famous person in America, considered by most citizens to be equal in stature to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln....
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An Ordinary Man
- The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford
- By: Richard Norton Smith
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 36 hrs and 8 mins
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From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including George Washington, Herbert Hoover, and Nelson Rockefeller comes this eye-opening life of Gerald R. Ford, whose presidency arguably set the course for post-liberal America and a post-Cold War world.
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Must-read Polemic
- By allison h eid on 10-17-23
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An Ordinary Man
- The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 36 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 04-11-23
- Language: English
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From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including George Washington, Herbert Hoover, and Nelson Rockefeller comes this eye-opening life of Gerald R. Ford, whose presidency arguably set the course for post-liberal America and a post-Cold War world.
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Shadow Network
- By: Anne Nelson
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
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In 1981, emboldened by Ronald Reagan’s election, a group of some 50 Republican operatives, evangelicals, oil barons and gun lobbyists met in a Washington suburb to coordinate their attack on civil liberties and the social safety net....
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Critical to understanding our current political dynamics.
- By Scott on 05-24-20
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Shadow Network
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 10-29-19
- Language: English
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In 1981, emboldened by Ronald Reagan’s election, a group of some 50 Republican operatives, evangelicals, oil barons and gun lobbyists met in a Washington suburb to coordinate their attack on civil liberties and the social safety net....
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