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Road to Disaster
- A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam
- By: Brian VanDeMark
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 23 hrs and 12 mins
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Many books have been written on the tragic decisions regarding Vietnam made by the stars of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Yet despite many words of analysis and reflection, no historian has been able to explain why such decent and previously successful men stumbled so badly...
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Vietnam Veteran
- By Jim Rollins on 04-02-19
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Road to Disaster
- A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 23 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 09-18-18
- Language: English
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Many books have been written on the tragic decisions regarding Vietnam made by the stars of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Yet despite many words of analysis and reflection, no historian has been able to explain why such decent and previously successful men stumbled so badly...
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The Economists' Hour
- False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society
- By: Binyamin Appelbaum
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
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In this fascinating character-driven history, a New York Times editorial writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist spotlights the American economists who championed the rise of markets and fundamentally reshaped the modern world....
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One-sided ridicule of economists
- By Fountain of Chris on 09-06-19
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The Economists' Hour
- False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 09-03-19
- Language: English
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In this fascinating character-driven history, a New York Times editorial writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist spotlights the American economists who championed the rise of markets and fundamentally reshaped the modern world....
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The Man Who Could Be King
- A Novel
- By: John Ripin Miller
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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When Josiah Penn Stockbridge accepts the position as aide-de-camp to George Washington at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, he thinks only of the glory and romance of battle....
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Story over chapter 12
- By Diane C on 08-21-17
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The Man Who Could Be King
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 08-15-17
- Language: English
- When Josiah Penn Stockbridge accepts the position as aide-de-camp to George Washington at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, he thinks only of the glory and romance of battle....
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Polk
- The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
- By: Walter R. Borneman
- Narrated by: Alan Nebelthau
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
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This is a major political biography of a great American president who won a war, transformed the government, and doubled the size of the United States....
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Polk: One of our most important Preidents
- By Rik GNV on 10-12-08
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Polk
- The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
- Narrated by: Alan Nebelthau
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 06-06-08
- Language: English
- This is a major political biography of a great American president who won a war, transformed the government, and doubled the size of the United States....
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Sedition Hunters
- How January 6th Broke the Justice System
- By: Ryan J. Reilly
- Narrated by: Ryan J. Reilly
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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Ryan Reilly gets to know would-be revolutionaries, obsessive online sleuths, and FBI agents, and shines a light on a justice system that's straining to maintain order in our polarized country....
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Lost Opportunity
- By JenMarie66 on 10-21-23
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Sedition Hunters
- How January 6th Broke the Justice System
- Narrated by: Ryan J. Reilly
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 10-17-23
- Language: English
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Ryan Reilly gets to know would-be revolutionaries, obsessive online sleuths, and FBI agents, and shines a light on a justice system that's straining to maintain order in our polarized country....
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Paul Revere's Ride
- By: David Hackett Fischer
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
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Paul Revere's midnight ride looms as an almost mythical event in American history - yet it has been largely ignored by scholars and left to patriotic writers and debunkers....
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Damn
- By Claudio on 06-24-17
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Paul Revere's Ride
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 06-06-17
- Language: English
- Paul Revere's midnight ride looms as an almost mythical event in American history - yet it has been largely ignored by scholars and left to patriotic writers and debunkers....
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American Witches
- A Broomstick Tour through Four Centuries
- By: Susan Fair
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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American Witches reveals strange incidents of witchcraft that have long been swept under the rug as bizarre sidenotes to history....
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Christan witch book
- By Nicole on 09-01-20
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American Witches
- A Broomstick Tour through Four Centuries
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 12-13-16
- Language: English
- American Witches reveals strange incidents of witchcraft that have long been swept under the rug as bizarre sidenotes to history....
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20 Years in the Secret Service: New Edition
- My Life with Five Presidents
- By: Rufus W. Youngblood
- Narrated by: Tony Messano
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
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While highlighting his 20-year career in the Secret Service during which he protected Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, US Secret Service Agent Rufus W. Youngblood describes the complexities and risks involved in protecting America's chief executive....
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Great first hand look into the USSS
- By Anonymous User on 06-05-18
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20 Years in the Secret Service: New Edition
- My Life with Five Presidents
- Narrated by: Tony Messano
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 05-25-18
- Language: English
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While highlighting his 20-year career in the Secret Service during which he protected Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, US Secret Service Agent Rufus W. Youngblood describes the complexities and risks involved in protecting America's chief executive....
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Democracy's Data
- The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them
- By: Dan Bouk
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
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The census isn't just a data-collection process; it's a ritual, and a tool, of American democracy. Behind every neat grid of numbers is a collage of messy, human stories—you just have to know how to read them....
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A good book for a genealogist’s reading list
- By Candice on 10-28-22
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Democracy's Data
- The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 08-23-22
- Language: English
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The census isn't just a data-collection process; it's a ritual, and a tool, of American democracy. Behind every neat grid of numbers is a collage of messy, human stories—you just have to know how to read them....
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Hoover
- An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times
- By: Kenneth Whyte
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 27 hrs and 38 mins
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The definitive biography of Herbert Hoover, one of the most remarkable Americans of the 20th century - a revisionist account that will forever change the way Americans understand the man....
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What a fascinating story!
- By Dan Ryan on 11-18-17
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Hoover
- An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 27 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 10-10-17
- Language: English
- The definitive biography of Herbert Hoover, one of the most remarkable Americans of the 20th century - a revisionist account that will forever change the way Americans understand the man....
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America's Secret History
- How the Deep State, the Fed, the JFK, MLK, and RFK Assassinations, and Much More Led to Donald Trump’s Presidency
- By: Steve Harris
- Narrated by: Jamie Rennell
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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America’s Secret History presents an undistorted picture of the history of the United States. Never in one volume have so many unknown facts that disprove America’s history books been brought together in a cohesive historical context, all based on verifiable information.....
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America's Secret History
- How the Deep State, the Fed, the JFK, MLK, and RFK Assassinations, and Much More Led to Donald Trump’s Presidency
- Narrated by: Jamie Rennell
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 02-13-23
- Language: English
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America’s Secret History presents an undistorted picture of the history of the United States. Never in one volume have so many unknown facts that disprove America’s history books been brought together in a cohesive historical context, all based on verifiable information.....
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Invaded
- The Intentional Destruction of the American Immigration System
- By: J.J. Carrell
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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In the final year of the Trump presidency, America’s borders were within reach of being completely secure as the daily arrests had dwindled to the lowest numbers in United States Border Patrol history....
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the real numbers
- By Dale on 08-06-24
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Invaded
- The Intentional Destruction of the American Immigration System
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 07-17-23
- Language: English
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In the final year of the Trump presidency, America’s borders were within reach of being completely secure as the daily arrests had dwindled to the lowest numbers in United States Border Patrol history....
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Empire
- The Life, Legend, and Madness of Howard Hughes
- By: Donald L. Barlett, James B. Steele
- Narrated by: Christopher Hurt
- Length: 28 hrs and 54 mins
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Howard Hughes lived one of the greatest, most heroic, misunderstood, mysterious, bizarre, and tragic lives in American history....
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Loved this from start to finish!
- By bryan on 03-25-15
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Empire
- The Life, Legend, and Madness of Howard Hughes
- Narrated by: Christopher Hurt
- Length: 28 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 04-29-09
- Language: English
- Howard Hughes lived one of the greatest, most heroic, misunderstood, mysterious, bizarre, and tragic lives in American history....
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Then Everything Changed
- Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics: JFK, RFK, Carter, Ford, Reagan
- By: Jeff Greenfield
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 17 hrs and 46 mins
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Here is a brilliant and brilliantly entertaining tour de force of American politics from one of journalism's most acclaimed commentators.....
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The Power of Random Chance
- By Sara on 10-29-14
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Then Everything Changed
- Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics: JFK, RFK, Carter, Ford, Reagan
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 17 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 03-08-11
- Language: English
- Here is a brilliant and brilliantly entertaining tour de force of American politics from one of journalism's most acclaimed commentators.....
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Lone Star Nation
- How a Ragged Army of Courageous Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence
- By: H.W. Brands
- Narrated by: Don Leslie
- Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
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From best-selling historian H. W. Brands comes a richly textured history of one of the most fascinating and colorful eras in U.S. history: the Texas Revolution and the forging of a new America....
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Texas: From Spanish colony to statehood
- By Brian Shivers on 04-06-05
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Lone Star Nation
- How a Ragged Army of Courageous Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence
- Narrated by: Don Leslie
- Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 02-12-04
- Language: English
- From best-selling historian H. W. Brands comes a richly textured history of one of the most fascinating and colorful eras in U.S. history: the Texas Revolution and the forging of a new America....
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Dick Gregory's Political Primer
- By: Dick Gregory
- Narrated by: James Shippy
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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A unique and timeless guide to American government and its electoral process - as relevant today as when it was first published in 1972 - from the voice of Black consciousness, cultural icon Dick Gregory, the incomparable satirist, human rights and environmental activist....
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One of the Most Educational Books I’ve Read
- By tiffanyrene on 08-27-22
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Dick Gregory's Political Primer
- Narrated by: James Shippy
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 01-05-21
- Language: English
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A unique and timeless guide to American government and its electoral process - as relevant today as when it was first published in 1972 - from the voice of Black consciousness, cultural icon Dick Gregory, the incomparable satirist, human rights and environmental activist....
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The Defining Moment
- FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
- By: Jonathan Alter
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
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Instead of becoming the dictator so many wanted in those first days, FDR rescued banks, put men to work immediately....
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Very infomative, and also refreshingly honest
- By Andy on 02-19-09
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The Defining Moment
- FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 04-28-06
- Language: English
- Instead of becoming the dictator so many wanted in those first days, FDR rescued banks, put men to work immediately....
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Untold Power
- The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
- By: Rebecca Boggs Roberts
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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While this nation has yet to elect its first woman president—and though history has downplayed her role—just over a century ago a woman became the nation’s first acting president. In fact, she was born in 1872, and her name was Edith Bolling Galt Wilson....
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President Wilson’s racism
- By Charles on 07-26-23
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Untold Power
- The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 03-07-23
- Language: English
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While this nation has yet to elect its first woman president—and though history has downplayed her role—just over a century ago a woman became the nation’s first acting president. In fact, she was born in 1872, and her name was Edith Bolling Galt Wilson....
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Bobby Kennedy
- The Making of a Liberal Icon
- By: Larry Tye
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman
- Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins
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In Bobby Kennedy, Larry Tye peels away layers of myth and misconception to paint a complete portrait of this singularly fascinating figure....
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Absorbing
- By Jean on 01-18-17
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Bobby Kennedy
- The Making of a Liberal Icon
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman
- Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 07-05-16
- Language: English
- In Bobby Kennedy, Larry Tye peels away layers of myth and misconception to paint a complete portrait of this singularly fascinating figure....
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1776
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: David McCullough
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
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In this stirring audiobook, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence....
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Great
- By Greg Lacey on 05-27-05
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1776
- Narrated by: David McCullough
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 05-20-05
- Language: English
- In this stirring audiobook, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence....
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