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The Half Has Never Been Told
- Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
- By: Edward E Baptist
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins
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Americans tend to cast slavery as a pre-modern institution - the nation's original sin, perhaps, but isolated in time and divorced from America's later success. But to do so robs the millions who suffered in bondage of their full legacy....
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A must read for everyone.
- By S. P. Cooper on 03-18-22
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The Half Has Never Been Told
- Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 09-14-21
- Language: English
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Americans tend to cast slavery as a pre-modern institution - the nation's original sin, perhaps, but isolated in time and divorced from America's later success. But to do so robs the millions who suffered in bondage of their full legacy....
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Lies My Teacher Told Me (Young Readers' Edition)
- Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong
- By: Dr. James W. Loewen, Rebecca Stefoff
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
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Lies My Teacher Told Me is one of the most important - and successful - history books of our time. Having sold nearly two million copies, the book won an American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship....
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Excellent homeschool resource
- By tiffanee on 12-20-20
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Lies My Teacher Told Me (Young Readers' Edition)
- Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 04-25-19
- Language: English
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Lies My Teacher Told Me is one of the most important - and successful - history books of our time. Having sold nearly two million copies, the book won an American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship....
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The Glory and the Dream
- A Narrative History of America, 1932 - 1972
- By: William Manchester
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 57 hrs and 23 mins
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This great time capsule of a book captures the abundant popular history of the United States from 1932 to 1972....
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Fabulous book, good narration, bad recording
- By Paula on 07-10-08
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The Glory and the Dream
- A Narrative History of America, 1932 - 1972
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 57 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 06-13-08
- Language: English
- This great time capsule of a book captures the abundant popular history of the United States from 1932 to 1972....
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The Republic for Which It Stands
- The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
- By: Richard White
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 34 hrs and 41 mins
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At the end of the Civil War the leaders and citizens of the victorious North envisioned the country's future as a free-labor republic, with a homogenous citizenry, both Black and White....
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Be wary of narrator
- By Kate on 05-25-18
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The Republic for Which It Stands
- The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Series: Oxford History of the United States [Publication Order], Book 9, Oxford History of the United States, Book 7
- Length: 34 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 05-22-18
- Language: English
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At the end of the Civil War the leaders and citizens of the victorious North envisioned the country's future as a free-labor republic, with a homogenous citizenry, both Black and White....
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The Brilliant Disaster
- JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba
- By: Jim Rasenberger
- Narrated by: Bob Walter
- Length: 17 hrs and 33 mins
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The U.S.-backed military invasion of Cuba in 1961 remains one of the most ill-fated blunders in American history, with echoes of the event reverberating even today....
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US Government Perspective
- By Kindle Customer on 05-25-11
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The Brilliant Disaster
- JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba
- Narrated by: Bob Walter
- Length: 17 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 04-05-11
- Language: English
- The U.S.-backed military invasion of Cuba in 1961 remains one of the most ill-fated blunders in American history, with echoes of the event reverberating even today....
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The Dark Side
- The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
- By: Jane Mayer
- Narrated by: Richard McGonagle
- Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
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The Dark Side chronicles one of the most disturbing chapters in American history, one that will serve as the lasting legacy of the George W. Bush presidency....
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Must read history
- By nancy udell on 11-09-08
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The Dark Side
- The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
- Narrated by: Richard McGonagle
- Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 09-26-08
- Language: English
- The Dark Side chronicles one of the most disturbing chapters in American history, one that will serve as the lasting legacy of the George W. Bush presidency....
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Taxes Have Consequences
- An Income Tax History of the United States
- By: Arthur B. Laffer PhD, Brian Domitrovic PhD, Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield PhD
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
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The definitive history of the effect of the income tax on the economy....
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Cognitive Dissonance Documented
- By SaxmanAlex on 06-12-24
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Taxes Have Consequences
- An Income Tax History of the United States
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 10-18-22
- Language: English
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The definitive history of the effect of the income tax on the economy....
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Presidents of the United States of America
- A History of America's Leaders
- By: Franklin Taylor
- Narrated by: K.C. Wayman
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
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Learn the stories and the struggles each president dealt with as we take a walk through the nation's development. Follow along as we discuss how the United States came into power, the leaders who shaped its development, and the wars that were fought to protect it....
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Don’t appreciate the bias in the modern presidents
- By Daniel R. Gould on 07-25-20
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Presidents of the United States of America
- A History of America's Leaders
- Narrated by: K.C. Wayman
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 10-23-19
- Language: English
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Learn the stories and the struggles each president dealt with as we take a walk through the nation's development. Follow along as we discuss how the United States came into power, the leaders who shaped its development, and the wars that were fought to protect it....
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Stanton
- Lincoln's War Secretary
- By: Walter Stahr
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 20 hrs and 26 mins
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Walter Stahr tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's indispensable secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, the man the president entrusted with raising the army that preserved the Union....
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A bad narrator can ruin a good book
- By cathy on 11-01-17
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Stanton
- Lincoln's War Secretary
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 20 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 08-17-17
- Language: English
- Walter Stahr tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's indispensable secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, the man the president entrusted with raising the army that preserved the Union....
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White Trash
- The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
- By: Nancy Isenberg
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
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In her groundbreaking bestselling history of the class system in America, Nancy Isenberg upends history as we know it by taking on our comforting myths about equality and uncovering the crucial legacy of the ever-present, always embarrassing—if occasionally entertaining—poor white trash....
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I have lived this experience and failed badly.
- By James W. Hoffpauir on 08-26-23
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White Trash
- The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 03-28-23
- Language: English
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In her groundbreaking bestselling history of the class system in America, Nancy Isenberg upends history as we know it by taking on our comforting myths about equality and uncovering the crucial legacy of the ever-present, always embarrassing—if occasionally entertaining—poor white trash....
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Both/And
- A Life in Many Worlds
- By: Huma Abedin
- Narrated by: Huma Abedin
- Length: 21 hrs and 47 mins
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The daughter of Indian and Pakistani intellectuals and advocates, Abedin grew up in the United States and Saudi Arabia and traveled widely. Both/And grapples with family, legacy, identity, faith, marriage, motherhood - and work - with wisdom, sophistication, grace, and clarity....
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Amazing book, absolutely recommended!
- By Prerit Pramod on 11-05-21
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Both/And
- A Life in Many Worlds
- Narrated by: Huma Abedin
- Length: 21 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 11-02-21
- Language: English
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The daughter of Indian and Pakistani intellectuals and advocates, Abedin grew up in the United States and Saudi Arabia and traveled widely. Both/And grapples with family, legacy, identity, faith, marriage, motherhood - and work - with wisdom, sophistication, grace, and clarity....
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38 Nooses
- Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier's End
- By: Scott W. Berg
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
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In August 1862, after decades of broken treaties, increasing hardship, and relentless encroachment on their lands, a group of Dakota warriors convened a council at the tepee of their leader, Little Crow....
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Powerful condemnation of Manifest Destiny
- By Buretto on 09-26-19
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38 Nooses
- Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier's End
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 09-24-19
- Language: English
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In August 1862, after decades of broken treaties, increasing hardship, and relentless encroachment on their lands, a group of Dakota warriors convened a council at the tepee of their leader, Little Crow....
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Real American Heroes
- By: Brion McClanahan
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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Today, traditional American heroes are virtually erased by the "PC" crowd. Here Brion McClanahan rescues the legendary deeds of the greatest Americans....
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Not a history book
- By BrooklynLove on 12-06-20
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Real American Heroes
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 11-13-12
- Language: English
- Today, traditional American heroes are virtually erased by the "PC" crowd. Here Brion McClanahan rescues the legendary deeds of the greatest Americans....
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The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic
- Reconstruction, 1860-1920
- By: Manisha Sinha
- Narrated by: Deepa Samuel
- Length: 21 hrs and 14 mins
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A groundbreaking, expansive new account of Reconstruction that fundamentally alters our view of this formative period in American history.
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Managing through narration
- By Julie on 06-18-24
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The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic
- Reconstruction, 1860-1920
- Narrated by: Deepa Samuel
- Length: 21 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 06-11-24
- Language: English
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A groundbreaking, expansive new account of Reconstruction that fundamentally alters our view of this formative period in American history.
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Indigenous Continent
- The Epic Contest for North America
- By: Pekka Hamalainen
- Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
- Length: 18 hrs and 44 mins
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In Indigenous Continent, acclaimed historian Pekka Hämäläinen presents a sweeping counternarrative that shatters the most basic assumptions about American history....
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indigenous Continent
- By katherine on 07-09-23
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Indigenous Continent
- The Epic Contest for North America
- Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
- Length: 18 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 12-15-22
- Language: English
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In Indigenous Continent, acclaimed historian Pekka Hämäläinen presents a sweeping counternarrative that shatters the most basic assumptions about American history....
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Ages of American Capitalism
- A History of the United States
- By: Jonathan Levy
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 31 hrs and 44 mins
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A leading economic historian traces the evolution of American capitalism from the colonial era to the present - and argues that we’ve reached yet another turning point that will define the era ahead....
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The narrator. The book.
- By Jack on 08-22-21
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Ages of American Capitalism
- A History of the United States
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 31 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 04-20-21
- Language: English
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A leading economic historian traces the evolution of American capitalism from the colonial era to the present - and argues that we’ve reached yet another turning point that will define the era ahead....
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Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
- By: Sarah Vowell
- Narrated by: Sarah Vowell, John Slattery, Nick Offerman, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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A humorous account of the Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette - the one Frenchman we could all agree on - and an insightful portrait of a nation's idealism and its reality....
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You likely haven't heard it this way...
- By William L. Scott III on 06-04-16
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Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
- Narrated by: Sarah Vowell, John Slattery, Nick Offerman, Fred Armisen, Bobby Cannavale, John Hodgman, Stephanie March, Alexis Denisof
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 10-20-15
- Language: English
- A humorous account of the Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette - the one Frenchman we could all agree on - and an insightful portrait of a nation's idealism and its reality....
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A History of America in Ten Strikes
- By: Erik Loomis
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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A History of America in Ten Strikes challenges all of our contemporary assumptions around labor, unions, and American workers. In this brilliant book, labor historian Erik Loomis recounts ten critical workers’ strikes in American labor history that everyone needs to know about....
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great read
- By Perscors on 03-17-19
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A History of America in Ten Strikes
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 03-05-19
- Language: English
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A History of America in Ten Strikes challenges all of our contemporary assumptions around labor, unions, and American workers. In this brilliant book, labor historian Erik Loomis recounts ten critical workers’ strikes in American labor history that everyone needs to know about....
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The Hour of Fate
- Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism
- By: Susan Berfield
- Narrated by: Jennifer Woodward
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
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A riveting narrative of Wall Street buccaneering, political intrigue and two of American history’s most colossal characters, struggling for mastery in an era of social upheaval and rampant inequality....
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Engaging
- By Jean on 06-08-20
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The Hour of Fate
- Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism
- Narrated by: Jennifer Woodward
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 05-05-20
- Language: English
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A riveting narrative of Wall Street buccaneering, political intrigue and two of American history’s most colossal characters, struggling for mastery in an era of social upheaval and rampant inequality....
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The Oregon Trail
- A New American Journey
- By: Rinker Buck
- Narrated by: Rinker Buck
- Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins
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In the best-selling tradition of Bill Bryson and Tony Horwitz, Rinker Buck's The Oregon Trail is a major work of participatory history....
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An author does not a good narrator make
- By C. Davis on 07-03-15
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The Oregon Trail
- A New American Journey
- Narrated by: Rinker Buck
- Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 06-30-15
- Language: English
- In the best-selling tradition of Bill Bryson and Tony Horwitz, Rinker Buck's The Oregon Trail is a major work of participatory history....
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