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I Never Did Like Politics
- How Fiorello La Guardia Became America's Mayor, and Why He Still Matters
- By: Terry Golway
- Narrated by: Jon Vertullo
- Length: 9 hrs
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Fiorello LaGuardia was one of the twentieth century's most colorful politicians—on the New York and national stage. He was also quintessentially American: the son of Italian immigrants, who rose in society through sheer will and chutzpah.
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Starts great, turns ugly!
- By Anthonypvaz on 06-08-24
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I Never Did Like Politics
- How Fiorello La Guardia Became America's Mayor, and Why He Still Matters
- Narrated by: Jon Vertullo
- Length: 9 hrs
- Release date: 02-20-24
- Language: English
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Fiorello LaGuardia was one of the twentieth century's most colorful politicians—on the New York and national stage. He was also quintessentially American: the son of Italian immigrants, who rose in society through sheer will and chutzpah.
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Dec-41
- Twelve Days That Began a World War
- By: Evan Mawdsley
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
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In far-flung locations around the globe, an unparalleled sequence of international events took place between December 1 and December 12, 1941. In this riveting book, historian Evan Mawdsley explores how the story unfolded....
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An interesting story poorly read.
- By Hugh Hill on 09-26-22
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Dec-41
- Twelve Days That Began a World War
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 12-28-21
- Language: English
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In far-flung locations around the globe, an unparalleled sequence of international events took place between December 1 and December 12, 1941. In this riveting book, historian Evan Mawdsley explores how the story unfolded....
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Presidential Leadership in Political Time
- Reprise and Reappraisal, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
- By: Stephen Skowronek
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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Presidential Leadership in Political Time has greatly expanded our understanding of and debates over the politics of leadership....
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A fried rice of political commentary
- By Amazon Customer on 09-14-20
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Presidential Leadership in Political Time
- Reprise and Reappraisal, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 03-24-20
- Language: English
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Presidential Leadership in Political Time has greatly expanded our understanding of and debates over the politics of leadership....
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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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Warlord
- A Life of Churchill at War, 1874 - 1945
- By: Carlo D’Este
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 30 hrs and 3 mins
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Carlo D'Este's brilliant biography examines Winston Churchill through the prism of his military service as both a soldier and a warlord....
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Great story - abysmal reading!
- By Vince M. on 04-14-13
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Warlord
- A Life of Churchill at War, 1874 - 1945
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 30 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 07-09-09
- Language: English
- Carlo D'Este's brilliant biography examines Winston Churchill through the prism of his military service as both a soldier and a warlord....
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FDR's Day of Infamy Speech
- By: Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Length: 9 mins
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"Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan"....
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The difference between greatness and cowardess.
- By James S. Bevard III on 09-03-21
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FDR's Day of Infamy Speech
- Length: 9 mins
- Release date: 01-22-07
- Language: English
- "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan"....
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American Heritage's Great Minds of American History
- By: American Heritage
- Narrated by: David McCullough, Stephen E. Ambrose
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
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In a series of fascinating interviews, today's best and brightest historians weigh in on the crucial moments in American history....
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Just a Pleasure
- By Michael on 05-03-11
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American Heritage's Great Minds of American History
- Narrated by: David McCullough, Stephen E. Ambrose
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 03-05-10
- Language: English
- In a series of fascinating interviews, today's best and brightest historians weigh in on the crucial moments in American history....
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Transaction Man
- The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
- By: Nicholas Lemann
- Narrated by: Chris Ciulla, Nicholas Lemann
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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Over the last generation, stable US institutions have given way to frictionless transactions, which are celebrated no matter what collateral damage they generate. The concentration of great wealth has coincided with the fraying of social ties and the rise of inequality....
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Maybe the title's an overreach? Excellent though!
- By JJ HUNSECKER on 09-20-19
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Transaction Man
- The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
- Narrated by: Chris Ciulla, Nicholas Lemann
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 09-10-19
- Language: English
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Over the last generation, stable US institutions have given way to frictionless transactions, which are celebrated no matter what collateral damage they generate. The concentration of great wealth has coincided with the fraying of social ties and the rise of inequality....
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Don't Know Much About History, Anniversary Edition
- Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned
- By: Kenneth C. Davis
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey, Kenneth C. Davis, Zach McLarty, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
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First published two decades ago, when the “closing of the American mind” was in the headlines, Don’t Know Much About History proved Americans don’t hate history....
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Disappointed
- By Yeny De Varona on 07-02-20
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Don't Know Much About History, Anniversary Edition
- Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey, Kenneth C. Davis, Zach McLarty, Cassandra Campbell
- Series: Don't Know Much [abridged], Book 2
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 06-21-11
- Language: English
- First published two decades ago, when the “closing of the American mind” was in the headlines, Don’t Know Much About History proved Americans don’t hate history....
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The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire
- By: Peter Clarke
- Narrated by: Dennis Holland
- Length: 24 hrs and 13 mins
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A sweeping, brilliantly vivid history of the sudden end of the British Empire and the moment when America became a world superpower....
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decent book, lousy narrator.
- By manstein on 06-08-10
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The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire
- Narrated by: Dennis Holland
- Length: 24 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 03-30-10
- Language: English
- A sweeping, brilliantly vivid history of the sudden end of the British Empire and the moment when America became a world superpower....
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The Great War in America
- World War I and Its Aftermath
- By: Garrett Peck
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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A chronicle of the American experience during World War I and the unexpected changes that rocked the country in its immediate aftermath - the Red Scare, race riots, women's suffrage, and Prohibition....
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Insightful & Detailed
- By Ray R. on 01-09-20
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The Great War in America
- World War I and Its Aftermath
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 07-24-19
- Language: English
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A chronicle of the American experience during World War I and the unexpected changes that rocked the country in its immediate aftermath - the Red Scare, race riots, women's suffrage, and Prohibition....
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The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Religion's Role in the FDR Presidency
- By: Christine Wicker
- Narrated by: Virginia Wolf
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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In The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, religion journalist and author Christine Wicker establishes that faith was at the heart of everything Roosevelt wanted....
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The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Religion's Role in the FDR Presidency
- Narrated by: Virginia Wolf
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 10-10-17
- Language: English
- In The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, religion journalist and author Christine Wicker establishes that faith was at the heart of everything Roosevelt wanted....
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The Memoirs of Harry S. Truman
- A Reader's Edition
- By: Unknown
- Narrated by: Ellery Truesdell
- Length: 30 hrs and 7 mins
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This new Reader’s Edition of Harry Truman’s memoirs corrects some important problems that made the prior two volumes difficult to enjoy. This new edition offers the thrill of hearing the authentic Harry S. Truman, probably the most important president of the last 75 years....
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The Memoirs of Harry S. Truman
- A Reader's Edition
- Narrated by: Ellery Truesdell
- Length: 30 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 03-17-22
- Language: English
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This new Reader’s Edition of Harry Truman’s memoirs corrects some important problems that made the prior two volumes difficult to enjoy. This new edition offers the thrill of hearing the authentic Harry S. Truman, probably the most important president of the last 75 years....
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Over Here
- The First World War and American Society
- By: David M. Kennedy
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
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The Great War of 1914-1918 confronted the United States with one of the most wrenching crises in the nation's history....
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Good HISTORY AWFUL READING
- By Magyar on 02-05-20
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Over Here
- The First World War and American Society
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 06-14-17
- Language: English
- The Great War of 1914-1918 confronted the United States with one of the most wrenching crises in the nation's history....
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Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure
- By: Matthew Algeo
- Narrated by: Lesa Lockford
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
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On June 19, 1953, Harry Truman got up early, packed the trunk of his Chrysler New Yorker, and did something no other former president has done before or since: he hit the road. No Secret Service protection. No traveling press. Just Harry and his childhood sweetheart Bess....
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Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure
- Narrated by: Lesa Lockford
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 11-07-23
- Language: English
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On June 19, 1953, Harry Truman got up early, packed the trunk of his Chrysler New Yorker, and did something no other former president has done before or since: he hit the road. No Secret Service protection. No traveling press. Just Harry and his childhood sweetheart Bess....
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Nazis of Copley Square
- The Forgotten Story of the Christian Front
- By: Charles R. Gallagher
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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In Nazis of Copley Square, Charles Gallagher provides a crucial missing chapter in the history of the American far right....
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Overall pretty good, but some glaring flaws
- By Lmaris on 09-19-23
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Nazis of Copley Square
- The Forgotten Story of the Christian Front
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 04-11-23
- Language: English
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In Nazis of Copley Square, Charles Gallagher provides a crucial missing chapter in the history of the American far right....
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A Man and His Presidents
- The Political Odyssey of William F. Buckley Jr.
- By: Alvin S. Felzenberg
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
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William F. Buckley Jr. is widely regarded as the most influential American conservative writer, activist, and organizer in the postwar era....
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Wonderful book about a great man!
- By Eddie on 04-08-19
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A Man and His Presidents
- The Political Odyssey of William F. Buckley Jr.
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 05-02-17
- Language: English
- William F. Buckley Jr. is widely regarded as the most influential American conservative writer, activist, and organizer in the postwar era....
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The Georgetown Set
- Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington
- By: Gregg Herken
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
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This fascinating, behind-the-scenes history of postwar Washington is a rich and colorful portrait of the close-knit group of journalists, spies, and government officials who waged the Cold War over cocktails....
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Government by Invitation
- By Richard on 12-01-15
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The Georgetown Set
- Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 10-28-14
- Language: English
- This fascinating, behind-the-scenes history of postwar Washington is a rich and colorful portrait of the close-knit group of journalists, spies, and government officials who waged the Cold War over cocktails....
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The New Yorkers
- 31 Remarkable People, 400 Years, and the Untold Biography of the World's Greatest City
- By: Sam Roberts
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
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From award-winning New York Times reporter Sam Roberts, the story of the world’s most exceptional city, told through 31 little-known yet pivotal inhabitants who helped define it....
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There is a reason you have not heard of most of these people…
- By Anonymous User on 11-16-23
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The New Yorkers
- 31 Remarkable People, 400 Years, and the Untold Biography of the World's Greatest City
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 11-09-22
- Language: English
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From award-winning New York Times reporter Sam Roberts, the story of the world’s most exceptional city, told through 31 little-known yet pivotal inhabitants who helped define it....
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Nation Within
- The History of the American Occupation of Hawai'i
- By: Tom Coffman
- Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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In 1893 a small group of white planters and missionary descendants backed by the United States overthrew the Kingdom of Hawai'i and established a government modeled on the Jim Crow South....
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Nation Within
- The History of the American Occupation of Hawai'i
- Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 12-20-22
- Language: English
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In 1893 a small group of white planters and missionary descendants backed by the United States overthrew the Kingdom of Hawai'i and established a government modeled on the Jim Crow South....
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