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The Woman Behind the New Deal
- The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience
- By: Kirstin Downey
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 19 hrs and 29 mins
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Frances Perkins is no longer a household name, yet she was one of the most influential women of the 20th century....
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An Absorbing Biography
- By Jean on 08-16-17
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The Woman Behind the New Deal
- The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 19 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 04-12-16
- Language: English
- Frances Perkins is no longer a household name, yet she was one of the most influential women of the 20th century....
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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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The Mantle of Command
- FDR at War, 1941–1942
- By: Nigel Hamilton
- Narrated by: Brad Sanders
- Length: 20 hrs and 43 mins
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Based on years of archival research and interviews with the last surviving aides and Roosevelt family members, Nigel Hamilton offers a definitive account of FDR’s masterful - and underappreciated - command of the Allied war effort....
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Great Book, Terrible Narration
- By Ross Mackey on 04-11-22
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The Mantle of Command
- FDR at War, 1941–1942
- Narrated by: Brad Sanders
- Series: FDR at War, Book 1
- Length: 20 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 02-02-22
- Language: English
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Based on years of archival research and interviews with the last surviving aides and Roosevelt family members, Nigel Hamilton offers a definitive account of FDR’s masterful - and underappreciated - command of the Allied war effort....
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Huey Long
- By: T. Harry Williams
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 31 hrs and 48 mins
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He was one of the most extraordinary figures in American political history, a great natural politician who looked, and often seemed to behave, like a caricature of the red-neck Southern politico....
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Stunning, Compelling and Relevent
- By Paul on 11-28-11
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Huey Long
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 31 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 06-25-09
- Language: English
- He was one of the most extraordinary figures in American political history, a great natural politician who looked, and often seemed to behave, like a caricature of the red-neck Southern politico....
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Taming the Street
- The Old Guard, the New Deal, and FDR's Fight to Regulate American Capitalism
- By: Diana B. Henriques
- Narrated by: Karen Murray
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
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Taming the Street describes how President Franklin D. Roosevelt battled to regulate Wall Street in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash and the ensuing Great Depression....
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Regulation Nation
- By Smalls on 02-10-24
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Taming the Street
- The Old Guard, the New Deal, and FDR's Fight to Regulate American Capitalism
- Narrated by: Karen Murray
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 09-12-23
- Language: English
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Taming the Street describes how President Franklin D. Roosevelt battled to regulate Wall Street in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash and the ensuing Great Depression....
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On Corruption in America
- And What Is at Stake
- By: Sarah Chayes
- Narrated by: Sarah Chayes
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
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From the prize-winning journalist and internationally recognized expert on corruption in government networks throughout the world comes a major work that looks homeward to America, exploring the insidious, dangerous networks of corruption of our past, present, and precarious future....
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Profoundly ambitious and genuine yet...
- By Jerry A. Boriskin on 08-16-20
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On Corruption in America
- And What Is at Stake
- Narrated by: Sarah Chayes
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 08-11-20
- Language: English
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From the prize-winning journalist and internationally recognized expert on corruption in government networks throughout the world comes a major work that looks homeward to America, exploring the insidious, dangerous networks of corruption of our past, present, and precarious future....
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American Default
- The Untold Story of FDR, the Supreme Court, and the Battle over Gold
- By: Sebastian Edwards
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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The American economy is strong in large part because nobody believes that America would ever default on its debt. Yet in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt did just that, when in a bid to pull the country out of depression, he depreciated the US dollar in relation to gold....
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Superb
- By Jean on 12-08-18
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American Default
- The Untold Story of FDR, the Supreme Court, and the Battle over Gold
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 07-18-18
- Language: English
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The American economy is strong in large part because nobody believes that America would ever default on its debt. Yet in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt did just that, when in a bid to pull the country out of depression, he depreciated the US dollar in relation to gold....
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The Washington War
- FDR's Inner Circle and the Politics of Power That Won World War II
- By: James Lacey
- Narrated by: Ray Porter, James Lacey
- Length: 19 hrs and 34 mins
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A Team of Rivals for World War II - the inside story of how FDR and the towering personalities around him waged war in the corridors of Washington, DC, to secure ultimate victory on the battlefields of Europe and the Pacific....
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interesting but tedious
- By Joey on 06-07-20
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The Washington War
- FDR's Inner Circle and the Politics of Power That Won World War II
- Narrated by: Ray Porter, James Lacey
- Length: 19 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 05-28-19
- Language: English
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A Team of Rivals for World War II - the inside story of how FDR and the towering personalities around him waged war in the corridors of Washington, DC, to secure ultimate victory on the battlefields of Europe and the Pacific....
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Wild Bill Donovan
- The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage
- By: Douglas Waller
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
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He was one of America's most exciting and secretive generals - the man Franklin Roosevelt made his top spy in World War II....
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Birth of the Spyworks Industry
- By Diane on 04-23-12
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Wild Bill Donovan
- The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 03-30-11
- Language: English
- He was one of America's most exciting and secretive generals - the man Franklin Roosevelt made his top spy in World War II....
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What It Took to Win
- A History of the Democratic Party
- By: Michael Kazin
- Narrated by: Lee Goettl
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
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In What It Took to Win, the eminent historian Michael Kazin identifies and assesses the Democratic Party's long-running commitment to creating "moral capitalism" - a system that mixed entrepreneurial freedom with the welfare of workers and consumers....
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Timely and informative History Book
- By Asha Sceanca on 03-24-22
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What It Took to Win
- A History of the Democratic Party
- Narrated by: Lee Goettl
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 03-01-22
- Language: English
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In What It Took to Win, the eminent historian Michael Kazin identifies and assesses the Democratic Party's long-running commitment to creating "moral capitalism" - a system that mixed entrepreneurial freedom with the welfare of workers and consumers....
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Potsdam
- The End of World War II and the Remaking of Europe
- By: Michael Neiberg
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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After Germany's defeat in World War II, Europe lay in tatters. Millions of refugees were dispersed across the continent. Food and fuel were scarce....
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Richly told and entertaining.
- By John Kaiser on 06-20-15
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Potsdam
- The End of World War II and the Remaking of Europe
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 05-05-15
- Language: English
- After Germany's defeat in World War II, Europe lay in tatters. Millions of refugees were dispersed across the continent. Food and fuel were scarce....
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Nothing to Fear
- FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America
- By: Adam Cohen
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
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Nothing to Fear is both a riveting account of the personal dynamics that shaped the heady hundred days and a character study of one of America's defining leaders in a moment of crisis....
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Important contribution
- By R.S. on 03-05-09
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Nothing to Fear
- FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 01-29-09
- Language: English
- Nothing to Fear is both a riveting account of the personal dynamics that shaped the heady hundred days and a character study of one of America's defining leaders in a moment of crisis....
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American Caesar
- Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964
- By: William Manchester
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 31 hrs and 53 mins
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Virtually all Americans above a certain age hold strong opinions about Douglas MacArthur....
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A Great American
- By Charlotte A. Hu on 05-19-13
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American Caesar
- Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 31 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 11-05-08
- Language: English
- Virtually all Americans above a certain age hold strong opinions about Douglas MacArthur....
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Freedom from Fear
- The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945
- By: David M. Kennedy
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 31 hrs and 24 mins
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Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II....
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Good summary of a pivotal time.
- By Ray on 10-21-10
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Freedom from Fear
- The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Series: Oxford History of the United States [Publication Order], Book 4, Oxford History of the United States, Book 9
- Length: 31 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 09-20-10
- Language: English
- Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II....
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Pearl Harbor
- By: Newt Gingrich, William Forstchen
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
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After their New York Times best-selling series on the American Civil War, Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen now turn to the events leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and examine how different decisions might have profoundly changed the history that unfolded....
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Good historical fiction
- By Stephen on 08-21-07
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Pearl Harbor
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Series: The Pacific War, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 05-31-07
- Language: English
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After their New York Times best-selling series on the American Civil War, Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen now turn to the events leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and examine how different decisions might have profoundly changed the history that unfolded....
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The Allies
- Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II
- By: Winston Groom
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
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Best-selling author Winston Groom tells the complex story of how Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin - the three iconic and vastly different Allied leaders - aligned to win World War II and created a new world order....
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Great read
- By Kindle Customer on 05-26-19
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The Allies
- Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 11-13-18
- Language: English
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Best-selling author Winston Groom tells the complex story of how Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin - the three iconic and vastly different Allied leaders - aligned to win World War II and created a new world order....
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The Devils Will Get No Rest
- FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War
- By: James B. Conroy
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
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The Devils Will Get No Rest is a “vivid and engaging” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) character-driven account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943....
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The Devils Will Get No Rest
- FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 06-13-23
- Language: English
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The Devils Will Get No Rest is a “vivid and engaging” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) character-driven account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943....
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1932
- The Rise of Hitler and FDR - Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny
- By: David Pietrusza
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
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Two Depression-battered nations confronted destiny in 1932, going to the polls in their own way to anoint new leaders, to rescue their people from starvation and hopelessness. America would elect a Congress and a president....
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What a waste of time
- By Pam Sullivan on 07-06-19
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1932
- The Rise of Hitler and FDR - Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 04-30-19
- Language: English
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Two Depression-battered nations confronted destiny in 1932, going to the polls in their own way to anoint new leaders, to rescue their people from starvation and hopelessness. America would elect a Congress and a president....
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Truman
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: David McCullough
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
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Hailed by critics as an American masterpiece, David McCullough's sweeping biography of Harry S Truman captured the heart of the nation...
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The Abridged Version is a Disappointment
- By David on 01-03-08
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Truman
- Narrated by: David McCullough
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 07-30-01
- Language: English
- Hailed by critics as an American masterpiece, David McCullough's sweeping biography of Harry S Truman captured the heart of the nation...
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The Story of Silver
- How the White Metal Shaped America and the Modern World
- By: William L. Silber
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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This is the story of silver's transformation from soft money during the 19th century to hard asset today, and how manipulations of the white metal by American president FDR during the 1930s and by the richest man in the world during the 1970s altered the course of US and world history....
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A Detailed Account of Silver's Monetary History
- By Brandy Crosby on 01-11-21
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The Story of Silver
- How the White Metal Shaped America and the Modern World
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 02-05-19
- Language: English
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This is the story of silver's transformation from soft money during the 19th century to hard asset today, and how manipulations of the white metal by American president FDR during the 1930s and by the richest man in the world during the 1970s altered the course of US and world history....
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