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When Affirmative Action Was White
- An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America
- By: Ira Katznelson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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In this "penetrating new analysis" (New York Times Book Review), Ira Katznelson fundamentally recasts our understanding of 20th century American history....
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Absolute Must Read
- By Andrew on 01-02-18
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When Affirmative Action Was White
- An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 08-16-16
- Language: English
- In this "penetrating new analysis" (New York Times Book Review), Ira Katznelson fundamentally recasts our understanding of 20th century American history....
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The Irish Americans
- A History
- By: Jay P. Dolan
- Narrated by: Jim McCabe
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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Jay Dolan of Notre Dame University is one of America’s most acclaimed scholars of immigration and ethnic history....
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Should have been great
- By Heather on 04-25-14
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The Irish Americans
- A History
- Narrated by: Jim McCabe
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 03-05-13
- Language: English
- Jay Dolan of Notre Dame University is one of America’s most acclaimed scholars of immigration and ethnic history....
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The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield
- A Tragedy of the Gilded Age
- By: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Richard McGonagle
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
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Even before he was shot dead on the stairway of the tony Grand Central Hotel in 1872, financier James “Jubilee Jim” Fisk, Jr., was a notorious New York City figure....
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Dull and lifeless
- By Jon Weimer on 07-29-11
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The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield
- A Tragedy of the Gilded Age
- Narrated by: Richard McGonagle
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 05-31-11
- Language: English
- Even before he was shot dead on the stairway of the tony Grand Central Hotel in 1872, financier James “Jubilee Jim” Fisk, Jr., was a notorious New York City figure....
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Four Threats
- The Recurring Crises of American Democracy
- By: Suzanne Mettler, Robert C. Lieberman
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
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While many Americans despair of the current state of US politics, most assume that our system of government and democracy itself are invulnerable to decay. Yet when we examine the past, we find that to the contrary, the United States has undergone repeated crises of democracy....
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Very informative
- By Angela Fobbs on 12-31-20
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Four Threats
- The Recurring Crises of American Democracy
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 08-11-20
- Language: English
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While many Americans despair of the current state of US politics, most assume that our system of government and democracy itself are invulnerable to decay. Yet when we examine the past, we find that to the contrary, the United States has undergone repeated crises of democracy....
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Taming the Octopus
- The Long Battle for the Soul of the Corporation
- By: Kyle Edward Williams
- Narrated by: Jon Vertullo
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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The untold story of how efforts to hold big business accountable changed American capitalism.
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Informative and gripping
- By Emily Williams on 05-09-24
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Taming the Octopus
- The Long Battle for the Soul of the Corporation
- Narrated by: Jon Vertullo
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 02-20-24
- Language: English
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The untold story of how efforts to hold big business accountable changed American capitalism.
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American History
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Paul Boyer
- Narrated by: Lee Goettl
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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Ranging from the earliest Native American settlers to the presidency of Barack Obama, this Very Short Introduction offers an illuminating account of politics, diplomacy, and war as well as the full spectrum of social, cultural, and scientific developments that shaped our country....
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American History
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Lee Goettl
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 08-15-23
- Language: English
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Ranging from the earliest Native American settlers to the presidency of Barack Obama, this Very Short Introduction offers an illuminating account of politics, diplomacy, and war as well as the full spectrum of social, cultural, and scientific developments that shaped our country....
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The Seamstress Secret
- A spellbinding novel that spans the centuries
- By: Vanessa Lind
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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Whispers of silk, echoes of secrets… In a charming 1890 riverfront town, Josephine Felch, a tenacious Gilded Age newspaper owner, solicits the ...
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The Seamstress Secret
- A spellbinding novel that spans the centuries
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 02-15-24
- Language: English
- Whispers of silk, echoes of secrets… In a charming 1890 riverfront town, Josephine Felch, a tenacious Gilded Age newspaper owner, solicits the ...
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Empire: A Novel
- Narratives of Empire, Book 4
- By: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 23 hrs and 28 mins
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While America struggles to define its destiny, beautiful and ambitious Caroline Sanford fights to control her own fate. One of Vidal’s most inspired creations, she is an embodiment of the complex, vigorous young nation....
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A Really Interesting And Well Written Historical Fiction by An Iconic Author
- By Frank Donnelly on 01-29-20
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Empire: A Novel
- Narratives of Empire, Book 4
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Series: Narratives of Empire, Book 4
- Length: 23 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 09-17-19
- Language: English
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While America struggles to define its destiny, beautiful and ambitious Caroline Sanford fights to control her own fate. One of Vidal’s most inspired creations, she is an embodiment of the complex, vigorous young nation....
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Lincolnomics
- How President Lincoln Constructed the Great American Economy
- By: John F. Wasik
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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Lincolnomics revives the disremembered history of how Lincoln paved the way for Eisenhower's interstate highways and FDR's social amenities....
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Lincolnomics
- How President Lincoln Constructed the Great American Economy
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 04-13-21
- Language: English
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Lincolnomics revives the disremembered history of how Lincoln paved the way for Eisenhower's interstate highways and FDR's social amenities....
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From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend
- An Illustrated History of Labor in the United States
- By: Priscilla Murolo, A.B. Chitty
- Narrated by: Holly Adams
- Length: 23 hrs and 15 mins
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Praised for its "impressive even-handedness", From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend has set the standard for viewing American history through the prism of working people (Publishers Weekly, starred review)....
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Timely.
- By Robert Croft on 09-13-23
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From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend
- An Illustrated History of Labor in the United States
- Narrated by: Holly Adams
- Length: 23 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 01-24-23
- Language: English
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Praised for its "impressive even-handedness", From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend has set the standard for viewing American history through the prism of working people (Publishers Weekly, starred review)....
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If This Is Love
- The Darlingtons, Book 1
- By: Naomi Finley
- Narrated by: April Doty
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
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The year 1870. The onset of the Gilded Age. Times are changing, and so are the ideals centered around women, but Kat Darlington’s troubles go much deeper than the world’s inequality, and they occur closer to home....
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If This Is Love
- The Darlingtons, Book 1
- Narrated by: April Doty
- Series: Darlingtons, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 07-06-23
- Language: English
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The year 1870. The onset of the Gilded Age. Times are changing, and so are the ideals centered around women, but Kat Darlington’s troubles go much deeper than the world’s inequality, and they occur closer to home....
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The Market Revolution
- Jacksonian America, 1815-1846
- By: Charles Sellers
- Narrated by: Joseph M. Clarke
- Length: 26 hrs and 31 mins
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In The Market Revolution, one of America's most distinguished historians, Charles Sellers, offers a major reinterpretation of a pivotal moment in United States history. Based on impeccable scholarship and written with grace and style, this volume provides a sweeping political....
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Stupendous book, awful narration
- By Artree on 11-05-22
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The Market Revolution
- Jacksonian America, 1815-1846
- Narrated by: Joseph M. Clarke
- Length: 26 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 01-10-19
- Language: English
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In The Market Revolution, one of America's most distinguished historians, Charles Sellers, offers a major reinterpretation of a pivotal moment in United States history. Based on impeccable scholarship and written with grace and style, this volume provides a sweeping political....
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Last Train to Paradise
- Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Richmond Hoxie
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad - one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit US shores....
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Love real history of fascinating people
- By Debbie on 02-11-23
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Last Train to Paradise
- Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean
- Narrated by: Richmond Hoxie
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 08-02-19
- Language: English
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The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad - one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit US shores....
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Uneven Ground
- Appalachia Since 1945
- By: Ronald D Eller Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Neil Holmes
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
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Appalachia has played a complex and often contradictory role in the unfolding of American history....
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A Solid Silver Medal
- By Marc L on 04-02-19
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Uneven Ground
- Appalachia Since 1945
- Narrated by: Neil Holmes
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 01-19-17
- Language: English
- Appalachia has played a complex and often contradictory role in the unfolding of American history....
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New York
- The Novel
- By: Edward Rutherfurd
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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The best-selling master of historical fiction weaves a grand, sweeping drama of New York from the city's founding to the present day. Rutherfurd celebrates America's greatest city in a rich, engrossing saga....
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Don't choose the abridged version
- By JoAnn on 11-22-09
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New York
- The Novel
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 11-10-09
- Language: English
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The best-selling master of historical fiction weaves a grand, sweeping drama of New York from the city's founding to the present day. Rutherfurd celebrates America's greatest city in a rich, engrossing saga....
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A New History of the American South
- By: W. Fitzhugh Brundage - Edited by, Laura F. Edwards - Edited by, Jon F. Sensbach - Edited by
- Narrated by: Terrence Kidd
- Length: 25 hrs and 40 mins
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In A New History of the American South, W. Fitzhugh Brundage joins a stellar group of accomplished historians in gracefully weaving a new narrative of southern history from its ancient past to the present....
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A New History of the American South
- Narrated by: Terrence Kidd
- Length: 25 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 09-05-23
- Language: English
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In A New History of the American South, W. Fitzhugh Brundage joins a stellar group of accomplished historians in gracefully weaving a new narrative of southern history from its ancient past to the present....
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Last Call
- The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
- By: Daniel Okrent
- Narrated by: Daniel Okrent
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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Last Call is capacious, meticulous, and thrillingly told. It stands as the most complete history of Prohibition ever written and confirms Daniel Okrent's rank as a major American writer....
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Strictly an account
- By Linda on 06-05-10
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Last Call
- The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
- Narrated by: Daniel Okrent
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 05-21-10
- Language: English
- Last Call is capacious, meticulous, and thrillingly told. It stands as the most complete history of Prohibition ever written and confirms Daniel Okrent's rank as a major American writer....
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The House That Sugarcane Built: The Lousiana Burguieres
- By: Donna McGee Onebane
- Narrated by: Peter Bierma
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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When 27-year-old Parisian immigrant Eugène D. Burguières landed at the Port of New Orleans in 1831, one of the oldest Louisiana dynasties began....
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The House That Sugarcane Built: The Lousiana Burguieres
- Narrated by: Peter Bierma
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 10-06-15
- Language: English
- When 27-year-old Parisian immigrant Eugène D. Burguières landed at the Port of New Orleans in 1831, one of the oldest Louisiana dynasties began....
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Shift Happens
- The History of Labor in the United States
- By: J. Albert Mann
- Narrated by: Sandy Rustin
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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The History of Labor in the United States is an accessible and comprehensive YA history of the way the labor movement has shaped America and how it intersects with many of the major issues facing modern teens.
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Shift Happens
- The History of Labor in the United States
- Narrated by: Sandy Rustin
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 06-04-24
- Language: English
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The History of Labor in the United States is an accessible and comprehensive YA history of the way the labor movement has shaped America and how it intersects with many of the major issues facing modern teens.
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Taboo
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Kate Nulgrew
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 06-19-09
- Language: English
- Plunge into the glamour and fame, dark secrets and sordid lives of 3 high rollers living in Hollywood's gilded age....
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