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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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City of Big Shoulders: Second Edition
- A History of Chicago
- By: Robert G. Spinney
- Narrated by: Doug McDonald
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
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City of Big Shoulders links key events in Chicago's development, from its marshy origins in the 1600's to today's robust metropolis. Robert G. Spinney presents Chicago in terms of the people whose lives made the city....
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Recommended
- By Adam Ploszaj on 12-20-20
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City of Big Shoulders: Second Edition
- A History of Chicago
- Narrated by: Doug McDonald
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 04-16-20
- Language: English
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City of Big Shoulders links key events in Chicago's development, from its marshy origins in the 1600's to today's robust metropolis. Robert G. Spinney presents Chicago in terms of the people whose lives made the city....
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All the Great Prizes
- The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
- By: John Taliaferro
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 22 hrs and 16 mins
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John Taliaferro’s brilliant biography captures the extraordinary life of Hay, one of the most amazing figures in American history, and restores him to his rightful place....
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Almost a Five Star
- By Lulu on 12-22-14
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All the Great Prizes
- The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 22 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 07-12-13
- Language: English
- John Taliaferro’s brilliant biography captures the extraordinary life of Hay, one of the most amazing figures in American history, and restores him to his rightful place....
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XIT: A Story of Land, Cattle, and Capital in Texas and Montana
- By: Michael M. Miller
- Narrated by: Chuck Buell
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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The Texas state constitution of 1876 set aside 3,000,000 acres of public land in the Texas Panhandle in exchange for construction of the state’s monumental red-granite capitol in Austin....
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A bit off the mark?
- By JDR on 03-28-22
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XIT: A Story of Land, Cattle, and Capital in Texas and Montana
- Narrated by: Chuck Buell
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 02-22-21
- Language: English
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The Texas state constitution of 1876 set aside 3,000,000 acres of public land in the Texas Panhandle in exchange for construction of the state’s monumental red-granite capitol in Austin....
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Going Big
- FDR’s Legacy, Biden’s New Deal, and the Struggle to Save Democracy
- By: Robert Kuttner, Joseph E. Stiglitz - foreword
- Narrated by: Robert Kuttner
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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Joe Biden has found his way back to Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. After four decades of diminishing prospects for ordinary people, the public likes what Biden is offering. Yet American democracy is in dire peril....
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So simple and so clear
- By Tim on 07-15-22
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Going Big
- FDR’s Legacy, Biden’s New Deal, and the Struggle to Save Democracy
- Narrated by: Robert Kuttner
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 04-26-22
- Language: English
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Joe Biden has found his way back to Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. After four decades of diminishing prospects for ordinary people, the public likes what Biden is offering. Yet American democracy is in dire peril....
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Why They Marched
- Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote
- By: Susan Ware
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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Ware’s deeply moving stories provide a fresh account of one of the most significant moments of political mobilization in American history. The dramatic, often joyous experiences of these women resonate powerfully today, as a new generation of young women demands to be heard....
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a needed history lesson
- By Jerseycookie on 05-14-22
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Why They Marched
- Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 08-27-19
- Language: English
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Ware’s deeply moving stories provide a fresh account of one of the most significant moments of political mobilization in American history. The dramatic, often joyous experiences of these women resonate powerfully today, as a new generation of young women demands to be heard....
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Greed in the Gilded Age
- The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick
- By: William Elliott Hazelgrove
- Narrated by: Cindy Piller
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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"Millionaire" had just entered the American lexicon and Cassie Chadwick was front page news, becoming a media sensation before mass media, even eclipsing President Roosevelt’s inauguration....
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People have always taken advantage of weaknesses
- By Marsha L. Woerner on 12-15-22
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Greed in the Gilded Age
- The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick
- Narrated by: Cindy Piller
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 03-17-22
- Language: English
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"Millionaire" had just entered the American lexicon and Cassie Chadwick was front page news, becoming a media sensation before mass media, even eclipsing President Roosevelt’s inauguration....
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Business Tycoon Biographies
- Andrew Carnegie, John D Rockefeller, & Henry Clay Frick: The Story of America’s Oil and Steel Founding Fathers
- By: Richard Milton
- Narrated by: John Harrison Gass
- Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
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You are one click away from discovering the biographies of America’s oil and steel founding fathers, Andrew Carnegie, John D Rockefeller, and Henry Clay Frick, that led to the Gilded Age....
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Business Tycoon Biographies
- Andrew Carnegie, John D Rockefeller, & Henry Clay Frick: The Story of America’s Oil and Steel Founding Fathers
- Narrated by: John Harrison Gass
- Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 02-24-21
- Language: English
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You are one click away from discovering the biographies of America’s oil and steel founding fathers, Andrew Carnegie, John D Rockefeller, and Henry Clay Frick, that led to the Gilded Age....
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1889: The Boomer Movement, the Land Run, and Early Oklahoma City
- By: Michael J. Hightower
- Narrated by: Douglas R Pratt
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
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Hightower frames his story within the larger history of Old Oklahoma, beginning in Indian Territory, where displaced tribes and freedmen, wealthy cattlemen, and prospective homesteaders became embroiled in disputes over public land and federal government policies....
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A must read for any Oklahoma resident.
- By Dooderwear on 03-11-22
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1889: The Boomer Movement, the Land Run, and Early Oklahoma City
- Narrated by: Douglas R Pratt
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 04-30-19
- Language: English
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Hightower frames his story within the larger history of Old Oklahoma, beginning in Indian Territory, where displaced tribes and freedmen, wealthy cattlemen, and prospective homesteaders became embroiled in disputes over public land and federal government policies....
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Rebel Cinderella
- From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes
- By: Adam Hochschild
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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From the best-selling author of King Leopold's Ghost and Spain in Our Hearts comes the astonishing but forgotten story of an immigrant sweatshop worker who married an heir to a great American fortune and became one of the most charismatic radical leaders of her time....
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terrific
- By Julie A. Joyce on 05-11-20
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Rebel Cinderella
- From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 03-03-20
- Language: English
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From the best-selling author of King Leopold's Ghost and Spain in Our Hearts comes the astonishing but forgotten story of an immigrant sweatshop worker who married an heir to a great American fortune and became one of the most charismatic radical leaders of her time....
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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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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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Making Catholic America
- Religious Nationalism in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
- By: William S. Cossen
- Narrated by: Kyle Whisenant
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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Making Catholic America offers a new interpretation of American life in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, demonstrating the surprising success of an often-embattled religious group in securing itself a place in the national community.
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Making Catholic America
- Religious Nationalism in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
- Narrated by: Kyle Whisenant
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 03-04-24
- Language: English
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Making Catholic America offers a new interpretation of American life in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, demonstrating the surprising success of an often-embattled religious group in securing itself a place in the national community.
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Our Patchwork Nation
- The Surprising Truth about the 'Real' America
- By: Dante Chinni, James Gimpel
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
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In a climate of culture wars and tremendous economic uncertainty, America is often reduced to a simplistic schism between red states and blue states. But that is an oversimplification....
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A little bit interesting, but largly pointless
- By Blake on 03-02-14
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Our Patchwork Nation
- The Surprising Truth about the 'Real' America
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 09-30-10
- Language: English
- In a climate of culture wars and tremendous economic uncertainty, America is often reduced to a simplistic schism between red states and blue states. But that is an oversimplification....
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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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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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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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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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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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The Politicians and the Egalitarians
- The Hidden History of American Politics
- By: Sean Wilentz
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
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Historian Sean Wilentz presents two key insights that together reveal a clearer, much-needed vision of American political history....
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- By Joshua J. Wood on 08-13-16
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The Politicians and the Egalitarians
- The Hidden History of American Politics
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 05-17-16
- Language: English
- Historian Sean Wilentz presents two key insights that together reveal a clearer, much-needed vision of American political history....
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