Bestsellers
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1776
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: David McCullough
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19,804
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Performance15,182
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Story15,110
America’s beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation’s birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the Atlantic, the actions and decisions that led Great Britain to undertake a...
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Front Seat on History
- By Mark on 10-22-05
By: David McCullough
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The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Walter Isaacson, Holter Graham
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall223
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Performance197
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Story197
America’s bestselling biographer reveals the origins of the most revolutionary sentence in the Declaration of Independence, the one that defines who we are as Americans—and explains how it should shape our politics today. “Isaacson uses a jeweler’s loupe to scan what gives his snappy...
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2026 is the 250th anniversary of the Constitution of the United States of America.
- By HHarris on 01-24-26
By: Walter Isaacson
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Washington
- A Life
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 41 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13,958
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Performance12,118
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Story12,060
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a New York Times Bestseller, a landmark biography of George Washington. In Washington: A Life celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life of...
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A sad day when my book was done!
- By ButterLegume on 12-13-10
By: Ron Chernow
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 24 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9,176
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Performance8,040
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Story8,007
In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Einstein and Steve Jobs, shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character. Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made...
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Good book, not crazy about the narrator
- By Cathi on 07-20-13
By: Walter Isaacson
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We the People
- A History of the U.S. Constitution
- By: Jill Lepore
- Narrated by: Jill Lepore
- Length: 24 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall128
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Performance112
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Story112
From the best-selling author of These Truths comes We the People, a stunning new history of the U.S. Constitution, for a troubling new era. The U.S. Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world but also one of the most difficult to amend. Jill Lepore, Harvard professor of...
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Great content; poor performance
- By MARK J. PATTON on 12-04-25
By: Jill Lepore
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Alexander Hamilton
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 35 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25,074
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Performance21,742
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Story21,610
The inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton! In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian...
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An Outstanding & Riveting Book!
- By Kevin on 03-04-05
By: Ron Chernow
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1776
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: David McCullough
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19,804
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Performance15,182
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Story15,110
America’s beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation’s birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the Atlantic, the actions and decisions that led Great Britain to undertake a...
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Front Seat on History
- By Mark on 10-22-05
By: David McCullough
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The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Walter Isaacson, Holter Graham
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall223
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Performance197
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Story197
America’s bestselling biographer reveals the origins of the most revolutionary sentence in the Declaration of Independence, the one that defines who we are as Americans—and explains how it should shape our politics today. “Isaacson uses a jeweler’s loupe to scan what gives his snappy...
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2026 is the 250th anniversary of the Constitution of the United States of America.
- By HHarris on 01-24-26
By: Walter Isaacson
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Washington
- A Life
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 41 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13,958
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Performance12,118
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Story12,060
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a New York Times Bestseller, a landmark biography of George Washington. In Washington: A Life celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life of...
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A sad day when my book was done!
- By ButterLegume on 12-13-10
By: Ron Chernow
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 24 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9,176
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Performance8,040
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Story8,007
In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Einstein and Steve Jobs, shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character. Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made...
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Good book, not crazy about the narrator
- By Cathi on 07-20-13
By: Walter Isaacson
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We the People
- A History of the U.S. Constitution
- By: Jill Lepore
- Narrated by: Jill Lepore
- Length: 24 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall128
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Performance112
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Story112
From the best-selling author of These Truths comes We the People, a stunning new history of the U.S. Constitution, for a troubling new era. The U.S. Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world but also one of the most difficult to amend. Jill Lepore, Harvard professor of...
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Great content; poor performance
- By MARK J. PATTON on 12-04-25
By: Jill Lepore
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Alexander Hamilton
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 35 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25,074
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Performance21,742
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Story21,610
The inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton! In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian...
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An Outstanding & Riveting Book!
- By Kevin on 03-04-05
By: Ron Chernow
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The American Revolution
- An Intimate History
- By: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff, Beth Hicks, Fred Sanders, and others
- Length: 22 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall76
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Performance74
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Story74
From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, The Roosevelts, and others: a human-centered history of America’s founding struggle—expanding on the landmark, six-part PBS series to be aired in November 2025 “From a small spark kindled in America, a flame...
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all the battles were cool
- By Megan and Sami on 12-12-25
By: Geoffrey C. Ward, and others
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John Adams
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 29 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9,400
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Performance7,530
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Story7,513
The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling biography of America’s founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey...
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An outstanding biography
- By Davis on 07-10-06
By: David McCullough
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The Federalist Papers
- By: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 19 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall687
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Performance587
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Story580
Originally published anonymously, The Federalist Papers first appeared in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers exhorting voters to ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States....
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Changes key words and concepts from the original
- By Some guy on 08-14-20
By: Alexander Hamilton, and others
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The Fate of the Day
- The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780
- By: Rick Atkinson
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner, Rick Atkinson
- Length: 32 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall394
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Performance367
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Story366
In the second volume of the landmark American Revolution trilogy by the Pulitzer Prize–winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The British Are Coming, George Washington’s army fights on the knife edge between victory and defeat. The first twenty-one months of the American...
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Fantastic Book
- By Steve Swope on 09-06-25
By: Rick Atkinson
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The British Are Coming
- The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
- By: Rick Atkinson
- Narrated by: George Newbern, Rick Atkinson
- Length: 26 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,713
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Performance1,484
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Story1,472
**One of AudioFile Magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2019** "The winning combination of George Newbern's engaging narration and Rick Atkinson's vivid new work of history--the first in a planned trilogy about the American Revolution--brings to life what could have been a dry account of Revolutionary...
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Where are the Maps?
- By George Reid on 07-08-19
By: Rick Atkinson
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The Pioneers
- The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,197
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Performance4,492
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Story4,465
The #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that’s “as resonant today as ever” (The Wall Street Journal)—the settling of the Northwest Territory by courageous pioneers who overcame...
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i would prefer david reading it
- By hooterwah on 05-07-19
By: David McCullough
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Killing England
- The Brutal Struggle for American Independence
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6,160
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Performance5,464
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Story5,432
This audiobook features an introduction read by Bill O'Reilly. The Revolutionary War as never told before. The breathtaking latest installment in Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's mega-best-selling Killing series transports listeners to the most important era in our nation's history: the...
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Everyone in the U. S. Should read this book.
- By Barbara J. Daly on 12-31-17
By: Bill O'Reilly, and others
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots
- By: Bill O'Reilly, David Fisher
- Narrated by: Holter Graham, Bill O'Reilly
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,742
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Performance2,410
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Story2,403
The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama Legends and Lies: The Patriots, an exciting and eye-opening look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leaders The American Revolution was neither inevitable nor a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against each other...
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Couldn't stop listening!
- By Erin on 08-05-16
By: Bill O'Reilly, and others
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The Undiscovered Country
- Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West
- By: Paul Andrew Hutton
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 21 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance19
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Story19
From the author of The Apache Wars, the true story of the American West, revealing how American ambition clashed with the realities of violence and exploitation The epic of the American West became a tale of progress, redemption, and glorious conquest that came to shape the identity of a new...
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Fair minded characterization of difficult topics
- By Craig Uselman on 10-22-25
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Founding Brothers
- The Revolutionary Generation (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- By: Joseph J. Ellis
- Narrated by: Bob Walter
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall978
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Performance866
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Story864
An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic--John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. During the 1790s, which Ellis calls the most decisive decade in our nation's history...
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Great!
- By Gotta Tellya on 08-10-16
By: Joseph J. Ellis
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A Midwife’s Tale
- The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
- By: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall244
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Performance202
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Story202
Drawing on the diaries of one woman in 18th-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier. Between 1785 and 1812, a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded...
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drew me in
- By Dis Carded on 12-22-17
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Hero of Two Worlds
- The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
- By: Mike Duncan
- Narrated by: Mike Duncan
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,368
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Performance3,034
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Story3,017
From the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes the thrilling story of the Marquis de Lafayette’s lifelong quest to defend the principles of liberty and equality Few in history can match the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette...
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Thrillingly storytelling — brilliant narration
- By Byron on 08-24-21
By: Mike Duncan
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To Rescue the Constitution
- George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment
- By: Bret Baier
- Narrated by: Bret Baier
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall185
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Performance156
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Story156
Instant New York Times Bestseller | Narrated by author Bret Baier #1 New York Times bestselling author Bret Baier reveals how George Washington saved the Constitution–and the American experiment "To Rescue The Constitution is a masterful exploration of the electrifying struggle to unite a...
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Never disappointed in the historical accounts of our countries accounts.
- By Terri Anderson on 10-13-23
By: Bret Baier
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Washington's Spies
- The Story of America's First Spy Ring
- By: Alexander Rose
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,892
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Performance1,703
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Story1,707
Based on remarkable new research, acclaimed historian Alexander Rose brings to life the true story of the spy ring that helped America win the Revolutionary War.....
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Kinda boring
- By Randall on 07-10-19
By: Alexander Rose
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The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution: 1763-1789
- By: Robert Middlekauff
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 26 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,354
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Performance1,143
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Story1,138
The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically-acclaimed volume - a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize - offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic....
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Strong History Rich With Behind The Scenes Details
- By John on 10-06-11
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George Washington's Secret Six
- The Spy Ring That Saved America
- By: Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger
- Narrated by: Brian Kilmeade
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,858
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Performance2,546
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Story2,550
From the cohost of Fox & Friends, the true story of the anonymous spies who helped win the Revolutionary War Among the pantheon of heroes of the American Revolution, six names are missing. First and foremost, Robert Townsend, an unassuming and respected businessman from Long Island, who...
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Pretty good
- By Thomas on 09-24-15
By: Brian Kilmeade, and others
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The Swamp Fox
- How Francis Marion Saved the American Revolution
- By: John Oller
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,230
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Performance1,073
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Story1,066
In the darkest days of the American Revolution, Francis Marion and his band of militia freedom fighters kept hope alive for the patriot cause during the critical British southern campaign. Like the Robin Hood of legend, Marion and his men attacked from secret hideaways before melting back into...
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The Swamp Fox - Francis Marion
- By Stephen on 06-07-17
By: John Oller
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The Hemingses of Monticello
- An American Family
- By: Annette Gordon-Reed
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 30 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall878
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Performance660
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Story655
This epic work tells the story of the Hemingses, whose close blood ties to our third president had been systematically expunged from American history until very recently....
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Worried at first
- By Phillip Goodson on 12-13-08
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Revolution
- The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World
- By: Eric Metaxas
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
There has never been a nation like the United States of America.Its impact on the world is unprecedented in all of human history. After two and a half centuries of existence, it is difficult to imagine what the world would be like without it.
By: Eric Metaxas
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The American Revolution and the Fate of the World
- By: Richard Bell
- Narrated by: Richard Bell
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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Story7
“American history as if from a barstool, not a lecture podium. Giddy, rollicking, and bold.” —Ilyon Woo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Master Slave Husband Wife "Accessible and impassioned entry to anyone interested in understanding the nation's founding from a dazzling, kaleidoscopic...
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Realization of global conflict & resolution.
- By Ned S. Curtis on 02-12-26
By: Richard Bell
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Thomas Paine Classic Collection
- Common Sense, The Age of Reason, and The Rights of Man
- By: Thomas Paine
- Narrated by: Russell Newton
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall58
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Performance48
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Story47
This Thomas Paine Classic Collection contains three of Thomas Paine's most notable books: Common Sense, The Age of Reason, and The Rights of Man....
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As it was then, so it is today.
- By Jason Lehne on 10-28-20
By: Thomas Paine
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The Case for America
- An Argument on Behalf of Our Nation
- By: Bret Baier
- Narrated by: Bret Baier
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
Narrated by author Bret Baier. Can the Founders’ ideals still inspire and unite the nation 250th years after the Declaration of Independence? Fox News Channel's Chief Political Anchor and #1 bestselling author Bret Baier makes the case for America, an inspiring defense of our history, values...
By: Bret Baier
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John Adams
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann, Jan Maxwell
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Abridged
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Overall2,082
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Performance1,071
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Story1,060
The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling biography of America’s founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey...
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fantastic
- By Thomas on 07-06-06
By: David McCullough
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The First Conspiracy
- The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
- By: Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,151
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Performance2,844
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Story2,836
2019 Hudson Booksellers Best of the Year This program includes a bonus conversation with the authors. Taking place during the most critical period of our nation’s birth, The First Conspiracy tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history that not only reveals George...
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Brilliantly written and narrated!
- By Wayne on 01-09-19
By: Brad Meltzer, and others