Bestsellers
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The Gales of November
- The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- By: John U. Bacon
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall903
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Performance868
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Story868
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s sinking, the bestselling author of The Great Halifax Explosion tells the definitive story of the “Mighty Fitz.” For three decades following World War II, the Great Lakes overtook Europe as the epicenter of global economic strength...
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Extensive research; suspect editing
- By Anonymous on 12-14-25
By: John U. Bacon
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The Devil in the White City
- Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall31,424
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Performance25,991
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Story25,980
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death. A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his...
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A Rich Read!
- By D on 09-18-03
By: Erik Larson
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Empire of the Summer Moon
- Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- By: S. C. Gwynne
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15,879
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Performance13,504
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Story13,480
*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award* *A New York Times Notable Book* *Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award* This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white...
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Difficult to endure narrator
- By fowler on 12-21-19
By: S. C. Gwynne
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
- By: John Berendt
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman, Will Damron, John Berendt
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8,297
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Performance7,008
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Story7,002
NATIONAL BESTSELLER An enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city: “Elegant and wicked.... [This] might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime." —The New York Times Book...
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LOVED IT!!!
- By Heidi on 07-11-10
By: John Berendt
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In Cold Blood
- By: Truman Capote
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15,603
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Performance12,846
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Story12,829
NATIONAL BESTSELLER The most famous true crime novel of all time "chills the blood and exercises the intelligence" (The New York Review of Books)—and haunted its author long after he finished writing it. On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the...
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Still the Best
- By Lisa on 01-10-06
By: Truman Capote
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This Land is Your Land
- A Road Trip Through U.S. History
- By: Beverly Gage, Beverly Gage - introduction
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
Pulitzer Prize–winning author of G-Man and acclaimed historian Beverly Gage takes the ultimate road trip into the American past. Ride along with Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Beverly Gage as she travels the country to see the museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, reenactments...
By: Beverly Gage, and others
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The Gales of November
- The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- By: John U. Bacon
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall903
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Performance868
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Story868
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s sinking, the bestselling author of The Great Halifax Explosion tells the definitive story of the “Mighty Fitz.” For three decades following World War II, the Great Lakes overtook Europe as the epicenter of global economic strength...
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Extensive research; suspect editing
- By Anonymous on 12-14-25
By: John U. Bacon
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The Devil in the White City
- Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall31,424
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Performance25,991
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Story25,980
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death. A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his...
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A Rich Read!
- By D on 09-18-03
By: Erik Larson
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Empire of the Summer Moon
- Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- By: S. C. Gwynne
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15,879
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Performance13,504
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Story13,480
*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award* *A New York Times Notable Book* *Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award* This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white...
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Difficult to endure narrator
- By fowler on 12-21-19
By: S. C. Gwynne
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
- By: John Berendt
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman, Will Damron, John Berendt
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8,297
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Performance7,008
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Story7,002
NATIONAL BESTSELLER An enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city: “Elegant and wicked.... [This] might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime." —The New York Times Book...
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LOVED IT!!!
- By Heidi on 07-11-10
By: John Berendt
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In Cold Blood
- By: Truman Capote
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15,603
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Performance12,846
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Story12,829
NATIONAL BESTSELLER The most famous true crime novel of all time "chills the blood and exercises the intelligence" (The New York Review of Books)—and haunted its author long after he finished writing it. On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the...
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Still the Best
- By Lisa on 01-10-06
By: Truman Capote
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This Land is Your Land
- A Road Trip Through U.S. History
- By: Beverly Gage, Beverly Gage - introduction
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
Pulitzer Prize–winning author of G-Man and acclaimed historian Beverly Gage takes the ultimate road trip into the American past. Ride along with Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Beverly Gage as she travels the country to see the museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, reenactments...
By: Beverly Gage, and others
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The Boys in the Boat
- Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- By: Daniel James Brown
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall43,578
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Performance39,388
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Story39,270
The #1 New York Times–bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany, the inspiration for the PBS documentary The Boys of '36, broadcast to coincide with the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 80th anniversary of the boys' gold medal race. For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths...
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Dear Publishers of Audio Books
- By Lynn on 08-04-14
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Murderland
- Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers
- By: Caroline Fraser
- Narrated by: Patty Nieman
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall510
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Performance484
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Story484
“A provocative and page-turning work of true crime.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A provocative, eerily lyrical study of the heyday of American serial killers . . . A true-crime story written with compassion, fury, and scientific sense.” —Kirkus (starred review) Named a Most...
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The "true crime" is what we did to the environment
- By Megan on 07-08-25
By: Caroline Fraser
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MeatEater's American History: The Mountain Men (1806-1840)
- By: Steven Rinella
- Narrated by: Steven Rinella
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall869
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Performance831
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Story831
From the creators of the New York Times bestselling audio series Campfire Stories and MeatEater’s American History comes a new audiobook original that plunges listeners into the untamed world of a celebrated and misunderstood group of nineteenth-century outdoorsmen: the Mountain Men. Steven...
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Tough men in a tough world
- By R. Cope on 02-25-25
By: Steven Rinella
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These Truths
- A History of the United States
- By: Jill Lepore
- Narrated by: Jill Lepore
- Length: 29 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall2,435
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Performance2,169
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Story2,132
In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation. The American experiment rests on three ideas - "these truths", Jefferson called them - political equality, natural rights...
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Good Story but distracting sound engineering
- By MindSpiker on 11-21-18
By: Jill Lepore
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MeatEater's American History: The Hide Hunters (1865-1883)
- By: Steven Rinella
- Narrated by: Steven Rinella
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall424
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Performance410
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Story410
From the creators of the New York Times bestselling audio series Campfire Stories and MeatEater's American History comes a new audiobook original that immerses listeners into the brutal and unforgiving world of the professional buffalo hunters who drove America's most iconic wildlife species to...
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Why The Hide Hunters matters
- By Michaelxlee73 on 11-29-25
By: Steven Rinella
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Jim Bridger
- Trailblazer of the American West
- By: Jerry Enzler
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall742
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Performance663
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Story662
Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Fremont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger stands out. A mountain man of the American West, straddling the fur trade era and the age of exploration, he lived the life legends are made of. Here, in a biography that finally gives this outsize...
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JIM BRIDGER A CHARACTER WITH CHARACTER
- By Sword of Truth on 07-18-24
By: Jerry Enzler
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MeatEater's American History: The Long Hunters (1761-1775)
- By: Steven Rinella, Clay Newcomb
- Narrated by: Steven Rinella, Clay Newcomb
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,756
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Performance1,693
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Story1,693
From the creators of the New York Times bestselling series Campfire Stories: Close Calls comes a new original audiobook that brings to life the bold, hair-raising, and often tragic adventures of a generation of eighteenth-century frontiersmen: the Long Hunters. Steven Rinella (The MeatEater...
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History is wonderful
- By Marjo on 01-22-24
By: Steven Rinella, and others
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Isaac's Storm
- A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Richard Davidson
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,417
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Performance1,225
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Story1,218
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The riveting true story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, still the deadliest natural disaster in American history—from the acclaimed author of The Devil in the White City “A gripping account ... fascinating to its core, and all the more compelling for being...
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Two versions on Audible
- By stephiemav42 on 03-10-21
By: Erik Larson
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The Stranger in the Woods
- The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
- By: Michael Finkel
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,755
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Performance4,259
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Story4,248
Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality—not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own. A New York...
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Captivating Then Exasperating
- By Gillian on 03-10-17
By: Michael Finkel
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The Worst Hard Time
- The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
- By: Timothy Egan
- Narrated by: Jacob York
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall439
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Performance398
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Story398
In a tour de force of historical reportage, Timothy Egan’s National Book Award–winning story rescues an iconic chapter of American history from the shadows. The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since...
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Excellent history ruined by Egan's bias & cynicism
- By Nathan on 03-21-23
By: Timothy Egan
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Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon
- Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops, and the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream
- By: David McGowan
- Narrated by: Bill Fike
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall978
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Performance833
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Story837
The very strange but nevertheless true story of the dark underbelly of a 1960s hippie utopia. Laurel Canyon in the 1960s and early 1970s was a magical place....
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My first review. This book changed me.
- By Robert on 06-30-19
By: David McGowan
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Grandma Gatewood's Walk
- The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
- By: Ben Montgomery
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,725
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Performance2,389
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Story2,379
Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than $200....
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Inspiring story about a strong amazing woman
- By David Shear on 12-22-14
By: Ben Montgomery
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The Indifferent Stars Above
- The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
- By: Daniel James Brown
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,464
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Performance2,132
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Story2,132
From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat and Facing the Mountain comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier “An ideal pairing of talent and material.… Engrossing.… A deft and ambitious storyteller.” — Mary Roach, New York Times...
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Absolutely enthralling
- By Sasha Anscum on 06-07-19
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They Were Her Property
- White Women as Slave Owners in the American South
- By: Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall725
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Performance647
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Story646
A bold and searing investigation into the role of white women in the American slave economy....
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Women ARE just like men
- By Mary on 08-22-19
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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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Overall5,195
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Performance4,491
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Story4,464
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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The Only Plane in the Sky
- An Oral History of September 11, 2001
- By: Garrett M. Graff, Holter Graham
- Narrated by: A Full 45-Person Cast
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,008
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Performance2,606
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Story2,597
2020 AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR AUDIE AWARD WINNER! 2020 MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE AUDIE AWARD WINNER! Audio bonus! The audio edition includes an exclusive interview with Garrett Graff and Holter Graham as well as archival audio from United States Presidential addresses, In-Flight Communications, and...
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This should be required listening
- By LManc on 09-13-19
By: Garrett M. Graff, and others
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The Emerald Mile
- The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
- By: Kevin Fedarko
- Narrated by: Kevin Fedarko
- Length: 17 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall205
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Performance177
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Story177
From one of Outside magazine’s “Literary All-Stars” comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever through the Grand Canyon, atop the legendary Colorado River flood of 1983. In the spring of 1983, massive flooding along the length of the Colorado River confronted a team of...
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How is this not a hit thriller film?!
- By Theo, Asheville NC on 07-07-24
By: Kevin Fedarko
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The Barn
- The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
- By: Wright Thompson
- Narrated by: Wright Thompson
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall692
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Performance666
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Story666
The instant New York Times bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Slate, Vanity Fair, TIME, Buzzfeed, Smithsonian, BookPage, KCUR, Kirkus, and Boston Globe Nominated for a PEN America Literary Award “It literally changed my outlook on the world…incredible...
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Very sad story
- By BG on 10-04-24
By: Wright Thompson
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Truman
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 54 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,522
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Performance4,892
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Story4,876
The Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events from the atomic bombing of Japan to the outbreak of the Cold War and the Korean War, told by America’s beloved and distinguished historian. The life of Harry S. Truman is one of the greatest...
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That Mousy Little Man From Missouri Revisited
- By Sara on 07-23-15
By: David McCullough
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Blood and Thunder
- An Epic of the American West
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: Don Leslie
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,361
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Performance2,751
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Story2,739
NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes an eye-opening history of the American conquest of the West—"a story full of authority and color, truth and prophecy" (The New York Times Book Review). In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route...
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Publisher's summary does not do it justice
- By Eric on 02-07-11
By: Hampton Sides
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The Last Castle
- The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
- By: Denise Kiernan
- Narrated by: Denise Kiernan
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,047
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Performance935
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Story931
The fascinating true story behind the magnificent Gilded Age mansion Biltmore - the largest, grandest residence ever built in the United States....
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Very factual
- By Jennifer on 11-28-17
By: Denise Kiernan
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Up from Slavery
- By: Booker T. Washington
- Narrated by: Noah Waterman
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,845
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Performance5,167
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Story5,146
Booker T. Washington fought his way out of slavery to become an educator, statesman, political shaper and proponent of the "do it yourself" idea....
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The Best Self-Help Book You'll Ever Need
- By Gillian on 02-10-17
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The Bible Told Them So
- How Southern Evangelicals Fought to Preserve White Supremacy
- By: J. Russell Hawkins
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall35
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Performance33
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Story33
Why did southern white evangelical Christians resist the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s? Simply put, they believed the Bible told them so. These white Christians entered the battle certain that God was on their side. Ultimately, the civil rights movement triumphed in the 1960s and...
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A must read
- By MELISSA on 10-15-25
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Taking Manhattan
- The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
- By: Russell Shorto
- Narrated by: Russell Shorto
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall63
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Performance57
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Story57
One of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2025 The author of The Island at the Center of the World offers up a thrilling narrative of how New York—that brash, bold, archetypal city—came to be. In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on...
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Every city leader should read this
- By Richard McKown on 02-15-26
By: Russell Shorto
New releases
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This Land is Your Land
- A Road Trip Through U.S. History
- By: Beverly Gage, Beverly Gage - introduction
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Pulitzer Prize–winning author of G-Man and acclaimed historian Beverly Gage takes the ultimate road trip into the American past. Ride along with Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Beverly Gage as she travels the country to see the museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, reenactments...
By: Beverly Gage, and others
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Killer in the House
- Ten Days of Terror in a Pennsylvania Suburb
- By: Kathryn Canavan
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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A meticulously researched page-turner about one of the Philadelphia suburbs' most shocking twentieth-century crimes. A gunman broke into Jack and Peggy Abt's house moments after the last family member left for the day. He took a seat in the living room and waited for eleven hours. People expect...
By: Kathryn Canavan
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The Westerners
- Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier
- By: Megan Kate Nelson
- Narrated by: Kamali Minter
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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From award-winning historian Megan Kate Nelson, an epic account of the creation of the American West in the 19th century, shattering the traditional frontier myth that has dominated popular American culture. The Westerners tells two richly detailed and interwoven stories. The first reveals the...
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Hokie History
- Stories From Virginia Tech
- By: Thomas Perry
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Thomas D. "Tom" Perry tells stories from his alma mater, Virginia Tech, including the loss of 32 people to Civil War Historian James I. Robertson, Jr. and his memories of his alma mater Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
By: Thomas Perry
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True Crime in Pike County, Missouri
- Murder, Mystery & Macabre by the Mississippi River
- By: Robert Turek
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Pike County, Missouri looks like a place you can trust. River bluffs. Two-lane roads. Front porches and church bells. A county where neighbors wave and the Mississippi rolls past like it always has. But Pike County has a second history, one whispered after dark and remembered in headlines that never truly faded. True Crime in Pike County, Missouri takes you into the county’s most chilling cases, from bloodshed born in the Civil War’s bitter aftermath to modern murders that shattered families in broad daylight. These are not distant crimes in faraway cities. They happened here, in living...
By: Robert Turek
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Western Star
- The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry
- By: David Streitfeld
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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By his longtime friend and a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, the definitive biography of Larry McMurtry, the legendary author and screenwriter of Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show, and Brokeback Mountain, who transformed our vision of the West. Before Larry McMurtry became one of the...
By: David Streitfeld
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This Land is Your Land
- A Road Trip Through U.S. History
- By: Beverly Gage, Beverly Gage - introduction
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Pulitzer Prize–winning author of G-Man and acclaimed historian Beverly Gage takes the ultimate road trip into the American past. Ride along with Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Beverly Gage as she travels the country to see the museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, reenactments...
By: Beverly Gage, and others
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Killer in the House
- Ten Days of Terror in a Pennsylvania Suburb
- By: Kathryn Canavan
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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A meticulously researched page-turner about one of the Philadelphia suburbs' most shocking twentieth-century crimes. A gunman broke into Jack and Peggy Abt's house moments after the last family member left for the day. He took a seat in the living room and waited for eleven hours. People expect...
By: Kathryn Canavan
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The Westerners
- Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier
- By: Megan Kate Nelson
- Narrated by: Kamali Minter
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance0
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From award-winning historian Megan Kate Nelson, an epic account of the creation of the American West in the 19th century, shattering the traditional frontier myth that has dominated popular American culture. The Westerners tells two richly detailed and interwoven stories. The first reveals the...
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Hokie History
- Stories From Virginia Tech
- By: Thomas Perry
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance0
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Thomas D. "Tom" Perry tells stories from his alma mater, Virginia Tech, including the loss of 32 people to Civil War Historian James I. Robertson, Jr. and his memories of his alma mater Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
By: Thomas Perry
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True Crime in Pike County, Missouri
- Murder, Mystery & Macabre by the Mississippi River
- By: Robert Turek
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Pike County, Missouri looks like a place you can trust. River bluffs. Two-lane roads. Front porches and church bells. A county where neighbors wave and the Mississippi rolls past like it always has. But Pike County has a second history, one whispered after dark and remembered in headlines that never truly faded. True Crime in Pike County, Missouri takes you into the county’s most chilling cases, from bloodshed born in the Civil War’s bitter aftermath to modern murders that shattered families in broad daylight. These are not distant crimes in faraway cities. They happened here, in living...
By: Robert Turek
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Western Star
- The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry
- By: David Streitfeld
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
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By his longtime friend and a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, the definitive biography of Larry McMurtry, the legendary author and screenwriter of Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show, and Brokeback Mountain, who transformed our vision of the West. Before Larry McMurtry became one of the...
By: David Streitfeld
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Bonnie and Clyde
- Their Lives from Beginning to End (Biographies of Criminals)
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Charlie Brogan
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Bonnie and Clyde took part in plenty of brazen heists during their short lives. From small-town filling stations to rural banks, they left behind a trail of chaos and carnage in their wake. Initially, the public seemed rather intrigued by this pair of romantically involved desperadoes, thumbing their noses at authority during the depths of the Great Depression.
By: Hourly History
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Reconstruction in Mississippi, 1862-1877
- Heritage of Mississippi Series
- By: Jere Nash
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Following the end of the Civil War, Mississippians responded to broader movements in the country, to changes in the economy, and to congressional initiatives as they worked to recover from the devastation of war and pursue new expressions of freedom. Reconstruction in Mississippi, 1862-1877 is a compelling account of how Black Mississippians embraced this freedom and how white Mississippians could not.
By: Jere Nash
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Solomon's Builders
- Freemasons, Founding Fathers and the Secrets of Washington D.C.
- By: Christopher Hodapp
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Unearth the fascinating history of how the Freemasons and Founding Fathers sowed the seeds of a new nation amid the collapse of the British colonies. Step back in time to the birth of a revolutionary new republic and discover how the utopian ideals of a visionary secret society laid the...
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A Case So Cold
- The Murder of an Idaho Game Warden
- By: Tony H. Latham
- Narrated by: Tony H. Latham
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Game Warden Art Teed vanished on a smoke-choked August day in 1934, last seen pursuing wildlife thieves in the backwoods of Idaho. What followed was the largest manhunt in the state’s history–more than a thousand men scouring mountains, forests, and rivers for answers that never came. His wife and two sons lived out their lives haunted by a single question: Did he die in the line of duty, or did he choose to disappear? Nearly ninety years later, one unexpected phone call shattered the silence–and reopened a mystery everyone thought was buried–Idaho’s oldest cold murder case.
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A riveting factual story.
- By Bart on 03-30-26
By: Tony H. Latham
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Murder Land - Pacific Northwest
- 20 Chilling Accounts of Serial Killers, Unsolved Mysteries, and Unthinkable Local Tragedies
- By: Logan Carter
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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The rain washes away the evidence, but the timber never forgets. In the dark, isolated corners of the upper left coast, the landscape is more than just a backdrop—it is an active accomplice. Murder Land - Pacific Northwest unearths twenty of the most brutal, deeply unsettling, and heavily obscured cases to ever plague the region. From the transient, mud-soaked waterfronts of 1910s Aberdeen where itinerant workers vanished without a trace, to the shocking 2009 ambush of four police officers in a Lakewood coffee shop, this meticulously researched volume strips away the idyllic veneer of the...
By: Logan Carter
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UNTOLD PHILADELPHIA: Hidden Heroes & Microsites of America's Birthplace
- The Only Guide That Takes You Where the 250th Celebrations Won't
- By: Joseph Wappel
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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UNTOLD PHILADELPHIA is the guide that takes you beyond the marble monuments and into the alleys, work yards, buried creek beds, and unmarked doorsteps where American history actually happened. Written for the millions of visitors arriving for the USA's 250th anniversary celebration in 2026, this book combines the narrative power of a great history with the practical detail of a world-class walking guide and delivers both in a voice that makes you feel like you're exploring the city with your smartest, most passionate friend. Inside you'll discover: Hidden Heroes whose contributions shaped ...
By: Joseph Wappel
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Michigan POW Camps in World War II
- By: Gregory D. Sumner
- Narrated by: Chris Monteiro
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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During World War II, Michigan became a temporary home to six thousand German and Italian POWs. At a time of homefront labor shortages, they picked fruit in Berrien County, harvested sugar beets in the Thumb, cut pulpwood in the Upper Peninsula, and maintained parks and other public spaces in...
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Broncho Charlie
- A Saga of the Saddle
- By: Gladys Shaw Erskine
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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From the sage-scented breeze of the Pacific slopes to the crowded streets of New York City is a far cry, and from the saddle of a wild mustang to the terrace of a penthouse is a big jump, but Broncho Charlie Miller made that jump. The first time I met him was on a summer’s night in 1932. Captain Edwin Deming, whose paintings have immortalized the North American Indian, brought him to my home. It was a memorable evening. Captain Deming, a gracious gentleman in his seventies; William (“Daddy”) Jackson of Oregon trail fame, ninety-one years young; Broncho Charlie, last of the Pony ...
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Murder in Boston
- A Woman Murdered. A City Torn Apart. A Crime That Gripped a Nation. And That's Just the Beginning . . .
- By: Ken Englade
- Narrated by: Bob Johnson
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Charles Stuart claimed it was a black man who carjacked him, shooting both himself and his wife, ending both her life and the life of their unborn child. The accusation and subsequent manhunt enflamed the long-simmering racial tensions of Boston, leading to the arrest of an innocent man. It was then discovered that Stuart had killed his wife and shot himself to cover up the crime, seeking a big insurance payout. When his crimes were exposed, Stuart jumped off a bridge to his death.
By: Ken Englade
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Travel in Time in Connecticut VOLUME 2
- Day Trips to Historic Sites with Hidden Stories and Leadership Lessons
- By: Dan Blanchard
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the Hidden Stories of Connecticut, and the Leadership Lessons They Hold Connecticut is filled with powerful stories hidden in plain sight. In Travel in Time in Connecticut Volume 2, author and educator Dan Blanchard takes you on a journey to ten historic sites where the past still speaks. This isn’t just a history book. It’s an interactive travel guide designed to help you step into the past and come back stronger. Each chapter explores a real-life location you can visit in a single day, blending local history with timeless leadership principles. Inside this volume, you will: *...
By: Dan Blanchard
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Boston, 1776
- A Rogue Tour of Revolution City
- By: J.D. Dickey
- Narrated by: Nick Mondelli
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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In Boston, 1776, author J. D. Dickey leads us through the turbulent streets, tub-thumping taverns, and radical strongholds of a town at war with an empire. Far from the powdered wigs and genteel debates of history textbooks, this book guides us through the real Boston of the American Revolution: frenzied, dangerous, and fiercely alive.
By: J.D. Dickey
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True Tales of the Texas Frontier
- Eight Centuries of Adventure and Surprise
- By: C. Herndon Williams
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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For eight centuries, the Texas frontier has seen conquest, exploration, immigration, revolution, and innovation, leaving to history a cast of fascinating characters and captivating tales. Its historic period began in 1519 with Spanish exploration, but there was a prehistory long before, nearly...
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Fortson's Signs, Symbols, and Secret Societies: Order of Gimghoul
- By: Dante Fortson
- Narrated by: Steve Stewart's voice replica
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an institution defined by its light, yet its most enduring legend is born of the shadows. To walk the brick paths of the oldest public university in the nation is to tread upon layers of history that are both academic and spectral. While the university officially prizes the transparency of research and the democratic ideal of public education, there exists on its eastern edge a silent contradiction. There, atop the ridge of Piney Prospect, sits a stone for-tress that has guarded the secrets of a select few for over a century.
By: Dante Fortson
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Fortson's Signs, Symbols, and Secret Societies: Order of The Stewards
- By: Dante Fortson
- Narrated by: Steve Stewart's voice replica
- Length: 48 mins
- Unabridged
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To understand the history of the Stewards is to attempt to grasp the shape of the wind. For nearly four centuries, this silent collective has operated beneath the surface of official histories, leaving behind no monuments, no signed treaties, and no public martyrs. While other secret societies like the Freemasons or the Rosicrucians eventually allowed their rituals to be cataloged and their symbols to be sold in gift shops, the Stewards remained committed to a much more difficult path: absolute, functional invisibility. They did not seek to be known, they sought to be effective.
By: Dante Fortson
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Fortson's Signs, Symbols, and Secret Societies: Sage & Chalice
- By: Dante Fortson
- Narrated by: Steve Stewart's voice replica
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The history of the world is often written by the victors, but the true architecture of human progress is frequently designed in the shadows. For centuries, a clandestine thread has woven itself through the tapestry of Western civilization, connecting the stone laboratories of the seventeenth century to the fiber optic cables of the modern age.
By: Dante Fortson
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Fortson's Signs, Symbols, and Secret Societies: Burning Spear Society
- By: Dante Fortson
- Narrated by: Steve Stewart's voice replica
- Length: 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The history of secret societies is often a tapestry woven from threads of genuine civic duty, collegiate tradition, and the inevitable allure of mystique. Among these organizations, the Burning Spear Society at Florida State University stands as a unique case study in how institutional influence and student leadership can merge into a powerful, albeit often controversial, force.
By: Dante Fortson
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Victims
- A True Story of the Civil War
- By: Phillip Shaw Paludan
- Narrated by: Marlin May
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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In January 1863, in a remote Appalachian valley of North Carolina called Shelton Laurel, thirteen prisoners ranging in age from thirteen to fifty-nine were shot to death.
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Fortson's Signs, Symbols, and Secret Societies: Quill & Dagger
- By: Dante Fortson
- Narrated by: Steve Stewart's voice replica
- Length: 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The history of the Quill and Dagger secret society at Cornell University is a narrative of prestige, hidden influence, and the evolution of the American collegiate elite. Founded in the late nineteenth century, the society has occupied a unique position in the social hierarchy of Ithaca, New York, acting as both a guarded sanctuary for the university's most influential student leaders and a visible pillar of campus tradition.
By: Dante Fortson
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Fortson's Signs, Symbols, and Secret Societies: Florida Blue Key
- By: Dante Fortson
- Narrated by: Steve Stewart's voice replica
- Length: 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In the humid, moss-draped corridor of North-Central Florida, power is not merely inherited; it is engineered. For over a century, the University of Florida has served as the primary incubator for the state’s political, legal, and economic elite, but the true architect of this influence is not found in a faculty lounge or an administrative office. Instead, it resides within a storied, once-shadowy organization known as Florida Blue Key (FBK).
By: Dante Fortson
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The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906
- Antisemitism and the Battle Over Christianity in the Public Schools
- By: Scott D. Seligman
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Today’s battles over Christianity in U.S. public schools have deep roots. In the nineteenth century it was an intramural struggle between Protestants and later-arriving Catholics. But at Christmastime in 1905, when Frank Harding, the Presbyterian principal of a Brooklyn elementary school, urged his Jewish students to be more like Jesus, the Jewish community entered the fray in a big way. It was just the trigger Orthodox Jewish activist Albert Lucas had been waiting for.
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A Brief History of Savannah
- Brief Histories of Great American Cities
- By: Derek Monaghan
- Narrated by: Dani Thompson
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Savannah is a city shaped by tide, time, and extraordinary resilience. From its Indigenous roots to its twentyfirstcentury renaissance, A Brief History of Savannah traces nearly three centuries of conflict, creativity, and reinvention. Told in vivid, cinematic prose, this book follows Savannah’s journey through its founding under James Oglethorpe, the fires of revolution, the devastation of the Civil War, and the long struggle for freedom during Reconstruction and Jim Crow.
By: Derek Monaghan
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A History of the Nets
- From Teaneck to Brooklyn
- By: Rick Laughland
- Narrated by: Rick Laughland
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Relive the Ups and Downs of the Storied Saga of the Nomadic Nets. The Nets have led a wandering existence spanning over five decades. The team has been known as the New Jersey Americans, New York Nets, New Jersey Nets and now Brooklyn Nets, while constantly relocating throughout the New York metropolitan area.
By: Rick Laughland
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A Brief History of Mobile
- By: Derek Monaghan
- Narrated by: Steven A. Gannett
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Mobile, Alabama is a city shaped by water, war, empire, and unbreakable resilience. From its beginnings as a French colonial outpost to its rise as a major Gulf Coast port, Mobile's story is one of constant reinvention — a place where cultures collide, storms reshape the land, and history lingers in every street and shoreline. In A Brief History of Mobile, Derek Monaghan brings the city's past to life with cinematic storytelling and vivid historical detail.
By: Derek Monaghan
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Colonial Pennsylvania Genealogy Research
- Communities and Revolutionary Era Records, 1681-1790
- By: Denyse Allen
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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If your ancestors lived in Pennsylvania between 1681 and 1790, the records of their lives are scattered across dozens of repositories, courthouses, archives, and digital collections. Finding them means knowing where to look, and that's exactly what this book provides. Colonial Pennsylvania Genealogy Research: Communities and Revolutionary Era Records, 1681-1790 is a directory of surviving records from Pennsylvania's colonial and revolutionary era. County by county, repository by repository, it documents what records exist, where they're held, and how to access them — whether in person or ...
By: Denyse Allen