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Means of Ascent
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson
- By: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 22 hrs and 8 mins
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Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson continues - one of the richest, most intensive, and most revealing examinations ever undertaken of an American President....
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Superb
- By KR on 06-10-15
By: Robert A. Caro
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- By: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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An enjoyable hagiography(?)
- By Nik Jewell on 16-05-18
By: Jack Weatherford
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Adolf Hitler
- My Part in His Downfall
- By: Spike Milligan
- Narrated by: Spike Milligan
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
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At Victoria station the R.T.O. gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked 'This is your enemy'. I searched every compartment, but he wasn't on the train....
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Gorgeous
- By Allyn J. Carter on 03-01-18
By: Spike Milligan
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Mortal Monarchs
- 1,000 Years of Royal Deaths
- By: Suzie Edge
- Narrated by: Suzie Edge
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Medical historian Dr Suzie Edge examines 1,000 years of royal deaths to present a humorous deep-dive into the varied—and oft-gruesome—deaths of the king and queens of England and Scotland....
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Superb but with some factual errors
- By Stevie on 07-06-23
By: Suzie Edge
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An Unsung Hero
- Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor
- By: Michael Smith
- Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Tom Crean was the farmer’s son from Kerry who sailed on three major expeditions to the unknown Antarctic over a century ago. He served with both Captain Robert Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton, spent longer on the ice than either and outlived them both....
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what a life, what a story!
- By Moshe Cohen on 04-01-22
By: Michael Smith
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Muhammad
- His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
- By: Martin Lings
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Abridged
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This excellent audiobook is the first of its kind and has been selected by a number of organisations as a worthy introduction to the life of Prophet Muhammad....
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A great boigraphy of a great man
- By Shofiqul on 25-02-09
By: Martin Lings
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Means of Ascent
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson
- By: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 22 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson continues - one of the richest, most intensive, and most revealing examinations ever undertaken of an American President....
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Superb
- By KR on 06-10-15
By: Robert A. Caro
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- By: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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An enjoyable hagiography(?)
- By Nik Jewell on 16-05-18
By: Jack Weatherford
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Adolf Hitler
- My Part in His Downfall
- By: Spike Milligan
- Narrated by: Spike Milligan
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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At Victoria station the R.T.O. gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked 'This is your enemy'. I searched every compartment, but he wasn't on the train....
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Gorgeous
- By Allyn J. Carter on 03-01-18
By: Spike Milligan
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Mortal Monarchs
- 1,000 Years of Royal Deaths
- By: Suzie Edge
- Narrated by: Suzie Edge
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Medical historian Dr Suzie Edge examines 1,000 years of royal deaths to present a humorous deep-dive into the varied—and oft-gruesome—deaths of the king and queens of England and Scotland....
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Superb but with some factual errors
- By Stevie on 07-06-23
By: Suzie Edge
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An Unsung Hero
- Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor
- By: Michael Smith
- Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Tom Crean was the farmer’s son from Kerry who sailed on three major expeditions to the unknown Antarctic over a century ago. He served with both Captain Robert Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton, spent longer on the ice than either and outlived them both....
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what a life, what a story!
- By Moshe Cohen on 04-01-22
By: Michael Smith
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Muhammad
- His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
- By: Martin Lings
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Abridged
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This excellent audiobook is the first of its kind and has been selected by a number of organisations as a worthy introduction to the life of Prophet Muhammad....
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A great boigraphy of a great man
- By Shofiqul on 25-02-09
By: Martin Lings
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Eighteen
- A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives
- By: Alice Loxton
- Narrated by: Alice Loxton
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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At eighteen, your life is full of of what-ifs and why-nots. You have everything to look forward to – unless you’ve got the plague....
By: Alice Loxton
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Our Story
- By: Reginald Kray, Ronald Kray, Fred Dinenage - introduction
- Narrated by: David John, Fred Dinenage
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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A journey through London's criminal underworld with the infamous Kray twins....
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Nurture or Nature
- By M. McGuirk on 13-01-22
By: Reginald Kray, and others
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 24 hrs and 40 mins
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Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us - an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings....
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An inspiring story of a polymath
- By Kirstine on 29-12-13
By: Walter Isaacson
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A Certain Idea of France
- The Life of Charles de Gaulle
- By: Julian Jackson
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Length: 35 hrs and 19 mins
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In six weeks in 1940, France was overrun by German troops and surrendered. One junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England....
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A detailed account of De Gaulle
- By Simon Brady on 17-03-22
By: Julian Jackson
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The Path to Power
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson
- By: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 40 hrs and 29 mins
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This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country....
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Magisterial, engrossing, powerful
- By Derrick on 01-04-20
By: Robert A. Caro
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Truman
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 54 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Hailed by critics as an American masterpiece, David McCullough's sweeping biography of Harry S. Truman captured the heart of the nation....
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interesting times, VERY detailed
- By Anonymous User on 07-02-19
By: David McCullough
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1)
- 1918-38
- By: Chips Channon
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Length: 39 hrs and 13 mins
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Born in Chicago in 1897, 'Chips' Channon settled in England after the Great War, married into the immensely wealthy Guinness family, and served as Conservative MP for Southend-on-Sea from 1935 until his death in 1958....
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Wholly inappropriate choice of reader
- By John Adamson on 08-04-21
By: Chips Channon
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My Name Is Bridget
- The Untold Story of Bridget Dolan and the Tuam Mother and Baby Home
- By: Alison O'Reilly
- Narrated by: Amy Molloy
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
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In 1946, 26 year-old Bridget Dolan walked up the path to the front door of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home. Alone and pregnant, she was following in the footsteps of more than a century’s worth of lost souls....
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so sad
- By gayle gardener on 15-04-24
By: Alison O'Reilly
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Family of Secrets
- The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America
- By: Russ Baker
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 24 hrs and 6 mins
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French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre said that "words are loaded pistols". In the hands of Russ Baker, they are hydrogen bombs....
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A must read for anyone interested in politics
- By Bucks on 05-01-21
By: Russ Baker
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My Early Life
- By: Winston Churchill
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the classic volumes of autobiography, My Early Life is a lively and colourful account of a young man's quest for action, adventure and danger....
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A very good listen
- By M. K. Slaughter on 07-01-15
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Winkle
- The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest Pilot
- By: Paul Beaver
- Narrated by: Steve John Shepherd, Paul Beaver
- Length: 11 hrs
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The daring life story and astonishing adventures of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown - Britain's greatest-ever pilot....
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An interesting take
- By FAB on 19-06-23
By: Paul Beaver
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Ragnar Lothbrok and a History of the Vikings
- Viking Warriors Including Rollo, Norsemen, Norse Mythology, Quests in America, England, France, Scotland, Ireland and Russia
- By: Noah Brown
- Narrated by: Dalan E. Decker
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Ragnar Lothbrok was a legendary warrior who left a legacy among the Vikings like none other. Today's popular TV show may have popularized Ragnar's story, but the real facts are not very well known. Discover the truth behind this Viking warrior and the rich history of the Vikings....
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Poor narration
- By Gregor Hogg on 02-10-19
By: Noah Brown
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The Master of Auschwitz:
- Memoirs of Rudolf Hoess, Kommandant SS
- By: Rudolf Hoess
- Narrated by: Tim Dalgleish
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
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The first-hand account of the life, career, and the practices of horror at Auschwitz....
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story of a monster
- By Margaret on 26-01-17
By: Rudolf Hoess
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Alexander the Great
- His Life and His Mysterious Death
- By: Anthony Everitt
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world’s greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial revisionist portrait....
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A good listen
- By edward sidsaph on 10-09-19
By: Anthony Everitt
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Dirty Linen
- The Troubles in My Home Place
- By: Martin Doyle
- Narrated by: Eugene O'Hare
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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A personal history of the Troubles seen through the microcosm of a single rural parish, part of both the Linen Triangle–heartland of the North's defining industry–and the Murder Triangle–the Badlands roamed by the Glenanne gang of security forces colluding with loyalist paramilarites....
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Important, and timely
- By ashford on 01-04-24
By: Martin Doyle
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Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries
- How Women (Also) Built the World
- By: Kate Mosse
- Narrated by: Jade Anouka, Kate Mosse
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is a celebration of unheard and under-heard women’s history....
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Loved it and a gift for Quiet Revolutionaries
- By Catriona Ferris on 18-02-24
By: Kate Mosse
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The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- By: Clayborne Carson - editor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Narrated by: Levar Burton
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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He was a husband, a father, a preacher - and the preeminent leader of a movement that continues to transform?
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Not complete
- By Anonymous User on 23-01-18
By: Clayborne Carson - editor, and others
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Oscar
- A Life
- By: Matthew Sturgis
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 36 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Matthew Sturgis draws on a wealth of new material and fresh research, bringing alive the distinctive mood and characters of the fin de siècle in the richest and most compelling portrait of Oscar Wilde to date....
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Lots of well-researched information excellently organized
- By Tabby Cat on 23-03-24
By: Matthew Sturgis
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Columbus
- The Four Voyages
- By: Laurence Bergreen
- Narrated by: Tim Jerome
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of the Magellan biography, Over the Edge of the World, a mesmerizing new account of the great explorer....
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The Long Night
- A True Story
- By: Ernst Israel Bornstein
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
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The Long Night is Ernst Israel Bornstein's first-hand account of what he witnessed in seven concentration camps....
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First audio book- what an amazing story
- By Amazon Customer on 31-03-17
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Elizabeth I and Her Circle
- By: Susan Doran
- Narrated by: Joanna Daniel
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
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This is the story of Elizabeth I's inner circle and the crucial human relationships which lay at the heart of her personal and political life....
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A Revelation
- By Jim on 17-07-15
By: Susan Doran
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Master of the Senate
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume III (Part 3 of a 3-Part Recording)
- By: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 18 hrs and 29 mins
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Master of the Senate carries Lyndon Johnson's story through one of its most remarkable periods: his 12 years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate....
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Edit out cassette tape instructions
- By Client d'Amazon on 10-04-20
By: Robert A. Caro
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Augustus
- A Captivating Guide to the First Emperor of Rome and How He Ruled the Roman Empire
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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The life of Augustus is historically important because his leadership marked out a new era in the story of the Roman world - an era that would see the expansion of the Roman Empire across the Mediterranean and beyond....
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FOUR STARS
- By Herb on 27-03-20
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A Thousand Miles from Care
- The Hunt for My Brother’s Killer – A Thirty-Year Quest for Justice
- By: Steve Johnson
- Narrated by: Steve Johnson
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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A gripping and heartbreaking story, A Thousand Miles from Care tells the 30 year quest Steve Johnson undertook to uncover the truth about his brilliant brother’s brutal murder in Manly.
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Brotherly love at the highest level...
- By Jackie on 09-07-24
By: Steve Johnson
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Riding with Reagan
- From the White House to the Ranch
- By: John R. Barletta, Rochelle Schweizer - with
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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John Barletta was a Vietnam veteran and Secret Service agent who spent over a decade with the Reagans, poised to give his own life at any moment to save the fortieth president of the United States. His superior riding skills made Barletta the perfect choice to protect Reagan during his frequent visits to the ranch. Over time, he got to know Reagan as few others did.
By: John R. Barletta, and others
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Abraham Lincoln
- By: Ernest Foster
- Narrated by: Ron Altman
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Even to this day Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) remains the most loved and respected of all American presidents. In this heartfelt biography, Ernest Foster reprises the ever-inspiring story of the man who traveled from a log cabin to the White House and presided over one of the momentous periods of change in the nation's history.
By: Ernest Foster
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A Thousand Miles from Care
- The Hunt for My Brother’s Killer – A Thirty-Year Quest for Justice
- By: Steve Johnson
- Narrated by: Steve Johnson
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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At the entrance of Sydney Harbor, the cliffs rise fourteen stories above the Pacific, like a gigantic skirt made of sandstone. North Head, one of the most memorable cliffs, is a gorgeous place to watch the sunrise. But it’s an unforgiving place to lose your footing. When Steve Johnson’s younger brother Scott went over the edge in 1988, he hit an outcrop on the way down and exploded on the rocks below.
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Brotherly love at the highest level...
- By Jackie on 09-07-24
By: Steve Johnson
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Ottoline Morrell
- Life on the Grand Scale
- By: Miranda Seymour
- Narrated by: Elaine Claxton
- Length: 23 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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One name links Betrand Russell and Axel Munthe, Augustus John and Henry Lamb, H.H. Asquith and Duncan Grant, Aldous Huxley and Lytton Strachey. To some she was a lover, to others a confidant and adviser. To many she was a mother substitute. But wherever the phrase ‘Bloomsbury group’ is spoken, Lady Ottoline Morrell’s name is not far behind.
By: Miranda Seymour
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We Pointed Them North
- Recollections of a Cowpuncher
- By: E.C. Teddy Blue Abbott, Helena Huntington Smith
- Narrated by: M. P. MacDougall
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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E. C. Abbott was a cowboy in the great days of the 1870's and 1880's. He came up the trail to Montana from Texas with the long-horned herds which were to stock the northern ranges; he punched cows in Montana when there wasn't a fence in the territory; and he married a daughter of Granville Stuart, the famous early-day stockman and Montana pioneer. For more than fifty years he was known to cowmen from Texas to Alberta as "Teddy Blue." This is his story, as told to Helena Huntington Smith, who says that the book is "all Teddy Blue.
By: E.C. Teddy Blue Abbott, and others
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Prince
- A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of Musicians)
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Prince was, according to many, one of the greatest musicians ever to have lived. At first glance, one might think that such words are an exaggeration. But if one were to truly look at the life behind this legend, they would quickly understand just how great he really was. Prince showed an extraordinary talent from a young age. He could play just about any instrument he picked up, mastering the guitar, piano, drums, and more. His technical skill was matched only by his creativity, as he blended genres like rock, funk, pop, and jazz into a sound uniquely his own.
By: Hourly History
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Riding with Reagan
- From the White House to the Ranch
- By: John R. Barletta, Rochelle Schweizer - with
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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John Barletta was a Vietnam veteran and Secret Service agent who spent over a decade with the Reagans, poised to give his own life at any moment to save the fortieth president of the United States. His superior riding skills made Barletta the perfect choice to protect Reagan during his frequent visits to the ranch. Over time, he got to know Reagan as few others did.
By: John R. Barletta, and others
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Abraham Lincoln
- By: Ernest Foster
- Narrated by: Ron Altman
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Even to this day Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) remains the most loved and respected of all American presidents. In this heartfelt biography, Ernest Foster reprises the ever-inspiring story of the man who traveled from a log cabin to the White House and presided over one of the momentous periods of change in the nation's history.
By: Ernest Foster
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A Thousand Miles from Care
- The Hunt for My Brother’s Killer – A Thirty-Year Quest for Justice
- By: Steve Johnson
- Narrated by: Steve Johnson
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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At the entrance of Sydney Harbor, the cliffs rise fourteen stories above the Pacific, like a gigantic skirt made of sandstone. North Head, one of the most memorable cliffs, is a gorgeous place to watch the sunrise. But it’s an unforgiving place to lose your footing. When Steve Johnson’s younger brother Scott went over the edge in 1988, he hit an outcrop on the way down and exploded on the rocks below.
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Brotherly love at the highest level...
- By Jackie on 09-07-24
By: Steve Johnson
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Ottoline Morrell
- Life on the Grand Scale
- By: Miranda Seymour
- Narrated by: Elaine Claxton
- Length: 23 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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One name links Betrand Russell and Axel Munthe, Augustus John and Henry Lamb, H.H. Asquith and Duncan Grant, Aldous Huxley and Lytton Strachey. To some she was a lover, to others a confidant and adviser. To many she was a mother substitute. But wherever the phrase ‘Bloomsbury group’ is spoken, Lady Ottoline Morrell’s name is not far behind.
By: Miranda Seymour
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We Pointed Them North
- Recollections of a Cowpuncher
- By: E.C. Teddy Blue Abbott, Helena Huntington Smith
- Narrated by: M. P. MacDougall
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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E. C. Abbott was a cowboy in the great days of the 1870's and 1880's. He came up the trail to Montana from Texas with the long-horned herds which were to stock the northern ranges; he punched cows in Montana when there wasn't a fence in the territory; and he married a daughter of Granville Stuart, the famous early-day stockman and Montana pioneer. For more than fifty years he was known to cowmen from Texas to Alberta as "Teddy Blue." This is his story, as told to Helena Huntington Smith, who says that the book is "all Teddy Blue.
By: E.C. Teddy Blue Abbott, and others
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Prince
- A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of Musicians)
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 53 mins
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Prince was, according to many, one of the greatest musicians ever to have lived. At first glance, one might think that such words are an exaggeration. But if one were to truly look at the life behind this legend, they would quickly understand just how great he really was. Prince showed an extraordinary talent from a young age. He could play just about any instrument he picked up, mastering the guitar, piano, drums, and more. His technical skill was matched only by his creativity, as he blended genres like rock, funk, pop, and jazz into a sound uniquely his own.
By: Hourly History
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The Last Napoleon: A True-Life Tragic Story
- Swept by Fate from that of a Potential Emperor to a Tragic and Brutal End as a Young Man
- By: Adam Hamilton
- Narrated by: Steve King
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
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Lost in history, this story – filled with aspirations, the desire to prove oneself, and bravery in the face of overwhelming odds – brings the life of Louis-Napoleon, the great-nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte and the son of Emperor Napoleon III, back into the limelight.
By: Adam Hamilton
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Winston Churchill’s Great Escapes: The Story of the British Bulldog’s Death-Defying Life Before He Became Prime Minister
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Steve Knupp
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
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Was he “the greatest human being ever to occupy 10 Downing Street,” or a man whose “brilliant but unsound judgement resulted in detrimental consequences for Britain and for the world”? Decades after his death, debate still rages over Sir Winston Churchill’s contribution to history, though all agree that it was profound no matter which way it’s viewed. But now that wartime nostalgia has mostly washed away, the views of Churchill are more divergent than ever.
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Waterloo Days
- By: Charlotte Eaton
- Narrated by: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Ms Eaton was visiting the continent and touring the Netherlands when Napoleon brought the British and Prussians to battle near the town of Waterloo. Eaton was caught up in the rush of panicked civilians fleeing and the reinforcements surging forward. She provides a rare insight into the events around the battle itself.
By: Charlotte Eaton
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Above the Ground
- A True Story of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
- By: Dan Lawton
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1978, the bloody conflict in Northern Ireland, known as The Troubles, had reached a boiling point. Hundreds of members of the Irish Republican Army, determined to drive the hated British out of the province—killing soldiers and police, detonating bombs, while arming themselves with firearms and explosives—had been arrested and incarcerated in the notorious British prison known as the Maze.
By: Dan Lawton
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Saladin
- The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire
- By: John Man
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders in the twelfth century, he is the Islamic world's preeminent hero. A ruthless defender of his faith and leader, he possessed qualities that won admiration from his Christian foes.
By: John Man
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John Quincy Adams
- A Man for the Whole People
- By: Randall Woods
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 38 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In this masterful biography, historian Randall B. Woods peels back the many layers of John Quincy’s long life, exposing a rich and complicated family saga and a political legacy that transformed the American Republic. This deeply researched, brilliantly written volume delves into John Quincy’s intellectual pursuits and political thought; his loving, yet at times strained, marriage to Louisa Catherine Johnson, whom he met in London; his troubling relationships with his three sons; and his fiery post-presidency rebirth in Congress as he became the chamber’s most vocal opponent of slavery.
By: Randall Woods
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Blatant Injustice
- The Story of a Jewish Refugee from Nazi Germany Imprisoned in Britain and Canada During World War II (Footprints, Book 1)
- By: Walter Igersheimer
- Narrated by: Ian Darragh
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a unique first-hand account of what it was like to be a Jewish refugee imprisoned in Britain and Canada during World War II. Its immediacy is what makes it such a valuable eyewitness account. While there are other memoirs written decades after internment, Walter Igersheimer wrote this book shortly after he was deported from Canada because the Liberal government in the 1940s did not want Jews to become Canadian citizens.
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Cold and Greedy
- By: Jakob Kunst
- Narrated by: Jakob Kunst
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Cold and Greedy can best be described as a 21st century, nonfiction version of The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. It validates the philosophical underpinnings of The Fountainhead by applying them in the real world. This is a true story of one man's heroic efforts to overcome, against all odds, a brutal attack by a billionaire heiress and her hired goon. And it is narrated here by the author with the first-person passion this story deserves.
By: Jakob Kunst
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For the People, for the Country
- Patrick Henry’s Final Political Battle
- By: John A. Ragosta
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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In 1799, at the behest of President George Washington, Patrick Henry came out of retirement to defend the Constitution that he had once opposed and to thwart Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, whom Washington accused of putting party over country and threatening the fragile union. For the People, For the Country tells the remarkable story of how the most eloquent public speaker of the American Revolutionary era and a leading antifederalist during debates over ratification of the Constitution reemerged on the side of the federalists and once again changed history.
By: John A. Ragosta
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Izabela the Valiant
- The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess
- By: Adam Zamoyski
- Narrated by: Rich Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his great-great-great grandmother, an uneducated, vulnerable girl cast into a man’s world. Her aristocratic position enmeshed her in high politics and close encounters with Frederick the Great, Benjamin Franklin, Rousseau, Joseph II, Marie-Antoinette and Tsar Alexander I, and earned her the enmity of Catherine the Great.
By: Adam Zamoyski
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While in Darkness There Is Light
- Idealism and Tragedy on an Australian Commune
- By: Louella Bryant
- Narrated by: Butch Bryant
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the riveting tale of youthful idealism, adventure, and survival with "Rosebud Farm: The Journey of Young Idealists" by Louella Bryant, skillfully narrated by Butch Bryant. This gripping audiobook takes you back to 1970, where a group of young American ex-pats from wealthy families abandons their conventional lives to establish an ideal society at Rosebud Farm in Far North Queensland. Join Charlie Dean, a headstrong resident of the farm, as he decides to leave the comforts of his new home to explore Southeast Asia.
By: Louella Bryant
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Half-Breed: Diné: Bilangåana
- Growing up on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona
- By: Verna Mae Begay, Clarence Ralph Fitz
- Narrated by: Carly Poe
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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A fascinating life story intertwined with the history of the Navajo tribe. This is the story of a woman born in an earthen floored hogan on the Navajo Reservation in northern Arizona, educated in government-run boarding schools, denied marriage to the man she loved in favor of tradition and denied her birthright by family. Despite these roadblocks, she continued her education in the medical field. At times, she was sought out by the rich and famous people to provide care for their loved ones.
By: Verna Mae Begay, and others