Bestsellers
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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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Overall203
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Performance181
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Story181
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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Black Flags, Blue Waters
- The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
- By: Eric Jay Dolin
- Narrated by: Paul Brion
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,459
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Performance1,292
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Story1,282
Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy's "Golden Age" - spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s - when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond....
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Solid read, BUT...
- By K ODell on 07-17-19
By: Eric Jay Dolin
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- By: Benjamin Franklin
- Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,815
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Performance1,567
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Story1,563
Left unfinished at the time of his death, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin has endured as one of the most well-known and influential autobiographies ever written....
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Egregious omission of important passage.
- By Walking Man on 02-14-19
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Killing the Witches
- The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,345
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Performance1,194
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Story1,193
With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestsellers, Bill O'Reilly's Killing series is the most popular series of narrative histories in the world. Killing the Witches revisits one of the most...
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O’Riley is genius!
- By B.A. Wilmott on 10-03-23
By: Bill O'Reilly, and others
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Codename Nemo
- The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and the Elusive Enigma Machine
- By: Charles Lachman
- Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall213
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Performance194
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Story194
On June 4, 1944, the course of World War II was forever changed. That day, a US Navy task force achieved the impossible—capturing a German U-Boat. Called Operation Nemo, it was the first seizure of an enemy ship in battle since the War of 1812, one of the greatest achievements of the US Navy...
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Great but flawed book
- By A. N. Onymous on 06-18-24
By: Charles Lachman
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1493
- Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
- By: Charles C. Mann
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 17 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,149
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Performance1,796
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Story1,795
From the author of 1491—the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas—a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two...
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Fascinating Mindbending History.
- By Betsy Powel on 12-19-11
By: Charles C. Mann
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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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Overall203
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Performance181
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Story181
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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Black Flags, Blue Waters
- The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
- By: Eric Jay Dolin
- Narrated by: Paul Brion
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,459
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Performance1,292
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Story1,282
Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy's "Golden Age" - spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s - when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond....
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Solid read, BUT...
- By K ODell on 07-17-19
By: Eric Jay Dolin
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- By: Benjamin Franklin
- Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,815
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Performance1,567
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Story1,563
Left unfinished at the time of his death, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin has endured as one of the most well-known and influential autobiographies ever written....
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Egregious omission of important passage.
- By Walking Man on 02-14-19
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Killing the Witches
- The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,345
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Performance1,194
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Story1,193
With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestsellers, Bill O'Reilly's Killing series is the most popular series of narrative histories in the world. Killing the Witches revisits one of the most...
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O’Riley is genius!
- By B.A. Wilmott on 10-03-23
By: Bill O'Reilly, and others
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Codename Nemo
- The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and the Elusive Enigma Machine
- By: Charles Lachman
- Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall213
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Performance194
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Story194
On June 4, 1944, the course of World War II was forever changed. That day, a US Navy task force achieved the impossible—capturing a German U-Boat. Called Operation Nemo, it was the first seizure of an enemy ship in battle since the War of 1812, one of the greatest achievements of the US Navy...
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Great but flawed book
- By A. N. Onymous on 06-18-24
By: Charles Lachman
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1493
- Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
- By: Charles C. Mann
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 17 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,149
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Performance1,796
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Story1,795
From the author of 1491—the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas—a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two...
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Fascinating Mindbending History.
- By Betsy Powel on 12-19-11
By: Charles C. Mann
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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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Overall61
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Performance55
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Story55
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.
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Every city leader should read this
- By Richard McKown on 02-15-26
By: Russell Shorto
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A Land So Strange
- The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca
- By: Andres Resendez
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,559
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Performance2,187
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Story2,189
In 1528, a mission set out from Spain to colonize Florida. But the expedition went horribly wrong. Of the 300 men who had embarked on the journey, only four survived....
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A worthwhile listen
- By Blake on 07-10-13
By: Andres Resendez
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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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Mayflower
- A Story of Courage, Community, and War
- By: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,971
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Performance2,152
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Story2,144
"Vivid and remarkably fresh...Philbrick has recast the Pilgrims for the ages." --The New York Times Book Review Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history New York Times Book Review Top Ten books of the Year How did America begin? That simple question launches the acclaimed author of Bunker Hill...
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Fascinating book about a little-understood time
- By John M on 02-04-07
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That Dark and Bloody River
- Chronicles of the Ohio River Valley
- By: Allan W. Eckert
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 35 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall320
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Performance274
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Story274
An epic novel by an award-winning author chronicles the settling of the Ohio River Valley, home to the defiant Shawnee Indians, who vow to defend their land against the seemingly unstoppable. They came on foot and by horseback, in wagons and on rafts, singly and by the score, restless...
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Fascinating Look at a forgotten chapter of history
- By Chidwick on 07-25-19
By: Allan W. Eckert
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Bunker Hill
- A City, a Siege, a Revolution
- By: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,105
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Performance1,856
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Story1,853
The bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, Mayflower, and In the Hurricane's Eye tells the story of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution, in this "masterpiece of narrative and perspective." (Boston Globe) In the opening volume of his acclaimed American Revolution series...
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Another Fantastic Story by Philbrick
- By Rick on 09-30-13
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The Island at the Center of the World
- The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America
- By: Russell Shorto
- Narrated by: Russell Shorto
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall600
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Performance527
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Story524
In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today. In the late 1960s, an archivist in the New York State Library made an astounding discovery...
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Incomplete history, but fun. Performance is poor.
- By Matthew on 11-27-18
By: Russell Shorto
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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....
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The Swamp Fox - Francis Marion
- By Stephen on 06-07-17
By: John Oller
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War on the Run: The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier
- By: John F. Ross
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 21 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall253
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Performance220
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Story220
Often hailed as the godfather of today's elite special forces, Robert Rogers trained and led an unorthodox unit of green provincials, raw woodsmen, farmers, and Indian scouts on "impossible" missions in colonial America that are still the stuff of soldiers' legend....
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WOW!!!
- By Olaf the Black on 11-23-18
By: John F. Ross
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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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Crucible of War
- The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
- By: Fred Anderson
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 29 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall695
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Performance601
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Story604
In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War - long seen as a mere backdrop to the American Revolution - takes on a whole new significance. Relating the history of the war as it developed, Anderson shows how the complex array of forces brought into conflict helped both....
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A Detailed History
- By Daniel on 07-15-18
By: Fred Anderson
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His Excellency
- George Washington
- By: Joseph J. Ellis
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,004
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Performance629
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Story630
From the French and Indian War to Mount Vernon, from the American Revolution to the presidency, Ellis delivers what will stand as the definitive biography of the greatest American icon....
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Ellis is a known liar
- By Theresa on 02-21-05
By: Joseph J. Ellis
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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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Overall2,080
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Performance1,069
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Story1,058
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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American History, Volume 1
- 1492-1877
- By: Thomas S. Kidd
- Narrated by: Craig Hinkle
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall57
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Performance46
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Story46
American History, Volume 1 surveys the broad sweep of American history. Drawing on a deep range of research and years of classroom teaching experience, Thomas S. Kidd offers students an engaging overview of the first half of American history....
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American history warts and all from a Christian perspective.
- By Charlesj on 06-13-23
By: Thomas S. Kidd
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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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American Colonies: The Settling of North America
- Penguin History of the United States, Book 1
- By: Alan Taylor
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 21 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall528
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Performance457
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Story455
In the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States series, edited by Eric Foner, Alan Taylor challenges the traditional story of colonial history by examining the many cultures that helped make America, from the native inhabitants from millennia past through the decades of Western...
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Excellent ..
- By aintbuyinit on 09-03-18
By: Alan Taylor
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The First Frontier
- The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery, and Endurance in Early America
- By: Scott Weidensaul
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall392
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Performance346
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Story346
Frontier: the word carries the inevitable scent of the West. But before Custer or Lewis and Clark, before the first Conestoga wagons rumbled across the Plains, it was the East that marked the frontier....
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Too PC
- By Eric on 07-24-13
By: Scott Weidensaul
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King Philip's War
- The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict
- By: Eric B. Schultz, Michael J. Tougias, Nathaniel Philbrick - foreword
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall82
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Performance68
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Story68
The harrowing story of one of America's first and costliest wars - featuring a new foreword by best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick....
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Indian Good; White Man Bad
- By Gary M. Hale on 06-04-21
By: Eric B. Schultz, and others
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The History of Florida
- By: Michael Gannon - editor
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 20 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance13
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Story13
This is the heralded "definitive history" of Florida. No other book so fully or accurately captures the highs and lows, the grandeur and the craziness, the horrors and the glories of the past 500 years in the Land of Sunshine....
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Florida has a History of constant changes
- By TD on 02-09-25
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Being Thomas Jefferson
- An Intimate History
- By: Andrew Burstein
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 17 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
Jefferson was a soft-spoken man who recoiled from direct conflict, yet a master puppeteer in politics. Whenever he left Monticello, where he could control his environment, he suffered debilitating headaches, until he finally retired from public life. So, what did it feel like to be Thomas Jefferson?
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Biased view
- By Don B. on 03-02-26
By: Andrew Burstein
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The Ride
- Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America
- By: Kostya Kennedy
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall45
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Performance42
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Story42
“Audiobook narrator Johnny Heller has a brisk, ardent manner, moving through events at a spirited trot, conveying the urgency and high stakes of Revere’s mission.”—The Washington Post Timed for the 250th anniversary of one of America’s most famous founding events: Paul Revere’s...
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Great read on Paul Revere
- By Fred on 04-19-25
By: Kostya Kennedy
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The Witches
- Salem, 1692
- By: Stacy Schiff
- Narrated by: Eliza Foss
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall877
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Performance777
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Story775
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the #1 national bestseller Cleopatra unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials. “The Witches is the fullest and finest story ever told about Salem in 1692, and no one else could tell it with the otherworldly flair of Stacy Schiff.” ―Joseph J. Ellis...
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Really annoying narration
- By MAG on 11-10-15
By: Stacy Schiff
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The World That Made New Orleans
- From Spanish Silver to Congo Square
- By: Ned Sublette
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall251
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Performance227
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Story226
Offering a new perspective on the unique cultural influences of New Orleans, this entertaining history captures the soul of the city and reveals its impact on the rest of the nation....
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great book; terrible "performance"
- By WGNYC on 11-28-17
By: Ned Sublette
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Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul
- Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty
- By: John M. Barry
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall221
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Performance200
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Story199
This is a story of power, set against Puritan America and the English Civil War.....
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Fascinating Story and Legacy
- By Bruce on 04-11-12
By: John M. Barry