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"New York Times"-bestselling author Dean and the son of conservative icon Barry Goldwater come together to show why Goldwater matters. Unabridged. 2 MP3 CDs.
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This question obsessed Renaissance writers, none more than Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, perhaps the first recognizably modern individual. A nobleman, public official, and winegrower, he wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought and experience, unlike anything written before. He called them essays, meaning ?attempts? or ?tries.? He put whatever was in his head into them: his tastes in wine and ...
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A fierce and controversial Civil War officer, the unschooled but brilliant Nathan Bedford Forrest revolutionized the way armies fought in the course of his rise from private to lieutenant general in the Confederate Army.
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Paul Cartledge, one of the worlds foremost scholars of ancient Greece, illuminates the brief but iconic life of Alexander the Great, cutting through the myths to show why he was such a great leader.
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Told with grace and masterly detail, Crawford's unprecedented and engrossing personal look at Thomas Jefferson in his final years is sure to change the way audiences think about this true American icon. Unabridged. 1 MP3 CD.
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Eyewitness accounts, memoirs, and reports of military officers form this riveting narrative of William Clarke Quantrill, a quiet Ohio schoolteacher who became the most notorious guerrilla of the Civil War.
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This new addition to Wesley Clark's Great Generals series features the principal architect of the Allied invasion of Europe during World War II and his relevance today
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Here is Stalin the supreme dictator in the making, a darkly turbulent, charismatic young man fancying himself a poet and a priest and finally embracing revolutionary idealism as his Messianic mission in life.
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From the New York Times bestselling and controversial author Shelby Steele comes an illuminating examination of the complex racial issues surrounding presidential candidate Barack Obama.
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A former CIA director offers a riveting glimpse into the complicated relationship between U.S. Presidents and their chiefs of intelligence.In never before told anecdotes, Admiral Turner takes the reader inside the White House, into closed door meetings and tense discussions, showing the workings of the US government with a kind of understanding that comes from being an intimate of many high-level
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In this dazzling debut, a bright, young historian presents the rags-to-riches story of a beautiful woman's overwhelming determination to be a star. Unabridged. 2 MP3 CDs.
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The immortalized Band of Brothers suffered huge casualties while liberating Europe, an unparalleled record of bravery under fire. Dick Winters was their commanders, and only he was present from the activation of Easy Company until the war's end. This is their story, told in his words for the first time.
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Laura Claridge has written the first biography of the high society woman who became an advocate for the middle class and immigrant Americans. Today, almost a half century after the writers death, the name Emily Post remains a touchstone of twenty-first century Americans.
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In Socrates in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Socrates' life and ideas and explains their influence on mans struggle to understand his existence in the world.
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Winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize, Foreman's bestselling "The Duchess" is a penetrating, marvelously written account of Lady Georgiana Spencer.
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Born in 1725 to Italian and Spanish parentage, Giacomo Casanova lived a long and exciting life. As a scholar and an adventurer, he traveled widely throughout Europe and Russia associating with rulers and Kings. For a time he was in the service of the army and he became a great political stirrer. But he vacillated between fortune and misfortune, often resorting to gaming and loafing about. But Casa
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The plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy has been shrouded in secrecy and deceit, leading most Americans to doubt the veracity of the Warren Commission's findings.
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Based on over 100 hours of interviews with Fidel Castro conducted over three years, this audiobook is as close to a memoir as one will ever get from the Cuban leader. Castro speaks with raw frankness about the events of his extraordinary life and the legacy he hopes to leave behind. Unabridged. 3 MP3 CDs.
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Robert W. Merry, the president and publisher of Congressional Quarterly, Inc., examines how, in a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America's Manifest Destiny by expanding its territory across the continent.
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The true story of Allied airmen who plot a massive escape from Stalag 3, a maximum security prison in World War II. They struggle against overwhelming odds to obtain freedom.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress.
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BOOK DESCRIPTION: Gore Vidal, one of the master stylists of American literature and one of the most acute observers of American life and history, turns his immense literary and historiographic talent to a portrait of the formidable trio of George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. In Fathers of the Republic, Vidal transports the reader into the minds, the living rooms (and bedrooms), th...
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A groundbreaking biography of the man who gave his name to America, "Amerigo"is delivered by one of the worlds most exciting historians, who spins a grandnarrative full of character and story. Unabridged. 8 CDs.
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The true, incredible story of the U.S. Marines in World War II-the toughest fighting men the world has ever seen, in their finest hour.
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Winston Churchill is perhaps the most important political figure of the twentieth century. Studying his life is a fascinating way to imbibe the history of his era and gain insight into key events that have shaped our time. Last of three volumes.
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"Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy," advises Benjamin Franklin, and he was a man who lived up to his own words. Franklin's Autobiography, one of the most regarded works in early American literature, began as a private collection of anecdotes for his son, but was soon transformed from reflective personal journaling into a work of national history. Filled with the inimitable nuances & wi...
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Abridged on 5 CDs Read by Danny Glover
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From one of the bravest and most experienced correspondents in the Middle East, this is the first biography of the formidable Shiite resistance leader destined to shape the future of post-occupation Iraq. Unabridged. 1 MP3 CD.
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Historian Paul Lockhart writes the dramatic story of a forgotten founding father-Baron de Steuben-who whipped the Continental Army into shape to make victory against the British possible.
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In April 1982, Argentina surprised the world by invading the Falkland Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The tiny islands had long been the subject of a fierce territorial dispute between Argentina and the UK, and the occupation escalated into a full-blown conflict between the two countries. This audio book chronicles the conflict from all sides.
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From ABC White House correspondent Raddatz comes the story of a brutal 48-hour firefight that conveys in harrowing detail the effects of war not just on the soldiers but also on the families waiting back home. Unabridged. 1 MP3 CD.
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Told with grace and masterly detail, Alan Pell Crawford's unprecedented and engrossing personal look at the intimate Thomas Jefferson in his final years will change the way audiences think about this true American icon.
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L. Patrick Gray III became the target of one of Watergate's most shocking acts---Nixon's "smoking gun" attempt to have the CIA stop the FBI investigation. Gray's firsthand account of what really happened during his crucial year as acting director of the FBI is based on previously secret documents. Unabridged. 10 CDs.
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In a masterly narrative, historian and novelist Charles Bracelen Flood brings to life the drama of Abraham Lincoln's final year, in which he oversaw the final campaigns of the Civil War, was re-elected president, and laid out his vision for the nation's future in a reunified South and in the expanding West.
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Award-winning historian Holton reveals that the perennially popular "Founding Mother" has been woefully underestimated and that, although staunchly traditional in some areas, she was surprisingly modern, particularly when it came to questions of women's rights.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis has captivated the American public for more than five decades. From her introduction to the world as "debutante of the year" in 1947 to her untimely death in 1994, she has truly remained America's answer to royalty. In America's Queen, the acclaimed biographer of Queen Elizabeth and Princess Grace reveals the real Jackie in a sympathetic but frank portrait of an amazing ...
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Here is the life and times of Martin Luther King Jr. - the pre-eminent leader of a movement that continues to inspire the world many years after his untimely death
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In this dramatic, behind-the-scenes chronicle, Howard Wasdin takes readers deep inside the world of navy SEALs and Special Forces snipers. He combines explosive combat tales with inside details of becoming one of the worlds deadliest snipers.
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Based on ten years of exhaustive research and astonishing new evidencefrom newly-opened archives in Moscow, Siberia, and GeorgiaYoung Stalin is a brilliant pre-history of the USSR from the perspective of those who would bring it into being.
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Mike Huckabee-the former presidential candidate, governor, and pastor, and current talk show host and bestselling author-returns with the perfect gift book. He shares twelve true and heartwarming stories from his past that help recall the real meaning of Christmas.
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John Mosier brings to life the brilliant military strategist Ulysses S. Grant. A modest and unassuming man, Grant never lost a battle, leading the Union to victory over the Confederacy during the Civil War, ultimately becoming President of the reunited states. In this compelling biography, Mosier reveals the man behind the military legend, showing how Grant's creativity and genius off the battlefi...
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General Patton parlayed his family's deep military roots, his World War I experiences, his Olympic exploits, and his passion for freedom to become one of the linchpins of Allied victory in World War II.
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2011 celebrates the bi-centenary of Franz Liszt's birth. His life was as daring and spectacular as his music. Famed throughout Europe as the greatest pianist of the 19th century, Liszt was one of the most original and prophetic composers who ever lived.
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The bestselling author of All the Shah's Men profiles one of the most successful revolutionaries of the modern era, telling the dramatic story of how he seized power in Rwanda and led this shattered country's astonishing recovery.
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