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64,508 titlesBestsellers
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Odyssey
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,177
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Performance1,097
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Story1,097
The legendary Stephen Fry retells the adventures of Odysseus for the fourth and final installment in his internationally bestselling Greek Myths series. Odysseus’s journey from the battlefields of Troy to his home in Ithaca is one of the greatest stories ever told. From the lotus-eaters to the...
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Front-Loaded with Supporting Role Filler
- By Jasonian Forelli on 07-25-25
By: Stephen Fry
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48 Laws of Power
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 23 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26,017
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Performance21,628
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Story21,506
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and...
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You don't have to be a psychopath to like this.
- By Gaggleframpf on 02-25-16
By: Robert Greene
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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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Overall833
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Performance803
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Story803
Focused on those directly affected by the tragedy, The Gales of November is both an emotional tribute to the lives lost and a propulsive, thrilling narrative history of America’s most-mourned maritime disaster.
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Extensive research; suspect editing
- By Anonymous on 12-14-25
By: John U. Bacon
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The Art of Seduction
- An Indispensible Primer on the Ultimate Form of Power
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Jeff David
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Abridged
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Overall6,211
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Performance4,786
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Story4,772
When raised to the level of art, seduction, an indirect and subtle form of power....
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VERY abridged
- By David on 03-19-17
By: Robert Greene
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1929
- Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
- By: Andrew Ross Sorkin
- Narrated by: Andrew Ross Sorkin
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,649
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Performance2,516
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Story2,516
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It is one of the best narrative histories I’ve read.” —The Wall Street Journal A New York Times Notable Book of 2025 One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025 Named a BEST BOOK OF 2025 by The Washington Post, TIME, The Economist, Air Mail...
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Good story- bad reader
- By MGS on 11-19-25
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Extreme Ownership
- How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
- By: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Narrated by: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall76,399
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Performance66,482
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Story66,174
"These guys are intense. And they bring that same fire to their narration in the audiobook. Listen to these insanely competent SEAL officers tell you exactly how to make a team successful through their firsthand experiences in business and combat." - The Hustle An updated edition of the...
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I don't read SEAL Books...
- By Amazon Customer on 02-21-17
By: Jocko Willink, and others
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Odyssey
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,177
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Performance1,097
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Story1,097
The legendary Stephen Fry retells the adventures of Odysseus for the fourth and final installment in his internationally bestselling Greek Myths series. Odysseus’s journey from the battlefields of Troy to his home in Ithaca is one of the greatest stories ever told. From the lotus-eaters to the...
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Front-Loaded with Supporting Role Filler
- By Jasonian Forelli on 07-25-25
By: Stephen Fry
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48 Laws of Power
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 23 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26,017
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Performance21,628
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Story21,506
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and...
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You don't have to be a psychopath to like this.
- By Gaggleframpf on 02-25-16
By: Robert Greene
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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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Overall833
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Performance803
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Story803
Focused on those directly affected by the tragedy, The Gales of November is both an emotional tribute to the lives lost and a propulsive, thrilling narrative history of America’s most-mourned maritime disaster.
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Extensive research; suspect editing
- By Anonymous on 12-14-25
By: John U. Bacon
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The Art of Seduction
- An Indispensible Primer on the Ultimate Form of Power
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Jeff David
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Abridged
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Overall6,211
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Performance4,786
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Story4,772
When raised to the level of art, seduction, an indirect and subtle form of power....
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VERY abridged
- By David on 03-19-17
By: Robert Greene
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1929
- Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
- By: Andrew Ross Sorkin
- Narrated by: Andrew Ross Sorkin
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,649
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Performance2,516
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Story2,516
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It is one of the best narrative histories I’ve read.” —The Wall Street Journal A New York Times Notable Book of 2025 One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025 Named a BEST BOOK OF 2025 by The Washington Post, TIME, The Economist, Air Mail...
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Good story- bad reader
- By MGS on 11-19-25
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Extreme Ownership
- How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
- By: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Narrated by: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall76,399
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Performance66,482
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Story66,174
"These guys are intense. And they bring that same fire to their narration in the audiobook. Listen to these insanely competent SEAL officers tell you exactly how to make a team successful through their firsthand experiences in business and combat." - The Hustle An updated edition of the...
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I don't read SEAL Books...
- By Amazon Customer on 02-21-17
By: Jocko Willink, and others
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Children of Ash and Elm
- A History of the Vikings
- By: Neil Price
- Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
- Length: 17 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,797
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Performance1,549
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Story1,544
The Viking Age - from 750 to 1050 saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe....
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Outstanding
- By Than on 10-06-20
By: Neil Price
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Fall of Civilizations
- Stories of Greatness and Decline
- By: Paul Cooper
- Narrated by: Paul Cooper
- Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall227
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Performance204
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Story204
"A treasure trove of myths and terror… Atmospheric as hell… Immersive."-The Times Based on the podcast with over one hundred million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse...
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Great audiobook
- By EquineBallet on 08-03-24
By: Paul Cooper
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A People's History of the United States
- By: Howard Zinn
- Narrated by: Jeff Zinn
- Length: 34 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9,807
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Performance8,309
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Story8,322
THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER ""A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future."" –Howard Fast Historian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United...
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Amateur hour in the production booth
- By Thomas on 11-09-10
By: Howard Zinn
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Ask Not
- The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
- By: Maureen Callahan
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,860
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Performance1,765
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Story1,765
From New York Timesbestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kennedy Curse—the family’s generations-long legacy of misogyny, murder, and mayhem. The Kennedy name has long been synonymous with wealth, power, glamor, and—above all else—integrity. But this...
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Amazing
- By cathy in maryland on 07-29-24
By: Maureen Callahan
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The Small and the Mighty
- Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
- By: Sharon McMahon
- Narrated by: Sharon McMahon
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,389
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Performance1,339
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Story1,339
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From America’s favorite government teacher, a “fascinating and fun” (Adam Grant) portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country. In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are...
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Conflicted
- By Sarah Over on 12-06-24
By: Sharon McMahon
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Black AF History
- The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
- By: Michael Harriot
- Narrated by: Michael Harriot
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,526
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Performance2,361
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Story2,361
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. America’s backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted in our...
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LOVE It!
- By KMB on 09-29-23
By: Michael Harriot
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Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall57,383
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Performance48,998
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Story48,677
#1 New York Times Bestseller New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama and Bill Gates Official U.S. edition From renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and...
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Should be required reading
- By Blue Zion on 12-22-18
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The Anglo-Saxons
- A History of the Beginnings of England: 400 - 1066
- By: Marc Morris
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,108
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Performance978
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Story974
A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national best-selling author Marc Morris....
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"Pretty Good"
- By Stephen on 05-30-21
By: Marc Morris
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Astor
- The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
- By: Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe
- Narrated by: Anderson Cooper
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,416
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Performance1,274
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Story1,273
The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune. The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story—of ambition, invention, destruction, and...
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A family first made, then destroyed by wealth.
- By Barbara W. on 09-23-23
By: Anderson Cooper, and others
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Once Upon a Time
- The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
- By: Elizabeth Beller
- Narrated by: Emily Tremaine
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall334
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Performance317
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Story317
The inspiration for the FX series Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette A NEW YORK TIMES, LOS ANGELES TIMES, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER This “intimate and sympathetic portrait of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy that is as enthralling as she was” (Dana Thomas, New York Times bestselling...
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Exaggeratingly Fawning
- By NedNickelson on 05-22-24
By: Elizabeth Beller
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America's Founding Son
- John Quincy Adams, from President to Political Maverick
- By: Bob Crawford
- Narrated by: Bob Crawford
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
An accessible and entertaining biography of our nation’s greatest public servant and original political maverick John Quincy Adams, from the bassist of the Grammy-nominated band the Avett Brothers. During the tumultuous period between the era of the Founding Fathers and the disunion of the...
By: Bob Crawford
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The Other Man
- John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette, and Me
- By: Michael Bergin
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Michael Bergin's account of the years he and Carolyn Bessette shared—revisiting the years dramatized in FX's Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette Would she be alive today? Would we be together? Would we have been happy? Before she was Mrs. John F. Kennedy Jr. — before the...
By: Michael Bergin
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India
- 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent
- By: Audrey Truschke
- Narrated by: Audrey Truschke
- Length: 24 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance16
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Story16
India provides a dazzling new history of the Indian subcontinent and its diverse peoples in global context—from antiquity to today.
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Good narration though not completely accurate
- By Sachit Vempati on 01-31-26
By: Audrey Truschke
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Between Two Rivers
- Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History
- By: Moudhy Al-Rashid
- Narrated by: Moudhy Al-Rashid
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance19
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Story19
Thousands of years ago, in a part of the world we now call ancient Mesopotamia, people began writing things down for the very first time. What they left behind, in a vast region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, preserves leaps in human ingenuity.
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Excellent!
- By Pam P. on 02-06-26
By: Moudhy Al-Rashid
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The Devil's Chessboard
- Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
- By: David Talbot
- Narrated by: Peter Altschuler
- Length: 25 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,505
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Performance2,196
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Story2,201
An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the most powerful—and secretive—colossus in Washington, from the founder of Salon.com and author of the New York Times bestseller Brothers. America’s greatest untold story: the United States’...
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Disturbing. Makes you question the company line.
- By KTS on 02-06-16
By: David Talbot
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The Professor and The Madman
- A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
- By: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,299
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Performance4,085
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Story4,100
A New York Times Notable Book The Professor and the Madman is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary—and literary history. The making of the OED was one of the most ambitious projects...
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Perfect example of a quality audible book.
- By Jerry on 07-07-03
By: Simon Winchester
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Empires of the Steppes
- By: Kenneth W. Harl
- Narrated by: Corey M. Snow
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall190
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Performance168
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Story168
A narrative history of how Attila, Genghis Khan and the so-called barbarians of the steppes shaped world civilization. The barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes have played a decisive role in world history, but their achievements have gone largely unnoticed. These nomadic tribes have produced...
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Excellent material, well-written, interesting, but spoiled by inept narrator.
- By La Californienne Nord on 10-27-23
By: Kenneth W. Harl
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Women in War
- A Gripping Collection of the Untold True Stories of History’s Bravest Women Warriors
- By: David Yuzuk
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance26
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Story26
Women in War uncovers over twenty raw, true accounts of the fearless women who fought and served, from ancient battlefields to the jungles of Vietnam and the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Must Read. Really!
- By Phoenician on 08-15-25
By: David Yuzuk
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A Marriage at Sea
- A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
- By: Sophie Elmhirst
- Narrated by: Marisa Calin
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall703
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Performance669
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Story669
THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025 A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025 ALSO NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2025 BY NPR, VOGUE, TIME MAGAZINE, THE NEW YORKER, AND MORE “This is nonfiction that reads like fiction – the best kind. Elmhirst’s...
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Interesting survival story
- By Mark on 07-13-25
By: Sophie Elmhirst
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Mythos
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16,725
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Performance14,345
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Story14,274
Mythos is a modern collection of Greek myths, stylishly retold by legendary writer, actor, and comedian Stephen Fry. Fry transforms the adventures of Zeus and the Olympians into emotionally resonant and deeply funny stories, without losing any of their original wonder. This stunning book...
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Please, will you tell me a story?
- By L. Kampp on 09-24-19
By: Stephen Fry
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Chaos
- Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
- By: Tom O'Neill, Dan Piepenbring
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14,767
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Performance12,938
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Story12,911
A journalist's twenty-year fascination with the Manson murders leads to shocking new revelations about the FBI's involvement in this riveting reassessment of an infamous case in American history. Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people...
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Don't fall for the negative reviews...
- By Visualverbs on 08-04-19
By: Tom O'Neill, and others
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Project Maven
- A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare
- By: Katrina Manson
- Narrated by: Katrina Manson
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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The dramatic story of the secretive decade-long Pentagon campaign to bring AI-powered targeting systems onto the battlefield.
By: Katrina Manson
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Ghosts of Honolulu
- A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
- By: Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll
- Narrated by: Mark Harmon
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall380
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Performance349
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Story349
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Read by the author. "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account." — Publishers Weekly A U.S. naval counterintelligence officer working to safeguard Pearl Harbor; a Japanese spy ordered to Hawaii to gather information on the American fleet. On...
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Stay away
- By Michele Berry on 11-20-23
By: Mark Harmon, and others
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Korean Mythology Collection
- The Stories, Folklore, Fairy Tales, Folktales, and History of Korea
- By: William Elliot Griffis, Im Bang, Yi Ryuk, and others
- Narrated by: James Francis Markert
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance20
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Story20
Dive deep into the enchanting world of Korean mythology with this comprehensive collection that brings together three classic works on Korea's rich tapestry of tales, legends, and folklore. Whether you're a lover of mythology or otherwise, this collection offers a treasure trove of stories....
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Entertaining and informative
- By S A Smith on 11-14-23
By: William Elliot Griffis, and others
New releases
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We the Women
- The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America
- By: Norah O'Donnell, Kate Andersen Brower
- Narrated by: Norah O'Donnell
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance40
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Story40
A vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for freedom and helped shape a more perfect union “This terrific book reveals the central, though often hidden role that women have played at every stage of our country’s history...
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Inspiring
- By Jennifer Predmore on 03-10-26
By: Norah O'Donnell, and others
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Love Thy Stranger
- How the Teachings of Jesus Transformed the Moral Conscience of the West
- By: Bart D. Ehrman, Bart D. Ehrman - introduction
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Story6
From the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus comes a surprising history of Jesus’ most radical commandment—a new kind of altruism—tracing how the extraordinary duty to love even those who are strangers to us has shaped our world and our lives. When we donate money to...
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Love Thy Ehrman
- By Amazon Customer on 03-26-26
By: Bart D. Ehrman, and others
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Raised on Radio
- Power Ballads, Cocaine & Payola – the AOR Glory Years 1976-1986
- By: Paul Rees
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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Story8
A massively entertaining oral biography of the golden era of critically derided yet monumentally popular radio rock, when Journey, Boston, REO Speedwagon, Toto, and more ruled the airwaves Paul Rees’s Raised on Radio is, remarkably, the first biography of AOR (“Album-Oriented Rock”)...
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Many bands ignored
- By Bobbin Beam on 03-23-26
By: Paul Rees
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Alexander Graham Bell and the First Phone Call
- By: W. Bernard Carlson, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: W. Bernard Carlson
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall17
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Performance14
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Story14
The invention of the telephone changed the world. That’s no exaggeration. Phones are such ubiquitous features of our lives now that it can be difficult to imagine life without them, or to understand just how astonishing this invention truly was in the 19th century.
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Good 6-part book on the Times and Life of Alexander Graham Bell
- By Siobhan Dolen on 03-06-26
By: W. Bernard Carlson, and others
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Stay Alive
- Berlin, 1939-1945
- By: Ian Buruma
- Narrated by: Ian Buruma
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Story6
An astonishing account of life under a murderous regime amid a great city’s descent into utter annihilation In 1939, when Ian Buruma’s epic opens, Berlin has been under Nazi rule for six years, and its 4.3 million people have made their accommodations to the regime, more or less. When war...
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Important book
- By Robin Cornwell on 03-25-26
By: Ian Buruma
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Red Dawn over China
- How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
- By: Frank Dikötter
- Narrated by: Daniel York Loh
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
The history of modern China has long been portrayed as a tale of Communists fighting in the hills for freedom, gradually gaining popular support by taking land from the rich and giving it to the poor. Drawing on a wealth of archival evidence, Red Dawn Over China reveals how unlikely the Party's victory actually was, had it not been for financial and military support from the Soviet Union.
By: Frank Dikötter
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We the Women
- The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America
- By: Norah O'Donnell, Kate Andersen Brower
- Narrated by: Norah O'Donnell
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance40
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Story40
A vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for freedom and helped shape a more perfect union “This terrific book reveals the central, though often hidden role that women have played at every stage of our country’s history...
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Inspiring
- By Jennifer Predmore on 03-10-26
By: Norah O'Donnell, and others
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Love Thy Stranger
- How the Teachings of Jesus Transformed the Moral Conscience of the West
- By: Bart D. Ehrman, Bart D. Ehrman - introduction
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Story6
From the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus comes a surprising history of Jesus’ most radical commandment—a new kind of altruism—tracing how the extraordinary duty to love even those who are strangers to us has shaped our world and our lives. When we donate money to...
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Love Thy Ehrman
- By Amazon Customer on 03-26-26
By: Bart D. Ehrman, and others
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Raised on Radio
- Power Ballads, Cocaine & Payola – the AOR Glory Years 1976-1986
- By: Paul Rees
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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Story8
A massively entertaining oral biography of the golden era of critically derided yet monumentally popular radio rock, when Journey, Boston, REO Speedwagon, Toto, and more ruled the airwaves Paul Rees’s Raised on Radio is, remarkably, the first biography of AOR (“Album-Oriented Rock”)...
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Many bands ignored
- By Bobbin Beam on 03-23-26
By: Paul Rees
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Alexander Graham Bell and the First Phone Call
- By: W. Bernard Carlson, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: W. Bernard Carlson
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall17
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Performance14
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Story14
The invention of the telephone changed the world. That’s no exaggeration. Phones are such ubiquitous features of our lives now that it can be difficult to imagine life without them, or to understand just how astonishing this invention truly was in the 19th century.
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Good 6-part book on the Times and Life of Alexander Graham Bell
- By Siobhan Dolen on 03-06-26
By: W. Bernard Carlson, and others
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Stay Alive
- Berlin, 1939-1945
- By: Ian Buruma
- Narrated by: Ian Buruma
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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An astonishing account of life under a murderous regime amid a great city’s descent into utter annihilation In 1939, when Ian Buruma’s epic opens, Berlin has been under Nazi rule for six years, and its 4.3 million people have made their accommodations to the regime, more or less. When war...
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Important book
- By Robin Cornwell on 03-25-26
By: Ian Buruma
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Red Dawn over China
- How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
- By: Frank Dikötter
- Narrated by: Daniel York Loh
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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The history of modern China has long been portrayed as a tale of Communists fighting in the hills for freedom, gradually gaining popular support by taking land from the rich and giving it to the poor. Drawing on a wealth of archival evidence, Red Dawn Over China reveals how unlikely the Party's victory actually was, had it not been for financial and military support from the Soviet Union.
By: Frank Dikötter
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Black Out Loud
- The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy from Vaudeville to '90s Sitcoms
- By: Geoff Bennett
- Narrated by: Geoff Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Narrated by the author, Geoff Bennett The award-winning co-anchor of PBS NewsHour presents a sweeping and insightful retrospective on the history of Black comedy in America. Black comedians have long played a pivotal role in shaping the American sense of humor. The 1990s showcased a golden era...
By: Geoff Bennett
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Project Maven
- A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare
- By: Katrina Manson
- Narrated by: Katrina Manson
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. Led by a Marine Corps colonel haunted by the deaths of US troops and prospect of AI-enhanced rivals, the Project Maven team raced to send AI into combat, igniting controversy and forever changing the US military. Summoning the mayhem of a tech startup, the group wrestled Pentagon bureaucrats and each other, enlisted an initially reluctant Silicon Valley, and convinced US forces to deploy little-tested AI systems in hot wars.
By: Katrina Manson
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Judy Blume
- A Life
- By: Mark Oppenheimer
- Narrated by: Molly Ringwald, Mark Oppenheimer
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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Story9
The highly anticipated biography of one of the world’s most treasured literary voices, showcasing a life as triumphant and inspiring as the stories she crafted. To know the name Judy Blume is to know and love literature. Her influential novels turned classics—including Are You There God?...
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Oppenheimer Falls short
- By Anne on 03-21-26
By: Mark Oppenheimer
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The Cultural Tutor’s Grand Tour: The Story of Europe in Six Cities
- By: Cup and Nuzzle, Sheehan Quirke
- Narrated by: Sheehan Quirke
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance14
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Story14
In The Cultural Tutor’s Grand Tour, the ephemera of the everyday opens up to reveal a world of high art and low cunning - where a love affair can trigger a World War, a lamp-post can birth a cathedral, and a cup of coffee can take you on a journey of a thousand years. In the 18th Century, young English gentlemen would embark on Grand Tours - educational journeys to foreign climes, absorbing the sights, sounds and stories that defined them. But we get it - you’re busy. These days, all you need to see the world is a pair of headphones.
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History meets storytelling
- By daytimer on 03-18-26
By: Cup and Nuzzle, and others
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The Beginning Comes After the End
- Notes on a World of Change
- By: Rebecca Solnit
- Narrated by: Rebecca Solnit
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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Rebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century. In this sequel to her enduring bestseller Hope in the Dark, Solnit surveys a world that has changed dramatically since the year 1960. Despite the forces seeking to turn back the clock on history, change is not a possibility; it is an inevitability.
By: Rebecca Solnit
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America's Founding Son
- John Quincy Adams, from President to Political Maverick
- By: Bob Crawford
- Narrated by: Bob Crawford
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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An accessible and entertaining biography of our nation’s greatest public servant and original political maverick John Quincy Adams, from the bassist of the Grammy-nominated band the Avett Brothers. During the tumultuous period between the era of the Founding Fathers and the disunion of the...
By: Bob Crawford
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A Fate Worse than Hell
- American Prisoners of the Civil War
- By: W. Fitzhugh Brundage
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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It is newly estimated that 750,000 soldiers died in the American Civil War. But less well-known than the war’s death toll are the roughly 400,000 Union and Confederate troops who were captured and imprisoned. Many POWs died from starvation, dysentery, and exposure, and at the worst of the prison pens, more than 30,000 soldiers were caged in the equivalent of ten city blocks. Against the backdrop of a brutal internecine conflict, the Civil War’s prison camps were a harrowing milestone in the history of mass dehumanization.
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A Book (Expanded Edition)
- The Outspoken Memoirs of the Man Who “Loved Lucy”—and Revolutionized Television (Exclusive New Material with Commentary by Lucie Arnaz)
- By: Desi Arnaz, Lucie Arnaz, Kate Luckinbill - introduction
- Narrated by: Gregory Santos
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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Story5
Now featuring exclusive new material including excerpts from Desi Arnaz’s unpublished second memoir and commentary by daughter Lucie Arnaz, here is the expanded edition of the New York Times bestselling memoir of Cuban American entertainment legend, TV pioneer, and I Love Lucy star Desi Arnaz...
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One of the best books I’ve ever read.
- By Kristopher's Korner on 03-09-26
By: Desi Arnaz, and others
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The Information State
- Politics in the Age of Total Control
- By: Jacob Siegel
- Narrated by: Jacob Siegel
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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We’re often told that disinformation is everywhere and that it’s endangering our democracy. But what if the war on disinformation itself is really just a weapon to squash any and all legitimate dissent? This program is read by the author. The Information State is an incisive examination of...
By: Jacob Siegel
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The Four Heavens
- A New History of the Ancient Maya
- By: David Stuart
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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The Four Heavens brings to life the cultural and visual splendor of the ancient Maya, drawing on the oldest indigenous texts of the Americas and the latest archaeological discoveries to present an entirely new history of this spectacular civilization. Renowned historian and archaeologist David Stuart, who has made groundbreaking contributions to the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphics, shows how there was no single rise and fall of the Maya but a series of births and collapses over a breathtaking span of nearly three millennia.
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A truly outstanding history of the Maya, written in a thoroughly enjoyable narrative style.
- By JONATHAN B. PONS on 03-25-26
By: David Stuart
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Making Messiah
- How Handel Got His Mojo Back and Created a Masterpiece
- By: Stephen J. Dubner, Zack Lapinski
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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From Freakonomics Radio host Stephen Dubner comes an immersive, insightful audio documentary tracing the creation and enduring legacy of George Frideric Handel's Messiah, which has been called the greatest piece of participatory music ever created. In 2020, Stephen Dubner fell madly in love with...
By: Stephen J. Dubner, and others
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Delusions
- Of Grandeur, of Romance, of Progress
- By: Cazzie David
- Narrated by: Cazzie David
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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In this sharp and darkly funny new essay collection from the New York Times bestselling author, Cazzie David explores the irony and existential crises of leaving youth behind. This program is read by the author. With her thirtieth birthday fast approaching, Cazzie reflects on the delusions that...
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The actual voice of her generation
- By Deicidal999 on 03-23-26
By: Cazzie David
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The Death of Trotsky
- The True Story of the Plot to Kill Stalin's Greatest Enemy
- By: Josh Ireland
- Narrated by: Orlando Wells
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance7
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A LitHub and Parade Most Anticipated Book of the Year For fans of Ben Macintyre and Erik Larson, the gripping story of the assassination of Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky and the deadly game of cat and mouse that preceded it On August 20, 1940, Leon Trotsky invited a man he knew only as...
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Outstanding story telling.
- By John R. Davis on 03-10-26
By: Josh Ireland
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Out of the Sky
- An Untold Story of Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe
- By: Matti Friedman
- Narrated by: Matti Friedman
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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In Out of the Sky, Matti Friedman unravels one of the strangest episodes of World War II: In 1944, a team of young women and men who had escaped the Holocaust made the inconceivable choice to parachute back into Nazi-occupied Europe under the cover of a British military operation. Yet by the end of the mission, not a single Nazi was harmed and not a single Jew was saved, and many of the parachutists died in the process.
By: Matti Friedman
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The American War on Election Corruption
- The Crusade to Restore Trust in Voting
- By: Seth Keshel, Newt Gingrich - foreword
- Narrated by: Seth Keshel, Newt Gingrich
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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The American War on Election Corruption is an investigative exposé revealing the battle to uncover and dismantle systemic fraud threatening the integrity of US elections.
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Seth's grand slam
- By Roxanna Hagerman on 03-12-26
By: Seth Keshel, and others
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No One’s Coming
- The Rogue Heroes Our Government Turns to When There's Nowhere Else to Turn
- By: Kevin Hazzard
- Narrated by: Nick Mills
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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From the award-winning author of American Sirens and A Thousand Naked Strangers comes a real-life thriller about the most daring rescue in air-medical history. JULY 2014. Two American medical volunteers who joined the fight against the deadliest Ebola outbreak in world history have gotten...
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What a great book!
- By Crystal Young on 03-25-26
By: Kevin Hazzard
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Neither Wolf Nor Dog (25th Anniversary Edition)
- On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder
- By: Kent Nerburn
- Narrated by: Tim Conner, Kent Nerburn - foreword
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Against an unflinching backdrop of 1990s reservation life and the majestic spaces of the western Dakotas, Neither Wolf nor Dog tells the story of two men, one white and one Indian, locked in their own understandings yet struggling to find a common voice. In this award-winning book, acclaimed author Kent Nerburn draws us deep into the world of a Native American elder named Dan, who leads Kent through Indian towns and down forgotten roads that swirl with the memories of the Ghost Dance and Sitting Bull.
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Everyone should listen and read
- By Emilie Abbott on 03-27-26
By: Kent Nerburn
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Margaret Beaufort
- Survivor, Rebel, Kingmaker
- By: Lauren Johnson
- Narrated by: Katherine Anderson
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Born into a century of conflict, Margaret Beaufort, the daughter of the Duke of Somerset and a descendant of Edward III, was married at the age of twelve. She was a mother, orphan, and widow by thirteen. She survived the vicissitudes of the Wars of the Roses and two further marriages to see her only son, Henry, ascend the throne of England as the first monarch of the Tudor dynasty. During Henry's reign, she exerted considerable influence at court, and played a part in the upbringing of her grandson, the future Henry VIII. She was a lifelong artistic patron and supporter of academia.
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Historical brilliance
- By Patty Tress on 03-13-26
By: Lauren Johnson
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Lost
- Amelia Earhart's Three Mysterious Deaths and One Extraordinary Life
- By: Rachel Hartigan
- Narrated by: Helen Laser
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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As tantilizing new evidence mounts, Hartigan and her fellow investigators descend deeper into a world of conspiracy and obsession. Through its irresistible characters and prodigious research, Lost reveals not just why we remember Amelia Earhart as a trailblazer and adventurer, but why unsolved mysteries keep us forever searching for answers.
By: Rachel Hartigan
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The Coming Storm
- Power, Conflict, and Warnings from History
- By: Odd Arne Westad
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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A Foreign Policy most anticipated book of the year From a renowned Yale historian comes a chilling look at the looming threat of the next Great Power war and the urgent interventions necessary to avoid it in the twenty-first century. The vast majority of people alive today have come of age in a...
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Bad AI narrator.
- By Joseph Campbell on 03-26-26
By: Odd Arne Westad
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Returning
- A Search for Home Across Three Centuries
- By: Nicholas Lemann
- Narrated by: Nicholas Lemann
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Compulsive, shattering, if not fundamentally disruptive, Returning emerges as one of the most important and searingly honest family sagas of our time.
By: Nicholas Lemann
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The Story of Stories
- The Million-Year History of a Uniquely Human Art
- By: Kevin Ashton
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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An irresistible and enchanting journey through human history—from mankind’s earliest fires to the latest smart phones—that tells the surprising and untold story of storytelling. Joan Didion told us, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” And yet, the story of stories has never...
By: Kevin Ashton
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Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More
- The Last Soviet Generation
- By: Alexei Yurchak
- Narrated by: Bob Johnson
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Soviet socialism was based on paradoxes that were revealed by the peculiar experience of its collapse. To the people who lived in that system the collapse seemed both completely unexpected and completely unsurprising. At the moment of collapse it suddenly became obvious that Soviet life had always seemed simultaneously eternal and stagnating, vigorous and ailing, bleak and full of promise. Although these characteristics may appear mutually exclusive, in fact they were mutually constitutive.
By: Alexei Yurchak
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La splendeur et l'infamie
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Yves Aubert
- Length: 21 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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10 mai 1940. Le jour où Churchill est nommé Premier ministre, Adolf Hitler envahit les Pays-Bas et la Belgique. Au cours de l'année qui suit, l'Allemagne nazie mène contre l'Angleterre une campagne de bombardement d'une intensité inédite. Acculé, le " Vieux Lion " doit préserver à tout prix le moral de son peuple... et convaincre le président Roosevelt d'entraîner les États-Unis dans la guerre.
By: Erik Larson