- Colonial Period (339)
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Season of the Witch
- Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love
- By: David Talbot
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
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Season of the Witch is the first book to fully capture the dark magic of San Francisco in this breathtaking period, when the city radically changed itself - and then revolutionized the world....
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Fascinating overview of an era
- By Rachel on 05-08-2016
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The Gunmen of the American Wild West Collection
- The Life of John Wesley Hardin, Jesse James: The Life Times and Treacherous Death of the Most Infamous Outlaw of All Time, A Cowboy Detective: A True Story of Twenty-Two Years with a World Famous Detective Agency, A Texas Ranger, Life and Adventures of Nat Love, Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick," & Six Years with the Texas Rangers
- By: John Wesley Hardin, Frank Triplett, Charles A. Siringo, and others
- Narrated by: Museum Audiobooks cast
- Length: 44 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The Gunmen of the American Wild West Collection brings to life the history of the frontier west of the Mississippi in the latter parts of the 19th century. The gunmen ranged from lawmen to cowboys, ranchers, and outlaws....
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Where the Deer and the Antelope Play
- The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
- By: Nick Offerman
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors, fueled by three journeys undertaken by actor, humorist, and New York Times best-selling author Nick Offerman....
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Smug liberal sermon
- By Anonymous User on 18-09-2023
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The Run of His Life
- The People v. O.J. Simpson
- By: Jeffrey Toobin
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
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The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting....
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absoultly fantastic
- By Anonymous User on 31-01-2021
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Gangsters of Harlem
- The Gritty Underworld of New York City's Most Famous Neighborhood
- By: Ron Chepesiuk
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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Author Ron Chepesiuk chronicles the little known history of organized crime in Harlem....
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Jim Bridger
- Trailblazer of the American West
- By: Jerry Enzler
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
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Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Fremont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger stands out. A mountain man of the American West, straddling the fur trade era and the age of exploration, he lived the life legends are made of....
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Season of the Witch
- Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love
- By: David Talbot
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Season of the Witch is the first book to fully capture the dark magic of San Francisco in this breathtaking period, when the city radically changed itself - and then revolutionized the world....
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Fascinating overview of an era
- By Rachel on 05-08-2016
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The Gunmen of the American Wild West Collection
- The Life of John Wesley Hardin, Jesse James: The Life Times and Treacherous Death of the Most Infamous Outlaw of All Time, A Cowboy Detective: A True Story of Twenty-Two Years with a World Famous Detective Agency, A Texas Ranger, Life and Adventures of Nat Love, Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick," & Six Years with the Texas Rangers
- By: John Wesley Hardin, Frank Triplett, Charles A. Siringo, and others
- Narrated by: Museum Audiobooks cast
- Length: 44 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The Gunmen of the American Wild West Collection brings to life the history of the frontier west of the Mississippi in the latter parts of the 19th century. The gunmen ranged from lawmen to cowboys, ranchers, and outlaws....
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Where the Deer and the Antelope Play
- The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
- By: Nick Offerman
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors, fueled by three journeys undertaken by actor, humorist, and New York Times best-selling author Nick Offerman....
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Smug liberal sermon
- By Anonymous User on 18-09-2023
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The Run of His Life
- The People v. O.J. Simpson
- By: Jeffrey Toobin
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
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The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting....
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absoultly fantastic
- By Anonymous User on 31-01-2021
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Gangsters of Harlem
- The Gritty Underworld of New York City's Most Famous Neighborhood
- By: Ron Chepesiuk
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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Author Ron Chepesiuk chronicles the little known history of organized crime in Harlem....
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Jim Bridger
- Trailblazer of the American West
- By: Jerry Enzler
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
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Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Fremont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger stands out. A mountain man of the American West, straddling the fur trade era and the age of exploration, he lived the life legends are made of....
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Answer Them Nothing
- Bringing Down the Polygamous Empire of Warren Jeffs
- By: Debra Weyermann
- Narrated by: Kate Marcin
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
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Answer Them Nothing is the story of the victims, activists, prosecutors, judges, cops, and attorneys who in 2001 began the struggle to dismantle the FLDS empire and bring Warren Jeffs and his henchmen to justice. It is a mesmerizing journey into one of America’s darkest corners....
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So shocking and eye opening.
- By Janise Kent on 19-01-2022
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Sun, Sin, Suburbia
- The History of Modern Las Vegas Revised and Expanded
- By: Geoff Schumacher
- Narrated by: Douglas R. Pratt
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Las Vegas is gambling's mecca - Sin City the Entertainment Capital of the World with 40 million visitors a year. But that's just part of the story....
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Not what I was expecting
- By "lipaustralia" on 29-12-2022
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Blood and Thunder
- An Epic of the American West
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: Don Leslie
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes a magnificent history of the American conquest of the West....
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Brilliant
- By CAJowett on 16-12-2020
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Longstreet
- The Confederate General Who Defied the South
- By: Elizabeth Varon
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
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An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruction and became an outcast in the South, Longstreet is the first biography to give proper attention to General James Longstreet long post-Civil War career.
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Motor Spirit: The Long Hunt for the Zodiac
- By: Jarett Kobek
- Narrated by: Iphgenia Baal
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
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There’s a California that everyone imagines, a world of Hollywood glitz and Silicon Valley, and then there’s the real California. The one where everything is the color of dirt. Where the speed freaks gangbang on Haight Street, where evil is lurking, where violence erupts like cystic acne....
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A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear
- The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (and Some Bears)
- By: Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Once upon a time, a group of libertarians got together and hatched the Free Town Project, a plan to take over an American town and completely eliminate its government. In 2004, they set their sights on Grafton, NH, a barely populated settlement with one paved road....
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A slow burn to a satisfying conclusion
- By Kindle Customer on 11-04-2024
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Storm of the Century
- The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
- By: Willie Drye
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1934, hundreds of jobless World War I veterans were sent to the remote Florida Keys to build a highway from Miami to Key West. The Roosevelt Administration was making a genuine effort to help these down-and-out vets. But the attempt to help them turned into a tragedy....
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George Washington's Secret Six
- The Spy Ring That Saved America
- By: Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger
- Narrated by: Brian Kilmeade
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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From the cohost of Fox & Friends, the true story of the anonymous spies who helped win the Revolutionary War....
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Swamp Kings
- The Story of the Murdaugh Family of South Carolina & a Century of Backwoods Power
- By: Jason Ryan
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
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The stranger-than-fiction story of the now-notorious low country clan, in all its Southern Gothic intensity—by an author with unparalleled access to and knowledge of the players, the history, and the place.
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Billy the Kid: An Autobiography
- The Story of Brushy Bill Roberts
- By: Daniel A. Edwards
- Narrated by: Barry Corbin
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1882, a notorious outlaw and a childhood friend of Billy the Kid was released from prison where he had been serving time for killing a Texas Ranger. His freedom finally secured, the outlaw disappeared and was never heard from again....
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The True Billy The Kid Story
- By Benja on 10-08-2023
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Sutherland Springs
- God, Guns, and Hope in a Texas Town
- By: Joe Holley
- Narrated by: Joe Holley
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
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One part Columbine, one part God Save Texas, Joe Holley's riveting, compassionate book examines the 2017 mass shooting at a church in a small Texas town, revealing the struggles and triumphs of these fellow Texans long after the satellite news trucks have gone....
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Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon
- Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops, and the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream
- By: David McGowan
- Narrated by: Bill Fike
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The very strange but nevertheless true story of the dark underbelly of a 1960s hippie utopia. Laurel Canyon in the 1960s and early 1970s was a magical place....
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2.5 stars
- By Hannah Gardner on 27-09-2020
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Love Lies
- A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs
- By: Amanda Lamb
- Narrated by: Chloe Cannon
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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When Nancy Cooper moved from Canada to Cary, North Carolina, with her new husband Brad, their future was bright. Living in one of the most picturesque towns in the United States, the couple mingled with neighbors, attended parties, and raised two daughters....
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The Midnight Assassin
- Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer
- By: Skip Hollandsworth
- Narrated by: Clint Jordan
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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A sweeping narrative history of a terrifying serial killer - America's first - who stalked Austin, Texas, in 1885....
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The Battle of Dranesville
- Early War in Northern Virginia, December 1861
- By: Ryan T. Quint
- Narrated by: Bob Neufeld
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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After the guns of Manassas fell silent, the opposing armies grappled for position wondering what would come next. Popular history has us believe that daily briefings reported something along the lines of “All quiet along the Potomac.” Reality was altogether different.
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Revelation, Resistance, and Mormon Polygamy
- The Introduction and Implementation of the Principle, 1830-1853
- By: Merina Smith
- Narrated by: Lisa Baney
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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In Revelation, Resistance, and Mormon Polygamy, historian Merina Smith explores the introduction of polygamy in Nauvoo, a development that unfolded amid scandal and resistance....
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Polygamy on the Pedernales
- Lyman Wight's Mormon Village in Antebellum Texas
- By: Melvin C Johnson
- Narrated by: Don Coltrane
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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In the wake of Joseph Smith Jr.’s murder in 1844, his following splintered, and some allied themselves with a maverick Mormon apostle, Lyman Wight....
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Waco
- A Survivor's Story
- By: David Thibodeau, Leon Whiteson, Aviva Layton
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the siege at Waco, an updated reissue of the critically acclaimed A Place Called Waco by Branch Davidian survivor David Thibodeau....
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A very unbalanced account...
- By Rachael M on 27-03-2020
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Singular Sensation
- The Triumph of Broadway
- By: Michael Riedel
- Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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The 1990s was a decade of profound change on Broadway. At the dawn of the '90s, the British invasion of Broadway was in full swing, as musical spectacles like Les Miserables, Cats, and The Phantom of the Opera dominated the box office....
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Truman
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 54 hrs and 11 mins
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Hailed by critics as an American masterpiece, David McCullough's sweeping biography of Harry S. Truman captured the heart of the nation....
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Excellent
- By StuartR on 22-05-2019
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Alexander Hamilton: One of the Most Influential Founding Fathers. The Entire Life Story
- Great Biographies
- By: The History Hour
- Narrated by: Jerry Beebe
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Alexander Hamilton started his life in the British West Indies. His story seems like a classic tale from rags to riches, of a poor boy whose hard work and perseverance allowed him to become one of the greatest historical figures of a nation....
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Kingdom Quarterback
- Patrick Mahomes, the Kansas City Chiefs, and How a Once Swingin' Cow Town Chased the Ultimate Comeback
- By: Mark Dent, Rustin Dodd
- Narrated by: Kemet Coleman
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
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Mark Dent and Rustin Dodd bring their deep connection to the city and football expertise to create a book about an entertaining subject—the rebirth of a city, a team’s triumph, and how Patrick Mahomes, and the team he led, were exactly what was needed to bring Kansas City back together again....
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Five Floors Up
- The Heroic Family Story of Four Generations in the FDNY
- By: Brian McDonald
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan, Brian McDonald
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Rescue Me meets Blue Bloods in this riveting social history of the New York City Fire Department told from the perspective of the Feehan family, who served in the FDNY for four generations and counting....
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Love Me to Death
- The Chilling True Story of WIlliam “Wild Bill Cody” Neal—The Vicious Denver Lady-Killer
- By: Steve Jackson
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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William Neal, who called himself "Wild Bill Cody," was seductive and skillful at separating love-struck women from their money, and ultimately, their lives....
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I love the narrator
- By Anonymous User on 20-06-2023
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Dairyland Haunts and Homicide: Wisconsin's Dark Mysteries
- Anomalous, Book 3
- By: Rayvn Salvador
- Narrated by: Skye Alley
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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What dark secrets lie hidden within the heart of America's Dairyland? From the shadows of Milwaukee's urban landscape to the quiet forests of the Northwoods, this captivating true-story anthology explores the more sinister sides of Wisconsin's history. Uncover the twisted tales of notorious killers, delve into the unsolved mysteries of vanished souls, and journey through the haunted halls of some historical landmarks, where restless spirits linger and ghostly apparitions roam.
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Gunflint Falling
- Blowdown in the Boundary Waters
- By: Cary J. Griffith
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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On July 4, 1999, in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a bizarre confluence of meteorological events resulted in the most damaging blowdown in the region's history. Gunflint Falling tells the story of this devastating storm from the perspectives of those who were on the ground before, during, and after the catastrophic event.
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The Old Mountain Spell Book
- Exploring Appalachian Folklore and Magic: Hoodoo, Rootwork, and Moon Spells
- By: Alda Dagny
- Narrated by: Irinka Reade
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Perhaps you have heard murmurs surrounding Appalachian folklore, and this has piqued your interest, and you've decided you want to learn more. Or maybe you are a passionate reader of magic, witchcraft, and folklore, and you're searching for a new phenomenon to learn about. Appalachian folk magic is a rich tapestry of mystery and magic, yet despite this, there are very few sources of information to choose from.
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The Battle of Dranesville
- Early War in Northern Virginia, December 1861
- By: Ryan T. Quint
- Narrated by: Bob Neufeld
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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After the guns of Manassas fell silent, the opposing armies grappled for position wondering what would come next. Popular history has us believe that daily briefings reported something along the lines of “All quiet along the Potomac.” Reality was altogether different. In fact, the fall and early winter of 1861 was a hotbed of activity that culminated in the December combat at Dranesville. The Union victory—sorely needed after the string of defeats at Bull Run, Wilson’s Creek, and Ball’s Bluff—was small when measured against what was to come; it also helped shape the bloody years to follow.
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History of Louisiana: A Captivating Guide to Everything from Native Americans, Cajuns, and Creoles to the Louisiana Purchase, Battle of New Orleans, and More
- U.S. States
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Saffir
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Embark on a journey through the heart and soul of America with this captivating exploration of a state whose history vibrates through the cities and whispers in the bayous. This narrative isn't just a recount of events; its an immersive voyage into a cultural melting pot that has significantly shaped America's identity.
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The Birthplace of Hilton Head Island in South Carolina
- An Island That Is Filled with Great History
- By: Charles J James Jr.
- Narrated by: Dave Henthorn
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Hilton Head Island is a place that is filled with great history. An island that only a very few know exists. But it's an island that is very big, in the heart of its culture.
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Dairyland Haunts and Homicide: Wisconsin's Dark Mysteries
- Anomalous, Book 3
- By: Rayvn Salvador
- Narrated by: Skye Alley
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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What dark secrets lie hidden within the heart of America's Dairyland? From the shadows of Milwaukee's urban landscape to the quiet forests of the Northwoods, this captivating true-story anthology explores the more sinister sides of Wisconsin's history. Uncover the twisted tales of notorious killers, delve into the unsolved mysteries of vanished souls, and journey through the haunted halls of some historical landmarks, where restless spirits linger and ghostly apparitions roam.
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Gunflint Falling
- Blowdown in the Boundary Waters
- By: Cary J. Griffith
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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On July 4, 1999, in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a bizarre confluence of meteorological events resulted in the most damaging blowdown in the region's history. Gunflint Falling tells the story of this devastating storm from the perspectives of those who were on the ground before, during, and after the catastrophic event.
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The Old Mountain Spell Book
- Exploring Appalachian Folklore and Magic: Hoodoo, Rootwork, and Moon Spells
- By: Alda Dagny
- Narrated by: Irinka Reade
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Perhaps you have heard murmurs surrounding Appalachian folklore, and this has piqued your interest, and you've decided you want to learn more. Or maybe you are a passionate reader of magic, witchcraft, and folklore, and you're searching for a new phenomenon to learn about. Appalachian folk magic is a rich tapestry of mystery and magic, yet despite this, there are very few sources of information to choose from.
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The Battle of Dranesville
- Early War in Northern Virginia, December 1861
- By: Ryan T. Quint
- Narrated by: Bob Neufeld
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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After the guns of Manassas fell silent, the opposing armies grappled for position wondering what would come next. Popular history has us believe that daily briefings reported something along the lines of “All quiet along the Potomac.” Reality was altogether different. In fact, the fall and early winter of 1861 was a hotbed of activity that culminated in the December combat at Dranesville. The Union victory—sorely needed after the string of defeats at Bull Run, Wilson’s Creek, and Ball’s Bluff—was small when measured against what was to come; it also helped shape the bloody years to follow.
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History of Louisiana: A Captivating Guide to Everything from Native Americans, Cajuns, and Creoles to the Louisiana Purchase, Battle of New Orleans, and More
- U.S. States
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Saffir
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Embark on a journey through the heart and soul of America with this captivating exploration of a state whose history vibrates through the cities and whispers in the bayous. This narrative isn't just a recount of events; its an immersive voyage into a cultural melting pot that has significantly shaped America's identity.
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The Birthplace of Hilton Head Island in South Carolina
- An Island That Is Filled with Great History
- By: Charles J James Jr.
- Narrated by: Dave Henthorn
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Hilton Head Island is a place that is filled with great history. An island that only a very few know exists. But it's an island that is very big, in the heart of its culture.
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The Devil in the White City
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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While Burnham overcame politics, infighting, personality clashes and Chicago's infamous weather to transform the swamps of Jackson Park into the greatest show on Earth, Holmes built his own edifice just west of the fairground. He called it the World's Fair Hotel. In reality, it was a torture palace, a gas chamber, a crematorium. These two disparate but driven men are brought to life in this mesmerizing, murderous tale of the legendary Fair that transformed America and set it on course for the twentieth century.
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History of New York City
- A Captivating Guide to Historical Events and Facts You Should Know About NYC (U.S. History)
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Saffir
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Dive into the heart of New York City with this captivating guide. Discover the captivating saga of one of the worlds most iconic cities.
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The Shooter at Midnight
- Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided
- By: Sean Patrick Cooper
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Cooper
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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On a November night in 1990, Cathy Robertson is murdered in her home outside Chillicothe, Missouri. After law enforcement conduct a haphazard investigation, the sheriff’s office puts the case in the hands of a Kansas City private eye with his own agenda. In a close-knit town still reeling from the aftereffects of the farming crisis, friends and neighbors abruptly fracture into opposing camps. Mark Woodworth, a Robertson family neighbor, eventually receives four life sentences for a crime that a growing group of local supporters believe he didn’t commit.
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Whistling Dixie
- Ronald Reagan, the White South, and the Transformation of the Republican Party
- By: Jonathan Bartho
- Narrated by: Frank Block
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Bartho deftly provides a new perspective on Reagan's political career and the Republican Party of the Reagan era while detailing the often-rancorous philosophical differences between Reaganism and southern conservatism and the resulting political conflicts. Whistling Dixie highlights a divide in the Republican Party and in American conservatism that has often been overlooked-a divide that laid the foundations for the GOP's southernization and ultimately led to the rise of Donald Trump.
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Love Letter from Pig
- My Brother's Story of Freedom Summer
- By: Julie P. Kabat
- Narrated by: Julie P. Kabat
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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In the summer of 1964, the FBI found the smoldering remains of the station wagon that James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman had been driving before their disappearance. Shortly after this awful discovery, Julie Kabat’s beloved brother Luke arrived as a volunteer for the Mississippi Summer Project. Teaching biology to Freedom School students in Meridian, Luke became one of more than seven hundred student volunteers who joined experienced Black civil rights workers and clergy to challenge white supremacy in the nation’s most segregated state.
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Covert City
- The Cold War and the Making of Miami
- By: Vince Houghton, Eric Driggs
- Narrated by: Eric Driggs, Vince Houghton
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was perhaps the most dramatic and dangerous period of the Cold War. What's less well known is that the city of Miami, mere miles away, was a pivotal, though less well known, part of Cold War history. With its population of Communist exiles from Cuba, its strategic value for military operations, and its lax business laws, Miami was an ideal environment for espionage. Covert City tells the history of how the entire city of Miami was constructed in the image of the US-Cuba rivalry.
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Blue-Coated Terror
- Jim Crow New Orleans and the Roots of Modern Police Brutality
- By: Jeffrey S. Adler
- Narrated by: Arnell Powell
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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Contrary to competing popular beliefs, police violence against African Americans has neither remained unchanged since the era of slavery nor is it a recent phenomenon disconnected from the past. In Bluecoated Terror, Jeffrey S. Adler draws on rich archival accounts to show how racialized police brutality is part of a larger system of state oppression with roots in the early twentieth-century South, particularly New Orleans.
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Our Better Nature
- Environment and the Making of San Francisco
- By: Philip J. Dreyfus
- Narrated by: Marcus Freeman
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Few cities are so dramatically identified with their environment as San Francisco—the landscape of hills, the expansive bay, the engulfing fog, and even the deadly fault line shifting below. Yet most residents think of the city itself as separate from the natural environment on which it depends. In Our Better Nature, Philip J. Dreyfus recounts the history of San Francisco from Indian village to world-class metropolis, focusing on the interactions between the city and the land and on the generations of people who have transformed them both.
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Contested Boundaries
- A New Pacific Northwest History
- By: David J. Jepsen, David J. Norberg
- Narrated by: Will Tulin
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
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Contested Boundaries: A New Pacific Northwest History is an engaging, contemporary look at the themes, events, and people that have shaped the history of the Pacific Northwest over the last two centuries.
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History of New York State: A Captivating Guide to Historical Events and Facts You Should Know About the Empire State
- U.S. States
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Saffir
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
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Do you know the WHOLE story of the State of New York, from the first human inhabitants to the years it was a Dutch colony? The state produced four presidents, was the first in many areas, and created its own state of mind. What made New York into the state it has become? Was there something unique about Manhattan Island? Was there something about the people that made them so successful? Why is it called the Empire State? Why was the Erie Canal so important?
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States’ Rights and Byron Paine
- By: CARL SCHURZ
- Narrated by: Silke Haidekker
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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"Carl Schurz' "States' Rights and Byron Paine" was an address he delivered at Albany Hall, Milwaukee, March 23, 1859. In it, he defended his position, which no doubt was also the position of the bulk of the anti-slavery men of the time, of states rights and the compact theory of the union.
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A Really Strange and Wonderful Time
- The Chapel Hill Music Scene: 1989-1999
- By: Tom Maxwell
- Narrated by: Tom Maxwell
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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A Really Strange and Wonderful Time features a representative cross-section of what was being created in and around Chapel Hill between 1989 and 1999. In addition to the aforementioned indie bands, it documents―through firsthand accounts―other local notables like Ben Folds Five, Dillon Fence, Flat Duo Jets, Small, Southern Culture on the Skids, Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Veldt, and Whiskeytown. At the same time, it describes the nurturing infrastructure which engendered and encouraged this marvelous diversity. In essence, A Really Strange and Wonderful Time is proof of the genius of community.