1776 [abridged]
  • By David McCullough
  • Duration: 5:56:37
  • Narrator: David McCullough
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster

"...McCullough brilliantly captures the Spirit of '76 in Washington's miraculous victories at Trenton and Princeton. An altogether marvelous contribution that deserves to be read...

What If...? Vol 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been [abridged]
  • By Robert Cowley
  • Duration: 4:22:58
  • Narrator: Murphy Guyer
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster

There is no surer way to feel the danger or the good fortune of our collective past than to contemplate those moments when the world's future hung in the balance. Our brightest...

The Fall Of The House Of Bush: The Untold Story Of How A Band Of True Believers Seized The Executive Branch, Started The Iraq War, And Still Imperils America's Future [abridged]
  • By Craig Unger
  • Duration: 6:23:13
  • Narrator: James Naughton
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster

How Did This Happen? The presidency of George W. Bush has led to the worst foreign policy fiasco in the history of the United States -- the bloody, unwinnable war in Iraq....

The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman And The Destruction Of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945 [abridged]
  • By Michael R. Beschloss
  • Duration: 6:23:37
  • Narrator: Michael R. Beschloss
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster

A New York Times bestseller, The Conquerors reveals how Franklin Roosevelt's and Harry Truman's private struggles with their aides and Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin affected...

The Greater Journey: Americans In Paris
  • By David McCullough
  • Duration: 16:50:13
  • Narrator: Edward Herrmann
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster

This reading group guide for The Greater Journey includes an introduction, discussion questions, and ideas for enhancing your book club. The suggested questions are intended to...

Six Frigates: The Epic History Of The Founding Of The U.s. Navy [abridged]
  • By Ian W. Toll
  • Duration: 7:12:10
  • Narrator: Stephen Lang
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster

"Wonderfully atmospheric...brilliantly researched, full of stirring action and rich with the scent of the sea." -- Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman

The Triumph Of William Mckinley: Why The Election Of 1896 Still Matters
  • By Karl Rove
  • Duration: 15:11:56
  • Narrator: Karl Rove
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster

A fresh look at President William McKinley from New York Times bestselling author and political mastermind Karl Rove—“a rousing tale told by a master storyteller whose...

Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, And Alice Waters Changed Our World
  • By Andrea Barnet
  • Duration: 19:17:07
  • Narrator: Cassandra Campbell
  • Publisher: HarperCollins USA

Four influential women we thought we knew well—Jane Jacobs, Rachel Carson, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters—and how they spearheaded the modern progressive movementThis is the...

The Measure Of All Things: The Seven-year Odyssey And Hidden Error That Transformed The World [abridged]
  • By Ken Alder
  • Duration: 6:11:53
  • Narrator: Brian Jennings
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster

In June 1792, amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions on an extraordinary journey. Starting in Paris,...

One Bullet Away: The Making Of A Marine Officer [abridged]
  • By Nathaniel Fick
  • Duration: 6:06:21
  • Narrator: Nathaniel Fick
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster

If the Marines are "the few, the proud," Recon Marines are the fewest and the proudest. Only one Marine in a hundred qualifies for Recon, charged with working clandestinely, often...

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