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1. Those Angry Days

Those Angry Days

Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight over World War II, 1939-1941

Lynne Olson
Robert Fass

 

From the acclaimed author of Citizens of London comes the definitive account of the debate over American intervention in World War II—a bitter, sometimes violent clash of personalities and ideas that divided the nation and ultimately determined the fate of the free world.

 

18 hrs and 30 min

Those Angry Days

Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight over World War II, 1939-1941

By Lynne Olson

Read By Robert Fass

Unabridged Retail CD

EAN: 9781452612003

Pub Date: March 2013

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2. The Revenge of Geography

The Revenge of Geography

What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate

Robert D. Kaplan
Michael Prichard

 

In this provocative, startling book, Robert D. Kaplan, the bestselling author of Monsoon and Balkan Ghosts, offers a revelatory new prism through which to view global upheavals and to understand what lies ahead for continents and countries around the world.

 

13 hrs and 30 min

The Revenge of Geography

What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate

By Robert D. Kaplan

Read By Michael Prichard

Unabridged Retail CD

EAN: 9781452610528

Pub Date: October 2012

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3. Nothing to Envy

Nothing to Envy

Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick
Karen White

 

A gripping, astounding view into North Korea through the lives of six ordinary citizens—an important story that has never been told before.

 

12 hrs and 30 min

Nothing to Envy

Ordinary Lives in North Korea

By Barbara Demick

Read By Karen White

Unabridged Retail CD

EAN: 9781400109845

Pub Date: January 2010

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4. Union 1812

Union 1812

The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence

A. J. Langguth
Grover Gardner

 

This dramatic account of the War of 1812 fills a surprising gap in the popular literature of the nation's formative years. It is this second and final war of independence that established the young nation as a permanent power. Full of fascinating characters, A. J. Langguth's riveting account covers a vast panorama of battles, from the American sacking of Toronto and the British burning of the White House and the Capitol, to the thrilling war at sea and on the Great Lakes and the final spectacular American victory at New Orleans.

 

13 hrs

Union 1812

The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence

By A. J. Langguth

Read By Grover Gardner

Unabridged Retail CD

EAN: 9781400103119

Pub Date: December 2006

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5. Sugar in the Blood

Sugar in the Blood

A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire

Andrea Stuart
Lisa Reneé Pitts

 

From the author of an acclaimed biography of Josephine Bonaparte comes this stunning history of the interdependence of sugar, slavery, and colonial settlement in the New World—from the seventeenth century to the present.

 

15 hrs

Sugar in the Blood

A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire

By Andrea Stuart

Read By Lisa Reneé Pitts

Unabridged Retail CD

EAN: 9781452612669

Pub Date: March 2013

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6. Chariots of the Gods

Chariots of the Gods

Erich von Daniken
William Dufris

 

Erich von Daniken's world-famous bestseller Chariots of the Gods introduces the shocking theory—and the archaeological evidence to prove it—that ancient Earth was visited by aliens.

 

6 hrs

Chariots of the Gods

By Erich von Daniken

Read By William Dufris

Unabridged Retail CD

EAN: 9781452601533

Pub Date: March 2011

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7. Blackett's War

Blackett's War

The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare

Stephen Budiansky
John Lee

 

From Stephen Budiansky comes the exciting history of a small group of British and American scientists who, during World War II, developed a new field of operational research to turn back the tide of German submarines.

 

11 hrs

Blackett's War

The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare

By Stephen Budiansky

Read By John Lee

Unabridged Retail CD

EAN: 9781452611983

Pub Date: March 2013

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8. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey

The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle

The Countess of Carnarvon
Wanda McCaddon

 

From the Countess of Carnarvon comes the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration and setting for the PBS series Downton Abbey, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants: Lady Almina, the fifth Countess of Carnarvon.

 

8 hrs

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey

The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle

By The Countess of Carnarvon

Read By Wanda McCaddon

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EAN: 9781452606842

Pub Date: March 2012

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9. The Rise of Rome

The Rise of Rome

The Making of the World's Greatest Empire

Anthony Everitt
Clive Chafer

 

From Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian, comes a riveting, magisterial account of Rome and its remarkable ascent from an obscure agrarian backwater to the greatest empire the world has ever known.

 

13 hrs and 30 min

The Rise of Rome

The Making of the World's Greatest Empire

By Anthony Everitt

Read By Clive Chafer

Unabridged Retail CD

EAN: 9781452609485

Pub Date: September 2012

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10. What Einstein Told His Cook

What Einstein Told His Cook

Kitchen Science Explained

Robert L. Wolke
Sean Runnette

 

Do you wish you understood the science of food but don't want to plow through dry, technical books? In What Einstein Told His Cook, University of Pittsburgh chemistry professor emeritus Robert L. Wolke provides reliable and witty explanations for your most burning food questions.

 

9 hrs and 30 min

What Einstein Told His Cook

Kitchen Science Explained

By Robert L. Wolke

Read By Sean Runnette

Unabridged Retail CD

EAN: 9781452606361

Pub Date: February 2012

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