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High Tension

FDR's Battle to Power America

by John A. Riggs ...

An account of Franklin Roosevelt's battle against the power industry to bring electricity to rural communities in the United States.When Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in the depths of the Depression, high tension―or high voltage―power lines had been marching across the country for decades, delivering urban Americans a parade of life-transforming inventions from electric lights and radios ... Read more

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An account of Franklin Roosevelt's battle against the power industry to bring electricity to rural communities in the United States.When Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in the depths of the Depression, high tension―or high voltage―power lines had been marching across the country for decades, delivering urban Americans a parade of life-transforming inventions from electric lights and radios
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High Tension

FDR's Battle to Power America

by John A. Riggs ...

Narrated by David Stifel ...

Unabridged

10 hours 11 min

High Tension is the story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's battle against the "Power Trust," an elaborate Wall Street-controlled web of holding companies, to electrify all of America—even when the corrupt captains of the industry and their cronies (led by a formidable and honest champion, Wendell Willkie, whose role in the battle propelled him to a presidential bid to unseat Roosevelt in 1940) cried ... Read more

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High Tension is the story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's battle against the "Power Trust," an elaborate Wall Street-controlled web of holding companies, to electrify all of America—even when the corrupt captains of the industry and their cronies (led by a formidable and honest champion, Wendell Willkie, whose role in the battle propelled him to a presidential bid to unseat Roosevelt in 1940) cried
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Colonial Wars, 1689-1762, The

by Howard H. Peckham ...

Narrated by Auto-narrated ...

Unabridged

6 hours 42 min

Although the colonial wars consisted of almost continuous raids and skirmishes between the English and French colonists and their Indian allies and enemies, they can be separated into four major conflicts, corresponding to four European wars of which they were, in varying degrees, a part: King William’s War (1689-97) (War of the League of Augsburg); Queen Anne’s War (1702-13) (War of the Spanish ... Read more

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Although the colonial wars consisted of almost continuous raids and skirmishes between the English and French colonists and their Indian allies and enemies, they can be separated into four major conflicts, corresponding to four European wars of which they were, in varying degrees, a part: King William’s War (1689-97) (War of the League of Augsburg); Queen Anne’s War (1702-13) (War of the Spanish
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Among Schoolchildren

by Tracy Kidder ...

Narrated by Stephen Yankee ...

Unabridged

8 hours 53 min

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's classic, "brilliantly illuminated" account of education in America (The New York Times Book Review).Mrs. Zajac is feisty, funny, and tough. She likes to call herself an "old-lady teacher." (She is thirty-four.) Around Kelly School, she is infamous for her discipline: "She is mean, bro," says one of her students. But children love her, and so will the reader of ... Read more

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's classic, "brilliantly illuminated" account of education in America (The New York Times Book Review).Mrs. Zajac is feisty, funny, and tough. She likes to call herself an "old-lady teacher." (She is thirty-four.) Around Kelly School, she is infamous for her discipline: "She is mean, bro," says one of her students. But children love her, and so will the reader of
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Resistance

The Underground War Against Hitler, 1939-1945

by Halik Kochanski ...

Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

Unabridged

46 hours 15 min

A monumental history that finally integrates the many resistance movements against Nazi hegemony across Europe into a single, sweeping narrative.It's almost shocking to think that now, more than seventy years after the Nazi surrender in 1945, there is not a single volume that has attempted to unify the resistance movements that convulsed Europe during the brutal years of occupation. In her ... Read more

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A monumental history that finally integrates the many resistance movements against Nazi hegemony across Europe into a single, sweeping narrative.It's almost shocking to think that now, more than seventy years after the Nazi surrender in 1945, there is not a single volume that has attempted to unify the resistance movements that convulsed Europe during the brutal years of occupation. In her
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Day Freedom Died, The

The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction

by Charles Lane ...

Narrated by Jim Bond ...

Unabridged

12 hours 34 min

The untold story of the slaying of a Southern town's ex-slaves and a white lawyer's historic battle to bring the perpretators to justiceFollowing the Civil War, Colfax, Louisiana, was a town, like many, whereAfrican Americansand whites mingled uneasily. But on April 13, 1873, a small army of white ex-Confederate soldiers, enraged after attempts by freedmen to assert their new rights, killed more ... Read more

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The untold story of the slaying of a Southern town's ex-slaves and a white lawyer's historic battle to bring the perpretators to justiceFollowing the Civil War, Colfax, Louisiana, was a town, like many, whereAfrican Americansand whites mingled uneasily. But on April 13, 1873, a small army of white ex-Confederate soldiers, enraged after attempts by freedmen to assert their new rights, killed more
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The Bohemians

The Lovers Who Led Germany's Resistance Against the Nazis

by Norman Ohler ...

Narrated by Peter Ganim ...

Unabridged

11 hours 50 min

“A detailed and meticulously researched tale… that reads like a thriller.”—New York Times Book ReviewFrom the New York Times best-selling author of Blitzed, the incredible true story of two idealistic young lovers who led the anti-Nazi resistance in the darkening heart of BerlinSummertime, 1935. On a lake near Berlin, a young man is out sailing wh... ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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“A detailed and meticulously researched tale… that reads like a thriller.”—New York Times Book ReviewFrom the New York Times best-selling author of Blitzed, the incredible true story of two idealistic young lovers who led the anti-Nazi resistance in the darkening heart of BerlinSummertime, 1935. On a lake near Berlin, a young man is out sailing wh...
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Seceding from Secession

The Civil War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia

by Eric J. Wittenberg, Penny L. Barrick, Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. ...

Narrated by David Stifel ...

Unabridged

1 hour 31 min

"West Virginia was the child of the storm," concluded early Mountaineer historian and Civil War veteran, Maj. Theodore F. Lang. The northwestern third of the Commonwealth of Virginia finally broke away in 1863 to form the Union's thirty-fifth state. In Seceding from Secession: The Civil War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia, authors Eric J. Wittenberg, Edmund A. Sargus, and Penny L. ... Read more

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"West Virginia was the child of the storm," concluded early Mountaineer historian and Civil War veteran, Maj. Theodore F. Lang. The northwestern third of the Commonwealth of Virginia finally broke away in 1863 to form the Union's thirty-fifth state. In Seceding from Secession: The Civil War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia, authors Eric J. Wittenberg, Edmund A. Sargus, and Penny L.
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Nothing is Too Big to Fail

How the Last Financial Crisis Informs Today

by Kerry Killinger, Linda Killinger ...

Narrated by Gary Bennett ...

Unabridged

17 hours 50 min

In 2008, the American economy collapsed, taking with it millions of Americans' jobs, homes, and life savings. The impending financial crisis was devastating, and many are still feeling its effects today.Though the crisis was debilitating, the US government has yet to implement policies that would prevent a repeat of the Great Recession. The middle class continues to shrink, escalations in racial ... Read more

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In 2008, the American economy collapsed, taking with it millions of Americans' jobs, homes, and life savings. The impending financial crisis was devastating, and many are still feeling its effects today.Though the crisis was debilitating, the US government has yet to implement policies that would prevent a repeat of the Great Recession. The middle class continues to shrink, escalations in racial
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Power Challenges

by Ben Bova, Claire Bloom ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

Series Audiobook 4 - The Power Series
Unabridged

6 hours 47 min

It is time to start colonizing the solar system. Ex-astronaut, current space advisor, and all-out troubleshooter for the President, Jake Ross, is determined to make it happen.And what better way than to return to America’s glory by returning to the moon and setting up a permanent moon-base which can then serve as the launching pad for Mars and beyond.But as usual, political intrigue and ... Read more

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It is time to start colonizing the solar system. Ex-astronaut, current space advisor, and all-out troubleshooter for the President, Jake Ross, is determined to make it happen.And what better way than to return to America’s glory by returning to the moon and setting up a permanent moon-base which can then serve as the launching pad for Mars and beyond.But as usual, political intrigue and
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Blown To Hell

America's Deadly Betrayal of the Marshall Islanders

by Walter Pincus ...

Narrated by Chris Abernathy ...

Unabridged

12 hours 53 min

The most important place in American nuclear history are the Marshall Islands—an idyllic Pacific paradise that served as the staging ground for over sixty US nuclear tests. It was here, from 1946 to 1958, that America perfected the weapon that preserved the peace of the post-war years. It was here—with the 1954 Castle Bravo test over Bikini Atoll—that America executed its largest nuclear ... Read more

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The most important place in American nuclear history are the Marshall Islands—an idyllic Pacific paradise that served as the staging ground for over sixty US nuclear tests. It was here, from 1946 to 1958, that America perfected the weapon that preserved the peace of the post-war years. It was here—with the 1954 Castle Bravo test over Bikini Atoll—that America executed its largest nuclear
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The Book of Minds

How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, from Animals to AI to Aliens

by Philip Ball ...

Narrated by James Cameron Stewart ...

Unabridged

18 hours 5 min

Popular science writer Philip Ball explores a range of sciences to map our answers to a huge, philosophically rich question: How do we even begin to think about minds that are not human?Sciences from zoology to astrobiology, computer science to neuroscience, are seeking to understand minds in their own distinct disciplinary realms. Taking a uniquely broad view of minds and where to find them ... Read more

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Popular science writer Philip Ball explores a range of sciences to map our answers to a huge, philosophically rich question: How do we even begin to think about minds that are not human?Sciences from zoology to astrobiology, computer science to neuroscience, are seeking to understand minds in their own distinct disciplinary realms. Taking a uniquely broad view of minds and where to find them
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