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The Watchdog

How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War Two

by Steve Drummond ...

***WINNER OF THE 2024 HARRY S. TRUMAN BOOK AWARD*The story of how a little-known junior senator fought wartime corruption and, in the process, set himself up to become vice president and ultimately President Harry Truman.**Months before Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that the United States was on the verge of entering another world war for which it was dangerously ill-prepared. The ... Read more

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***WINNER OF THE 2024 HARRY S. TRUMAN BOOK AWARD*The story of how a little-known junior senator fought wartime corruption and, in the process, set himself up to become vice president and ultimately President Harry Truman.**Months before Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that the United States was on the verge of entering another world war for which it was dangerously ill-prepared. The
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The Watchdog

How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War Two

by Steve Drummond ...

Narrated by Steve Drummond ...

Unabridged

11 hours 30 min

The story of how a little-known junior senator fought wartime corruption and, in the process, set himself up to become vice president and ultimately President Harry Truman.Months before Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that the United States was on the verge of entering another world war for which it was dangerously ill-prepared. The urgent times demanded a transformation of the economy, ... Read more

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The story of how a little-known junior senator fought wartime corruption and, in the process, set himself up to become vice president and ultimately President Harry Truman.Months before Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that the United States was on the verge of entering another world war for which it was dangerously ill-prepared. The urgent times demanded a transformation of the economy,
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The Court at War

FDR, His Justices, and the World They Made

by Cliff Sloan ...

Narrated by Brian Troxell ...

Unabridged

13 hours 40 min

The inside story of how one president forever altered the most powerful legal institution in the country—with consequences that endure todayBy the summer of 1941, in the ninth year of his presidency, Franklin Roosevelt had molded his Court. He had appointed seven of the nine justices—the most by any president except George Washington—and handpicked the chief justice.But the wartime Roosevelt Court ... Read more

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The inside story of how one president forever altered the most powerful legal institution in the country—with consequences that endure todayBy the summer of 1941, in the ninth year of his presidency, Franklin Roosevelt had molded his Court. He had appointed seven of the nine justices—the most by any president except George Washington—and handpicked the chief justice.But the wartime Roosevelt Court
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John Quincy Adams

A Man for the Whole People

by Randall Woods ...

Narrated by Mark Bramhall ...

Unabridged

38 hours 22 min

A magisterial journey through the epic life and transformative times of John Quincy AdamsIn this masterful biography, historian Randall B. Woods peels back the many layers of John Quincy’s long life, exposing a rich and complicated family saga and a political legacy that transformed the American Republic.Born the first son of John and Abigail Adams, he was pressured to follow in his father’s ... Read more

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A magisterial journey through the epic life and transformative times of John Quincy AdamsIn this masterful biography, historian Randall B. Woods peels back the many layers of John Quincy’s long life, exposing a rich and complicated family saga and a political legacy that transformed the American Republic.Born the first son of John and Abigail Adams, he was pressured to follow in his father’s
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Dead & Buried

by TK Eldridge ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Partners in Crime
Unabridged

5 hours 4 min

Detectives Kennedy and Donovan were partners for years. Then one of them died.And yet, they're still partners.Kennedy has to solve Donovan's death while his partner's ghost helps him. Sort of.How do you explain where you got the tips?How do you avoid showing them that you're speaking to thin air and no, you haven't lost your mind?Kennedy has to hide how he's figuring it all out so he can keep his ... Read more

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Detectives Kennedy and Donovan were partners for years. Then one of them died.And yet, they're still partners.Kennedy has to solve Donovan's death while his partner's ghost helps him. Sort of.How do you explain where you got the tips?How do you avoid showing them that you're speaking to thin air and no, you haven't lost your mind?Kennedy has to hide how he's figuring it all out so he can keep his
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Butch Cassidy

The True Story of an American Outlaw

by Charles Leerhsen ...

Narrated by Pete Simonelli ...

Unabridged

8 hours 35 min

Charles Leerhsen brings the notorious Butch Cassidy to vivid life in this “lyrical and deeply researched” (Publishers Weekly) biography that goes beyond the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to reveal a more fascinating and complicated man than legend provides.For more than a century the life and death of Butch Cassidy have been the subject of legend, spawning a small industry of mythmakers ... Read more

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Charles Leerhsen brings the notorious Butch Cassidy to vivid life in this “lyrical and deeply researched” (Publishers Weekly) biography that goes beyond the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to reveal a more fascinating and complicated man than legend provides.For more than a century the life and death of Butch Cassidy have been the subject of legend, spawning a small industry of mythmakers
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Gentleman Bandit

The True Story of Black Bart, the Old West's Most Infamous Stagecoach Robber

by John Boessenecker ...

Narrated by Stephen Graybill ...

Unabridged

10 hours 20 min

New York Times bestselling author and award-winning historian John Boessenecker separates fact from fiction in the first new biography in decades of Black Bart, the Wild West’s most mysterious gentleman bandit.Black Bart is widely regarded today as not only the most notorious stage robber of the Old West but also the best behaved. Over his lifetime, Black Bart held up at least twenty-nine ... Read more

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New York Times bestselling author and award-winning historian John Boessenecker separates fact from fiction in the first new biography in decades of Black Bart, the Wild West’s most mysterious gentleman bandit.Black Bart is widely regarded today as not only the most notorious stage robber of the Old West but also the best behaved. Over his lifetime, Black Bart held up at least twenty-nine
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Vanishing Act

The Enduring Mystery Behind the Legendary Doolittle Raid Over Tokyo

by Dan Hampton ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

9 hours 57 min

From New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton comes the gripping, untold story of a vital secret mission set during the darkest days of the Second World War.In the dark days after the devastating Pearl Harbor attacks during the spring of 1942, the United States was determined to show the world that the Axis was not invincible. Their bold plan? Bomb Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, sixteen B-25s, ... Read more

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From New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton comes the gripping, untold story of a vital secret mission set during the darkest days of the Second World War.In the dark days after the devastating Pearl Harbor attacks during the spring of 1942, the United States was determined to show the world that the Axis was not invincible. Their bold plan? Bomb Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, sixteen B-25s,
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The Internationalists

The Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy After Trump

by Alexander Ward ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

11 hours 12 min

The inside story of Biden’s foreign policy team and their struggle to restore America’s global influence in the aftermath of TrumpWhen Joe Biden assumed the United States presidency, he brought with him a team of all-star talent, perhaps the most experienced ensemble of policy experts in modern U.S. history. Their mission: repair America’s damaged reputation abroad and decide the course of its ... Read more

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The inside story of Biden’s foreign policy team and their struggle to restore America’s global influence in the aftermath of TrumpWhen Joe Biden assumed the United States presidency, he brought with him a team of all-star talent, perhaps the most experienced ensemble of policy experts in modern U.S. history. Their mission: repair America’s damaged reputation abroad and decide the course of its
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Decade of Disunion

How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861

by Robert W. Merry ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

16 hours 49 min

With “characteristic wisdom and grace” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) Robert W. Merry explores a critical lesson about our nation that is as timely today as ever demonstrating how the country came apart during the enveloping slavery crisis of the 1850s.The Mexican War brought vast new territories to the United States, which precipitated a growing crisis over slavery. The new ... Read more

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With “characteristic wisdom and grace” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) Robert W. Merry explores a critical lesson about our nation that is as timely today as ever demonstrating how the country came apart during the enveloping slavery crisis of the 1850s.The Mexican War brought vast new territories to the United States, which precipitated a growing crisis over slavery. The new
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President Carter

The White House Years

by Stuart E. Eizenstat ...

Narrated by Stuart E. Eizenstat, Brian Troxell, Madeleine Albright ...

Unabridged

37 hours 24 min

**This program includes a forward written and read by Madeleine Albright, with a preface and introduction read by Stuart E. Eizenstat.The definitive history of the Carter Administration from the man who participated in its surprising number of accomplishments—drawing on his extensive and never-before-seen notes.**Stuart E. Eizenstat was at Jimmy Carter’s side from his political rise in Georgia ... Read more

$49.99 USD

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**This program includes a forward written and read by Madeleine Albright, with a preface and introduction read by Stuart E. Eizenstat.The definitive history of the Carter Administration from the man who participated in its surprising number of accomplishments—drawing on his extensive and never-before-seen notes.**Stuart E. Eizenstat was at Jimmy Carter’s side from his political rise in Georgia
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Homeland

The War on Terror in American Life

by Richard Beck ...

Narrated by Patrick Harrison ...

Unabridged

21 hours 47 min

A groundbreaking history of how the decades-long war on terror changed virtually every aspect of American life, from the erosion of citizenship down to the cars we bought and TV we watched—by an acclaimed n+1 writer“[An] ambitious . . . portrait of why 9/11 is still at the heart of American life . . . It’s impossible not to admire the nerve and scope of Beck’s treatise.”—The Washington ... Read more

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A groundbreaking history of how the decades-long war on terror changed virtually every aspect of American life, from the erosion of citizenship down to the cars we bought and TV we watched—by an acclaimed n+1 writer“[An] ambitious . . . portrait of why 9/11 is still at the heart of American life . . . It’s impossible not to admire the nerve and scope of Beck’s treatise.”—The Washington
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