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Hell's Half-Acre

The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier

by Susan Jonusas ...

**One of NPR's "Books We Love"New York Times Book Review's "The Best True Crime of 2022""Rich in historical perspective and graced by novelistic touches, grips the reader from first to last.”—Wall Street JournalA suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial killers in Kansas, whose horrifying crimes gripped the attention of a nation still reeling ... Read more

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**One of NPR's "Books We Love"New York Times Book Review's "The Best True Crime of 2022""Rich in historical perspective and graced by novelistic touches, grips the reader from first to last.”—Wall Street JournalA suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial killers in Kansas, whose horrifying crimes gripped the attention of a nation still reeling
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Hell's Half Acre

The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier

by Susan Jonusas ...

Narrated by Lee Osorio ...

Unabridged

9 hours 16 min

**One of NPR's "Books We Love"New York Times Book Review's "The Best True Crime of 2022""Rich in historical perspective and graced by novelistic touches, grips the reader from first to last.”—Wall Street JournalA suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial killers in Kansas, whose horrifying crimes gripped the attention of a nation still reeling ... Read more

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**One of NPR's "Books We Love"New York Times Book Review's "The Best True Crime of 2022""Rich in historical perspective and graced by novelistic touches, grips the reader from first to last.”—Wall Street JournalA suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial killers in Kansas, whose horrifying crimes gripped the attention of a nation still reeling
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The Undiscovered Country

Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West

by Paul Andrew Hutton ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Unabridged

21 hours 29 min

From the author of The Apache Wars, the true story of the American West, revealing how American ambition clashed with the realities of violence and exploitationThe epic of the American West became a tale of progress, redemption, and glorious conquest that came to shape the identity of a new nation. Over time a darker story emerged—one of ghastly violence and environmental spoliation that stained ... Read more

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From the author of The Apache Wars, the true story of the American West, revealing how American ambition clashed with the realities of violence and exploitationThe epic of the American West became a tale of progress, redemption, and glorious conquest that came to shape the identity of a new nation. Over time a darker story emerged—one of ghastly violence and environmental spoliation that stained
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By Hands Now Known

Jim Crow's Legal Executioners

by Margaret A. Burnham ...

Narrated by Diana Blue ...

Unabridged

10 hours 59 min

A paradigm-shifting investigation of Jim Crow–era violence, the legal apparatus that sustained it, and its enduring legacy, from a renowned legal scholar.If the law cannot protect a person from a lynching, then isn't lynching the law?In By Hands Now Known, Margaret A. Burnham, director of Northeastern University's Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, challenges our understanding of the ... Read more

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A paradigm-shifting investigation of Jim Crow–era violence, the legal apparatus that sustained it, and its enduring legacy, from a renowned legal scholar.If the law cannot protect a person from a lynching, then isn't lynching the law?In By Hands Now Known, Margaret A. Burnham, director of Northeastern University's Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, challenges our understanding of the
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Queen of All Mayhem

The Blood-Soaked Life and Mysterious Death of Belle Starr, the Most Dangerous Woman in the West

by Dane Huckelbridge ...

Narrated by George Newbern ...

Unabridged

10 hours 5 min

A riveting, deeply researched, blood-on-the-spurs biography of Belle Starr, the most legendary female outlaw of the American West.On February 3, 1889, just two days shy of her forty-first birthday, Myra Maybelle Shirley—better known at that point by her outlaw sobriquet “Belle Starr”—was blown from her horse saddle and killed by a pair of shotgun blasts, delivered by an unseen assailant, only a ... Read more

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A riveting, deeply researched, blood-on-the-spurs biography of Belle Starr, the most legendary female outlaw of the American West.On February 3, 1889, just two days shy of her forty-first birthday, Myra Maybelle Shirley—better known at that point by her outlaw sobriquet “Belle Starr”—was blown from her horse saddle and killed by a pair of shotgun blasts, delivered by an unseen assailant, only a
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The Unicorn Woman

by Gayl Jones ...

Narrated by Ruffin Prentiss III ...

Unabridged

6 hours 30 min

**FINALIST FOR THE 2025 PULITZER PRIZE IN FICTION"One of our greatest living authors."—Lauren LeBlanc, The Boston GlobeMarking a dramatic new direction for Jones, a riveting tale set in the Post WWII South, narrated by a Black soldier who returns to Jim Crow and searches for a mythical ideal**Set in the early 1950s, this latest novel from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Gayl Jones ... Read more

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**FINALIST FOR THE 2025 PULITZER PRIZE IN FICTION"One of our greatest living authors."—Lauren LeBlanc, The Boston GlobeMarking a dramatic new direction for Jones, a riveting tale set in the Post WWII South, narrated by a Black soldier who returns to Jim Crow and searches for a mythical ideal**Set in the early 1950s, this latest novel from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Gayl Jones
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She Kills

The Murderous Socialite, the Cross-Dressing Bank Robber, and Other True Crime Tales

by Skip Hollandsworth ...

Narrated by Skip Hollandsworth, Tanya Eby ...

Unabridged

7 hours 8 min

A superb collection of true-crime stories—written by Texas Monthly’s legendary feature writer Skip Hollandsworth—that reminds us why America is perennially obsessed with the genre.Skip Hollandsworth has been covering true crime since long before the podcasts, networks, and television shows discovered it. Texas born and bred, the revered journalist joined Texas Monthly in 1989, and the stories he ... Read more

$23.99 USD

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A superb collection of true-crime stories—written by Texas Monthly’s legendary feature writer Skip Hollandsworth—that reminds us why America is perennially obsessed with the genre.Skip Hollandsworth has been covering true crime since long before the podcasts, networks, and television shows discovered it. Texas born and bred, the revered journalist joined Texas Monthly in 1989, and the stories he
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An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States

by Kyle T. Mays ...

Narrated by Shaun Taylor-Corbett ...

Series Audiobook 6 - ReVisioning History
Unabridged

8 hours 17 min

The first intersectional history of the Black and Native American struggle for freedom in our country that also reframes our understanding of who was Indigenous in early AmericaBeginning with pre-Revolutionary America and moving into the movement for Black lives and contemporary Indigenous activism, Afro-Indigenous historian Kyle T. Mays argues that the foundations of the US are rooted in ... Read more

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The first intersectional history of the Black and Native American struggle for freedom in our country that also reframes our understanding of who was Indigenous in early AmericaBeginning with pre-Revolutionary America and moving into the movement for Black lives and contemporary Indigenous activism, Afro-Indigenous historian Kyle T. Mays argues that the foundations of the US are rooted in
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Blood & Ink

The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime

by Joe Pompeo ...

Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

Unabridged

10 hours 4 min

Vanity Fair’s Joe Pompeo investigates the notorious 1922 double murder of a high-society minister and his secret mistress, a Jazz Age mega-crime that propelled tabloid news in the 20th century.On September 16, 1922, the bodies of Reverend Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills were found beneath a crabapple tree on an abandoned farm outside of New Brunswick, New Jersey. The killer had arranged the bodies ... Read more

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Vanity Fair’s Joe Pompeo investigates the notorious 1922 double murder of a high-society minister and his secret mistress, a Jazz Age mega-crime that propelled tabloid news in the 20th century.On September 16, 1922, the bodies of Reverend Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills were found beneath a crabapple tree on an abandoned farm outside of New Brunswick, New Jersey. The killer had arranged the bodies
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Hypocrisy Trap, The

How Changing What We Criticize Can Improve Our Lives

by Michael Hallsworth ...

Narrated by Michael Hallsworth ...

Unabridged

8 hours 2 min

How our desire to stamp out hypocrisy is backfiring—and how learning to target our criticisms better can improve our politics, business, and personal relationships.In our increasingly distrusting and polarized nations, accusations of hypocrisy are everywhere. But the strange truth is that our attempts to stamp out hypocrisy often backfire, creating what Michael Hallsworth calls The Hypocrisy Trap. ... Read more

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How our desire to stamp out hypocrisy is backfiring—and how learning to target our criticisms better can improve our politics, business, and personal relationships.In our increasingly distrusting and polarized nations, accusations of hypocrisy are everywhere. But the strange truth is that our attempts to stamp out hypocrisy often backfire, creating what Michael Hallsworth calls The Hypocrisy Trap.
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The Divorce Colony

How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier

by April White ...

Narrated by April White, Lisa Flanagan ...

Unabridged

8 hours 17 min

From a historian and senior editor at Atlas Obscura comes a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth-century women who moved to South Dakota to divorce their husbands and start living on their own terms.For a woman traveling without her husband in the late nineteenth century, there was only one reason to take the train all the way to Sioux Falls, South Dakota—one sure to garner disapproval ... Read more

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From a historian and senior editor at Atlas Obscura comes a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth-century women who moved to South Dakota to divorce their husbands and start living on their own terms.For a woman traveling without her husband in the late nineteenth century, there was only one reason to take the train all the way to Sioux Falls, South Dakota—one sure to garner disapproval
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The Undiscovered Country

Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West

by Paul Andrew Hutton ...

**New York Times BestsellerA Wall Street Journal Top Ten Book of the YearA True West Magazine Best Historical Non-Fiction Book and Best Author of the YearWestern Heritage Award for "Outstanding Nonfiction Book"Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Historical NonfictionWinner of the Will Rogers Medallion AwardWinner of the Westerners International Best Book AwardFrom the author of ... Read more

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**New York Times BestsellerA Wall Street Journal Top Ten Book of the YearA True West Magazine Best Historical Non-Fiction Book and Best Author of the YearWestern Heritage Award for "Outstanding Nonfiction Book"Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Historical NonfictionWinner of the Will Rogers Medallion AwardWinner of the Westerners International Best Book AwardFrom the author of
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