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  • The Typewriter and the Guillotine

    An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII

    by Mark Braude ...
    **ONE OF KIRKUS'S 20 BEST BOOKS OF JANUARYONE OF BOOK PAGE'S TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE MONTHThe "endlessly compelling" (NYT Book Review) untold story of a trailblazing Paris correspondent for The New Yorker, who sounded the alarm about the rise of fascism in Europe while becoming enmeshed in the sensational case of a German serial killer stalking the streets of the French capital on the eve of WWII.**In ... Read more

    Was $14.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

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  • Kiki Man Ray

    Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris

    by Mark Braude ...
    **One of The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2022One of The New York Time's 100 Notable Books of 2022One of Art News's Art Books They Couldn’t Put Down in 2022A dazzling portrait of Paris’s forgotten artist and cabaret star, whose incandescent life asks us to see the history of modern art in new ways.**In freewheeling 1920s Paris, Kiki de Montparnasse captivated as a nightclub performer, sold out ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Invisible Emperor

    Napoleon on Elba from Exile to Escape

    by Mark Braude ...
    **“A suspenseful, fast-paced account. . . . Braude’s prose glints with humor and humanity.” —Seattle TimesA gripping narrative history of Napoleon Bonaparte's ten-month exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba**In the spring of 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated. Having overseen an empire spanning half the European continent and governed the lives of some eighty million people, he suddenly ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Making Monte Carlo

    A History of Speculation and Spectacle

    by Mark Braude ...
    “A brisk historical tour of the marketing and selling of the small principality of Monaco and its famous city…A well-researched, dramatic rags-to-riches urban tale” (Kirkus Reviews) of Monte Carlo’s rise from small principality to prosperous resort town of the 1920s.Monte Carlo has long been known as a dazzling playground for the rich and famous. The “vivid, entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    The Typewriter and the Guillotine

    An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII

    by Mark Braude ...
    Narrated by Karen Cass ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 20 min

    The "endlessly compelling" (NYT Book Review) untold story of a trailblazing Paris correspondent for The New Yorker, who sounded the alarm about the rise of fascism in Europe while becoming enmeshed in the sensational case of a German serial killer stalking the streets of the French capital on the eve of WWII.In 1925, the Indianapolis-born Janet Flanner took an assignment to write a regular ‘Letter ... Read more

    Was $31.99 USD Now $27.99 USD

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    Kiki Man Ray

    Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris

    by Mark Braude ...
    Narrated by Karen Cass ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 43 min

    In freewheeling 1920s Paris, Kiki de Montparnasse captivated as a nightclub performer, sold out gallery showings of her paintings, starred in Surrealist films, and shared drinks and ideas with the likes of Jean Cocteau and Marcel Duchamp. Her best-selling memoir—featuring an introduction by Ernest Hemingway—made front-page news in France and was immediately banned in America. All before she turned ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    The Invisible Emperor

    Napoleon on Elba from Exile to Escape

    by Mark Braude ...
    Narrated by Mark Braude ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 7 min

    **“A suspenseful, fast-paced account. . . . Braude’s prose glints with humor and humanity.” —Seattle TimesA gripping narrative history of Napoleon Bonaparte's ten-month exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba**In the spring of 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated. Having overseen an empire spanning half the European continent and governed the lives of some eighty million people, he suddenly ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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    Neptune's Fortune

    The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire

    by Julian Sancton ...
    Narrated by Vikas Adam ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 34 min

    The riveting true story of a legendary Spanish galleon that sunk off the coast of Colombia with over $1 billion in gold and silver—and one man’s obsessive quest to find it—from the New York Times bestselling author of Madhouse at the End of the Earth“Splendid . . . Sancton is an expert guide through eighteenth-century European geopolitics [and] modern marine archaeology.”—The Wall Street ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

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  • Neptune's Fortune

    The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire

    by Julian Sancton ...
    The riveting true story of a legendary Spanish galleon that sunk off the coast of Colombia with over $1 billion in gold and silver—and one man’s obsessive quest to find it—from the New York Times bestselling author of Madhouse at the End of the Earth“Splendid . . . Sancton is an expert guide through eighteenth-century European geopolitics [and] modern marine archaeology.”—The Wall Street ... Read more

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    The Wounded Generation

    Coming Home After World War II

    by David Nasaw ...
    Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

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    12 hours 38 min

    From award-winning and bestselling author David Nasaw, a brilliant re-examination of post-World War II America that looks beyond the victory parades and into the veterans’—and nation’s—unhealed traumasIn its duration, geographical reach, and ferocity, World War II was unprecedented, and the effects on those who fought it and their loved ones at home, immeasurable. The heroism of the men and women ... Read more

    $27.00 USD

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    Cave Mountain

    A Disappearance and a Reckoning in the Ozarks

    by Benjamin Hale ...
    Narrated by Benjamin Hale ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 9 min

    “The damndest mixing of true crime, memoir, and maybe (?) ghost story I’ve ever read. The original Harper’s article gave me the shivers, and this deeper dive is going to have me looking over my shoulder on every hike. Unputdownable." — Patton OswaltWith the immediacy and extraordinary feeling for people and place of Under the Banner of Heaven and Say Nothing, a compelling true crime story about ... Read more

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    End of Days

    Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America

    by Chris Jennings ...
    Narrated by Graham Winton ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 52 min

    The gripping story of the Ruby Ridge siege, showing how the historic standoff between federal agents and a white-separatist family set the stage for the conspiracy-laced politics of the Trump era.“Vivid, frightening, and fascinating…This book blew me away and opened my eyes.”—Walter Isaacson, author of The Code Breaker and Elon MuskOn August 21, 1992, shots rang out while federal agents were ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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